Scottsdale Progress 12-25-22

Milhaven proud of her service to Scottsdale

BY J. GRABER Progress Sta Writer

Alot has changed since Linda Milhaven joined the Scottsdale City Council 12 years ago.

“McDowell Road was empty car dealerships that we knew weren’t going to come back,” she recalled. “SkySong was just one building and mostly a dirt lot. There was still a lot of controversy about whether or not that was a good

investment. There were parts of downtown that were designated slum and blight.

“Sales tax revenue in the downtown

Mom, 4 sons have a home beyond the holidays

BY J. GRABER Progress Sta Writer

After a 17-year relationship with the father of her four boys, Steffi Bounds gathered her kids and left North Carolina last year, fleeing domestic violence.

She came to Arizona because she had family here but still had nowhere to stay.

She and her boys, ages 14 to 1, bounced around from hotel to hotel trying to get by. Her family helped with food and some bills but she was largely on her own.

Thanks to the Scottsdale chapter of Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, Steffi Bounds and her children – Jaylen (14), Jessie (13), Carter (2), and Stephon Bounds (7) – have a home. (David Minton/ Progress Sta Photographer)

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New Year’s Eve bashes unrestricted but pricier

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Sta Writer

After two years of restricted festivities during the pandemic, venues across Scottsdale are looking forward to hosting non-restricted events to ring in 2023.

However, it’s not all champagne and confetti as inflation is an unwelcome guest at the party this year.

“It seems everywhere there’s been a little bit of inflation and unfortunately it's not something that we could avoid either,” said Talking Stick Resort promotions manager Juleigh Burke.

Venues are also preparing to feel a bigger pinch in 2023 when minimum wage increases state-wide from $12.80 to $13.85 an hour.

“Across the board, everyone has been feeling the increases…. and with minimum wage going up starting after the new year, that’s something we’re also going to feel,” said STK Steakhouse general manager German Barajas.

Because of the increases in costs, prices have been adjusted accordingly.

“There is a slight increase in cost this year, but we're still definitely looking to give everyone a party that's worth your money,” Burke said.

Other establishments like Mavrix have adjusted their operations like shifting reservations to online systems and opting for QR code menus as opposed to paper ones.

“We're just looking to be more ecient with what we are doing and using technology is a big way to kind of combat that,” said JP Mullan, COO of Octane Entertainment, which owns Mavrix as well as other brands. “Our reservation system is online and a lot of us are still doing QR codes for menus instead of printing plastic menus.”

Restaurants and resorts like Talking Stick Resort expect to see record crowds despite inflated pricing on tickets and items needed to put on a big ball. (Special to the Progress)

nity that supports us as we try to make them like family and make them feel welcome by giving them the best service we can,” Barajas said.

Despite inflation, establishments plan to go for the gusto while ringing in the new year and expect record crowds.

Talking Stick Resort is bringing back its signature “Glitter and Glow” event which could host over 1,000 people dancing to performances by George Michael Reborn, a tribute to George Michael, and Who’s Bad: The Michael Jackson Experience.

Mavrix will have bowling, laser tag, gaming bundle specials, and a champagne toast o ering for guests over 21.

STK Steakhouse o ers a special holiday menu with steaks from around the world, a midnight champagne toast, and a live DJ on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, the restaurant will offer a special brunch menu and expects to see over 700 guests dine in.

Despite having di erent o erings, all three share an enthusiasm and eagerness to ring in the new year with large crowds.

plenty of precautions and made safety our top priority with our guests, so we're still trying to keep things as comfortable as possible and we want everybody to come out, have a good time, and just enjoy a night out on the town.”

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When: 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Dec. 31 Where: 9139 Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale

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Mavrix throughout the year has been adjusting its pricing to accommodate for rising costs of menu items like chicken wings — which were 30% more expensive than in years past at one point this year.

However, restaurants like STK Steakhouse rely on their loyal customer base to stick with them despite higher prices.

“If the community still supports us, we can manage things, which is why I'm appreciative of the STK commu-

“We opened on March 7, 2020, and were open for 10 days before we, unfortunately, closed down due to the pandemic,” Mullan said. “So, we're thrilled to have everybody and the entire community come back to Scottsdale and Mavrix to have a great experience where they can have amazing food, drinks, and entertainment that everyone can enjoy all together.”

Added Blake: “We just want everybody to get out and have fun. We've taken

New Years at STK Steakhouse  When: 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Friday Dec. 30-Sunday Jan. 1 Where: 7134 E Stetson Drive, Scottsdale Cost: TBA Info: stksteakhouse.com/newyears vv

Glitter & Glow New Year’s Eve

When: 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31 Where: Talking Stick Resort, 9800 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale Cost: Tickets start at $150 Info: 480-850-7777, talkingstickresort.com

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Milhaven raps city manager’s advice on Rio Verde plan

BY J. GRABER Progress Sta Writer

One of Rio Verde Foothills’ last hopes for a short-term solution to its water woes appears to have been yanked by Scottsdale City Manager Jim Thompson, who implied the city should not work with a utility to get water to the unincorporated community northeast of Scottsdale.

The Dec. 19 letter to City Council does not directly state the city won’t work with EPCOR once Scottsdale turns o its water supply to Rio Verde homeowners next Sunday, Jan. 1, but does state it would have worked with a domestic water improvement district had the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved its creation.

“Scottsdale does have partnership agreements with other governments in the surrounding community,” Thompson wrote. “The EPCOR agreement,

however, would be with a private company, which does not have governmental oversight for the residents or its growth.

“That option is no longer viable given the decision of county supervisors to not establish it despite residents’ efforts,” the letter states.

EPCOR had proposed providing water that it would pay Scottsdale to treat if water haulers were given access to the city standpipe that will become off limits to Rio Verde in a week. EPCOR said such an arrangement would precede a permanent solution to Rio Verde’s problem, though the fix would take three years to complete.

