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Centennial’s Servin tackling suicide prevention

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

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Centennial High School football player Tony Servin has seen his fair share of tragedy at the young age of 17.

While he was in the seventh, eighth, 10th and 11th grades, he lost friends to suicide.

“I’ve lost friends over the years to suicide,” the offensive lineman said. “In the eighth grade, I couldn’t handle it. I had to go to counseling. I had to talk to my parents.

People can go to school and act like normal people, but you never know if they’re hurting on the inside.

“With one of my friends, we literally talked about going to eat that day.”

This September, Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, Servin is one of 15 players from 12 schools who are starring in public service announcements designed to SEE SUICIDE PAGE 6

Tony Servin, right, of Centennial High School chats with Cole Martin of Basha High School while they film their respective public service announcements. (Photo courtesy of Teen Lifeline)

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BY SYDNEE WILSON

Peoria Times Contributing Writer

The Peoria City Council approved the renewal of a contract with Maricopa County Community Colleges for a Small Business Development Center during its Sept.

14 meeting.

The Small Business Development Center is an organization housed in a local community college, and it offers consulting services for small businesses within the city. It helps small businesses grow and learn about things like marketing and

capital. Peoria is the only city that has an exclusive contract with the Small Business Development Center.

Deputy City Manager Katie Gregory said that the Small Business Development Center has served nearly 1,500 businesses since the intergovernmental agreement was approved in 2017. Peoria small businesses gained access to over $16 million in capital, and 41 new businesses opened with the help of the SBDC. In addition to the efforts of the SBDC, the city of Peoria spearheaded various initiatives to support and promote small

businesses. The city offers direct funding to small businesses and promotes them through a new video series and local campaign events.

In a video from the city’s promotional series, Dr. Chris Brooker, owner of Halcyon Health & Wellness, had nothing but good things to say about Peoria’s efforts to support small businesses.

“The city of Peoria, they’ve been fantastic, they pushed me in the right direction,” Brooker said. “I’ve been taken aback in a SEE SMALL

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BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat supports Bridget Binbacher’s mayoral run.

“It has been my pleasure to serve the residents of Peoria as mayor, and I strongly believe our city is heading in the right direction,” Carlat said.

“Peoria is consistently at the top of nearly every list when it comes to important quality-of-life metrics. We need Bridget Binsbacher as the next mayor to make sure it stays that way.”

Carlat was elected to city council in 2005 and was Peoria’s first female mayor in 2015. She was re-elected in 2018 and is the current president of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.

During her time on council and as mayor, Carlat has been an advocate for fiscal responsibility, public safety, open space and economic development. She is term-limited in 2022.

“I have worked closely with Bridget while we served on the Peoria City Council,” Carlat said.

“Together, we’ve built a strong, fiscally responsible city with safe communities, well-connected transportation, gorgeous open space and excellent economic opportunities. She’s

Bridget Binbacher is running for the 2022 Peoria mayoral position that will be vacated by current mayor Cathy Carlat when her term end in 2022.

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the only candidate ready to take the next steps and continue all the great work that we have started. Join me in supporting Bridget Binsbacher as the next mayor of Peoria.”

Carlat and Binsbacher have teamed up on several issues, including veteran services, economic development and protecting open space. Both hailing from the fastest-growing part of

Peoria, Carlat and Binsbacher worked closely together to create Paloma Park, the recently completed regional park that provides an area for outdoor recreation and preserves open space.

“Mayor Carlat has made a tremendous impact on Peoria through her nearly two decades of service on council and as mayor,” Binsbacher said.

“I am incredibly honored to have earned her support in my bid to become the next Peoria mayor. I promise to continue moving Peoria in the right direction and promote fiscal conservatism, support public safety, maintain our quality of life, and promote Peoria as a regional leader. While I plan on bringing my own unique strengths to lead this growing city, I will continue to bring that spirit of cooperation and collaboration to the job.”

Binsbacher has lived in the Northwest Valley for more than three decades dedicating her time to public and community service.

She was elected to serve on the Peoria City Council in March 2015 and re-elected in 2016 and 2020. As an elected official, she has served two SEE MAYOR PAGE 5

Benevilla receives gift from Piper Trust

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF Benevilla received a grant from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust on Sept. 13 as a part of the “Now is the Moment” commemoration.

The Piper Trust gave a record $123 million to 71 Maricopa County nonprofits, like Benevilla, still navigating the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grants were awarded during a series of meetings at the Piper Trust’s midtown headquarters. It was the largest single-day grant initiative in Arizona.

“Our feeling was, ‘Let’s take every penny and put it into the community,’’” Piper trustee Sharon Harper said.

“I was in tears when I received the news,” added Joanne Thomson, Ben-

evilla president and chief executive officer.

“Our agency has worked so hard to support our community members during this pandemic, and with generous support like this, we can continue to do so.”

During this COVID-19 crisis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advise older adults to stay home because they are at high risk of serious complications from the virus.

According to 2018 census population estimates, there are 254,000 West Valley senior residents or adults with disabilities and many of them do not have a support network enabling them to stay independent at home.

“In the world of COVID-19, the Benevilla programs have become a lifeline for many in our community who wish

for themselves or their loved ones to remain safe and healthy at home,” Thomson said.

With the grant, Benevilla can continue or enhance its program offerings, including its four Life Enrichment Programs, which provide daytime respite for family members caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s, dementia, Parkinson’s, survivors of stroke, fall-related injuries, or intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Benevilla also offers free home services that provide assisted transportation, grocery shopping and light handyman services among other services and free Caregiver Support Groups, the Family Resource Center as well as the C.A.R.E.S. Resource and Education Program.

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Embry Health opened new COVID-19 testing sites at Pioneer Park, located at 8755 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria, and at Peoria Sports Complex, 16101 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria, located in the east parking lot adjacaent to Paradise Lane. (Photo courtesy of Embry Health)

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Embry Health has over 70 drive-thru sites in Arizona that provide free PCR COVID-19 testing, antibody testing, COVID-19 vaccinations and flu vaccinations to the public, regardless of their medical insurance access. (Photo courtesy of Embry Health)

Embry Health opens new COVID-19 testing sites

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF Embry Health opened two new testing sites in Peoria.

Pioneer Park and the Peoria Sports Complex offer free COVID-19 testing from 7 to 10 a.m. daily.

Although most of the sites allow walk-up testing, patients are requested

to pre-register online before arriving to get tested.

Anyone can pre-register to get tested at embryhealth.com/locations. The Pioneer Park site (8755 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria) is in the south parking lot off Butler Road. The Peoria Sports Complex site (16101 N. 83rd Avenue, Peoria) is in the east parking lot adja-

cent to Paradise Lane.

Embry Health operates the widest network of COVID-19 test locations in Arizona.

In March 2020, CEO Raymond Embry saw the toll COVID-19 was taking on his community, so he pivoted resources from Embry Women’s Health clinic in Mesa and began offering free

PCR COVID-19 testing to the public.

Today, with more than 1,000 employees and over 70 drive-thru sites in Arizona, Embry Health continues to provide free PCR COVID-19 testing, antibody testing, COVID-19 vaccinations and flu vaccinations to the public, regardless of their medical insurance access.

solutions to help support the business community,” said Jennifer Stein, the director of communication and economic services.

