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CCUSD, nonpro�it promote student service

BY ANNIKA TOMLINI Foothills Focus Staff Writer

NEWS ................. 4 Library events are plentiful in August

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olunteer work is on the rise as the nonprofit Foothills Caring Corps partnered with Cave Creek Unified School District leaders on July 12 to promote volunteer opportunities for children.

“We want this opportunity to be fulfilling and bring joy and happiness into the lives of student volunteers and neighbors,” said Robin Cochran, FCC executive director.

The Carefree-based nonprofit strives to promote “independence and enhancing the quality of life for older adults and persons with disabling conditions through the Foothills community.”

FCC hosted CCUSD’s superintendent, administrators and principals for a day of learning and service. They learned how a partnership could benefit the nonprofit organization and their neighbors, older adults and persons

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Cave Creek Unified School District leaders at Foothills Caring Corps in Carefree. From left, back row: Emily Hill, principal, Lone Mountain Elementary School; Jill Sarraino, principal, Sonoran Trails Middle School; Aaron Bagwell, principal, Desert Sun Academy; Matt Owsley, principal, Black Mountain Elementary School; Patty Jensen, executive director of Elementary Leadership; Jessica Brashear, CSHS valedictorian, Class of 2021 and FCC summer intern; and Dr. Cort Monroe, CCUSD superintendent. From left, front row: Nancy Diab Scott, executive director of secondary leadership; Aaron Pettinato, principal, Horseshoe Trails Elementary School; and JoAnn Roach, principal, Desert Willow Elementary School. (Photo by Bethany Mok)

Cave Creek wraps up �ire safety discussion

BY TARA ALATORRE Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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he town of Cave Creek wrapped up its fourth and final community discussion about the fire protection and emergency

services, presenting the town’s options for how it can achieve a comprehensive all-hazard protection program and become a member of the Regional Automatic Aid System.

All Cave Creek residents and businesses rely on fire service through voluntary subscriptions pro-

vided by Rural Metro Fire Department.

However, the town has been looking to change the status quo since two wildfires ripped through the town in 2020. It has been exploring options

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Library events are plentiful in August An edition of the East Valley Tribune The Foothills Focus is published every Wednesday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout the North Valley. To find out where you can pick up a copy of The Foothills Focus, please visit www.thefoothillsfocus.com CONTACT INFORMATION Main number: 623-465-5808 | Fax: 623-465-1363 Circulation: 480-898-5641 Publisher: Steve T. Strickbine Vice President: Michael Hiatt Associate Publisher: Eric Twohey | 480-898-5634 | erict@thefoothillsfocus.com ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Display Advertising: 623-465-5808 Classifieds/Inside Sales: Elaine Cota | 480-898-7926 | ecota@timespublications.com TJ Higgins | 480-898-5902 | tjhiggins@timespublications.com Steve Insalaco | 480-898-5635 | sinsalaco@timespublications.com Advertising Office Manager: Lori Dionisio | 480-898-6309 | ldionisio@timespublications.com Director of National Advertising Zac Reynolds | 480-898-5603 | zac@thefoothillsfocus.com

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esert Foothills Library has scheduled a slew of events for adults and children in August.

All events take place at the facility, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, or virtually on Zoom. For more information, call 480-488-2286 or visit dfla.org.

The library will be closed Monday, Aug. 2. Registration is not required for free programs, unless otherwise noted.

• Desert Foothills Art Gallery Katalin Ehling Art Show through Oct. 6 Katalin Ehling Art Show Tour Wednesdays Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 Tour the variety of all-original art by local artist Katalin Ehling. Starting with fashion drawings while in Paris in the ’60s, to her 45 years as batiks artist and watercolorist, to her most current autobiographical collages. There will be an informal Q&A during the tour.

Weekly programs • Craft N Chat 1 to 3 p.m. Mondays Join other local crafters weekly for companionable creating and conversation. Any portable craft is welcomed.

New crafters and all skill levels are always welcome.

• Alcoholics Anonymous 5 to 6 p.m. Thursdays Alcoholics Anonymous meetings are held at Desert Foothills Library.

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• Caring for the Caregiver 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 3 Taking care of yourself is essential in being able to take care of your loved one.

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with disabling conditions and provide a fulfilling experience for students, parents and teachers.

“It can be a challenge for students, especially younger ones, to find appropriate and available service opportunities in our community,” said Jessica Brashear, FCC’s summer intern and valedictorian of Cactus Shadows High School’s class of 2021.

The list of volunteer opportunities offered at FCC include friendly visits and phone calls, pet visits, medical transportation, van driver program, mobile meals, shopping assistance, caregiver relief and technology help.

All volunteers must attend one of the organization’s general volunteer orientations at

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for how to best provide town-wide fire protection.

At the presentations over the last month, Cave Creek’s Deputy Fire Chief Jim Ford pointed out that on average only 40% to 50% of Cave Creek residents subscribe to Rural Metro’s Fire Service.

“In essence, you’re having less than half the people supporting the emergency service for fire,” Ford said. “The town needs to support this a little more.”

The fires weren’t the only thing prompting the town to figure out a way to provide comprehensive fire protection rather than rely on voluntary fire subscriptions. The town also received letters from surrounding municipalities that responded to or sent resources to the East Desert and Ocotillo fires in 2020.

Ford said they urged the town to improve its fire service because it was straining the Automatic Aid System, of which Cave Creek was not a part.

“They wanted to know, the other fire chiefs, the other city managers, the other mayors wanted to know what Cave Creek was going to do in order to improve their service,” Ford said at a meeting.

According to the Arizona Fire and Medical Authority, automatic aid is a system that provides the closest, most appropriate fire service resource regardless of jurisdictional boundaries.

