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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Anthem Realtor honors her Marine uncle

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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isa Jones never met her uncle, 2nd Lt. John Bruce Capel. However, what she learned about his actions and military career are forever embedded in her memory.

Capel was among the 12 members of the

Quantico Marine Athletes who were killed in action May 12, 1966, during the Vietnam War. They were recently honored with pavers at the Anthem Veterans Memorial.

“I am overjoyed to be able to lay pavers honoring these brave Marines here at our Anthem Veterans Memorial,” said Jones, an Anthem resident.

“While I never had the opportunity to meet my

uncle as he was killed in action before I was born, the Quantico Marine Athletes of the ’60s have shared wonderful stories with me and taught me about my amazing uncle.

“Having them remembered at the AVM is quite special, as it allows families and their fellow Ma-

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St. Vincent de Paul is here to help ‘neighbors’

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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Journey tribute act Voyager to play Anthem Golf and Country Club

YOUTH .............28

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ean Renn, second-year president of St. Vincent de Paul Society in Anthem, knows there are plenty of folks in the community who need help, but she’s having a hard time reaching them.

The advent of COVID-19 shuttered her usual ways to disseminate information about the nonprofit that provides emergency food and financial assistance to people who are in a crisis situation.

“Getting the word out is especially hard now because of the pandemic,” she said. “I have canvassed all the church in the area, and I only received one call back. I’m trying to figure out what else to do.”

The organization serves as far north as

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Jean Renn is the second-year president of St. Vincent de Paul Society in Anthem. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

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rines to visit, remember and pay their respects to their fallen Marines, as well as the fallen veterans and veterans honored here.”

The Quantico Marine Athletes is a story that isn’t taught in too many classes but deserves respect. The U.S. Marine Corps established a large varsity team program, with teams competing against other college programs in football, basketball and track and field.

Those recruited for the Quantico Marine Athletes program typically had a threeyear commitment. Some of the athletes who took part in the program even qualified for the Olympic games. As the number of Marine Corps personnel began to shrink at the end of the war, most all teams were gone by 1972.

In addition to pavers laid at the Anthem Veterans Memorial, the 12 Quantico Marine Athletes killed in action were honored with a memorial located on the grounds of The Basic School at Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Ironically, over the years, Jones found a few of her uncle’s high school friends nearby, in Anthem Country Club. Jones and her husband, Dennis, owned DL Jones Real Estate for 12 years and regularly placed an ad on the back of a local publication.

Within the ad, near Veterans Day, she mentioned her uncle. Subsequently, two men called and asked about the connection to Capel. They both played high school baseball with Capel in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Capel’s hometown.

Notable athlete Capel, who went by “Bruce,” was born in Evansville, Indiana, on March 18, 1943.

His football skills were so renowned at the school now known as Glenbard West High School that players are honored with “The Hitter Award.” It’s named after the way Capel played the game and how he conducted himself on and off the field.

One of the Anthem men who contacted Jones told her Capel treated people well.

“He said Bruce always stuck up for the underdog,” Jones recalled. “He was a good example on and off the field. He was a well-respected young man. He said when they drove by my grandparents’ house and there was a military vehicle in the driveway, they

Lisa Jones helped honor her uncle 2nd Lt. John Bruce Capel along with the other members of the Quantico Marine Athletes with pavers at Anthem Veterans Memorial. (Photos by Pablo Robles) said, ‘I think we just lost Bruce.’

“The whole town showed up for his funeral. He’s still a household name in that town, especially among the football players.”

After graduating high school, Capel played football for the University of Illinois with gridiron legend Dick Butkus. Together, they won the Rose Bowl.

After the Illinois Marine perished in South Vietnam, Quang Nam province, from hostile small arms fire, Capel was honored by Butkus, who wore his college uniform number, 51, for the Chicago Bears. It has since been retired.

An introduction As a child, Jones saw photos of her uncle at her grandparents’ and parents’ homes, but never asked questions about it. No one ever spoke about him.

When the Vietnam Wall was erected in Washington, D.C., Jones and her family were on an East Coast summer vacation. They stopped at the memorial and it was then that the magnitude of her uncle’s military career kicked in.

“We saw our last name and our dad had tears streaming down his face,” Jones said. “I never saw him cry. He said, ‘This is your uncle.’

That was the first time it was ever discussed.

“They could never get over it. It’s been an amazing journey since my sister, (also named) Laura Jones, delved into it. We have a great connection at his high school, the University of Illinois and the Marines. It’s been really special to hear all these amazing stories.”

A reunion The surviving Quantico athletes have annual reunions at various locations throughout the country to remember their Marine brothers, and for their own fellowship. A memorial to the Quantico athletes was erected at the school. However, nonmilitary family members cannot enter and visit, outside of the dedication ceremony.

Jones attended the ceremony with her family and she said her dream was to lay pavers at the Anthem memorial.

During a Quantico athletes reunion in San Diego, Jones spoke about her wishes.

“They asked me to come up,” Jones said, breaking into tears. “It just breaks my heart that he was killed before I was born. I heard stories about him playing football, playing for the University of Illinois as a walk on.

“I made my proposal about laying pavers for the 12. I said we had this really cool memorial. They graciously donated the money for the pavers, along with anonymous donations.”

These men were world-class athletes, Jones explained. They could have played in the NFL, however, they chose to fight for their country as Marines, instead. The track and field runners were top athletes as well.

“They were truly amazing athletes,” she said. “They had the opportunity to stay stateside and play. My uncle said he was a Marine first and had to serve his country. A lot of them had that philosophy and ended up being killed in action.