Stein said that with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, the city helped 77 small Peoria businesses. Also, the city immediately

created a small-business task force that started reaching out to help businesses as soon as the pandemic hit. Due to the combined efforts of the SBDC and the city in response to COVID-19, Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat said she feels the investment for small-business support has been worth it.

“They’ve been invaluable,” Carlat said. “It’s so wonderful that we had them in place before the pandemic hit.

They were just a lifesaver to so many companies.”

The city of Peoria allotted funds from the American Rescue Plan Act to assist local businesses, according to Neighborhood and Human Services Director Chris Hallett. The American Rescue

Plan Act was passed by Congress in March, and the city council approved that $1.16 million will be used to help local businesses.

The Small Business Development Center, the economic and communication departments as well as the Neighborhood and Human Services Department have devoted an abundance of time and resources to Peoria’s small businesses. These efforts showcase the city’s lasting commitment to small businesses and their owners.

“It’s really wonderful what we’re doing for small businesses,” Carlat said.

“They are the economic engine that moves not only Peoria but our entire country.”

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good way at how many resources and how well I feel like the city is trying to look out for the small-business owner.”

The support from the city and SBDC became more important than ever since the start of the pandemic.

“Everybody gathered together immediately to come up with ideas and

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Work begins on Peoria Avenue

Crews began work on Peoria Avenue, between the Loop 101 to 99th Avenue, due to an asphalt overlay project.

Asphalt removal and paving stages started on Sept. 13.

Peoria Avenue will remain open for travel; however, there will be multiple lane and left turn restrictions. Access to side streets and driveways will be maintained where possible; however, as work crosses side streets and driveways, there will be brief restrictions. All asphalt overlay efforts on Peoria Avenue are slated for completion in mid-October. For project and schedule updates, visit peoriaaz.gov/ streetmaintenance. For project questions, contact the 24-hour project hotline at 602-532-6250.

September is National Preparedness Month

National Preparedness Month is September. This is to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies that could happen at any time. The 2021 theme is “Prepare to Protect. Preparing for disasters is protecting everyone you love.” Throughout the month, Peo-

ria residents are encouraged to make a plan, build a kit, safeguard important documents and teach youth about preparedness. For more information and preparedness tips, visit ready.gov/ september.

Rio Vista Recreation Center, 8866 W. Thunderbird Road.

Help the city define new district boundaries

• 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Oct. 14 Pop-Up Peoria, located at 9828 W. Northern Avenue, Suite 1750 (a virtual link will be available at peoriaaz.gov/redistricting).

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• 10 a.m. to noon Thursday, Nov. 18 Pop-Up Peoria, 9828 W. Northern Avenue, Suite 1750 (a virtual link will be available at peoriaaz.gov/redistricting).

For information on redistricting, including upcoming public meetings, visit peoriaaz.gov/redistricting.

Following the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s declaration of a Tier 1 Colorado River water shortage in August, it is important that residents have the facts.

Peoria’s water supply is not impacted in these early stages. Peoria has prepared for drought conditions in Arizona for many years and has plans in place if the shortage levels on the Colorado River continue to worsen. In fact, only 34% of Peoria’s water supply is directly from the Colorado River and Central Arizona Project (CAP) Canal.

Also, the city only uses 61% of the available CAP supply, and the rest is stored underground for later use.

To date, Peoria has stored more than 180,000 acre-feet of water underground. An acre-foot of water serves an average of three homes per year, and the amount that Peoria has banked for our community is approximately five years of Peoria’s total water demand.

To learn about Peoria’s preparedness and robust water supply, visit peoriaaz.gov/droughtready. Also, Peoria offers sustainable workshops, rebates and more to help residents reduce their water use. Learn more at peoriaaz. gov/preserveconserve.

fessional experience in the finance industry with a wealth of knowledge in operations management, sales management and business development.

She joined the Peoria Diamond Club as a board member in 2006 and led the organization to new heights after being named executive director in 2008.

Binsbacher has utilized her business background and commitment to public service to bring trust, honesty and con-

servative principles to the Peoria City Council. She has fought hard to hold the line on property taxes, promote fiscal responsibility, improve public safety, collaborate with citizens to build Paloma Park, and improve the overall quality of life in Peoria. Regionally, Binsbacher also represented Peoria on Maricopa Association of Governments Transportation Policy and Human Services committees.

In 2021, she joined the Arizona Municipal Water Association’s Board of Directors. She also volunteers with charitable organizations, serving on the Peoria Education Foundation, and previously with the Alzheimer’s Association and Peoria Chamber of Commerce. Her husband, Jon, is a fire captain and paramedic in the Northwest Valley of Arizona. They live in Peoria and have four children.

Peoria has started the federally mandated redistricting process to redraw district boundaries. Peoria must submit the proposed city council district boundaries by the end of 2021. New city council district boundaries will be in effect for the August and November 2022 elections. Although the delay in census data reporting will shorten the timeframe for the redistricting process this year, Peoria residents will have many opportunities to participate in the process. Beginning in October, there will be in-person and virtual open house events to learn about the redistricting requirements and the online mapping software that will be used to help rebalance the city council districts.

• 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 11 Copper Hills Church, 27035 Black Rock Boulevard.

• 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13 Peoria Community Center, 8335 W. Jefferson Street

• 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15 Copper Hills Church, 27035 Black Rock Boulevard • 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16 Rio Vista Recreation Center, 8866 W. Thunderbird Road • 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 17 Peoria Community Center, 8335 W. Jefferson Street

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terms as vice mayor and has fought hard for fiscal responsibility, accountability, balanced budgets and no tax increases.

Binsbacher serves as the executive director of the Arizona Cactus League Baseball Association supporting Spring Training, which is one of Arizona and Peoria’s largest economic drivers She has more than 20 years of pro-

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provide a unified message to teens who may be struggling with depression, anxiety and thoughts of suicide.

The PSAs are collaborations between Teen Lifeline and the Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club.

Teen Lifeline is an Arizona-based nonprofit with a focus on giving teens a safe space to talk about their depression and anxiety. Lifeline Clinical Director Nikki Kontz hopes these videos will have a significant impact on the students who watch them.

“Our high school football players are seen as the heroes or seen as the people that bad things don’t happen to,” Kontz said. “The fact is they’re struggling with the same things that every other kid is, and this is a way for them to bring awareness to everyone.”

Teen Lifeline received nearly 35,000 calls and texts to its suicide prevention hotline in 2020, with the majority coming from Arizona adolescents ages 10 to 19.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the 30-year-old Teen Lifeline has

received the most number of calls and texts from teens.

“We can see it (awareness) even on the national and international stage, the things that have occurred in these last four months with Olympians like Simone Biles talking about the importance of mental health,” Kontz said.

Participating players will be recognized during their games in September.

Members of the cheer team and spirit squads will wear custom Lifeline ribbons in their hair, and coaches will sport green suicide prevention shirts.

“It has been an amazing partnership every year. To see the numbers that we’re getting on social media and how many people it’s reaching within each of the schools has been something special,” Kontz said.

The 263 Arizona middle and high schools have printed the Teen Lifeline phone number on the back of their student IDs. For more information, visit teenlifeline.org. For help, call or text Teen Lifeline at 602-248-TEEN (8336) or 1-800-248-TEEN.

Rocky time Servin has faced his fair share of adversity.

Nicknamed “Tank,” Servin broke his leg during a game, when he was playing for Caesar Chavez High School. He was told he wouldn’t play football again.