About 700 of the 2,000 homes in Rio Verde Foothills have depended on haulers to bring water from the stand pipe. Shutting it o means three hauling companies that serve the area will have to travel farther to a water source, thereby driving up

the rates customers pay for their service.

John Hornewer, owner of Rio Verde Water, said he may have to double his rates and doubts the three companies will be able to get enough water to service the homes.

Residents presented the city council with a petition supporting EPCOR’s short-term solution and that prompted Thompson’s letter.

“For nearly a decade, Scottsdale has warned and advised the citizens of Rio Verde and Maricopa County o cials that the city cannot be responsible for the water needs of a separate community especially given its unlimited and unregulated growth,” Thompson wrote.

“Land subdivided into six or more lots must demonstrate a 100-year water supply before any homes can get built. Many lots in the (Rio Verde Foothills) skirt this by being under the threshold, adding to continual and unfettered growth all the while relying on Scottsdale’s water and infrastructure.”

Councilwoman Linda Milhaven had been championing the e ort to strike a deal between the city and EPCOR, urging Council to approve a last-minute agreement.

But now she doubts she can find enough support to even call a special meeting in the wake of Thompson’s letter.

However, Milhaven, who leaves office Jan. 9, emailed Thompson with several areas of his letter she considers misleading – including his failure to mention that the water EPCOR would have the city treat is not Scottsdale water.

“Nowhere does it mention that EPCOR presented the AZ Corporation Commission with four potential long term solutions … two of which do not involve Scottsdale,” she wrote. “Instead, you suggest that entering a short-term agreement may obligate Scottsdale to a long-term commitment when it does not. Short term and long-term solutions are misleadingly combined.”

She also noted that EPCOR’s appli-

cation to Corporation Commission for the approval of serve to the area involves only homes built before January 2014. “Instead, you suggest an agreement with ECPCOR would provide water to support ‘unfettered,’ ‘unlimited and unregulated’ future development when it would not,” she told Thompson.

She also noted that Thompson incorrectly described Phoenix’s discontinuation of water service to Anthem, saying he failed to mention that Phoenix extended its deadline several times while EPCOR negotiated an agreement with Anthem.

“If we were to follow this example, we would cooperate with EPCOR while they sought alternative solutions and/or enter an agreement with EPCOR as Anthem did,” Milhaven wrote, adding:

“You suggest the city should only enter agreements with governmental entities and yet the city has many agreements with non-governmental entities, including a leasing agreement with EPCOR to use our right-of-way for their pipes to serve some Scottsdale residents.

“You also mention entering an agreement with Tonto Hills Utility Company, a non-governmental entity. We have precedent for entering into agreements with non-governmental agencies.”

Rio Verde Foothills residents do have one last-ditch e ort to try and get water.

Two area homeowners have asked Superior Court to order the county supervisors to reconsider their vote against the formation of a water district but the board intends to file a dismiss of that request and has until Jan. 13 to do so, according to the homeowners’ attorney Elizabeth Sha er.

“The spotlight should be on the board of supervisors, not Scottsdale,” Sha er said.

Contact J Graber at jgraber@scottsdale.org

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“It was very hard,” Bounds said. “It wasn’t easy at all. Trailing along four boys, they all have a disability, one has autism in particular, a new born baby. It was pretty tough.”

Bounds herself is prone to seizures due to epilepsy.

Knowing she needed help, she called the 211 telephone line for essential community services, which put her in touch with the Family Promise of Greater Phoenix’s Scottsdale Chapter.

It took her six months of calling every day but they were finally able to help her.

“What got me in there was being adamant and I was able to reach a (shelter) director myself,” Bounds said.

They got Bounds and her boys into a shelter.

“They helped me so, so, so much ... so much,” she said. “Just by giving me a roof over my head.”

Bounds had a remote job, which she lost when she went into the shelter because they would not allow her to bring the equipment into the shelter.

It only took her about two weeks to find another position and leave the shelter.

“She hit the door incredibly driven,” said shelter manager Don Kitch. “She had a plan. She knew what she needed to do … We were just lucky enough to give her some time and space to stay with us.”

Family Promise paid the first three months of rent at a townhome, including utilities.

“We’re still getting assistance from them, getting clothes,” she said. “Even when we moved in here we didn’t have any furniture or any-

thing.”

Family Promise even provides bus passes so she and her family can get around.

“Once we left and got into our own place, it was … I don’t know the word, it was just fantastic. I mean having a roof over your head, the kids being able to sleep in their own beds. Not being next to any weird activities. Coming from motels, man it can be rough out there.”

She stabilized her life and got the boys back in school. She even got a second job to make ends meet, but was hit by a car about two months after leaving the shelter.

She is leaving her second job because her doctor told her to get some rest.

“They were like you need a rest,” she said. “How am I going to get any rest?! I’ve got to take care of the kids! It’s just me!”

But things are good. She is work-

ing and is enrolled at ASU to get some post graduate training in order to apply her bachelor’s in social work. Her goal is to become a social worker herself someday.

Today she tries to give back a little to the shelter the best she can.

She and the boys recently went grocery shopping and dropped them off at the shelter, and the few gifts under her Christmas tree are for people at the shelter.

“It is a very beautiful and rare thing when a family gives back to us,” Kitch said. “It’s an amazing when you have a family able to stand on their own two feet giving back to us.”

It was only natural for Bounds.

“I’m just so glad they had me in there,” she said. “It was just a life experience … really good, really good.”

To learn more about Family Promise and how to help, go to familypromiseaz.org.

Attacking homelessness is a daunting challenge

BY J. GRABER Progress Sta Writer

There are 375,000 families in Arizona that make $25,000 per year or less who need a level of rent that doesn’t exist anymore.

Arizona Department of Housing Director Tom Simplot outlined their predicament for about 50 local o cials and others at the Family Promise of Greater Phoenix Scottsdale o ces earlier this month.

