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Anthem Skate Park gets a last-minute addition BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Wrier

he Anthem Skate Park is getting a last-minute $40,000 upgrade of a small security booth on-site, in addition to the large-scale expansion and renovation of the amenity. This addition was recently recommended by the Skate Park Committee after conversations about improving safety in the park, said Aaron Baker, Anthem Community Council executive director. “There’s been a lot of discussion re-

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A last-minute addition to the Anthem Skate Park is a small security booth to enforce rules at the park. (File photo)

T-Mobile tower squashed by Desert Hills residents BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer

esert Hills residents disputed a proposed 65-foot-tall T-Mobile tower near Desert Hills Drive in a highly requested meeting with Bill Gates, Board of Supervisors chairman, on Feb. 2. The tower, which would be located just southeast of Desert Hills Drive and Seventh Avenue, was proposed April 23, 2021. According to Maricopa County planner Sean Watkins, cell towers can be built in that area, but the proposed tower does not meet

two aspects of the zoning — maximum diameter of the antenna and distance from property lines. The applicant is requesting a special use permit to build the cell tower despite the criteria. Residents near the proposed tower said the permit should not be granted. Watkins said he has received comments against the tower from 107 parties, 71 of which were from those who signed the petition. Keith Paffrath, who organized the meeting with Gates and lives close to the tower, said there are several issues. Some of the main concerns brought up during the meet-

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The Anthem Skate Park is being renovated and it will include a small office space, street plaza and pump track. (Photo courtesy of Anthem Community Council)

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garding how we can best ensure a safe environment for participants there, and protect the asset as well,” Baker said. “As the board and staff have tried to work through this issue, this has come up as something that is a priority to ensure that there are personnel there who are able to assist patrons, and keep an eye on the activities in that area as well.”

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While a full job description has not been created for the position, Baker described it as a customer service representative. The addition consists of a structure near the entrance of the park that will have a desk and computer to be used as an office space. “Given the nature of the park and its newness, I think the attraction of it will be for a number of folks, and it will be nice to have some staff there to help folks out,” Baker said. The council approved the additional funds for the construction at the Jan. 26 meeting. The total cost of the project will be $39,791, on top of the $1.3 million that was originally allocated for the expansion. When considering remodeling the park, the Anthem Community Council sent out a survey to get input on what the community was looking for. Some of the concerns brought up were with beginners getting overrun by more experienced skaters and dead-end lines that disrupted momentum. The original design and funding was ap-

proved in March 2021, and the skate park has been closed for construction since last October. Renovations to the existing skate park include basics such as repainting, new lighting and additional security cameras. As part of the expansion of the park, the hockey rink has undergone a complete overhaul to be turned into a street plaza where bikers, skateboarders and roller skaters will have new rails, stairs and ledges to shred on. Another new feature is a pump track. The grand reopening is scheduled for March 12, and Baker said the addition of the small office space should not push that date back. Once reopened, the Skate and Ridge Park will be open from 7 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. every day. “We are really excited for this amenity to be available,” Baker said. “I think it’s something the Anthem community will respond well to. We’re looking forward to the grand reopening.”

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Calling for art inspired by nature BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

esert Foothills Land Trust invites artists to submit entries for Art for Land’s Sake 2022 — Inspired by Nature. This is the eighth annual art exhibit promoting the beauty of nature through traditional and representational artworks. The event celebrates the lands permanently protected by the land trust, to promote its mission to protect wildlife and conserve sensitive lands for the survival of the Sonoran Desert, and to endorse the importance of a human connection to nature. This year, the exhibit and auction

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will be online in conjunction with an in-person opening reception on Thursday, March 31, at The Holland Center, the Foothills Community Foundation community center located at 34250 N. 60th Street, Building B, Scottsdale. The reception will feature a preview display of selected art from the exhibit and the chance for guests to purchase art prior to the opening of online bidding. “After opting to move the exhibit completely online last year to avoid canceling our 2021 event, we are so pleased to be able to offer an oppor-

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Brnovich defends Second Amendment at supreme court BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

rizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey are co-leading a coalition of 25 states to protect Americans’ right to bear arms, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case Bianchi v. Frosh, where the justices should overturn the Fourth Circuit’s approval of a Maryland �irearms ban. “Americans do not require approval from a local jurisdiction to exercise their constitutional rights,” Brnovich said. “We must vigorously oppose this type of misguided overreach at all levels of government.” The coalition is urging the supreme court to strike down a 2013 Maryland law that restricts what �irearms law-abiding citizens may possess to protect themselves, thereby compromising the Second Amendment rights of millions of citizens. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals

upheld this ban in violation of supreme court precedent by creating its own standard that allows the prohibition of �irearms if a court thinks the weapon is useful in military service. Americans bearing these �irearms bene�it public safety, counterbalance the threat of illegal gun violence, and help make streets safer. He added, the su-

preme court should not allow a state to invade its citizens’ constitutional rights. If left untouched, Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on firearms and the Fourth Circuit’s erroneous standard threaten the constitutional rights of all Americans, he said. Arizona and 42 other states allow the commonly used firearms that Maryland has banned

outright. Joining Arizona and West Virginia are the attorneys general from: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming.

