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s the four investors prepare for an open house today on their plan to save the Club West Golf Course, dozens of homeowners are raising numerous questions about the proposal and asking their HOA board to slow down a tentative schedule for considering it until they’re satisfied with the answers. The Edge Team – comprising four local buyers, Taylor-Morrison home builders, a golf course architect and a course-related designer and two land use attorneys – will hold the open house 6:30-8 p.m. Jan. 29 at

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Ahwatukee Girl Scout and Brownie troops aren’t letting State House Republican leadership snub their campaign for a ban on releasing balloons, citing the damage remnants do to wildlife, especially birds. With help from LD 18 Rep. Mitzi Epstein, they were back at the State Capitol last week. See page 3 for details. (Heather Sapp/Special to AFN)

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n Ahwatukee couple is taking Dignity Health and its Chandler Regional Medical Center to federal court over what they consider to be a lack of interpretive services for deaf patients. Mitchell and Dawn Siegel have been waiting more than five years to resolve a civil complaint they filed against the medical provider for practices they think are discriminatory against the deaf community. Dawn Siegel visited Dignity’s Chandler Regional Medical Center in 2014 for severe stomach pains and claims she was not provided a sign language interpreter who could translate what doctors and nurses were telling her. She was instructed to write down what she needed to tell hospital staff or communicate through an off-site interpreter via webcam

video. Siegel found the video service ineffective due to poor visual quality and the interpreter’s inabilities. She claims her requests for a certified, in-person interpreter were not granted during her nine-day hospital visit, resulting in Siegel never wanting to return. “I should be able to go to whatever hospital I want to,” Dawn said through an interpreter. “It’s not fair.” The Siegels were among a group of deaf individuals who joined together in 2014, to sue Dignity Health for violating protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act obligates health providers to “effectively communicate” with deaf people. The other plaintiffs told similar stories of not having access to in-person interpreters at the Chandler hospital or being forced to use the video services. One plaintiff alleged Dignity’s video service was not working when doctors needed to tell

him he needed emergency surgery. Staff had to deliver the news through the patient’s relative over the phone, court documents show. All the plaintiffs chose to settle their claims with Dignity last year, except for the Siegels. The hospital offered to pay $25,000 to resolve the case, Mitchell Siegel said, but he and his wife declined. “It was insulting,” Mitchell said through an interpreter about the offer. The rights of deaf people are the same as anyone else, Mitchell added, so they decided it was time for a jury to hear their story. Elizabeth Tate, a Phoenix-based attorney who will be representing the Siegels at trial – scheduled to begin Feb. 4 – will try to convince a jury Dignity acted indifferently to Siegel’s needs by providing webcam translators the plaintiffs considered to be “woefully inadequate.”

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hey’re back – and they’re not taking no for an answer. Steve T. Strickbine Rudely rebuffed by the State House RepubliVICE PRESIDENT can leadership last spring, a group of Ahwatukee Girl Michael Hiatt Scouts isn’t giving up on their fight for a state ban on ADVERTISING STAFF releasing balloons – which they say is no different from National Advertising Director banning people from tossing litter onto highways. Zac Reynolds 480-898-5603 And this time, Troop Girl Scout 3835 not only has atzac@ahwatukee.com Advertising Sales Representatives: tracted other troops to join the fight, but the girls also Karen Mays, 480-898-7909, have attracted support from environmental groups kmays@ahwatukee.com Laura Meehan, 480-898-7904, and amassed data to support their cause. lmeehan@ahwatukee.com Troop 3835 Girl Scout Amber Chen started the camClassified: Elaine Cota, 480-898-7926, paign last year after discovering how remnants of balecota@ahwatukee.com loons are eaten by wildlife, particularly birds, killing or Circulation Director: Aaron Kolodny 480-898-5641, injuring them. Troop 3835 comprises fourth graders customercare@ahwatukee.com from Monte Vista Elementary. NEWS STAFF Amber and the other Troop 3835 girls – supported Executive Editor: Ahwatukee Cadette Troop 757 and Brownie Troop Paul Maryniak, 480-898-5647, pmaryniak@ahwatukee..com 3885 – gathered at the State Capitol for a press conferGetOut Editor: ence last week with LD 18 Rep. Mitzi Epstein. Christina Fuoco-Karasinski, 480-641-4518, christina@timespublications.com Epstein introduced again the bill that House MajorSports Editor: ity Leader Warren Petersen last year went out of his Zach Alvira 480-898-5630, zalvira@timespublications.com way to deride even though the bill was already dead. Copy Editor: The only difference between the new HB2339 and last April Morganroth 480-656-9667, amorganroth@timespublications.com year’s bill is that Epstein eliminated a monetary penalty Designer: for releasing balloons in the air, replacing that with a Ruth Carlton - rcarlton@timespublications.com community service component, like picking up litter. Production Coordinator: Courtney Oldham 480-898-5617 The way the Girl Scouts and Epstein see it, the law production@timespublications.com already forbids people from tossing litter out the car Reporters: Jim Walsh, 480-898-5639 window. This bill simply extends that to what people jwalshe@ahwatukee.com release into the air. Wayne Schutsky, 480-898-6533 wschutsky@timespublications.com Her HB 2339 would make it illegal to release balCecilla Chan. 480-898-5613, loons into the atmosphere “for any reason,’’ including cchan@timespublications.com any promotional activity or product advertisement. Ahwatukee Foothills News is distributed by AZ Integrated Media, a circulation service company owned by Times Petersen called the bill “government gone wild.’’ Media Group. The public is permitted one copy per reader. For further information regarding the circulation “I will certainly oppose any legislation that penalizes of this publication or others in the Times Media Group family of publications, and for subscription children for releasing balloons into the air,’’ he said. information, please contact AZ Integrated Media at circ@azintegratedmedia.com or 480-898-5641. For circulation services please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@ The bill revives a dustup between Petersen and the azintegatedmedia.com. girls that occurred in April last year, when the girls were in third-grade and had a Brownie troop. WRITE A LETTER Back then, the 15-girl Ahwatukee troop and ScoutTo submit a letter, please include your full name. Our policy is not to run anonymous letters. Please master Heather Sapp had worked for months on a keep the length to 300 words. Letters will be run on a space-available basis. Please send your contributions to project involving balloons’ harmful impact on wildlife pmaryniak@ahwatukee.com. when birds and animals eat their remnants. EDITORIAL CONTENT With Epstein’s help, the girls submitted a bill to curb The Ahwatukee Foothills News expresses its opinion. Opinions expressed in guest commentaries, their release – an exercise that was as much a civics perspectives, cartoons or letters to the editor are lesson aimed at teaching them how laws are made as those of the author. it was their effort to save a piece of the environment. ADVERTISING CONTENT The content and claims of any advertisement are the The bill died without a hearing – as many bills do. sole responsibility of the advertiser. The Ahwatukee But out of nowhere on April 12, Petersen issued a Foothills News assumes no responsibility for the claims

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blistering news release criticizing the long-dead measure. The release said he “applauded House Republicans for killing” it. “If enacted, HB 2664 would have prohibited the releasing of balloons into the air, as well as mandating expensive warning label requirements for manufactures to affix to balloons prior to sale,” the release began. It then quoted Petersen as saying: “With committee work over, it’s all but certain that this radical ‘balloon bill’ will not advance. I’m proud that my Republican colleagues killed a bill with such expansive overreach into people’s lives. Not even 5-year-olds at a birthday party would be safe from such an extreme bill, which would carry a penalty up to $500. This model legislation put forth by my Democratic colleagues is a model of what shouldn’t be introduced in the Arizona Legislature.” Petersen’s colleague – Glendale Republican Anthony Kern – gleefully tweeted the release. At the time, Epstein, whose district includes Ahwatukee, said she was acting on behalf of her constituents – namely, the 8- and 9-year-old girls who had been working on the project. The girls may have been beaten but were unbowed and this time came to Epstein with lots of preparation. Troop leader Heather Sapp told AFN the girls last fall began amassing more data to support their campaign. They worked with a graduate student at Arizona State University to develop a survey, she said, to determine how Arizonans would feel about banning the release of balloons. What their survey found was that when the question simply tested their reaction to banning their release, responses were split 50-50. But when they made the connection to littering, “almost everyone who answered favored a ban,” said Sapp, whose daughter started the crusade.

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Ahwatukee Girl Scouts accompanied state Rep. Mitzi Epstein at a press conference at the State Capitol to applaud her reintroduction of a bill that would ban the release of balloons into the air - which the Scouts contend is nothing more than littering. (Capitol Media Services)

The Scouts treatment last year infuriated another member of the troop. Mia Gonzalez, a 10-year-old Monte Vista Elementary student, said she couldn’t understand why Republican lawmakers would be so opposed to stopping the release of balloons and saving the lives of birds and other wildlife that eat their remains once they pop. “We’re trying to bring awareness to people,” Mia said. “It’s littering and it’s very harmful to the environment. I think we got a lot of people’s attention. “We’re not trying to ban balloons,” she stressed. “We’re just trying to make sure people don’t release them.” Five states, six cities and two countries ban balloon releases because of the damage they wreak on the planet. Legislatures in a half dozen other states are considering the same. Dolphins, whales, turtles and many other marine species, as well as animals and birds have been hurt or killed by balloons, which can block their digestive tract as they slowly starve to death.

Birds and smaller animals can also become entangled in balloons and their ribbons, left virtually immobile until they die. Balloons also have been known to spark electrical fires and power outages when they get tangled up in power transformers. Salt River Project estimates that its service areas see 80 outages a year caused by Mylar balloons that were set free. “It’s not just SRP’s area that is affected; all utility providers, including municipal utilities, face the same problem,” the Arizona League of Cities has stated. “The City of Mesa Energy Resources faces similar Mylar balloon issues especially around graduation season.” The damage is extensive enough to have prompted college football champion Clemson University two years ago to end a 35-year tradition of releasing balloons en masse at the beginning of each home football game. Pressure has been put on the Indianapolis 500 and the University of Ne-

braska football team to follow suit. During the press conference last week, Epstein cited statistics showing that about 29 percent of the birds in the United States and Canada – about three billion in all – have disappeared in the last half century. “It is more than just balloons,’’ Epstein said, adding that balloons are “the most lethal kind of pollution for birds and for every other kind of wildlife out there.’’ That was backed up by Doris Pedersen of Liberty Wildlife, which is involved in not only conservation and education but also helping injured animals. “The wildlife actually eat them,’’ she said of balloon residue. “It gets in their system and blocks their system.’’ And Pedersen said waterfowl mistake what’s left of those shiny Mylar balloons for jellyfish. Epstein also pointed out that the legislation specifically does not apply to the accidental release of five or fewer balloons. Still, she said, this isn’t so much about enforcement as publicizing the danger of balloons. “It’s a reminder to everybody that litter really does harm wildlife,’’ Epstein said. Unlike last year, the Scouts aren’t going to sit back now and see if legislators will consider their request. Sapp said the Scouts plan to return to the Capitol sometime in the next few weeks to seek individual meetings with lawmakers. They circulated some of their literature to some offices last week and tried to visit with some lawmakers but many of them weren’t around. The girls also are continuing to win more community support for their effort. Mia said she’s been talking to her classmates ever since last year. “They were disappointed that people are releasing them and that they came down and harm turtles and stuff,” she said.

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Mitchell and Dawn Siegel's lawsuit against Dignity Health's Chandler Regional Medical Center heads to trial next month. (Chris Mortenson/AFN Staff Photographer)

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U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan has questioned this argument, finding the plaintiffs in the Siegel case might claim they couldn’t articulate complex medical issues through notes. “Plaintiffs’ actual English proficiency and defendant’s choice of written communications presents issues of fact as to whether communication between hospital staff and the (plaintiffs) was truly effective,” the judge wrote in a 2019 ruling, “as well as whether written communication in those circumstances was appropriate.” Janine Stanley, a counselor and deaf advocate for the Siegels, said doctors need to better understand why it’s not permissible to communicate through notes and gestures with deaf people. A deaf person’s first language is normally American Sign Language and not English, Stanley explained. So, having a sick person write in their non-native lan-

guage should not be considered effective, she said. “Your brain is not working the right way when you’re sick,” Stanley said. “This shouldn’t be this way.” The language barrier prevents deaf people from receiving other types of important services, Stanley added. She’s one of the few licensed counselors in Arizona who also speaks American Sign Language, yet most deaf people have insurance plans not even covering Stanley’s practice. This leaves deaf people not wanting to seek out help, Stanley said, because they want a counselor they can communicate with directly. “There are many people out there not getting the mental health they need because of this reason,” she said. The Siegels’ attorney did not provide a monetary value of damages they may ask a jury to award them. The attorney said she will determine the number during the course of the eight-day trial.

