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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Cave Creek feed store reopens after �ire

BY SARA EDWARDS Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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ave Creek’s Black Mountain Feed recently reopened after a �ire destroyed the building on June 1, 2020.

Its owner, Mel Coleman, said it feels great to be back in business and a part of the community again after reconstruction.

“We felt like we needed to get back as quickly as we can to service our customers,” Coleman said. “We felt like we serviced the community very well. We had our loyal customers. We want them to be able to come back and have a great expe-

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Black Mountain feed reopened March 1 after being rebuilt as the result of a June 1, 2020 fire that destroyed the building. (Photo by Tim Sealy)

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Mid-year opening planned for Cave Creek hospital

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BY KEITH JONES Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

Muscular Moving Men and Storage set to host job fair

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onstruction is nearly complete, and a mid-year opening is planned for Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital near the intersection of Carefree Highway and Cave Creek Road.

Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital is a new type of neighborhood hospital designed with an emphasis on convenience, patient safety, surgical and emergency services.

“We are excited to expand Abrazo’s services in the North Valley by creating more access to efficient, convenient medical services of a fully licensed hospital,” said Sarah Bird, RN, BSN, administrative director.

“That means Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital will have an emergency room that’s open 24/7 year-round, with on-site imaging and surgical facilities and inpatient rooms for overnight stay.”

The single-story facility at 5227 E. Carefree Highway will include a 13-bed

emergency department, an operating room and eight inpatient rooms, along with X-ray, ultrasound and CT scanner, laboratory and pharmacy services to meet patient needs.

The hospital will be capable of caring for patients of all ages, she said, and staff will work closely with first responders and EMS to serve Cave Creek and North Valley communities.

“Patients with abdominal or chest pain,

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rience at our same location with a new facility.”

The Black Mountain Feed’s �ire destroyed the store and almost spread to neighboring apartment complexes.

Video surveillance showed two men wearing hoodies allegedly running from the store after 3 a.m. with the building bursting into �lames shortly after. Authorities have not con�irmed the identities of the men and are still investigating. The cause of the �ire is also still being investigated.

In the meantime, Coleman and his family rebuilt Black Mountain Feed with help from friends and community members. They painted the walls while others helped apply for proper permits and licensing to be able to occupy the �inished building. That included everything from the trees and cactus to the store’s layout.

He said other than having more room and a sturdy base, the new Black Mountain Feed is just like the old one but newer, with a metal build-

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Owner Mel Coleman and wife Mary in front of rebuilt Black Mountain Feed store. (Photo by Tim Sealy) ing structure and more space for the store and barn.

“We try to keep everything the way it was, only building a new state-ofthe-art facility,” Coleman said. “I think Cave Creek appreciates the fact that we went out of our way to design a facility that has the same footprint. We wanted that look and we recreated it.”

Black Mountain Feed of�icially reopened on March 1. The business continued operating from its sister location, Anderson’s Feed and Tack, while doing drive-thru pick-up for feed in the meantime. Coleman said it was still a struggle to stay in business while they rebuilt Black Mountain Feed at 6198 E. Cave Creek Road.

“We weren’t completely shut down but, we missed all our business,” Coleman said. “The last few weeks have been great. A lot of our customers are coming back and showing great support. They’re happy that they don’t have to go anywhere else.”

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HOSPITAL from page 1

sprains and broken bones, lacerations, pneumonia and flu are typical of the types of conditions we expect to see in the emergency department,” said Dr. Brian Hess, medical director of Emergency Services for Abrazo Health.

“This hospital will help minimize the need for transfers to larger medical facilities for patients with lower acuity conditions.”

Bird added, “The surgical suite will be equipped similar to those of Abrazo’s larger hospitals. Patients coming to the ER with appendicitis or gallbladder symptoms are examples of surgical cases that can be performed at Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital.”

The Cave Creek hospital will be Abrazo Health’s third “neighborhood hospital,” similar to others in Sur-

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“When care is delayed, there is a greater risk for secondary issues, complications or lengthier recovery times. Hospitals and ERs are safe places for care. Minutes do matter in an emergency,” Hess said.

Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital is expected to create approximately 50 jobs.

Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital at a glance

Rendering of the completed Abrazo Cave Creek Hospital, expected to open in mid-2021.

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Hess added that despite the coronavirus pandemic there is still a need for routine and emergency care.

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Equine specialist helps children �ind forever homes

BY SARAH DONAHUE Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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What started as apprehension quickly turned into excitement as the children saddled up to ride the horses.

The children were pampered throughout the sunny morning and afternoon of March 14. Professional photographers, hairdressers and biographers of the Children’s Heart Gallery awaited the kids as they arrived at the ranch, where they received a haircut, new out�it and shoes to match.

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“We try to make everything about them today,” said Cynthia Weiss, DCS’ director of communications.

The children also took in the sights and smells of the cows at the ranch and could get up close and personal with a pig, rooster, chicks and baby turtles in the petting zoo.

Dryer knows from personal experience how hard it is to grow up in the foster care system. “I was where these kids are at,” she said.

She grew up in Oregon on a couple of the biggest cattle ranches in the United States and despite her turbulent home life, she could always depend on the company of her horses, “until I was taken by the state,” she said.

Things were much different back then, she said. “I was emancipated just after my 17th birthday. I sat on the street corner with $50 and a bag of clothes.”

Traumatic events remained a part of Dryer’s life into her adulthood, which includes the death of her son. She said, “I wouldn’t be here without my horses.”

Dryer empathizes with the foster children’s plight and wants to extend the therapeutic energy of her horses to them as they search for their forever homes.

She reached out to the DCS a couple months ago in hopes of hosting an event at her ranch, located off North 32nd Street and Carefree Highway. Dryer said she was extremely pleased that DCS was on board, and how fast it all came together.

Weiss said, “We bring the heart for kids, and when we have a member of the community that wants to step up and give back, we’re ready.”

