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Parada del Sol Parade will honor McCain BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

he 66th annual Scottsdale Parada del Sol Parade & Trail’s End Festival will honor the late Sen. John McCain this year with the theme “Arizona’s Heroes.” McCain’s wife, Cindy McCain, will ride in the parade to represent her husband. “Once we had the theme, we started brainstorming about who to invite,” Parada del Sol Parade President Wendy Springborn said. “Senator McCain had recently passed, so the committee decided it would be our great honor to recognize him as our grand marshal, and who more appropriate than his wife Cindy to represent him in our parade?” The theme is in line with the history of the parade, which has often been used to highlight civic responsibility and Arizona pride. Past themes include 1958’s “The Old West Lives Again” and 1965’s “Four Flags of Arizona”, which was submitted by then-17-year-old Camelback High School student Susan Kimsey. The event, which takes place on Saturday, Feb. 9, will feature horse-drawn carriages, wagons and stagecoaches, bands playing lively tunes, local celebrities, horse riders, dancers and more.

(Riley Wilson/Special to the Progress)

The annual Parada del Sol parade features an array of horseback riders, horse-drawn carriages, wagons and stagecoaches as an homage to the city’s western roots.

Party all week. See pages 28, 40 The Scottsdale co-parade marshals this year are Scottsdale Police Of�icer of the Year Aric Manore, Fire�ighter of the Year Ned Greenleaf and Steve Strickbine, publisher of

the Scottsdale Progress. “We are always honored to have the Fire�ighter of the Year and Police Of�icer of the Year represented in the parade,” Springborn said. “These individuals are representing

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“The Slough.” In a 2017 video produced by the city to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the city’s �irst park, Eldorado Park, then city spokesman Mike Phillips referred to it as “a brushchoked, impassable gash dividing the community in two.” The �looding issues came to a head in June 1972 when record rainfall caused water to overrun The Slough and �lood nearby roads and neighborhoods. One man died and 17 people were left homeless, according to Scottsdale Public Library records. In the 1960s, the Army Corps (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) of Engineers had plans to address the issue – caused by run- The city is currently developing a masterplan for the Indian Bend Wash greenbelt between Thomas and McKellips Road that will include Vista del Camino Park. off from mountains to the north – by building a large concrete be due to sediment buildup. canal similar to the one that en“We know we have leaks, erosion, cases the Los Angeles River. and the irrigation systems are old,” In 1964, resident Bill Walton Walsh said. wrote a column in the ScottsPerkins said erosion has affected dale Daily Progress, suggesting the banks along the natural waterthe city build a park like Central way at Eldorado Park, creating a fallPark in New York City instead. ing risk for people standing near the The idea quickly caught on edge. and Walton went on to serve on Walsh added that the city could a committee to determine his include green, energy-ef�icient inidea’s feasibility. He also evenfrastructure in the renovations that tually served as city planning didn’t exist when the greenbelt was director and completed two originally constructed. terms on the City Council. “Technology has made things betLongtime Progress Publisher ter and now we can be more ef�icient Jonathan Marshall was another with water,” Walsh said. supporter of the greenbelt, and Beyond those repairs, the city could the paper’s editorial pages adalso include new amenities in the vocated for the project. masterplan. Though construction began in “As we �ix the wash, we saw it as an the 1970s, the city did not of�iopportunity to renovate it as well,” cially dedicate the Indian Wash Walsh said. Greenbelt until 1985. Citizen feedback will direct what “Today is indeed a very moamenities and projects are included mentous occasion for all of us,” in the masterplan. then-Mayor Herb Drinkwater The city held an outreach meeting (Courtesy Scottsdale Public Library) said at the ceremony. “After Former Scottsdale City Planning Director and City Councilman (1984- in January attended by approximately more than 20 years, one of the 1992) Bill Walton ﬁrst brought up the idea for the greenbelt. 150 people, and J2 is analyzing their world’s outstanding solutions suggestions. The plan could include improved comto �looding is nearly completed.” “We wanted to get clear picture of The city’s new masterplan will address pliance with federal handicap-access how it is used today and how it will be maintenance and repair needs along laws and improvements to the levy sys- used in the future,” Walsh said. the wash, including improved irrigation tem, bank protection, dams and lake The city and J2 have also had represenand other issues with the lakes. The city liners, said Jeff Engelmann with J2 Engi- tatives at other community events like awarded a $330,292 contract to J2 Engi- neering and & Environmental Design. Scottsdale’s Fall Festival. Residents can “The wash is getting old… it was built also provide feedback via an online quesneering & Environmental Design to demany, many years ago and some of the in- tionnaire at scottsdaleaz.gov/construcvelop it. The city allocated $2.13 million overall frastructure is failing,” city spokesperson tion/project-list/indian-bend-washto develop the masterplan, according to Erin Walsh said. master-plan/questionnaire. City Project Manager Chris Perkins said the Capital Improvement Plan for 2018the lakes are not as deep as they used to �� INDIAN BEND �� 12 19.