“At $25,000 or less, you can a ord a $625 rent payment, which includes utilities,” Simplot said. “We also know that no longer exists here in Arizona.”

That fact underscores the critical need for low-income housing, he said.

“We need 270,000 units across the state – that’s our shortage,” he said. “When we’re adding 100 new peopleplus per day, we can’t catch up. This year we may have 60,000 new units. That’s one year, think how long it’s go-

ing to take us to catch up.”

That will likely have to be addressed by the next state housing director as Simplot figures he will probably be replaced when Governor-elect Katie Hobbs takes over next month.

Simplot, who was appointed to his position in May 2021, said he and Gov. Doug Ducey have changed the culture at the Department of Housing, which was formed in 2002.

“Our primary goal is to be the conduit of resources to build a ordable housing,” Simplot said. “We allocate what’s called low income housing tax credits. … For 25 years our agency has funded 50,000 units throughout the state.

“That’s a good number except what has happened with low-income housing tax credits, they eventually expire and when the tax credits expire, (the housing units) get sold on the open market. That’s when rents go up.”

The department does other things like

provide mortgage assistance as well.

“In Arizona for mortgage assistance we had roughly $200 million (of federal money),” he said. “We were one of the

very first states to have our program up and running. We are one of the best

Tom Simplot discussed the state’s role in attacking homelessness in Arizona during a briefing at the Family Promise of Greater Phoenix office in Scottsdale earlier this month. (Courtesy of the state Department of Housing)

states when it comes to having money go out the door.

“And just this past week we increased the amount of funds available for mortgage protection from $25,000 to $40,000. Let’s say somebody applied for $25,000 last year and now they’re still in trouble because of COVID: they can come back in and get more money, which is so important.”

Ducey expanded the role of the director’s position.

“The governor (said) for the first time in the state’s history we need somebody at the state level to be the point person, and that person should be the director of housing, who oversees homelessness – the entire spectrum.”

He noted that “we have all sorts of great programs” through various departments – Economic Security, Corrections, the Ari-

zona Healthcare Cost Containment System), the Department of Corrections.

“Many di erent agencies handle homelessness services ... but not one person has ever been the point person until the governor said, ‘You need to play this role. If you’re willing to do that, I need you to take the job.’ I said, ‘Sure, I would love to do that.’”

Two weeks into the job, Simplot started a weekly Zoom call. It was the age of COVID so in-person meetings were out as public and private agencies trying to address homelessness in Arizona.

That first call had 12 di erent stakeholders – from St. Vincent DePaul to Medicaid providers.

“None of these folks were talking to each other on a regular basis and we know how important that is,” Simplot said. “If you’re not communicating in a transparent fashion and doing it on a regular basis, you just don’t know how

to do the best job you can.”

Today the calls are bi-weekly and boast over 50 people on the line at one time.

That’s the kind of paradigm shift Family Promise has also made, Simplot said.

The organization is a decentralized homeless shelter that primarily works with churches and synagogues to house families overnight for up to a week at a time.

During the day, the children go to school and the adults go to work, About 80% of adults in the program are already employed or employed within the first two weeks of entering the program.

Families can shower, cook meals and store their belongings in Family Promise o ces. Kids do their homework after school or just play.

“Family Promise is a community solution to homelessness in the Valley,” agency CEO Ted Taylor said. “Providing shelter at one-third the cost of tradi-

tional shelters by using unused space at night at congregations. Our goal is to quadruple congregational partnerships across the Valley to eliminate family homelessness in the Phoenix area.”

The organization helps about 200 families per year. They can stay up to 60 days in the program but the average stay is 43 days.

Five social workers help families, 71% of which have only one parent, by locating wrap-around services to help them get back on their feet and stay that way.

“This is how change is made, one family at a time,” Simplot said. “Even more importantly, this is how change is made culturally, not just in Scottsdale but throughout the entire state.”

“Warehousing of families and individuals who are living on the streets is not the way to treat people or expect them to thrive.”

CORRECTION: Coronado High School alumnus Rob Flick pledged $1 million through the Flick Family Foundation to support the Coronado Promise that provides scholarships of up to $5,000 over two years to students who enroll at one of the 10 Maricopa Community Colleges or at an Arizona certificate-granting, regionally accredited technical training/trade school. A story in last week’s edition used the wrong first name. Applications for the program and more information are at coronadopromise.com.

Traditional names in the past for 2022 newborns

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

New Arizona moms and dads aren't choosing the names for their children this year that their own parent selected for them. New figures from the state Department of Health Services show the names that were most popular a quarter century ago have all but disappeared from this year's Top 20 list.

The lone exception for girls is Emily which was the fifth most popular name for girls in 1997. And it hung on, only barely, at No. 20 for 2022.

And what of the names that were so popular back then? Good luck finding newborns this year with the same names.

Consider Jessica, the most popular name in 1997. There weren't enough new parents this year for that name to even crack the Top 100. Ditto Alexis, Ashley and Samantha which came in

second, third and fourth, respectively that year: all fallen o the list.

So what replaced them?

Olivia remains the top choice for newborn girls for the third year in a row. That is followed by Emma, Isabella, Sophia and Luna.

A similar situation exists among parents of newborn boys, though the shifts in parental preferences aren't quite so radical.

Jacob, the most popular name back then, fared no better than 49th this year.

Michael, however, which was right behind at second place in 1997, fared better. It now comes in at No. 18.

And Daniel, third in popularity back in 1997, dropped to sixteenth position.

Instead, Liam remains the top choice this year for parents of newborn boys for the third year in a row.

Also posting repeat performances are Noah, Mateo and Oliver which followed as second, third and fourth this

Top girl names for 2022 babies

1 -- Olivia 2 -- Emma 3 -- Isabella 4 -- Sophia 5 -- Luna 6 -- Mia 7 -- Camila 8 -- Amelia 9 -- Ava 10 -- Charlotte 11 -- Scarlett 12 -- Aria 13 -- Penelope 14 -- Evelyn 15 -- Gianna 16 -- Sofia 17 -- Violet 18 -- Aurora 19 -- Victoria 20 – Emily

year, matching the data from 2021.