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automatically cost Wilson his state fingerprint clearance card, a requirement of the superintendent’s position at EVIT. But the EVIT board accommodated Wilson, moving him to the position of director of external affairs – which did not require the clearance card – until his legal problems could be addressed. Before this move, Wilson was forced to take vacation time and his future appeared in doubt. Dana Kuhn, an assistant principal, was promoted to serve as acting superintendent, although Wilson was still eligible to participate in leadership meetings. “We applaud the Attorney General’s decision to withdraw these unprecedented charges and reconsider the Auditor General’s flawed investigation. No crime occurred here. The Auditor General proposed a novel theory that would criminalize the state educational budget process,’’ said Mark Kokanovich of Ballard Spahr, one of Wilson’s defense attorneys. “They are matters to be handled within a school district, not the criminal justice system,” Kokanovich added. “Chad looks forward to continuing to work with educators from across the valley to change the lives of the students and communities he serves.’’ In a court filing, the Attorney General’s Office conceded the defense raised substantial issues in a motion to remand the case back to the grand jury and further investigation is required. “Counsel for the defendant raised issues and possible defenses in it’s motion to remand the required additional investigation before the matter can proceed to the state grand jury,’’ a prosecutor wrote. “The parties acknowledge this investigation will likely exceed the 15-day timeframe normally imposed for a remand, so for these reasons, the state requests the case be dismissed without prejudice to allow this investigation to take place,’’ the prosecutor’s motion stated. The state Attorney General’s Office used an audit by the Arizona Auditor General to obtain charges of misuse of

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public monies, alleging Wilson arranged for $133,223 in payments not authorized by the Apache Junction Governing Board to administrators from 2012 to 2016. The $126,000 in “performance payments’’ went to 11 to 15 administrators, while another $3,880 was spent on “professional development instruction’’ and $2,550 was spent on paying three administrators to attend athletic events on Friday nights. Wilson received $480 in unauthorized payments, according to the audit. In the motion to remand, Wilson’s attorneys argued prosecutors provided the grand jury with misleading evidence. They wrote investigator Tina Mann testified the board needed to approve expenditures in advance. However, Mann did not mention some expenditures could be approved afterward while others did not require any form of board approval. The motion said the state did not provide the grand jury with the Apache Junction policies Wilson was accused of violating. “Instead, the state’s presentation relied on a witnesses’ flawed and misleading interpretation of district policy, a mischaracterization of interviews with district employees related to district policy, and a withholding of evidence suggests Dr. Wilson actually complied with district policy,’’ the defense motion said. The defense motion also implied political interference may have played a role in Wilson’s indictment. It noted a policy advisor for the state Legislature initially requested the Auditor General’s Office investigate the case. The defense motion said the Auditor General’s initial response was the mere violation of district policies did not necessarily rise to the level of committing a crime. Kevin Koelbel, the district’s director of legal services, said the EVIT board will not consider giving Wilson his superintendent’s job back until he obtains the fingerprint clearance card. It is unclear how quickly this may occur.

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Aprende kids learn to take lead in suicide prevention BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

hen you ask Chandler eighthgraders Bella Rios and Zach Albanese and seventh-grader Rishabh Naimpally about what’s on their peers’ minds, you’re likely to get a disturbing answer. But when you ask the Aprende Middle School students what they are doing about it, you likely will feel hopeful. The three students were among nearly 100 Kyrene middle school students who joined about 5,000 of their peers Jan. 21 at Grand Canyon University for the fourth annual Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life Conference hosted by Grand Canyon University. Its purpose, as explained by Jennifer Johnson, GCU director of academic alliances, is to empower “younger students to build a positive school community, develop quality relationships among all students and staff, and take action when a classmate needs help.” “Suicide and bullying are serious issues

The Aprende Middle School delegation to Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life included, from left, counselor Brook Norris, Rishabh Naimpally, Zach Albanese, Bella Rios and Principal Renee Kory. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)

affecting every community,” she added. Ask Bella, Zack and Rishabh about pressures their peers are under – and they echo the same ones that high school students have been telling school boards about.

“It’s like they’re doing too much at one time,” Zach explained. “They’re biting off more than they can chew and they’re like, they’re trying to do more and then when like all of a sudden it becomes too hard. They don’t know what to do. They be-

come too stressed out. They want to feel like quitting whatever it is they’re trying to do.” Added Bella: “They’re pushing themselves to the point where they get so stressed out. They push themselves in schoolwork to try to maintain their grades and all - because of that, they start lacking, thinking they aren’t doing what is right for them, thinking they’re not good enough for it and then they get super-stressed out. That’s usually like a common topic I have witnessed.” Since July 2017, at least 40 teens and at least one pre-teen in Chandler and neighboring communities have taken their lives. In each of the last six years Principal Renee Kory helmed at Aprende, there was one suicide involving either a student at her school or Corona del Sol High. So, it may come as no surprise Kory takes a group of 20 students to Speak Up, Stand Up every year since it started. Her example inspired Kyrene’s other

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middle school principals to follow suit so they, too, now take a student delegation to Speak Up, Stand Up. “I would say every year it seems there are more pressures every year, more issues kids are facing,” Kory said. “So we’re just continually trying to find ways to reach them and support them.” Moreover, she and counselor Brook Norris noted, the student delegates to the conference give them more eyes and ears so they can help troubled children far earlier than they might have. “Of course, they have their teachers and they have Mrs. Norris,” Kory explained. “They have administration and parents. But their friends are who they look to first.” It means, she continued, with students like Bella, Zach and Rishab school staffers are “not only having them be those positive influences but also having them be sometimes a voice or help saying, ‘Hey, this needs to go to Ms. Norris or we need to go talk to somebody.’ ‘We need to get you help.’ “It makes all the difference,” Kory add-

ed. “We’re building capacity here and in the district.” And this capacity is needed more now than ever, she and Norris added, particularly in light of how social media has exacerbated bullying and feelings of insecurity among teens and even younger kids. For Bella and Zach, this was their second conference. As all the students will again this year, they came back from last year’s day-long retreat and had to develop a project. The year before they went, the students who attended developed and executed an idea to make and distribute suicide awareness/prevention rubber bracelets. Last year, Bella, Zach and the others developed stickers. Rishabh was so impressed he wanted to join the effort this year. “Those (stickers) were huge because everybody was like slapping them on their water bottles,” Rishabh recalled. “And then the girls liked the bracelets. Some had like tons of them on their wrists and arms.” In turn, the kids who saw the stickers or the bracelets asked about them. And the student leaders like Bella and Zach

could then tell them about how to be aware of suicidal tendencies among their classmates and what to do when they sense something is amiss. The three Aprende students and the others who attended the conference were selected on the basis of the criteria conference leaders suggested. “They ask to please select students who are positive leaders and are influential because they have to do an outreach project afterward,” Kory explained. “So, they need to be confident enough to speak to their peers and to impact change and have tough conversations with kids because the kids listen to them more than us,” she continued, adding: “So, we picked the ones we know are able to be positive leaders and are comfortable talking to their peers.” Bella said even before she and her group last year made the stickers, kids were asking her about the conference and what is involved. Rishabh said he was eager to go because he sees the need. “It just seemed like the right thing to do because like now in our society, there’s so many people on drugs,” he said, adding:

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by smaller farms or residents, it need not legally concern itself if those other wells dry up. This is what is happening. The only question is what politicians are willing to do about it. Some of it comes down to definitions and deciding whether there is a problem. House Minority Leader Charlene Fernandez said the first step is figuring out how much is being sucked from the ground every year. “We should know how much we’re using,’’ she said. “We won’t know how much to conserve if we don’t know what we’re using.’’ But the Yuma Democrat said when she threw out the idea of metering wells at a community meeting “it wasn’t very popular.’’ “People who own land believe the water rights belong to the property underneath,’’ she said. Complicating any solution politically is one of the larger operations using Arizona groundwater to grow hay to ship to Saudi Arabia to feed cattle there. In the meantime, some area residents report their existing wells have gone dry, forcing them to drill even deeper.

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“We have to stand up to that,’’ said Fernandez who has been one of the key legislative players in shaping Arizona water legislation. She said there should be some way to distinguish between families living in the area and corporate farmers, “people who don’t have a vested interest in the area.’’ “But who makes that decision?’’ she asked. Rep. Regina Cobb, R-Kingman, said she would like a state law governing all wells. But she said there is too much political opposition. “Some areas of the state decided they

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Altadena Middle School. And the investors say they are prepared to answer the questions that were raised last week at a meeting of at least 70 homeowners at a neighbor’s home. Investor Matt Shearer also said homeowwners can submit answers to him and his partners directly at their website, TheEdge. golf, where they will host a Q&A session online this week. The homeowners who met last week want the Club West Community Association board to postpone for at least three months a proposed community-wide March vote on the plan. The homeowners began delivering a flyer to Club West homes on Saturday that listed some of the questions they have about the Edge Team plan, suggesting they might seek an injunction against the HOA board if it follows through with its timeline for a community vote. Board President Mike Hinz lauded the homeowners and said the board would work with them on their concerns, calling that timeline “fluid.” “The board applauds their initiative,” Hinz said. “This is something we’ve been asking for the homeowners to do since Breuninger filed bankruptcy.” Richard Breuninger owned the course for less than a year before owner Wilson Gee took it back in September 2019 for failure to maintain payments on the $1 million he promised to pay for the site. Hinz also said there is no deadline for homeowners to submit questions to the board for the Edge Team’s response. “There’s absolutely no time limit,” he said. “We would never put a time limit on

don’t like to have monitoring,’’ Cobb said. “They don’t want to know what’s in their aquifers. Cobb said may have made sense at one time. “We were the ‘land of the free’ in Mohave and La Paz counties,’’ she said. “We didn’t want any of those things until somebody started coming in and taking our water,’’ Cobb continued, “then, all of a sudden, we do want it.’’ Cobb said studies done in the western Arizona counties found no aquifer with more than a 75-year water supply. “If that were Phoenix, we would be halting all new development,’’ she said. Gov. Doug Ducey appears to view farm-

ing by anyone as simply a form of economic development. “Agriculture’s a big industry,’’ he told Capitol Media Services. Ducey sees little difference between the use of water by a corporate farm selling hay to Saudi interests and Arizonans growing vegetables for commercial sale. “We’re the No. 1 leafy green exporter in the world,’’ he told Capitol Media Services. “Our lettuce and romaine go all around North America,’’ he continued. “Our durum wheat is the wheat they use in Italy to make their pasta.’’ The fight is over more than groundwater regulation. Some Arizona communities anxious for

This map of the Club West Golf Course is a conceptual rendition by the Edge Team’s plans, including the three will be acommunity asset.” (The Edge Team)

asking questions.” “There should be questions,” he continued. “I mean, don’t forget the board’s going to have questions too.” “As far as the timeline is concerned,” Hinz added, “of course it’s fluid. If all the questions are answered and we’re ready to go, we go. If the questions aren’t answered and there’s things that need to be addressed, then we’ll probably reconsider the timeline.” “We’re pleased to see people organize,” Hinz said. “We’ve been hoping that they would organize for a long time.” Adding that “we’re not pro or con” on the course plan, Hinz said, “we’ll support whatever the community wants to do.” “I would encourage people to go to the meeting, go and listen to what these guys have to tell you, develop your questions,” Hinz said.

Judging by social media comments, reaction to the plan appears mixed among the approximate 2,700 homeowners. Homeowners’ comments ranged from relief that the eyesore of a dormant course might finally be eliminated to questions about the sustainability of the Edge Team plan to anger over the proposed houses for the course. The Edge Team presented its plan Jan. 16 to a packed room of homeowners. It calls for construction of 162 singlestory and two-story homes on three sections of the golf course; creating an 18hole “precision course as well as a driving range and 18-hole putting course; and building a multi-use combination clubhouse/community center. Club West resident Jim Lindstrom, who in 2016 put together with experts a plan for homeowners to buy and run the golf

water supplies for continued growth are looking at Western Arizona as a solution. For example, Queen Creek is negotiating to buy the rights to about 2,000-acre -feet of Colorado River water belonging to a farming operation there. In essence, the company that owns the property would agree to stop farming and develop the land for uses that could be fulfilled with local water supplies. But Western Arizona communities are less than anxious to be seen as the drinking fountains for thirsty urban residents. Cobb has a plan for that, too. It would entirely prohibit the transfer of certain water rights away from the Colorado River.

course, said even some neighbors who lived away from the course expressed concern about those whose lots abut the portions where houses would be built. He recalled that one resident who owns one of those premium lots abutting the course said that instead of his view of the Estrella Mountains, “he’d be looking through the window of a second-floor bathroom” if two-story homes are constructed. Edge Team representatives have stressed that the four buyers need the homes to pay for the reconfigured course and community building. Lindstrom said that selling part of the golf course to Taylor Morrison at even $100,000 per lot would yield more than $16 million for the buyers. He said it was clear at the impromptu meeting last week that “there’s a growing amount of angst” about both the Edge Team plan and the board’s tentative hope to vote on it next month and put it to a community vote in March. The questions circulated by the group over the weekend reflect skepticism that a reconfigured golf course would succeed financially. Golf course architect Forrest Richardson said on Jan. 16 that the course planned for the community is the kind that would be popular with more people, especially millennials, because it takes less time to play while still offering a challenge. Resident and attorney Ellen Davis said there is nothing to ensure what would happen if homeowners vote to change the use regulations for the course. If residents vote to lift the restructions,

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Alice Cooper funding Mesa teen performance center BY CHRISTOPHER BOAN AFN Staff Writer

ock and Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper is bringing one of his Solid Rock Teen Centers to the East Val-

ley. The center, which joins the Coopers’ other complex at 32nd street in Phoenix, is set to open this summer near Country Club Drive and Main Street in Mesa and is aimed at giving people between 12 and 20 a safe space to practice the performing arts. The rocker and his wife Sheryl said the space will be free to use and is fully funded by Cooper and his Solid Rock Foundation. Cooper said he wants teens throughout the East Valley to have a place where they can learn the ropes of the music industry without falling into the traps that can come with it.