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two of the �inest departments in the city – departments with a primary responsibility of keeping us safe – and most de�initely represent Arizona Heroes.” Strickbine, who owns the Times Media Group family of publications, revived the Scottsdale Progress in September 2018 after the paper had been out of print for nearly a decade. Springborn said the committee is honoring him as hometown sponsor and wanted to recognize him for his contributions to the parade and for bringing back the Progress. The Parada “Stars” are Kyle Bragg, Anasazi Elementary P.E. Teacher of the Year, and Brian Biesemeyer, Scottsdale Water executive director, who won a national Sustainable Water Utility Management Award. When the parade is over and the �inal entrant has gone by, the streets of Old Town Scottsdale will transform into the Trail’s End Festival, a street party featuring western bands, street dancing and a Cowboy Kids zone �illed with a petting zoo, bounce houses, cowboy drama and horse rides. The parade is expected to draw 20,000 spectators – a sizable crowd but still a far cry from the parade’s heyday when it would draw ten times that many people. According to an article in the Scottsdale Daily Progress from December 1968, “over 200,000 people lined the three-mile parade route” that year. “The parade is a true community event showcasing our multi-cultural heritage and it is free to attend,” Springborn said, adding that for 66 years the Scottsdale Parada del Sol committee of volunteers has coordinated the parade �illed with

(Riley Wilson/ Special to the Progress)

Parada Del Sol President Wendy Springborn said the parade is a true community event. The parade is expected to have 120 entries this year and attract around 20,000 spectators.

horse-drawn carriages, bands, wagons and stagecoaches. “I truly believe this event brings our community together for a day of celebration, a chance to highlight some of the best of Scottsdale including our schools, businesses and organizations, and it’s free to attend. How can it get any better than that?” The Scottsdale Parada del Sol was created in 1957 by members of the Scottsdale Jr. Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees) to celebrate the history of the

“West’s Most Western Town,” said Ellen Bilbrey, spokeswoman for Parada del Sol and Trail’s End Festival. “The �irst parades had cows running down the middle of the street as a cattle drive,” Bilbrey said. “The town was a dusty place along the road with a few businesses.” Ironically, she added, Scottsdale is now a popular tourism destination with some of the best high-end spas in the country, hotels and restaurants – with not a cow in sight running down the street. About 120 entries are expected for

this year’s parade, Bilbrey said, including individuals and groups that travel to Scottsdale from around the state. “A good example is the Ram Dancers who come from the bottom of the Grand Canyon Hualapai Tribe. There are also the Cabalgando horses – the team is focusing on the ‘spirit’ of the old west and lore that has attracted visitors from around the world to Scottsdale.” The famous 1959 “Howdy Dudettes,”