Still, there were some major shifts from even a year ago.

Luca, which logged in at No. 48 a year

Top boys names for 2022 babies

1 -- Liam 2 -- Noah 3 -- Mateo 4 -- Oliver 5 -- Santiago 6 -- Sebastian 7 -- Elijah 8 -- Ezra 9 -- Ezekiel 10 -- Julian 11 -- Elias 12 -- Benjamin 13 -- Levi 14 -- Alexander 15 -- Theodore 16 -- Daniel 17 -- Angel 18 -- Michael 19 -- Gabriel 20 -- Luca

ago, rocketed up in popularity to crack the Top 20.

And Violet, which had been at No. 32 in 2021 moved up to No. 17 for girls.

had been declining for years. We were in the middle of the Great Recession. We hadn’t hit bottom yet and didn’t know how bad it was going to get. There were a lot of challenges in 2011, when I got elected.”

As she steps down from her seat because of term limits, Milhaven has seen those challenges melt away.

“We came through the Great Recession pretty strong,” she said. “We were able to maintain city services and make cuts so the citizens didn’t feel the impact. We got lots of new people living down on McDowell Road, so no more empty car dealerships.”

She ticks off other changes: “SkySong is almost complete now … We’ve seen a lot of investment in our downtown. …Some of the downtown businesses are saying that they are having some of their best years ever because of the new residents that are here.”

Milhaven can’t help but feel a pang of regret that her ride in City Hall

has come to an end.

“I’m going to miss it,” she said.

She was a banker for 40 years before retiring with Wells Fargo and chuckles at the changes she saw in her career.

“I started working for a bank and with all the mergers and acquisitions, I sat in the same chair and they kept changing the sign on the door,” she said.

Stepping on the council dais 12 years ago was a smooth transition, she said.

“I had been pretty active in the community,” she said. “I had been the chair of the chamber of commerce. I was the chair of what’s now Scottsdale Arts. I had been on the Scottsdale Industrial Development Authority, which is one of the city boards, for 12 years.

“I was on lots of different committees and things, so over the years I would come down to city council to advocate for the issues that were important to me.”

She advocated on behalf of the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Com-

merce on local business concerns, then for the arts.

“I also did Scottsdale Leadership –gosh it’s almost 30 years ago now,” she recalled. “I felt pretty well informed about what was going on

and how things worked but I think no matter how involved you are, there’s always more to learn.”

Some of those lessons where pleas-

Scottsdale City Council Chambers has been kind of a second home for Linda Milhaven, whose service to the city is ending as the result of term limits. (David Minton/Progress Sta Photographer)

ant surprises.

“When I first got elected I expected disagreements to be contentious but what I found was, folks were pretty respectful and we could agree to disagree,” she said. “Some may have argued more passionately than others but we had pretty healthy discussions.”

Some of that has changed, though.

“Folks have weaponized Nextdoor and social media platforms to disseminate misinformation and launch personal attacks,” she said. “I think that is a really sad thing to see over the last 12 years.”

The trick is to keep things in perspective, Milhaven said.

“One of the first candidate forums I went to when I ran the first time was a group that clearly was not very friendly toward the chamber or the business community. They asked a question and were like, ‘You were involved with the chamber?!’ as if they were accusing me of something nefarious.

“I said yes, I was very proud. This is what I did and how long I served. But it was clear it wasn’t a crowd that saw value in that so afterward I turned to one of the other candidates that he and I typically agreed on stuff and I said, ‘Well, I guess they’re not going to vote for us,” and he said, ‘Well you don’t need everyone, you just need most everyone.’”

Once in office, she found keeping

campaign promises challenging at times.

“You run and say ‘here’s what I want to do for our community’ and then you show up at a meeting and people fill the Kiva and they go to the podium and ask you not to do what you said you were going to do when you ran for office.

“You want to listen to people but then what do you do? That’s not what I campaigned on and that wasn’t what my vision was. At the end of the day you have to do what you promised in the campaign.”

She recalled what onetime council member Dennis Robbins told her: “You have to remember, Linda, there are 240,000 people sitting at home having dinner trusting that we’re going to make the right decision.

“You have to realize as an elected official, we’re never going to agree on everything. People are passionate about their homes, their neighborhood and their community and at the end of the day you have to be true to what you said you wanted to do.”

There’s another side to that too.

“Sometimes people come down and talk at the podium and they’ll be very angry and one of things I remind myself is we need to be grateful that we live in a country where someone can come down here and stand here and tell their government exactly what they think without fear of retribution,” she said.

During her first two terms, most

other council members were business-minded people interested in diversifying and strengthening the economy, Milhaven said.

“We have the lowest tax rates in the region because we have a robust economy here because over the years we’ve worked really hard to diversify our economy,” she said.

She particularly enjoyed working with former council members Virginia Korte, Suzanne Klapp and David Smith as well as former Mayor Jim Lane.

“It wasn’t that we sat around and conferred with each other,” Milhaven said. “It was just because we were all business-minded people, we all came to the same decisions. It wasn’t like we were in lock step.”

Development has been one of the biggest issues since Milhaven has been on council.

“I think it’s been an issue for the history of our community,” she said. “People tell me stories about when McCormick Ranch was zoned in the early 70s. Folks were concerned that McCormick Ranch was going to ruin the Western character of our community and now it’s considered a gem of a neighborhood.”

She’s proud of the development that has gone up during her tenure.

The Broadstone Apartments, development along McDowell Road, and the Scottsdale Quarter were all important projects that brought vibrancy and vitality to those areas, she said. And she can’t wait to see

what Museum Square will look like when it’s built out.

But she understands that not everybody feels that way.