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Cooper believes teenagers are eager to learn new things, but need a reason to be drawn in. He’s confident that the Solid Rock Teen Center facility can do just that, providing a space where their creativity can prosper. “If you hear something in what you’re doing that you believe in, everybody in our band believed in what we were do-

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Mesa puts muscle in rebranded Asian District BY JIM WALSH AFN Staff Writer

esa will never be confused with Tokyo, Seoul or Shanghai, but the city hopes the addition of a “signature’’ Asian supermarket will boost an already burgeoning Asian District. Food similar to what you might find in all of these cities will be offered in the food hall at H Mart when the New Jersey-based chain opens its first Arizona supermarket at Dobson and Main Street in February or March across from Mekong Plaza. Billed as a statewide attraction, the H Mart and Mekong Plaza will become a gateway to the Asian District, which extends two miles south to another cluster of Asian businesses at Dobson and Southern Avenue. Dubbed “Asian District, Mesa AZ,” it comprises more than 70 Asian-themed restaurants, grocery stores and other businesses. “I think we have the right timing to join the movement and the expansion. We will contribute in any way we can,’’ said Sam Q. Kim, a director of H Mart. Kim said he liked the idea of expanding in an area already with an Asian identity and a mixture of diverse cultures and looks forward to defining it more in any way possible. The city also unveiled a new Asian District based on the tangram, a seven-piece Chinese geometric puzzle dating back 2,000 years. The multiple, colorful pieces of the tangram can be rearranged to create various shapes. “The logo features a square comprised of the tangram pieces, symbolic of different Asian cultures coming together in a unified district community while maintaining the individuality of each culture,” the city said in a release. The City also is developing signage and artwork to be installed on Dobson Road between Main Street and Broadway Road later this year. A special website, AsianDistrictMesa. com, was created by the Asian Chamber of Commerce with additional information about the district as well as a business directory. “This is the perfect place for people to gather, eat, shop and immerse themselves

Sam Q. Kim, a director of H Mart, outlined the national Asian market chains plans for Mesa’s newly rebranded Asian District during a press conference last week. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)

in the flavors and cultures of Asia,” Mayor John Giles said. Although H Mart began as a Korean market in New York 37 years ago, it has rebranded itself as an international market and Mesa will become the 66th location in 14 states. “We didn’t want to duplicate what was already here,’’ Kim said. “We’re trying to bring our best effort for a new or different taste.’’ Kim said the availability of the 63,000 square foot store, along with the area’s Asian identity, made Mesa a good choice for H Mart’s first store. He said he also likes the proximity of Arizona State University in Tempe and it is not too far from Phoenix to attract shoppers and diners. The Mesa H Mart is expected have six different restaurants operated by tenants. Korean, Japanese and Chinese food will be featured at the food hall, called the “Market Eatery.’’ H Mart revolves around its produce, meat and seafood departments, offering marinated Asian meats and groceries from a wide variety of Asian countries, Kim said. He said he has nine more stores in the planning stage, including some in other parts of Arizona, which he did not dis-

close. Ritta Yee Fagain, director of operations with Whyfor, a consulting agency hired by the city, said she plans to unveil some branding touches designed to make the district unique very soon. The Asian District would join the Fiesta District, the Falcon District and the Elliot Road Technology Corridor as areas in Mesa with unique street signs and architectural features designed to help create a distinct identity. Fagain said H Mart represents an anchor for the district, not just for the shopping center where it is located. “H Mart is huge. It’s got a brand, a success story,’’ Fagain said. Former Mesa City Council member Ryan Winkle, a community activist who now works with the Asian Chamber of Commerce and other organizations, said: “This is almost the culmination of what has been happening since 2008 with the development of Mekong Plaza. It’s almost like the topping on the cake.’’ One idea is to rename the Sycamore light rail stop, the first in Mesa when heading east, after the Asian District, Councilman Francisco Heredia said. “We saw it as an opportunity to lift up these entrepreneurs who have settled here,’’ he said.

“It’s important for us to be involved as a city,’’ Heredia said. “I think what makes us stronger is becoming more diverse and adding different cultures and food.’’ Councilwoman Jen Duff added, “It’s really something between Main and Southern. There are many more Asian businesses than you can imagine.’’ She said the cluster of Asian businesses is “organically grown,’’ and city wants to give the effort of small businesses a boost. H Mart also represents the sort of redevelopment project Mesa has been hoping for since Metro Light Rail arrived a decade ago, replacing a long-gone Albertson’s supermarket. Jaye O’Donnell, Mesa’s assistant director of economic development, said a consultant identified the cluster of Asian businesses as “something special’’ as part of a redevelopment plan. “This is the kind of signature store a community really wants to be different,’’ she said. “It will draw visitors from around the state.’’ O’Donnell said Mayor John Giles plans to more fully describe the Asian District as part of his annual State of the City breakfast in February. After unveiling the plan, Mesa will need to find a funding source and the improvements might take a little while to progress. “It will be known much more as a place to experience Asian culture and cuisine,’’ she said, with more special events, such as the celebration of Chinese New Year. Beyond the H Mart, Mesa would like to encourage more housing and office space in the area, she said. The H Mart previously was an Albertson’s closed long ago and later turned into a consignment store. Dan Hinkson, president of Sigma Contracting, said the store is about the same size as a Fry’s or a Safeway. He said the store was completely gutted and the project should be finished in mid-February. “It is absolutely amazing to see the unity behind this endeavor,” said Vic Reid, CEO of the Asian Chamber of Commerce. “The Asian District is a place for our community to truly take pride in – we know the work being done today will have an everlasting impact on future generations.”

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AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS | JANUARY 29, 2020

Pipeline may have become a pipedream for Club West BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

he Ahwatukee businessman who came up with a way to deliver cheaper water to the Club West Golf Course thinks the time for implementing his idea has passed. In an interview with AFN last week, Rande Leonard said the completion of the South Mountain Freeway and some other developments have increased the cost of a pipeline he had envisioned extending from Gila River Indian Community land. “This is a problem,” Leonard said. “I’m afraid the solution has gone away.” He also suggested that the Edge Team’s proposal may be the only viable way of saving the Club West site from becoming the eyesore that Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course has been since it closed in 2013. “In my opinion, they can at least react to a real deal on the table instead of hoping for a better deal to come along,” Leonard said. “That is hoping against hope.” Leonard said the Edge Team asked him to attend its open house tonight, Jan. 29, at Altadena Middle School to answer questions, but he was distressed that he won’t be able to give a presentation. “They want me to sit at a table and answer questions, but this is complicated. It requires a 30-minute presentation,” he said. Regardless, Leonard, owner of Pecos Storage on Indian land across from 32nd Street, said he’ll be on hand to explain why his solution likely no longer works and why the Edge Team may be offering the only hope for golf to continue at Club West. Water has been an issue for Club West

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she wondered, “What is the mechanism that would give the people or the board or anybody any control over the development?” She also asked what safeguards would even prevent Gee from canceling escrow and deciding to develop the site himself or “if these people go bankrupt and it gets sold at a trustee sale.” Any housing plan for the Club West Golf Course would require a series of city approvals, she noted, wondering what might

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Golf Course ever since June 2016, when owner Wilson Gee stopped irrigating the site as he tried to pay a $700,000 bill to the Phoenix Water Services Department. Originally, the course was irrigated with reclaimed water through a plant that developer Del Webb built in the 1980s. But after 12 years, the city abandoned the plant and tore it down, citing high operating costs. The city allowed Gee to buy potable water at a discounted basis on a sliding scale that eventually went to current rates by 2013. When Richard Breuninger took over the course in the fall of 2017 after signing a $1 million promissory note to Gee, he turned on the spigots and restored the course to a lush green. But it turned out that Breuninger was running on borrowed time and may not have paid the city a dime for water, letting the bills pile up. The city shut off the tap in February af-

happen if city planners reject the Edge Team housing plan. The flyer addressed both the timeline for a vote and the Edge Team plan. “A complete business plan has not been provided to the homeowner,” the flyer stated. “The buying group stated they have a pro forma business plan from one of their business partners. A business plan lays out the buyer group’s strategy, plan, timeline contingencies and financial pro forma for the property leading to success.” The flyer went on to demand, “100 percent transparency is needed for every

ter Breuninger ran up a $160,000 debt and the water has never been turned on since. During his ill-fated ownership of the course, Breuninger frequently pointed to Leonard’s pipeline plan as the course’s ultimate salvation, even hanging up diagrams and schematics of the its path in the clubhouse. Leonard’s plan was sufficiently developed that even the Arizona Department of Transportation did what it could to facilitate the project, although it turned down a request by LD18 lawmakers and city Councilman Sal DiCiccio to build the line. ADOT officials said such a move would violate the state Constitution’s gift clause, but they agreed to install concrete sleeves beneath the freeway so the line could run through that. Now, Leonard said, completion of the freeway has complicated matters because most of the stretch along the freeway between 40th and 24th streets has been landscaped and contoured. Installing a pipeline now would require tearing that up and then restoring it, he said, adding “I don’t know what that would cost.” Further complicating the plan is that Salt River Project has agreed to only a five-year contract for the price of the water the pipeline would draw on from the reservation. That means, he said, that SRP after that five years could charge a higher price although some Club West residents say companies often set five-year limits on a price and that there is always room for negotiating that period ends. Completion of the freeway “will add a substantial amount to the cost” of the pipeline itself, Leonard said.

dollar invested and transferred between parties” and “disclosures on the property disposition if the business fails.” It asked what protections homeowners have to prevent construction of even more homes and what analysis was done to ensure the new course’s economic success and “environmental impacts including loss of views, potential overcrowding – i.e. schools, streets and noise.” And it raised an issue that also has been a major theme on many social media sites: “What other options for the property has the HOA board proactively pursued.”

And once the uncertainty of the water costs itself are thrown in, Leonard said, any owner of the course might wind up essentially where Gee and Breuninger ended up in the past – with water costs exceeding budget. As an example, he said that if the pipeline cost now totaled $1.4 million – “I have no idea what the cost would be now,” Leonard stressed – the golf course owners could amortize that over five years. But that doesn’t solve anything in the long term, he suggested. “There are three costs – the cost of the pipeline, the pumping cost and the water cost,” Leonard explained. “You can arguably be back to $500,000 a year.” “When you start assessing the risk-reward, it you might as well just use potable water from the city,” he said. When Gee posted the course for sale after he foreclosed last September on Breuninger’s note, his ad stressed that along with the $850,000 sale price of the course, any buyer would have to pony up $1.2 million for the pipeline’s construction. “Had the trigger been pulled when the freeway still wasn’t built, it could have been accomplished,” Leonard said, stressing no deal lasts forever. He also said ADOT can’t be blamed. “They have been nothing but helpful all along,” he said. They have not been a problem.” Leonard said he had stepped forward initially with the pipeline plan because “I was trying to be a good neighbor” and that DiCiccio had asked him to see if he could figure out a solution. Leonard also said that while he’s not water expert, “I know the complexity of dealing with the tribe” since they own the water rights.

One option raised during the meeting and on social media is turning the course into open space. Hoever, the cost, maintenance and irrigation of such an alternative remain unknown. The water issue also has been raised in questions about the proposal. Lindstrom noted that the city already has raised its rates by 5 percent this year and plans another 5-percent hike next year. “We don’t know what water rates will be in the future,” he said.

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hwatukee resident Jummy Salami is the hot, new designer to watch on the runway. Her local clothing business, SiSi Aduke (pronounced “see-see ah-doo-keh”), debuted at Phoenix Fashion Week in October 2018 and has been growing steadily since. Salami has been sewing fashion pieces for friends and families for nearly a decade, but officially went into business here in Arizona.

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Ahwatukee fashion designer Jummy Salami showed off some of her creations at the October 2018 Phoenix Fashion Week. (Courtesy of Sisi Aduke)

Art in the Garden Studio to open new gallery BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

he less-than-year-old “Art in the Garden Studio” is hosting a grand opening of its new art gallery this weekend. The free event – 6-9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1, at the gallery, 4221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee – is this year’s first exhibition hosted by owners Dale Lewis and his wife Beverly Yantorno, who opened the business last March. Food and mock cocktails will be served and artists at the juried show will be on hand to talk about their work. Some artworks will be for sale. “I think this is going to be a good thing for the community. Right now, you have to travel elsewhere to view art in a gallery, and we have so many artists in Ahwatukee and the East Valley that need and deserve a place to show their work,”

Art in the Garden instructor Tish D’Antoni, left, and owners Bev Yantomo and Dale Lewis are excited about the new gallery shows they’ll start this weekend. (Special to AFN)

said Yantorno, who is the weekday on-site proprietor as her husband is employed elsewhere.

The in-house gallery exhibits are displayed for six weeks, with two weeks closure between shows.

“We already have artists signing up for the second show,” she said. Art in the Garden Studio also holds workshops for area artists wishing to connect with other artists on a weekly basis.

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Sierra 5th grader wins Kyrene spelling bee AFN NEWS STAFF

t was a long duel between two fifth graders, Dylan Dominguez from Kyrene de la Sierra and Hadley Moore from Kyrene de la Estrella. But after six rounds, Dylan won Kyrene School District’s spelling bee and advanced to the next level in the hopes of getting to Washington. D.C., for the 93rd Scripps National Spelling Bee May 24. The top spellers from all 25 Kyrene campuses in grades 4 through 8 competed last week through 14 rounds – almost half of which involved the word dual between Dylan and Hadley. Hadley was eliminated on the word “haggis,” which, when defined, earned a reaction from both Hadley and the audience.

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She is originally from Kwara, a western Nigerian state and moved to the United States in 2013. Salami has made custom pieces for celebrity clients such as TV news anchors, music artists, fashion models and local influencers. Her work does not go unnoticed. The bold and celebratory nature of her line has intrigued a diverse clientele that continues to widen as the movement to openly identify with one’s roots popularizes. When asked about her idea-to-design process, Salami replied, “Every outfit I design is based first on comfort. Then, I create globally appealing silhouettes that celebrate African culture.” On her web page, she calls her work, “Vibrant, Afrocentric designs for the bold woman.” This description should come with a disclaimer, however, as the designs are not intended to be limited to any particular ethnicity of wearer. The Afro-fusion blend is eccentric and meant to appeal to all demographics without an attitude of ethnocentricity. She puts the idea of limits to rest with this statement: “My designs show appreciation for my own culture which I can share with everyone, but they are not limited to any particular race or color.” The SiSi Aduke line incorporates Ankara fabrics that add a splash of color to

Haggis’ main ingredient consists of internal organs from a sheep or calf that are mixed with meal and spices and boiled in a bag. Dylan went on to correctly spell the word “luminaria” and the championship word “arthritis” to claim the title of “Kyrene School District Spelling Bee Champion.” “While students took this competition very seriously, participants showed true sportsmanship by giving their peers a thumbs up after correctly spelling their words and by consoling those who were eliminated,” district spokeswoman Erin Helm said. Notably difficult words of the night, she said, included “netizen,” “hunky-dory” and “skedaddle.” Both Hadley and Dylan will represent

from Tempe and Mesa school districts, starting at 9:30 a.m. at Kyrene’s district office on the northwest corner of Kyrene and Warner roads. Maricopa County is divided into six regions. The state bee will be held March 21 with the winner punching his or her ticket for a trip to the national tournament.