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three open seats on the APCA Board of Directors. Incumbent Darrin Francom is running for the available Parkside seat on the ACC Board of Directors. The declared winners of the APCA election will serve a two-year term, and the winner of the ACC election will serve a three-year term. Biographies and photos of each candidate are posted online at onlineatanthem.com.

Ballots are being mailed to residents this week, with voting beginning on Feb. 16. Electronic ballots will be accepted until midnight on March 11. Paper ballots must be returned to the APCA office located at 3701 W. Anthem Way, Suite 201, by 5 p.m. March 11 to be counted. Results will be announced March 16. Newly elected board members will take their seats at the April board meetings.

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he Anthem Parkside Community Association has unveiled the names of candidates running for three open seats on the APCA Board of Directors and one open Parkside seat on the Anthem Community Council. Felicia Felix, Eric Jackson, Michelle Petrowski, Robert Vogel and Chris Yano, as well as incumbents Shari Miller and Robert Omer are running for

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tunity to experience some of the art in-person this year,” said Vicki Preston, chief executive officer/president of Desert Foothills Land Trust. “This hybrid event will help us reestablish that personal connection to nature through art.” The deadline for entries is March 4. Eligible art can be 2D or 3D including, but not limited to, all media such as digital art, photography, paintings, sculpture, fiber art and jewelry, with a minimum value of $150 each. Submitted art will be reviewed on the aesthetic and technical skill of the artists in depicting the theme of the online exhibit — inspired by nature. Jurors Laurie Nessel and A.H. Smith will select best in show in multiple categories. Jury selections will be featured in the online exhibit. The online exhibit will be open for public preview starting March 28, with bid-

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community members at the meeting. “There’s no interest as far as we’re concerned. If it’s supposed to support just our community, the vast majority of the community does not want it, so there’s no point in having it.” The proposal was reviewed twice before it was tabled inde�initely. Watkins said they are waiting for details to be worked out and for the applicant to hold a public meeting to try to work out some of the issues. While there was a public meeting at Desert Mountain School, Paffrath said it was clear T-Mobile and its attorneys were moving forward. So, residents made sure they were heard.

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One of those residents was Amanda Rakofsky, who lives closest to the proposed tower. She said she spoke to one of the representatives at the meeting at Desert Mountain, and said she was told maintenance will be done between midnight and 5 a.m., which makes her concerned about safety. “For me, it’s a safety issue and an issue of not being noti�ied of when they’re coming,” Rakofsky said. “Their reasoning for coming in those time frames is to not disrupt cell service, when it’s at its highest use during the day. I feel like my safety is not as important as a few hours of some uninterrupted teleservice.” At the meeting with Gates, community members clari�ied that it’s not

that they are against the technology, they’re just against the location. There has not been much data released as to why that speci�ic location was chosen for the T-Mobile tower. Watkins said the applicant provided data that “appeared to show a gap in service area,” but admitted he has heard residents say they have not experienced any service gaps. Watkins did say that it is not uncommon for cell towers to require a special use permit, because zoning codes are often written based on prior technology. He said with the way technology has advanced, almost no cell tower will meet the zoning criteria. Regardless, Gates said he understands that people move to Desert Hills

for a very speci�ic lifestyle and aesthetic that puts a focus on environmental beauty. He closed the meeting by saying he appreciated hearing the community’s input and would try to ensure better communication when or if moving forward with the proposal. “We’ll de�initely be reaching back out to you guys to keep you updated as things go on,” Gates said. “You have my promise that if this does ever go to a vote, I will come out there and see it (the property) with my eyeballs �irst.” As of now, the cell tower is still tabled, and nothing has been of�icially approved. Meetings have not yet been scheduled, but noti�ications will be sent out to interested parties once those are con�irmed.