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Progress publisher among parade marshals BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

hen the horses, dancers and �loats make their way down Scottsdale Road during the 66th Annual Parada del Sol Parade next Saturday, Scottsdale Progress Publisher Steve Strickbine will be among the processioners, serving as one of the parade’s co-marshals. For Strickbine, the honor is a special one. “Having grown up in the Valley, I remember my grandparents always making it a point to get out to the Parada, and they’d often take us

along,” he said. “The pawas the Scottsdale Times, rade is one of the staple which was mailed to events in Scottsdale, and homes throughout northI am sincerely honored to ern and southern Scottsbe one of the parade mardale. shals this year.” Times Media Group now Strickbine’s Times Meproduces more than 1.1 dia Group publishes 17 million copies of its publinewspapers, magazines cations every month. (Progress file photo) and websites throughout Progress Publisher Steve The company has the Valley. Strickbine is one of three co- since expanded its reach The company can trace parade marshals this year. throughout the Phoenix and Tucson markets and its roots back to Scottscame full circle in September 2018 dale. When Strickbine left his career as when Strickbine spearheaded the rea practicing CPA in 1997 to pursue a launch of the Scottsdale Progress, which publishing career, his �irst newspaper began circulation in 1948 but had been

shuttered in 2009. Parada del Sol President Wendy Springborn said the parade committee recognized Strickbine for his contributions to the parade and his role in bringing the Progress back to Scottsdale. “(Steve Strickbine), along with Times Media Group, is one of our hometown heroes for their support of the Parada del Sol Parade and Trail’s End Festival as well as bringing back the Scottsdale Progress,” Springborn said. “Many on the committee grew up reading this paper and looked anxiously in the paper for mentions of local school achievements and the Parada events,” she added.

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it: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. For Springborn and several fellow committee members, the parade is a walk down memory lane – literally and �iguratively. “This event is a blast from the past for me. In the early to mid-1970s, I had the chance to march in the parade as a student from Ingleside Elementary,” Springborn said, adding that for two years she was a baton twirler. “It was so exciting to be able to march in the parade and then later in life, be able to ride a horse in the parade as a Scottsdale Jaycee.” Springborn said one of her cochairs, Dr. Don Chiappetti, had a very similar experience as she did with the parade. “A number of our committee (Riley Wilson/Special to the Progress) Folklorico dancers, like these ones participating in the 2018 parade, will once again take part in the 66th Annual members and volunteers grew Parada del Sol Parade & Trail’s End Festival on Feb. 9. up around Parada because their parents participated on committees and now, they are giving approximately 50 volunteers the day of The festivities actually begin the Frithe events.” day before the parade, Bilbrey said, back to continue to ensure the ongoing The committee is always looking for when the Hashknife Pony Express rid- success of the Scottsdale Parada del Sol more volunteers. Interested parties can ers will bring in the U.S. mail at noon, Parade and Trail’s End Festival.” Progress contributor Alison Stanton �ind more information at scottsdalepa- and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will a rade.com. cowboy camp for kids at Western Spir- also reported for this story.

ambassadors from the Embassy Suites Hilton Scottsdale Resort, will be of�icial western ambassadors during the festivities, Bilbrey said, adding that a colorful and fascinating cultural Arizona Indian Festival will take place on the same day at the Civic Center Mall. “The three street stages at the Trail’s End Festival will have rockabilly, string, and rock bands. The Arizona Wine Garden will feature award-winning wines from Arizona, and Aztec and folklorico dancers on the Hispanic stage, and street entertainers will offer photographers a vast array of vivid color and western style,” Bilbrey said. Bilbrey said Rock Lobster, The Herndon Brothers and The Raun Alosi Band are the featured bands, and that Times Media Group president Strickbine will sing the National Anthem on the Silverado Stage. The event is now organized by a small committee of volunteers that took over when the Jaycees disbanded in 2009. “We are a small but mighty group of volunteers,” Springborn said. “We currently do not have any paid positions. The core committee consists of 10 to 15 individuals; however, we expand to