Foster children have participated in numerous events with DCS and the Children’s Heart Gallery at places like the Musical Instrument Museum as well as an aquarium, “but this is the �irst time horses have been involved,” Weiss said.

“Horses are special, they connect with humans on a different level.”

The foster children have been in the presence of various types of therapy an-

imals before, but “horses really help open the kids up.”

Weiss said she witnessed “a little girl go from a place of being completely fearful, to throwing her hands up and yelling ‘whoopie!’” while riding the horse, she said.

Her involvement with DCS started four years ago. Vicki Dryer, ranch-owner and equine assisted life coach, uses a mini pink Weiss served as staircase to help the foster children onto the large horses on March 14 the president of during the DCS event. (Photo by Sarah Donahue) Cave Creek Uni�ied School District’s governing board “as a She started diving into the �ield of mom concerned and advocating for kids equine therapy in the mid-’80s. In 2013, and for education,” she said.

Dryer served as an equine specialist in She quickly learned about Arizona’s conjunction with Eagala, a nonpro�it laws and legislation and later shifted her equine-assisted psychotherapy organiefforts to helping foster children, which zation that works in modality with menshe said was “an easy transition.” tal health providers.

“I have a big heart for kids myself and Dryer has also worked with a local I am honored to be out here helping the charity and was certi�ied as an equine kids perhaps �ind their forever homes,” assisted life coach last summer through Weiss said, as the sound of chirping a local program birds and galloping horses �illed the air.

Working with horses is “all I’ve ever Weiss said Dryer also has “a big heart done,” Dryer said. “I speak horse way for children, especially children that better than I do people,” she added with have been through trauma, and using a laugh. the horses to help them heal.”

She explained the science behind Now more than ever, Dryer said she equine therapy and how the horses conhas seen an increased need for the hors- nect with humans. es’ healing powers. Everyone’s stress Horses are only able to sense emolevels have intensi�ied from the stress tions in a primary sense, she said. They and isolation brought forth by the pan- do not understand the secondary emodemic, and she wants to put people in tions humans are usually �illed with, like her horses’ presence to heal them. anxiety and anger.

Being around horses is the “only place When a person comes within 3 feet of in the world I know where you can go” a horse, “his heart rate will synchronize where you have no worries, Dryer said. with yours and it will affect your breath“You have to be in the moment. When ing, and you can control his breathing.” you’re in the presence of 1,000 pounds “They understand emotion, and they and the energy that they give off, every- re�lect it back to you with no judgement.” thing else kind of melts away.”

She said if it just touches the foster Dryer’s professional career with hors- children’s lives “for a moment, it’s better es began at the age of 16, when she than what it was yesterday.” stayed on the set of a movie and trained —Staff writer Sarah Donahue a horse that was going to star in the �ilm. can be reached at “It just grew from there,” she said. sdonahue@timespublications.com

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Carefree OKs water settlement agreement

BY SARAH DONAHUE Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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he water that �lows through Carefree will soon be serviced exclusively by the town’s water company.

Within 18 to 24 months, all of Carefree will be serviced under one “water umbrella,” according to town of�icials.

The town of Carefree approved the settlement agreement with the town of Cave Creek, marking the termination of an intergovernmental agreement that allowed Cave Creek’s water company to service around 530 Carefree homes and businesses for over a decade.

The Carefree Town Council approved the settlement agreement with a vote of 6-0 during a joint meeting with the Arizona Utilities Community Facilities District on March 16. The Cave Creek town council also approved the settlement agreement during a recent meeting.

Before the vote, Carefree Mayor Les Peterson explained intergovernmental agreement (IGA) and how it pertains to the settlement agreement.

Peterson said, “the dispute which this set-

tlement agreement is in regard to was over the valuation of the assets involved in the water service. It is not a question of the right to condemn or to take that over.”

Peterson explained Carefree’s “contractual right” that allows it to “take over the water service for what we refer to as the Carefree Service Area” as stated in the IGA. Both towns signed this IGA in 2005 so Cave Creek could condemn the privately owned water company that serviced these areas in Carefree as well as Cave Creek. However, Cave Creek ended up purchasing this company instead of going forward with condemnation.

The IGA also states Carefree must pay just compensation for the value of the assets it will transition onto its own water company.

Carefree made offers “based upon its evaluation and none of those were accepted by Cave Creek,” Peterson explained.

Because the two towns couldn’t agree, the matter was to be determined by an outside panel of arbitrators that would determine the just compensation owed to Cave Creek, as stated in the IGA.

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The arbitration hearing began last October, concluded the �irst week of November, and on Dec. 4 the “‘Arbitrators’ Decision on the Merits” was released, as mentioned in the recent Carefree Utility Community Facility District meeting.

It states Carefree must pay Cave Creek a compensation amount of $1,464,593 for these assets.

All litigation expenses, expert fees, attorney fees and other costs were rendered in favor of Carefree, which will be deducted from the �inal compensation amount, according to the panel’s Partial Final Award released on Jan. 14 after an additional brie�ing, as mentioned during the meeting.

The two towns started working on the settlement agreement before the Partial Final Award was issued and thereafter.

Peterson explained how the three arbitrators were screened, approved by both parties, “extremely experienced” and were “very involved in all the issues.”

The towns of Carefree and Cave Creek reviewed the quali�ications of more than 35 candidates provided by the American Arbitration Association, Peterson said. The two towns unanimously approved three of these candidates to serve as the arbitration panel, he added.

Peterson provided a long list of quali�ications held by each candidate that suited them �it for the job, mentioning their various previous litigator and arbitrator positions as well as former experience within the Arizona court system.

“These were not novices, these were the best we could �ind,” Peterson said. “They were thorough, and they were dedicated.”

“Both towns put their trust in these arbitrators to come in after reviewing all the pertinent information with a fair and just settlement.”