Although it is still not a member of Automatic Aid, Cave Creek has taken actions since,

9 a.m. the second Thursday of every month.

Some volunteer jobs may not be suited for younger age groups, but the two organizations discussed innovative and creative activities such as field trips to see school plays or special nights at athletic events as possible solutions. These opportunities would bridge the gap between youth and older adults and allow student volunteers to serve and promote lasting relationships in the Foothills communities.

Following the brainstorming session, CCUSD leaders volunteered at the FCC facility. Leaders were split into two groups and tasked with separate volunteer jobs.

One group worked in the Mobility Loan Closet to clean, assemble and organize equipment. The other group cleaned Mobile Meals’ delivery coolers. showing a commitment to provide sufficient fire protection for the entire town. It entered into a one-year intergovernmental agreement with the city of Scottsdale to contract Ford for official contemporary fire service recommendations in December 2020.

Then in March, Cave Creek Town Council adopted a resolution declaring its intent to enter into the automatic aid system and designating funds for the purpose. Final amounts will be determined later through a formal budget process, according to town records.

The town also worked with Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management to establish a fire service identification number so it can apply for grants, which the town could not previously do. They also established a cooperative plan for the upcoming fire season.

Ford’s official recommendations were for Cave Creek to require fire subscriptions from residents and businesses through a master contract, create a regional fire district or annex into an existing fire district, develop and install standalone Cave Creek Fire Department, or contract with an Automatic Aid Provider for fire services.

He provided examples that showed Cave Creek property owners average costs if it were to join the Daisy Mountain Fire District or require mandatory subscription to Rural Metro Fire Department. The other scenario was implementing a hypothetical $1.25 property tax per $100 of assessed limited proper-

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CCUSD leaders will learn more about and volunteering for FCC and possibly implementing a volunteer club or program districtwide.

For more information about Foothills Caring Corps, visit foothillscaringcorps.com.

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• The Healing Pathway 9:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays Aug. 9 and Aug. 23 This group will guide and support you

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as you discover your “new normal.” The open-ended group will provide guests with practical tools and supportive conversation as they are processing their personal grief journey. The group shares a common language of grief.

• Get Lit Book Club 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 This happy hour book club covers weird, odd and creative books chosen for a great discussion. Books include nonfic-

weather permitting. Chapter 2 Monthly Sales are offered on the second Friday and Saturday of every month. Can’t make a sale? Check out the selection on Amazon. Volunteers are needed for the sale; contact Terri Engebretson at 480-4882286 or tengebretson@dfla.org.

tion, classics, contemporary fiction and memoirs to list a few. Get Lit is at a different restaurant every month. This month, “Between the World and Me” will be discussed at Pizzacata. RSVP online at dfla. org. Free, but purchases are encouraged.

• Library Book Club 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Aug. 12 (Zoom) 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Aug. 24 (in person) Book Club is offered twice every month.

Same book, same facilitator, different days.

Choose the day that is best for you to join.

This month’s selection is “Shuggie Bain.”

Registration is only needed for the Zoom Tuesday book club. Email Ashley Ware, public services manager, at aware@dfla.org.

Health and wellness programs

• Gentle Chair Yoga 11 a.m. to noon Mondays Through a slow flow of poses coordinated with the breath guests will begin strengthening their heart, bones, balance and sharpening the mind. Participants are only one yoga class away from a good mood. Cost is $10 cash, paid to instructor at each class.

• Chapter2Books Monthly Sale Friday, Aug. 13, and Saturday, Aug. 14 Monthly book sales provide an opportunity to purchase quality books and other media at even lower prices than the everyday bargain prices in Chapter 2. The monthly book sale is throughout Chapter 2, the Jones/Coates Room and the patio,

• Tai chi and qigong for everyone 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays Tai chi and qigong are self-practices. It is a choice of a healthy lifestyle and living well. It improves balance, flexibility, brain plasticity, inner peace and overall well-

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ness. This class is offered every Tuesday and Thursday. Bina Bou is a senior trainer at IIQTC. She has shared the ancient practice for over a decade in the community.

She believes tai chi can help improve anyone’s quality of life. To learn more about her classes, visit mindfocusbodyqi.com.

The cost is $10 cash paid to Bina Bou. Bou can be reached at bina.b75@gmail.com.

• Gentle Yoga 11 a.m. to noon Wednesdays Through a slow flow of poses coordinated with the breath, participants will strengthen their heart, bones and balance and sharpen the mind. Bring a yoga mat and a blanket. Cost is $10 cash, paid to instructor Marina Kachur. For more information, call Kachur at 480-5106572 or yokama14@gmail.com.

• Meditation with Reiki Healing 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays Aug. 4 and Aug. 18 Meditation and relaxation have been proven to promote mental and physical

changes. Come and experience meditation with guidance. Discuss the experience. Discover the power of healing through guided meditation. Reiki healing provides a new opportunity to experience the healing effects of reiki.

The cost is $10 cash, paid to instructor The Rev. Dr. Karen Cimaglia. She can be reached at rockinvibs21@gmail.com.

• Reiki Healing 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesdays Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 Learn and explore through a variety of energy healing methods including reiki.

Guests will play with the energy for a better understanding, how they can use it and how they can consciously control more of the energy. Participants are here for their unique experience. Healing is the focus of reiki and healing is multilevel. Cost is $10 cash, paid to instructor the Rev. Dr. Karen Cimaglia. For questions, email rockinvibs21@gmail.com.

• Yoga Fusion Noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays Join Elizabeth Boisson for an intermediate-level course of yoga fusion. The

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exercises. The class ends with 5 minutes of Savasana. The cost is $10 cash, paid to instructor Elizabeth Boisson. For more information, call 480-363-5275 or email evboisson@yahoo.com.