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The city is still early on in the data gathering process and plans to hold additional community meetings to present concepts before the end of May. Dates for those meetings have not yet been set. Walsh said the goal is to complete the masterplan this fall or winter – before the city �inishes planning the next budget cycle so that some projects can be included in the budget for the �iscal year that begins in July 2020. The plan still has to be vetted by multiple city boards and commissions as well, Walsh said. Just because the masterplan includes a project does not mean it will be built. “If it’s not on the masterplan, it can’t be built, but just because it’s on the plan doesn’t mean it will be built,” Walsh said, referring to the masterplan as “the ultimate wish list.” The budget for the actual greenbelt renovations has not been established. When complete, the plan will include cost estimates for its various components. The city previously identi�ied $22 million in funding for basic maintenance and improvements to the greenbelt between Thomas and McKellips roads in its Capital Improvement Plan between 2017 and 2022. The city also allocated $1.36 million from a bond approved in 2000 to the project. However, the city cancelled that project in favor of planning a larger renovation. “We decided collectively as a city to step back and take a look at what this park could be and what needs to happen and so we backed off of those capital improvements to do this masterplan,” Perkins told the Parks and Recreation Commission last year. How exactly the city will fund the projects after the masterplan is completed is unknown. The City Council could once again allocate money in its annual Capital Improvement Plan over the next several years, Walsh said. Several projects related to the Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt could also be included in a potential bond election this year. The list of unfunded capital projects currently being considered by the council’s Capital Improvement Plan Subcommittee includes a $23.5 million project to repair lakes and irrigation at Vista del Camino Park. With that in mind, the city’s expenditures will likely exceed the $23 million it allocated to greenbelt improvements a few years ago in the now-cancelled CIP

(Courtesy Scottsdale Public Library)

This aerial photo shows the Indian Bend Wash in 1979, after the wash’s transformation into a greenbelt had begun but before its full completion in 1984.

(Courtesy Scottsdale Public Library)

Known to residents as “The Slough,” the land that is now the Indian Bend Wash was prone to massive ﬂooding before the city, county, state and federal government funded a ﬂood control project in the 1970s and 1980s that resulted in the greenbelt.

project. According to city estimates, Scottsdale paid around $14 million of the approximately $54 million it cost to construct the Indian Bend Wash project. The rest of the

funds came from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a federal grant and state and county funds. The City of Tempe also contributed $100,000. “The council and management looked

at the park and said ‘this is the crowned jewel of Scottsdale; what if we did something bigger than just maintaining it and bigger than just �ixing infrastructure?’” Perkins said.

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he Scottsdale Police Department is seeking help from the public to identify two suspects in connection with an armed robbery at a southern Scottsdale Circle K on Jan. 15. Security camera footage from the Circle K at 6744 E. McDowell Road shows two males entering the store, picking up items and taking them to the cash register. According to Scottsdale Police, one suspect then pointed a handgun at the clerk and demanded money. Security camera images provided by Scottsdale Police appear to show one of the men pull the gun out from under a beige blanket he had wrapped around his upper body.

According to the latest Uniform Crime Report, Part 1 crime rate in Scottsdale was at its lowest level in the history of the Scottsdale Police Department in 2017 at 24.7 crimes per 1,000 residents.

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Panel wants more public input on city bonds BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

wo Scottsdale councilwomen have moved to slow down the process to call a bond election so that city staff can hold more public outreach on which projects voters might support this fall. The list of projects being considered includes several that could signi�icantly alter city amenities and public spaces – including a $27-million overhaul to Civic Center Plaza. At a meeting of the City Council’s Capital Improvement Plan Subcommittee last week, Scottsdale Arts CEO Gerd Wuestemann presented a plan to turn the Civic Center Plaza into a premier public park capable of hosting major events. Wuestemann said that if the city can get the project up and running by Fall 2022, it would give Scottsdale the opportunity to host the Super Bowl Fan Zone. Consultants visited Scottsdale over the summer to begin devising plans for the site – which Wuestemann said could become an “iconic amphitheater” that hosts “symphonies to family friendly events to Shakespeare in the Park.”

(Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

Vice Mayor Guy Phillips and Councilwomen Kathy Littleﬁeld, center, and Suzanne Klapp sit on the council’s Capital Improvement Plan Subcommittee.

Wuestemann said the project is a way for Scottsdale to reinvest in its identity as a cultural hub in the Valley as other cities like Mesa and Phoenix continue to invest in their own cultural projects. The project would cost the city $27.3 million, according to subcommittee documents. Wuestemann said that Scottsdale Arts fundraising staff could also help raise money for the project. The subcommittee voted to give residents the opportunity to weigh in on Civic

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Klapp voted to approve the motion. Vice Mayor and Subcommittee Chair Guy Phillips voted against Little�ield’s plan and expressed concern that slowing down the process would affect the council’s ability to call a bond election in a timely manner. Phillips and Klapp had both previously expressed a desire to call an election by April. At the time, Klapp said that would give the city enough time to communicate the need for the bond to voters. Phillips also disagreed with a portion of the motion that requires city staff to bring the list of potential bond projects back to the subcommittee for approval after the community meetings before the list goes to the City Council. “I think the subcommittee is taking control of bond issues that should be the council’s decision,” Phillips said. With the new direction, the subcommittee did not recommend a speci�ic list of projects, but it did remove some projects from consideration for the time being. Staff initially presented the subcommittee with a list of 99 unfunded projects at a cost of $529.3 million, but that was pared down to a list that would cost around $300 million. The subcommittee had previously removed transportation projects from the list due to the passage of a 0.1 percent transportation sales tax in 2018 that will unlock funding for some of the city’s transportation capital projects. The subcommittee also recommended to remove two projects totaling $8.2 million from the unfunded list and have them funded under the General Fund in the next �iscal year. Those projects include the replacement and repair of 19 bathrooms at city parks

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Former Scottsdale Uni�ied H C N CFO indicted again R A LT Y PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

he Arizona State Grand Jury has indicted former Scottsdale Uni�ied School District executive Laura Smith on fraud and con�lict of interest charges for the second time. The new indictment includes 12 counts, including three counts of fraudulent schemes and practices and nine counts of con�lict of interest, related to Smith’s time as the district’s chief �inancial of�icer. The �irst three counts deal with allegations that while serving as SUSD CFO Smith concealed the fact that her sister, Caroline Brackley, owned Professional Group Public Consulting, or PGPC, a consulting �irm that provides services to school districts related to �inancial and procurement practices. The new indictment further alleges that in her capacity as CFO, Smith approved multiple payments by the district to PGPC beginning in March 2017. Prior to working for the district, Smith worked at PGPC. Smith became PGPC’s president in July

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and the �irst phase of a renovation at McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park that includes new bathrooms, expanded parking and renovated buildings. The panel also recommended removing over 20 storm drainage projects from bond consideration – a move that would signi�icantly decrease a potential bond ask. The only project that would remain in consideration is a $27-million project to build �lood protections in the Reata Wash Flood Plain. City Manager Jim Thompson said that remaining drainage projects could be funded by a $1 increase in a stormwater fee that is dedicated to stormwater capital projects. That fee, adopted by the city last year, is currently $2 per utility customer per month. Council would have to approve an increase. City staff must now prepare a new list based on those council recommendations. That list will likely carry a cost well below the $450 million bond ask �loated at previous subcommittee meetings. “My quick math has (the project list) at a lot less than $450 million,” City Treasurer Jeff Nichols said.

