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‘Sore thumb’ may bring housing, parking BY SARAH DONAHUE Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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fter four failed attempts from other developers, the Cave Creek Town Council voted 5-2, approving an application to change a current land use designation near the town core from desert rural to commercial use. Council members Paul Diefenderfer and Kathryn Royer voted “no,” and the rest of the members voted “yes” during the October 19 town hall meeting, which was conducted in person and streamed online.
Cave Creek resident Paul Sharpe is the developer whose application received approval from the council. He voiced plans of possibly developing a mix of parking areas and affordable multifamily homes. The parcel he applied to change is approximately 5.54 acres of land and is located west of Vermeersch Road and south of Desert Awareness Park. “I have a pretty good understanding of multiresidential development and in Downtown Cave Creek—I’ve always been intrigued by this parcel,” Sharpe said while addressing the council.
Sharpe said he is an experienced developer and brought up how he was behind the redesign of Village at Surrey Hills in Cave Creek as well as the development of the Village of Carefree Conference Resort. He mentioned how Planning Director Luke Kautzman previously pointed out how this particular piece of land “sticks out like a sore thumb on a zoning map.” “In a sea of red, there’s this little white parcel that’s surrounded by town core commercial, and I believe that it’s an
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year, but it will look a little different from past years. “There will be quite a bit that is changed, not in terms of the tree itself,” said JoAnn Truax, the shopping center’s regional asset manager. She said the mall usually hosts concerts that would attract 10,000 to 15,000 people. However, because of COVID-19, and the safety concerns that come with it, they won’t be held this year. “We are working on a plan to light the tree that’s still commemorative but COVID-19 safe. We don’t have that all wired yet, but we will,” Truax said. But other than that, nothing else has changed. The tree will still receive endless hours of smothering attention, as it is decorated from top to bottom—a process that Truax said takes about 10 days to complete. “Last year, we also added on top of all of (the regular decorations), additional LED lights that is a light show. So, every evening on the half-hour there will be a 7-minute light show put to music,” Truax said. “So, we call it, ‘The tree will dance.’” Besides the ceremonial decorations, gallons and gallons of fire retardant will cover the tree, which was dismantled for travel. “To travel (from the California-Oregon border), branches would break off,” Truax explained. “So (the company that transports the tree) strategically cut the branches off and (brought) them.” Once the tree is in place, the branch-
es are then reattached perfectly, and no one would ever know. “It’s like building a tree, but it’s all live,” Truax said. Besides making sure the tree looks full and the branches are each carefully reattached, the decorations also go through an inspection process. “The decorations are stored with the company that installs the tree,” Truax said. “So, what happens is there’s a crew right now going through all of the thousands of decorative pieces and assessing what needs to be replaced in anticipation of the tree. And then they will bring those decorations out with the tree.” But why does a massive white fir from the California-Oregon border make this journey to Arizona to be decorated and admired by many every year? “We happen to have a company owner who likes to go big,” she said. “He likes to make a splash. He likes to do things that people aren’t necessarily going to see in other places. So, especially in Arizona, we don’t get to see too many pine trees unless you go north. To be able to provide the state with the tallest, fresh-cut, live tree, it’s a win for everybody,” Truax said. Because all good things must come to an end, the handsome tree will be removed within the first 10 days of January. And once the tree has lived out its life in the courtyard at Outlets at Anthem and enough people have taken their Christmas pictures in front of it, it will take its leave the same way it made its dramatic entrance—by industrial crane and 40-
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Foothills Caring Corps golf tourney canceled BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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appropriate parcel for potentially helping to solve the parking problem Downtown and also for some multifamily residential, which is also needed in Cave Creek,” Sharpe said. While his general plan amendment application was approved, this is only the first administrative step. He must still apply and get approved for whatever he intends to develop, council members emphasized. This came after the planning commission voted unanimously on August 20 to recommend the approval of amending the land use map of the town core’s specific area plan, which is contained within the town of Cave Creek’s general plan. Before the council voted on the item, a few members of the community voiced concerns about the possible development. Cave Creek resident Larry Johnson said there is such thing as properties with “insurmountable problems which make them worthless. This is one.”