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Local fashion designer Jummy Salami, right, designs her outfits first for comfort and then with an eye for “vibrant Afrocentric designs for bold women). (Courtesy Sisi Aduke)

every outfit. Ankara is printed cotton with traditional motifs, commonly referred to as “Wax Prints” in the fashion industry. When creating a custom piece, she said, “We may start out with an idea in mind, but when translating it to the fabric, it doesn’t always work out. I take into consideration the client’s body shape, color preferences, personal style, and desires to highlight or tone down various features.” Her goals also include accentuating femininity while keeping her prices affordable. She creates out of passion, desiring her client to look and feel good

without hesitation. The clothing line is not only for women, though they are her true niche. “I love making clothing for curves,” Salami explained, “but, I have two beautiful daughters that ask me to make dresses for them, too, so I am new dabbling in a more youthful line.” SiSi Aduke has been recently showcased for the African Student’s Association at Arizona State University, the Runway of Hope with the Pearce Family Foundation, and at the African Fashion Weekend hosted by LagosPhx.

She also presents selections at exclusive events on request. Her next public runway event will be on March 30 at Kiwanis Park in Tempe as part of the AfricanFest (AfricanFestUSA. org. There, she’ll be launching the spring and summer collection, in addition to having a vendor booth with affordable ready-wear to purchase. Besides the release of her new collection, Salami anticipates a rush in orders for the upcoming prom season. She emphasized the powerful impact a young client can have on their community. Salami hopes to encourage women to dress confidently, starting at a young age. When she arrived in the U.S., Salami observed, “a very real struggle young girls have with openly identifying with their roots and ancestry. “Just recently, there’s been a shift towards embracing the uniqueness of cultural backgrounds, and if in any way, my designs help women to do this – regardless of the color of their skin – that’s a mission accomplished for me,” she added. Whereas a typical custom order should be made three weeks prior to an event, prom orders should be made as early as possible to accommodate fittings and personalized requests. By signing up for the mailing list in advance, shoppers can save 20 percent on their order. Information: SiSiAduke.com.

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Beginning Feb. 4, each Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., artists can bring in current projects to share with fellow artists. Art in the Garden will have instructors on hand to advise. “Artists from throughout the Valley want to come and paint and they want the encouragement and camaraderie of other artists, and a teacher on hand if they get stuck,” Yantorno explained. Crafting their business to best fit their new community, the Colorado transplants are constantly making adjustments. Yantorno said in their eight months in business, the couple has updated their business plan four times. A December move to open the Art in the Garden Studio on Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 p.m. is being continued due to the positive response. Besides allowing Sunday sales of their artist’s handcrafted retail items, like handmade and chemical-free boutique soaps, the two hours allow area artists a time and “safe space” to work on their art. “We have open painting only, there are no instructors and there’s no charge,”

said Yantorno as she looked out the studio’s floor to ceiling windows with a view of the Zen garden she and Lewis created out of the formerly overgrown scrub desert-scape. “We supply easels and jars for water; artists can bring their own supplies.” Another addition to Art in the Garden’s growing roster of various classes is the Self-Care Series. The twice-monthly launch Monday, Feb. 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. Classes will be held Monday nights with the second session scheduled for Feb. 17. Lewis said that due to space limitations, pre-registration is important and can be done online. The inaugural Feb. 3 class features certified meditation teacher Sandi Wilson leading, “Meditation on Intention.” Kelly Megyese from the Ahwatukeebased “Illuminate You Fitness,” will discuss the importance of exercise and the low-impact barre workout. The Feb. 17 Self-Care series will again begin with Wilson hosting a ‘Meditation on Mindfulness’ followed by information on breast health moderated by Ahwatukee resident, Lisa Liddy.

Yantorno explained she and Lewis decided to sponsor these Self-Care classes “because these days, everybody’s stressed. “I don’t care if you have a job or are retired, there’s a lot of stress in our lives. And yet, these classes aren’t just about stress. I think people are being more mindful of how they live their lives.” She said she became familiar with Wilson’s meditation classes while commuting from Denver to Ahwatukee after the couple’s move. “Sandi changed my life. My mother was in Hospice in Denver and I was traveling back and forth with a lot of stress and anxiety. She gave me the tools to handle the stress and sleeplessness,” recalled Yantorno. Art in the Garden Studio opened last March and Yantorno said it is still being discovered by many Ahwatukee residents. “I still have people tell me, ‘I had no idea you were here.’ We’re still having a hard time but my goal is for Art in the Garden to be the gathering place for the community, so we’re working on these different ideas to get more people in,” she said. “I’ve always been very communityoriented, and as an Ahwatukee resident

now, this is the community I hope to get involved more in and with art.” Art in the Garden has a list of classes at ArtintheGardenStudio.com. The studio is as diverse as each artist, and there are myriad opportunities for groups as well as individuals. Classes range from instruction in watercolor and acrylic painting and colored pencil drawing to making natural cleaning products such as toilet fizz and scouring powder and chemical-free laundry detergent. “People don’t have to be an artist,” Yantoro said. “We have great instructors to show them, and no one’s going to critique your work. There’s no pressure here to be award-winning artists. If you want to learn to be, that’s great, we’ll help you, but we want people to come, relax and be creative,” said Lewis. “And be happy.” “We want people to come and really enjoy art, to appreciate art,” agreed Yantorno. Art classes are also available to children, and Art in the Garden Studio hosts private parties for children seven and up and adults, and corporate team building parties.

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Park stewards’ role: Protect and maintain BY ANDY LENARTZ AFN Guest Writer

ecoming a Phoenix park steward is the perfect role for anyone interested in helping to monitor, protect and maintain City of Phoenix Parks, including Ahwatukee’s beloved South Mountain Park and Preserve. Park stewards complete a wide range of assignments at the parks, helping to leverage limited available resources for park rangers and staff. As a park steward, some of the many options to participate include: trail patrol, bike patrol, trail maintenance, litter pickup, providing info to users, working at a gate-house, staffing the South Mountain Environmental Education Center, and assisting with events. Anyone 16 and up is eligible to become a park steward. There are no physical ability requirements to join the program. Some specific assignments will have physical requirements, such as the abil-

Park rangers who use mountain bikes equip them with a litter bag to keep the Preserve looking clean. (Special to AFN)

ity to hike several miles or lift certain amounts of weight, but anyone can participate in some capacity. Park stewards participate in a wide range of duties. A common assignment is trail work, hiking to a specific site and rebuilding a trail, blocking off non-official trails or installing signposts. Stewards can monitor trails independently or with other stewards, provid-

ing directions to park visitors, picking up trash, and assisting with rule enforcement. Park stewards complete these patrols on foot, bike, or even occasionally horseback; based on personal preference. Other common volunteer assignments are picking up trash, greeting park visitors and removing invasive plants. There is a particular need for volunteers with several large annual events, such as the Phoenix Summit Challenge and South Mountain Aglow. Upon acceptance into the park steward program, the initial step is to attend an orientation. After the orientation, the first 20 volunteer hours will be completed working alongside park rangers on structured assignments. After fulfilling the initial hours requirement, official park steward status is awarded along with a uniform T-shirt and badge. Completion of the initial orientation and hour requirement permits park stewards to participate in a wide range of organized volunteer activities, to work on projects

with other park stewards, or to complete volunteer hours independently. Hours can be completed at one selected home park, such as South Mountain Park, or at any of the numerous parks within the City of Phoenix Parks system. This is a great chance to give back and get connected to the local community while spending time in a beautiful city park. Becoming a park steward provides the opportunity to learn more about Phoenix parks while helping to preserve these precious spaces. For more info or to submit an application: phoenix.gov/parks/volunteer-opportunities Anyone interested can also attend an upcoming park steward recruitment event to meet with a park ranger and current volunteer. The next scheduled recruitment events are: 3-4 p.m., Feb. 14 at Pima Canyon Trailhead; and 2-4 p.m., Feb. 21 at the Desert Foothills/Telegraph Pass Trailhead. Ahwatukee resident Andy Lenartz is an avid hiker and mountain biker. Contact: andy_lenartz@yahoo.com.

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Horizon royalty Jake Jones and Samantha Garcia, both Chandler, were recently crowned homecoming king and queen by alumni who attending homecoming festivities at Horizon Honors Secondary School. Since the school doesn’t have a football team, it schedules its annual homecoming during basketball season. (Pablo Robles/

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AROUND AHWAUTKEE

Y OPAS begins collection for annual book sale

The Ahwatukee Family YMCA Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors is collecting books for its annual fundraising book sale. The 13th annual sale is March 28-29 at the YMCA, 1030 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. People can drop off their used or unused books – no magazines, dictionaries or encyclopedias will be accepted – at various locations throughout the community. Books can be dropped off at the YMCA or any of the following Ahwatukee locations beginning Feb. 1: Pecos Senior Center, 48th Street and Pecos Road; Cupz N’ Crepes, 42nd Street and Chandler Boulevard; Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Knox Road and 36th Street; Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane; Desert Foothills United Methodist Church, 2156 E. Liberty Lane; Mountain View Lutheran Church, 48th Street and Elliot Road; and Keller Williams Realty Sonoran Living Ahwatukee, 15905 S. 46th St., Suite 160. After March 1 they also can be dropped off at the Ahwatukee Board of Management, 4700 E. Warner Road. Information: Mark at 602-212-6088

Ahwatukee Boy Scouts seek rummage sale items

Ahwatukee Boy Scout Troop 78 will be holding its semi-annual rummage sale 7-11:30 a.m., Feb. 22 in the parking lot at Esperanza Lutheran Church, 2601 E. Thunderhill Place, Ahwatukee. Donations may be dropped off at the church after 6 a.m. that day and the scouts will provide a tax receipt.

Kyrene School District plans job fair

Kyrene School District will hold an all-district job fair 8 a.m.noon, Feb. 22 at Kyrene Traditional Academy, 3375 W. Galveston St., Chandler, for teachers, school psychologists, occupational therapists and speech language pathologists. On-site interviews will be conducted. Due to high demand, educators are encouraged to make an appointment ahead of time. Information: kyrene.org/jobfairs or kyrene.org/careers

Studio 111 preparing for summer show with auditions

Studio 111 Theatre Company has slated auditions March 1 for its annual summer show. This year Studio 111 owner and producer Kimberly Lewis has selected “High School Musical JR.” Actors, singers and dancers are asked to bring a one-minute song of their choice on an iPod. Audition times are: noon, ages 5-7; 1 p.m., 8-11; 2 p.m., 12-14; and 3 p.m., 15 and older. Call backs will be 5-7:30 p.m. the same day. The show is June 20 and rehearsals will be held during the three preceding weeks. Information: studio111theatercompany@gmail.com or 480706-6040.

Zumba fitness class at Ahwatukee Swim & Tennis Center has started

The Ahwatukee Community Swim, Tennis & Event Center, 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee, is holding Zumba and

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Zumba Toning fitness classes 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays. Zumba involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic music. Zumba toning uses toning sticks and targets the abs, thighs, arms, and other major muscles. Zumba classes provide participants with both a cardio workout and strength training. The class is designed for all levels and ages. People can drop-in or use a fitness punch card: $9 drop-in, four visits, $32, 10 visits, $75 or 20 visits, $140. Class is led by Simone G., a certified Zumba instructor since

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2012. Information: 480-893-3431 Ext. 3 or ahwatukeecommunitycenter.com

workshop: Feb. 9. Details: phoenicianoasis.com or 480-888-5521

The agency is most in need of drivers. If you would like to volunteer, call the Y OPAS office at 602-212-6088 or visit the Ahwatukee Foothills YMCA, 1030 Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee.

Phoenician Oasis offers special cooking classes in private Ahwatukee home Y OPAS needs volunteers to help local Yoga ministry offers free sessions at Phoenician Oasis offers cooking classes for all ages in an Ah- seniors get to appointments, grocery Mountain Park Church here watukee home. Learn how to make low-fat, low-sodium and low-sugar dishes as well as bread-making, vegan, French and international cuisines while savoring gourmet hors d’oeuvres and sipping wine or cold drinks. Coming bread classes: Feb. 8 and 22, March 7 and 22; vegan classes: Feb. 15 and 28. Special jackfruit sweet and savory

The Ahwatukee Family YMCA’s Outreach Program for Ahwatukee Seniors needs volunteers to help Ahwatukee seniors maintain independent living. Services include transportation to appointments, shopping and errands as well as friendly phoning and visiting, social activities and minor handyman services and minor business help.

Elena Porter, yoga ministry director at Mountain Park Church in Ahwatukee, is offering free meditation and yoga classes seven days a week at various times. Information: 602-625-6617.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13

The students from the Mountain Pointe High School Black Student Union will present African-American dance, art and historical information in a celebration of Black History Month. DETAILS>> 2:00-3:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages: All Ages. Free. No registration required.