The purpose of this settlement agreement was to achieve “�inality, cooperation between the communities moving forward, and expeditious integration of the Carefree Service Area into the Carefree Water system,” according to of�icial Carefree information.

The Carefree Utility Community Facility District announced the cost of the acquisition project in a public Zoom meeting on Feb. 9. The cost runs at a grand total of an estimated $19.4 million.

This total covers the $11.5 million cost associated with disconnection and reconnection; an estimated $1.4 million for con-

struction “soft costs;” $2.3 million for legal fees and experts; as well as $3.5 million for improvements to its existing system, as stated during the meeting.

An expected six months of “�inal engineering” must be completed before it can begin construction efforts for this transition, according to the March 17 town update. Because of the project’s size, construction will likely be completed in phases spanning over a period of around a year, it states.

Before the vote, Peterson also said it’s important for both towns to ask themselves how they can work better together in the future. “We can’t let it get to this again,” he said.

“This was enormously time consuming, expensive and prevented us and our staffs from working on other pertinent issues.”

Initial discussions about this water project started nearly two and a half years ago and the town of Carefree of�icially initiated the acquisition in January 2019.

“We have a lot of things in common,” Peterson said. He mentioned how the two towns are physically adjacent to each other, have a joint municipal court and police force and are two of the three state municipalities that don’t have extensive �ire coverage. “We should be marketing together.”

“We hope at the end of this, we can work together collectively on this project to �inish it, and then we can start a new beginning and �ind out where we go from here.”

Carefree’s vice mayor John Crane commented after, saying “this settlement agreement is not trivial, it’s very complex.”

If the two towns can come to terms and approve the settlement agreement, Crane said “I think it goes well for what we can do together moving forward.”

He added he looks forward to a “strong working relationship with them.”

Carefree town council member Michael Krahe echoed similar sentiments after Crane and Peterson and said “I never could understand” the “ongoing tension between the two towns” that he said he’s felt during the 12 years he’s lived in Carefree.

“I really hope that we will move forward together and try perhaps again to �ind a path to work collectively for both of our interests.”

—Staff writer Sarah Donahue can be reached at sdonahue@timespublications.com

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Tax Day for individuals extended to May 17

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he Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have extended the federal income tax filing due date for individuals for the 2020 tax year to be automatically pushed from April 15 to May 17. The IRS will soon provide formal guidance.

“This continues to be a tough time for many people, and the IRS wants to continue to do everything possible to help taxpayers navigate the unusual circumstances related to the pandemic, while also working on important tax administration responsibilities,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.

“Even with the new deadline, we urge taxpayers to consider filing as soon as possible, especially those who are owed refunds. Filing electronically with direct deposit is the quickest way to get refunds, and it can help some taxpayers more quickly receive any re-

maining stimulus payments they may be entitled to.”

Individual taxpayers can also postpone federal income tax payments for the 2020 tax year due on April 15 to May 17, without penalties and interest, regardless of the amount owed.

This postponement applies to individual taxpayers, including individuals who pay self-employment tax.

Penalties, interest and additions to tax will begin to accrue on any remaining unpaid balances as of May 17. Individual taxpayers will automatically avoid interest and penalties on the taxes paid by May 17.

Individual taxpayers do not need to file any forms or call the IRS to qualify for this automatic federal tax filing and payment relief. Individual taxpayers who need additional time to file beyond the May 17 deadline can request a filing extension until Oct. 15

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by filing Form 4868 through their tax professional, tax software or using the Free File link on IRS.gov. Filing Form 4868 gives taxpayers until Oct. 15 to file their 2020 tax return but does not grant an extension of time to pay taxes due. Taxpayers should pay their federal income tax due by May 17, to avoid interest and penalties.

The IRS urges taxpayers who are due a refund to file as soon as possible. Most tax refunds associated with e-filed returns are issued within 21 days.

This relief does not apply to estimated tax payments that are due on April 15. These payments are still due on April 15. Taxes must be paid as taxpayers earn or receive income during the year, either through withholding or estimated tax payments.

In general, estimated tax payments are made quarterly to the IRS by people whose income isn’t subject

to income tax withholding, including self-employment income, interest, dividends, alimony or rental income.

Most taxpayers automatically have their taxes withheld from their paychecks and submitted to the IRS by their employer.

State tax returns The federal tax filing deadline postponement to May 17 only applies to individual federal income returns and tax (including tax on self-employment income) payments otherwise due April 15, not state tax payments or deposits or payments of any other type of federal tax. Taxpayers also will need to file income tax returns in 42 states plus the District of Columbia. State filing and payment deadlines vary and are not always the same as the federal filing deadline. The IRS urges taxpayers to check with their state tax agencies for those details.

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AROUND THE BLUHMIN’ TOWN

Spilling the tea is bloody ridiculous

BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist

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id you watch the Royal Rumble? It was quite the show. I didn’t want to see the spectacle myself, but the drama has made headlines everywhere until it is impossible to avoid this sad, steaming mess.

Of course, the Royal family should not have taken a page out of World Wrestling Entertainment, which has been hosting the Royal Rumble event since 1988.

Nothing like a good slugfest, with smashing heads, breaking knees, and

then throwing opponents out of the ring until the last man standing is declared the winner.

Yep, it is a group-fighting mob scene that is on pay-per-view and one heck of a battle, where wrestlers enter the ring in intervals. Like a big street fight, it is thrilling to watch (if you are a wrestling fan) and hard to predict. But this is wrestling! Royals, why did you need to rumble on television?

My very English mother would have been heartbroken to see the public display of anger that Prince Harry (if he is still a prince) spewed about his family,

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not completely understanding what the purpose was of the entire “tell-all.”

Well, I suppose my mother was more aligned with the queen, and that generation kept fairly quiet about family or personal issues.

