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Gary Neiss celebrates 20 years with town

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arefree Town Administrator Gary Neiss never anticipated a career in government.

But a chance meeting with Scottsdale icons Herb Drinkwater and Guy Stillman changed his mind.

Now he’s celebrating two decades with the town of Carefree. In 2022 he was hired as the town’s first planning and zoning administrator. Seven years later, he became town administrator.

Neiss was pursuing his master’s degree at ASU when he had a meeting with Scottsdale’s city manager and unknowingly was greeted by Drinkwater and Stillman.

The two gentlemen were in a spirited

discussion about signage for the McCormick Stillman Railroad Park. Neiss offered a suggestion that the two hand him one of their napkins being used as they ate lunch. Neiss made a quick sketch.

Impressed with Neiss’ suggestion, they asked him to meet with the parks director for an internship position.

Neiss quickly ascended within Scottsdale’s organization and worked on numerous initiatives, including parks planning and capital improvements, creating foundational documents for Scottsdale’s desert preservation efforts, numerous community character area plans, scenic corridor guidelines, and numerous ordinances such as Scottsdale’s industry leading wireless communication ordi-

nance.

Through Neiss’ work in Scottsdale, he became well versed with the town of Carefree. In the early 2000s, the town began looking for an individual who had deep knowledge of the area and the complex world of land entitlements.

With his in-depth experience and background, Neiss was a natural choice for Carefree’s first P&Z administrator.

In his first several years serving the community, Neiss assisted in writing the community’s general plan, zoning ordinance and design guidelines.

Neiss’ Mountainside Standards & Guidelines Ordinance was recognized by

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The Arizona law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, will give people a chance to

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successfully reenter society by permitting them to seal their criminal records, under certain circumstances.

But the complexity of the A new Arizona law will give those with a criminal background a chance to seal their records, which may expand access to jobs and housing — but the complexity of the process and longevity of online information may hinder the law’s impact.

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the State of Arizona Planning Association for the Best New Innovative Ordinance in 2004.

In 2009, based upon Neiss’ in-depth knowledge of the community and solid foundation in municipal government, he was promoted to the town’s chief administrative officer, town administrator. As town administrator, Neiss oversees the town’s daily operations, policy development, staffing and finances.

Neiss said he appreciates getting to work hands-on with residents to build a quality, solvent and sustainable small town.

“Community building is about cultivating solutions that are scalable and provide resources the citizens support,” he said.

Neiss’ conservative financial perspective has helped the town navigate through two generational economic downturns in the Great Recession and COVID-19 shutdowns. He has sought collaborations that provide

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“Collectively, the community will need to reconcile desires to enhance

municipal services such as fire and emergency services while continuing to maintain its aging infrastructure and ensure future community solvency and sustainability,” he said about the town’s future.

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process and longevity of online information may hinder its impact.

“Some people say it’s for transparency reasons that we let all this stuff go online,” said Sarah Lageson, a professor at Rutgers University’s School of Criminal Justice. “But transparency laws are supposed to function for us to be able to watchdog the government, not watchdog the people that are arrested by the government.”

Third take on second chances Arizona Senate Bill 1294, spearheaded by Rep. Ben Toma of Peoria and passed in 2021, enacted Arizona Revised Statute 13-911, the first law sealing certain criminal records in the state.

The law is the third effort by Arizona to give people with criminal records a second chance.

In 2020, Arizona voters approved Proposition 207, called the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, legalizing the use of recreational marijuana and creating a process for minor marijuana offenses to be expunged from an individual’s records.

Last year, the Legislature passed a law allowing Arizonans to “set aside” their criminal records. A set-aside can dismiss the legal penalties that come with having a record, such as being barred from owning a firearm or getting a license for certain jobs.

S.B. 1294 goes further, allowing people to petition to seal criminal records from public view, with the exception of serious offenses.

These three legal processes: sealings, expungements and set-asides — together broadly termed “record clearing” — have different outcomes

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When a marijuana record is expunged, that record is accessible only by that person and his or her attorney.

Sealing a record will hide it from most everyone, except for certain parties, such as law enforcement for public safety purposes.

In contrast, a record that has been set aside still can be viewed by anyone, including government agencies, employers and landlords.

J.J. Prescott, a criminal law professor at the University of Michigan, described record clearing as a continuum of policies, “from fully available to complete destruction.”

Under the new law, Arizonans can petition the court to seal their criminal records if they have completed all terms of their sentence. The law also applies to arrest records and charges that were dismissed or resulted in a “not guilty” ruling.

The law comes with a waiting period after the completion of a sentence or parole — a minimum of two years for misdemeanors and five years for felonies — and may involve additional court fees.

Some criminal records, including for violent or aggravated felonies and sexual offenses, can’t be sealed at all.

In an email, Toma said that limiting the types of records that can be sealed “preserves public safety” while still allowing people with a criminal background to “pursue a clean slate.”