“It was a long time ago, but they’re not forgotten.”

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Black Canyon City and south to 16th Avenue and Carefree Highway. Located on the grounds of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne Church in a standalone building, St. Vincent de Paul of Anthem acts in the same fashion as the Downtown Phoenix office. Renn said the nonprofit helps the public with food, rent, necessary motel stays, utilities and medical and dental bills, among other things.

“It’s quite a large area to cover,” she said. “We do partner with the Foothills Food Bank, which sometimes refers ‘neighbors’ — we call them ‘neighbors’ instead of ‘clients’—who need help.

There is an emergency line, 211, which people can call. That’s how we receive requests for help also.

“We also provide St. Vincent de Paul stores for furniture and clothes. We are blessed to have strong financial support from our parishioners and local organizations.”

St. Vincent de Paul’s food bank, which is manned by volunteers, is open from noon to 2 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays,

St. Vincent de Paul of Anthem helped 1,196 people last year with rent, food, utilities or motel stays. The organization also saw a 20% drop in calls from neighbors seeking help for rent. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

Thursdays and Fridays. For assistance, call 623-465-9694.

“There’s a misconception about Anthem as being middle-class or upper middle-class people who don’t have problems,” Renn said. “That’s not the case. We do see a lot more in the outlying areas asking for help. There are still people living paycheck to paycheck.”

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Last year, St. Vincent de Paul of Anthem served 1,196 people. From April 2020 to April 2021, it spent $171,000 for neighbors’ utilities, rent and motels.

About 835 bags of food were distributed last year.

Renn said she is concerned about the 20% drop in calls from neighbors seeking help. She said she believes it’s due to

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the moratorium on evictions.

“We don’t see as many people coming in for rent, but we do for utilities,” she added. “We try to refer them to programs that will help them with utilities. If they don’t qualify for that, we’ll help them.

“Our fear is, once the moratorium is lifted, these people will be really hurting for rent payments. We have other organizations that help us. We have a very generous following at our church. We just have to fundraise as much as possible and hope for the best.”

Other St. Vincent de Paul conferences, she explained, are not as fortunate as Anthem.

“We are a fairly large church,” she said.

“So, we receive funds. There are churches in the metro area that don’t see as much coming in from the congregation and church members. They can’t help as much as we can.”

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Friends, community help fight blood cancer

BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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hoenix resident Sara Mayer aims to raise more than $276,000 to fund blood cancer research, with assitance from these three supporters who have lost loved ones to the disease.

Mayer for Woman of the Year Mayer lost loved ones to blood cancer and didn’t want anybody else to go through that. She helped found Bee Positive, a team that fundraises for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.

“I formed team Bee Positive in honor of my brother, who I lost to blood cancer when he was 20, and my best friend, Brandi, who also lost her battle to blood cancer,” Mayer said.

“And now my horse trainer [that I had] as a kid is currently in hospice because of her battle with blood cancer.

It’s too many people. So, I formed Bee Positive, which is a team of 58 people who are helping me to try and raise as much money as possible in 10 weeks.

Hopefully, I would be named Woman of the Year.”

For the Man and Woman of the Year fundraising competition, local leaders nominate candidates, who have 10 weeks to build a team of contributors and collect as many donations as possible. The person who brings in the most money is then named Man or Woman of the Year and moves forward to a national competition. All proceeds go to LLS to help fund blood cancer research as well as financial assistance to patients in need.

“I’m trying to raise the most money ever in Arizona,” Mayer said. “I can’t tell you the amount because that’s a secret.

Last year, the Man of the Year raised $276,000 in 10 weeks. So, we’re trying to raise more than that.”

Sara Mayer formed Bee Positive to help raise more than $276,000 for blood cancer research.

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In memory of Brandi Smith The Bee Positive fundraising group was founded by a group of friends in 2019, to honor Brandi Smith, who died of blood cancer in May 2018. The friends who founded Bee Positive worked with Smith at the Junior League of Phoenix, an organization of women who help volunteer and fundraise for various causes in the city. Smith was president.

Jennifer Elser was a close friend to Smith, and said she was always a positive and giving person who was beautiful on the inside and out.

“Bee Positive” refers to Smith’s blood type, B positive. This also became her slogan during her battle with cancer.

“She found out she had blood cancer, and she was fighting it,” Elser said.

“When she found out that her blood type was B positive, she said, ‘Well, that will be my motto from now on.’ So, I started

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by buying her bee [stickers or pins] if I was out and sent it to her because she couldn’t travel during her treatment.

“Any time I went anywhere, it always felt like she was there in spirit. When she passed away, we didn’t want her memory to die, and so we started fundraising in her honor.”

Heidi Surovetz An Anthem resident, Heidi Surovetz worked as a board member with Smith at the Junior League of Phoenix. They were friends for six years. Since Smith’s passing, Surovetz has been fundraising for LLS, and is part of Mayer’s Bee Positive team for the Man and Woman of the Year Competition this year.

“I joined the campaign to honor lost friends and to help raise funds to find a cure,” Surovetz said. “I am honored and inspired to be involved with this passionate group’s effort.”

As a campaign team member, Surovetz is working with a group of six friends she met at the Junior League of Phoenix. Many of those in her group knew Smith and have

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also lost a family member to blood cancer.

Their goal is to fundraise, volunteer and do whatever they can to help the community.

“As a board member of the Junior League of Phoenix, I am dedicated to volunteerism and giving back to the community,” Surovetz said.