Perhaps it was considered “honor” to not dish in public about your intimate thoughts about your family’s shortcomings. But times have changed. We have social media, we want to “tell our truth” and we feel empowered to share whatever we feel like sharing! It might be bloody difficult for the family, but the new way is to “say it out loud.”

The various opinions on Meghan and Harry run the gambit from “sorry losers” to “rich ungrateful kids” or “truth tellers who needed to pull the curtain on the racist English press and family.” The fallout from the Oprah interview probably won’t end anytime soon, as there are media jobs that will be lost, rifts to heal and maybe even rebuttals to make.

When the Church of England makes a statement that contradicts what Harry and Meghan said about getting married three days prior to their very public wedding, you know we have entered the twilight zone. The church has now entered the fray, and this is a road too far for most British folks to even imagine.

According to family psychologists,

there has been plenty of Americans who have experienced family drama due to the last election. Family gatherings ruined by arguments over politics, heated debates over masks, even divorce has occurred over politics. A whopping 40% of Americans claim that this past year’s presidential election has caused tension and arguments with family members, according to SSRS — a national research firm. So, family strife and fights are not new. We have seen the old Jerry Springer shows where dysfunctional families would show up to scream, shout and punch each other on national television. Not exactly what we like to think of when we think of families as being the foundation for a happy life.

When it comes to our families, let’s not “spill the tea.” And if I want to watch a Royal Rumble, it will be a good old-fashioned wrestling match.

Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a story or a comment? Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.

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Watching a ruthless disease steal my father

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

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he end of my father’s life is fast approaching and if I am being completely honest, his last breath will be a blessing.

Parkinson’s disease, a ruthless bastard, has robbed him of his body: the ability to walk without falling, to use the bathroom by himself, to get out of bed under his own power.

My father’s mind lasted longer, but now dementia has eclipsed virtually everything that made him him.

Mostly what’s left now is anger. It has come to be my dad’s defining characteristic, at least when he is not faded into oblivion by morphine. Anyone who tries to help him is met by a fist, a kick, a shove.

All we can do is tell ourselves it isn’t him doing the fighting. It’s the disease.

One million Americans are living with Parkinson’s. Worldwide, the number is

10 million. Every year, 60,000 more people are diagnosed with the disease.

There is no cure. I am writing this to let you know what’s in store should you ever hear those sickening words.

Born in the Bronx in 1945, my father was the middle child of three. His older brother, a pharmacist by trade, was the first to manifest Parkinson’s. My uncle Mel died in May 2016. If my dad was nervous he was next, you never would have known it.

He played racquetball like a madman until age 70. When my mother’s health failed, he cared for her 24/7. Their love affair, a marriage that lasted 52 years, ended when my mother passed away two days after Christmas 2017.

My father has never taken off his gold wedding band.

The tremors became more noticeable a few months later. His decline was slow at first — no more racquetball, no more driving himself to CVS. His walk, strides that once gobbled up ground, dwindled

to a plodding shuffle. 2019 felt like a rock rolling downhill.

And 2020, a horrible year for so many, was for my father apocalyptic; 52 weeks of handfuls of pills, vivid hallucinations, emotional doldrums and electric fury.

My brother and my nephew have been on the frontlines for all of it, the vitriol, the wild mood swings, the swinging fists.

Care around the clock by home health aides did little except chew up money and present new targets for abuse.

Again, as we have told ourselves a few thousand times: This was the disease acting out, not my father.

Now he’s in a hospital bed, zoned out on morphine to manage his physical and emotional symptoms. The doctors claim they are trying to “get him stabilized,” whatever that means at this point.

Someday soon I will board a Florida-bound plane for perhaps the tenth time in the last year, except this time the destination is goodbye.

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That’s what diseases like Parkinson’s and dementia do — they don’t kill their victims all at once, they kill by degrees.

The person you love disappears day by day, gradually subtracted from your life and the world.

Long before they take their final shallow breaths, your heart has been replaced by an empty space where comfort and joy once lived.

Hug everyone you love tighter is all I can tell you. Make sure your long-term care insurance is paid up. Make peace with all who need forgiveness. One day soon, they may no longer be able to do more than breathe.

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Judge explains options to combat elder abuse

BY JUDGE GERALD A. WILLIAMS North Valley Justice of the Peace

According to the Arizona Department of Economic Security, allegations of adult abuse are increasing. In fiscal year 2020, there were 5,593 reports of abuse, 5,616 reports of neglect, and 6,343 reports of exploitation. As horrible as these numbers are, many more cases are likely unreported. So, what can be done?

Arizona has a state law known as the Arizona Adult Protective Services Act (APSA). This law protects adults that are either vulnerable or incapacitated. Under the law, someone is vulnerable if they cannot protect themselves from abuse, neglect or exploitation by others due to a physical or mental impairment.

A.R.S. § 46-451(A)(10).

Common examples of exploiting a vulnerable adult are essentially types of stealing. They include unauthorized use of credit or debit cards, theft of personal property, and forgery on deeds and on other legal documents.

There are some warning signs of possible abuse. They include a sudden abnormal amount of financial activity (including refinanced mortgages) or sudden changes to vehicle titles or to

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real estate deeds. If an elderly person becomes secluded from their family and their friends, that could also indicate a potential problem.

The APSA has provisions authorizing vulnerable adults, conservators, personal representatives, and interested persons to file a lawsuit. A.R.S. § 46456(G). If the lawsuit is successful, the prevailing party can recover monetary damages and their attorneys’ fees. Other possibilities include punitive damages, pain and suffering, and severing the abuser’s claim to joint tenancy property. If you want to pursue litigation, you should speak with an elder law attorney prior to doing so.

Another option is to report suspected elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation Adult Protective Services. You can do so online at www.azdes.gov/reportadultabuse or by calling 1-877-SOS-ADULT (1-877-767-2385).

