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Tables set for dine-in service BY TOM SCANLON
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On May 11, many around Peoria for the first time in two months heard this: “Please follow me to your table.” Gov. Doug Ducey banned eating in restaurants in mid-March, though takeout and delivery was permitted. Last week, a few days before his May 12 announcement that his stay-at-home order would end May 15, Ducey announced people could begin eating in restaurants again May 11. Peoria Artisan Brewery could hardly tap its excitement, as seen in a recent Facebook post: “We have put in place controls per the guidance of the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Arizona Restaurant Association, the state of Arizona and the Arizona Craft Brewers Guild. ... We are ready, we are responsible and we are united in opening.” Many restaurants, like Urban Margarita in north Glendale, are modifying dining
rooms to provide 6 feet of separation between tables. Kobito Poke restaurants, including the Peoria location, “will reopen dining rooms with heightened cleaning protocols and additional enhancements in place to ensure the safety and health of both guests and staff,” according to a press release. Though protective gear is not required for reopening, Kobito Poke’s staff members will wear masks and gloves—a new look for many restaurants around Peoria. Like Urban Margarita and other restaurants, Kobito Poke will change its dining rooms for the CDC guideline of 6 feet of social distancing. At Abuelo’s, occupancy will be capped at 50%, with no parties larger than 10 people. Abuelo’s employees also will wear masks and participate in temperature SEE RESTAURANTS PAGE 2
Ricky Ray, general manager of Kobito Poke, gets ready for customers to start dining in again. (Photo courtesy Kobito Poke)
Seven die of COVID-19 at Glencroft BY TOM SCANLON
Peoria Times Managing Editor
According to a New York Times story, one-third of national deaths from COVID-19 were residents of long-term facilities. The statistic is far more extreme in Maricopa County, where nearly 70% of the 248 coronavirus-related deaths
were residents of long-term facilities. At Glencroft Center for Modern Aging in Glendale, 38 residents and 31 employees tested positive for COVID-19 and seven residents died of complications from the disease, according to Millie Oakeson, vice president of corporate marketing for the facility. “Glencroft has 1,600 people work-
ing and living on its campus. The seven deaths have come from Providence Place, a Medicare-certified skilled nursing facility at Glencroft,” Oakeson said. She said none of the 600 residents in Glencroft’s independent living resiSEE GLENCROFT PAGE 3
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checks at the beginning of each shift. Menus at Abuelo’s will have codes that can be scanned for viewing on phones, to avoid multiple people touching the menus. For those who prefer, Abuelo’s will provide paper menus. Not all of Peoria was ready to eat out, just yet. Sharply differing opinions on the subject were illustrated by a May 11 Peoria Times Facebook poll, which asked if restaurants and retail shops reopening for in-person service is: “about right;” “too early;” or “not enough — open up everything.” and other Peoria restaurants prepare to Reactions varied widely. Pa- Abuelo’s reopen their dining rooms this week — with extra mela Gautier of Peoria went with sanitization and other safety measures. (Photo courtesy the “too early” vote. “Consider- Abuelo) ing Arizona has not met even the minimum White House guideline of a “already enjoyed breakfast out and a two-week decline in new Covid cases, haircut.” it is still too early to open up,” she said. Laura Behm Walin went for the Megan Haroldson cast a vote for “about right” option — though she “open up everything,” noting she stressed “with appropriate precautions.”
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The Maricopa County Department of Health Services provided the following guidelines for people who plan to dine in restaurants (permitted starting Monday, May 11): • Stay home if sick. • Consider ordering food for delivery or curbside pickup if available. • Protect yourself while dining at restaurants: • Stay at least 6 feet away from others while dining. • When you do dine in, consider dining during off-peak hours (for example, early morning, mid-afternoon or late night). • If you are at a higher risk for severe illness, continue to use takeout and delivery and avoid dine-in services at restaurants. People at higher risk for severe illness include adults 65 or older and people of any age who have serious underlying medical conditions. • Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth. • If possible, use touchless payment (pay without touching money, a card or a keypad). If you must handle money, a card or use a keypad, use hand sanitizer immediately after. • Wash your hands with soap and water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer before you eat and again when you are finished. • After leaving the restaurant, use hand sanitizer. When you get home, wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Guidelines provided by the county to restaurants: • Consider assigning duties to vulnerable workers that minimize their contact with customers and other employees. • Enforce hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes. • Develop standards for the use of nonmedical-grade masks or cloth face coverings by employees when near other employees and customers. • Ensure adequate supplies to support healthy hygiene practices for both employees and customers, including soap, hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol (perhaps on every ta-
ble, if supplies allow), and tissues. • Consider posting signs on how to stop the spread of COVID-19, properly wash hands, promote everyday protective measures and properly wear a face covering. • Intensify cleaning, disinfection and ventilation practices. • Wash, rinse and sanitize food contact surfaces, food preparation surfaces and beverage equipment after use. • Avoid using or sharing items such as menus, condiments and any other food. Instead, use disposable or digital menus, single-serving condiments, and no-touch trash cans and doors. • Wipe any pens, counters or hard surfaces between use or customer. • Train all employees in the aforementioned safety actions.