“I ended up coming back. I started training again, transferred to Sierra Linda, only to find out the season was canceled due to COVID,” Servin said.

“That brought me down a lot. That’s when I made the move to Centennial, which has one of the best football programs.”

Servin’s talents have garnered him scholarship offers from several colleges, including UA, Arizona Christian, University of Wisconsin River Falls and Concordia University. He was chosen to play in the Blue-Grey All-American Bowl in December.

When Servin filmed his PSA, he met players in other football programs, which he said was fun. He was the only Centennial student recruited

for the PSAs. “There were kids I had heard about but hadn’t met,” he said. “It was interesting to hear how different our programs are, and how they are the same.”

Kontz said football players were chosen for the project because they were looked up to by their peers.

“Football players are considered in an elite group and, oftentimes, people think they don’t have any problems,” she said. “People don’t view them as having problems like the rest of the population. The reality is they do. I think it’s become more and more evident over the last year with Simone Biles and Michael Phelps that mental health among our elite athletes is a relevant topic.

“It’s important for athletes to come forward for one another and show everyone else that they’re not alone.

They’re human and struggling with the same things.”

The PSAs are available on Twitter @gcs_gridiron.

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Celebrities’ medical advice as worthless as endorsements

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Peoria Times Columnist

One of my crowning achievements as an American is having never watched a single episode of any program involving a Kardashian. I have made a point of this for the past 20 years for three reasons.

One, because I’m not terribly keen on reality most days, I see no reason to watch reality television. Two, Kris and Kim, et. al., have managed to ruin Bruce Jenner and Kanye West, the only humans connected to the Kardashian clan with any discernible talent. Finally — and most importantly — I loathe celebrities.

This is clearly a minority opinion in 2021. At a moment when so many of us seem to take our cultural, political, lifestyle and health care cues from the rich and famous, it feels rebellious to willfully ignore everyone from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Cardi B. Understand, please, I’m not saying that celebrities have no right to voice their opinions. They absolutely do.

And, in turn, the rest of us have the right to ignore them like a 5-year-old

ignoring a plateful of green veggies.

How bad have things gotten?

I flipped on CNN recently to see anchor Jake Tapper seriously ask Dr. Anthony Fauci to comment on a tweet made by pop star Nikki Minaj that “a cousin in Trinidad won’t get the (COVID-19) vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen.”

Minaj went on to encourage her 22 million Twitter followers to “pray on it & make sure you’re comfortable with ur decision, not bullied,” when considering being vaccinated.

Said Fauci on the subject of testicular swelling and vaccine-caused reproductive issues: “There’s no evidence that it happens, nor is there any mechanistic reason to imagine that it would happen.

So, the answer to your question is no.”

Nuts, am I right?

The most popular podcast in America belongs to stand-up comic Joe Rogan, who has spent time recently (a) flat on his back after testing positive for COVID-19 and (b) describing his use of ivermectin to treat the disease.

While it’s true the drug won the Nobel Prize in 2015, that was for its use treating the world’s poorest popula-

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tions for parasitic diseases like river blindness and elephantiasis. In animals, veterinary-grade ivermectin is used to deworm livestock. Is it a miracle cure for COVID-19? No, says the Food and Drug Administration: “Currently available data do not show ivermectin is effective against COVID-19.”

By the way: “Never use medications intended for animals on yourself or other people. Animal ivermectin products are very different from those approved for humans. Use of animal ivermectin for the prevention or treatment of COVID-19 in humans is dangerous.”

BS, calls Rogan: “The pharmaceutical companies are in cahoots to try and make anybody who takes this stuff look crazy. But what’s crazy is look how better I got! I got better pretty quick.”

In fairness, Rogan often tells his flock that he’s not offering medical advice — while seeming to offer medical advice.

But anymore, what celebrity isn’t of-

fering advice? Social media is full of influencers peddling makeup tips, keto diets and sex toys.

The biggest draw in boxing right now isn’t a boxer at all. It’s celebrimoron Jake Paul, who initially “went viral” doing stunt videos on Vine before starring in “Bizaardvark” on the Disney Channel.

And politics? Joe Biden had a cruise ship full of celebs on his side in 2020, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Donald Trump — our first celebrity president!

— had endorsements from Mike Ditka, Lil Wayne and Roseanne Barr.

My prescription: If you’re voting based on recommendations from The Rock or Roseanne, how about instead you swallow 24 ivermectin tablets and call me in the morning?

David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@ leibowitzsolo.com.

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AROUND THE BLUHMIN’ TOWN

Dream big and focus on the moment

BY JUDY BLUHM Peoria Times Columnist

Oh, Emma Raducanu, let’s count the ways we love thee.

First, the improbability of a tennis player to emerge from qualifying status to win a Grand Slam tournament is a stunning triumph.

In a matter of months, Emma went from graduating high school to accomplishing a feat that very few could have predicted. History is in the making, and her rise to fame is nothing short of amazing. Her message? Dream big and focus on the moment.

Every now and then, we get to witness greatness. Sports can do that for us. Giving we, the ordinary, a snapshot of what it looks like to be extraordinary.

The sport of tennis has been suffering these past few years. Giants of the game are aging, experiencing career-ending injuries, and then there is the unpleasant display of racket-smashing, screaming behavior.

Naomi Osaka is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion who is taking a break from tennis due to mental health issues. So along comes Emma, the 18-year-old wonder to become the first qualifier in history to win a Grand Slam, sending the tennis world into a meltdown. Well, I don’t play tennis anymore, but I am a fan of the sheer enormity of what this teenager achieved. Maybe we all needed a little positivity in a world of unpleasant news.

A few fun facts about tennis. There is a pineapple on top of the Wimbledon Trophy, because apparently it represents the tradition of English sailors putting pineapples on their gateposts

when they returned from a long voyage.

How did tennis become associated with long trips at sea? No one really knows. Tennis balls were originally white, until yellow balls were first used in Wimbledon in 1986. And is there a reason why we say “love” for zero in tennis? Another unsolved mystery.

Did you know that former world No. 1 tennis player Maria Sharapova’s oncourt grunt is louder than an aircraft?

Yes, her grunt or shriek when she hits the ball has been officially recorded at a volume as high as 101 decibels. That is louder than a motorcycle or a small aircraft landing. It’s also the same volume as an ambulance siren. I do understand the frustration of hearing a loud grunt while playing with tennis balls.

My old dog, Piper, a massive yellow Labrador, could probably grunt at 110 decibels (loud as a lion’s roar) while we played ball. And Piper was ob-

sessed with tennis balls. He could hold four in his mouth at the same time.

Piper was like many tennis champions, because those bright yellow balls were his greatest joy — and obsession.

The riches from tennis do not necessarily come from the actual game.

Experts predict Emma might become the first billion-dollar sports star in England from endorsement deals. Might be a good thing, but danger always lurks in going from relative obscurity to overnight global exposure. Hopefully, the love of playing will continue for her as she navigates her new celebrity status.

If you don’t enjoy tennis, maybe get a few balls, an old dog, and let the “love” of the game begin. No racket required.

Just the racket of a few loud grunts.

Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a story or a comment?

Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Commenting on Leibowitz Editor: I concur with many of David Liebowitz’s conceptions about biased thinking and its effects upon our decisions regarding important issues.