2016 and held that post as of March 2017, according to the company’s 2017 annual report �iled with the Arizona Corporation Commission. She had served as a director of the company since 2007. The 2018 report indicated that Brackley had taken over as president by that time. Smith was originally indicted in May 2018, but the judge overseeing the case remanded those charges back to the grand jury in January. In the ruling that sent the case back to the grand jury, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Frank W. Moskowitz cited prosecutor’s failure to provide evidence to the grand jury that could have exonerated Smith of some charges. The judge also ruled that the state also presented false or misleading evidence against the former SUSD �inancial of�icer. According to the ruling, prosecutors did not provide the jury with Smith’s employment application that included information connecting her to Brackley and PGPC. The ruling said that Smith �iled a disclosure indicating she would continue to work for the �irm outside of SUSD hours. Klapp said she was more comfortable with a bond in the $300 million range. “I think we have to consider what (projects) we can actually explain to voters are critical for the City of Scottsdale,” Klapp said. A $300-million bond would actually result in a property tax decrease from where it stands today, another aspect Klapp supported. The list could still shrink further as committee members expressed skepticism at multiple other items on the list, including plans to underground utility lines along Scottsdale Road. Little�ield suggested the city investigate creating a facilities district to fund the $62.6 million needed to underground utility lines, which would put the costs on residents who live in the area versus all homeowners in the city. Thompson, the city manager, said staff will present the pared down list to the subcommittee at its next meeting in February. If the subcommittee approves the list, it will be presented to citizens at upcoming public outreach meetings. Thompson said the outreach process will likely take 45 to 60 days, meaning the City Council could still call a bond election by the end of April.

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Helping Devereux kids gave her new purpose BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

ast fall, Julia Manjaji had to overcome a parenting milestone: saying goodbye to her daughters, who had just left for college. New to the empty nester club, Manjaji missed her daughters desperately, but she knew she had to take her mind off them somehow. That’s when a friend of Manjaji’s daughter who volunteered at Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in northern Scottsdale over the summer suggested she work at one of the largest nonprofit behavioral health agencies in the state and help staffers who treat children facing intellectual, emotional, developmental and behavioral challenges. “When I was looking for a job, she said you should apply [at Devereux] because you are kind of like a super-mom, but not in a nice way,” Manjaji said with a laugh. “She said they needed people to take care of the kids.” Manjaji didn’t know anything about working in the social services sector. An artist and former designer and architect, Manjaji worked from home designing greeting cards, but work wasn’t as consistent as she liked. Hesitant at first to jump into social services, Manjaji gave it a shot and was hired part-time in September as a direct care professional for Devereux in their respite program in Scottsdale. She hasn’t looked back since. Devereux’s respite program serves children ages 4 to 17 who are experiencing moderate emotional or behavioral difficulties. The program provides both a brief break for families and a chance for the kids to socialize through various activities. “Knowing that families are doing extra work to provide for their extra needs and knowing that it’s hard for them sometimes to use natural supports, like babysitting sharing because they have these special needs, we provide that break so they can hopefully reduce the stress in the home and have that time to go and take care of themselves,” said Allen Young, Devereux respite program manager.

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Julia Manjaji, a direct care professional for Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in northern Scottsdale, and children in the behavioral health agency's respite program just finished building a gingerbread town together – a project that took three weeks to create.

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Julia Manjaji, a direct care professional for Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health in northern Scottsdale, works with foster care youth every weekend.

On any given weekend, Devereux’s respite program serves 45 to 50 foster kids. Over one year’s time, they serve close to 500 kids. Young described the respite program, which operates out of three different homes in the quiet Scottsdale neighborhood just off 64th Street, as a camp-like

environment. Staff, including Manjaji, interact with and oversee, on average, 16 children throughout the weekend. “They get to have a community, a family environment,” Young said. “We focus mostly on making it a fun environment, but at the same time, we want to build their self es-