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Carefree couple hoping for $10K refund from canceled trip

BY TYLER WEGLEITNER Foothills Focus Staff Writer

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ark and Donna Scaggs are hoping to receive a full refund of $9,797 from United Airlines for airfare to Bali after their flight was canceled.

The Carefree couple first booked flights in 2019 through United for their trip to Bali.

They were excited to visit the island while staying at a diving resort in the area.

At this point, they had spent just over $9,471 on roundtrip airfare. The flights consisted of three segments: Phoenix to San Francisco, San Francisco to Singapore, and Singapore to Bali.

They were set to leave for their vacation in March 2020, but due to lockdowns and travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, they were forced to change their plans.

“At that time, we pushed it out to August 2020… everybody was thinking, look, it’s hot in the summertime, COVID would be over by then,” Mark said.

He said they paid an additional $325 to United for tickets in August, for a total of $9,797.

Several months later it was clear they would have to change their plans yet again.

“When we canceled the August (trip), that was in the summer, everybody was shut down, restaurants were shut down, flights were on the ground,” Mark said. “When we had to cancel that, there was no definite date in the future when we could fly.”

He said United Airlines offered them a voucher for the flights so they could then book their flight to Bali when it was safe to do so again. They accepted.

The couple then rebooked their flights,

using the voucher, for this September. They were then informed that United no longer flies to Bali so they would have to book a separate flight from Singapore to Bali. Mark said the Singapore flight was an additional $637 on United.

He said because they had already spent a significant amount of money on a resort in Bali, they paid for the flight.

“Now we’re all ready to go this September right, we’re looking forward, we’re getting packed, the resort’s opening up, things are opening up, it’s looking good,” Mark said.

In July, they received another email from United Airlines, notifying them their flight had been canceled because the airline no longer flies that route.

After receiving the email, the Scaggs called the airline asking for a full refund for their tickets.

“She put us on hold and went with her supervisor, double-checked, came back and said, ‘Yes. Everything’s good, we’re gonna put it back on the same credit card… it’s going to take seven to 10 days to get it,’” Scaggs said.

He said 10 days later, they still had not received a refund. On their United Airlines account, there were additional miles instead. They then decided to call United Airlines again.

After speaking with several people from United, they were informed they could not receive a full refund because the flights were on a voucher, and vouchers are not eligible for refunds. He said they did end up receiving a refund of $637, which was the additional cost they paid for the September tickets.

As of July 25, Mark said they have not heard from United Airlines.

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refused to speak on the record about the couple.

Mark said he and Donna “never agreed to a nonrefundable voucher at all, ever,” and are still hoping for a full refund from the company.

“We’re looking for a full refund… the COVID thing is fine, right, we worked with them, they said we had to reschedule. We had to reschedule a second time and they didn’t have any future flight promises so they put it on a voucher,” he said.

Guidance released by the U.S. Department of Transportation, or USDOT, in April 2020 does reference this type of issue, specifically “regarding refunds by carriers given the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 public health emergency on air travel.”

“Carriers have a longstanding obligation to provide a prompt refund to a ticketed pas-

senger when the carrier cancels the passenger’s flight or makes a significant change in the flight schedule and the passenger chooses not to accept the alternative offered by the carrier,” the document read.

Further guidance released by the USDOT in May 2020 states that airlines can offer travel vouchers as long as they are transparent in doing so.

“Airlines and ticket agents can offer consumers alternatives to a refund, such as credits or vouchers, so long as the option of a refund is also offered and clearly disclosed if the passenger is entitled to a refund,” the document stated. “Further, any restrictions that apply to the credits and vouchers, such as the period in which credits must be used or any fees charged for using the credit, must be clearly disclosed to consumers.”

ty value to raise the capital to develop a town fire station. Town council would have to vote to place a property tax on the ballot.

The least costly scenario was the Cave Creek established tax rate, which, on average, ranged from $374 to $727 annually for homeowners. The most expensive was joining Daisy Mountain’s district that ranged from $1,042 to $2,026 annually for homeowners, according to the presentation.

However, Ford is not the decision maker and ultimately the decision rests with the town council on how to proceed.

He estimates that the one-time capital costs to start Cave Creek’s comprehensive fire program, which includes real property like fire stations, fire trucks, EMS equipment, a dispatch center and protective equipment would be approximately $5.5 million for the first year.

The annual ongoing cost estimates, which include 15 full-time town firefighter salaries, maintenance costs, fuel, utilities, annual training, equipment replacement and contingency would cost the town approximately $2.5 million. Those costs would gradually increase, too.

“Basically, Cave Creek was a blank sheet of paper, they didn’t own any resources, didn’t have any systems in place, didn’t have any dispatch,” Ford said to residents at the June 22

meeting when explaining his methodology.

“So, we had to start from scratch.”

He explained that the required one truck and one station needs 15 people to operate safely.

“Firefighters don’t leave…you hire those folks, and they are going to stay there, so it is a commitment on everyone’s part,” he stated when explaining payroll would also include pension rates and benefits.

Ford, who called himself an “honorary Creeker,” at the July 22 meeting, pointed out to community members in attendance that it was simply was not the same area as it was in 1971 back when he helped build his dad’s house in this community.

“It is not even the same areas as it was five years ago. The area has exploded and that is one of the challenges,” he said. “Everybody is trying to keep up with the growth of the Valley.”

Ford said the town council has a tough decision to make. It is imperative for the community reach out and discuss the fire protection options presented and defensible space with their friends and family.

“Let the council know what you think about this, I don’t make the decisions,” Ford said.

“They (council) are the ones that are going to make the decisions, so they need all the information they can get.”

To view fire and emergency service presentations and associated meetings, visit cavecreekaz.gov.