But for those who are eligible, a lack of information or resources may be a stumbling block.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said in March that it had filed more than 10,000 petitions for the expungement of marijuana-related cases since Proposition 207 took effect. It’s unclear how many more people are eligible. The FBI reported nearly 140,000 marijuana possession-related arrests were made from 2010 through 2020 in Arizona.

Toma said the new sealing process is intended to be fairly straightforward so that a petition can be filed

without the need for a lawyer.

“Virtually anyone should be able to do it on their own,” he said.

But Maxine Becker, an attorney for Wildfire Community Action Association of Arizona, said that with a law like this, most people might not be aware they will be eligible to have their records sealed — and even if they are, they might not have the time or money to do so.

“It’s not going to be a magic wand in January,” Becker said.

Obstacles and limitations Although many advocates and experts can speak anecdotally about the impact of record-clearing legislation, measuring the results of these laws is difficult. With records being hidden from public view, it is difficult for researchers to analyze how record clearing affects a person’s life.

In 2020, Prescott and his colleague, Sonja B. Starr, now at University of Chicago, were able to analyze criminal and wage data of expunged records in Michigan against records that were not expunged. They found that people who obtained expungement have lower subsequent crime rates, earned higher wages and had better job opportunities than those who had not expunged their records.

The study did not evaluate the impact of expungement on housing, but with the rental market being so competitive, Becker said, just having a criminal record is enough to hurt an applicant’s chances of finding a place to live.

“There is so much competition that if you have a criminal record, someone else who doesn’t is going to have preference,” Becker said.

The new Arizona law requires time and resources, barriers that can prove to be significant. Prescott and Starr found that of those eligible for expungement in Michigan, fewer than 7% obtained it within five years in the state’s petition-based system.

“A petition-based process means that nothing will happen with your record unless — and until — you ask. There are some barriers to that,” Prescott said. “The process itself

may be complicated. It may be scary.

It may be expensive.”

The law gives the Arizona Department of Public Safety the authority to charge fees to process record sealing. The state Supreme Court, which sets the technical details of all Arizona court processes, has yet to publicly share forms, processes or fees.

But in neighboring Nevada, the cost of sealing records can be thousands of dollars.

And even if criminal records are cleared, Prescott said, privately owned data companies can make it difficult to ensure a person is ever truly free of their record.

The Fair Credit Reporting Act sets accuracy and transparency requirements for background screening companies, as well as landlords and employers who use criminal background and credit checks to screen applicants.

But according to Lageson at Rutgers, there are thousands of “people-search websites” that collect data and do not comply with the credit reporting rules. Each company may keep records even after they have been sealed.

“There’s this whack-a-mole problem,” Lageson said. “You have to go from source to source to ensure that your record is sealed.”

Despite the limitations, Becker sees the law as a big step toward potentially helping a lot of people.

“If you’re in a spot where you need to use this law, you’ve been on a tough road,” Becker said. “But you know what? As a state, we’re not giving up on you. And I think that’s a significant message for people.”

This story was produced for the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, an initiative of the Scripps Howard Foundation in honor of the late news industry executive and pioneer Roy W. Howard. Contact it at howardcenter@asu.edu; visit it on Twitter @HowardCenterASU. Reporters were Tyler Dedrick, Rachel Konieczny, Brooke Manning and Elena Santa Cruz.

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Fire danger level increased to ‘extreme’

BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

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he Cave Creek community continues to dry out and, with the increased temperatures and lack of rain forecasted, Cave Creek elevated the town’s fire danger level to extreme effective Thursday, May 26.

With this change, Stage 2 fire restrictions will also go into place. A Stage 2 restriction includes the following restrictions, in addition to those found in Stage 1, and will be implemented any time the fire danger level of the town is set to “extreme”: • No smoking outside of vehicles, outside of residential yards or outside of designated smoking areas.

• No spark-generating activities outside of an enclosed building without first obtaining a permit from the town of Cave Creek. Spark-generating activities include but are not limited to welding, grinding, brais-

ing and cutting steel.

• All current building permits must call for and pass an inspection of the area prior to undertaking any spark-generating activities outside of an enclosed structure. Spark-generating activities include but are not limited to welding, grinding, braising and cutting steel.

• All spark-generating activities will be prohibited during days declared to have a red flag warning for the area.

• The use of model rockets is prohibited.

• The use of fireworks and other pyrotechnic displays is prohibited.

• The use of flame in any outside area (such as flame-based weed removal) is prohibited.

• Wood burning for cooking, warming or campfires or the use of charcoal is prohibited in all areas.

• The use of tiki torches or other de-

vices that emit a flame is prohibited.

Per the Cave Creek Town Code, Stage 1 fire restrictions include (but are not limited to): • No smoking in any outside area with combustible ground cover, outside of vehicles, outside of residential yards or outside of designated smoking areas.

• No spark-generating activities outside of an enclosed building without first obtaining a permit and inspection from the town. This includes but is not limited to welding, grinding, braising or cutting steel.

• On red flag warning days as issued by the National Weather Service, all spark-generating activities are prohibited.

• No use of ignition-driven model rockets are allowed.

• No use of flame-based weed removal is allowed.