The biggest issue brought up was about ingress and egress—or, in other words, access points—to the development. “You can’t get to the property through The Roadhouse, you can’t get to the property through Vermeersch, you can’t go around and come back down across the wash across Vermeersch—so it’s landlocked in essence,” Johnson explained. He also questioned whether Sharpe intended to get a nearby building condemned so he could be granted access. “It’s a worthless piece of property,” Johnson said to the council and the developer. “It’s not up to you to fix it. Just deny it.” Councilman Robert Morris said he had also received an email from a nearby local business owner. The business owner also questioned where access points for the potential development would go, as Vermeersch Road can’t offer an adequate right of way due to its size. Sharpe said he is aware of the issue and that, “If I didn’t think I could solve
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it, I wouldn’t be here. “I would never come to council and say, ‘I need you to condemn some piece of land for me to proceed,’” Sharpe said. “You can put that on the record right now, I don’t need to do that.” He added that he can solve the ingress and egress problems at the appropriate time and that he will present the solutions when he applies for a rezone. Diefenderfer said he’d be more comfortable voting “yes” if residents of the nearby neighborhood had gotten more involved in the process and that he’d like to “get their input on it before we start down this road.” “There’s a lot of opposition in the past, and I don’t see that any efforts been made to try and work with the neighbors,” he said. While there may be plans for potential solutions, “I would really like to see some of that before approving this, and I think we’re doing it backward.” Other council members voiced optimism about making something good out of this particular piece of land. Councilwoman Susan Clancy said
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Foothills Food Bank seeks Adopt-a-Family sponsors BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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oothills Food Bank & Resource Center seeks donors to brighten the holiday season for children, families and seniors as part of the food bank’s 18th annual Adopt-a-Family program. Foothills Food Bank is working with more than a dozen local organizations and churches to provide gifts, holiday meals and hope for those in crisis in the community. “The food bank is accepting family games and gift cards to afford families the flexibility to pay a bill or purchase toys for children,” said Pam DiPietro, executive director for Foothills Food Bank. Individual donors as well as donor groups, such as businesses, HOAs, churches and schools, are encouraged to participate in this year’s Adopt-a-Family program. Interested donors determine the size of the family they are willing to adopt. Monetary donations also are accepted to support the program; however, no wrapped gifts. Checks are payable to Foothills Food Bank, and donations can be placed through foothillsfoodbank.com. All gifts and donations are tax deductible according to tax laws. Gifts will be available by December 10. Interested donors can visit foothillsfoodbank.com to sign up before November 30. For information about the 2020
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Cave Creek Museum appoints Johnson interim director BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
and streamline production. That’s really what I do best.” Johnson stepped down from her position as a member of the board of directors to assume the responsibilities of interim executive director effective October 19. The museum will open on November 18 for the 202021 season. “We anticipate great things ahead,” said Vince D’Aliesio, the board of directors’ president. He added that the leadership is strong with Bill Kosanke, interim vice president; Bill Oelman, treasurer; and board members Frank Tyrol and Reg Monachino. “The museum staff has been reorganized and downsized, effective immediately, due to the extended effects of the public health crisis. We should note that key members of our team have been retained,”
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ongtime desert foothills resident and producer Suzanne Johnson wasn’t sure what to think when the Cave Creek Museum asked her to become the landmark’s interim executive director. She holds museum employees and patrons in the highest regard. “They’re different than the arts world,” said Johnson, who produced the documentary “Cave Creek Uncovered.” “It’s all nonprofit. Nonprofits have to have a business sensibility. I thought, ‘What do I know about museums?’ But I’m surrounded by people who know museums. I just have to try to make sense of procedures
Suzanne Johnson stepped down from her position as a member of the Cave Creek Museum’s board of directors to assume the responsibilities of interim executive director. (Submitted photo)
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D’Aliesio said. Those staying are Remington Pettus as museum program coordinator and Elizabeth Kapp as museum curator. “With the unfortunate issues surrounding COVID and fundraising taking a bit of a dive, we should be OK in that we’ve got a lot of exciting things coming up as we navigate through this,” D’Aliesio said. “It’s neat because Suzanne was the board vice president and in the community for over 40 years. She knows everybody in town. She’s like Norm from ‘Cheers.’ She doesn’t have any enemies, from what I noticed. She’s just that type of person.” Having Johnson in the interim executive director position will allow further transparency between the board and staff, he added. “We already work well together,” he said. “I got involved with the museum because of her. She was the principal architect at the Gerry Jones
home tour. My home was on the tour. “She was great to work with. She pulled me into the board. We have a great relationship all the way around. There is a small group of people who really care about the museum. We all have a stake in the museum’s survival and prosperity. Suzanne’s a key part of that.” Once the permanent executive director is named, she’ll resume her duties as board vice president, he said. “As we navigate through this tough YOU economic time, her doing it is much TO BE more critical because of her outreach skills,” D’Aliesio said. “The plan is for her to step away the minute we’re in a position to hire an executive director permanently, which will be sometime in 2021. “The key is to find somebody who works well with people in the community, can do outreach and can understand the Cave Creek Museum. It doesn’t have to be someone who’s an expert in the museum world. It’s such a different animal.