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A recap of the Carefree water reservoir plan

BY CAREFREE MAYOR LES PETERSON

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would like to address some of the comments being circulated opposing the proposed site for the underground freshwater storage reservoir in an existing utility easement along Tom Darlington Road in the Boulders community.

First, 1,000-plus Carefree residents living on the south and west sides of Carefree have a real problem with their existing water service with no representation to address their issues. Something had to be changed. The Carefree Water Company and outside engineering professionals evaluated all reasonable solu-

tions and determined that integrating those accounts into the Carefree Water Company system was the best long-term solution.

Utility infrastructure has to go somewhere in the community it serves. For this integration to proceed. It required one additional water storage reservoir to service the expanded Carefree Water system.

On a comparative basis, this additional required reservoir is relatively small relative to the buried 1 million gallon reservoir already in Carefree.

Reservoirs function to provide additional water to accounts during heavy usage times, and for fire service through-

out the entire system. Reservoirs typically are placed in sites at a higher elevation than the areas they service to take advantage of gravity. For example, water service for the Boulders subdivision is supplied through a reservoir located at a higher elevation in another subdivision to the north of the Boulders.

Siting a reservoir is always a complex process. Functional system operating requirements are paramount, closely followed by the desire to locate any new reservoir as far away as possible from nearby residences. Costs, both construction and on-going operating costs, are also very important as these will be factored into the rate base and charged to

all users of the system. The guiding principle Carefree follows is to provide the greatest benefits to the most residents while causing the least impositions to the fewest residents, and at the lowest cost.

Professional engineers evaluated 32 site locations in Carefree against key criteria and singled out the site in the Boulders utility easement as the only one meeting all of the established criteria.

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READER’S VIEWPOINTS LETTERS TO THE EDITOR No one opposes clean water Editor: I have read multiple attacks against the residents of The Boulders from neighbors who act like we are against clean water for every person who lives in Carefree. There’s a word for that.

False.

The conflict over the town of Carefree’s plan to jam a 300,000-gallon industrial water tank and the machinery necessary to operate it on about an acre of land in The Boulders has nothing at all to do with water.

It’s about freedom from government bullying. It’s about protecting our beautiful desert. And it’s about preserving our property values and quality of life.

No one who resides in The Boulders opposes clean, cheap and safe potable water for our neighbors. Each of us should have access to healthy, inexpensive water to drink whenever we turn the tap.

But having safe water and opposing this absurd plan to put a 300,000-gallon water facility beside homes is not mutually exclusive.

The Boulders residents I know oppose the town condemning this land via eminent domain and using the court system to seize it in return for the paltry payment of $20,100.

These residents oppose the bulldozing of the desert to site this tank and machinery in a place where it will be disruptive and where it’s not wanted.

Finally, the residents oppose a project that cannot help but compromise property values and one of the biggest investments many of us have — our homes.

Anyone who takes the time to read the “Good Government Act” put forth by a Carefree residents group will see that it does not include a single mention of the word “water.” This act seeks only to curtail the Town’s use of eminent domain in the future, mostly by requiring a vote of the people before government can seize private property.

Given the backroom dealing that started this battle and the enormous sums

that may be spent slugging it out, my hope is that the Town will seek a compromise that serves one and all. Let’s put the water tank someplace else, satisfying residents who don’t want to live next to it and get the best possible water for every Carefree resident.

James R. and Dana G. Bernave Carefree

Out of control Editor: Multiple stories over the past few weeks have shown the extent to which Mayor Les Peterson and the town of Carefree are completely out of control.

The mayor’s spin about Liberty/Black Mountain Sewer’s atrocious wastewater treatment plant has turned out to be nothing more than political claptrap.

After telling us how the closure of the wastewater plant would be a massive cost savings for Carefree residents, Peterson turned around and supported a rate increase that all of us will see on our water bills. Gone are the alleged millions of dollars in savings — along with the mayor’s credibility.

Then there’s the town suing its residents to seize land to site a massive industrial water tank — 300,000 gallons worth— near Tom Darlington Drive, mere yards from residents’ homes on Sage Brush Lane in The Boulders. Eminent domain to seize private property has long been a controversial subject in Arizona, making it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Every resident should beware how much this ill-advised lawsuit has the potential to cost us in legal fees.

The media coverage details how the town has explored more than 30 locations for the massive water tank. We’ve even heard that acreage is available free of charge. Surely, we can find a spot for the water tank that isn’t an eyesore, doesn’t destroy the

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desert and the character of Carefree and that doesn’t require suing local taxpayers?

I’m glad to see that two ballot measures will be put up for voters to decide: One requiring a public vote for eminent domain seizures and another invoking term limits for politicians like Mayor Peterson. When a town’s elected leaders ignore the wishes of citizens and instead sue them, that’s a sure sign that voters must step in to put politicians in their place.

I look forward to doing what Mayor Peterson will not — solving Carefree’s water issues without penalizing our neighbors, hiking water bills and decimating property values.

Nikola and Lisa Tsoutsoulas Carefree

Different procedure needed Editor: As a resident of The Boulders, I want to see every single resident in Carefree have clean, safe and affordable drinking water. Having spoken with many of my neighbors, I have yet to talk to anyone who opposes clean drinking water.

Let me be direct, we must find a more efficient and effective way to provide safe and affordable water for all Carefree residents. The sooner we come together as one community, the quicker we can resolve this critical issue for all Carefree residents today and generations to come.

Suing the residents of The Boulders to seize property using eminent domain, then planning a 300,000-gallon industrial water tank off of Tom Darlington Drive is not the answer. It doesn’t solve the overall objective of providing safe and affordable drinking water for all Carefree residents. It simply further divides the community and is a poorly architected Band-Aid to what is really required for all Carefree residents for generations.