Join a volunteer-led group of knitters and crocheters as they meet up to crochet or knit blankets to give to non-profit organizations that assist children and families in crisis or transition. Bring your own knitting or crocheting tools, and your own yarn if you would like. Yarn will also be provided. Basic knitting and/ or crocheting skills required. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Phoenix Public Library Ironwood Chapter. DETAILS>> 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Celebrate Black History

Folded book art

Bring a friend to learn how to create a heart-shaped foldedbook art piece for Valentine’s Day. All supplies will be provided. DETAILS>> 3-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults 18+. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 4 Book discussion club

Read the book and join each lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. February’s read: “Inheritance” by Dani Shapiero. March’s Read: any book by Bill Bryson. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adult. Free. No registration required.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 Valentine’s cards

Local artist, Beth Maggio, will instruct and assist participants in making embossed and dye-cut paper Valentine cards. This program is supported by the Friends of Phoenix Public Library Ironwood Chapter. DETAILS>> Session 1: 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Session 2: 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults 18+. Free. Online registration is required and available at phxlib.org. Please register for either Session 1 or Session 2, but not both.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Library Teen Council

LTC meets the second Saturday of every month to plan teen events at Ironwood Library. Join us to earn community service hours, make friends, and have fun. DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: 12-17 years. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. DETAILS>> 4:30-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11 years. Free. No registration required.

Knitting for a cause

SAT-SUN, FEBRUARY 15-16 Arts and crafts fest set

Art Attack AZ will present the Ahwatukee Arts & Crafts Festival, with over 40 artists in various mediums selling framed wall art, jewelry, yard and metal art, clothing, photography, wood works, pottery, home decor, gourmet food and more. DETAILS>>, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 5031 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee, in front of Millie’s Hallmark Store. Information: artattackaz.com, Kevin at 520-668-9710 or Nancy at 520-481-8001.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18 Writers critique group

Bring five double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback from your fellow writers. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 29 Seuss-tastical Festival

Celebrate Read Across America Day with us by enjoying loads of S.T.E.A.M. and literacy activities like Green Eggs & Ham tic-tactoe, rhymes, and sensory bins; Oobleck; Seuss Secret Cyphers; Truffula Tree Words; Thing 1 & 2 Shapes; Oh The Places You’ll Go Obstacle Course; tie dying; reading with dogs, and more. DETAILS>> 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 2-10 years. Free. No registration required.

SUNDAYS TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem #tinkertime #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: 6-11 years. Free. No registration required.

Learn gardening from pros

Learn desert gardening by getting your hands dirty with the Ahwatukee Community Gardening Project. Share in the knowledge, the produce and the smiles. All ages welcome. Bring sun protection and water; tools optional. DETAILS>> 8-9:15 a.m. in the northwest corner of the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee, behind the guitar player at the Ahwatukee Farmers Market, which is open 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Information: acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.

Chess, knitters clubs

Two clubs meet in Ahwatukee every Sunday the chess club for players at all skill levels and Knitters Anonymous for all levels of knitters and people who crochet. DETAILS>> The Chess Club meets at 11 a.m. and Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m. For either club, call 602-405-6320 for more information.

MONDAYS

Sign language for walkers

Babies walking to 23 months (accompanied by adult) enjoy songs, activities to promote movement, rhymes, books and playtime in each lively session. DETAILS>> (Except Feb. 17) 9:30-10 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: walking to 23 months. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime. DETAILS>> (except Feb. 17) 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

Stretch and roll

Body Firm in Ahwatukee offers a free stretch, foam-rolling class for 30 minutes. Stretching and rolling helps loosen and break up the tension in the fascia while providing more mobility and flexibility as well as muscle performance. DETAILS>> 11:40 a.m., 3636 E. Ray Road, next to Fry’s Supermarket. No reservation required, but first-timers are advised to come a few minutes early to sign a waiver.

Gentle yoga at Pecos

People can start their week with a gentle yoga class. Be mindful and caring for yourself. Sessions are typically five to six weeks long. You can also “drop-in” to individual classes. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. at Pecos Community Center in Ahwatukee. Register: phoenix.gov/parks/classes-and-programs. Go to adult classes and search gentle yoga. You can also register at Pecos

Center or call 602-495-5500.

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather monthly, usually the second Monday, to share news, opportunities, food and laughter. Meetings include guest speakers, legislative updates, how-to sessions, and Q & A. Volunteer or just enjoy an evening with like-minded folks. DETAILS>> For times and places: ld18democrats.org/calendar.

Desert Pointe gardeners meet

Desert Pointe Garden Club meets on the first Monday of the month with special programs. DETAILS>> 9 a.m., Ahwatukee Rec Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatukee. Information: 602 478 6732 or dpgc.org.

TUESDAYS Ladies golf

Starting times for the Ladies Play Date at Ahwatukee Country Club starting times vary with the season. Participants can elect to play red tees (5,497 yards) or yellow tees (4467 yards). DETAILS>> Contact Jane Huber, president, cat kinneyhuber@ gmail.com or 602-295-6309

ToddlerTime with Sign

Toddlers 24-36 months-old, accompanied by a favorite adult, enjoy interactive activities that encourage emerging language skills such as stories, songs, games, and playtime. Children and caregivers also practice Baby Sign Language, a great way to help young children develop communication skills, in this active session. DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: 24-36 months. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

French Talk Time

Brush up on your high school, college, or tourist French speaking and listening skills. Advanced Level, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month: an informal participant-driven conversational group. Participants should already speak French fairly well to enjoy this program. Beginner/Intermediate Level, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays of each month: a facilitator-guided conversation group. Participants should already speak some French to benefit from this program. #FrenchTalkTime #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: Adults. Free. No registration required.

Overcome painful experiences

Men’s H.O.P.E., an acronym for Helping Overcome Painful Experiences, meets weekly for confidential and candid conversations

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about divorce, dependencies and relationships. DETAILS>> 6:30-8:15 p.m., Mountain Park Church, 16461 S. 48th Street (Southeast corner of Frye & 48th).

Ladies golf

The Foothills Golf Course Ladies League meets every Tuesday to play 18 holes of handicap golf from September through May. Play includes weekly games, prizes and friendly competition. DETAILS>> Call Lucille Heid at 602-692-7839 or Shayron Conrad at 602-339-8707.

Patriotic playgroup

Parents looking for playtime for their kids and, for themselves, stimulating conversations rooted in family, faith and conservatism can gather every second Tuesday of the month. DETAILS>> 9-11 a.m., Pecos Park playground, 17010 S. 48th Street, Phoenix. Check ld18gop.com for more DETAILS or contact: ld18gop@gmail.com

Estrangement support

Although rarely discussed, family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. The estranged suffer from loneliness, lack of self-esteem, guilt, anger, and depression. Desert Foothills United Methodist Church provides a support group that meets the first Tuesday of every month. The public is invited to the “Living Loss” sessions. No questions asked, and anonymity will be respected. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., first Tuesday of every month; 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Use Entry B. Free. Information: 480-460-1025 and office@desertfoothills.org.

Prayer night offered

Ahwatukee Health and Recovery holds a weekly prayer night. The public is invited. DETAILS>> Noon-1:30 p.m., 16515 S. 40th St., #119, Ahwatukee. Free.

Chair yoga featured

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers chair yoga to help seniors and people recovering from injuries to stay fit. DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. $6 per class. Info: 480-330-2015 or donna@innervisionyoga.com.

Toastmasters sharpen skills

Improve your speaking skills and meet interesting people at Ahwatukee Toastmasters meetings. DETAILS>> 6:45-8 a.m. at the Dignity Health Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee.

WEDNESDAYS Digital City

on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. All Ages. Free. No registration required.

Free Tutoring for Kids & Teens

Volunteer Desert Vista High School Peer Tutors will be able to assist with projects and homework. It’s first come, first served, so please sign in at the tutoring table and wait for your turn. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages: 5-17 years. Free. No registration required.

Meditation meetings

Frank Daly of Ish Salon conducts weekly meditation sessions designed to help participants enter a state of allowing in order to effortlessly reach desired goals and outcomes. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 4025 E Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: Fdaly1967@gmail.com or 602-332-3829

Sit, Stay, Read!

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. #SitStayRead #IronwoodLibrary DETAILS>> Wednesdays, December 11 & 18, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All Ages. Free. No registration required.

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a Biblical 12-step program that helps you find hope and healing from all of life’s hurts, habits, and hangups. Whether it’s addiction, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for. DETAILS>> 6:20 p.m., Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 South 48th Street, Ahwatukee. 480-893-2579, mvlutheran.org.

THURSDAYS Bible classes

Lamb of God Lutheran Church will hold a session of its Four Key Concepts Bible Series to provide answers to questions like “Why is life so difficult?” and, “What is the meaning of my life?” “God gives us those answers in the Bible, but the Bible is a big book. If you don’t know where to start, join us,” the church said. Everyone is welcome. DETAILS>> 7-8 p.m., Jan. 30 and Feb. 56 13 and 20. 599 E. Chandler Boulevard, Ahwatukee. Register: mylambofgod.org/welcome and click “register now” or call 480-283-8329.

Family Storytime

Children birth to five-years-old, accompanied by a favorite adult, enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and music in a fun interactive program that builds early literacy skills. DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: birth to 5. Free. Tickets are limited & available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

Children ages 5-12 can let their digital creativity flow in this self-guided tech “playground.” We provide hands-on beginner bots, exercises to build fine motor skills, and Chromebooks preloaded with links to code-learning environments, 3-D modeling, and digital art programs. YOU bring the brain power. DETAILS>> 4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: 5-12 years. Free. No registration required.

Teen Thursdays

Sit, Stay, Read!

People can get step-by-step instructions in water-coloring whether they are beginners or intermediates. DETAILS>> Noon-2:30 p.m. at Michael’s at 48th Street and Ray Road, Ahwatukee. $25/class. Sign up online: michaels.com/

Emerging readers of all ages can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Guinness on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Read to Truffles

We provide the snacks and fun; you just bring yourself and a friend for gaming, karaoke, crafting, snacks and more. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: 12-17 years. Free. No registration required.

Fun with watercolors

classes-and-events/classroom. Information: Judy Lokits, instructor. 954-234-1768.

Kyrene and Ray roads, Chandler. Information: nefeshsoul.org

ACT Networking Group, standing for Ahwatukee, Chandler and Tempe, meets weekly. DETAILS >> 7-8 a.m., Tukes Kafe, 15815 S. 50th Street, Ahwatukee. Information: 602-418-3645.

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Networking group meets

Kiwanis meets weekly

The Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club meets weekly and welcomes newcomers. DETAILS>>7:30 a.m., Biscuits Restaurant, 4623 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee. Information: mike.maloney2003@gmail.com.

Preschoolers’ moms gather

Free childcare for ages 0 to 5. DETAILS>> 9 a.m. second and fourth Thursday, Foothills Baptist Church, 15450 S. 21st Street. Call Kim at 480-759-2118, ext. 218.

FRIDAYS

Toastmasters meet

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce has a weekly Toastmasters meeting. DETAILS>> 8-9 a.m., the Dignity Health Urgent Care Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee (South entrance). Information: 480-753-7676, vppr-1811442@toastmastersclubs.org

SATURDAYS

A beginner’s class in learning to read Hebrew will be held Saturdays in December and January. DETAILS>> Valley Unitarian Universalist, near Kyrene and Ray roads, Chandler. Taught by Ahwatukee Rabbi Susan Schanerman. Rabbi@nefeshsoul.org for details.

Art class in artist’s home

Ahwatukee artist, Kathie Kelly, says she’s offering “the perfect opportunity for aspiring young artists to learn drawing and painting skills.” Art Lessons for You, involves “creative exploration classes for first graders and up. All forms of drawing materials and water-based paints are supplied. Open enrollment; if spaces are available, drop-ins are welcome. DETAILS>> 12:30-2 p.m. Artlessonsforyou.com, Kathie4artlessons@gmail.com, or 480-544-6206 for reservation.

Family Storytime

Children birth to five-years-old, accompanied by a favorite adult, enjoy books, songs, rhymes, and music in a fun interactive program that builds early literacy skills DETAILS>> (except. Feb. 29) 10:30-11:00 a.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages: birth to 5. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program start time.

Shabbat Services

Ahwatukee Rabbi Susan Schanerman leads Shabbat services the first and third Friday of the month. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. first Friday of the month; 6:15 p.m. Congregation NefeshSoul meets at the Valley Unitarian Universalist near

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Resident questions Foothills HOA board

Three additional things have come to light that calls the Foothills Community Association board’s competency into question. First, there was a discussion at last Wednesday’s board meeting about the FCA’s financial contribution to the Festival of Lights. Longtime board president Bill Fautsch surprised many by stating that there was a contractual agreement for the FCA to donate $50,000 per year. Asked if homeowners could request a copy of this contract, Fautsch said, “I don’t know if we have it.” This is reminiscent of when the FCA board said it had a procurement policy, but it just wasn’t written down. Second, this $50,000 per year contract appears to be not the only thing the board has lost track of. Longtime board treasurer Sandi Salvo informed us at the meeting: “We did not do the Zone 2 painting area in 2019 as we were planning on doing.” In other words, the board failed to ensure this routine and necessary maintenance work was done. Third, during the long tenure of our board president Fautsch, the board has allowed a 2.98-acre parcel of common hillside land to become delinquent on its 2015 property taxes. This parcel is on the eastern boundary of Eagle Ridge, near 9th Street and Silverwood Drive, parcel number 300-96-172. The 2015 delinquency continued for so long that on Feb. 16, 2017, the county sold a tax lien to an unnamed buyer to pay for the overdue property taxes. Beginning in 2016, this parcel became exempt from property tax, but that is no excuse for not paying the 2015 tax. The amount of the tax lien is small, but the consequences of overlooking it could be huge. The unnamed buyer will be able to start foreclosure proceedings on this hillside land to take ownership away from the HOA beginning Feb. 16, 2020 – three years after the tax lien was purchased – unless the overdue taxes, interest and fees are paid by then.