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• All cooking, warming or campfires in all areas must have the responsible party within sight of the flame, and the fire must always be attended to until the flame has been extinguished and the coals are cold to the touch.

Cave Creek is classified as a wildland urban interface area, meaning that it is highly flammable. Town staff are asking residents to do their part to ensure fire safety.

For further info on how to increase fire safety around the home, visit cavecreekaz.gov/defensiblespace. For a free wildland residential site inspection, contact Jim Ford, Cave Creek director of community risk reduction, at 480-488-6600.

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ADOT uses witty messages to promote driver safety

BY JORDAN ROGERS Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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he freeways around the Valley are plentiful and highly traversed.

So, the Arizona Department of Transportation staff threw a little humor into their safety messages on overhead signs.

Doug Pacey, the assistant communications director for ADOT, said despite the witty messages, the purpose behind them is quite serious.

“The things we look for are things that are front of mind to people and what they can relate to,” Pacey said.

“The whole goal is to get people to think and talk about traffic safety. Everyone knows they should wear their seatbelt, or they shouldn’t speed, or they shouldn’t drive drunk, but all those things keep happening.

With ADOT for more than nine years, Pacey said over 90% of crashes are caused by driver behavior — impairment, speeding, recklessness or distraction.

“If we can come at something from a lit-

tle bit of a different angle, and make people raise their eyebrow or think about it, that’s what we want to do,” he said. “We really want to change driver behavior with these messages.”

ADOT is not the first state to utilize messages like these. The Iowa Department of Transportation uses witty messages to encourage safe driving. An ADOT employee saw those at a 2015 conference.

He said the response has been overwhelmingly positive.

“They like seeing them,” Pacey said. “I think people want to see other people — including themselves — to be reminded to make good decisions behind the wheel because we’re all on the roads together. It’s not just an ADOT thing; it’s an all of us thing.”

To schedule messages, ADOT utilizes an opportunities calendar with a list of holidays, sports events, movie releases and concerts.

From there, they brainstorm, come up with three or four ideas, send them through management and choose the one

that goes up. They only post at low-priority times, however.

“These nontraditional quirky safety messages are scheduled at the lowest priority,” Pacey said. “So, anything else that’s happening, like an active incident on the highway, or a crash that’s blocking two lanes ahead, or construction related restrictions or closures, or amber, blue silver alerts, things like that.

“All of those things take precedence over the PSA messages. The PSA messages that we display are up there when nothing else would be up there.”

When asked which of his signs was his favorite, Pacey thought back to the first one ADOT came out with.

Named after a 2015 New York Times guacamole recipe that included peas, ADOT’s flagship sign read: “Drinking and driving goes together like peas and guac.”

ADOT does its best to keep the public involved with the signs.

For the fifth year, ADOT is running a contest for submissions. From the entries, ADOT will choose 15 to 20 finalists and

Doug Pacey is the assistant communications director for ADOT. (ADOT/Submitted) then have a public vote to decide the two to three favorites. Those then run on ADOT’s message boards.

“People really enjoy it,” Pacey said. “I think people take a little bit of pride in it.

And when I say people, I mean, obviously we do it a lot. But I think the public takes a bit of pride in it.”

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AROUND THE BLUHMIN’ TOWN

Appreciate all we have year-round

BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist

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id you enjoy this past Memorial Day weekend? The beginning of summer, the remembrance of those who have died in this nation’s wars. Flags flying, memorial services, family gatherings, three-day weekends, bagpipes playing… what better way to start off the summer?

That’s right, I said “bagpipes playing,” because nothing quite evokes such deep emotion and dignity than listening to pipers play at a Memorial Day ceremony.

On a side note, where exactly did the bagpipes originate? Scotland? Not even close! It seems these bags of winds have been around for more than 4,000 years, starting in Egypt.

Eventually the pipes traveled to Greece and then Rome. The Roman army went on to take the pipes to the countries of the West as they invaded them. The use of the instrument was soon spread throughout Europe. It is believed that the Irish introduced the bagpipes to the Scots, a little-known fact that my husband (who was born and raised in Scotland) strongly disputes.

Well, legend has it that an Irishman handed a Scotsman a bagpipe, and the rest is history. The Scots have improved the music and perfected the instrument. The bagpipes, with their mournful sound, have a long historical association with U.S. military funerals.

The Memorial Day weekend is too important to not go out and pay tribute to our fallen heroes. This holiday

represents the larger portrait of Americana, the reminder that freedom is never free and that as far as sacrifices go, some gave all. I recall going to the veterans cemetery as a child, standing before a sea of tiny flags that waved briskly in the breeze, each standing at attention at the base of a flat gravestone.

I would run around and try and read as many names as I could, wondering how they died, figuring out how old the soldier was, reading the words scrawled on the headstones. Round wreaths, looking like sad little life preservers, were placed on numerous graves.

Then there would be the lady who could be seen sitting in a lawn chair on her son’s grave, or the child who would bring hand-drawn pictures to a gravesite, bravely saluting a parent he might never had known.