Their nonprofit is called Hats, Horses and Hope, and one of their main events is the Kentucky Derby Fundraiser. This year will be the fourth annual Derby Day, and each year the proceeds have gone to LLS. This year, they have partnered with Bee Positive to contribute to Mayer’s campaign, and the funds will still go to LLS. “It takes place in Paradise Valley,” Surovetz said. “It’s a day event where we have caterers, we watch the race and there’s entertainment. The fun thing is we have a Wild West historian, who brings his stuff and teaches people to play an old card game called Faro. Then there’s some live music.”

This year’s Derby Day will be held May 1. For details, visit https://bit.ly/3uTVtCe ‘Screw Cancer’ drag show Megan Wilson lost her mom to multi-

ple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, in 2017. Since then, she has hosted a drag show fundraiser in honor of her called “Screw Cancer.”

“This is the most representative of who [my mom] was because she loved getting together with friends, having drinks, having a good time and laughing,” Wilson said. “That’s one of the things that we really love about the drag show, it brings like a humor and fun and excitement to the event and is something different.”

Wilson does not keep the show’s profits and neither do the performers.

“We usually have three to four girls,” Wilson said. “This year, we had three.

Not only do they volunteer their time, which is amazing, but they also donated their tips to our cause as well. So that was really awesome and helped us get even closer to our goal.”

This year, the Screw Cancer show was held at a Scottsdale softball field to ensure social distancing. It raised $5,000, their highest amount.

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Bee Positive was created in memory of Brandi Hunt who passed from blood cancer and whose blood type was B positive. (Photo courtesy of Sara Mayer)

Year competition. When combined with Wilson’s other fundraising efforts, she has donated more than $85,000 since 2018.

“When my mom was diagnosed with cancer, her chemo was $300 a week, which was a lot for my parents who were living on a limited income and retirement,” Wilson said. “So, Leukemia Lymphoma Society granted our family a grant that helped us pay for that. I want to give back what they gave our family.

We want to continue to help families like mine who need that extra support. So that when they are going through treatment and dealing with cancer, they don’t have to also be stressed about money.”

Homemade lemonade for a cure Another donation of $1,300 came from Frank Elser, Jennifer Elser’s son. Frank is an 11-year-old who, with the help of his family, set up a lemonade stand outside their North Phoenix home.

This year was the third time they opened the stand. Frank sets up his station, picks lemons from their own lemon trees, and the family hand squeezes the juice.

“I like to have a lemonade stand to raise money to find cures for cancer,” Frank said. “It’s fun, too, and I like helping people.”

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veterans and service members.

“We’re getting youth involved and we’re really getting out there,” Hannah said. “It’s really amazing to see how much we’ve grown in the last four years.”

Youth for Troops’ work goes beyond the care packages, however. They assemble mats for homeless veterans, organize events with local veterans groups and host holiday events for children of veterans in crisis.

In April, Youth for Troops completed more than 500 plastic mats for homeless veterans and accumulated over 22,000 volunteer hours from local youth.

“Whatever we can do to remind them of our gratitude and appreciation for their service is worth it,” Taylor said. “It’s a great feeling knowing that we can send a little comfort and love their way.”

For Anthem-area youth, Youth for Troops provides a sense of community, and allows these impressionable young minds to feel as if they are doing something important for the greater good.

“As a parent, you’re amazed and proud of the work that they do behind the scenes to provide these opportunities for everyone in the community,” Tonya said. “To get that amazing feeling, it comes from serving others. That’s a proud moment as a parent.”

Tonya added, “I believe that the future of America, as well as patriotism for our troops, is in the hands of our younger generations.”

Youth for Troops will host other events in April and through the summer. For information, visit youthfortroops.org.

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nthem-based nonprofit Youth for Troops has made 5,000 deployed troops smile this month by sending care packages to them.

Youth for Troops works every day to support service members, veterans and their families through community service projects.

Tonya Piatt and Renee Hoffa are considered the president and vice president, but, according to Piatt, it’s their kids who run the show.

“When we get an invitation to an event or school, the kids vote on who’s going,” Piatt said.

The children on the founding youth board are Hannah, Heather and Taylor Piatt and Sophie, Walter and Leo Hoffa. Considering they’re all friends and family, they are able to trust each other when hosting projects.

On April 12, Youth for Troops hosted an event where it prepared care packages to send to deployed troops and it marked 5,000 packages shipped this month. The event saw volunteers organizing and shipping boxes in person, as COVID-19 requirements began to ease up.

“We still haven’t seen a lot of our veteran friends for a year,” Hannah said. “Not seeing them was really sad. We’re really glad that we’re getting to see a lot of them again. We missed them so much and we missed all our volunteers.”

Earlier in the month, Youth for Troops celebrated its four-year anniversary by helping

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Don’t discount the effect of music

BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist

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usic. It is a huge part of our lives.

Every day we listen to something. Our life is often enhanced by the music we listen to, the melodies we love and the symphonies we cherish.

And once again, we can go to concerts!

Did you know students who take music classes also excel at math, science and English? There is a verified (scientific) connection between people who succeed in science and music. If one studies the music of Bach and Beethoven, the mathematical

and symmetrical nature of music is evident. For young people, the correlation between music and success is undeniable. A recently published research article in the Journal of Psychology found that students who studied music, played instruments and engaged in music programs at school did better in math and science exams.

Take heart, parents, your kids might not listen to the music you like, but music is an essential ingredient in growth and development. Maybe the kids today do not appreciate Beethoven, but let’s not diminish the impact of Billie Eilish, who at age 18, wrote music in her home with

her brother for many years and is now a major pop star. Her devotion to singing and writing is epic. And it inspires many people of all ages.