Our elderly friends, parents and grandparents should hold a treasured place in our lives. At one point, not that long ago, they likely protected us. We have a moral obligation to protect them now.

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rizona foster children saddled up and had their photos taken during a special event held by the Arizona Department of Child Safety and Children’s Heart Gallery on March 14. The children were provided with lunch, activities, crafts as well as a fresh outfit, hairdo and shoes. They also rode horses and played with baby chickens and turtles as well as a rooster and a boisterous, silly pig at Vicki Dryer’s equine therapy ranch in Cave Creek.

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1. Joseph Beacham, 7, plays with a baby turtle at a Cave Creek equine therapy ranch during a DCS and Children’s Hearts Gallery event on March 14. (Photo by Pablo Robles) 2. One of the Children’s Hearts Gallery’s professional hairdressers gives a haircut to Dakota Johns, 16, during a DCS event on March 14. (Photo by Pablo Robles) 3. Kalaya T, 16 years old, rides a horse at a Cave Creek equine therapy ranch during a DCS event on March 14.

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4. Joel Joa plays the guitar and sings to attendees as his 3-year-old son, Gracen, leans on his back during the DCS foster event on March 14 in Cave Creek. (Photo by Pablo Robles) 5. Aubrey rides one of the horses at the Cave Creek equine therapy ranch. Vicki Dryer, the ranch owner and equine-assisted life coach, provided nontoxic markers so the foster children could use her horses as living canvas. (Photo by Sarah Donahue) 6. ECynthia Weiss, director of communications for the Arizona Department of Child Safety, dresses in an outfit inspired by Jessie from Disney Pixar’s “Toy Story” movie saga and poses with ranch-owner and equine-assisted life coach Vicki Dryer.

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Two agents af�iliate with Coldwell Banker

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uzanne Gonzalez and Joanne Muirhead have associated with the Scottsdale/Carefree office of Coldwell Banker Realty as affiliate agents.

“Home is where you grow roots, so if your home doesn’t match your energy, your life will not be in balance,” Gonzalez said.

“I started working in real estate to further assist others in achieving this balance. I chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker because of its

long-standing reputation of leading with integrity.”

Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Realty, she was a training instructor for American Emergency Response. She also is a reiki master teacher who has participated in metaphysical events and hosted reiki classes around the Valley for the past seven years.

She is a certified VA loan agent, able to assist active-duty military, National Guard and veterans with the proper forms and actions to receive Veteran Affairs loans. Active in her community,

she has volunteered with Liberty Wildlife, a rehabilitation center for avian care, and as a CPR and basic first-aid instructor for the American Red Cross.

Muirhead is looking forward to joining the Scottsdale/Carefree office of Coldwell Banker Realty.

“My experience will come from being brought up to always treat my client the way I would like to be treated. I’m very honest and have great morals and work ethics,” Muirhead said.

“I chose to affiliate with Coldwell Banker because after I met with the

Branch Manager Sandra Hess, I felt at home, and the brokerage offers great education opportunities and leading marketing programs.”

Prior to affiliating with Coldwell Banker Realty, she was a stay-at-home mom for 14 years, taking care of her twins. Before that, she was an administrator for Phoenix Orthopedic Group, where she worked for about 20 years. Passionate about helping others, she has supported the work of Good Shepherd, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and 100 Club of Arizona.

personal trainer, tour of the company’s private gym, and an opportunity to meet with the employees and recruiters to get hired on the spot.

The positions offer a base pay starting from $16-$19 an hour, plus tips and commissions, and the company is offering a $750 hiring bonus after three months of employment. Muscular Moving Men also offers health benefits and a 401K plan, plus full-time hours. The company provides an exciting, fast-paced work environment with a close-knit team of professionals. New hires are trained in-house to ensure the highest standard of performance for customers.

New employees will also have access to an on-staff personal trainer to assist employees and incentivize partnerships in their fitness goals in 2021. The company’s personal trainer, Lex Hollenbeck, was hired to start 2021 off on the right foot for the company’s employees. Hollenbeck is the owner of FFConditioning, a mobile personal training company in Scottsdale, and holds a master’s in science exercise and wellness from Arizona

State University. In his time at ASU, Hol- has seen a 33% increase in business year lenbeck spent a year assisting with ASU over year in 2019. M3 Commercial Moving athlete sports performance — training, & Logistics has seen an 80% increase in programming and coaching D1 and business year over year in 2019.

Olympic athletes. This makes Muscular The Muscular Moving Men warehouse Moving Men & Storage and its M3 Com- is located at 2950 E. Mohawk Lane, Suite mercial Moving & Logistics department 100, Phoenix. To register for the hiring fair, the only moving company in the world visit https://mailchi.mp/70c473dad2d9/ with a staff personal trainer. mmmnowhiring.

“In 2020, our company moved more businesses and families than ever before and launched M3 Junk Removal, its junk removal division,” said Muscular Moving Men & Storage co-owner Josh Jurhill.

“We are looking to keep that growth going this year through hiring passionate individuals who want to join our fast-paced environment with a moving company that is offering some of the best incentives Muscular Moving Men & Storage and its sister divisions, in the Valley.”

M3 Commercial Moving & Logistics and M3 Junk Removal, With out-of-towners moving will host a hiring fair from 8 to 10 a.m. and from 3 to into Arizona in record numbers, 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 6. (Photo courtesy of Evolve Public Muscular Moving Men & Storage Relations & Marketing)

Storage, moving company responds to historic growth with hiring fair

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oming off a historic growth year, Muscular Moving Men & Storage and its sister divisions, M3 Commercial Moving & Logistics and M3 Junk Removal are looking to immediately hire 30 to 40 mover-driver athletes to meet increased demand in 2021.

In response, the company will host a hiring fair from 8 to 10 a.m. and from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 6.