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It’s a small community that is driven so hard by the people who live in the community. It runs on such a community-driven initiative that it has to be somebody who is in touch with that, which is Suzanne. She’s a temporary fixture until that position is filled.” Johnson is recognized Valleywide for her dedicated and innovative approach to civic and nonprofit fundraising, and documentary filmmaking and publishing. D’Aliesio recently introduced her as “one of those exceptional people who can retain historical and artistic perspective while encouraging a move into the future.” Johnson’s professional achievements, through community collaborations and her company Gnosis Media, include the Cave Creek Museum’s Gerry Jones Exhibit, Lecture and Tour 2019; “Cowboys Don’t Do Lunch - The Photographs of Herb Cohen” 2018; Desert Foothills Library “Conversation Chronicles” 2014; Cave Creek Film & Arts Festi-
val; Taste of Cave Creek; Cave Creek Oral History; Habitat for Humanity; BMO/Harris “Brilliant at the Basics” and Desert Foothills Film Festival. “I look at this opportunity at the museum as something that’s administrative,” Johnson said. “Many people don’t know it exists. It’s my job to make people aware it’s out there and turn everybody into a stakeholder. “It’s a viable and valid historical repository. I do know the importance of a good board and people buying in. We’re one of a handful of very important 501(c)(3)s in the community. We’re all dipping from the same well. I’m hoping to find ways to collaborate and work together.” Cave Creek Museum
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Lock your doors; pour a drink. It’s Halloween BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist
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through his maze of horror, they usually come out screaming with a maniac chasing them with a chainsaw. Oh yeah, Halloween is one long scream. Boo! Are you a little bit frightened? Better get with the program, because there are lots of reasons to be afraid. Halloween in the era of coronavirus has taken on new meaning. Skeletons hanging with spray bottles marked “bleach” or, better yet, with signs attached to them that say “I forgot to wear my mask” are signs of 2020. Plus, there are costumes resembling certain politicians made to look like demons! Halloween has always been closely associated with the dead. Starting in the fifth century, “All-Saints Day” was an observance in honor of saints with one weird twist—it was also the day that disembodied spirits came back to possess the living. The poor spirits had only one chance of an afterlife, and that was to intermingle
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een! I did see an awesome display of a witch propped against a shopping cart, filled with toilet paper. Oh yeah, try as we might, the shadow of COVID-19 still seems to haunt us. Enjoy the day of devils, ghosts and witches. Eat candy. Watch the kids as they stroll up your walkway in their scary costumes. If you see witches congregating, pour yourself a stiff drink, eat more candy and lock your doors. Boo—until next time. 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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Sunday after Election Day, I wrote: “This nation, this state, this Valley, is not divided by race alone. We are divided by gender, education, income, religion and, more than anything else, by molten anger, a lava-hot rage that, in the end, consumed the 2016 election whole.” Today, that rage is even hotter and there’s more of it. This has me thinking back to election 2008, to a beautiful speech made by the last politician I dared love, the late Sen. John McCain. He had only just learned that he would never live his dream of being president, that he had lost to Barack Obama. McCain took the stage at the Arizona Biltmore and spoke of his disappointment, his opponent, his country. “Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed. No doubt many of those differences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the
many challenges we face. “I urge all Americans who supported me to join me in not just congratulating him but offering our next president our goodwill and earnest effort to find ways to come together, to find the necessary compromises, to bridge our differences and help restore our prosperity, defend our security in a dangerous world, and leave our children and grandchildren a stronger, better country than we inherited. “Whatever our differences, we are fellow Americans. And please believe me when I say no association has ever meant more to me than that.” Can you imagine either side saying the above and meaning it in 2020? Can you imagine either victorious camp accepting the extended hand with grace and sincerity? Me neither. But maybe that’s because some of us still miss the days when we were Americans first and everything else came second. Those days will be a little farther in the rearview mirror after this election, mark my words.