The positive intellectual effects of studying music seem to be centered around the enhancement of broad competencies, such as memory, time commitment and self-regulation, which are similar skills required to conquer math problems. Learning to play an instrument is not a quick process.

It takes time, practice and devotion.

The very qualities we need to succeed in life! To make kids “smarter” maybe music

is the way to go. Sitting at a piano, learning to read music, blowing a horn, singing a song . . .these are things that create the backbone of mastery.

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My faith and hopes are restored by Suns

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

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uick to hold a grudge, yet molasses-slow to forgive an enemy. That will be my epitaph. It also explains why I’m having a difficult time with the Phoenix Suns these days.

The Suns were a big reason I moved west in 1995. They had Charles Barkley, upon whom I had spent much of my grad school stipend buying cheap seats in Philly’s old Spectrum arena. If Phoenix was good enough for Chuck, hey, who was I to argue?

Two years after Suns fans had their hearts broken in the 1993 NBA Finals by Michael Jordan’s Bulls, I moved to Phoenix armed with all manner of purple hats and regalia. Over the next 15 years, I watched, listened or attended the next thousand Suns games in a row.

True story: I so loved the 2007 Steve Nash-led Suns, I traveled to San Antonio

for games three and four of that franchise-changing playoff series against the loathsome Spurs. I was in the stands when Robert Horry hip-checked Nash into the scorer’s table. The ensuing mayhem caused Amar’e Stoudemire and Boris Diaw to leave the bench — earning each a one-game suspension — and required me to be physically restrained from punching a Spurs fan in the postgame taxi line.

Not my finest moment as a human. And the Suns losing to the Spurs remains my biggest heartbreak as a sports fanatic.

The Purple Gang never really recovered from that debacle. They won 55 games the next season, but again lost to the Spurs in the playoffs. Coach Mike D’Antoni left; front-office bumbling began.

By 2010, owner Robert Sarver had parlayed the mythic “Seven Seconds or Less” squad into a sub-.500 bunch that wasted Nash’s prime. I shared season tickets with a buddy that year and seeing Sarver strut about so annoyed me. I began to give my

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By 2012, I couldn’t have picked most Suns’ players out of a police lineup, a useful attribute when the team’s roster featured Marcus and Markieff Morris.

Then, a couple years ago, a strange thing happened: This franchise somehow found its way. Sarver slipped into the background, perhaps having realized that being a quiet disliked rich guy who owns a winning team is more profitable than being a loud disliked rich guy who owns a loser.

They drafted Devin Booker, who scores at will, inked world-class human Monty Williams as coach and landed Deandre Ayton, a 6-foot-11 mountain with Shaq-esque potential.

This iteration of the Suns grabbed the NBA’s attention by going 8-0 in last year’s COVID-19 “bubble,” then traded for point guard Chris Paul, a sure Hall of Famer.

With the playoffs looming, Phoenix has the league’s second-best record. Few

pundits are shouting “title contender,” but with LeBron James gimpy, anything is possible in this odd, pandemic-mired season. I find myself wanting to care about the Suns again, but wary, on guard, over-cautious.

Will Sarver bust out his old foam finger?

Will Manu Ginobili, age 133 and fully bald, come out of retirement to join the Lakers, then flop the entire Suns team into foul trouble at a critical moment?

Or will the Suns end up in the finals against the Brooklyn Nets, who appear to have signed every All-Star in NBA history and are coached by — wait for it — Steve Nash?

Imagine that storyline: The prodigal son returns, accompanied by his assistant coach — wait for it again — Mike D’Antoni. Will they get their revenge on Sarver?

Or will the unthinkable happen: Will the Phoenix Suns finally win an NBA title after zero championships in 53 seasons?

Finally, another Suns series I wouldn’t miss for the world.

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National pastime now a time past?

BY JD HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist

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ittle more than a month after he called Dec. 7, 1941, a “Day of Infamy” and led America into World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt paused from his duties as commander-in-chief to assume the mantle of “First Fan.” In a letter to Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis dated Jan. 15, 1942, FDR requested that “baseball keep going.” President Roosevelt believed it was important to stateside morale that our nation find respite from the rigors of wartime, and that our “national pastime” could provide it.

Had a “woke” culture (as opposed to an awakened populace) existed in the early 1940s, there would have been plenty of complaints. Major League Baseball was a segregated

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Despite rosters filled with older, younger and medically discharged players, baseball continued during the war years, and cemented its spot in the annals of Americana alongside hot dogs and apple pie — or so it seemed.

Now, almost 80 years after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a different president has called on Major League Baseball in a very different way, and MLB has answered the call by joining in a political attack on the state of Georgia, as well as an economic assault on the “majority minority” city of Atlanta.

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Hyperbole is an omnipresent reality in American political speech, but Mr. Biden’s false charges plumbed new depths. He described the new Georgia Election Reform Law as an “atrocity,” added that it was “Jim Crow on steroids,” and mistakenly claimed time and again that Georgia was closing the polls at 5 p.m. on Election Day. It was that final falsehood that drew the ire of no less a progressive publication than The Washington Post.

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Unfortunately, other publications lend credence to the incredible. Because the new Georgia Law requires Voter ID, Politico frets that it “could potentially restrict voting access.”

But shouldn’t voting access be limited to legal, registered voters who can confirm their identity?

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Angry with Leibowitz Editor: Rarely do I respond to news reports, but I found Mr. Leibowitz’s article was particularly offensive.