teem. We want to focus on their strengths. We want to build these kids up, and we want them to go home tired and happy.” What sets Manjaji apart from other directcare professionals at Devereux is not only the activities she presents to the kids, but also how she interacts with the children. “Working with kids is a constant process of discovery, and Julia does that very well,” Young said. “What’s great about Julia is she can just put ideas out there, they’ll show her their interests, and then she feeds off that and dictates the direction.” Manjaji is patient and gentle with the kids. Her activities are mostly art-based, from building gingerbread houses to teaching the kids how to bake. Because many of the children Manjaji cares for are restless and have a hard time focusing on one project for an extended period of time, getting them to complete any art project is a feat. But she has managed to do just that. “I give them the ability to lead because I don’t know what they need,” she said. “I don’t know exactly what I can give that will help them the most. But based on what they do and what they ask for, I’m able to focus on that.” In December, Manjaji spent three weekends with the kids building a gingerbread village with cardboard boxes, candy and other arts and crafts supplies they had on hand – and the kids continue to marvel at their work to this day. “What Julia has done with this project is she showed them that a pile of cardboard junk can become something like this,” Young said. “That process of creating and realizing that you can make something out of almost anything is a lesson that Julie taught very well.” One of the hardest moments for Manjaji was realizing many of the kids had never been offered the opportunity to be creative before. “That was the sad part was they were not used to having someone spend time doing stuff for them that didn’t have any reason for doing it. They didn’t know about gingerbread houses,” she said. “When you have a certain life, you don’t think of peo-

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fter outperforming their peers in district spelling bees, a number of Scottsdale students will take the stage in February for the regional competition – including a three-time district winner from northern Scottsdale. For Scottsdale Unified School District, the district-wide bee must have seemed like déjà vu. Sixth-grader Omkar Bharath won the SUSD spelling bee for the third straight year on Jan. 18 at Arcadia High School. The Desert Canyon Middle School student faced off against spelling bee winners from 23 SUSD schools. After 13 rounds, he won by correctly spelling the word “agitated.” Other words that students spelled in the competition included “ambuscade,” “haberdashery,” “portentously” and “munificent.” Omkar will now participate in the Maricopa County Region 2 Spelling Bee on Feb. 22, hosted by Deer Valley Unified School District, and face off against students from Cave Creek, Fountain Hills, Paradise Valley and Deer Valley school districts. Omkar admitted that his past performance put extra pressure on him to perform well. “That puts some pressure on me,” he said. “It’s good pressure. It motivates me to keep trying to do it.” Five runner-ups from the SUSD spelling bee will join Omkar at the regional event,

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ple who don’t until it’s right in front of you.” Devereux allows for a maximum of 600 hours per year of respite care. Manjaji and Young have seen foster children come to Devereux for anywhere from just one weekend to every weekend for upwards of nine years. Two weeks ago, Manjaji and the rest of the staff had to say goodbye to a group of siblings who had run out of hours and wouldn’t return until October. “They were really, really upset,” Manjaji

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Omkar Bharath, a sixth-grader at Desert Canyon Middle School, won the Scottsdale Unified School District spelling bee on Jan. 18 for the third straight year.

Paradise Valley Unified School District Superintendent Jim Lee poses with the winners and runner-ups from the district's recent spelling bee. North Ranch Elementary fifth-grader Manasa Krishnakuma and Desert Trails sixth-grader Emily Tran were co-winners after competing for 52 rounds.

including Victoria Leung, seventh grade, Mountainside Middle School; Tate Meyer, fifth grade, Redfield Elementary School; Kate Radonich, seventh grade, Ingleside Middle School; Phil Trang, fifth grade, Hopi Elementary School; and Alessi Utterback, fifth grade, Anasazi Elementary School. Another northern Scottsdale student, Manasa Krishnakuma, also will compete at the regional after performing admirably in a marathon battle at the Paradise Valley Unified School District spelling bee. The North Ranch Elementary fifth-grad-