The Arizona Department of Health Services recommends the following steps be taken by restaurants: • Maintain physical distancing, including limiting parties to no more than 10. • Operate with reduced occupancy and capacity based on the size of the business location with special attention to limiting areas where customers and employees can congregate. • Implement comprehensive sanitation protocols, including increased sanitation schedules for bathrooms. • Continue to provide options for delivery or curbside service even if a location offers dine-in. • Implement symptom screening for employees prior to the start of their shift. • Consider offering masks to wait and host staff. • Restaurants should sanitize customer areas after each sitting with EPA-registered disinfectant, including but not limited to: • Tables. • Tablecloths. • Chairs/booth seats. • Table-top condiments and condiment holders. • Any other surface or item a customer is likely to have touched. • Avoid instances where customers serve their own food.
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Small farms struggle to get federal relief funds or emergency help from USDA BY ALEXA FUENMAYOR Cronkite News
Despite the federal government’s unprecedented efforts to aid businesses threatened by the COVID-19 pandemic, small farms are being left further behind, according to one local small farm owner. McClendon’s Select, a family-owned farm in Peoria and Goodyear, normally sells its organic produce, citrus and honey to restaurants and farmers markets. Since Arizona banned gatherings of more than 10 people and ordered restaurants without takeout services to shut down March 19, McClendon’s Select has seen a huge drop in business. “Literally overnight with the COVID-19 restrictions, we watched our restaurant business drop by 95%. So 75% of our business—almost all of that went away overnight,” said Kate McClendon, owner of McClendon’s Select. According to the Arizona Farm Bu-
reau, farms and ranches cover about 26 million acres in the state, and their contribution to the state’s economy is more than $423 billion a year. The first round of the federal Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, or CARES, which was signed into law in late March, included $376 billion for American workers and small businesses. Through the U.S. Small Business Administration, businesses could apply for an Economic Injury Disaster Loan, known as an EIDL, for up to $10,000. But there was a stipulation. “It said on the list of eligibility to apply for a small-business loan that you could not be a farm,” McClendon said. “If we were any other business, we would qualify.” Instead, the SBA asked farmers to reach out to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which traditionally has resources for farmers in need. McClendon kept trying, then reached out to Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Peoria,
who represents Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. Lesko’s office helped McClendon look for potential programs she could access. “From working one on one with small-business owners and federal agencies to holding conference calls with local chambers of commerce, I’m committed to getting the resources allocated to small businesses in their hands sooner rather than later,” Lesko told Cronkite News in a statement. “I encourage all who are looking to utilize these resources to contact my office for assistance.” In early April, a bipartisan group of 86 members of Congress wrote a letter urging the SBA to include small farms in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan program. The CARES Act 2.0, which is to replenish the funding set up Employees from McClendon’s Select harvest celery at by the original act and includes the farm in Goodyear. (Photo courtesy Sean McClendon) language allowing farmers to access EIDLs, was signed into law by anyone is standing up for small farms. “What I don’t see from either the President Donald Trump on April 24. However, after the original funds for USDA or from any other source is a the EIDL ran out on April 16, McClen- voice for small agriculture. I feel like that is being left out,” she said. “While don still has not been able to apply. McClendon said she learned the maybe my farm is a very insignificant USDA had been allocated $9.5 bil- player in that, if you look at the totality lion under the CARES Act but the of what small agriculture does in this only relief available to her is weath- country, it’s enough to be disruptive.” er-related funds, which do not apply McClendon’s Select is eligible for to her farm. the Paycheck Protection Program, an “The U.S. food supply chain remains expansion of an existing SBA program safe and secure, and we are committed that helps keep small business employto ensuring America’s farmers, ranch- ees on payroll. However, McClendon ers and producers get through this pan- is worried about the costs of caring for demic,” a USDA spokesperson told her farm. Cronkite News in a statement. “We “It will be nice to keep our employare swiftly evaluating the authorities ees for eight more weeks, but I don’t granted under the CARES Act and will know how we’re going to cover our leverage our programs to alleviate dis- overhead while we do that,” she said. ruption as necessary.” For now, McClendon’s Select is On April 17, the USDA announced forced to wait for regular operations to the Coronavirus Food Assistance Pro- resume and hope for the best. gram, which provides $16 billion for “The cost of letting our farm die will agriculture producers and purchases $3 be so expensive and so prohibitive to billion worth of fresh produce, dairy get it back to a place where we can and meat. Information on eligibility plant again someday. I can’t even begin has yet to be released. to imagine what that’s going to take,” However, McClendon doesn’t think McClendon said.