The headline: “Anti-vaxxers long on myths short on logic” started my morning off on the wrong foot. I am so tired of one-sided journalism and was surprised that your paper carried this.

I have enjoyed the local news in your paper but reading this article was just disappointing. Did Mr. Leibowitz research the other side of this issue? Interview anyone from the other side of this issue?

I am not an anti-vaxxer. I receive my FDA-approved flu shots annually. I take any approved vaccination recommended by my physician. I am not long on myths. I am an educated person and

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ination, the commissioner collapsed in the wake of the woke onslaught.

In his official statement of April 2, Commissioner Manfred fashioned a rhetorical spitball: “I have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year’s All-Star Game…”

While Rob Manfred got rolled, the Rockies were rewarded in the rush to relocate.

Yes, Virginia (or more appropriately, Georgia)…there is a Colorado, and that’s where this year’s Midsummer Classic will now be played.

If you’re scoring at home, let’s review what MLB is calling the best way to demonstrate values. The game was pulled from Atlanta, a city with a population that is 51% Black, and moved to Denver, with a ten percent minority populace. Moreover, the Atlanta area, historically known as a center of Black commerce, will lose an estimated $100 million. So

make my own informed decisions based on all information available.

I certainly am not short on logic. I am an educated, professional woman with a resume of accomplishments that will stand up to anything that Mr. Leibowitz wants to use for comparison.

Finally, his last sentence, implying people with a different opinion from his own may have wisdom but are tainted with idiocy deserves only my scorn.

Scare tactics such as “creating an issue for our state” and requiring “75% to 80%-plus of the state to be vaccinated to achieve herd immunity” push me even further away from even considering putting this drug into my body. I have many reasons, medical and personal, for making this choice. I should not be made a target of ridicule because of my beliefs.

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much for “racial justice.”

Conversely, Colorado, a state with what NBC News describes as “expansive voting laws,” but more accurately identified as “ballot fraud friendly,” given its policy priorities of same day voter registration and elections conducted primarily by mail, will prosper…at least in the short term.

The implications are clear. MLB has chosen to “play ball” with Biden, and in so doing, has chosen sides politically. It is an error of major league proportions.

J.D. Hayworth worked as a Sportscaster at Channel 10, Phoenix from 1987 until 1994. He was also the Cactus League “Voice of the Chicago Cubs” on KCKY Radio from 1991 to 1993, and the inaugural play-by-play “Voice of the Arizona Fall League” in 1992.

Hayworth represented Arizona in the U.S. Congress from 1995 to 2007.

His grandfather, Ray Hayworth, was a Major League catcher for 15 seasons.

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Women investing their time, money and power

BY AYANNA MUHAMMAD Foothills Focus Writer

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omen are getting together to invest and are having fun while doing so.

Created three years ago by Anthem Country Club’s Doreen Drew, The Power of Women Investment Group recruited 10 people to join when the group was started. The number has been maintained since. The members come from various backgrounds, including lawyers, Realtors and TV news personnel.

The women chip in $100 per month and meet from 4 to 6 p.m. the fourth Thursday of every month to decide

which company to invest in. Currently, The Power of Women Investment Group is investing in more than 30 companies that vary from construction to clean energy to communications.

“We learn something each time on our investment. Sometimes good, sometimes bad, but we learn and that’s the whole object of this,” said Connie Henry, the president of the group and an Anthem resident.

The member search groups for the chosen industry to decide which one they will invest in. For example, they’re looking at investing in the infrastructure market. The women will discuss their findings, determine which groups, if any, to invest in at that meeting, and bring up any potential

grievances from previous meetings.

If a decision can’t be reached, the women will usually look at exchange traded funds. An ETF can be purchased or sold on a stock exchange like regular stock, and it tracks a type of asset. A common example of an ETF is the S&P 500.

Sometimes the group will wait to invest in a group and watch what happens in the stock market, like when COVID-19 started last year.

“We just try to learn about investing and try to make money,” Henry said.

“That is the goal — to make money.

We’re in it to find good companies that will improve and be good investments.

So far, we’re doing OK,” Henry said.

The group is conducting Zoom meetings, but usually meet at Henry’s Anthem home.

“Our portfolio is staying right up with Fortune 500, so I’m kind of proud about that. First couple of years it wasn’t that way, but we’ve gotten better at our choices and we’ve learned,” Henry said.

Anyone interested in joining the group should contact Henry at concamhnry@ gmail.com or 624-680-4011. Prospective members need to attend at least one meeting as an observer. They have the option to attend a second meeting. If the prospect decides to join, she would need to invest an initial $500 and then contribute the monthly fee of $100.

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professor stood before his class with items on the table in front of him.

When the class began, he picked up a large and empty mayonnaise jar and filled it with rocks, about 2 inches in diameter. He then asked the students if the jar was full.

They agreed that it was.

Then the professor picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. Of course, the pebbles rolled into the open areas between the rocks. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.

The professor picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. The sand filled up everything else. He then asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous “Yes.” “Now,” said the professor, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The rocks are the important things — your family, your partner, your health and your children — things that if you lost everything else and only they remained, your life would still be whole. The pebbles are the other things that matter – like your job, your house, your car.

The sand is everything else — the small stuff. If you put the sand into the jar first, there is no room for the pebbles or the rocks.

The same applies to your life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the essential things. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness.

Play with your children. Take your partner dancing. There will always be time to go to work, clean the house, have a dinner party, or fix the disposal. Take care of the rocks first — the things that matter. Set your priorities.

After all, the rest is just sand.”