There is a better solution for all Carefree residents. The town of Carefree has identified approximately 30 sites in the past that could host the water tank and provide even better overall water quality system to all Carefree residents.

Many of the identified sites would

not require the use of eminent domain which would not divide this precious community. Therefore, as a tax paying resident of the town of Carefree, I urge the Town of Carefree to use the taxpayers monies wisely by calling back the engineering consultants to review all options for the betterment of the entire Carefree community and stop the litigation. It’s senseless and needless waste of time and money causing everyone angst, and mostly depriving all Carefree residents safe and affordable water.

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There’s no tomorrow Editor: Every resident of Carefree should be alarmed at how our town, with a population of less than 4,000 permanent residents and an annual budget of about $11 million, seems to be spending taxpayer dollars like there’s no tomorrow.

There’s the $20 million Mayor Les Peterson, his council and town manager are spending to provide water service to a few hundred residents, plus hundreds of thousands of dollars more in legal fees.

Why the need for expensive lawyers?

Because the town is suing its own residents in an eminent domain case that will surely take years to go through the court system. All to seize property near homes and the scenic entrance to Carefree along Tom Darlington Drive — and then use that valuable desert land as the site of a 300,000-gallon industrial water tank.

After all the public hand-wringing and massive expense over the noxious Liberty wastewater treatment being decommissioned, have we learned nothing at all? No one wants to live yards away from an industrial utility operation, nor should they be forced to do so.

In his recent budget message to the town, Mayor Peterson urges his fellow residents to work together: “In the future, I would like to see more collaborative grass root (sic) collaborations so we may share our experiences and design the appropriate solutions for our community.”

While this sounds ideal, it flies in the face

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This year’s Olympics promises lots of low lights

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

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elayed a year by a global pandemic, the XXXII Olympiad has commenced in Tokyo. As a child, I would’ve been thrilled, anxious, mesmerized.

How many gold medals would America win? Who would emerge as the Games’ next big star, our next Mark Spitz, Carl Lewis or Mary Lou Retton, our next Florence Griffith-Joyner or Bruce Jenner?

Now, I can barely summon the energy to care. The Olympics just aren’t the same.

Of course, neither is Bruce Jenner. Everything changes, often for the better, though the Olympics seem to be gasping like a marathoner hitting the wall. Why so? A few reasons.

The formulaic television doled out by NBC. The athletes’ desire to tie personal politics to performance. And the changing position of America in the eyes of neighbors near and far.

Olympic TV was a staple once, with Jim

McKay, Al Michaels and experts like Donna De Varona narrating. Every night at prime time, we’d all gather before the Zenith.

In 1976, ABC broadcast 76 hours of coverage from Montreal. NBC won the broadcast bidding in 2014. They’re planning 7,000 hours of coverage from Tokyo, boasting they’ve created “the biggest media event ever.”

To fill this broadcast abyss – and justify nearly $8 billion investment in broadcast fees – NBC now focuses less on sports and more on storylines, making every athlete a hero out of Marvel comics.

The United States is sending 600 competitors to these Games. To hear NBC tell it, each of them has led a life of systemic deprivation and loss, full of tragedies physical, emotional, personal or societal.

If it sounds like I’m minimizing the struggles of my fellow Americans – well, I am.

None of us has it easy in this life, nor should we expect to.

Success in any endeavor is hard: That’s

why when you perform an Olympic feat, you get a gold medal before the world. Turning the Olympics into a 7,000-hour “After School Special,” numbs the viewer the way formulas always do.

When every story feels the same – when we all know the plot – no story feels significant.

The same can be said of social justice protests: Familiarity breeds disinterest.

This summer, I followed the story of Sha’Carri Richardson, America’s fastest woman, suspended from the U.S. Olympic Team after testing positive for marijuana. I agree with President Joe Biden on this one: “Rules are the rules,” was how he put it.

Where I lost the thread was when Richardson’s suspension became evidence of racism.

As USA Today headlined, “Opinion: Sha’Carri Richardson’s positive marijuana test one example of how anti-Blackness triumphs in sports.” Rep. Alexandra Ocasio Cortez weighed in: “The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of rac-

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of Peterson’s approach to the water issue.

Suing residents, having them served with legal documents and seizing property using a controversial legal scheme is hardly a paragon of collaboration or sharing our experiences. This lack of transparency in our town government needs to end.

All residents of Carefree have not been informed of the water transition project, unless you are in the area this will benefit or the area the town wants to install the 300,000 industrial water tank.

There are avenues that the town can use to inform all residents. The town wants to spend $20 million for this project. How many Carefree residents are aware of this? How many Carefree residents are aware that the town wants to put a resort at the intersection of Carefree Highway and Tom Darlington?

The town feels COINS is the way to inform residents. It is one way for sure, but not every resident is aware of COINS or wants to sign up for COINS. It took me three times signing up and two emails advising

ist and colonial policy,” she said, calling for Richardson’s ban to be overturned.

You can feel it building as these games begin: The smashing of an all-time record for protests against every -ism worth detesting.

While I share many of those dislikes, where I change the channel is when the protesting feels endless. Turns out, I only have so much hate in me. Sometimes I just want to watch great athletes compete without being force-fed politics in the process.

Other folks, not so much, especially where America is concerned. Before the Games started, American hammer thrower Gwen Berry turned away from the Stars and Stripes during the Trials award ceremony.

Expect many more such protests during games full of discord, plus a daily COVID-19 positive test tally.

It’s an apt metaphor: The Olympics, diseased and trending toward life support.

I’ll catch the highlights on the news. And the lowlights, too, of which I’m sure there will be many. there was an issue until I finally got COINS. The town can mail information on all large projects it plans to residents. Yet there is a problem. The town, I have been told, does not have a database of all residents mailing addresses in town.