We all want to be right about our choices by looking for reasons to justify them, and David’s positions are taken to confirm his biases. But I think he has committed numerous errors in his process of arriving at decisions about, “What kills our kids with the greatest frequency?” The objective of his article is to lessen the fears of Arizona citizens over COVID-19 danger with respect to those 20 years old and younger.

I could add several more tragic illnesses that humanity has controlled or eliminated with vaccines, many of

which were steadfastly refused by anti-vaccination arguers of the past — then, as now, mostly on the conservative right.

These include, but are not limited to, smallpox, chickenpox, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, polio, tetanus and a host of others.

Additionally, masks were resisted vehemently during attempts to institute many of the above-mentioned vaccines.

So, here we are again creating issues for culture wars, instead of protecting children. What have we learned from the history of the world about diseases and vaccines?

Because COVID-19 kills and hospitalizes more “age 55 or older,” David surmises we should not be worried about “a spike in COVID (cases) among Arizona children.” I couldn’t disagree more.

The medical world is trying to assess what the long-term repercussions will

be of the myriad symptoms noted to date from contracting the virus, particularly within the age cohort under 20.

So how many decades will the unfortunate children and young adult victims of COVID-19 suffer from unknown aftereffects? Better safe and cautious than to risk a lifetime of misery for a child of our times?

A quantum leap is also made in David’s thought process that — maskless, as Gov. Ducey directs — sending kids to school would be less dangerous to the students than to “older principals, teachers and school staffers.”

Firstly, most adult educators are likely to be vaccinated by now (although they too are dying from getting COVID-19 in the schools they work in), while the under-12-year-olds and students living with anti-vaccine parents, who worry about their “freedom” more than their child’s health, are unprotected and more likely to spread the

disease among themselves.

Wouldn’t parents be infuriated if they discovered their children got COVID-19 because school personnel around them were unvaccinated or positive carriers? We do know that the delta variant of COVID-19 is moving much more rapidly among the unvaccinated, where state governors refuse to issue vaccine and/or mask mandates, but are, simultaneously, moving in refrigerated morgue trailers.

Indeed, Texas, one of the “nonmandate” states, has had 73,000 positive cases among their students in less than a month after school opening.

The CDC — which, like government health agencies worldwide, admittedly seems to often be playing catch-up — is reporting that the unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than the vaccinated.

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California recall outcome leaves questions

BY J.D. HAYWORTH Peoria Times Columnist

“As Maine goes, so goes the nation!”

Politics provided that boast for the Pine Tree State over more than a century.

From 1820 until 1932, the party that won Maine’s gubernatorial election would see its nominee capture the presidency in November — at least that’s the way it went in 22 of 29 election cycles.

In more recent years, California has enjoyed a similar reputation — not as a political bellwether but as a lifestyle trendsetter, especially for the last half of the 20th century.

Postwar prosperity, pleasing weather, plus the production of motion pictures and television programs put the rest of the nation on notice that California truly was the Golden State.

Actually, the rest of the nation did more than take notice. Many Americans took to the road and moved to

California; it became our most populous state in 1962.

But the growth had a downside. The traffic, the smog and the crowds led many to leave in the 1970s. In fact, a neighboring state popularized this earthy request: “Don’t ‘Californicate’ Oregon!”

Sloganeering aside, statistics reveal that California’s growth has slowed significantly, most notably in the second decade of the 21st century. The Public Policy Institute of California reports that “in the past year, growth has essentially ground to a halt.”

Why? California’s government has killed the Golden Bear.

Leftist policies that excuse illegal immigration, empower criminals and emasculate police have endangered the law abiding and ended any notion of an idyllic middle-class lifestyle.

Add to that wasteful spending, excessive taxation, plus a housing crisis, and it has put real economic pressure on middle income families.

So, before California’s middle class completely went the way of the Dodo,

a grassroots campaign took root. The goal? To drive Gov. Gavin Newsom to political extinction through a recall election.

Initially, the recall effort appeared promising.

Not only were 2 million recall petition signatures delivered to the secretary of state’s office by March; 46 candidates qualified for the recall ballot.

However, two major legal provisions helped protect the incumbent. The first was financial. Newsom was free to raise as much money as possible, but his recall challengers were forced to adhere to campaign finance laws that put limits on their spending. Gavin had the greenbacks — a total $58 million by the end of August.

The second advantage for Team Newsom? Like the old saying, they could “mail it in.”

Legislation mandated the mailing of ballots to all registered voters, whether or not they were requested. Vote by mail has been called “fraud by mail,” and irregularities occurred in this recall.

KTLA Channel 5 reported that when

voter Estelle Bender arrived at her polling place, she was told she had already cast a ballot. “They said, ‘You voted.’

I said, ‘No, I have not…’ So as I left, I did the provisional ballot. I was very angry. … If I voted, how did I vote?”

In San Diego, three recall ballots were sent to the address of Ashli Babbitt, the Air Force veteran shot and killed at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6. She was in Washington to protest irregularities in the 2020 presidential election.

Sept. 14 in California bears a certain resemblance to Nov. 3, 2020, across America.

While Gavin Newsom’s victory was overwhelming, and in stark contrast to the razor-thin margins in several swing states last November, some observers are left with this overwhelming feeling: Either we institute common-sense election reforms and somehow restore civic virtue or every American election may end up “Californicated.”

amazed at the rate of disease transfer among students from pre-K through high school.

Contagious illnesses moved among the student population with the speed of social media rumors. So, again, why suggest that students are not at risk?

As far as genuine concerns about learning loss go, the resiliency in a child’s recovery of lost information was always more dependent upon their return to good teachers and supportive parents.

The more hand wringing due to parental fears about a child’s loss of school attendance, the more anxiety ridden were their kids. Rather than the governor financially rewarding or enticing schools systems to support his future political ambitions, expressed as anti-mask and anti-vaccine rhetoric, these funds would be more appropriately distributed if based upon the

learning needs of the systems’ students.

Then David’s delineated student “cases, hospitalizations, deaths and vaccination levels” would not be dependent upon ZIP codes.

Finally, David acknowledges using Arizona data from 2019 or pre-pandemic to list causes of deaths among state children.

Well, how does he have any idea what the data will look like from the results of almost 200,000 positive Arizona cases of COVID-19 so far, and the long-term effects upon kids who contract it.

Additionally, maybe the state needs to more closely address, with necessary resources and interventions, the causes of death among children that David lists, like “car crashes” (I assume an adult was driving), “homicides” (guns and blunt force; how did the kids get a gun), parental substance

abuse (how about more rehab), “unsafe sleep environments” (runaways, sudden infant death syndrome, etc.), and “natural death” (premature birth, birth defects, cancer, and other diseases like COVID-19).

With respect to his comparison of “your average case of the flu” to COVID-19, it’s a stretch. Such conclusions will be more appropriate after we get out of this mess, which will only happen if masks and vaccines are mandated in Arizona and the other resistant states where, coincidentally, the highest rates of positive cases, hospitalizations and deaths among the entire nation exist.

President Lincoln stated one month before the Emancipation Proclamation, “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We … will be remembered in

J.D. Hayworth worked as a sportscaster at Channel 10, Phoenix, from 1987 until 1994 and represented Arizona in Congress from 1995-2007.

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Freedom in a democracy is about individual rights and responsibilities, where we take care of each other as a community. Individual choices concern things like what will I wear today, or what podcast will I listen to — not whether I should make myself and others sick if I choose to today, particularly with respect to children.