Consider this. All it takes is one shaping event, one bad medical report, one significant failure, or one person you love just died to discover what matters in life. Don’t let the small stuff take up your time, energy, and resources. An unknown author of this story

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Voyager faithfully recalls Journey

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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ommy Dears contends everyone loves the rock band Journey and its songs like “Faithfully,” “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Separate Ways.”

The longtime Ahwatukee musician said it

was an easy decision to start a Journey tribute act that the band named Voyager.

“Journey is one of the greatest bands,” said Dears, a drummer. “For musicians, Journey is a challenging band to pay tribute to. At the same time, it’s rewarding.

“They’re an iconic, Hall of Fame band that is well respected among, not only the mass-

Our goal is to play the songs like the record. Some tribute bands, they play the live version. We don’t do that.

“You have to have endings for songs. We do pick from Journey’s live shows, so you can hear endings based on that. For the most part, though, the songs sound the way you remember them on Journey tribute band, Voyager, will play four upcoming shows the record.” including Wednesday, April 28 at Anthem Golf and Country Dears explained Voyager Club for Anthem residents only. (Photo courtesy of Voyager) constantly learns new songs, as it’s a meticulous underes, but musicians. We love their music and taking to be in a tribute band that plays we’re all really into it.” around the United States.

Voyager — which also includes vocalist “Each show has 22 Journey songs,” Dears Darwin Santos of Gilbert, guitarist Andy said. “We know 39. We recently rehearsed to Martin of Gilbert, bassist Billy Fry of Glen- refresh ourselves on some of the songs we dale, and keyboardist/guitarist Kevin Sage haven’t played in a while, so we don’t lose of Mesa — has four local shows coming up: 8 them. We’re having the time of our lives. It’s p.m. Thursday, April 22, at Copper Blues Live so much fun to play music that people love.” at Desert Ridge Marketplace in North PhoeThe most challenging song to learn was nix; 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at Chilleen’s on “Mother, Father,” which Dears described as 17 in Black Canyon City; 7:30 p.m. Wednes- Perry’s favorite Journey song. day, April 28, at Anthem Golf and Country “It was the one he thought was the most Club and is open to Anthem residents only; fulfilling song he ever wrote and sang,” he and 5 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at Harold’s Cave said. “It’s a rare cut, not that many people Creek Corral. know it. You have to play that song when we Journey or Voyager fans can expect to hear have a diehard Journey crowd. It’s for people the legendary band’s greatest hits. Dears de- who know all their stuff. That song has a lot scribed the show as a rollercoaster of emo- of different parts and is vocally very chaltions and tempos, as Journey’s set is filled lenging because of the intricate parts.” with ballads and upbeat rockers.

Another similarity between Voyager and “It’s a trip down memory lane,” Dears said. Journey is both of the bands’ singers are “We’re going back with all the songs you re- from the Philippines.

“That’s a cool little connection that we have member. Another key thing to our show is we play the songs as they were recorded. there,” Dears said. “That’s a neat thing.”

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ore than a year ago, the term “COVID-19” was nowhere to be found in our vocabulary.

We were at the tail end of the “cold and flu season” and were looking forward to the Spring and Summer seasons.

Little did we know our lives would be forever changed by this new virus. The uncertainty of the virus brought hysteria, anxiety and even hoarding of toilet paper. Let’s just say 2020 was one that we do not want to repeat.

Thankfully, a year later, we are at the brink of overcoming this pandemic.

However, there are individuals who have been fortunate to not become infected by the virus but are still at risk, and individuals who are hesitant about receiving the vaccine.

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Orchestra offers Wednesday musical morsel

BY BRIDGETTE M. REDMAN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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or those craving symphonic music, North Valley Symphony Orchestra has just the recipe.

For the second time since the pandemic began, the orchestra is preparing live recordings of small groups to present at 9 a.m. Wednesdays through May 19. This time, audiences can enjoy free presentations celebrating Beethoven’s 250th birthday, sea shanties, a French trio and a brass quintet.

For the first time since the shutdown, the string orchestra will perform Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Novelleten, Op. 52” for string orchestra, tambourine and triangle.

Maestro Kevin Kozacek, the music director and conductor of the North Valley Symphony Orchestra, said they recorded these performances to give the adults the chance to perform.

“We broke adults into small chamber groups, nothing more than eight people so

we could find venues to rehearse,” Kozacek said about homes and church halls.

“We used those to rehearse and then arranged for a recording day.”

The first series went well, and they began planning for the second. With vaccinations happening, the orchestra decided to arrange a string orchestra for one of the midweek melody offerings.

“The big problem with orchestras, choirs and bands is the aerosol produced by blowing into instruments,” Kozacek said. “The aerosol builds up in the room and you really have problems mitigating that. We felt very comfortable doing a string orchestra, limiting the size to 6-foot spacing.”

String players can wear masks while performing. The first series proved popular with some groups getting more than 350 views. They’ve also received warm compliments from audience members who said they’ve loved seeing performances again.

The series, Kozacek says, is the organization’s way of giving back to the community.

“We offer them for people to tune in and

have a midweek melody to uplift their spirits and let them know we’re thinking about them,” Kozacek says. “We’re continuing to do things in preparation for next year and we’ll very hopefully be back for our concert series starting in October or so. We like to do this. We enjoy getting together and being able to provide things for our community.”

Midweek performance schedule Each performance is 7 minutes to 18 minutes.

The series this time around includes: • April 21: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s “Novelletten, Op. 52, Nos. 1-4,” written in 1901 and 1902. It will be performed by 13 violinists, five viola players, three cellists, two contrabass players and two percussionists.