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Lesko joins president for trip on Air Force One BY TOM SCANLON
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Rep. Debbie Lesko spent last week flying with the top of the political food chain. After a trip aboard Air Force One to join President Donald Trump on a tour of Honeywell’s mask-making facility in Phoenix, Lesko joined Trump and other Republican lawmakers for a May 8 roundtable discussing the response to COVID-19 and opening the economy. “Please don’t let all the critics get you down,” Lesko said to Trump, early in the roundtable. “There are so many people out there, so many people in Arizona and throughout the nation that think you’re doing a great job.” Three days before the roundtable, Lesko, like Trump, did not wear a mask during the Honeywell tour. “The Honeywell workers were all wearing masks,” Lesko said. “The reason the president and vice president and governor and me and others didn’t have to wear a mask is because we all just got tested and we were all negative.” Lesko said her May 5 morning started at the White House. Though she received a negative COVID-19 test in Peoria in April when she had a fever, Lesko went through a “rapid test” at the White House. After being cleared, she took a van ride and boarded Air Force One for the flight to Phoenix. She spent some of the flight in a conference room, with Trump popping in and out. Lesko said she also visited Trump’s Air Force One office. Lesko said her first trip on the presidential plan “was very exciting.” “I called my mother, called my brother, my husband, my daughter. When he heard, ‘Operator assistance, call from Air Force One,’ my brother thought it was a joke. “It was an absolutely awesome experience,” Lesko said. “I’m totally blessed. Not too many people get the opportunity to fly Air Force One with
Rep. Debbie Lesko flew on Air Force One with President Donald Trump for his visit to Honeywell in Phoenix. (Photo courtesy Lesko)
the president.” She said she had the opportunity for brief interactions with Trump. “He loves Arizona,” Lesko said. “He was in a good mood. “Just like the rest of us, he gets antsy to get out of the house and get back to some kind of normalcy.” Lesko’s 8th Congressional District and the rest of Arizona attempted a guarded return to normalcy this week, with retail shops reopening and restaurants able to serve customers for sit-down meals. “I think it’s good we’re reopening society,” Lesko said. “Like Gov. (Doug) Ducey said, we still need to practice social distancing and wear the mask when possible. “People who are high risk, the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions, they’re the ones being advised to stay home more. The rest of us not in that high-risk group — as long as we practice safety I think it’s a good thing,” Lesko said. “People need to see family and friends, they want to go to church, they want to go to work. There’s mental-health risks to being locked up in your home. I’m a very optimistic person, and sometimes I was getting depressed. I’m sick of being locked up at home.” After flying back to Peoria over the weekend, Lesko had plans to help kick-start the local economy in a small way: “I want to go to El Pollo Loco. That’s the place my husband and I go before or after church on Sundays.
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There’s no place like… the home office BY ETHAN S. AGUILAR AND BRENDA RIVAS
Caracciolo, for example, shares his workspace with his two young daughters. “I think I’m working even harder than I did before,” said Michelle Thompson, a Millennium High School English teacher. She also said she sometimes feels disconnected. “I miss the face-to-face interaction and standing at the door, greeting and checking in with them,” she said. Dr. Troy Anderson, a Goodyear neurologist, has included much more telemedicine into his practice, though he is still able to see some patients in office. He agrees the lack of personal interaction makes things difficult. “I miss being face-to-face with my patients. I am not able to give a friendly pat on the back like I am used to,” he said. But many people are looking for silver linings. Many with previous teleconferencing and collaboration software experience have had a noticeably easier time adapting to the new circumstances, according to Khan Ho, a Glendale-based operations engineer at Desert Financial. Ho said that, like many, he is looking forward to any light at the end of the tunnel in regard to the enforced self-isolation. Even so, he said he hopes the skills acquired from this time of remote work will assist him in the future. Ho said he is fortunate to have an individual office space in his home and has had no difficulty managing his professional and family life, partly because of his industry’s reliance on remote work prior to the governor’s stay-at-home order.
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Working from home or office in the days of COVID-19 presents challenges for many. But John Crow, CEO of Glendale-based Century 21 Northwest Realty, said he is seeing the community in a new light. “There’s a real soul to the fabric of the community of the Glendale area, and you’re really seeing that now more than ever,” he said. He sees businesses and the community rallying together to keep one another afloat, he added. Crow, whose office is considered an essential business by the state of Arizona and has been restructured with a smaller crew for everyone’s safety, said he is optimistic about the future of his and other businesses. He looks forward to more normal times. Meanwhile, his staff gives regular antiseptic cleaning to the workstations and informs clients of the necessary regulations before allowing them into the building. Ryan Caracciolo, founder of Striventa Business Solutions, said he, too, has noticed and taken a hand in mutually supporting local businesses, even as he and his employees all work from their homes. “What I’ve seen is a rallying among businesses and companies supporting and helping one another through this difficult time,” he said. While no one is erecting cubicles in their homes yet, the challenge of limited space can be daunting.
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“I definitely have more time to tend to issues around the house, and I’ve been able to balance my work with that,” Ho said. The transition is a challenge for those like Buckeye’s Leonor Gonzalez.