Most children cannot make the choice of getting vaccinated and/or wearing a mask to prevent themselves from being on the “side” of supporting COVID19’s exponential growth. In about 16 months, the United States has had more than 661,320 COVID-19 deaths, and delta now has the country at about 1,500 deaths per day. Even with the speed of delta’s transmissibility, children and adults can be asymptomatic or unaware spreaders for several days.

As a former lifetime educator and school psychologist, I was always

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spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation. …. The world knows we do know how to save it.”

Do you want to be viewed 10 years

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“Now that the State of Arizona Restricted Bank Rolls are being offered up we won’t be surprised if thousands of Arizona residents claim the maximum limit allowed of 4 Bank Rolls per resident before they’re all gone,” said Lynne.

“That’s because after the Bank Rolls were loaded with 15 rarely seen Silver Walking Liberties, each verified to meet a minimum collector grade of very good or above, the dates and mint marks of the U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars sealed away inside the State of Arizona Restricted Bank Rolls have never been searched. But, we do know that some of these coins date clear back to the early 1900’s and are worth up to 100 times their face value, so there is no telling what Arizona residents will find until they sort through all the coins,” Lynne went on to say.

And here’s the best part. If you are a resident of the state of Arizona you cover only the $39 per coin state minimum set by the National Mint and Treasury, that’s fifteen rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued Silver Walking Liberties worth up to 100 times their face value for just $585 which is a real steal because non state residents must pay $118 per coin which totals $1,770 if any coins remain after the 2-day deadline.

The only thing Arizona residents need to do is call the State Toll-Free Hotlines printed in today’s newspaper publication before the 2-day order deadline ends.

“Rarely seen U.S. Gov’t issued silver coins like these are highly sought after, but we’ve never seen anything like this before. According to The Official Red Book, a Guide Book of United States Coins many Silver Walking Liberty Half Dollars are now worth $40 $825 each in collector value,” Lynne said.

“We’re guessing thousands of Arizona residents will be taking the maximum limit of 4 Bank Rolls because they make such amazing gifts for any occasion for children, parents, grandparents, friends and loved ones,” Lynne continued.

“We know the phones will be ringing off the hook. That’s why hundreds of Hotline Operators are standing by to answer the phones beginning at 8:30 am this morning.

We’re going to do our best, but with just 2 days to answer all the calls it won’t be easy.

So make sure to tell everyone to keep calling if all lines are busy. We’ll do our best to answer them all.” Lynne said.

The only thing readers of today’s newspaper publication need to do is make sure they are a resident of the state of Arizona and call the National Toll-Free Hotlines before the 2-day deadline ends midnight tomorrow. ■

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The average number of days a listing spent on the market in Maricopa County increased again slightly, from 26.05

days in July to 27.2 days in August.

According to The Cromford Report, 53% of sales closed in Maricopa County during August sold for over the listing price, down from 57% of July sales.

One could argue that rising list prices account for more sales selling at and not over those prices, but a slight drop in sales price per square foot — from $260.60 per square foot in July versus $258.61 in August — makes a slightly different point.

August saw 416 MLS listing sales closed in Glendale and 343 closed in Peoria. Today, there are 261 active and available listings (not counting properties already under contract or pending close of escrow) in MLS in Glendale and 218 active listings in Peoria.

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According to ShowingTime, the platform Realtors use to schedule most of the MLS showings, showings of Peoria listings in the $200,000 to $399,999 range had an average of 13.9 showings per listing, while homes in Glendale in the $200,000 to $399,999 range had an average number of 15.6 showings per listing. That’s still quite a bit of buyer activity, and not all showings are scheduled through ShowingTime, so actual

numbers are typically higher.

According to Freddie Mac, mortgage rates are still holding steady. As of Sept.

16, National Mortgage Rates reported U.S. weekly averages of 2.86% for a 30year fixed, 2.12 % for a 15-year fixed rate, and 2.51% for a five-year ARM. The buyers’ method of financing can affect how competitive their offers are, how much they will end up paying for a home, or if they can get an offer accepted on a qualifying property at all.

According to MLS statistics, 74% of Maricopa County buyers financed their home purchase in August, while the rest paid cash.

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accepted, especially in this hot housing market where conventional buyers are so plentiful.

The remaining financed transactions used other financing methods. For the week ending Aug. 29, only 3% of Maricopa County sellers contributed to their buyer’s closing costs.

At the other end of the market, the highest-priced detached home sale in Maricopa County last month closed at $9.6 million. Peoria’s highest-price detached home sold for $1.55 million, and the highest-price detached home in Glendale sold for $2.285 million.

If you think your finances could use a change, know that you are not alone.

Homeowners, tenants and landlords are encouraged to contact the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s housing counseling program at 1-800569-4287 or visit consumerfinance.gov/ housing to find assistance.

Lisa R. Baker is a Realtor and a community volunteer in the city of Glendale.

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Because of fewer restrictions, many properties qualify for a conventional loan that will not qualify for FHA or VA financing. Conventional financing made up 73.2% of August’s financed sales.

In August, FHA buyers in Maricopa County paid a minimum of $200,000 for a detached home with three bedrooms and two baths. Peoria FHA buyers paid a minimum of $345,000, and Glendale FHA buyers $300,000. FHA buyers made up 9.1% of financed purchases in August, significantly fewer than the number of conventional buyers.

Maricopa County VA buyers paid a minimum of $260,990, Glendale VA buyers paid a minimum of $315,000, and Peoria VA buyers a minimum of $350,000. Home sales financed with VA loans made up only 6.6% of August sales. Unfortunately, offers with VA financing are often less likely to be

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Tower of Power headlines Somos Peoria

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

Tower of Power founder Emilio Castillo is used to playing 200 shows a year.

When the pandemic hit, he was not sure what to do with his time.

Fortunately, he married shortly before, so the Scottsdale couple spent time together.

“One day, my wife said to me, ‘Were you ever home this much with any of your other wives?’” he recalled. “I said, ‘No. I never was.’ With the marriage, it was a blessing, but I had to take unemployment for the first time in 50 years.”

The saxophonist also shared his insight with fledgling musicians.

“I wrote a few songs, and I did some speaking engagements on Zoom,” Castillo said. “I spoke to ASU and the Oakland Jazz School. I’m in recovery, so I

Tower of Power is, from left, drummer Dave Garibaldi, keyboardist Roger Smith, bassist Marc van Wageningen, tenor saxophonist Tom Politzer, baritone saxophonist Stephen “Doc” Kupka, bandleader/second tenor saxophonist Emilio Castillo, guitarist Jerry Cotez, lead trumpeter/fugel horn player San Cracchiolo and second trumpeter/fugel horn player Adolfo Acosta. (Photo courtesy of Tower of Power)

spoke at several meetings all over the world, thanks to Zoom. I stayed busy, worked out a little and laughed with my wife. We made the best of it.”

Tower of Power is headlining Somos Peoria, the city of Peoria’s Hispanic Heritage Month event that takes over Old Town at 83rd and Grand avenues, from 2 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25.

Other highlights include a performance by Tierra, a sampling of local and traditional foods, arts and crafts, and mariachi music.

The pandemic-dictated break proved to be inspiring for Castillo as well. He penned Christian and secular music.

Eventually, he would like to record the songs.

A Christian, Castillo said he is into gospel praise music and that’s what inSEE TOWER PAGE 24

Local author Young pens new children’s book mas party.