Then why not a flier in the Carefree water bill or email that goes out each month? The folks that do not have Carefree water could get the notice forwarded from their HOAs. Does the town genuinely want the input from all residents on projects that will affect all residents? It does not appear that way with the lack of transparency.

Is it any wonder a citizens group plans to put a term limits measure on the ballot for Carefree voters to decide?

Mayor, you can’t have it both ways: You can’t spend taxpayer funds to bully residents one day and then shill for a “collaborative citizen driven process” the next. It’s no wonder a number of residents don’t trust our politicians.

John Mattes Carefree

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That couldn’t happen again, could it?

BY JD HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist

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he young family made quite a drive for this special summer vacation.

Unlike previous warm weather sojourns, this trip was not to the beach, nor the mountains. Instead, the parents decided that it was high time for their kids to became better acquainted with their country — or more accurately — with its capital city.

The children, with the exuberance of youth, didn’t mind the dog days of summer, with even swampier conditions than those normally found on the banks of the Potomac. Instead, the youngsters were enraptured with the majesty of the landmarks they beheld with their own eyes.

The eldest of the three — a boy of 11 — was especially enthralled. As the family station wagon motored ever clos-

er to the District of Columbia, his eyes scanned the horizon for a landmark that he had only seen heretofore on television screens.

Suddenly, he saw it.

Far in the distance, though the shimmering heat, was the Capitol dome.

“There it is!”

The young man could scarcely believe his eyes, and so he fixed his gaze on that sight, straining to keep it in view, even as his father negotiated the twists and turns of the wide boulevards originally envisioned by the French architect who designed the city.

The next few days proved hectic, as each family member was swept into the “Washington whirlwind.” So much to see! The White House. The Washington Monument. The memorials to Jefferson and Lincoln. The Smithsonian. And, of course, the Capitol.

Far too quickly, it seemed, the vacation ended. But the ride home was not

drudgery as much as it was discussion time. Prompted by the historical nature of the sights they had seen, the parents entwined personal, familial and national history in a way that compelled their progeny to reflect upon what they had seen — and what they might become.

This subject matter struck a responsive chord in their first-born child. Maybe it was the way his mother made his personal timeline seem so promising: “You started first grade in 1964. So, you’ll graduate from high school in 1976, the year of our national bicentennial!

What a special distinction! The class of ’76…it sounds a lot like the ‘Spirit of ’76,’ doesn’t it?”

Perhaps it was the shared experience of his parents. Both of them were born in 1932, so they were third-graders when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and were just about to finish elementary school when FDR died in April 1945.

Franklin Roosevelt had been in the Oval

Office for almost the entirety of their lives until that point.

Nearly a quarter-century afterward, on a long drive home, with their kids in the backseat, they reflected on the reality — and the enormity — of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in their lives.

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself!”

“Remember those Willkie buttons, ‘No third term for King Franklin?’”

“FDR had polio, but you wouldn’t know it. The newspapers never had pictures of him on crutches or in a wheelchair, but by the spring of ’45, he was in really bad health.

“Of course, there was a war on, so no one spoke publicly of his condition. That couldn’t happen now, of course, with television, people can see and judge for themselves.”

Over a half century later, most of those

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parental pronouncements still resonate, but the final observation about press coverage of presidential health unfortunately rings hollow.

Joe Biden loves to invoke the memory of FDR, but it’s the memory of the 46th president that prompts genuine

concern.

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ty — and that some of these other sites were free — are unfounded and untrue.

Further supporting the usage of this site was that the Carefree Water Company had an existing utility easement and existing water infrastructure at this specific location.

Working cooperatively with the previous Boulders HOA directors, the Carefree Water Company agreed to locate the reservoir as far away from existing residences as possible, to bury the reservoir underground and landscape over and around it. In essence, maintain the open desert appearance from any nearby residence.

The Carefree Water Company and the town are faced with the criticism from some of the residents of the Boulders that the town is not representing them if the water company did not abandon the reasoned plans of the professional engineers and place the reservoir in another location.

We should all realize that no decision in a democracy is 100 to 0. Where were these Boulders residents when the hundreds of residents from south and west Carefree came forward in person and/or in letters during the last four years?

Further, the primary issue in the last two Carefree elections was about the integration of all of Carefree’s residents

into the Carefree Water Company system, and the candidates in support of this action won overwhelmingly, and the others lost. This is what a community’s elected leaders promised to do and what is being delivered. It is responsive government.

We have requested the professional engineers a number of times now to revisit and re-examine their recommended site for the reservoir. We asked them if there was any other site that could meet the established criteria. Their answer kept coming back the same. No. To move the site elsewhere would decrease the effectiveness and functionality of the entire Carefree Water system and increase costs. And any increased costs would necessarily need to be funded by all Carefree users of this system, including the 85%-plus who don’t live in the Boulders.

Whether it is my role on council or the water company, my fiduciary duty and that of all of the other elected and appointed officials, is to the broader good of the Carefree community. The proposed plans to build a buried freshwater reservoir in an existing utility easement adjacent to Tom Darlington is the best site from a functional perspective, most financially feasible that mitigates future impacts to water rates and would cause the least disruption to the neighborhood.

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KUMA’S GREAT ADVENTURES

Goldwater Lake Prescott TOLD BY KUMA AND WRITTEN BY LORRAINE BOSSÉ-SMITH Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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ow! June marked six years since my family and I moved to Phoenix.

How time flies! I’m 12, and this is the longest I’ve ever lived in one place. You would think I have seen it all but nope! Surprise — a new discovery.