A USAA customer service representative, she had trouble working from home, as she had to share one ethernet cable with her significant other. “I couldn’t work if he had to work,” Gonzalez said
Refugees and minorities hit hard by pandemic BY ERICA SHIPIONE AND SARA CASTRO Peoria Times Contributing Writers
Making up almost half of the population in Arizona, according to 2019 data from the Office of Economic Opportunity, minorities are a large part of workers in the third fastest-growing state in the United States. Stanford T. Prescott, of the International Rescue Committee in Glendale, said refugees have been hit hard by the pandemic’s economic consequences. “In many cases, their first job is in hospitality or transportation or in foodservice, entry-level blue-collar jobs,” Prescott said. “The reality is that those three industries have been three of the industries that have been hardest hit by the economic impacts of the pandemic.” The IRC works with refugee families in the Valley to help those who have been impacted by the pandemic by checking in with refugee families to evaluate their health, safety and other needs. The IRC also translates information related to COVID-19 to other languages, including Arabic, Swahili and Somali, spoken by refugees in the West Valley, said Prescott. Refugees who have faced layoffs, lower hours and economic uncertainty due to the pandemic are among those the IRC works with. They continue to assist them by providing immediate needs, helping them find additional work and also assistance with applying for benefits. “We’ve delivered over 200 care packages including food and other basic household items,” Prescott said. “We’re also working to help folks apply for benefits and different government programs that have been created to help workers.”
Minorities, immigrants and refugees who are facing economic hardships due to pandemic layoffs are also finding support through their local unions. Danna Schneider of Unite Here Local 11, which represents hospitality and hotel workers, said members have been devastated. “About 80%, if not more, of our membership here has been laid off,” Schneider said. “Working families—which are immigrant families, people of color, single women—they’re hit harder when a crisis like this happens, because they have less of a safety net.” Valley of the Sun United Way COVID-19 Fund was created to support the needs of individuals, families and other nonprofit organizations serving them. “We are hearing from ethnic minorities who, like so many, are scared. They are not alone,” said Kelli Fawcett of Valley of the Sun United Way. “Heartbreaking reports of job loss and general concern for how families’ basic needs will be met are coming from every direction.” Through the Read On Avondale project, United Way leads a collective impact model grade-level reading effort in the West Valley, which they look to United Way’s leadership and guidance to help navigate through the pandemic. “While COVID-19 has certainly presented new and unique challenges for us all, we are steadfast in our mission to be conveners, listeners and change makers. That is helping us provide the best possible support—in real time—for our nonprofit and school partners throughout Maricopa County,” Fawcett said.
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$301M in repairs projected at PUSD schools BY JACQUELINE ROBLEDO
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An estimated $301 million in repairs and improvements is needed over the next 15 years for schools in the Peoria Unified School District, the district’s governing board was told May 1 during a budget study session. David Sandoval, PUSD’s governing board president, said there could be new needs developing, too, because of the pandemic. “COVID-19 is going to expose some opportunities in how we potentially reinvent education,” Sandoval said. Michelle Myers, PUSD’s chief financial officer, presented an overview of the most recently published facilities assessment and utilization study by ADM Group and Think Smart Planning. The purpose of the assessment was to develop a facilities master plan to identify the needs and costs of schools around the district, she said. According to Myers, the suggested repairs and improvements were priori-
tized based on safety, code compliance and the educational needs of the campus. “I don’t want to put money into a bottomless hole, not that it doesn’t add value but because we’re going to move forward in a different direction,” board member Monica Ceja Martinez said. Martinez agreed there is a need for critical repairs but added there is also a need for growth in the northern area of the district. She said it is important for the board to consider other visions for their district’s schools as well. Martinez raised concerns that traditional brick-and-mortar schools may not be sufficient in the future, especially because of the challenges faced during the pandemic and the revealed need for more innovative ways of learning. Myers said the district still has approximately $15 million in bonds remaining from the 2012 bond authorization that is available to be used for project expenditures. In November, PUSD likely will make
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athletics and extracurricular activities, health services, gifted programs, and teacher and staff compensation “We definitely want to keep the paid for all-day kindergarten,” said Cory Underhill, a board member. According to a study by Think Smart Planning, schools in the northern and western portions of the district are near or over capacity, while schools in the south and east are underutilized. Sandoval said he would like to see schools that are underutilized because of a low number of students allow some of their unused classrooms to be used by the community. The PUSD board is scheduled to meet in a voting session at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14. To view the meeting, visit peoriaunified.org/Page/122.
Barbers and salons permitted to reopen, with restrictions BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF Though Gov. Doug Ducey allowed barbers and cosmetology salons to reopen May 8, it was hardly “business as usual.” Ducey’s guidance for customers: • Stay home if sick. • Stay at least 6 feet away from other patrons. • If you are at higher risk for severe illness, you should avoid visiting barbers and cosmetologists. People at higher risk for severe illness include adults 65 or older and people with serious underlying medical conditions. • Do not touch your eyes, nose or mouth. • If possible, use touchless payment (pay without touching money, a card or a keypad). If you must handle money, a card or use a keypad, use hand sanitizer immediately after. • After leaving your appointment, use hand sanitizer. When you get home, wash your hands for at least 20 seconds. The Department of Health Services issued guidance for barbers and cosmetologists: • Maintain physical distancing, to the extent possible. • Provide and require employees to wear masks when possible. • For salon treatments that require touching someone’s face, provide and require employees to wear gloves when possible. • Provide access to soap and water for hand-
washing or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer at stations around the store, salon or spa for use by employees and clients. Require employees to wash hands immediately before and after providing client service. • For treatments/appointments that don’t require touching the client’s face, clients should be encouraged to wear masks for their protection. • Operate with reduced occupancy and capacity based on the size of the business location with special attention to limiting areas where customers and employees can congregate. • Wipe any pens, counters or hard surfaces between use or customer. • Implement sanitation protocols. • Implement symptom screening for employees prior to the start of their shift. • Consider offering cloth face coverings to employees and visitors to wear. • Consider operating by appointment only to manage occupancy levels. • Arrange waiting areas, service areas and break rooms to provide for appropriate physical distancing. • Consider posting signs advising customers and employees of expectations and guidance. • Consider not charging late/cancellation fees. • Train all employees in the above actions.