“From full-time jobs to students looking for a way to make extra money this summer, our company has opportunities for everyone,” said Muscular Moving Men & Storage co-owner Justin Hodge. “We are so grateful for the outpour of support we’ve received from our community and loyal customers this past year, which has allowed us to grow while still providing the highest-quality customer service.”

The hiring fair will include several different stations, such as a furniture prep demonstration, complimentary beverage station from One Stop Nutrition, meet and greet with Muscular Moving Men’s on-site

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Anthem’s CPR saves cellphones’ lives

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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hillip White is into saving lives.

Cellphone lives, that is. The owner of Cell Phone Repair in Anthem, White fixes devices while customers wait; buys old devices; and replaces batteries.

“We repair most brands of cell phones,” White said. “We do a lot of iPhones and iPads. We fix Samsung and LGs.” Previously, White flipped houses and owned quick lube service centers.

Switching to cell phone repair was a logical move for him. When he was young, he “tore apart” his toys, much to his parents’ dismay. Tinkering is in his blood.

“It just seemed to make sense,” White said. “Every family has two or three devices per person. Unfortunately, they’re made of glass. I had broken my iPhone four or five years ago and my wife and I went to another repair facility.

“I thought, ‘I bet these guys do very well. We enjoyed the experience so much that we decided to get into the business.”

With 800 locations worldwide, Cell Phone Repair has a lifetime warranty on its parts. Most repairs are finished within an hour. White not only repairs devices, but he educates the owners of those items. Unfortunately, he said, most devices can be replaced for less than the cost of a repair.

“Even though that’s not awesome for my paycheck, I want people’s long-term business,” he added. “A one-time sale doesn’t do me any good. I take care of them through their lifetime. We’re part of the community.

“We have to act as stewards of the community. If a phone isn’t turning on, we can transfer the data. We offer those services. We also work on laptops, mostly hardware but a bit of software.

We try to take care of most customers’

digital hardware-type things. There are so many devices in our lives now. Most people are just lost.”

—Executive Editor Christina Fuoco-Karasinski can be reached at christina@timespublications.com

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The View Carefree breaks ground in Spanish Village

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arefree Cave Creek Chamber of Commerce attended the groundbreaking ceremony for The View Carefree at 1 Easy Street on March 11.

Adjacent to the town center in Historic Spanish Village, the community offers 30 two-level townhomes ranging from 1,847 to 2,283 square feet. They feature dual master suites, two-car garages, 10-foot ceilings and 8-foot raised panel interior doors, open living concepts, gourmet kitchens with Bosch stainless steel gas appliances and a large, covered patio on the main level.

The upper level has viewing decks to see

the expansive night sky.

The View Carefree will have low maintenance living and resort-style amenities, including a heated pool, spa and putting green. Nearby are boutique shops and restaurants including coffee shops, upscale steakhouses, salons, art galleries and an English tearoom.

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Call for art to benefit desert lands

BY LAURIE FAGEN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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rtists are invited to submit art through March 28 to benefit the nonprofit Desert Foothills Land Trust in the Spring 2021 Creative Connections Fine Art auction that runs April 29 to May 10.

Up to three pieces of original art, numbered prints and giclées will be considered for submission in 2D and 3D mediums, and donations are accepted as well. Submission fee is $15 for up to three pieces, and artists may also donate artwork and deduct $5 from the submission fee for each donated item.

Artists receive 65% of the total sale price.

This is DFLT’s seventh annual art exhibit

and sale, following last year’s event which had to be shut down prematurely by the statewide COVID-19 orders. Bidding for the online auction opens at 6 a.m. Thursday, April 29, and closes at 8 p.m. Monday, May 10.

“Without question, the past 12 months have brought many surprises, challenges and changes for us all,” said DFLT’s Mary Warren.

“Desert Foothills Land Trust, like other nonprofits and businesses, has had to seek out creative ways to continue their work, engage the community and earn support.

We’re excited to be selected as a benefactor for the online auction.”

Warren said the theme of celebrating the

connection between art and the land will remain the same, as more than 65 artists are expected to submit both 2D and 3D work for “Protecting the Land We Love.” Included will be representational art, contemporary art and craft, and indigenous peoples.

Nancy Breiman, founder of Creative Connections, said they are happy to support DFLT, and has set a goal to raise at least $20,000 in total sales.

“The auctions are a win-win for everyone,” she said. “As local artists, we cherish our beautiful, protected lands, wildlife and indigenous culture to both enjoy and paint. Giving back to those in need fills my soul.”

For online artwork for purchase, selections for “Jurors Choice” will be made by

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taught locally for 32 years; and Tempe glass artist and painter Laurie Nessel, a member of the Arizona Glass Alliance.

The public will have a chance to vote for “People’s Choice” during the preview days through Wednesday, April 28.

In addition, several artists and collectors have donated a number of significant items for which DFLT will receive nearly 90% of the proceeds. They include “The Way” by

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acclaimed artist J.E. Knauf, valued at $3,500; a contemporary, colorful glass sculpture by Carole Perry valued at $4,500; and an oil painting of one of DFLT’s protected lands, “Galloway Wash,” by award-winning painter Michele Schuck, valued at $680.

DFLT is accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission for meeting the highest national standards for excellence and conservation permanence. Founded in 1991, DFLT focuses conservation efforts in Anthem, Carefree, Cave Creek, Desert Hills, New River, North Phoenix and North Scott-

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sdale. To date they have permanently conserved 850 acres on 27 sites. DFLT’s mission is to protect these lands cherished by the community and sources of inspiration for artists. For details, go to dflt.org.

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Manon Doyle: Beauty in silver and gemstones

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ilver is more than a chemical element with an atomic number of 47.

Scottsdale jewelry artist Manon Doyle works her magic, using this moon’s soft, white, lustrous, and reflective qualities in creating jewelry. The pieces soothe emotions, hold love and promote healing for their wearers.