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ding available from April 1 to April 11. To learn more about the jurors, the exhibit and auction, or how to submit artwork, visit dflt.org. For more than 30 years, Desert Foothills Land Trust has been working in the Desert Foothills communities north of Phoenix to connect people to nature and protect and steward sensitive lands and species of the

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f a murder mystery is called a “Whodunit,” what should we call the curious events surrounding Election Day 2020? The Left has collectively decried any expression of concern as willing participation in spreading “the big lie.” The Right, gobsmacked by the audacity and perverse ingenuity of the caper’s magnitude, has characteristically split into two major factions. First, there are the MAGA backers who loudly object that what transpired was the “Crime of the Century.” Then there are the Establishmentarians, who are so dependent on “business as usual” in the D.C. swamp that they meekly agree with their tormentors across the aisle. It is that second “conservative” faction, racked by the odious combination of self-interest and self-loathing, that predictably earns plaudits from the chattering classes.

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Current laws won’t solve our border crisis BY TIFFANY SHEDD Foothills Focus Columnist

n our family farm, 90 miles from the border, I’ve seen the horrors of Biden’s failed border policy and Obama’s before it. During the Obama years, the cartels stole our family vehicle and, when we reported it, the police were forced to evacuate my family from our home due to credible threats. Later, our neighbor was murdered and found in a 55-gallon drum in the desert. I wish those were isolated incidents or my story is unique. The sad reality is they weren’t and it isn’t. Ask my friend Sue Krentz — her husband was murdered by an illegal immigrant on their ranch. The situation improved under Trump. Ask my friend John Ladd — under Trump’s watch and with the wall, illegal border crossings on his ranch

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Now, one of my opponents for the Republican nomination has said that the attorney general exists to simply enforce the law and not to advocate for policy. I disagree. We cannot secure our border with just the laws that are already on the books. We need big and bold ideas. That’s why, as attorney general, I am not only going to enforce current law, I am going to ask our Legislature for new laws that focus on securing our border and giving law enforcement the tools they need to protect the people of Arizona. First, Arizona needs to designate cartels as terrorist organizations and we need to reform our civil asset forfeiture laws to allow law enforcement to interrupt their revenue stream. Second, we need a law enforcement agency with a single mission — defending our border. Local law enforcement is doing the best they can, but they are not equipped to handle a cri-

sis of this magnitude. I support reconstituting the Arizona Rangers as a border force tasked with interrupting the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants across our border. Third, we need to finish the border wall on our own because walls work. Ask our ranchers. I am pleased to see many of our Republican gubernatorial candidates rallying around these very same ideas, but they are going to need an aggressive attorney general who is ready to defend them in court because you better believe Biden is going to �ight us on this. The cavalry isn’t coming. I’ve accepted that, but I refuse to accept a situation where Arizona families like mine live in a state of perpetual chaos and violence. Because Biden won’t do anything, I am rolling up my sleeves to get it done myself. Tiffany Shedd is a Republican candidate for Arizona attorney general.

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Discover adding more than 1K jobs this year BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

iscover Financial Services is growing across its credit card and bank lines of business, and to meet its needs, the company is looking to fill more than 1,000 customer care center positions by the end of 2022. This exciting hiring initiative features roles with location flexibility, allowing employees to choose how they work — on site, remote or a combination of both — as long as they live in a state with a call center, which includes Arizona, Delaware (and sur-

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Airport businesses seek employees to �ill positions BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

hoenix Sky Harbor International Airport will host its first job fair of the year from noon to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15. Those looking for work will have an opportunity to meet with representatives from more than 30 airport businesses to discuss the availability of nearly 1,000 listed open positions. Candidates will be able to speak with employers in-person and may even interview or receive offers onsite. Available work spans a broad selection of industries such as food and beverage, customer service, retail, airline, automotive and security. Benefits may include insurance and retirement options, paid time off, hiring bonuses and discounts. The event will take place at the 44th Street PHX Sky Train Station located at 200 S. 44th Street, at Wash-

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Paradise Valley author hosts book signing BY ANNIKA TOMLIN Foothills Focus Staff Writer

fter 25 years in the marketing and advertisement industry, Paradise Valley resident Ann W. Jarvie changed her career path to novelist. She will celebrate the release of her second novel, “The Woods of Hitchcock,” with a book signing from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, at Barnes & Noble in Desert Ridge Marketplace. “I’ve often said that when I was in marketing, I wrote very complex comprehensive marketing plans and advertising plans in my life but nothing is as hard as writing a novel,” said the Georgia

native. “I’ll just be honest, however, it’s very rewarding. “When you write the end, it’s an accomplishment and it does require a lot of perseverance. You have to come up with the concept, you have to write a copy that keeps people turning the page. You have to put on a marketing hat and sell it to a publisher and then you have to go out and sell it to the ultimate consumer and it requires a jack of all trades so to speak.” Jarvie’s first novel, “The Soul Retrieval,” was in what she dubbed The Henrietta series. “The first novel is an epic novel that was inspired by a true story in my family