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The West Valley needs hundreds of leaders Think you know the West Valley? Well, think again. Phoenix, Scottsdale and the East Valley are widely known as distinct destinations, but now the West Valley has come of age and we have our own persona. According to WESTMARC, the West Valley is made up of 15 unique communities utilizing one voice to collaborate and advocate for its residents who live and work here. They include: Avondale, Buckeye, El Mirage, Gila Bend, Glendale, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Phoenix, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson, Wickenburg and Youngtown. Did you know? • 1.6 million people live in the West Valley. • 40% of Phoenix residents live west of Interstate 17. • $62,775 is the average annual income for households in the West Valley. • 62% of the West Valley population is
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workforce age. • The population is slated to grow by over 380,000 in the next 10 years. So what does all this mean? From my vantage point, what the West Valley will need in the coming years is leadership. As the executive director of Leadership West, we are geared to engage, inform and inspire leaders in business, nonprofits and government to leverage their time, talents and leadership capital to enhance the quality of life in the West Valley and throughout Arizona. According to my estimation, the West Valley is in need of over 600 leaders that have a greater understanding of how to leverage the education Leadership West offers, with the proven result of a civic mindset. We need this in order to secure our place as a premier destination for our workforce, schools, recreation and entertainment, and much more. We will need leaders to serve on the national, state and local levels. Our graduates have started at every level of their careers with community service and become involved where they feel the most
needed and connected to causes that resonate with them. Companies have invested in Leadership West by encouraging their employees to experience the benefits of the organization, and in turn they realize the return on the investment. It is this ROI that has materialized through the personal and professional development that aligns with their goals and takes their companies to the next level of engagement and success. As the West Valley expands, we must now take action to get involved to make a difference for our communities. With 27 years of leadership success under its belt, Leadership West is the toolkit that emerging leaders need. Who is the typical profile of a Leadership West candidate? The class members are as diversified as the communities they represent. From seasoned professionals to emerging leaders, they all have one thing in common: the drive and desire to make a difference in their communities and connect with others who see potential in the future. Shelby Duplessis aptly shared, “Volunteering can bring fulfillment and inspiration and give a sense of connecting with community. From investing my time and ener-
gy in important causes, this has been a way for me to give back. As a class member and board chair of Leadership West, I had the opportunity to learn about my community, to network and to meet my best friends and mentors.” According to the EF Academy Blog, “Volunteering your time to support a cause you are passionate about is something you will never regret. It will enrich your life, familiarize you with your community and connect you to people and ideas that will positively impact your perspective for the rest of your life. Helping your community is an opportunity for you to grow as a person and to better understand how you fit into the world around you.” During these uncertain times, what we know to be true is the significance of connections and community service. Leadership West will provide the opportunities for you to embed those by joining us in our quest to create and support leaders in the West Valley. Please take time to visit our website and join our Leadership West Class 27 at leadershipwest.org. Michelle R. Hess is executive director of Leadership West and a Buckeye City councilwoman.
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Despite stay-at-home orders in Arizona, people across the Valley still need their functioning vehicles for essential business. In order to keep people moving to the places they need to go, auto shops are considered essential businesses and have remained open. Auto shop managers across the West Valley said customer call volume has decreased in general since coronavirus began. Jorge Erazo, manager of S & S Tire and Auto Service Center shops in Goodyear/Avondale, said they are still getting customers, but not as many as prior to the pandemic. “They are coming in for oil changes, tires, flat repairs and driveability issues,” Erazo said. “They’ve got to keep (their cars) in good running condition, because if the car is not running good, they will have a difficult time getting to a particular place.” General Manager Rob Slagle of S & S Tire and Auto Service Center in Peoria said call volumes decreased in March but have increased slight-
ly since. He said this could be due to stimulus checks giving people the financial comfort to care for their cars. Slagle said they’re going “above and beyond” to try to meet customer needs and keep their employees safe. He called the situation a “work in progress,” saying they’ve had to come up with new ways to go about regular practices. One of the main issues, he said, was dealing with keys. “For forever, the customer has handed us the keys and they would go into a work order packet,” Slagle said. “Now, instead of us touching your keys, we ask you to drop them into a Ziploc bag.” Slagle said the plastic bag solution is a simple but effective one. After receiving the key in the bag, the employees can unlock the car by sticking the key through the bag. “Something that simple made a huge difference in keeping everybody safe,” Slagle said. Car drop-offs are another issue auto shops have had to deal with. Craig Howerton, general manager of Glendale’s Champs Auto Repair Service,
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said they offer a no-contact service. “We will gather their information electronically, record the problem with their car electronically,” Howerton said. “They can drive up to the front lot … leave the keys in the car and go home.” After receiving the car from the customer, employees wipe the inside of the car with a sterile rag before working on it, Howerton said. Customers will then receive an email with the repair information and can confirm or deny the repair work. Many auto shops also offer free pickup and drop-off services for cars. David Denmon, the president of Dave’s Car Care AZ in Glendale, said his auto shop offers this service to customers.