“I think there’s always been people who say, ‘I like everything just as it is, don’t change anything,’ and then there’s other people who understand if you do nothing, the world changes around you and you don’t have the opportunity to influence what that change looks like.”

There have other accomplishments by council over the past 12 years: passing the city’s non-discrimination ordinance, renegotiating the contract with the Giants to keep Spring Training in Scottsdale, renovating the TPC golf course, renegotiating the city’s contract with the PGA.

Milhaven said she’s not going away.

One thing she would like to work on is building an education center for the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. She thinks the issue may not have been entirely settled with the passage of proposition 420, which precludes construction in the Preserve.

“Maybe it can be built someplace else but be close enough that it can still serve to help … educate people about the Preserve. I still think it’s a good idea.”

But just how far her activism will take her is still a mystery.

She won’t confirm or deny rumors that she is going to make a run for mayor in 2024 – except to say, “I would consider it.”

Cyclist, 7, beats sister’s record in 102-mile bike race

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

After Carina Dinu’s older sister Ariana, 11, set the record for the fastest time to complete the Tour de Tucson last year in 8 hours and 56 minutes, she made it a goal to break it.

Not only did Carina, 7, accomplish that feat, but she also set a record for being the youngest rider to ever compete in the grueling course.

Carina, who finished the 102-mile race in 8 hours and 15 minutes, attributed her accomplishment to rigorous training alongside her sister and biking long journeys – such as one she took with her parents and sister as they biked to Flagstaff form Scottsdale this summer.

“I practice biking indoors and on the weekends. I’d go outside and bike with my dad,” Carina said. “When it was summer, I’d wake up early and go biking. I even rode with my family to Flagstaff.”

Although her training prepared her for the lengthy race, Carina said that her biggest motivation was breaking her older sister’s record.

“I knew I was going to break my sister’s record,” said Carina, a second grader at Great Hearts Archway Scottsdale.

Ariana also said she felt confident that her sister would break her record.

“I’m very proud of her and I had no doubt in my mind that she could complete the 100-mile Tour de Tucson,” Ariana said. “It felt fantastic that my sister broke my own record.”

Ariana also said she gave Carina a piece of advice that she believes served as an additional motivator.

“I just told her to keep going and keep thinking ahead,” Ariana said. “'The finish line is your target: go for it.’”

With her sister’s record broken, Carina plans to exercise her love of running and swimming by competing in triathlons with her sister.

Since the two constantly race each other – with Carina sometimes edging her sister in sprints – the sisters plan to compete in more bike races, including the Tour de Scottsdale next year.

They also dream of competing in the Tour de France.

“If we ever do the Tour de France

A year after her older sister set a record for the youngest competitor in the Tour de Tucson, 7-year-old Carina Dinu shattered her sister’s record and beat her time. (Special to the Progress)  see BIKE page 19

100+ Women Who Care exceed $1M goal

BY KIM TARNOPOLSKI Progress Guest Writer

One hundred dollars at a time is how 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun exceeded their goal of donating $1 million to local nonprofits.

Eight years ago, Kim Tarnopolski, Jacqueline Destremps, Stephanie Millner, and Jenn Kaye launched a people-centered form of philanthropy called a giving circle in Ahwatukee and Scottsdale.

A giving circle brings a group of people with shared values together to collectively discuss and decide where to make a pooled gift.

Giving circles support with their dollars, but also build awareness and educate members about the great work being done by local charities.

Individuals multiply their impact and knowledge, have fun, and connect with their local community.

“Over the last eight years, we’ve facilitated 91 giving circles in the Valley. That is 91 times our members were given the opportunity to donate $100 to a deserving nonprofit,” said Stephanie Millner, chief charity officer. “When you add all those donations together, it quickly multiples to tens of thousands of dollars each year.”

In November, the chapter’s Scottsdale group delivered $18,125 to the Foothills Food Bank and Resource Center.

This local nonprofit has been working to end food poverty for more than 30 years.

Celebrating the donation by 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun to the Foothills Food Bank and Resource Center are, from left, Michelle Reyes, Terry Dowd, Jacqueline Destremps, Libby Murphy and Janice Shimokubo. (Special to the Progress)

Scottsdale doc named 2023 Diversity Champion

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Dr. Alyx Porter Umphrey has been named the 2023 Diversity Champion by the Scottsdale nonprofit Community Celebrating Diversity. She will be recognized at the 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Dinner Celebration at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at the Fieldhouse at Scottsdale Stadium.

“Diversity Champions are individuals who exemplify the philosophy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and who have enriched the community by empowering others. Individuals can be nominated by anyone in the community,” a spokesman said.

Eligible nominees must work, live or volunteer in Scottsdale.

Umphrey is a physician leader, phi-

lanthropist, author, and associate professor with a passion for equity, diversity and inclusion.

A graduate of Spelman College and Temple University School of Medicine, she has served as a neuro-oncologist at Mayo Clinic since 2008 and currently serves as the most senior Black woman in neuro-oncology.

Eager to give back to the next generation of physician leaders Umphrey founded ElevateMeD alongside her husband, Dr. Gregory Umphrey, to “elevate medicine to an ideal where the physician workforce represents the communities served,” he said.

Since its founding in 2019, the nonprofit has awarded over $500,000 in scholarships and support to deserving medical students from underrepre-

sented backgrounds across the country.

Umphrey is a native of Scottsdale, where she currently resides.

Dr. Benjamin Chavis is the featured speaker for the dinner, which has become the signature MLK celebration across the Valley of the Sun.

Tickets can be purchased online at CCDArizona.org. The cost is $100 per person, and sponsorships are available. CCD hosts the event with APS.

CCD is a Scottsdale nonprofit that sponsors educational and community events “to celebrate and create a greater awareness of our community’s diversity.”

Its mission is “to enhance the perception and understanding of diversity, provide opportunities for citizens

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It is focused on helping community members overcome their circumstances by providing immediate support through food and supplies and by aiding them in reaching a goal of independence and a return to selfsufficiency.