She was born in Quebec, where she knew, very early on, that she would be an artist. During Doyle’s childhood, she was always trying something new in the area of art materials.

“I had many teachers along the way who encouraged me and a couple who even said I could make it as an artist, but it would be tough,” Doyle said.

She went on to attend Les Cegeps due Quebec, specializing in the fine arts. For 15 years, Doyle worked as a glass mosaic artist and a painter before pivoting into jewelry after attending a two-week enameling workshop at Haystack in Maine.

“That was the point I knew creating art that someone could wear was my calling,” Doyle said.

During this time, Doyle was infrequently traveling to Arizona and developed a passion for the area’s diversity in

landscapes and the wildness.

“Needless to say, the gypsy in my heart knew Arizona was the place I could thrive,” she said.

In 2012, Doyle moved to Arizona and never looked back. Settling in Scottsdale, she set up a home studio where she could work when she was inspired.

Doyle schooled herself in the artistry and beliefs of the state’s Native American artists, primarily the Hopi and Navajo who are masters at silver and gemstone jewelry, like those made with turquoise.

“The Native Americans believe turquoise tells a story, and when set into one of my jewelry pieces that store come alive for the wearer,” she said.

“The journey in metalsmithing is never ending. There are countless techniques and always something new to learn. It definitely keeps me on my toes and inspired.”

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Sandy Tracey captures the energy

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ome ask if it is possible to capture the pulse of energy in an object on canvas. One might consider this notion in the realm of high-energy physics imaging, but not in fine art.

Yet, encountering the large canvases of Scottsdale artist Sandy Tracey, viewers consider the possibility of vibrating an entire space with the application of color, shape and line.

Growing up in Lathrup Village, Michigan, Tracey was given crayons and a coloring book when her mom needed time

to work around the house. One time, her mom found Tracey expanded her colored surfaces to the inside surfaces of her crib and right up the wall. No doubt, this was the first mural of a budding artist, and she was off and running.

Tracey continued her drawing, painting, mosaics and crafts right through school, illustrating every report with elaborate and colorful charts, graphs and illustrations. To end up at the top of the pile of handed in projects, Tracey created a 3D pop-up cover to ensure its place.

By the time she reached high school, her reputation as an artist preceded her. Her art teacher, Sister Mary Ignatius (Iggy), happily mentored her into Michigan State University, where Tracey earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Tracey successfully spent her career in graphic design, marketing and visual display, working for print shops, real estate agencies, and JCPenney. In the mid-1980s, Tracey met her first husband, moved to Arizona and started her family. When her two daughters became independent, Sandy transitioned from graphic design/marketing into a more creative endeavor to feed her soul.

“I love to interpret/play with color of what I see around me,” she said. “The was color changes when place alongside other colors are inspirational and exciting. The way shadows, angles and colors meld and change throughout the day just mesmerizes me.”

Tracey said her current series, A commissioned piece “Cactus of a Difby Sandy Tracey. ferent Color,” is (Photo courtesy of Sandy Tracey) always evolving.

Sandy Tracey challenged herself to paint a piece a day for a year. (Photo courtesy of Sandy Tracey) “I still paint in acrylic with bright and vibrant colors, but I am incorporating interesting backgrounds now, something I have not done in my earlier pieces,” Tracey said.

Being a natural explorer, Tracey challenges herself to try new techniques or different interpretations of what she observes. She is learning Marquetry, wood inlay because it is a different medium from painting.

A few years ago, she challenged herself to paint one piece every day over a year.

The pieces were on 3-inch by 5-inch to 11-inch by 17-inch canvas boards. Of the 400-plus paintings, she sold all but 50, which are available still.

“My blog paintings were purchased by people all around the USA, Mexico, Canada, Italy, England and France,” she said.

Tracey is a juried member of the Sonoran Arts League, a member of the Scottsdale Art League, and exhibits throughout the Valley. She is a participant in the annual Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour each November.

She has three pieces in the Virtual Art Exhibit with the Phoenix Economic Council. Visit: gpec.org. Year-round, Tracey works with a number of art clubs giving demos and presentations.

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wrote an article in 2012 in this column about a pastor friend of mine who has impacted the prison at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Florence. He has worked at the Florence prison since 2012. Recently, I phoned him for an update. I will start with my article in 2012. I will finish with the update. Read on.

“I want to introduce you to a pastor who recently gave up the church he pastored for 19 years to become the Wild Horse and Burro Supervisor at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.

A few years ago, Pastor Randy Helm of Hope Chapel in Glendale, discovered something about himself that took years to find.

Randy can do things with wild or abused horses and burros that very few people in the world can do. Put a wild horse right off the range from Nevada in a circular horse pen with him, and in 30 minutes, the horse is well on the way to being saddle broken.

Randy is a horse whisperer. Horses and burros, domestic, abused, or wild, trust him.

Wanting to become even more proficient with his gift, he became a certified trainer at the Lyons Legacy horse training center in Tennessee.

As a pastor, Randy was familiar with counseling and helping untamed, abused or hurt people. But he began to see a correlation between healing horses and healing human beings. He discovered he could minister to hurt or fearful people by showing them how to heal and restore abused horses.

He conducted horse clinics at abused women’s homes and women’s ministries in other churches. The women connected with Randy’s gentle way of initiating healing to fearful, abused horses. The women began to understand their issues by observing the horse’s issues. They could see themselves in the abused horses.

I went to one of Randy’s clinics. First, he begins to work with a wild or hurt horse, explaining how it became the way it is to the audience. The horse is resistant, not wanting to be hurt again. Randy calmly talks to the horse and shows the horse that he doesn’t want to hurt it. The horse wants to trust but needs to see first if Randy is trustworthy. After a few minutes, Randy earns the horses’ trust, and the horse begins to walk with him. Then after a short time, Randy was riding on the horse.