“We got ahead of it,” Denmon said. “We sent out emails to all of our clients letting them know that we were open and willing to do pickup and delivery … and that we even offered to pick up prescriptions and food for them.” In Buckeye, 2 Amigos Auto Repair owner Enrique Gomez said the precautions his shop is taking leave his employees and customers feeling safe. “We get the key and the money and we try to stay safe,” Gomez said. “We use a glove just in case.” Like many, Cassidy Free of Peoria is staying home and hardly driving at all in her car. “I drive it every three days to make SEE SHOPS PAGE 12
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Retail, barbers, salons and restaurants: Congratulations! Gov. Doug Ducey allowed you to reopen for in-person business. But now how are you going to do it? A great resource is WESTMARC’s April 30 webinar: “What are the best practices for reopening?” Though it came just before Ducey’s announcement, the panelists clearly felt the vibe that restrictions would be loosened—and offered tips for getting back to business safely. Christina Oh, CEO for Abrazo West Campus, was optimistic and appreciative. “Despite the fact there is a ‘COVID cloud’ over the world, hospitals are learning what it’s like to be part of a community. … We have been showered with gifts; we’ve been showered with more food than our bellies can handle,” she said.
Business Briefcase After expressing her gratitude for community support, Oh shared four areas of Abrazo focus that she said general businesses can use: • “Be unapologetic about protecting your stakeholders. For Abrazo, that meant stocking up on personal protective equipment. We haven’t had a single employee that has tested positive because of exposure at work,” she said. • “Be data driven.” Oh referred the webinar audience to the website covid19. healthdata.org, which Oh said shows Arizona reached a COVID-19 peak April 22. • “Be very transparent.” Oh admitted at Abrazo West, “We were not super public” with the first COVID-19 cases. Now, she said, “We send a nightly email to employees and physicians telling them exactly how many positive patients we have in house. … People will give you grace for being very transparent about your thought processes.”
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we’re known for,” he said. He thinks restaurants will set up systems to text people when tables are ready, “so maybe they’ll wait in their cars instead of in the lobby.” And, Churi said, a nearly touchless device servers can bring to settle bills at tables “will be here very soon.” The summer doldrums may not be so bad for restaurants this year, Churi predicted. Christina Oh, CEO for Abrazo West Campus, shared ideas the hospital “You’ll have has used during the pandemic that businesses can use during a WESTmore Arizonans MARC webinar. (Photo courtesy Abrazo) staying in town this summer,” he said. • “Be prepared to operate in a new nor“And we’re going mal.” For Abrazo, part of that means to promote staycations.” testing every person a few days beSintra Hoffman, CEO of WESTfore an elective procedure. MARC, put things in a big-picture After Oh’s upbeat entree, Steve Chu- perspective a few days after the weri, executive director of the Arizona binar. Restaurant Association, brought a “People are ready to return to ‘the relatively gloomy bill. new normal’ business,” she said. The pandemic, he said, “has been “But safe, sanitary practices will be devastating. This has eviscerated our key for resuming consuming confirestaurant industry.” dence. Testing, continued responsiWith in-restaurant dining banned ble social distancing and hygiene will during Arizona’s peak spring season, be key to keeping new cases low and “Our restaurants are losing between gaining economic traction.” $25 and $30 million per day.” But, he stressed, public trust in restaurants will help the food industry SHOPS FROM PAGE 11 sure it doesn’t stall out the next time I bounce back quickly. “We are held to a higher standard use it,” Free said. Jesse Campbell, education manager when it comes to hygiene,” Churi said. He cited a national poll that said the at the Universal Technical Institute’s thing people missed most during isola- Maricopa County campus in Avondale, said car batteries can drain over time if tion is going out to restaurants. “With that trust comes responsibili- they sit for long periods of time withty,” he said. “The safety of our custom- out use. Campbell said starting your car “15 to 30 minutes once a week will ers is going to be job one.” Even before state guidelines for usually take care of that problem.” Shop owners around the West Valley restaurants were sent out, Churi said to expect food-service staff to wear emphasize they will remain open for their customers. masks and gloves. “This is about relationships,” Den“Restaurants will look different, but we’re still going to provide the service mon said. “It’s not about fixing cars.”