The organization provides those in need with weekly and monthly food baskets that include fresh fruit and vegetables, bakery items, beef, pork, chicken, canned goods, basic household supplies, personal hygiene items, and pet food.

Six refrigerated vans pick up grocery rescues from 27 stores like Whole Foods, Sprouts, and Trader Joe’s, seven days a week.

to recognize our similarities and to acknowledge our differences, and to seek respect for the values of others and the oneness of humanity.”

the food bank. It’s a blessing to their clients.

The food bank relies on private donations to buy nonperishable items.

“The Foothills Food Bank is truly grateful for the generous donations and support received from 100+ Woman Who Care. These trying economic times have created an increased burden for those living on a fixed income,” said Leigh Zydonik, executive director of Foothills Food Bank.

“This gift will be used to expand the Senior Market Day Program and enhance our senior meal boxes with healthy food items. Together we can make a positive impact in the quality of life of our neighbors.”

Carina Dinu, 7, set a record for the youngest competitor to compete in the Tour de Tucson earlier this year, finishing the race in a record eight hours and 15 minutes. (Courtesy of Tucson.com)

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together, we’re going to be a team together and I want my sister and I to take it on and to win,” Ariana said.

In the interim, the sisters plan to con-

tinue competing and taking the world by storm.

“We’re a team and we’re just warming up,” Ariana said. “We’re going to take the world by storm, so watch out world for the Dinu sisters!”

On a weekly basis, the vans pick up between 3,000 and 7,000 pounds of food, mainly perishable items. Stores that cannot sell fruits, vegetables and grains because of a minor bruise will donate those items to

To learn more about Foothills Food Bank and Resource Center visit foothillsfoodbank.com.

To learn more, register, and attend 100+ Women Who Care’s next giving circle in Scottsdale on Feb. 1, visit 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org.

Alyx Porter Umphrey

Mattress Firm helps needy kids with 'sleep kits'

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Sta Writer

Holidays can be an especially stressful time for children in foster care group home across the Valley.

Because of this, Mattress Firm – a national retail chain of retailers that hosted its annual national conference at The Westin Kierland earlier this month – decided to spread some holiday cheer among those kids by assembling 800 sleep kits.

It partnered with Mesa-based nonprofit Hands On Phoenix, which recommended that the retail giant donate the Sweet Dream Kits to children who benefit from the work of Arizonans for Children, another Mesa nonprofit that aims to alleviate hardships and improve the fragile lives of abused, abandoned and neglected children in foster care in the Phoenix Metro region.

“These kids have gone through lots

of things,” said Clarissa Rice, Arizonans for Children supervised visitation assistant. “We work with children that are in the system and we work with children that are aware that their parents are in court or going to a Family Court case, and that's never easy for anyone, especially a child.

“These kits will just bring some light into their day and make them much happier.”

Included in each sleep kit were new pajamas, a stu ed animal, a nightlight, a book, bath time products and dental hygiene products wrapped in canvas bags. They were funded by Mattress Firm’s corporate social responsibility program.

“We have a broader corporate social responsibility program at Mattress Firm and it is all about the health and well-being of our associates and of the communities that we work and live in across the country,” said Mattress Firm spokeswoman Christina Beckman.

“We work with national nonprofit partners as a part of that work and we have programs that our associates can get involved in and we also have a product donations program where we're able to give some of our products for good.”

Beckman also said giving back is a company value within Mattress Firm.

“Giving back is certainly one of our core values at Mattress Firm and it's something that we really wanted to prioritize when we were in town,” Beckman said.

“We care a lot about it and we always have a large give-back event at our larger company gatherings. But more importantly, it is December and often these children probably won't be celebrating as the rest of us are during the holidays.”

Mattress Firm recruited 450 volunteers to assemble the kits.

The kits were then distributed to children around the Valley at an o cial ceremony hosted at Arizonans for Children's facility in Phoenix on Dec. 19, which also featured an appearance by Santa Claus.

“It lets these sweet kids know that

people care about them and that people want to help them just to make their night better,” Rice said.

Beckman agreed.

“We are so proud to bring integrity to sleep to children and adults in folks across the country,” Beckman said.

“We're also very aware that it is the holidays and we have to think about those who are perhaps not as privileged as the rest of us, so we need to do as much as we can to give people a good night's rest as what we're all about here at Mattress Firm.”

Beckman hopes that these kits provide some much-needed cheer and relief to both the children and the nonprofit.

“It has been a tough year for us all, especially for nonprofits,” Beckman said. “Because of that, we hope that these kids sleep well, that they have sweet dreams, and that this will bring at least a little bit of comfort.”

Info: Arizonansforchildren.org and mattressfirm.com

Mattress Firm employees and some Hands On Phoenix representatives got together with various vendor representatives to create up to 800 Sweet Dream Kits at Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale. (David Minton/Progress Sta Photographer)

Bobby Gomes and Tomas Ramos add items to their bags as Mattress Firm partners with Hands on Phoenix and Arizonans for Children at the SleepCon Give Back event to create up to 800 Sweet Dream Kits to distribute to beneficiaries of the charities. (David Minton/Progress Sta Photographer)

Saguaro QB Devon Dampier wins Ed Doherty Award

BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

The naming of the Ed Doherty Award recipient on a yearly basis is the culmination of every high school football season in Arizona.

Nicknamed “the Heisman” of high school football in the state, it’s awarded every year to the player that stood out among the rest. The event itself is extravagant. Fifty-nine players who have been nominated throughout the season with medallions for excellent play are invited to attend alongside families. Forty were in attendance this year.

They walk a red carpet and eat an extravagant lunch before finding out if they have been deemed the best high school football player in the state for the season. While every athlete aims to come away with the award, simply being one of the nominees is an honor, too.

That was the case for Saguaro senior quarterback Devon Dampier. That is, until he was named the 2022 winner of the Ed Doherty Award.