The Foothills board, under the longtime leadership of Bill Fautsch and Sandi Salvo, has had years to identify this problem and correct it. When the board reads this, I anticipate it will pay the overdue tax and chalk it up to a “technical error.” They can call it what they want, but the fact is that this error has put the ownership of our hillside property into jeopardy. The board leadership should never have allowed this error to occur in the first place. A group of Foothills homeowners is working to strengthen the management of the Foothills Community Association HOA, including increasing transparency, accountability and responsiveness to the interests of the Association’s members. Please visit our website for more information at TheFoothillsInfo.com. -Rob Doherty

Equestrian drivers need to slow down

To our fellow neighbors in Equestrian Estates (and those who drive through the neighborhood), the purpose of this editorial is to ask a favor: Please slow down. There are many of us walking the streets with our dogs and/or our families. We are asking people to be considerate. To slow down. To be neighborly. It goes without saying the speed limit is 25 mph. However, when people are along the sides of the streets is it too much to ask to drive more slowly when going by pedestrians and their families? Regretfully, when imploring people to slow down, we’ve been cursed at, provided the middle finger salute, honked at and swerved at. Really?!?! We are just asking for courtesy. Although it’s unfathomable to me anyone would respond in such a way when thinking about the safety and well-being of their fellow neighbors; it is what it is and occurs regularly. What if a child or a dog jumped out from behind a trash can or sprinted into the street? What if someone tripped and fell into the path of your car? It’s a simple request. It’s a reasonable request. I’m hoping you’ll be considerate, thoughtful and compassionate when thinking

about this. We all want to live in the type of neighborhood that has people out and about catching up, riding bikes, walking, kids playing - a real neighborhood, that’s why we all bought here. People that take care of the neighborhood. What we don’t want is the opposite. -Anthony C. Williams

Lies have cost America dearly since the 1950s

Why should we care when our government lies to us, besides the obvious moral issues? In the early 1950s the junior Senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, was sent on an errand for his party. He was to make a speech at a women’s group in Wheeling, West Virginia. McCarthy wanted to make a name for himself. At this speech, he held up a piece of paper and said he had the names of 205 Communists who worked for the federal government. This got him more attention than he had ever received before and he loved the attention. The problem was he did not have a list of 205 Communists. Reporters hounded McCarthy and he said more information would be forthcoming. Then McCarthy announced an investigation. Meanwhile, he has his secretaries feverishly digging for anyone who may be Communist so he could have an investigation. Four-year long story shortened: What Joseph McCarthy started with a lie led to an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 Americans losing their jobs either for being subpoenaed, or even just mentioned in the investigation. Hundreds went to jail for somehow being associated with the Communist Party. It all started with a lie and is a black stain on American history. In Aug. 1964, the USS Maddox was in the Gulf of Tonkin near Vietnam. Three Vietnamese torpedo boats were watching the Maddox, which is standard when in someone’s back yard. The Maddox fired warning shots, which spooked the Vietnamese boats and they fired wildly back. When the shooting stopped, we had dam-

aged the three torpedo boats and killed several Vietnamese sailors. The Maddox got struck by one machine gun bullet and no one was hurt. Two days later a similar situation happened, where the Maddox was reported to have been fired on. But we now know there was no second attack. We were told that Vietnam attacked us and shot first. That was a lie. This one bullet hitting a ship led to approximately 60,000 Americans dead and unmeasurable trauma for both Americans and Vietnamese. In 2003, the majority of Americans wanted the United States to use diplomacy to deal with Saddam Hussein. Our government officials in the White House started a campaign to convince the American people that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. This took place even though an atomic energy commissioner/inspector, sanctioned by the United Nations, Hans Blix, found no evidence for WMDs. The lies by the government had their effect – now 85 percent of Americans believed Iraq had nuclear weapons. The resulting war was devastating in loss of human life, including a high rate of suicide from returning soldiers. We spent nearly two trillion dollars based on a lie, and there were no weapons of mass destruction. This article represents three lies we were told by our government and the tragic outcomes because of them. President Trump says that four United States Embassies were in imminent danger from an Iranian General, so he was targeted and killed. President Trump’s acting defense secretary says he had not been aware of that. Now the question is will America allow itself to be dragged into another quagmire in defense of a lie, and will we allow it to become normal to lie to us without consequences? -Barry Smith

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ariya Ilchenko and Ilya Velednitsky are all about fancy footwork. People pay them to follow in their footsteps, so to speak. The couple own the Fred Astaire Dance Studio at 3820 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee, which they opened in October and will celebrate with a big grand opening celebration 7 p.m. tomorrow, Jan. 30. And the guest of honor will be pro dancer Tony Dovolani, the professional dancer who was a regular on the popular reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars” from season 2 through 22 until he left because of professional disagreements with the producers. The public is invited to the grand opening, where there will be food, dance demonstrations and even a silent auction to benefit the Ahwatukee-based Armer Foundation for Kids, a nonprofit that helps

He’ll be at the studio all day to teach lessons and at night he will lead all attendees in a festive line dance, sign autographs and take selfies while encouraging locals to consider the “wellness benefits of the ballroom” rather than a gym as the way to make good on their resolutions to live a healthier lifestyle. Velednitsky and Ilchenko moved to Arizona from Wisconsin, where they had been working at a Fred Astaire studio, in search of a place to own their own studio. They zeroed in on Ahwatukee, Ilchenko said, because “we really Ilya Velednitsky and Mariya Ilchenko are ready to teach Ahwatukee residents some fancy footwork at the Fred Astaire Dance Stu- liked the community.” “The area is not too big but it’s dio on Ray Road. (Chris Mortenson/AFN Staff Photographer) very family- oriented and we felt families with critically ill children. that a Fred Astaire studio would be popuDovolani is “on a very personal mission lar here and would bring a lot to the comto help locals turn their New Year’s resolu- munity,” she said. tions into life-changing revolutions on the And they think Ahwatukee is ripe for dance floor,” the couple’s publicist said. what they offer.

“I think we have an amazing hobby to get into,” Velednitski said, adding that their research indicated that the population mix of seniors, middle aged married couples, and young professionals comprise the kind of market where a dance studio can thrive. “Whether it’s a teenager who wants to just challenge themselves with dancing, whether it’s a couple who is looking to learn for a wedding dance or somebody who’s even looking to meet someone among our family of students,” Ilchenko said, “I think they will like what we offer.” “Dancing fits everybody, she added. “but everybody has different goals so it helps them in different ways.” Their clientele ranges in age from 7 to 98 and they’ve posted on social media a video showing one student in a wheelchair learning to dance. “We do have couples in their 50s and 60s that are looking for a new hobby – and

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Master Creations Jewelry closing after 20 years COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

ince he was a child growing up in Richmond, Indiana, David Wyatt has been immersed in the jewelry trade. His history has played a major role in his success with Master Creations Jewelry, an Ahwatukee staple for 20 years that is closing its doors on Feb. 29. Wyatt and his wife, Carol, will continue in the trade even after closing their brickand-mortar business, but retirement is definitely something both look forward to as other interests beckon – golf for him, teaching the Constitution in the classroom for her, and spoiling their six grandchildren for both. “I will keep working on estate purchases and appraisals of jewelry and coins along with some custom design by appointment only, and I may keep this location but with

a much smaller footprint,” he said. David Wyatt came into jewelry and adjacent trades almost by osmosis. “My uncle Art on my father’s side owned

“I’ve been buying and selling coins since I was 8 years old, and made my first piece of jewelry when I was 14 in 1964.” He said he honed his sales ability at the Life Insurance Marketing Institute of Purdue University while working for Farm Bureau Insurance of Indiana, where he was named the “Outstanding Life Sales Agent” in 1973. While in Indiana, he also served six years as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army National Guard, CompaDavid and Carol Wyatt are closing their Master Creations Jewny D Ranger, 151st Infantry. With lery store on Chandleer Boulevard in Ahwatukee but hope to do a little bit of jewelry business as they enjoy their retire- his unit, Wyatt taught “escape and ment. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer) evasion” to National Guard pilots. As happens to some who shiver North Dayton Jewelers in Ohio, while his through many Midwest winters, Wyatt brother Ed was his watchmaker. My father felt compelled to find warmer climes and was a coin dealer. Dad taught me his trade see JEWELRY page 37 and uncle Art taught me his trade,” he said.

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not even just couples. We also have singles that come too,” Velednitski said. “We’ve got older people that come that maybe just have a lot of time on their hands and they want to learn something new.” They teach a wide array of dance styles, but don’t ask them to characterize as “dance” the hopping around in bar scenes you might see in a movie. “There’s a curriculum” at Fred Astaire, Velednitsky said. “It’s not just randomly moving your body to music.” On the other hand, the couple and their other teachers tailor their lessons to their clients. “First of all, we ask them if there’s any specific goals that they have because most of our lessons are private lesson instruction,” Ilchenko explained. “So it’s going to differ from customer to customer. We also have group classes. However, in the very beginning when somebody brand new comes in, we want to make sure that we tailor every lesson to their specific needs and goals. “In the beginning we introduce them to three to four of the most popular social dances,” she continued. “They can then

pick and choose what they like and what they don’t like. If they have a certain dance they come with an idea of learning [about] already, we, of course, are going to teach them that dance, as well as recommend other dances -- because it’s always good to have a variety and be overall a good dancer rather than being this ‘one-trick pony’ and just do one dance.” Sometimes the biggest hurdle facing a newcomer is getting up the nerve to just walk in the door of the studio, which was once a children’s dance school that Ilchenko and Velednitsky gutted and refurbished. To say the couple are veterans of the dance floor is an understatement. Ilchenko started dancing at 7 after her parents became concerned that she wanted to get involved in gymnastics, a sport with a high level of injuries, oftentimes serious. “My parents didn’t want me to get too serious and get injured, so they asked me to try ballroom dancing and I tried and I fell in love with it,” she said. “And I never stopped. I lived in different countries and Wineight a Once-in-a-Lifetime then seven, years ago IExperience moved to the at the NHRA Arizona Nationals United States to pursue my career here.” February 23rd-25th But dancing didn’t prevent her from get-

ting injured. At 14, Ilchenko suffered a serious knee injury on the dance floor. And though she recovered, her businessman father insisted that she go to college and master a subject that would give her a fallback in case her dancing career was ended by another injury. So, she studied economics and international relations in college and ultimately earned her degree in business and hospitality – which she says have helped her run a business. Velednitsky’s background is radically different. He didn’t start dancing until he was 24. With an older brother who was a dance teacher, Velednitsky said he would sometimes watch his brother’s performances and liked what he saw. “I think maybe like the second or the third time I came to watch, I really, for whatever reason, kind of latched onto it. I was like, ‘I think this is what I want to do.’” Up until then, he said, “I didn’t really have a passion or something that I really wanted to do.” Now it’s hard keeping the couple off the dance floor. They spend most of their weekends

traveling to competitions and, at a ballroom dance tournament last November, earned the title of the third best ballroom dance couple in the country. Judging in those competitions is not unlike the way ice-skaters are evaluated. Judges rank couples on the basis of qualities for both artistic and technical merit. They bring that well-practiced style to their lessons. “I think we do a good job of building confidence within people because, just like anything else, it’s 90 percent mental,” Velednitsky said. “I think we have a great understanding of how to take a person who has no knowledge – physical, mental or any kind – of dance and bring them along to a certain level where we build confidence.” They also pride themselves on customer service – which might seem an unusual term in a dance studio until they explain it. “For some people, ballroom dancing or just dancing, in general, is very, very intimidating. I think that people feel very insecure when it comes to that,” Velednitsky said. “But right from the moment that any-

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moved to Arizona, where he continued in the jewelry trade. “I opened my first store, “Dave Wyatt’s Jewel Exchange,” in 1980 in North Phoenix and closed it two years later after a divorce. I’ve lived all over the Valley and Ahwatukee is the best place I’ve ever lived, so I naturally wanted a store in my own neighborhood where I could be of service to my friends, neighbors and community,” he said. He has operated Master Creations since 1983 but without a physical location until 2000, when they opened on Chandler Boulevard. He and Carol met in 1994 at Grace Community Church in Tempe. Four months later, they married. “Carol was not impressed I made jewelry, but I won her heart anyway,” he laughed with a playful glance at his wife. “Her interest in jewelry really blossomed when we opened the store, and with her enrollment in the Gemological Institute of America. She is a valued asset in our appraisal and inventory control.” Carol said the variety of work has been a boon to her interest in the business they co-own.

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New year brings big changes on IRAs, 401(k) BY JOSEPH ORTIZ AFN Guest Writer

t might not have made the headlines, but a recently passed piece of legislation could affect the IRAs and 401(k)s of millions of Americans in 2020. So, if you have either of these accounts, or if you run a business, you’ll want to learn more. The new laws, collectively called the “Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement” (SECURE) Act, include these noteworthy changes: Higher age for RMDs. Under current law, you must start taking withdrawals – known as required minimum distributions, or RMDs – from your traditional IRA and 401(k) or similar employersponsored plan once you turn 70 ½. The new law pushes the date to start RMDs to 72, which means you can hold on to your retirement savings a bit longer.

No age limit for traditional IRA contributions. Previously, you could only contribute to your traditional IRA until you were 70 ½, but under the SECURE Act, you can now fund your traditional IRA for as long as you have taxable earned income. Limitation of “Stretch IRA” provisions. Under the old rules, beneficiaries were able to stretch taxable RMDs from a retirement account over his or her lifetime. Under the SECURE Act, while spouse beneficiaries can still take advantage of this “stretch” distribution, most nonspouse beneficiaries will have to take all the RMDs by the end of the 10th year after the account owner passes away. Consequently, non-spouse beneficiaries who inherit an IRA or other retirement plan could have tax implications due to the need to take larger distributions in a shorter time frame. No early withdrawal penalty for IRAs and 401(k)s when a new child arrives.