We got up early to beat the traffic and headed north on I-17. We were also seeking a cooler place since temps here in the valley are brutal. It is summer! We took the turnoff for Prescott or Arizona State Route 69 west and

followed it to Gurley Street. We passed the turnoff for Lynx Lake. Where were we going?

At Gurley Street, we took a left onto the Senator Highway. We’ve hiked off this road before, but mom said we were going to another lake.

Oh boy! I hoped this one had water.

Off of the Senator Highway, there’s a sign for Goldwater Lake on the right. Turn into the parking lot and be prepared to pay $3 per vehicle. We arrived pretty early, and it was already busy. There are several parking lots, though, so it can accommodate bunches of people.

Although Goldwater Lake is much smaller than Lynx Lake, it had more water. Appar-

Kuma takes a cool dip in Goldwater Lake. (Photo by Lorraine Bossé-Smith) ently, it is below normal levels, but it looked pretty full to us. The lake is named after Barry Goldwater, a five-term senator from Arizona and the Republican Party nominee for U.S. president in 1964. I think he would be quite proud of this place because it is laid out well. There are picnic tables throughout and around the lake, a boat ramp, a kid’s jungle gym play area, and a volleyball court.

And yes, there are a couple sets of human restrooms. Dogs are welcome but on leash.

Lots of folks were fishing for trout, catfish and bass. We only saw one person catch a small one. When it gets hot, the fish dive down deep — so my dad tells me. I guess that is why there were bunches of people out in the middle of the lake in kayaks. Humans can go on the lake but can’t go in it. Sorry humans, no swimming.

As for me, I loved the shaded trail and took a dip in the lake the first chance I got.

The trail is easy but doesn’t go completely around the lake. It’s an out and back, for a total of, maybe, 2 miles. Other trail systems connect to the lake, so you could make a longer hike if you wanted. You’ll get a map upon paying the $3. We came for the shade and cooler temps, so after our hike, we found a nice spot to have a picnic.

It was still relatively quiet, and we watched

the birds flying around. Mom and dad brought a hammock and their books, and I settled in, taking everything in. There was a nice breeze that kept us quite comfortable.

As the day progressed, the temperatures rose. It was nearly 100 in Prescott. Good grief. More and more people arrived as well, and it started to get pretty noisy. We took that as our cue, packed it up and headed back out. Even with traffic, we were home within 1 1/2 hours. Can’t beat that!

Back home, it was hot. Mom and dad hit the pool, and I watched. I don’t do pools. I mean why bother when I can take a dip in a cool, mountain lake? Call me a snob. Whatever. Goldwater Lake gets five stars. It’s packs a lot in and is ideal for all ages and stages. Have you been? I can now say I have, and we’ll be back. Stay hydrated during this heat.

My mom, Lorraine Bossé-Smith, is kind enough to help me share my Great Adventures, big and small. My mom is a motivational speaker, corporate trainer, executive recruiter, business consultant, coach, fitness expert, and author of nine published books. More importantly, she’s the best doggy mom ever.

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Barnhart: Born with form

BY SHEA STANFIELD Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

M

eret Oppenheim, a member of the Surrealist movement, once observed, “Every notion is born along with its form. I make reality of ideas as they come into my head.”

Fast forward to 2021. There’s a very modern, cutting-edge surrealist here in Cave Creek.

Karen Chatfield Barnhart has a natural talent for harnessing her wildest imaginings and spinning them into reality with the skill of an enchantress. Born in Milwaukee, she and her family moved to Southern California when she was 7 years old.

The sun and surf pumped up the young Barnhart’s imagination and she took to coloring outside the lines of her coloring books and executing death defying rope swinging tricks from a jungle gym.

“No doubt this might explain why I am the way I am,” Barnhart with a laugh.

She cites her influences as Henri Rosseau, David Hockney, Keith Haring and Oaxacan Wood Carving. Considering her list, she added, “If once a month you could trade brains with another artist, I would add Michael DeMeng, Heather Campbell or Fred Tieken.”

Barnhart attended UCSD leaving with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts. Since then, she fuels her creative side taking workshops with Michael DeMeng (michaeldemeng. com) in Oaxaca.

Through the years, Barnhart has honed her left and right sides of her brain in jobs with the likes of Home Federal Savings & Loan in its instructional media department, making management training presentations.

This resulted in an assignment as assistant to the vice president of marketing at the Hilton Hotel Corp. in Beverly Hills.

“No, I never met Paris Hilton. She was just a baby then and had other places to go and people to see,” she said.

Barnhart moved back to Encinitas, married and started her own graphic design business. It was there she discovered owning a business was not what it was cracked up to be.

“I worked all the time and never slept,” she said.

Her husband at the time was the promo-

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tions director at a San Diego classic rock station, and she worked on promotional materials for the station. She likens this time as “glory days,” to quote Bruce Springsteen.

“Movie premieres, event appearances, backstage meet and greets and wild and crazy rock ‘n’ roll escapades,” she said.

After 20 years of what “Kiss the Sky” by Karen Chatfield Barnhart.

Barnhart calls, “Hard labor in self-employment,” she worked around and hits me on gis, South Dakota. for an advertising agency as the head,” Barnhart said.

A “maker,” as Barnhart refers to herself, is the senior graphic designer for “Born to Be a Buckaroo” by “Recently, I have been a member of the Sonoran Arts League. Look the SDGE account, creating the Karen Chatfield Barnhart. reading about aestheti- for her mixed-media, found-object pieces monthly gas and electric bill (Photos courtesy of Karen cism, which seems to sum are on display in several of the league’s upChatfield Barnhart) inserts. up my approach to art — coming exhibits.