“It’s a lot, it was really shocking at first,” Dampier said. “I’m in a very good place and I’m thankful for that. It’s ridiculous what is happening to me right now. It’s all happening so fast.”

Dampier shined in his two seasons at Saguaro, the first of which he had to sit out the first five games after transferring from Pinnacle.

He led the Sabercats to the Open Division state championship as a junior when he o cially took over as the starter in the postseason. As a senior, he guided his team through one of the most di cult schedules in the nation.

Saguaro entered the Open Division playo s as the No. 5 seed yet made another run to the title game. The Sabercats fell just short of another title.

Dampier passed for 2,349 yards and 21 touchdowns this past season. Even

with the accolades, he prides himself on being an underdog. That’s a role he will cherish at New Mexico next year.

“I like to feel like I’m an underdog,” Dampier said. “I never think I’m good enough, it’s just the expectations I have for myself in my head. I’ll always

continue to be an underdog until I feel like I’m at my peak.”

Dampier was joined by five other finalists for the award on stage – American Leadership Academy Gilbert quarterback Adam Damante, Higley quarterback Jamar Malone, Liberty quarterback Navi Bruzon and Basha quarterback Demond Williams. Pinnacle tight end Duce Robinson, another finalist, wasn’t present.

Three out of the six players nominated for the award won their respective state title games a week prior. Damante led the Eagles to their first-ever championship at the 4A level, beating Snowflake. Malone led Higley to its first championship by beating Cactus in the 5A game. Williams led Basha to a win over Saguaro in the Open.

“It means a lot,” Williams said.“We’re all very big players who had good seasons. There’s a reason we’re here. It means a lot. This is a big thing for me because I have been here since my freshman year.”

“It still hasn’t settled in all the stu we did this season,” Malone added. “I just want to thank my linemen, the big boys up front. You can’t do anything without them. My receivers for always catching the ball and my running back for opening up the holes and my defense. I just want to shout out my team because they helped me get to this point.”

Of the 59 players nominated for the award throughout the course of the season, 40 attended the event last Saturday. It was an opportunity to mingle among other players, and of course be considered one of the best the state has to o er.

That meant a lot to players like Eastmark wideout Austin Johnston and quarterback Mack Molander.

The two were one of the best tandems in the state while leading the Firebirds to the 3A championship win over Thatcher. Receiving Ed Doherty medallions and being invited to the luncheon was a nod to where they have come as players and how much they have built Eastmark into yet another power in the East Valley.

“I feel like our school is finally getting some of the recognition it deserves, especially the football program,” Molander said. “People don’t realize that even at the 3A level there are some real good football players. It means a lot to our school and to 3A as a whole.”

“This senior class set a great example,” Johnston added. “The juniors this year will take over and continue to build on what we started with the foundation we laid down.”

The Ed Doherty Award, while special for the winner, also recognizes the outstanding play of select players from most conferences across the state.

While every player aims to join the likes of Hamilton alum Nicco Marchiol, Mesquite alum Ty Thompson, Perry alum Brock Purdy, Salpointe Catholic alum Bijan Robinson and Desert Vista alums Zach Miller and Bobby Wade, simply being nominated and invited to the luncheon is an honor and experience they will never forget.

“It feels good to be rewarded,” Dampier said. “I’m just going to keep grinding, keep working to try and be the best me. I feel like I’ve proved myself.”

Saguaro senior quarterback Devon Dampier was named the recipient of the 2022 Ed Doherty Award, which honors the most outstanding player of the Arizona high school football season. Often, it is referred to as the state’s Heisman Trophy. (Dave Minton/Progress Sta )

Dampier was joined by several other athletes from across the state at the luncheon held in Scottsdale. He was named the winner after six finalists were announced. He becomes the fourth player from Saguaro to win the award. (Dave Minton/Progress Sta )

Extraterrestrial life explored at AZ Boardwalk

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

AZ Boardwalk’s newest attraction, “UFO Experience: The Truth is Out There,” is deciphering how many people believe in aliens from space. The experience took over the existing space for “The Science of Ripley’s Believe it or Not” and guides guests through nine galleries that tests whether or not guests still believe there is extraterrestrial life out there.

“Because the subject of ufology – the study of unidentified flying objects – has a lot of moving parts to it. We wanted this to succeed in detailing out a few of those areas of ufology that help to demonstrate or help to explain what people are thinking when they are seeking to understand its subject

matter,” said AZ Boardwalk Managing Partner Ran Knishinsky.

It was important for Knishinsky to understand this field as well because it is something that he has been infatuated with for years before opening this attraction.

“A couple of years ago, I started reading books on UFOs and unidentified aerial phenomena and as I started to learn about it, I found it fascinating,” Knishinsky recalls. “The question for me became ‘are we alone?’ and that's something that I wondered about, which fed my curiosity.”

It wasn’t long after that Knishinsky began to think the question of whether mankind is alone could make for an interactive and educational attraction.

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Scottsdale native ready to rock out the old year

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

After braving the rain and mudsoaked weekend during the inaugural Zona Festival at Margaret T. Hance Park in Phoenix Dec. 3-4, some of the homegrown acts that performed there are bringing the fun indoors to ring in the new year.

Local musicians Playboy Manbaby, Breakup Shoes, Sydney Sprague, and five more homegrown acts will perform across two stages – one indoors and one on the patio – at the Crescent Ballroom on Dec. 31.

Playboy Manbaby vocalist Robbie Pfeffer is excited about the show.

“I feel like it's the first New Year's Eve that has happened because last New Year's Eve kind of got destroyed by the Omicron variant and then the one be-

fore that was just nonexistent entirely,” said Pfeffer, an alum of Horizon High

School and Scottsdale native. “So, this is the first New Year show since 2020.”

Because of this, Pfeffer expects the show to generate an abundance of energy.

“One of the cool things about doing a New Year's show is it's iconic since everyone goes out that night. So you get a lot of people you wouldn’t attract at your run-of-the-mill show,” he said.