“Once Upon a Christmas” includes characters from the Gingerbread Man and Santa to mermaids and aliens all on a wild ride to remedy a failed holiday party.

“I love humor, and I love how in picture books you can just make funny lines but make the art funny too and just that chemistry together,” Young said.

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Peoria resident and author Dawn Young never thought she would become a children’s book author.

“I actually went to school to be an engineer,” she said. “I have a mechanical engineering degree, and I always loved math.”

All of that changed when she and her husband had their three children and she took time off from her corporate job.

Reading to them inspired her to write.

Now she is set to release her new book, “Once Upon a Christmas,” on Oct. 19. Her publisher asked her to write a “holiday story with fairytale and mythological creatures.” Young wasn’t quite sure how to do that, but then the idea hit her — everyone is at a Christ-

Peoria resident and author Dawn Young has written four children’s books including her “The Night Baafore” series, “Counting Elephants,” and her upcoming release of “Once Upon a Christmas” being published Oct. 19. (Photo by Annika Tomlin)

Long journey Having children proved to be inspirational to Young, whose temporary leave turned permanent.

“I was fascinated by picture books and language,” Young said.

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Ray’s Pizza named restaurant of the month

BY LAUREN SERRATO Peoria Times Staff Writer

Locally owned and operated, Ray’s Pizza has served the community since 2003. Now, the New York-style pizzeria has been named Peoria’s restaurant of the month.

Ray’s Pizza has become a staple in the Willow District, as the restaurant continues to gain new customers and serve its regulars for nearly 20 years.

“It is such an honor. We take pride in everything that we do here, and it’s with such joy that our awesome community has chosen us to represent our city,” said Ari Karapi, owner of Ray’s Pizza. “Being a part of the community is my favorite. It makes me so proud that I can give back to my neighborhood. I have met so many great people and built so many friendships that will hopefully last a lifetime.”

While the growth of his pizzeria has been one of the highlights of his journey of owning a business, Karapi said being a part of the Peoria community is at the top of his list.

“It has been great. We started Ray’s Pizza back in 2003 and couldn’t be happier with the success it has brought over the years. COVID was a hard

time for everyone, but I am so thankful for the love and support we have gained from this neighborhood,” he said.

Ray’s Pizza serves a variety of fare, including pasta, wings, pizza, calzones, hoagie sandwiches, desserts and more.

Aside from the quality food, Karapi said it’s the customer service and the environment he and his team have developed that keep customSiblings Valon, Mergime and Arian Karapi have owned Ray’s Piz- ers happy. za in Peoria for 18 years. (Photo courtesy of Ray’s Pizza) “At Ray’s

Pizza, we do our best to go above and beyond to make sure that our guests are treated not only like a friend but like family. A place where we call you by your name and make your food with love. We truly believe our customers deserve the best quality and service,” he said.

Additionally, Karapi said he follows a business strategy his father taught him at a young age.

“My dad once told me that a restaurant will always succeed with these three things: quality ingredients and food, quality service that makes people feel good, and reasonable prices that people can afford,” he said.

As Peoria continues to grow at a rate of about 2% annually and its population has increased by 19%, totalling 183,357 people, Ray’s Pizza has grown right along with it.

“Over the years we have added a few extra things to the menu. We are not on social media, but word of mouth travels fast and has brought in a lot of new customers from all over the Valley, and with more customers comes more team members. When we first opened we only had a handful of workers, and

Game on From then on, Young made a game out of submitting her work and battling rejection. For every “no” she received, she sent another copy of her book.

Eventually she landed her current agent and sold her first book, “The Night Baafore Christmas,” in 2019.

Over the next few years, she added “Counting Elephants,” “The Night Baafore Easter” and “The Night Baafore the First Day of School” that released in June.

“Most of (my books) are inspired by my kids,” Young said. “In my ‘Night Baafore’ series, the sheep are actually like toddlers. They are this little group of toddlers who are so excited for Christmas, Easter and the first day of

school that they just get into things.”

Young said that her books focus on the “wonder and excitement” that is seen through the eyes of a child. Between decorating for Christmas and creating crafts, the sheep have fun getting into things.

“So many times, you try to see things through their eyes because you forget,” Young said. “You take things for granted, and things don’t sparkle and shine as much as they did when you saw them for the first or even second of third time.”

The sheep series was inspired by Young’s experience of helping her daughter fight her fears.

“My daughter was having trouble

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zine that said ‘Learn how to write a children’s book’ in Good Housekeeping. I would always rip it out, but I never did anything with it. I still never did anything with it.”

Young took it upon herself to study the ins and outs of what goes into writing a children’s book. From perfecting her rhyming patterns to figuring out the best way to keep the young readers’ attention throughout the book, Young attended conferences and retreats and checked books out from the library.

By the time her children reached kindergarten, she was ready to take writing seriously. Young wrote all day every day and found an agent, but that time was short lived.

“We had done a few submissions and

things were going OK. I was getting some good feedback, then she dropped me,” Young explained.

“I think she decided that she wanted established authors. She was having another child and she wanted to work less, and I hadn’t been published yet.”

Initially devastated, Young nearly quit her barely started author career when her life changed. A supportive critique group told her to continue.

“I went outside — this was August, and there was a flowerpot that we had,” Young said. “Everything in August is brown and crispy, but there was this one flower that was still standing there, and it was just beautiful. I was like, ‘Alright, that is a sign. There’s hope. I need to do this.’”

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Bourbon & Bones to open at 83 Marketplace ation that we have brought to Scottsdale and Gilbert, featuring the best selection of bourbons and whiskies in the state, prime steaks, fresh seafood and amazing wines all in a go-to spot for all occasions,” Rinzler said.

“Our team works hard to make every cocktail and dining experience a memorable one.”

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF Bourbon & Bones Chophouse and Bar will open its third location at 83 Marketplace, on the southeast corner of 83rd Avenue and Happy Valley Road in Peoria, in the fall of 2022.

It comes five years after its flagship location debuted in Old Town Scottsdale.

The 5,800-square-foot space will be on a standout corner of the development offering mountain views and an additional 1,000 square feet of patio space for cocktails and alfresco dining.

“We like the location and believe it will be a development that’s in line with the quality of Bourbon & Bones,” said S. Barrett Rinzler, founder and chief executive officer, Square One Concepts, which owns Bourbon & Bones and Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers, among other concepts.

“We know there is pent-up demand for fine dining in Peoria and the surrounding northwest area. We’ve done very well in similar circumstances in Gilbert and look forward to delivering our style of fine dining in Peoria. We believe it’s a great fit.”

A second location of Bourbon & Bones opened in February at SanTan Village in Gilbert.

The Bourbon & Bones menu features hand-selected wet- and dry-aged cuts of prime beef and wagyu beef, as well as fresh seafood and an extensive list of bourbons and whiskies.

The Gilbert location, for example, offers more than 600 varieties. Bourbon & Bones is staffed with mixologists who deliver a robust cocktail program and certified sommeliers who over-

Burrata ($16) is served with prosciutto, pear, marcona almonds, dates and figs and is drizzled with a banyuls reduction. (Photo courtesy of Bourbon & Bones Chopshop and Bar)

see a significant wine list, including extraordinary Coravin pours by the glass.

Bourbon & Bones saw its beginnings in Old Town Scottsdale, at 4200 N. Scottsdale Road, opening in September 2016 in a converted midcentury modern building.