This was followed by a stint as “The term mixed media takes into acart for art’s sake.” the communications director and assistant Barnhart’s creations are reminiscent of count my metal, jewelry, sewing, electronto the general manager at an upscale coun- Steampunk, a concept she shares with her ics, woodworking, wire, clay, paint and try club. At this, point Barnhart’s creative artist husband, also known as Vandegraaff found objects,” Barnhart said. “yellow brick road” took a turn toward Ar- Gearheardt (v-gearheardt.com). The couple Contact Barnhart at chatbarn@gmail.com. izona. has enjoyed enormous success exhibiting in Her work, “The Reality of Her Ideas,” can also One afternoon while golfing in Rancho Palm Springs, New York, Santa Fe and Stur- viewed on Pinterest.

Santa Fe, California, with a mysterious stranger, Barnhart and her husband were told there was an astonishingly affordable lifestyle in Anthem.

She could purchase a home for less than $1 million. Skeptical, they investigated this on Zillow. However, they moved to Cave Creek.

“I had high hopes of channeling the artisB A P T I S T C H U R C H tic spirit of Georgia O’Keeffe.” But this hasn’t happened in quite the same way.

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BY BRIDGETTE M. REDMAN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

S

halom Harlow, a Canadian actress and model, once said, “When I first saw tap dancing, I immediately got it: the righteousness of being able to make so much noise with your feet.”

Sherry Henderson and Jackie Hammond can relate to that sentiment. Henderson is directing “Singin’ in the. Rain Jr.” at Hammond’s Musical Theatre of Anthem from Thursday, July 29, to Saturday, July 31.

Doing a large tap show at MTA was their dream until they performed “42nd Street” in 2014. To pull that off, Harlow created a tap program for children and adults. Even Hammond took the classes. Once the kids tapped for a year, they performed in “42nd Street.”

However, they haven’t done another tapheavy show. When Hammond approached Henderson about “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.,” she jumped at the chance.

“Singin’ in the Rain” began its life as a 1952 musical film, an American romantic comedy directed and choreographed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. Kelly, famous for his tap dancing and athletic dance style, cast himself, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen and Donald O’Connor in the film. Rita Moreno makes an appearance, too. It is now ranked as one of the greatest musical films.

In it, Kelly’s character, Don, is a silent movie star who dances and does stunts.

The studio publicizes that he is in love with his leading lady, Lina, whom he barely even likes. He then meets Kathy, a stage actress.

The musical treats upon the transition of silent movies to “talkies,” as well as being a love story. Lina’s voice is not fit for talkies, so they get Kathy to dub her voice while Lina lip syncs.

Luring into musical theater Henderson’s love of tap dancing goes way back. She and her identical twin sister have

been tap dancers since they were young.

Their mom frequently woke them in the middle of the night to watch tap musicals on television.

“We were big fans of Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers,” Henderson said. “I loved Debbie Reynolds.”

It was a mix that drew her to “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” YOUTH “It basically has some of the greatest songs in musical theater history and it has tap dancing. What isn’t to love?” Henderson said. “It’s really fun doing this because it is back to drawing out what seems to be a special skill. Tap dancing was so popular during this time.”

She said she’d love to see tap make a comeback. While there are signs it is growing in popularity, dance competitions never see tap dancers in the finals.

“Tap dancing is a special skill, something you have to work really hard for,” Henderson said. “It has instant gratification: You hear the sound.”

Looking good Henderson stepped into the role of director, having tap and musical theater backgrounds. She also studied acrobatics, which lends itself well to pieces in the show like “Make ‘Em Laugh.”

“I have a specialty of making nondancers look like dancers,” Henderson said. “We’ll just make this show a great tap show whether we have strong tappers or not.”

Hammond encourages MTA youth to get involved in “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” and to embrace its tap elements. That encouragement has raised the excitement level, she said.

The show is a junior show and will feature young people ages 12 to 19.

For a show with rain in the title, the set designer decided to make it so that it will actually rain on stage. The apparatus for that takes up a lot of the backstage area, so other pieces will likely be flown in rather than

rolling in.

It is something that Henderson hopes will be exciting for the audience.

MTA has strong draw for artists Henderson moved to Georgia six years ago, but the program at MTA draws her back to direct a show every summer. The reasons for the yearly trek are simple.

“It is Jackie and the kids,” Henderson said. “The staff is amazing, but Jackie is the reason why I started directing. She believed in me. I never thought I could direct a show, but she said, ‘You can.’ She gave me the opportunity and opened so many doors for me.”

She has high praise for Hammond and MTA’s philosophy of theater that welcomes all kids.

“She is such an amazing advocate for theater and these kids that love it,” Henderson said. “I just love the feeling I get when I walk into MTA. It’s always been like my second home, truly.”

Musical transports audiences back in time “Singin’ in the Rain Jr.” is designed to be a vehicle transporting the performers and audiences back in time to the 1920s. As a director, Henderson said she will work with the kids to exorcise contemporary move-

ments and behaviors, because she wants the performers to feel like they are back in the 1920s.

While it is set a century ago, Henderson emphasizes that the show is for the old and the young.

“I think that the kids should be coming with their parents and their grandparents,” Henderson said. “It will take the older folk back to a generation they remember, or their grandparents might have remembered.”

Doing so, she feels, helps theater to grow. When kids come to see a show that they like, they are more likely to join theater and not be afraid of trying something new, of learning to be expressive on stage, of memorizing a script and learning choreography.

“I encourage people to come see the show,” Henderson said. “Share it with kids who love watching and maybe want to be a part of that.”

“Singin’ in the Rain Jr.”

When: Various times Thursday, July 29, to Saturday, July 31 Where: Musical Theatre of Anthem, 42201 N. 41st Drive, Suite B100, Anthem Cost: Tickets are $25 Info: musicalthatreofanthem.org

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