• April 28: Victor Ewald’s “Brass Quintet No 1, Op 5,” the earliest known piece of concert music specifically written for a brass quintet by an amateur cellist and hornist who was born in Russia in 1860. The performers are Trint Castle, trumpet, Teddi

English, trumpet, Philip Johnson, horn, Blake Castle, trombone and Mike Burt, tuba • May 5: Jacques Ibert’s “Cinq pieces en trio,” written by the French composer who lived from 1890 to 1962. The title, which translates to “Five Pieces for Trio,” was composed in 1935. Each piece lasts for one to three minutes each. The performers are Suzanne Johnsen, oboe, Annemarie Strzelecki, clarinet and Michelle Horowitz, bassoon.

• May 12: Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Piano Trio in B-flat major, Op. 11,” written in 1797 as a light cheerful piece that featured a clarinet instead of a violin. It is sometimes referred to as the “Gassenhauer Trio,” which means “alley song,” because the third movement is based on a popular tune that was being sung and whistled in the streets of Vienna at that time. The performers are Strzelecki, clarinet, Mark Pyle, cello and Lillian Coulter, piano.

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• May 19: “Sea Shanties, Suite for Horn Quartet,” arranged by Don Abernathy.

Shanties were the work songs used to coordinate sailors as they performed heavy manual tasks. The arrangement includes four well-known shanties, “Blow the Man Down,” “Shenandoah,” “Sailor’s Hornpipe” and “What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?” The performers are Philip Johnson, Steve Thomasson, Anita Murray and Chris Clark.

Videos will be posted on their YouTube channel on the day of performance and remain up for at least a year.

Putting it together All performances were put together in collaboration with the orchestra. Kozacek said he asked members to submit a piece they’ve always wanted to do. Once he chose the pieces, he sent out requests for who wanted to perform in them.

“I spent quite a few long days trying to figure out what was the best mix of repertoire that people said they would like to do and would involve the most number of

members in our organization that were able to do this,” Kozacek said.

The musicians began rehearsing in January and then recorded in late March.

Kozacek gives a short introduction to each piece before they are performed. He said they run about 2 minutes and give people a general idea of the music.

While the concerts are free, patrons are encouraged to donate via the website to help the orchestra continue to pay its bills.

“For all performing arts, this has been a very difficult time,” Kozacek said. “Though YOU there have been TO BEsome grants and opportunities to get government reimbursement for some of our expenses, we have lost all of our ticket revenue for over 12 months now.

We would ask people to consider supporting us or any performing arts organization.

We’re all going through the same thing.”

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They have been streaming the progress of a western screech owl — named Miss Olive — who laid five eggs in an owl box Kurtis Ryan built on the family’s back porch. Occasionally, Mr. Olive swings by.

“We have had the owl cam inside the owl box for the past two years,” he said.

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Is wearing a mask effective at preventing COVID-19 infections?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been at the forefront for making recommendations and guidance statements to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. Wearing masks is one of the main precautions recommended by the CDC. The purpose of wearing a mask is to protect other individuals from respiratory droplets.

Masks are a simple barrier that help to catch droplets that are expelled when we talk, cough, sneeze, shout or sing.

It is a common misconception that masks offer us full protection from other’s respiratory contaminants. Although, wearing a mask offers some self-protection, CDC is studying how

well masks protect you from breathing in the virus. Factors such as the type of fabric, the number of layers of fabric, and the overall mask fit are being assessed to help determine protection.

The more we wear our masks, the more prevention and protection we have in decreasing the spread of our respiratory droplets to others.

Can any of the COVID-19 vaccines on the market infect you with COVID-19?

No, simply put, none of the vaccines on the market can infect you with the virus.

No part of the vaccine contains the live virus. There are two vaccines, produced

by Pfizer and Moderna, that received emergency authorization by the FDA to aid in the prevention of COVID-19. (Johnson & Johnson was temporarily pulled from the market.) The vaccines work by allowing your body to produce antibodies so you can fight the virus if exposed. the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines use a messenger RNA (mRNA) mechanism for antibody production, and the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses an adenovirus vec-

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we don’t have all the time in the world, we see our priorities most clearly.”

Recently, my friend, Dick Knights, and I were fishing. He made an observation that refocused my priorities. He noted these current COVID-19 times have revealed that most people are obsessed with their physical health, but not their spiritual health.

They will do anything to preserve their physical lives and do next to nothing about preserving their spiritual lives. We, humans, are a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body. Our bodies will die, but our spirit lives forever. Don’t allow earthly stuff to crowd out heavenly stuff.

In many ways, the entire life of Jesus was about setting priorities and adhering to them. When he said, “Let the dead bury the dead,” to the excuse-filled man, He was speaking about the wisdom of not being distracted from the most critical issues in life, even in those emergencies that claim our attention (Matthew 6:3). In other words, get your priorities straight, and everything else will fall into place. Give your time, energy and resources to the matters that matter.

Don’t fear failure. Instead, fear succeeding at something that doesn’t matter. That’s sand when it could have been a rock.

As a society, we’ve conquered outer space but not our inner space. Your spiritual life or inner life is a rock issue. According to the Scriptures, your spiritual life depends on

fever and fatigue. These symptoms are not to be confused with similar symptoms caused by COVID-19.

Hopefully the end of the pandemic is near. Hang in there and continue to follow the recommendations put forth by factual sources like the CDC and FDA. We will soon overcome this pandemic.

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where you will spend your eternal life. We humans don’t always have our best interests in mind. Let’s change that. Let’s make our inner space at least as necessary as our outer space.