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Cold Beers honoring first responders, veterans, military BY ANNIKA TOMLIN
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Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers has been committed to the community since its first store opened. With the COVID-19 pandemic, it is expanding its outreach with Cold Beers Cares. “Every day that we’ve been open—since the first Cold Beers—we do discounts for firefighters, police officers, military and veterans,” said S. Barrett Rinzler, founder and CEO, Square One Concepts and Cold Beers and Cheeseburgers. “We’ve always been big on giving back for them and now expanding that to hospital workers, doctors, nurses and the front-line people is the least that we can do.” During the past several months, first responders have been combatting the front line and keeping everyone safe and healthy. Now Cold Beers Cares is offering a weekly lunch special for those workers throughout May. “Each Tuesday in May from 1 to 3
p.m. any first responders, front-line workers and hospital workers can show up to the restaurant and get a free lunch,” Rinzler said. “Out of adversity, good things do happen.” The lunch will include two cheeseburger sliders and chips, along with a $5 promotional gift card for a next visit. All meals will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. In addition, management will ensure guests are served efficiently and areas will be marked for appropriate distancing of customers in line. The free meals will be available at all 12 locations. The transition from full operation to to-go and carryout and back
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munity involvement,” Rinzler said. “When we go into a new neighborhood or area, we do a lot of work with local schools, like give-back nights for elementary schools and high schools. “Cold Beers Cares is just our way of giving back to the community and our way of giving back to the people in situations like this and in times of crisis. It’s the least that we can do. Even though our business is obviously suffering a lot, it’s still doesn’t take away the fact that we want to help out whoever we can.” The Peoria restaurant is located at 9828 W. Northern Avenue, Suite 1700. Info: coldbeers.com, 623-233-5490.
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to dine-in wasn’t easy for Cold Beers. “Some of our stores are in parking lots with In-N-Out Burger or Chick-fil-A or something with a drive-thru, and they got lines wrapped around the building and we have people that trickle in here and there,” Rinzler said. “That’s really what the big problem that we have and that everyone else has that is a full-service sit-down restaurant trying to do togo now. We’re not really built for it.” Nevertheless, Cold Beers is working through the hardship and continues to be cognizant that it will always strive to contribute to the communities in which it is located. “We are big on community and com-
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These are the things people should be eating.” Eating a nutritious, balanced diet is important for your overall health and your immune system, she noted. For all adults, especially older people, Samuels-Garrison said eating the right foods is essential to beating an infection and keeping your immune system operating at top levels. She said she tells her patients to fuel up on foods that are high in vitamin A, vitamin C and magnesium, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, romaine lettuce and oranges. “When I have a patient that comes in who tends to be stressed out or anxious, I tell them to go and get this magnesium,” Samuels-Garrison said. “A lot of people feel their anxiety and their stress come down after taking magnesium.” One of the most important things to keep healthy, especially during any disease outbreak, is make sure you’re getting enough sleep and try to minimize stress. Alex Juarez, communications director for AARP Arizona, said getting plenty of exercise, meditating and doing breathing exercises can help. “There’s a strong link between your immune health and your mental health,” Juarez said. “When you’re under chronic stress or anxiety, your body produces stress hormones that suppress your immune system.” And rest can be crucial. A 2015 study from the journal SLEEP, an official publication of the Sleep Research Society, found that people who sleep at least seven hours were four times less likely to come down with a cold than those who clocked less than six. AARP has produced multiple reports on the advantages of exercise to older adults. Exercise has a multitude of benefits, including decreasing inflammation and improving immune regulation, Juarez said. “Working out is a powerful way to boost your immune system. It causes your body’s antibodies and white blood cells to circulate more rapidly,” Juarez said. But Samuels-Garrison said exercise and diet sometimes isn’t enough. Many factors go into lowering one’s
KaTrina Samuels-Garrison of AM Nutrition Services in Avondale and Glendale offers tips for healthy eating during social distancing. (Photo courtesy AM Nutrition)
immune system, and while a change in diet might not alter an immune system immediately, it can help ward off illness. “With seniors, because of their age, they may have diseases or conditions in the human body or have to take medications, or they may have chronic stress,” Samuels-Garrison said. “You can’t change those things overnight.” While social distancing has more people cooking at home and staying in, Samuels-Garrison cautioned about portions and healthy options. Instead of eating junk food and continuously snacking, opt for fruits and vegetables, which contain a lot of fiber and water and therefore give the feeling of being full. “If you hit your fullness cue and you’re still trying to eat, it usually is a sign of something else,” Samuels-Garrison said. “So if you’re finding that you’re walking into the kitchen because you’re stressed out or bored, you need to find some other activity.”