Typically, you must pay a 10 percent penalty when you withdraw funds from your IRA or 401(k) before you reach 59 ½. But now, with the new rules, you can withdraw up to $5,000 from your retirement plan without paying the early withdrawal penalty, as long as you take the money within one year of a child being born or an adoption becoming final. Some provisions of the SECURE Act primarily affect business owners: Multi-employer retirement plans. Unrelated companies can now work together to offer employees a 401(k) plan with less administrative work, lower costs and fewer fiduciary responsibilities than individual employers now encounter when offering their own retirement plans. Tax credit for automatic enrollment. The new law provides a tax credit of $500 for some smaller employers who set up automatic enrollment in their retirement plans. And a tax credit for establishing a retirement plan has been increased from

$500 to $5,000. Use of annuities in 401(k) plans. It will now be easier for employers to consider including annuities as an investment option within 401(k) plans. Previously, many businesses avoided offering annuities in these plans due to liability concerns related to the annuity provider, but the new rules should help reduce these concerns. The SECURE Act is the most significant change to our retirement savings system in over a decade. We encourage you to contact your financial advisor, tax professional and estate planning attorney to assess the potential impact on your investment strategies and determine any possible tax and estate planning implications of the SECURE Act.

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ounding Fathers Kitchen in Ahwatukee is a new restaurant concept featuring a unique blend of music along with an electrifying menu. Owner Marc Guevara opened Founding Fathers in the space at the eastern end of a strip mall at 3820 E. Ray Road - once occupied by Angry Crab Shack, which he closed last month. Among his changes is an elevated bar and grill with a pub feel. Guevara also brought in a couple of mixologists to focus on the cocktail program and includes a good wine list with more national and local craft beers along with the standard domestics. You’ll also find some unusual spirits, such as peanut butter stout. “We are changing the sense of the bar

“We’re building a cocktail prog r a m u s i n g fresh ingredients and doing cocktail bars,” ex p l a i n e d M i k e McGill, Founding Fathers director of spirits. “But Marc Guevara hopes to shake up Ahwatukee’s bar scene with at the same his new Founding Fathers bar-restaurant, where he will offer an inventive menu and some solid entertainment. time, we’re trying (Melody Birkett/GetOut Contributor) to make it more accessible to evscene here which I don’t think has existed erybody with affordable prices while still in this area,” said Guevara. utilizing fresh juice and quality products

and some handmade ingredients.” Patrons will also see a difference in the food and entertainment. “We’re going back to the foundation of it,” explained Guevara. “That’s behind Founding Fathers – the foundation of music and where it came from and to the food and where it came from. So, you’ll see things like short ribs but it’ll be used in a short rib grilled cheese.” The idea behind this concept was something Guevara and his partners came up with while they were sitting down drinking beer and eating gumbo. “So we started our own little group – The Gumbo Boys – and I knew I was on my way to doing something different,” said Guevara. The Gumbo Boys also took a trip to Chicago to find inspiration from restaurants

Also performing is pianist Jessica Zhang, a senior at Corona del Sol High School. This will be Jessica’s third appearance as a MusicaNova young artist, having also played with the full orchestra in 2017. A student of the piano since she was 5,

she made her Carnegie Hall debut last summer after winning first place in the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition. She was recognized in 2019 as a National YoungArts winner and won first prize at the 2017 IIYM International Piano Competition. She won numerous Arizona and local competitions. Like Sean, she is passionate about sharing music. She leads Corona del Sol’s Music for Cure Club, taking student performances into senior homes and hospitals. This will be Jessica’s third appearance as a MusicaNova young artist, having also played with the full orchestra in 2017. A student of the piano since she was 5, she made her Carnegie Hall debut last summer after winning first place in the American Protégé International Music Talent Competition.

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Ahwatukee teen violinist to perform in Feb. 8 concert GETOUT STAFF

n Ahwatukee teen is one of the featured performers in the next Young Artists Series concert sponsored by MusicaNova Orchestra. Sean Ellis, a 17-year-old junior at Desert Vista High School, will perform at the concert, 4 p.m. Feb. 8, at Arizona Piano Company, 4134 E. Wood Street, Phoenix. Sean is co-concertmaster of the Desert Vista Chamber Orchestra and associate principal second violin in the Phoenix Youth Symphony. He was one of 18 violinists chosen to attend the Charles Castleman Quartet Program last year. He shares his love of music in many ways, including teaching underprivileged youth the violin through Harmony Project Phoenix. For this concert, he will play sonatas by J.S. Bach, Aram Khachaturian and Eugène Ysaÿe.

Jessica Zhang, a Corona del Sol High School senior, and Sean Ellis, a Desert Vista High junior, will be performing Feb. 8. Special to GetOut)

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Former Thunder star lands big role in Scottsdale GETOUT NEWS STAFF

liana Burns may have left the Desert Vista High School stage, but she has hardly left theater. The 2018 Ahwatukee grad, now a sophomore majoring in sustainability with a minor in political science at Arizona State University’s Barrett, The Honors College, is still acting but now on the community theater circuit. Burns is getting some rave reviews – along with the production itself – in Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre’s presentation of the Agatha Christie mystery “Murder on the Nile.” The production can be seen at 7:30 on Friday and Saturdays as well as at 2 p.m. on Sundays through Feb. 23 at the intimate Actors Theater in Scottsdale Fashion Center. Tickets are $28 for adults and $22 for students and seniors: Available at 480-483-1664 or desertstages.com “Murder on the Nile” is a 1944 murder mystery play by Christie, based on her 1937 novel “Death on the Nile.” In it, Burns plays one of the leading roles as Kay Ridgeway Mostyn, the daughter of England’s richest man who marries the penniless Simon Mostyn at the expense of his longtime lover. The trio end up with several other passengers aboard a riverboat and, as you

Desert Vista High grad Eliana Burns plays a key role in “Murder on the Nile” as Kay Ridgewat Mostyn while Jack Pauly plays Canon Pennefather, her guardian. (Spe-

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might have guessed from the title, someone is murdered. The plot is full of twists and surprises as the characters go about trying to identify the culprit. On a boat not very large, they can’t truly get away from each other, so the race is on to figure out who did it. The website “Talking Broadway” ap-

plauded the production, calling the play a “well-crafted drama” and raving about Director Mark-Alan Celente’s “wonderful cast, clear direction and beautiful creative aspects that make the play an engaging experience.” Clemente directed several Desert Stages shows, including the sold-out extended run of Christie’s “The Mousetrap” and the critically acclaimed Neil Simon’s “Lost In Yonkers.” And he’s hit another theatrical home run with “Nile,” according to TalkingBroadway.com “An added joy, if you’ve read the book or seen the film or TV adaptation of the novel,” it said, “is the play has many changes from those other versions of Christie’s book.” It singled out Burns and actor James Olson, who plays her husband, for their performance, applauding them for the way they “create sophisticated and stylish charters as the young newlyweds.” This is Desert Stages’ first show in the Actors Café, but it isn’t Burns’ first foray into theater outside of Desert Vista, where she was co-president of the Thunder Theatre Company. She recently appeared in two shows at Laughing Pig Theatre in Mesa – where she also sits on its board. And while this is her first jaunt with

Desert Stages, she said, “Hopefully, I can do more.” Burns finds her work with Desert Stages challenging. “DST is definitely much bigger and tougher than DV theatre,” she said. “There are always multiple shows going on at the same time with all different casts. There is a large age range at DST as well. “There is a much larger talent pool at DST, so they are able to do many different types of shows. At DV, we were usually restricted to a specific type of show with a specific cast.” Still, her talent apparently was immediately recognized by Desert Stages, as she notes, “I am playing a big role and definitely a key role as the show mostly revolves around different relationships with my character.” But she is a bit torn between the stage and Mother Earth when she is asked about her future plans. “I love theater with all my heart and would love to do it for a career,” she said. “However, I have always wanted a career that helps the planet, animals or people in some way. I’m currently planning on going into the Peace Corps and eventually work on environmental policy.” Yet, she added, “But, if things end up working out for me in theatre, I would certainly be open to that.”

Freeway gives Ahwatukee entrée to BBQ fest GETOUT STAFF

ow that the South Mountian Freeway is open, organizers of the annual Laveen BBQ say Ahwatukee residents have no reason to miss out on a festival of food and entertainment marking its 68th year this year. The Laveen Community Council is holding the eat-a-thon 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8 at Cesar Chavez Park, 7858 S. 35th Avenue, near Laveen Road. With free admission to entertainment, and food as well as ticket purchases for rides - there will be more than 100 vendors; the fest attracted some 8,000 guests

last year, organizers said. Organizers moved the festival last year to the park to accommodate the increasingly larger attendance. “The park has an abundance of open space for us to expand our growing event,” they said in a release. The first Laveen barbecue took place at Laveen School – now the Laveen Education Center – in 1952, as a fundraising event to fight against polio, organized by a group of rancher’s wives. It eventually moved to Betty Fairfax High School for a time, then Corona Ranch before relocating to Cesar Chavez Park. “The event attendance has been in-

creasing tremendously the last several years, and having it at the park last year, we saw a significant increase in turnout,” organizers said. The Laveen Community Council uses proceeds for scholarships for local high school graduates and various youth, school and community activities. Organizers of Laveen’s annual community BBQ hope Ahwatukee residents will take advantage of the fast access provided by the South Mountain Freeway to visit the event Feb. 8. (Special to GetOut)

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such as Kingston Mines, which features rock and Chicago Blues music. “It looked like a hole-in-the-wall but what was awesome about it is you had college students drinking and dancing with 50, 60 and 70-year-old individuals who were dancing, as well,” said Guevara. “It was all-inclusive. What we like is the idea of inclusivity and for me, it was how do we create, bring it together with some escapism.” As for music, “you’re going to hear a little bit of Motown, a little bit of jazz, blues, rock, some ‘80s and ‘90s rock,” explained Guevara. “So, what you’re going to see with Founding Fathers is we’re going to be paying tribute along the walls with murals of Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, some of the chefs some of the athletes, too, because it is kind of a sports theme, as well.” Guevara describes his new restaurant as a melting pot. “What’s cool about it is there’s something for everyone,” said Guevara. “You’re going to be able to come in at lunch and have some sushi or have one of our signature salads like a kale salad, a flatbread or

one of our unique sandwiches. “We’re doing a nice little thing with oysters where it’s from raw to different types of bacon grilled oysters with different sauces and different influences.” “What also makes us different is the feeling you see. There’s a lot more culture in it. You’ll see food very diverse from Asian influences to Mediterranean influences, French influences, all across the board. A lot of regional and international favorites.” Guevara describes his menu as contemporary American with a little bit of everything. “I didn’t want to get pigeon-holed into one theme where it’s Italian, seafood or steakhouse food. We want to make sure we have a steak if you come in along with sea bass, salmon, swordfish. You can also order seafood in different sauces such as a pesto cream sauce and you can mix and match seafood items such as a 1/2 pound of clams and a 1/2 pound of mussels and shrimp.” He’s also offering menu items with a chophouse feel such as a smoked bison meatloaf, ground pancetta and beef burger and catering to plant-based tastes such as bolognese with vegan pasta. Customers will also find a lot of BBQ

options such as brisket, ribs and prime rib since the restaurant has a 500-pound smoker. Then there are some unusual dessert options. “One of more popular desserts is a red velvet bread pudding with chunks of Philadelphia cream cheese, real vanilla bean. You’ll see creme brûlées with a Grand Marnier white chocolate, one which tastes likes an orange creamsicle. Everything is made from scratch, even the desserts.” Guevara was a chef in the Valley and Tucson for 18 years. His original career was as a jazz trumpet player. That’s why he’s bringing a lot of style of music into his restaurant. “That was the goal – to get into music through food because I got into food because of music,” explained Guevara. “I thought maybe one day I’ll own my jazz bar and I gotta understand the operations of how food works, the bar. I can play in my own restaurant but it turned into where I stayed in this industry and I never left. I left music, which was my true passion.” Information: 602-296-4811. Founding Fathers Kitchen does not yet have a website.

She was recognized in 2019 as a National YoungArts winner and won first prize at the 2017 IIYM International Piano Competition. She has won numerous Arizona and local competitions. Like Sean, she is passionate about sharing music. She leads Corona del Sol’s Music for Cure Club, taking student performances into senior homes and hospitals. Tickets are available on-site or via musicanovaaz.org. General admission is $15; students and seniors pay $10; and under 18 is free.

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Desert Vista alum Devon Kennard eager to give back to community BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

evon Kennard was always known for his accolades on the football field. A 2009 graduate of Desert Vista, Kennard dominated opposing offenses from the defensive line position. As a junior, he accounted for a state-record of 24.5 sacks. He was well on his way to doing the same before tragedy struck against Chandler early in his senior year. “I just had to stay healthy,” Kennard said. “We had the game won but one of our running backs fumbled the ball, so I was put back in just for ball-security purposes. I ran a sweep and took a helmet to the knee and tore my ACL. “For me, it was a very pivotal moment in my life because up until that point I really didn’t face a lot of struggles or obstacles. It was the first time I felt like I needed to find

recruited by nearly every major college football program in the country. It wasn’t uncommon for Kennard to be pulled out of class by the likes of Les Miles and Pete Carroll. But after his ACL tear, some of those schools began separating themselves from Kennard. But not USC. Carroll, who is now with the Seattle Seahawks, and the Trojans never wavered from their Devon Kennard created the Devon Kennard Scholarship Fund in conjunction with desire to have Kenthe Midnight Golf Program in Detroit. Last May, Kennard awarded the scholarships nard join their proto Jalen Fountain (left) and Maya Soloman (right). (The Detroit Lions photo) gram. The next fall, Kennard was on USC’s campus to begin a purpose outside of football.” Before his injury, Kennard was actively his college career.