Randy discovered something else. Many prison inmates have some of the same issues as wild horses. So, when “wild” inmates learn how to deal with and train the wild horses, they receive understanding about themselves in the process. The inmates learn about anger and abuse control, delayed gratification issues, and a host of other problems. In essence, the inmates doing the training are training themselves.

Excellent stuff, huh?

The outcome of all of this is Pastor Randy has accepted a position with the Arizona State Department of Corrections in Florence to be the wild horse and burro supervisor. He has a staff of 25 inmates who will work in the program to do everything from cleaning the stalls to training horses.

Randy has moved from pastoring a church

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to “pastoring” wild and abused horses — even healing wounded and inmates in the process. And the world will be better for it!”

Fast forward to March 2021 and my update. Randy’s pioneering ministry in the Florence Prison has proliferated. Today, he has 25 inmates who train the wild horses and burros. Ten more inmates work in the holding area, taking care of the animals. The Department of Correction’s horse and burro facility holds up to 1,500 horses and burros. The highest count of wild horses is 998 onsite.

There are 500 wild burros and 200 wild horses onsite. The donkeys come from Arizona. The wild horses come from Nevada, Wyoming and California. After the animals have been tamed and trained, they are sold to trail riding ranches, hunting outfitters and the U.S. Border Patrol. The Border Patrol uses the horses in Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.

The inmates participating in this program are being transformed. Only 10% to 15% released from prison return to prison. The inmate trainers and workers have “found their place” by finding a career in the horse industry. The inmate’s spouses and their families joyously testify of the inmate’s real, tangible and lasting transformation.

Takeaway: When you “find your place,” you find your future.

The news of what is happening in Florence has reached the world. Randy, his horse, Starbuck, and this excellent state program has been reported in USA Today, Reuters, Associated Press, NBC Nightly News, Fox News and The Animal Planet.

You can look at the documentaries on YouTube. This Department of Corrections pro-

gram has been reported about in France, England, Australia and Mexico. Randy is speaking in Denmark, Iceland and Australia this year about mustangs, inmates and horse whispering.

A few years ago, nine people started Florence Cowboy Church with Randy as the pastor. The church has grown from nine people to 800 people. The presentation is unique; 95% of his speaking is on horseback. Randy conducts services at Country Thunder and Texas Thunder country music concerts with up to 30,000 attendees. Randy has written a book, “Lessons from Horses,” available on Amazon, at Barnes and Noble and on Kindle.

Here’s the takeaway of Randy, the inmates and the former wild horse. When you’re finally saddle broken, find a new herd to be a part of. Otherwise, you will return to your old behavior. And use your horse sense. It leads to stable thinking.

For more information on Arizona Cowboy Ministries, contact helmhorsemanship@gmail.com.

Ed Delph is a native of Phoenix who lives in the North Valley. Since 1980, he has pastored three churches in the Valley. He is a noted author of 10 books, weekly columnist in several local and worldwide newspapers, teacher, business owner and speaker. Delph has been to or ministered in over 100 countries. He is president of a worldwide ministry, NationStrategy.

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Cave Creek’s Mark Grossman takes on Genoa City

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ife is funny, according to Cave Creek native Mark Grossman.

The Cactus Shadows High School graduate rode dirt bikes and played sports until his mid-20s, when a modeling scout recruited him.

Last year, things changed for Grossman. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role as Adam Newman on “The Young and the Restless.”

Grossman was nominated his first year on the show. The prize ultimately went to co-star Bryton James, who plays Devon Hamilton on “The Young and the Restless.”

“To be nominated in the first year was so amazing,” Grossman said. “It was very nice. Before this, I had never done daytime. It’s on five days a week, so the workload is a lot more. We shoot things

at a much faster pace. It took a while to get used to the pace and volume.”

Grossman said “The Young and the Restless” films five episodes in four days, Tuesday to Friday. He usually takes a break from working on Saturday, but he starts reading scripts on Sundays and Mondays.

When Grossman auditioned for the show, he wasn’t sure of the role. He’s glad he ended up where he did.

“Adam Newman is such a great character,” he said. “I love characters like that.

He has a push and pull relationship with his father. Adam is the black sheep of the family. There’s so much to play. He’s super compassionate and loving, but he has a very dark side.

“It’s always fun playing the dark side and stirring up the drama.”

The Newman family is the core of “The Young and the Restless.” He is grateful to be a part of a show where many actors and actresses have spent most of their career.

“The great thing about soaps is they’re ongoing,” Grossman said. “That’s the exciting part. The stories are ongoing. The stories are always changing as time goes on. I enjoy going to work.”

The best piece of advice he received was from co-star Peter Bergman, who plays Jack Abbott on the show.

“He’s so nice,” he said. “He told me to just be bold and make bold choices because it’s always going to be a new day in Genoa City.”

Grossman said Cave Creek was a great place to spend his childhood. His first job was as a busboy at Harold’s Cave Creek Corral.

He tries to return to the Valley as often as he can, generally on holidays and when he gets time off to see friends and family.

“When I come home, I love hiking Piestewa Peak,” he said.

He had a taste of acting in Arizona when he appeared in the 2016 Tom Sizemore movie “Durant’s Never Closes.”

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Katianna Blackwell-Scott was named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Cactus Shadows High School principal, Tony Vining said, “Cactus Shadows High School is so proud to have a student like Katianna and we couldn’t be more excited for her becoming a National Merit Scholarship Finalist.

She is so deserving of such an honor and we couldn’t have asked for a better representative of what we are all about here at CSHS.” Blackwell-Scott will receive a $2,500 single-payment scholarship. A committee of College Admission Officers and High School Counselors choose the winners, without consideration of family financial circumstances, college choice, or

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Dr. Cort Monroe, CCUSD superintendent, said, “Katianna exemplifies the hard work, excellence, and dedication found at Cactus Shadows High School. I am proud of Katianna’s accomplishment and even more proud of the individual that she has become.”

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