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Learn from coffee and turn the mess into a message CHURCH COMMUNITY CONNECTION Pastor Ed Delph
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Many folks are going through real challenges in their lives these days. If that is you, here is a story that I think might inspire you and us today. Author Charles Donoghue (charlesdonogue.com) gave me permission to use this story. A young woman told her mother about how difficult her life was. She said she was tired of struggling. Her mother took her to the kitchen, filled three pots with water and placed each on the stove. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first pot, she put carrots; in the second pot, she placed an egg; and in the last pot, she poured in
Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.” MATTHEW 11:28-30 NLT
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ground coffee. Without saying a word, the mother let all three pots come to a boil in water. Then she turned off the burners, fished the carrots out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. Then she pulled the egg out of the pot and put it in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee grounds out of the pot and placed the grounds in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, “Tell me what you see.” “Carrots, an egg, and coffee,” she replied. Then the mother brought her daughter closer and asked her to feel the carrots. The carrots were soft. Next, the mother then asked her daughter to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell,
she observed the hard-boiled egg. Then the mother asked her daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she smelled the aroma and sipped the coffee. “So, what does all of this mean?” the daughter asked. Her mother observed that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. And each of the objects reacted differently to the trouble. Each carrot went into the boiling water strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after subjected to boiling water, each softened and became weak. The egg initially was fragile, its thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior, but after subjected to boiling water, its inside became hardened. But the ground coffee was different from the carrots and the egg. Why? After the coffee had been subjected to boiling water, the coffee had changed the water. “Which are you?” she asked her daughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot that seems strong but with the onslaught of adversity become soft and loses your strength? Are you an egg that starts with a gentle heart but becomes hard when subjected to heat? Or are you like ground coffee? When in hot water, ground coffee transforms the very circumstance that produced the discomfort.” Can you see the wisdom and lesson in this story? Hot water releases the fragrance and flavor of ground coffee. If you are like ground coffee, when things are at their worst, you become your best, even changing the situation around you. That is a blessing for you and those around you. The real challenge is when the moment or circumstance or event is darkest, and the trial is hardest, will you transport yourself to another level upward? Are you a carrot, an egg or ground coffee? God chooses what we go through. We decide how we go through it. When the heat comes in your life, it will get God involved. If you don’t seek God in your crisis, you will never seek God in your success. Turn the mess into a message by making the right choices and accessing
God’s awesome power. And, for your sake, the future’s sake and for heaven’s sake, don’t get a bad attitude. Attitude is like a flat tire. Change it, or you are not going anywhere. Jesus was like heaven’s ground coffee while on earth. Hot water only served to bring out His best. For example, when people were at their worst, Jesus was at His best. When circumstances were at the worst, Jesus was at His best. When the future seemed hopeless, Jesus brought hope. When real faith had been all but lost in religion and rituals, Jesus brought real faith back to people. When life was upside down for the downcast and distraught, Jesus turned that life right-side up. When people were misguided and lost, Jesus brought in clarity and direction. Remember the story of the woman caught in adultery and the religious people wanted to stone her? Jesus stepped into the situation and brought grace and elevated the direction for both the woman and the religious bunch. He brought God into the fray. Jesus, armed with God’s wisdom, turned to the angry crowd and said, “Which of you that is without sin cast the first stone.” The group quickly dispersed. Then He forgave the woman and said, “Go, and sin no more.” The crowd demonstrated the carrot. Jesus cautioned the woman not to play the egg. Do you see this? When the angry mob and the woman were at their worst, Jesus was at His best. He defused a hot situation by teaching a lesson of grace and a potential win-win for both sides. Look around you. There is a heap of people out there in the carrot and egg category. Rather than joining them, influence them. Just like Jesus, elevate to conversation, attitude and atmosphere wherever you are. When people, circumstances and attitudes are at their worst, be your best! To learn more about Pastor Ed Delph, the Church-Community Connection and Nation strategy, call 623-376-6757, e-mail nationstrategy@cs.com or visit nationstrategy.com.
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Celebrations scrapped, flights canceled and tears shed: Graduation in the era of COVID-19 BY LUIS ZAMBRANO Cronkite News
For Peoria college seniors, graduating is a milestone — but it’s an especially momentous time for those who are the first in their families to receive a diploma. Commencement is just one of the watershed events upended by COVID-19, prompting colleges and universities across the nation to change plans. “Arizona State University’s 2020 spring commencement will move to a virtual, online ceremony,” said the ASU announcement. “The format may be different, but our enthusiasm for celebration has never been more inspired. For some first-generation students who worked for years to get to walk the commencement stage, and for the relatives who supported them, big cel-
ebrations now have been scrapped. In more ways than one, Rachel Fisher is a nontraditional student. She’s 41, a mother, visually impaired—and about to be the first in her family to graduate from college. Fisher grew up in Cicero, Illinois, where her father was a truck driver and her mother worked in the state’s payroll department. “We didn’t have money saved for college,” she said. “I didn’t have a scholarship or a way to go.” It wasn’t just her family’s economic situation that made it difficult to pursue higher education. Fisher has a degenerative eye ailment that has left her visually impaired After moving to Phoenix eight years ago, Fisher connected with an adult program at the Foundation for Blind
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21-728 through 21-731, 21-804 through 21-805, 21-812, 21-818, 21-825, 21-837, and 21-858; Codifying massage services offered in conjunction with a health or fitness center is considered an accessory use: Applicable amendment to the Zoning Ordinance includes: Sections 21-202; Clarifying applicable development standards associated with a “Corner Yard”, and definition of the term: Applicable amendments to sections in the Zoning Ordinance include: Sections 21-202, 21-420, and 21-429; Clarifying applicable side yard setback requirements for the Single-Family R1-6 Zoning District: Modification to the Property Development Standards Table in Section 21-420; Alignment of Design Review Appeal Criteria: Modification to Sections 21-326 to adjust the filing deadline for appealing the decision for a design review application to be consistent with similar appeal deadlines within the Zoning Ordinance, and refinement as to when the appeal is forwarded to the Design Review Board to align with scheduled meeting dates. The scheduled City Council Hearing will be held on June 16, 2020 beginning at 7:00 p.m. for case TA20-03. Published: Peoria Times, May 14, 2020 / 30593
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