Loved ones gather, children run or skip on grassy knolls, bagpipers and a drummer in the distance playing the solemn hymn “Going Home.” The stark contrast of the hope of a spring day, with flowers blooming, birds singing and flags flying, set against the backdrop of broken hearts and bagpipes

playing, is the snapshot of this holiday.

Memorial Day weekend reminds us to remember. It causes us to take a moment from the barbecuing with friends and family, the leisurely three-day getaways, to recall those fallen comrades and all that they stood for and left behind.

Summer is officially here — ushered in by a very memorable weekend. It helps us put everything in perspective, allows us to ponder the bigger world issues at hand, makes us reflect on our country and appreciate all that we take for granted. It’s good not to forget.

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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Monkeypox: From pandemic to ‘poxdemic’

BY J.D. HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist

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ou needn’t worry about a politically correct naming process for the latest malady that might be headed our way — unless a real-life Dr. Doolittle steps forward to translate and advocate for the animal kingdom.

Science, history and personal experience remind us that animal names populate the “pox nomenclature,” most notably chickenpox and cowpox. Upon closer examination, there’s a veritable medical menagerie in the “pox file”: fowl, goat, horse, sheep and swine pox.

Last, but certainly not least, there’s monkeypox. No smallpox, this one — as reports indicate — is the first global outbreak of this particular pox.

Headlines howl about the alleged threat from the front pages; cable news anchors scowl while reading melodramatic scripts with apocalyptic over-

tones; and, of course, the current occupant of the “White House turned senior care facility” does what he does best — next to wandering away during outdoor events.

Yep, Ol’ Joe Biden, off on a taxpayer-financed, heavily supervised field trip to Asia, took time somewhere across the International Date Line to give us this timeless advice: “…it is something that everybody should be concerned about.”

Unsurprisingly, Brussels sprouted the first public health action, because the Belgians waffled under the strain of the media onslaught. CNBC’s headline read, “Belgium becomes the first country to introduce mandatory monkeypox quarantine as global cases rise.”

For the record, it should be noted that the Belgians put their 21-day “medical vacay” in place when the World Health Organization (WHO) had confirmed a whopping 92 cases in all of 12 countries.

Have we seen more cases since? Of course, primarily because WHO and other public health entities started looking for them.

Meantime, the United Kingdom, the nation that gave us the other “Who” — the musical group — initially appeared to maintain “medical clarity.” The United Kingdom, which taught the world how to “keep calm and carry on” during World War II, issued a clear directive to a particular group, political correctness notwithstanding.

The Hindustan Times reported that the UK’s “Health Security Agency has warned ‘men who are gay and bisexual’ to be aware of unusual rashes or lesions and contact a doctor without delay in such a case. The warning comes after the United Kingdom reported its ninth monkeypox case since May 6, with the UKHSA confirming recent cases predominantly in gay or bisexual communities, or men who have sex with men.”

Don’t look for a major rift in the Anglo-American Alliance, but Joe Biden’s utterance that everyone should be concerned about monkeypox seems at variance with the warnings of medical science. Not to worry, though. If the

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recent past is any indication, medical science will soon morph into political science.

Leading the way in that effort? Dr. Anthony Fauci, who will gladly lecture us about a new pandemic or, as he may call it, a “poxdemic.”

Say what you will about Tony Fauci — and many of us have — he is nothing if not a physician and fortune teller. How else to explain his confident prediction less than 10 days before Donald Trump was sworn in? Here’s what the “diminutive doc” said at the Georgetown University Medical Center on Jan. 12, 2017: “There is no question that there will be a challenge to the coming administration in the arena of infectious diseases. … There will be a surprise outbreak…”

Quite a coincidence, except for subsequent reports about research funds finding their way from the pockets of American taxpayers and into labs at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China — the nation where COVID-19

originated.

Now comes news that the same Wuhan Institute assembled a monkeypox virus genome, using a method researchers believe might create a “contagious pathogen.”

Just a portion of the title of a study published in February tells us all we need to know: “Efficient assembly of a large fragment of monkeypox virus genome.”

Ready for another remarkable coincidence?

This inaugural global outbreak comes exactly one year after a simulation of a “global pandemic involving an unusual strain of monkeypox,” and here’s the clincher: That simulation, held at an international biosecurity conference in Munich, picked the imaginary start date of mid-May. Almost as if it were planned.

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READER’S VIEWPOINTS LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Residents: We heard you loud and clear Editor: To the people of Carefree: You moved to Carefree to be left alone to enjoy the open spaces of the pristine Sonoran Desert landscape. You want to be part of a community that understands, respects and enforces strict desert-sensitive guidelines for growth and development. You want the peace and quiet of a small town.

But now you are angry and disappointed.

You are in disbelief every time you look at the Hampton Inn wondering how in the world we allowed a Hampton Inn right smack in the center of Carefree. Our town used to have high standards for buildings. When Tom Darlington and K.T. Palmer met and conceived Carefree in 1946 at a Kiwanis luncheon in Phoenix, they had a clear vision. They wanted to create a low-density and upscale residential community that integrates seamlessly with the surrounding Sonoran Desert landscape. The Hampton Inn missed all the marks.