— a true murder mystery in my family,” Jarvie admitted. “The story sort of haunted me and I just felt like I needed to find out how this guy died. “My grandmother lived on this Native American reservation, and it was all very strange story and yet no one in my family knew how the guy died, or why he died.” While researching what had happened, Jarvie decided to take the story into her own hands and fictionalize it resulting in her first novel. “That literally took my 20 years probably to write it,” Jarvie said. “To be fair, I was working full time and I was raising my children, so it took me 20 to 25 years

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Same event from different perspectives CHURCH COMMUNITY CONNECTION

Pastor Ed Delph Foothills Focus Columnist

ave you ever noticed that two people can look at the same event and both see something completely different? Let me illustrate this idea with the diary of the wife and her husband about the same event. Wife’s diary: “Tonight, I thought my husband was acting weird. We had made plans to meet at a nice restaurant for dinner. I was shopping with my friends all day long, so I thought he was upset that I was a bit late, but he made no comment about it. The conversation wasn’t flowing, so I suggested that we go somewhere quiet to talk. “I asked him what was wrong, and he said nothing. I asked him if it was my fault that he was upset. He said

he wasn’t upset and that it had nothing to do with me and not to worry about it. On the way home, I told him that I loved him. He smiled slightly and kept driving. I can’t explain his behavior. I don’t know why he didn’t say, ‘I love you, too.’

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“When we arrived home, I felt I had lost him completely. He just sat there quietly and watched TV. Finally, with silence all around us, I decided to go to bed. About 15 minutes later, he came to bed. But I still felt that he was distracted and his thoughts were somewhere else. He fell asleep. I cried. I didn’t know what to do. My life is a disaster.” Husband’s diary: “A 2-foot putt! Who the H-E-double-hockey-sticks misses a 2-foot putt?” I thought this story would be appropriate for Phoenicians for this week’s Phoenix Open golf tournament. Can you imagine what a professional golfer’s spouse goes through? Here is a story that Carl George told many years ago at a conference I

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than its predecessor. “I wrote an outline, I developed my characters and sat down and wrote it,” Jarvie said. “It took me two years to write it and it took another year of sitting on it and editing it because it was during COVID. “I decided to be productive and I spent the year in quarantine really polishing ‘The Woods of Hitchcock’ and presenting it to the publishing world. That itself took another year. It’s not a short process by any means.” Jarvie is working on her third and final books of her Henrietta series while marketing her second piece. “However, (each book does) stand completely on their own so you don’t have to have read the first one to enjoy the second or third,” according to Jarvie. “The first novel is more of an epic novel. The second is a thriller and the third one my plan right now is that it will be more of a novel of suspense. The thriller is defined by a time period where such and such happens within a week, but that’s the nature of the thriller story. The novel of suspense is suspenseful, but I see that as a little of both — a novel of

attended. It takes us beyond the tyranny of the urgent or the tyranny of raw emotions into real, tangible and lasting solutions. So often, jumping into feelings and conclusions without logic is like jumping off a cliff. The outcome for you and others can be devastating. “Go with me to a country just hit by a devastating earthquake, where 45,000 people are injured or dead. Two medical teams, each headed by a doctor, are being airlifted to the heart of the disaster area. “The physician leading the first crew steps out of the helicopter and is immediately overwhelmed by all the carnage he sees. There, barely

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suspense with a thrill.” Jarvie said she thinks she has “a lot of (books) in me somewhere” but is focused on finishing her series. “Henrietta comes from the main character from ‘The Soul Retrieval,’” Jarvie said. “She plays a mentoring role in the second novel and she’ll play another role in the third.” Jarvie is “thrilled” that Barnes & Noble will feature both of her books during the event. “Although we do have to be flexible and respectable given what the world has experienced, I think the book signing event on Feb. 12 at Barnes & Noble and those like it are about people wanting to move forward in positive ways,” Jarvie said. “As an author, I can’t think of a more positive way to come together than under a banner of books and great stories.” “The Woods of Hitchcock” by Ann W. Jarvie book signing WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12 WHERE: Barnes & Noble at Desert Ridge Marketplace, 21002 N.Tatum Boulevard, Phoenix COST: Free admission INFO: annwjarvie.com