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ince Levi Conlow and Robby Deziel founded Lectric eBikes in May 2019, the 24-year-olds have taken the electric bike market by storm. The company recently opened its first showroom, in Deer Valley, that features its original electric XP bike as well as the newer step-thru version. The showroom is in front of its warehouse. “The showroom has been in the conversation for a while now,” Conlow said. “We want a place to interact with our customers and allow them to put a face to the brand, and that tangible connection that you can make with a customer is very important.” Previously, the duo worked out of their North Phoenix warehouse, and before that a “garage in a crummy little place,” Conlow said. “As we grew progressively, that number of people requesting (a test ride) has really just been barreling down on us, so we just decid-
ed that this is a nice service for our customers and this is something that fortunately had a very high diversion rate,” Conlow said. Heading the showroom is manager Luke Johnson. “Not long ago we were just a team of about seven or eight, and now there is about 20 of us,” Conlow said. “We are just growing very quickly.” Johnson is charged with running the test rides through the showroom that are scheduled online or through one of the customer service representatives. “Once they book an appointment, they get a notification with our warehouse address and where to go,” Johnson said. “They will pull up to our location and the first thing that they see when they walk in the door is my smiling face and our bright neon Lectric eBikes sign—it’s really a cool touch.” To personalize the test ride experience, Johnson then asks: “Where are you coming from? How will our bike fill your needs? What are you looking for with and e-bike?” “Let’s say a couple shows up. I will take
each person on each test ride individually,” Johnson said. “The reason being is that most husbands like to ride a little faster than the wives, and the wives like to start a little bit slower with the pedal assist and just get used to the feel of the bike right away. Each individual test ride is specifically made for each test rider.” The showroom offers something for all five senses, including the neon sign; music playing in the background; water in the fridge; and a comfortable room temperature. “The customer experience is something that you wouldn’t experience in a typical retail location,” Johnson said. “It’s all personalized and suited to each customer’s needs.” Initially Johnson was conducting socially distanced test rides every hour throughout the day, but because of the high demand he now does test rides every 45 minutes. “We’re still practicing social distancing, and we’re still only allowing one rider per their allotted time period, but we are fitting more into the schedule that way,” Johnson said. Masks are required in the building, but
they can be removed while riding the bike outside on the test ride. Hand sanitizer is also available throughout the showroom, and each bike is wiped down with Clorox wipes. “Our bikes are highly sought after, and we have waiting lists sometimes as long as 14 weeks and all that nonsense,” Conlow said. “It’s a really cool problem to have, but it’s still a problem.” According to Conlow, while the rest of the electric bike market has been down because of the pandemic, revenue has been significantly increased. “Our October compared to last October, we are up 650%,” Conlow said. “It started off as a snowball effect, and now it feels like there’s rockets attached to the back of it.” That’s because of the deal the company offers to people who come into the Deer Valley showroom. “If someone really wants to get riding, they actually have an opportunity to come into our showroom, do a test ride and then
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and we make that available to customers out of the Phoenix showroom.” People drive upward of eight to nine hours to test ride the bikes. “They don’t only save money on these scratch and dents, but they also save time from shipping,” Johnson said. “Right now, the shipping time is right around three weeks for a new bike.” The savings on purchasing a scratch-anddent bike is equal to between $70 to $130 off from the initial $899 for a new bike.