As a matter of fact, it has destroyed our iconic Downtown. What went wrong?

You are appalled at the mudslinging that is happening between the different factions in town. A small group of extremely vocal individuals has managed to hijack and dominate our communication. We all see the lack of vision, sophistication and leadership from the current mayor, and our current vice mayor had sued the town on term limits so he can run again even though he has been in office since 2012 — a whole decade of being on the council. If you can’t trust the top two guys on the council, who can you trust?

The current trend is calling for another new “boutique” hotel at the northwest corner of Tom Darlington and Carefree Highway.

The current plan is also calling for three or more “quick-serve” (code word for fast food) restaurants, a shopping mall and additional commercial structures on the northeast corner of Carefree Highway and Cave Creek Road. This out-of-control growth, reckless development and rezoning of every single available piece of land and real estate in town in the name of economic development is a great concern to the vast majority of the

Carefree residents. Pretty soon we will be just like Scottsdale. Is this what the people of Carefree want?

The current council has perfected the art of talking out of both sides of their mouths on a number of key issues. First, the Hampton Inn will generate untold amounts of sales tax revenue for the town, attract hundreds of visitors who will spend money to benefit the local economy, and even provide employment opportunities for our residents, too.

But, that’s not enough to run our little town.

We still need to develop every single available space in Carefree to support our town services (i.e., streets, fire, police, lawsuits, attorneys, consultants, salaries, benefits, etc.)

When the current mayor ran for the office in 2016, he said, on record, that one of his top priorities if he was elected mayor would be economic development.

Well, mayor and councilmembers, in the last six years what plans have you put in place to revive the Los Portales Mall that has been sitting vacant and defunct of life in the middle of our town center? If you can’t even revive the little Los Portales, what makes you think you can develop and transform the other areas of town into economic powerhouses?

Oh, and by the way, even though money is tight, the current administration just gifted all of us a hefty $32 million Carefree Water Transition Project ($18.5 million for principal and $13.5 million in interest) for the next 30 years, all in the name of improvement and growth, and in the process managed to bitterly divided our town into for vs. against the water project.

But, when it comes to police, fire and emergency medical services for Carefree, the town council pinched pennies and looked for the cheapest option, leaving our citizens (and our newly minted Hampton Inn visitors) vulnerable and exposed in the event of a major disaster and emergencies.

The current administration’s justification for Carefree choosing to go with the lowest bidder for public safety is that we are a “conservatively managed community,” so we must watch our budget. Seriously? Are we willing to take chances with people’s lives when seconds count? Carefree citizens deserve first-rate public safety services.

It’s not your fault that you are angry, con-

fused and frustrated. We are, too. We are angry that our town got hijacked by a bunch of self-serving politicians. We are angry at the mess that these career politicians have put us in. We are angry because the current administration has betrayed our trust, boxed our beloved Carefree into an economic development nightmare, and destroyed our pristine desert open spaces. That is why we are running for town council.

We expect opponents to say something along the line that we don’t have the experience and/or the qualifications to run a town this size. They will say that we have not been here long enough to know the inner circles of town to get elected. They will say that it’s easy to be the Monday morning quarterback but running Carefree is difficult. We even have been told that no one knows you here in Carefree, so you guys shouldn’t run because you won’t get the votes you need to be on the council.

First, each of us individually has had long successful careers in business, in both public and private sectors.

Kathlina Lai came from a successful corporate career in strategy, technology and supply chain management. She successfully led a number of business re-engineering efforts, spearheaded large technological transformation overhauls, and oversaw multimillion-dollar enterprises.

Duke Vukotic is a successful pilot who coowned and operated a number of successful small to mid-sized businesses. He is the Carefree SkyRanch Airport community relations committeeman, and he is also a father of three who wants to raise his children in the same pristine Carefree that his wife was born and raised in.

Sven Maric is a sales and marketing expert who understands how to leverage technology to bring massive results for his clients’ bottom line. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he worked for Sony, DirectTV and Toyota USA HQ. Sven also has founded several startup companies. Don’t you think the three of us can contribute our experiences and expertise to help elevate our own town?

Second, the voters of Carefree decide who they want to represent them on the council, not some secret societies. Granted, there are “informal” paths of getting the support and en-

dorsement one needs to get on the council, but at the end of the day, the voters decide.

Carefree voters are smart. Their “nonsense” radar is on high alert, so they now know what to look out for in this election. Besides, most of us came to Carefree from places where we have seen what out-of-control growth, irresponsible policies and self-serving politicians can do to a beautiful place. We do not want that to happen to Carefree. The three of us believe in this so strongly that we are not even taking any monetary donations for our campaigns because we don’t want to be bought.

If you want to support us, check out our website at carefree2022.com and opt in to receive the latest information, tell all your neighbors and friends to vote, and cast your vote for the three of us at the ballot box on Election Day. Finally, we know that running a town like Carefree is not easy, but it is not impossible.