Desert Vista QB Parker Navarro commits to UCF BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

arker Navarro knew there was something different about the University of Central Florida campus when he visited this past weekend. It started with the atmosphere driving near the campus. When he finally stepped foot on campus, he was able to picture himself in that environment on a daily basis. It was during this same visit UCF offered him a full-ride scholarship to continue his football career. On Thursday afternoon, Navarro made it official by committing to play for the Knights. “The coaches and I started building a relationship awhile back,” Navarro said. “I instantly felt a connection between them when I finally met with them face-to-face. The facilities were amazing, and they have so many other things in the works for student-athletes.” Navarro, a 6-foot, 190-pound pro-

style quarterback, spent his senior season shredding opposing defenses both through the air and on the ground. Navarro threw for 2,749 yards and 29 touchdowns. He only threw six interceptions the entire season. He also rushed for 959 yards and 11 more touchdowns. Navarro has been widely regarded as one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the state. He received offers from smaller programs throughout the season, but his recruiting took off after the Thunder concluded their 9-4 campaign. “Myself and his offensive coordinator, Sean Morin, are just so excited for everything that has happened to Parker,” Desert Vista coach Dan Hinds said. “He showed up Friday nights and helped us win football games, sometimes almost singlehandedly. As far as a person goes, I always tell his dad they brought him up-right. As a player, in my opinion, he is the best RPO guy in the state.

“A big key to our offense was to have a kid like him who can run the show and have freedom to do things. He did it well.” Navarro received a preferred walkon offer from Arizona State on Dec. 17. The same day, he received an offer from the University of Hawaii. Arizona State’s walk-on offer turned into a full-ride scholarship on Jan. 13, three days before he picked up another full-ride from the University of North Texas. He took an unofficial to Arizona State Wednesday and had planned for an official visit to North Texas this weekend. But as he weighed his options, he realized UCF would be the best fit. “For me, with coach (Josh) Heupel being a quarterback and coach (Joey) Halzle being a quarterback, I see myself developing in ways I might not know right now,” Navarro said. “I just felt confident in the situation there.” Navarro plans to sign his National Letter of Intent on Wednesday, Feb. 5. It’s

“At the time, I was going through a tragic time with my injury,” Kennard said. “Some schools said they were still interested, but they didn’t seem as committed. Luckily, USC stayed on board and it’s where I really wanted to go.” Kennard battled through more injuries and several position changes throughout his college career. By the time he prepared to enter the NFL Draft in 2014, he had gone back and forth from defensive end to outside linebacker. But it was his hard work and dedication to improving his craft that got him noticed by NFL teams. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the fifth round. “There were multiple times in my career along the way I thought none of this would happen,” Kennard said. “I had a dream of always being in the position, but I faced a lot of challenges, so I am just so

see KENNARD page 46

Desert Vista quarterback Parker Navarro announced his commitment to play for the University of Central Florida next season. (Photo courtesy Parker Navarro)

when things will really start to settle in after what he called a “stressful” few weeks.

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grateful I was able to do it. “I’ve been able to live out my dream. I recognize I’m in position to make an impact on people’s lives.” The Giants required all rookies to become involved with charities in New York. Kennard took a liking to New City Kids, a non-profit organization catered to lowincome youth. He immediately saw the impact he and the rest of the Giants’ organization could have on those less fortunate. “I immediately fell in love with what New City Kids was doing,” Kennard said. “I committed myself and got very involved. I encouraged my teammates to go out there, donated money, just anything I could to help them continue their mission.” Kennard spent four seasons with the Giants, taking time to visit New City Kids and other charities on his off days. When he was signed by the Detroit Lions in 2017, he carried on his mission of helping the less fortunate from New York to Detroit. Kennard is coming off two breakout seasons with the Lions. The 6-foot-3, 256-pound linebacker had 14 sacks combined the last two seasons and 70 solo tackles. The Lions signed him to a 3-year deal in March 2018. From the moment he stepped foot in Detroit, Kennard involved himself in several charitable organizations. From taking the time to sit down with a family to eat dinner to taking kids on shopping sprees at Footlocker, Kennard has become a staple for helping the less fortunate in Detroit. He was awarded the 2019 Detroit Public Safety Award for his work with the Lions Social Justice Initiative, which was created by players in 2018 and raised over $600,000 for non-profits. He began work-

NAVARRO from page 45

“First and foremost, I just feel so blessed,” Navarro said. “I always wanted to go DI and God has blessed me with all of these opportunities. I just plan to enjoy it with my family. I feel so blessed. But I’m kind of glad it’s over.” Navarro is UCF’s first commitment at the quarterback position in the 2020

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til we announced it. I plan to do it again this year.” In November, Kennard, Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford and wide receiver Danny Amendola donated new equipment and a van for transportation to the Detroit Boxing Gym, which is a non-profit for kids to go after school. Despite Kennard now playing in Detroit, the impact he made during his time in New York was still being felt thanks to his former team. In 2018, the Giants donated $27,000 to New City Kids. Kennard was invited back to donate the check. Kennard’s dedication to helping those in need didn’t go unnoticed Desert Vista alum Devon Kennard was always known for his accolades on the football field. But now, he wants to be known as the this season. While he was never NFL player that continuously takes time to give back to those less looking for recognition, he was fortunate. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff) named the Detroit Lions nominee ing with the Midnight Golf Program in De- for Walter Payton Man of the Year, an antroit, which is an after-school program for nual award given to an NFL player for exhigh school students in Detroit offering cellence both on and off the field. SAT tutoring and help filling out applicaKennard was awarded $50,000 to a tions for colleges and scholarships. charity of his choice for his nominaHe created the Devon Kennard Scholar- tion. At NFL Honors on Saturday, Feb. ship Fund in conjunction with the Mid- 1 – one day before Super Bowl 54 – the night Golf Program, which awards two Walter Payton Man of the Year will be anstudents $5,000. Students were required nounced. Should Kennard win, he will reto read a book of their choice and submit ceive a $250,000 donation to the charity essays to Kennard and his fiancé, Camille, of his choice courtesy of the NFL Foundaabout the impact the book had on their tion and Nationwide. life. Students were also required to sub“I’ve already committed to giving a mit their GPAs and the acceptance letter higher amount and more scholarships from the colleges they wanted to attend. this year with the money I’ve already reKennard and Camille sat down and ceived for being nominated,” Kennard read through over 50 essays, narrowing it said. “I’m pretty excited about that. For down to two finalists for the scholarship. me, the peak of what I want to do in my The winners were announced last May. career is win a Super Bowl and win the “We had a really cool moment with Walter Payton Man of the Year.” them at the Midnight Golf Program’s gradKennard spends his offseason back uation ceremony,” Kennard said. “We even home in Chandler. He trains at Pro Edge created custom footballs for the winners. Performance, which is owned by his They were surprised, they had no idea un- brother, Derek Kennard Jr., who is also the class. The Knights currently have five on the roster, including senior McKenzie Milton, who suffered a gruesome knee injury in 2018, and Gabriel Dillon, who started as a true freshman last season. UCF has been a frequent visitor to major college football bowl games in recent years. In 2014, the Knights broke through and beat Baylor in the Fiesta Bowl. On Jan. 1, 2018, UCF beat Auburn in the Chick-fil-

A Peach Bowl to finish 13-0. The Knights were the only undefeated team remaining in college football that year and dubbed themselves the national champions. The banner can be seen at UCF’s practice facility. On Jan. 1, 2019, UCF returned to the Fiesta Bowl but fell to LSU. This past season, the Knights beat Marshall in the Gasparilla Bowl. Navarro is determined to come in and

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defensive line coach at Desert Vista. Kennard has plans to purchase a home nearby. In many ways, it’s him setting his family up for his future after football, whenever it comes. He said he’s always had an interest in real estate investing. He now owns properties all over the United States. With his search for a new home back in Arizona comes his desire to start giving back to the Ahwatukee community and others all across the Valley. He wants to continue making the same type of impact he had in New York and Detroit in the place that helped him grow into the person he is today. “Up until this point, I really haven’t had a lot of time to connect with the Arizona community,” Kennard said. “But it’s something I want to look into and make happen.” While Kennard sees the impact he has made on the lives of thousands throughout his NFL career, he doesn’t look at it as something he was forced into doing because of his status as a professional athlete. While he loves playing football for a living, he doesn’t place himself on a pedestal over anybody else he comes across in the community. Football just happens to be a career path he followed, and he plans to continue using it as a way to encourage people in Detroit and Arizona and empower them to achieve their goals. “As professional athletes, we have to make a decision on what we want to do with the spotlight we are given,” Kennard said. “I want to disarm myself and let people know I’m not different from them. “I’m a regular kid who grew up right around the corner from Desert Vista and I want to show kids they can achieve their dreams of becoming whoever they want to be.” compete from day one, just like he did at Desert Vista. Not only is it the expectations he set for himself, but it’s something the UCF coaches expect him to do as well. “I come in and compete every day,” Navarro said. “With the resources from the coaching staff, I feel like I can come in and push whoever the starter is. I feel like I will be ready to play when I have my opportunity.”

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Plumbing

Drywall

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480.266.4589 josedominguez0224@gmail.com Not a licensed contractor.

Garage/Doors

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Landscape Maintenance

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Arizona Specialty Landscape

New & Re-Do Design and Installation

Affordable | Paver Specialists All phases of landscape installation. Plants, cacti, sod, sprinklers, granite, concrete, brick, Kool-deck, lighting and more!

Free Estimates 7 Days a Week! ROC# 186443 • BONDED

480.844.9765

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Landscape Maintenance

Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Licensed • Bonded • Insured Technician

Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

Landscape Maintenance

High Quality Results TRIM TREES ALL TYPES GRAVEL - PAVERS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS Complete Clean Ups

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D&L SPRINKLER SERVICE Landscape Lighting

Juan Hernandez

SPRINKLER

WEED SPRAYING $50 Per Home

TRIMMING

Not a licensed contractor

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25 Years exp (480) 720-3840

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Lawn Mowing Starts At $40 Full Service Starts At $70 15 + Yrs Exp! All English Speaking Crew

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Complete Lawn Service & Weed Control Starting @ $60/Month! • One Month Free Service • Licensed, Bonded Insured for your protection.

Serving the Valley for over 28 years

480-730-1074

Bonded/Insured/Licensed • ROC #225923

Ahw. Res - 30 yrs Exp Free Estimates. Call Pat (480) 343-0562

Not a licensed contractor

*GRATUITY NOT INCLUDED

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Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call! 15 Years Exp 480-266-4589 Not a licensed contractor

The Valley’s Premier Painters Proudly Serving Ahwatukee for 15 Years! Family Owned & Operated Residential • Commercial • Best Painters EVER!

480-586-8445

• Epoxy Floors & Concrete Coatings

MD’S LANDSCAPING

“Professional, Punctual & Clean”

Drip Systems Installed, Valves/Timer Repairs

ACP is 100% Veteran Owned

Let’s get your Watering System working again! System Checks • Drip Checks FREE ESTIMATES! CALL 24 HOURS 25 Yrs Exp. I Do All My Own Work! Call Mark

480.295.2279 Referred out of Ewing Irrigation Not a licensed contractor.

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PAINTING INC.

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East Valley PAINTERS

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

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Plumbing

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★ Small Job Specialist

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Plumbing

Pool Service / Repair

Remodeling

Roofing

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30 Years Experience References Available Licensed Bonded Insured ROC 286561

Pool Service / Repair

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480-280-0390

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

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1st Month of Service FREE

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602-505-8066 Cell

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We maintain, repair and service all types of pools, equipment, filters, cleaning systems, fresh water and salt water systems

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Se Habla Espanõl

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We also offer Energy Efficient Window Replacement

CLR Pool Service LLC Excellent Service... First time, Every time!

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480.399.ROCK (7625)

25 MONTHS $ NO INTEREST 500 NO PAYMENTS ABA

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HOME REMODELING

KITCHEN • WINDOWS • BATHROOMS OVER 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE REMODELING HOMES

Gift card to Lowe’s with Quote off project

DON’T OVER PAY! Call or text us TODAY!

480.988.1903 BONDED & INSURED • ROC#271056

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Roofing

aFamily Operated by 3 Generations of Roofers! aWe have a “Spencer” on every job

TILE ROOFING SPECIALISTS

and every step of the way.

Flat and Foam Roof Experts!

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Window Cleaning

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on qualifying complete roof replacements

Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years

Let us show you the IN-EX Difference! Serving The Valley Since 1996

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1-Story $145 2-Story $165 Inside & Out Up to 30 Panes Additional Panes $3 ea. Screens Cleaned $3 ea. pane

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Roofing

FREE ESTIMATES 602-736-3019

ROC #152111

Quality Repairs & Re-Roofs

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Over 30 yrs. Experience

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480-706-1453

480-460-7602 Ask us about our discount for all Military and First Responders!

www.porterroofinginc.com

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC 223367

Valleywide

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626

Licensed, Bonded, Insured

All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

Roofing The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC # 269218

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15-Year Workmanship Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

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• Homes from 1,700 sq. ft. to 4,000 sq. ft. from the $400’s

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© Copyright 2019 Blandford Homes, LLC. No offer to sell or lease may be made prior to issuance of Final Arizona Subdivision Public Report. Offer, terms, and availability subject to change without prior notice. Renderings are artist’s conceptions and remain subject to modification without notice.

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Your Hometown Air Conditioning

Specialist

FREE Second

Celebrating “2020” 38 Years of Excellent Service Since 1982

Opinion Are you sure you need that repair? Do you have doubts? CALL US!!

A + Rating

SINCE 1982 ROC #C39-312643

NEVER A SERVICE CALL CHARGE WITH A REPAIR

WINTER TUNE-UP SPECIAL!

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