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hile enjoying the view of the desert mountain landscape from her bed, Madison Hosea gave birth to a healthy baby boy, marking a milestone moment for the firsttime mother, the new hospital and the future growth of the North Valley. Braxton was born October 13 and was the first baby delivered in the new HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center, which opened for patient care on September 23. Because the North Valley hospital is still in its opening phases, North Valley native Hosea was able to re-
ceive care from five nurses to help make her delivery experience go as smoothly as possible. “It was just the most perfect birth I could have asked for,” Hosea said. “So many amazing nurses and doctors that came in to check on us. The room itself—with the huge windows and the pretty view—I felt like I was giving birth at a resort in Vegas.” The new hospital was designed for maximum patient comfort. Before patients enter the lobby, they are greeted with ambient music in the parking lot. Once patients enter the hospital, their eyes are met with abundant natural light and beautiful art pieces from local
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Greg Douglass still cares about music 50 years in BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
Greg Douglass admitted he’s nervous about his Saturday, October 31, show in the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion in Carefree. Still on edge after 50 years in the business is definitely a good thing, he explained. It means he still cares. The free “Halloween Maskerade” features Douglass—who played with the Steve Miller Band, Hot Tuna, Greg Kihn Band—who headlines at 6 p.m. Earlier in the day are Kevin Causey at 1 p.m.; The Sarah James Project at 2 p.m.; Glade F. Wilson at 3 p.m.; Big T—Tom Brady and Mike Assad at 4 p.m., and Laura Joy at 5 p.m. Social distanced seating, within the openair Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion, is provided and expanded patio seating is available at nearby restaurants. Guests can bring their own chairs and set up within the Carefree Desert Gardens. Masks—the more creative the better—are required. “This is going to be a much different experience for me,” Douglass said. “Usually when I do acoustic sets, it’s a half hour or maybe 45 minutes. This is going to be 90 minutes to two hours. “I’m putting a lot of extra time in making sure that I can keep people’s attention focused for that time period. It’s a different dynamic playing for a seated audience. I’m going to be spending a fair amount of time talking about my career and things that have happened—stories about working with these incredible musicians and my experiences.” Douglass played with the Greg Kihn Band, which was best known for the hits “Jeopardy” and “The Breakup Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em).” “The first song I cut with them in the studio was ‘Jeopardy,’” he recalled. “The day it became No. 1, they looked at me and said, ‘You are the good luck charm for the band.’ It was a really exciting time. I had never been an equal member of a band. I’d always been a sideman. “The band was pretty wacky. It was one of the few bands I’ve worked with where we lived up to the hard-partying image of a typical rock ’n’ roll band. We were drinking in the
hotel bar one night and I was hitting on the bartender, a really pretty young girl. She was not happy about the whole situation. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, our keyboard player walked down in his bathrobe with nothing on underneath it to have a final night cap. The office got a letter the next week from the home office of this hotel chain saying not only were we banned from staying at that hotel, we were banned from staying at any hotel in the hotel chain. “I had that framed in my room for years.” The Greg Kihn Band was one of the first MTV acts. After the video broke and its visibility was increased, the band began selling out shows worldwide. “Everything tied in together,” he said. “For instance, we played a show where Blondie headlined, Elvis Costello was second, we were third on the bill and a little band called Duran Duran (opened). “They came on and there was just nothing. No response from the audience, except a few ‘Get off the stage.’ Then ‘Rio’ came out and that was a fabulous video. That was a 4-minute movie, beautifully photographed, and after that, they just took off.” Working with the Steve Miller Band was a different experience, he said. Shortly after Douglass was hired, he co-wrote the hit “Jungle Love.” “I co-wrote it with Steve’s bass player when Steve was finishing ‘Book of Dreams.’ He said, ‘God, I don’t have a rocker on there. I don’t have a crazy rock ’n’ roll song.’ “That’s when Lonnie Turner, who’s the bass player who has since passed on, took a cassette out of his pocket and Steve heard it and as he put it to me, ‘I heard the opening guitar part and it took the top of my head right off.’ He called me at home and said, ‘Look, I want to do your guys’ song. Can you get here yesterday?’” He “flew” over there, set up his amp, and in two takes the song was done. Some of these stories may be found in Douglass’ autobiography, which he is writing during the pandemic. The book will revisit “the good, the bad and the ugly,” he said. “Being 71 years old, I have some perspective,”
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were ready, Coffman said. They evaluated her, determined that she was in labor and moved her to one of the large, beautiful rooms on the third-floor delivery department. From there she was admitted and progressed especially quickly for a first-time mom, Coffman said. The clinicians positioned her bed right in front of the window so Hosea could enjoy the beautiful view of the sunset and desert mountains while she delivered, Coffman said. “She was really excited,” Coffman said. “They loved the room. They said they had a great experience with the staff and the staff had a great experience with her, too.” This exciting milestone symbolizes not only the hospital’s growth but also the growth of the North Valley as a whole. “Sonoran Crossing was really built to capture the community needs up in the Northwest Valley,” Coffman said. “A lot of planning has gone into place over the last several years to bring what the community needs—and they really found that the community really needs a labor
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and delivery unit. “There’s a lot of young families—so this was just the start of what we think is going to be a very busy labor and delivery unit. We’re going to have lots of babies.” Over the years, Hosea said she’s seen the tremendous growth of her community of Anthem as well as the entire North
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HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, Coffman said. “It’s just so exciting to be a part of something so amazing,” Coffman said. “It’s historical really for HonorHealth. We haven’t had a new obstetric department since 1984.” The hospital’s scope is low-risk deliveries, she said. If significant complications arise during delivery, mothers can be transferred to sister facilities, like HonorHealth’s Shea campus, which has a level-three NICU. Sonoran Crossing is able to deliver babies and treat pregnancy complications as needed; however, the hospital cannot take scheduled patients and births until they’ve been fully accredited, Coffman said. This means that hospital accreditation officials must survey the facility and assure that all standards and patient safety is accounted for. Once that process is over, then the hospital will be able to obtain private payer insurance contracts where patients can be billed for scheduled patient services like C-sections and inductions, she said. “We’re ready to take care of all the mamas out here. We’re just waiting.”