“Our goal with Bourbon & Bones is to deliver a fine dining experience that is also unpretentious in style,” Rinzler said.

“Our hope is to be the spot that friends and families will count on to celebrate any occasion — whether it’s an anniversary, a birthday, or simply an evening out to enjoy the best steaks and chops and selection of bourbons and wines anywhere. We take great pride in what we’ve created here in Arizona with Bourbon & Bones, and

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we’re delighted to look to the future to serve Peoria and the Northwest Valley as well.”

Bourbon & Bones interiors are a modern industrial chic design with elements of reclaimed wood, handforged iron accents, sumptuous booths, and a mix of walnut dining and high-top tables.

Bourbon & Bones is also identified by its large bar and lounge, along with private dining space for groups and specialty dinners.

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today I currently have 13. Truly amazing to see the growth over the years. I have such an amazing team that works so great together. I wouldn’t be where I am without them,” Karapi said.

Ray’s Pizza is located at 8385 W. Deer Valley Road. Karapi said he welcomes everyone to his restaurant and

guarantees a quality meal.

“Good day? Bad day? Come to Ray’s. We will greet you with a smile and leave you with a full stomach.

Give us a shot; you won’t be disappointed,” he said.

For more information, visit rayspizzapeoria.com.

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going to sleep because she watched ‘Barnyard’ and there are coyotes in that movie. They terrified her,” Young said.

“I go in there every night and tell her, ‘Think about all of these fun things.

Think about the carnival and a fair and the zoo.’ It just wasn’t working.”

The sheep series helped ease those thoughts.

Young said writing children’s books isn’t as easy as it seems.

“I know a lot of people think it is easy because it’s 32 pages, less than 500 words,” she said. “It’s not. That actually makes it harder, because your words have to be sparse. You don’t want to tire a poor child, and you have only so much

time of their attention span.”

When she is not writing, Young spends her time making monster puppets with children at the local Barnes & Noble or speaking to students about her books.

“It’s incredibly rewarding when you get a picture of a child who is hugging your book or with the monster puppets,” Young said. “I’ve had moms Instagram me with the pictures, and the kids are in love with their monster puppets reading them their book.”

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“I’ve been in the mindset, in the last 10 years, that all the great soul singers went back to the church,” said Castillo, who has been sober since 1988. “When I listen to them, it resonates with me.

The production values and the contemporary songwriting really impress me. I thought it would be nice to do that.”

That’s not to say that Castillo does not like Tower of Power’s direction. He loves the band and its music.

“We don’t really chase trends or try to be whatever is popular,” he said. “We make it the way we want it to be. When we stay true to ourselves like that, the fans are going to be happy. We don’t have billions of fans, but they’re loyal.”

Castillo said fans in Peoria can expect a fun night out at Somos Peoria.

“The live show is really the thing with

Tower of Power,” he said. “It’s very exciting. We play a lot of the popular songs we made, some obscure Tower of Power songs, some newer stuff, some mid-career stuff, some of the old stuff.

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Pastor Ed Delph Peoria Times Columnist

One of my challenges as a speaker and writer is that some people think I’m an expert.

Like me, many experts have more degrees than a thermometer in one area, but that doesn’t make us experts in everything. It’s easy for experts to believe their press. As a result, experts feel they have an excellent plan for our lives. However, many experts became “ex-spurts” after the whole truth became known. Consider this story.

Once upon a time, a sheepherder was tending his sheep at the edge of a country road in rural Wyoming. A brand-new Land Rover screeched to a halt next to him. The driver, a young man, dressed in a costly suit and tie, designer shoes, Gucci sunglasses and a Rolex wristwatch, jumped out and asked the herder, “If I guess how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?” The herder looked at the young man, then looked at the sprawling herd of grazing sheep and said, “OK.” The young man parked his vehicle, connected his notebook and wireless modem, entered a NASA site, and scanned the ground using satellite imagery and a GPS. He opened a database and 60 Excel tables filled with algorithms, then printed a 150-page report on his high-tech mini printer.

Finally, he turned to the herder and said, “You have exactly 1,586 sheep here.” The herder answered, “Say, you’re right. Pick out a sheep.” The young man took one of the animals and put it in the back of his Jeep.

As he was preparing to drive away, the herder looked at him and asked, “Now, if I guess your profession, will you pay me back in kind?” “Sure!” the young man answered. “You’re a consultant.” “Exactly! How did you know?” the young man asked. “Very simple. First, you came here without being invited. Second, you charged me a fee to tell me something I already knew. Third, you do not understand anything about my business, and I’d really like to have my dog back.”

Notice the herder wasn’t impressed by the “give ’em the old razzle-dazzle” approach of the geeky, affluent “expert.” Why? He knew with flashy consultants more is said than done.

The herder depended on his “thinker” rather than his “feeler.” The excellent presentation didn’t spellbind him because it was an excellent presentation.

Just because something looks cool doesn’t mean it’s true.

Charles Spurgeon said, “Discernment is not knowing the difference between right and wrong. Discernment is knowing the difference between right and almost right.”

A Native American elder once described his inner struggles about what he sees and feels going around him in this manner: “Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time.” When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, “The one I feed the most.”

Look at the title of this article again.

Notice I started with two dog ideas.

Now comes the third dog concept of this article. Remember the song that asks, “Who let the dogs out?” I agree with the Native American elder. We let the dog out of us that we have fed the most.

But it affects us and others also, constructively or destructively.

And many powerful voices are trying to influence you to feed the destructive dog inside of you. A wise man once said, “Be careful who you let on your ship, because some people will sink the whole ship just because they can’t be the captain.” Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted (mean dog) whenever I am contradicted.” Choose to be teachable, not offended. The good dog in you chews up the meat and spits out the bones. Accept that you have some toxic traits, too. It’s not always the other person.

Would you like some calm in the chaos? Start feeding the good dog.

Someone once said, “I’m not interested in whether the glass is half empty or half full. I’m interested in figuring out how to fill the glass.” I like that.

You glow differently when you have good people with honorable, truthful and good intentions in your life.

The mean dog says everything is canceled. Not true! Sunshine is not canceled. Spring is not canceled. Love is not canceled. Relationships are not canceled. Reading is not canceled.

Naps are not canceled. Devotion is not canceled. Music is not canceled.

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Dancing is not canceled. Imagination is not canceled. Kindness is not canceled. Conversations are not canceled.

Hope is not canceled. Truth is not canceled. Don’t let the cancel culture, FOMO or social media madness cancel the good dog in you.

Think of this. Your terrible job is the dream of almost every unemployed.

Your house is the dream of nearly every homeless. Your smile is the dream of practically every depressed. Your health is the dream of almost every chronically ill person. Your lifestyle is the dream of somebody else. So don’t let difficult times make you forget your blessings. Don’t think like everyone else. When you operate in your gift, you don’t have to be at the head of the table, for wherever you sit or stand, the table and the room will shift to you.

If you’re not willing to feed the good dog in you, no one can help you.

But, if you are eager to learn to feed the good dog in you, nothing and no one can stop you. We let the dog out.

It’s our choice. Do you know what that good dog is? It’s God’s nature

built into us all. Let God reveal it to you and others. Remember, the giant in front of you is never bigger than the God who lives inside you.

So, learn to discern the next time a “razzle-dazzle” expert comes to you without being invited, telling you something you know is not valid, and get your good dog back.