Here’s some wisdom about spiritual and physical health. “Beloved, I pray that in all respects, you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.” Do you see that? God wants you to be healthy in your soul and body. We need peace with God to have the peace of God. What good is it if we have health in our body, but not in our soul and spirit?

God doesn’t want something from us. God wants something for us. Maybe it’s time for us to remove the mask off our spiritual face by believing in God, Jesus and eternal life. St. Augustine once said: Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

And that’s how you conquer inner space.

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Lynx Creek Ruins in Prescott TOLD BY KUMA & WRITTEN BY LORRAINE BOSSÉ-SMITH Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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’m usually bummed when Monday comes along because it means daddy goes back to work, but he was home.

As mom made sandwiches and packed up our hiking gear, I knew an adventure was coming. Oh boy! Where would we go this time? Mom said some place new as we needed material for my blog. I was down with that.

We headed north on I-17, and when we took the Prescott exit (Highway 69), I wondered if we were going to Lynx Lake.

Mom said we haven’t been to this new hike. Hmmm. I was curious, especially when we turned left on Walker Road and followed the signs to Lynx Lake. Were

they just pulling my leg?

Nope. Just before the day-use area is a sign for “Lynx Creek Ruins,” which I had never noticed before. We turned there and followed it to the dirt parking lot.

You still must pay $5 into the box and correct change is a must as there is no change maker. It’s a much smaller parking lot than Lynx Lake picnic area, but it does have a human restroom. There is no water, so bring plenty of your own.

The trail is near the pay box and is trail No. 301. This is a short trail that leads to ancient ruins from about 700 years ago from the Pueblo Indians. The trail is easy with great views. We could see all the way to Flagstaff with the snow-capped San Francisco Peaks, and if we squinted just right, we could see all the way to Williams. It was a super clear day! We

Lorraine and Kuma enjoy great views in Prescott. (Photo by Lorraine Bossé-Smith)

also got to see the towns of Prescott and Prescott Valley.

The weather was wonderful: cool but not cold with nice warm sun and no wind.

This trail seems to be a local favorite and leads to a wooden overlook. It didn’t take us very long to go .75 miles, and we climbed up the stairs to take a look. The views steal the show as the ruins are really just a bunch of rocks covered in grass. I guess many moons ago, there was more to see, but time and Mother Nature have worn everything down. Still, it was interesting to see the possible shape of Kuma on the Lynx Creek Ruin trail. the building. Some signs offer (Photo by Lorraine Bossé-Smith) up explanations of how the structure would have been used. could at least say you’ve been there.

We turned around and hiked back to Check. the car. There are two picnic tables, and My mom, Lorraine Bossé-Smith, is we took the one with the view over to- kind enough to help me share my Great ward Mingus Mountain and the lake. We Adventures, big and small. My mom is a had a lovely lunch enjoying the fresh air. motivational speaker, corporate trainer, While we were there, we drove around executive recruiter, business consultant, to check out different parts of town. I coach, fitness expert, and author of nine nestled in and took a nap. Was it worth published books. the drive up? Probably not, but any time Enjoy my blog at https://bit.ly/2MRHspent in the mountains is fine by me. Kv3and be sure to follow me on Facebook This might be one you add to another @Kumathedog and Instagram @kumaihike since it is so short and easy. You tothedog

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rizona-based Great Hearts Academies is expanding its network of nonpro�it public charter schools.

Roosevelt Preparatory Academy is slated to open Fall of 2022 in Buckeye, and the doors of an upsized and newly built permanent home for Anthem Preparatory Academy will open for the 2022-23 school year.

In addition to the two new builds, Great Hearts is also expanding its current Trivium Preparatory Academy to increase capacity.

The �irst is the expansion of the Archway Trivium and Trivium Preparatory Academy. The demand in the West Valley has increased, and to accommodate this growth,

Great Hearts will add two sections per grade at Archway Trivium to serve more students, adding classrooms for Trivium Prep, building an additional multipurpose room, and readjusting the football �ield on the current plot of land that Trivium occupies.

“With over 8,000 waitlisted students across the Valley, Great Hearts is honored to have the opportunity to serve more families,” said Great Hearts Arizona President Erik Twist.

“A new K-12 academy in Buckeye will bring over 1,000 new seats into the West Valley. We are also pleased that our Anthem students will soon be walking through the doors of a new campus, providing them an exceptional setting for world class academics, athletic and after-school activities.”

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Interactive Services: ADT Command Interactive Solutions Services (“ADT Command”) helps you manage your home environment and family lifestyle. Requires purchase of an ADT alarm system with 36-month monitoring contract ranging from $45.99-$59.99/mo. with QSP (24-month monitoring contract in California, total fees ranging $1,103.76-$1,439.76), enrollment in ADT EasyPay, and a compatible device with Internet and email access. These interactive services do not cover the operation or maintenance of any household equipment/systems that are connected to the ADT Command equipment. All ADT Command services are not available with all interactive service levels. All ADT Command services may not be available in all geographic areas. You may be required to pay additional charges to purchase equipment required to utilize the interactive service features you desire.

General: Additional charges may apply in areas that require guard response service for municipal alarm verification. System remains property of ADT. Local permit fees may be required. Prices and offers subject to change and may vary by market. Additional taxes and fees may apply. Satisfactory credit required. A security deposit may be required. Simulated screen images and photos are for illustrative purposes only. ©2021 ADT LLC dba ADT Security Services. All rights reserved. ADT, the ADT logo, 800.ADT.ASAP and the product/service names listed in this document are marks and/or registered marks.

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