If towns twice or three times our size like Paradise Valley, Cottonwood and Prescott can do it, we can do it, too. The challenge for the next council is to create the right mix of first-rate shops, restaurants and businesses that attract the right kind of visitors to come and spend money in Carefree and at the same time preserve our beautiful Sonoran Desert landscape and maintain the peace and quietness that Carefree citizens cherish.

It is too late to undo the Hampton Inn, but it’s not too late to prevent another one from showing up. Apathy and complacency will be the Achilles’ heel of Carefree. That’s how the current councilmembers have managed to stay in power for so long. Not every council member is bad, but in leadership if it happens on your watch, you are responsible, especially when you have been on the watch for a long time. When the current council consistently has a voting record of 7-0 on practically everything, it’s hard to believe that Carefree just got lucky with an agreeable bunch.

Carefree voters, would it be a crazy idea to get some fresh and new perspectives on the town council? Let’s take back our town on Aug. 2 at the ballot box.

Kathlina Lai Duke Vukotic Sven Maric Candidates for Carefree Town Council

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Snooze awakens shoppers with technology

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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eith Messenger was watching an “Undercover Billionaire” episode featuring Snooze Mattress Co. executives when the business piqued his interest.

Messenger was so inspired that he bought five licenses for stores, including the Cave Creek location, the first in Arizona.

His retail outlets will be in “the bubble,” as he called it, from the I-17 to the 101.

“So many times, when people focus on health, they think of only diet and exercise,” Messenger said. “None of that matters without quality sleep. Quality sleep is so important for overall health, and I’m ex-

cited to bring it to Cave Creek with people who care about your health.”

Snooze Mattress Co.’s mission is to find the perfect sleep through Dream Mapping and a Sleep Coach, trained by sleep doctors and health professionals.

Dream Mapping helps customers find their pressure points through thermal technology. From there, sleep coaches direct guests to a mattress, adjustable base and bedsheets custom to their bodies’ needs.

Founded in 2019 in Colorado, Snooze Mattress Company sells Tempur-Pedic, Stearns & Foster, Sealy and a line of its Snooze mattresses, furniture, adjustable bases, sheets and pillows.

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Keith Messenger, the franchise owner of Snooze Mattress Co.’s Cave Creek store, enjoys helping customers find their perfect bed. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) “We are driven by technology,” he said.

“Most of the time you come into a place and it’s the old box spring with a few rows of mattresses. Let’s see which one feels best. They all feel the same after you try a few.

“Our technology is directly from the Mayo Clinic. It eliminates 80% of the mattresses in here so that it’s an easier pick, for starters. It custom fits you.”

Tempur-Pedic and Snooze Mattress Co. are partners, and it offers a 25-year warranty.

“If you go to another store, it has a 10year warranty,” Messenger said. “Ours is 15 years longer. We’re an elite retailer. It’s already proven, too, that 96% of the people who get a Tempur-Pedic love it.”

Messenger said Snooze is hoping to open 1,000 centers in five years. The industry is familiar to Messenger, as he spent his 20s in it.

“When I was in the business years ago, I just wanted to make money,” he said.

“I wanted to make commission and I did it. But now, I care much more about people’s health and sleep, as well as the community.”

Snooze Mattress Co. recently opened its first Arizona store in Cave Creek. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

That sentiment echoes his own struggles. Messenger’s sleep habits were so poor he was “literally dying.” He has an implanted device to improve his sleep apnea. It was a game changer.

“The doctor looked at me and said, ‘You are dying every night,’” he recalled. “I wasn’t getting any REM sleep.

“Since the implant, I have a newfound love for sleep, for starters. I have so much energy I feel like I’m 10 years younger. I really care about sleep.”

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Abrazo hosting social for prospective nurses

BY ALEX GALLAGHER Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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brazo is inviting Northeast Valley nurses to attend a casual social event on Tuesday, June 7, at The Craftsman Cocktails & Kitchen in Scottsdale to learn about jobs at the company’s Scottsdale and Cave Creek campuses.

Both hospitals offer opportunities for experienced nurses, new grad RNs and nursing assistants. Positions are available in the emergency, ICU, interventional radiology, ortho-

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Abrazo Health is inviting Northeast Valley nurses to learn more about its organization at The Craftsman Cocktails & Kitchen in Scottsdale on Tuesday, June 7. (Abrazo Health/Submitted)

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pedics, surgery, pre-op, recovery, telemetry and med/surg. departments.

Opportunities include full-time, parttime and PRN employment, with day, evening and night-shift positions.

“A lot of this comes even working with our teams here in the hospital, especially during the COVID pandemic, where everyone has worked so hard,” said Naman Mahajan, Abrazo Scottsdale and Cave Creek chief executive officer.

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to enjoy the camaraderie with each other, learn about our organization and, if it’s a mutually beneficial fit, hopefully find their permanent home here with us in Abrazo Scottsdale or Cave Creek.”

Even though hospitals nationwide have had a hard time battling COVID-19 and other medical emergencies, Mahajan said Abrazo Scottsdale and Cave Creek have remained relatively unscathed by health care workers’ resignations.