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10 paces away, workers pull a mangled living body from under the rubble. Moved by compassion, the doctor rushes over and calculates the personnel, equipment and facilities needed to help this victim. He assigns half his medical team and half their supplies to work on this one person. “A handful of survivors, sensing the availability to help, bring the physician another case. This victim is in even worse condition. The doctor assigns the rest of his medical team and resources to care for this person. “Now the doctor faces a worse dilemma than when his helicopter touched down. He would like to treat 44,998 more people but has already expended all his resources on the first two bodies presented to him. He decides that the only solution is to make himself even more available. He resolves that he and his staff will push themselves harder. They will be on call 20 hours a day, seven days a week, to treat as many individuals as possible. “Unfortunately, this well-intentioned medic returned home a few weeks later. His body has not kept pace with his desire to help. With his resistance lowered, he caught one of the diseases rampant in the disaster area. The care he and his exhausted team provided came to a standstill until replacements arrived. “Meanwhile, what is the second medical team doing? Their preliminary assessment, likewise, takes only a matter of moments. They also are deeply shocked and moved with compassion toward the massive death and pain evident in every di-

rection. “The second team’s head physician quickly concludes that her small group by itself is inadequate. So, instead of scooping up the first person in sight and immediately beginning treatment, this doctor opts for a different plan. She calculates a strategy that will touch a maximum number of people in the least amount of time, using the scarce resources available. “The doctor announces to her team, ‘Let’s train some people as life-support engineers. One group will make sure safe drinking water is available; another will deal with shelter issues and food. Yet another group will work on waste control and public health by repairing the citywide sewer system to take the fecal matter off the street before it mixes into the water supply or spreads into homes.’ “This relief and preventative care, multiplied throughout the disaster area, retarded the growth of the infection and allowed the medical intervention to have a significant impact. The team acknowledged the reality but saw the best remedy for the situation. Which of the medical teams was more caring? Both teams had equally strong feelings of love and compassion. However, they differed on how they showed their concern. The initial response of most people is to plunge into immediate action focusing on the immediate needs.” What struck me most about this illustration is Jesus did the same thing the second doctor did most of the time. He was led by the Holy Spirit, not fleshly impulses or the tyranny of the urgent. His leadership impacted 12 leaders who paved the way to a higher level of long-range care

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hortages seem to be impacting every aspect of life, and child care is no exception. With many parents now preparing to return to the office to work, they are left with expensive or completely unavailable child care options. Recently launched in the Valley, Caribou Childcare is an online service that matches stay-at-home moms with families looking for child care. Anthem mom Kayla Kayo said it is a win-win, offering stay-at-home moms some extra money and working parents high-quality, affordable child care. “You’re not going to find the same rates at daycares and you’re not going to find the same level of care,” Kayo said. “It’s a lot more one-onone with kids. It’s not those huge ratios like day cares have where there’s just too many kids and too few adults.” Kayo said she was spending almost $2,000 a month on preschool for her 4-year-old when she found Caribou, and she’s not alone. According to recent reports, the average annual cost of child care in Arizona for 2021 was $10,948, which is higher than the cost of college tuition. In addition, 85% of parents nationwide report spending 10% or more of their household income on child care. Not only are prices high, but during the pandemic, one third of the state’s licensed day cares or child care providers were forced to close, according to the Arizona Early Childhood Alliance. Essentially, the number of children needing care has well exceeded the number of available spots in licensed, affordable day care centers in the Valley.

Caribou was started mid-pandemic by moms for moms, who both know that being a stay-at-home mom is a full-time job. According to Stephanie McAlpine, Caribou’s regional ambassador, thoroughly vetted caregivers are matched with families who have similar demographics such as age of kids, location, family dynamics and other personalized factors. “As a mom, who is there better to trust our kids with than people who have actually been through it and raised their own kids as well?” McAlpine said. “Sometimes it’s nice to have someone that knows what each cry means or that knows what a little look or hand gesture could mean because they’ve been through it with their own child.” Unlike other online babysitting companies, Caribou has an algorithm that does the matching. Kayo said the system works well when it comes to finding a good match, which relieves parents from endlessly scrolling through sites to find someone compatible. The match then starts a conversation between the caregiver and family, usually initiated with a Zoom call, to see if they are the right fit. “They make it very open for discussion. If someone’s hourly rate seems kind of off or your definition of full time is different from theirs, everything is negotiable,” McAlpine said. “So, if you have a certain preference you can speak with that caregiver about it and you guys can come to terms. The caregiver decided on their full-time and hourly rate, but everything is negotiable and is to be discussed between the families.” Another thing that separates Caribou from a day care center is that

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ow one of the most performed shows in America, “Seussical” is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza featuring some of Dr. Seuss’ most beloved characters. And the Musical Theatre of Anthem (MTA) has announced a production of the unforgettable musical caper Thursdays to Sundays from April 21 to May 7. The cast comprises award winners and nominees ages 11 to adult, while the award-winning production staff includes director/co-pro-

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