Pfeffer also believes the bill of musicians performing genres like alt-rock, indie, art-rock, sparkly pop and punk rock will attract a diverse audience.

“I think the headline of this is just the scale of the event,” Pfeffer said. “For a space the size of the Crescent Ballroom to have that many bands and just have it be this musical buffet if you will, I think that that's the most exciting thing.”

Because of this, Pfeffer –a front man who knows how to rouse a crowd – expects to feed off of the audience.

Ran Knishinsky, managing partner for Arizona Boardwalk, hangs out with a friend in the UFO Experience exhibition, which features more than 200 alien artifacts, films, recordings, conceptual models, and interactive experiences. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer) see ET page

Playboy Manbaby vocalist Robbie Pfeffer, a Scottsdale native, is excited about performing a New Year’s Eve gig. (Special to the Progress)

He began researching whether an exhibition of such a nature had been done before and discovered that two similar attractions had been created in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Buena Park, California.

Inspired by the attractions, Knishinsky sought out The Event Agency, which had produced the attractions in Buena Park and Myrtle Beach.

“I liked what they were doing, and I asked them to take it out, refresh it and make it relevant for today,” said Knishinsky, an alumnus of Chaparral High School.

So began a lengthy planning process that culminated in an extensive month-long renovation to convert the space into an experience out of this world.

Because of this, the educational attraction begins by showing guests an eight-minute video detailing the field of ufology, the history of extraterrestrial encounters around the world and explaining the existence of extraterrestrial life in pop culture.

From there, guests are juxtaposed to rooms dedicated to detailing the sightings of UFOs throughout history, the history of weaponry and reverse engineering conducted by the U.S. military, and the history of ancient aliens.

The gallery on the history of aliens poses the question of whether or not

they have had any influence over human civilization.

Another is dedicated to space travel, titled the “Propulsion Gallery,” while the Abduction Zone makes guests feel like they are being abducted.

Still another gallery examines the presence of aliens in pop culture. It includes props created by Hollywood set designers of famous aliens like E.T., Alien! and Watto from the Star Wars prequels as well as a chart of celebrities who claim to have had an encounter with extraterrestrial life.

and New York.

“I know there's going to be some pretty cool energy in there and I think there's a lot of opportunity to make it fun,” he said. “I’m going to plan something and make it try to maximize the energy.”

Pfeffer hopes to do something unexpected to make the show even more memorable.

“I'm a very big fan of trying to do at least one thing that's unexpected,” Pfeffer said. “When it comes to Phoenix – and being a band that's played in Phoenix for a long time – I want it to always be a thing, where if people come to see us, they will leave thinking ‘that only happened at that show.’”

He also hopes this show helps to continue putting the Phoenix music scene on the map with competing markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, Nashville,

“I think that we are at a cool pivot point right now,” Pfeffer said. “If you look at the things that bands from Phoenix are doing, I mean, just bands on this bill, these are acts that are legitimately doing stuff on a national stage that call Phoenix Home. That's a cool thing.”

Pfeffer hopes the New Year’s Eve show becomes an annual concert.

“It's the kind of thing that hopefully, if we do it and it's good, then it can become a tradition,” he said.

This will not be the only New Year’s Eve celebration at which Pfeffer will be making an appearance as he will immediately have to jaunt from The Crescent Ballroom over to The Rebel Lounge.

There, he will be performing a DJ set alongside fellow Scottsdale-born musician Meghan Herring and DJ Bruiser spinning the hits of 70’s Swedish supergroup ABBA.

“We're just looking to present information and let people make their own decisions,” Knishinsky said. “We wanted to spark people's curiosity and spark their thinking and what better way to spark thinking than to ask the question, ‘do you believe?’ and allow the person to ask themselves that throughout each gallery and answer that question with a yes, maybe or no?”

This is why guests are given a card and a green token upon their entry. Although the experience is mostly centered around a Socratic debate of

For fans that make it to either performance, Pfeffer aims to provide an unforgettable night and some memorable tunes to ring in the new year.

If You Go:

New Year’s Eve w/ Playboy Manbaby + friends

When: 8 p.m. Dec. 31 Where: Crescent Ballroom, 308 N. 2nd Avenue, Phoenix Cost: $22 Info: *This is an age 21+ event. crescentphx.com

Robbie’s ABBA 2023 NYE Disco Dance Party

When: 8 p.m. Dec. 31 Where: 2303 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix Cost: $15 Info: This is an age 21+ event. therebellounge.com/events

whether or not one believes in aliens, Knishinsky wanted to also create an abundance of fun opportunities throughout the experience.

“We wanted to also do this in a family fun and friendly way, which is why there's a lot of really cool interactive elements here from a moonwalk bounce house for kids to an alien shooting video game to interactive floor graphics where kids can step on aliens to a lot of different photo opportunities that exist within the experience.”

At the end of the experience, guests are asked to place their tokens inside a box marked “yes,” “maybe” or “no” so they can weigh in with their personal belief or disbelief in creatures from outer space.

“UFO Experience: The Truth is Out There” is currently slated to be open for the next year but it could become permanent at AZ Boardwalk if it is successful.

If You Go:

UFO Experience: The Truth is Out There

When: Now- TBA, daily hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: 9500 E. Via de Ventura, Suite E250, Scottsdale Cost: $19.95

Info: theufoexperience.com

interesting going on in Scottsdale?

This familiar reproduction of a space traveler is part of the Arizona Boardwalk exhibition. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

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Published: Scottsdale Progress, December 25, 2022.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of JANICE TEISCH-ZIFF, Deceased Case Number PB2022005477

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed as the Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to undersigned Personal Representative at JESSICA SHARKEY, 7719 E. IRONWOOD CT SCOTTSDALE, AZ 85258 DATED this November 22 2022.

Signed, JESSICA SHARKEY Published in the Scottsdale Progress, Dec 11, 18, 25, 2022

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