“We’ve been fortunate within our facility that all of our core needs are currently met very adequately,” he said. “We’ve been fortunate that we were one of the few hospitals that are not closed on any of our surgical

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services during the pandemic. Because we were open, this actually attracted several prominent surgeons to our campus, and that’s creating the need for additional nurses, additional OLR nurses and techs and all the other ancillary services that feed off of that.”

Abrazo Health is also planning to grow, especially at its newest campus in Cave Creek — which opened in July 2021.

“We opened our new Cave Creek Community Hospital, and we were actually able to grow successfully treat patients in the Cave Creek community so they didn’t have to transfer to any of the larger facilities,” Mahajan said.

“We were open to where their family members could come to visit them. We treated a number of our COVID patients there both on an inpatient and outpatient basis and as that facility is growing. That’s where we’re gearing this recruiting event.”

Mahajan said The Craftsman Cocktails & Kitchen was chosen so Abra-

zo Health could attract nurses in the neighborhood.

“It’s not just a hiring event,” he added. “It’s getting to know each other, getting to know our culture.”

Despite the relaxed environment of the event that includes cocktails and appetizers, Mahajan said that Abrazo Health has certain traits in mind for future employees.

“The biggest thing that we’re looking for is passion and quality of care instilled toward the patient. We can always teach skill sets, but you’ve got to have the passion,” Mahajan said.

“If an individual has the right demeanor and the right passion for health care, (that is) No. 1 in my books.”

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Trapper’s Sushi brings its creative menu to Anthem

BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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rapper’s Sushi started as a small, single restaurant with a creative owner and chef dedicated to good service and even better food.

Now, the restaurant is opening its 14th location nationwide and its third in Arizona with the grand opening of Trapper’s Sushi in the Anthem Crossroads on June 6.

“We are so excited to be opening our Anthem location. It is the perfect place for Trapper’s Sushi’s distinctive brand of great jobs, fantastic food and outstanding customer service,” CEO Trapper O’Keeffe said.

Restaurants at Anthem Crossroads range from burgers and barbecue to Mexican, and now Trapper’s Sushi is adding a new cuisine to the area. The Anthem Crossroads location will be the franchise’s third in Arizona, with restaurants in Avondale and Downtown Phoenix as well.

Glen Sears, marketing coordinator, said the Anthem Trapper’s location features an all-you-can-eat sushi bar, a full bar with signature cocktails, a family-friendly dining atmosphere, and mobile ordering and delivery options.

Those dining in can enjoy sports and other live entertainment screening on multiple TVs. The Trapper’s menu has a large and diverse selection of signature long sushi rolls; nigiri and sashimi; appetizers; as well as vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options. For diners who prefer cooked entrées, Trapper’s offers teriyaki and tempura combos, and has a kids menu for children 10 and under. It even has dessert options like fried ice cream and a mochi ice cream flight. Trapper’s also has daily specials and a happy hour.

Trapper’s Sushi started out as a small shop 17 years ago, founded by Trapper O’Keeffe, and has grown exponentially.

“Our founder started as a single little sushi restaurant called Sushi Town, and it was really successful,” Sears said.

“People really liked the accessibility on the menu and the creativity of some of

roll with cream cheese that is covered with spicy crab, teriyaki and hot sauce. However, with a five-page menu, Sears added that everyone has their own favorites that they gravitate toward.

“What’s cool about Trapper’s is that it’s sushi for Trapper’s Sushi is known for its creative combinations, Trapper’s Sushi is having its grand opening in Anthem Crossroads on June everybody,” Sears like its signature bloody mary, “The Kraken,” with vodsaid. “There are 6. (Trapper’s Sushi/Submitted) ka, house bloody mary mix and Sriracha sauce gartons of options, nered with tempura onion rings, a kamikaze crystal and it’s accessible shrimp-maki roll, cucumber sphere and olives for $18. the roles. So, it was one of those situa- in a way that some super high-end lux- (Trapper’s Sushi/Submitted) tions where the business took off pretty ury sushi restaurants (aren’t). We’re quickly. We started expanding and re- very different from that. We want the Trapper’s Sushi branded the business to Trapper’s Su- whole family to come. We want every39510 W. Daisy Mountain Drive shi, and now here we are.” body to have a good time and every623-254-4774 Most of Trapper’s restaurants are in body to have something they want to trapperssushi.com Washington, but Sears said it expanded eat.” to Arizona, in part, just because Trapper wanted to move here himself. Trapper and the CTO both live in the greater Phoenix area now and have plans to continue expanding in the area.

“We’ve been in Arizona for about two years now, and it’s going really well,” Sears said. “I think part of the reason we’re continuing to expand in Arizona is that we’ve gotten a good response from our customers. We want to keep expanding into places like Anthem, where there’s a lot of opportunity and people seem really excited about this coming.”