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New marriage comedy coming to Starlight’s stage BY BRIDGETTE M. REDMAN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer
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oly Matrimony” has had a long journey to arrive at the stage of Starlight Community Theater. The winner of the 2019 Playwrighting Contest, sponsored each year by the theater company, “Holy Matrimony” was written 30 years ago by playwright Daniel Marburger. He typed it on a typewriter, and while it was a finalist in a national playwrighting contest, it had never been produced and was still available only on hard copy. When he was down to a single hard copy, he decided he’d better transcribe it— which allowed him edit it. “Over the years, I would reread it and think, ‘I don’t like this line, it’s too long,’ or, ‘I don’t care for this choice of words,’” Marburger said. “A week or two after I transcribed it, I found the (Starlight) competition. So, at
long last, I’m going to get to see it performed.” Starlight is planning to stage this show live in its theater Friday, November 13, to Sunday, November 15, with streaming available for those who don’t feel comfortable coming to the theater. A maximum of 40 people will be in the 86-person theater. Every other row is being blocked out, and there will be at least two seats between each party who makes reservations. The play is staged so that the actors will be 2 feet back from the front of the stage. The closest actors will be well beyond the 6-feet mark. “Holy Matrimony” is a three-act comedy that follows a couple through 44 years of their married life. It starts in 1939 and ends in 1982, which was about when the play was written. The first act shows them on their honeymoon, the second act has them celebrating their 25th anniversary, and in the third act
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they are talking about their forced retirement. All of the scenes take place at the same hotel suite at a resort. “What still makes this relevant is that it really focuses on the relations between the two people,” said Dan Ashlock, Starlight’s artistic director and co-director with Susan Gibson for this show. “In today’s world, especially in 2020, with so many people being quarantined or isolated, being forced to spend every waking moment with their spouse or partner, the relationship of Donald and Betty, the two characters in the show, really lends itself to almost holding up a mirror to each person and asking, ‘Do I do these things? Do I act this way? Do we solve our problems this way?’” The two actors in the show are Paul Hartwell (Donald) and Harleigh Irizarry (Betty). They will both wear clear masks with flesh-colored straps, a design Starlight borrowed from the Musical Theatre of Anthem. They’ll be miked under the
mask. Rehearsals for the first three weeks were done remotely, and the last three weeks brought the six-person cast and crew together. “It will be really good for us to social distance and remain positive health,” Ashlock said. It helps, Ashlock added, that these characters, while married, are not the touchyfeely type and there are very few times that they have to touch. “It’s not like a love story where you’re watching two people who can’t live without holding hands or embracing the whole time they are talking,” Ashlock said. Marburger first wrote the play when he was single and in his mid-to-late 20s. It was a play that was aspirational and based on long-lasting marriages he’d witnessed and what they have to do to survive. “What I was thinking, something I believe, is that marriages can be salvaged,”
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‘AZ Creates!’ web series for November BY LAURIE FAGEN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer
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Marburger said. “The irony is that five or six years later, I got married for 17 years and I got divorced. It was not my choice, not my vote. My sentiment (from the play) is one I still have as someone who is divorced.” It is the arc of the couple’s marriage that Ashlock finds likeable and entertaining. The play begins when they are ages 19 and 21. It then goes through when they are in the 40s and then when they are in their 60s. It is something he works with both his actors—making sure they understand the differences in how people move and sound when they are at different ages. “I really like the ability to work with these actors to have continuity between the characters between decades,” Ashlock said. “They’re the same people when they’re in each of the three time spans, but they are different in the ways we all age, mature and develop. We take on different traits. We’re basically the same throughout our entire life, just our circumstances and our relationships kind of shape how we man-