Ed Delph is a noted author of 10 books, as well as a pastor, teacher, former business owner and speaker. He has traveled extensively, having been to more than 100 countries. He is president of NationStrategy, a nonprofit organization involved in uplifting and transforming communities worldwide. For more information, see nationstrategy. com. He may be contacted at nationstrategy@cs.com.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

Mountain Ridge High School graduate Rachel Carey learned to skate and competed at AZ Ice in Peoria.

She continued to compete for ASU, and just when she was preparing to graduate, she received an offer of a lifetime: a gig with Disney on Ice. Carey will return home to perform in “Disney on Ice Presents Let’s Celebrate” at the Footprint Center in Phoenix from Thursday, Sept. 30, to Sunday, Oct. 3.

“I love coming home and spending time with my family and seeing my friends from back home,” said Carey, who teaches ice skating at AZ Ice when she’s not working. “This is the first time I’m performing in Phoenix in the three years I’ve been with Disney on Ice.” The ice skating show features Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and an ensemble of Disney princesses. Moments from films like Disney Pixar’s “Finding Dory” and Disney’s “Aladdin” and “Beauty and the Beast” will

Rachel Carey, a Mountain Ridge High School graduate, teaches ice skating at AZ Ice in Peoria when she’s not working for Disney on Ice. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Carey)

“Disney on Ice Presents Let’s Celebrate” comes to the Footprint Center from Sept. 30 to Oct. 3. (Photo courtesy of Disney on Ice)

be recreated through 14 classic and modern stories.

Inspired by her sister Chelsea, a fellow skater, Carey is in the ensemble for “Let’s Celebrate,” which kicks off its tour in Phoenix. In the “Toy Story” segment, she stars as Little Bo Peep.

“It’s so exciting, because I get to perform for people and bring smiles to

audiences across every show we do,” said Carey, calling from Ellenton, Florida, where she was rehearsing. “It’s fun to skate with all of your friends. It’s such a freeing feeling for me. It’s a good escape.”

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Anne Bates Burke, age 86, was called home to be with Jesus on Thursday, September 9, 2021. She was the second of four children born to Albert and Virginia Sahr in Evanston, Illinios on May 29, 1935. She was the loving wife to the late Donald K Burke and loving mother to four children.

She will be greatly missed.

The Sahr family moved from Illinois to Long Beach, California where Anne attended high school. It was in Long Beach that Anne met her future husband, Don Burke. They were married in 1953 and raised four children in the Antelope Valley in California.

While working as a full-time mother and wife, Anne attended classes and became a Licensed Vocational Nurse. She spent many years working at this profession while continuing daily to pour her life into her family.

In 1980, Don and Anne moved to Wickenburg, Arizona and founded The Chaparral Ice Cream store. They continued in this business for several years and then moved to Peoria, Arizona. They attended Glendale Christian Church, where Anne sang in the choir and attended faithfully after Don’s passing in 2005.

Anne is survived by her sister Mary, her four children Daniel, Gerald, Susan and Glen, as well as thirteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.

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ARTICLES OF ARTICLES OF AZCANS NOTICE OF BID BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY & DIRECTORY SERVICE DIRECTORY BUSINESS & SERVICE 623.847.4600 BUSINESS &BUSINESS SERVICE DIRECTORY ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION623.847.4600 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: CHRP INVESTMENTS LLC II The address of the registered office is: 1700 E Main St, MESA, AZ, 85203. The name of the Statutory Agent is: Daniel Odes Prock III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MANAGER Daniel Odes Prock, 1700 E Main St, MESA, AZ, 85203 MEMBERS Carter Odes Prock, Hunter Morgan Prock, Ryker Thomas Prock all of 2904 s greenwood, MESA, AZ, 85212. Published Peoria Times, Sept 16, 23, 30, 2021. / 41308 ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE E OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: DOODLE DEVOTION LLC II The address of the registered office is: 3430 W Carlise Rd., Desert Hills AZ 85086 The name of the Statutory Agent is: Austin Scott Manahan JR Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MEMBERS Austin Scott Manahan JR and John Paul Sweeney both of 3430 W Carlise Rd., Desert Hills AZ 85086 Published Peoria Times, Sept 16, 23, 30 2021 / 41161

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: MULTUM SOLUTIONS LLC II The address of the registered office is: 68 w del rio st, GILBERT, AZ 85233, The name of the Statutory Agent is: Jose Antonio Prieto JR III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: /MANAGER Jose Antonio Prieto JR, 68 w del rio st, GILBERT, AZ 85233, Published Peoria Times, Sept 23, 30, Oct 7, 2021 / 41382

NOTICE OF BID NOTICE FOR BID *** MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9875 N. 85th Ave Peoria, Arizona 85345 Phone: (623) 7737115 BID NOTIFICATION INFORMATION SOLICITATION NUMBER: P220014 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: RFP BUYER NAME: Viorel D. Gheorghita BUYER PHONE NUMBER: 623-7737077 DESCRIPTION: Design Services for Wall Replacement / Wall Reconstruction – Deer Valley Road, 109th Ave to Lake Pleasant Parkway SOLICITATION DUE DATE: October 6, 2021 @ 5:00 PM (Arizona Time) Solicitations are available through the City of Peoria Purchasing Portal (Bonfire) website at https://peoriaaz.bonfirehub.com/portal Published: Peoria Times, Sept 23, 2021 / 41513

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NOTICE FOR BID *** MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9875 N. 85th Ave., 2nd Floor Peoria, Arizona 85345 Phone: (623) 773-7115 Fax: (623) 773-7118 BID NOTIFICATION INFORMATION SOLICITATION NUMBER: P22-0011 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: (IFB) Invitation for Bid BUYER NAME: Drew Ashmun BUYER PHONE NUMBER: (623) 773-7116 DESCRIPTION: Utility Cuts – Asphalt and Concrete Patches PRE-BID MEETING DATE: September 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM AZ Time. SOLICITATION DUE DATE: October 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM (Arizona Time) Solicitation is available for download from our website at: www.peoriaaz.gov Published: Peoria Times, Sept. 16, 23, 2021 / 41348

NOTICE OF HEARING SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA MARICOPA COUNTY JG14093 8/18/2021 CLERK OF THE COURT X Ruiz, Deputy. COMM. GENENE DYER. IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF: LUCIANO FRANKLIN F1180498, DOB 5/18/2007. LUCIANO FRANKLIN NO ADDRESS ON RECORD. SYLVIA FRANKLIN PO BOX 636 JUVENILE OFFICE OF PUBLIC DEFENSE SERVICES. GUARDIANSHIP HEARING -RESET. 2:49 p.m. This matter is digitally recorded in CourtToom 7. This is the time set for Guardianship hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed 7/27/2021 regarding the child, Luciano Franklin. This matter was set at 2:45. It is now 2:49 and no party has appeared. There being no good cause shown for the failure to appear, the Court will proceed in absentia. IT IS ORDERED appointing a guardian ad litem for the child. IT IS ORDERED setting this matter for Guardianship - Title 14-Relative Hearing on 9/22/2021 at 3:45 PM before Honorable Genene Dyer at the Maricopa County Juvenile Court Center Durango Facility, 3131 W. Durango St., Phoenix, AZ 85009 Published: Peoria Times, Sept. 9, 16, 23, 2021 / 40114

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