He added that people were drawn to the original Sushi Town because of its creative menu entirely created by Trapper himself. His creativity led to inventive combinations, like the Mt. Si roll ($14.50) with smoked salmon, apple We are unwavering in our commitment to improving the health and cream cheese topped with avocaof the business community AND the community as a whole, do and sweet chili sauce. Of course, the basic sushi favorites like rainbow, Caliand we see that the two are inextricable connected. fornia and spicy crab rolls are available as well.

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CAVE CREEK The Foothills Focus publishes on Wednesday. The weekly calendar — a listing of entertainment events such as concerts, theatrical performances, events for schools, churches, county parks and nonprofit groups — runs every issue.

Events must be open to the public to be considered and generally must be held within the Foothills Focus coverage area. Events such as concerts and theatrical performances that fall outside the Foothills Focus circulation area will be considered because there are no concert halls or theater venues within our boundaries.

Weekly calendar items print on a space-available basis. The only way to guarantee that an item will print is to purchase an advertisement.

Submissions must reach our office by 4 p.m. Wednesday to be considered for the following Wednesday publication. Submissions must be in writing and may be emailed to Christina Fuoco-Karasinski, christina@ timespublications.com.

Craft N Chat MONDAYS Those who knit or crochet are invited to the Desert Foothills Library for Craft N Chat. New crafters and experienced ones are welcome to join.

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., free, dfla.org

Free Couples Dance Lessons THURSDAYS Learn how to line dance to country music with significant others, friends or alone Thursdays in April.

Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse, 6823 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, 7 to 10 p.m., free, buffalochipsaloon.com

Yoga Fusion THURSDAYS Join Elizabeth Boisson in an intermediate-level course of Yoga Fusion at the Desert Foothills Library from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays. The class will start with breathing exercising and then go through different types of stretching movements and then into Vinyasa or the Flow yoga.

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, noon to 1 p.m., $10 cash per class, dfla.org

Carefree Farmers Market FRIDAYS Vendors from around Carefree and the Valley head to the Farmers Market to sell goods like fresh, local, seasonal produce, herbs and flowers. They also sell local jams, jelly, honey and salsas.

Carefree Desert Gardens, 101 Easy Street, Carefree, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., free admission, carefree.org

Carefree Restaurant Week TO JUNE 5 Carefree Restaurant Week allows the town’s eateries to showcase their menus at discounted prices. Some restaurants will offer a special lunch menu, others a special three-course dinner for dine-in guests.

Prices are $18 for two-course lunch, or $35 or $45 for three-course dinner. Participating restaurants include Venues Café, Black Mountain Café, Keeler’s Neighborhood Steakhouse, Raven’s View Wine Bar, Alberto’s Ristorante, Confluence, English Rose Tea Room, Corrado’s Cucina Italiana and Giordano’s Trattoria Romana.

Throughout Carefree, various times, $18, $35 or $45, carefreerestaurants.com

Royal Celebration, JUNE 2 TO JUNE 5 The English Rose Tea Room in Carefree celebrates the Platinum Jubilee for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As queen for 70 years, she is the longest-serving British monarch. Celebrations begin in Carefree at 11 a.m. June 2 with an authentic town crier announcing the Platinum Jubilee as he rings a handbell along Easy Street. The crier will be the master of ceremonies throughout the weekend. During the four-day festival, guests will interact with actors doing their best impressions of British icons. Jubilee and British iconic memorabilia will be available for purchase. A tribute to the queen and highlights of historical events during her reign will be on display, together with a book for guests’ comments that will be sent to Buckingham Palace.

English Rose Tea Room, 201 Easy Street, Suite 103, Carefree, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., various pricing, 480-488-4812, carefreetea.com

The Desert Foothills Book Festival JUNE 4 Readers can meet more than 50 authors and have their book purchases autographed. Offerings in all genres will be available, including fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, romance, historical fiction and memoir.

The Holland Center, 34250 N. 60th Street, Scottsdale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., free, desertfoothillsbookfestival.com

Literate Foodie Club JUNE 6 Literate Foodies features chef memoirs, food travel, food history, national and international cuisines, techniques and cookbooks each month. This month focuses on Thai cuisine, specifically “Simple Thai Food” and “Bangkok,” both of which are by Leela Punyaratabandhu. The group will explore history, regional cuisine, key ingredients and reasonable (and more available) substitutions, when possible.

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 12:30 p.m., $10, register in advance, 480-488-2286, danarakinic@gmail.com, jan-kruse@cox.net, 480-488-2286

Music at the Movies JUNE 9 Celebrate movies and their music each month with Annis Scott. Films range from dramas to comedies.

This month’s film is “O Brother Where Art Thou.”

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. School-

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JUNE 10, JUNE 17, JUNE 24 Inspired by the films of German expressionism and America’s pulp fiction novels, film noir thrived in the 1940s and 1950s. The June films are “Panique,” “Aventurera” and “Murderers Among Us.” Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 2 p.m., free admission, reservations required, 480-488-2286, dfla.org

JUNE 10 AND JUNE 11 Chapter 2’s monthly book sale gives the public the chance to purchase books and other types of media, including CDs, DVDs and audiobooks at reasonable prices.

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free admission, dfla.org/chapter-2bookstore

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