ifest (our personality traits) throughout our lifetime.” Ashlock has encouraged his actors to watch videos of people at different ages as well as watching people who are currently the ages of the characters throughout the play’s three acts. They’ll use wigs to help with age and to create the time periods. What people looked like in the 30s is different from the 60s and the 80s, Ashlock points out, and the wigs will help define those eras. He also said there is a difference between being in your 60s now in 2020 than there was in 1980, when there were not as many medical and technological advantages, and people were closer to death in their 60s than they are now. It is something he is working with his actors to be able to portray. In addition to the two actors, Ashlock said the third character in the play is resort’s hotel suite. It is first the site of their honeymoon, their 25th anniversary celebration and where they go to “celebrate” their retirement. While they can’t change the walls, they will move around furniture in each act,
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changing bedspreads and wall decorations to fit the style of each decade. Hartwell and Irizarry have appeared on Starlight’s stage many times. Hartwell was last seen as Syd in the “The Pajama Game” in 2019, and Irizarry was in the teen cast of “Murder in the Air.” Irizarry, who is now 19, has been doing shows with Starlight since she was 10. “They are both really excellent actors and take their craft very seriously,” Ashlock said. “Through rehearsals, we’ve kind of discovered that Paul and Donald share a lot of qualities and Harleigh and Betty share a lot of qualities, which we didn’t necessarily know when we cast them.” The playwright, who is on the board of Mesa Encore Theatre and has been acting regularly since 2001, has performed with Hartwell’s wife, giving him a chance to get to know the actor playing the husband he created. “Paul is a very funny guy. He’s just naturally funny,” Marburger said. “I’ve performed with his wife. She had seen the script and said, ‘Paul is just like this in real life.’ He’s a funny person in general and a good comic actor. If Donald’s personality
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Rock Springs Café to deliver pies this holiday season DOUGLASS from page 29 BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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ock Springs Café will deliver pies in the Phoenix and Prescott areas this holiday season, with a portion of the proceeds of all bulk pie sales benefiting the Black Canyon Fire and Prescott Police departments. The restaurant’s best sellers are JD pecan, pumpkin and pecan pies. Orders of 50 or more will be delivered to businesses or residences for a flat $100 fee. (The normal ship-
ping price for one pie is $22.) Pie delivery for Phoenix will run from Monday, November 16, to Monday, November 23. Pie delivery for Prescott will be on Tuesday, November 24. Christmas pie delivery will be Friday, December 18, to Tuesday, December 22. Prescott Christmas pie delivery will December 23. The person’s name and phone number who will be receiving the delivery plus a delivery time of morning (8 to 11 a.m.), afternoon (1 to 4 p.m.) or evening (6 to 8 p.m.) must be in-
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he said. “I also realize how important legacy is. I want my legacy to be that ‘This guy played some great music. He played some great guitar. He wrote some great songs’ and, if nothing else, I’m writing my autobiography for my son.” Douglass’ 39-ear-old son is a top salesperson at a restaurant supply company. Douglass just celebrated 25 years of marriage to his hypnotherapist/nutritionist wife, Jeri, with whom he traveled to Tahiti in mid-October to celebrate. This week, he’s looking forward to traveling to Arizona from his home state of California. “Carefree, there is a special place in my heart for Carefree,” he said. “After last year’s show, I love the town. I love the people in the town. The people who run the town are great. They’re accessible and they’ve been so friendly about this whole thing. I’m going to do my best to put on one hell of a show.” “Halloween Maskerade”
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Graceland University student-athlete Rachel Chavez of Phoenix was named a 2019-20 Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete for women’s volleyball. The school is located in Lamoni, Iowa. The Daktronics NAIA Scholar-Athlete program recognizes excellence in the classroom for NAIA student-athletes with junior or senior status and with an academic standing of a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA. Students must appear on the eligibility certificate for the sport and have attended two full years
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