er competed for 52 rounds before being named co-winner of the event along with Emily Tran, a sixth-grader at Desert Trails Elementary School in Phoenix. Seven runner-ups from PVUSD will also participate in the regional event, including Amara Ellisor, fifth grade, Copper Canyon Elementary School; Felix Shen, eighth grade, Sunrise Middle School; Karina Almodovar, fourth grade, Liberty Elementary School; Jon Zaki Cacnio, eighth grade, Greenway Middle School; Colton Cameros, sixth grade, Desert Shadows El-

said. “We were trying to hang on until they left and told them to have a great summer, be good in school and try your hardest, and then they leave and we just stood outside and cried.” According to the Arizona Department of Child Safety’s revised semi-annual report published in October 2018, the number of children in out-of-home foster care dropped from 14,929 in March 2017 to 14,491 in June 2018. Devereux has facilities in 13 states. Its programs and services include assessment and intervention, foster care for children

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and adults, prevention, outpatient counseling, respite and a therapeutic day school and residential treatment center. Opened in 1967, Scottsdale’s residential treatment center, which provides 24-hour treatment services to youth under 12, sits on 10 acres of land in northern Scottsdale. Over the decades, the center has gradually grown in size, with a 32-bed dormitory added in 1978 and two modular dorms added afterward. After raising nearly $870,000 of its $1.25 million goal – securing funding for the dorm building, the family meeting room

ementary School; Tahlia Mak, sixth grade, Fireside Elementary School; and Jiya Jacob, fifth grade, Sandpiper Elementary School. Region and County spelling bee winners will participate in the statewide Spelling Bee on March 23 with a chance to represent Arizona at the 92nd Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. in May. SUSD’s Omkar said his goal is to make it to the national event before his eligibility expires in two years.

and the patio – Devereux broke ground in 2017 to build a new residential treatment center that will increase capacity from 48 to 52 youth. The new dormitory will include 10 bedrooms, four bathrooms, a family meeting room, a sensory room, laundry, two large common areas and a supervisory office. The grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony will take place in May. In the meantime, Manjaji and the kids are hard at work creating a dragon for the Chinese New Year. The multicolored scales are coming along nicely.

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Little libros (Ages 0-5)

Learn fun songs, stories and rhymes in English and Spanish from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

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Sunday

3 Tail waggin’ tales (Ages 6-10)

Children can practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480-3127323.

Stories of Shoah

Deborah H. Susan will host a writing workshop especially for Holocaust survivors and their descendants from 1 to 3 p.m. at Mezzanine Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St. Information: 480499-8587.

North Scottsdale fellowship club New Faces AA meeting

Find recovery from alcohol addiction alongside this support group at 7:45 a.m. at North Scottsdale Fellowship Club, 10427 N. Scottsdale Road. Club membership is not required to attend meetings.

Monday

4 Lonesome Traveler: the concert with special guest Peter Yarrow

Enjoy a performance of American Folk music by Lonesome Traveler at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road. Tickets are $24 to $72. Information: azmusicfest. org or 480-422-8449.

Drop-in e-reader help

Receive help with downloadables. Bring your device, library card and questions from 11 a.m. to noon at Arabian Library, 10215 E. McDowell Mountain

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Wednesday

Tiny tot time (Ages 0-24 months)

Develop babies’ literacy with songs, rhymes, movement and board books from 11 to 11:20 a.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480312-7323.

Crystal bridge at the J

Join others for duplicate bridge in a warm and friendly atmosphere between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road. Light refreshments will be served throughout the day. Attendance is $10. Information: 480-483-7121.

Tuesday

5 Abrazo Hospital Job Fair

Abrazo Community Health Network hospitals are hosting a job fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, 3929 E. Bell Road, Phoenix. Recruiters will greet all applicants and coordinate potential interviews for qualified candidates. Information: AbrazoHealth.com.

Books 2 boogie (Ages 0-5)

Children and their caregivers are invited to participate in music, movement and song from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Palomino Library, 12575 E. Via Linda. Information: 480-312-7323.

Twos and threes together (Ages 2-3)

Young children can learn social and literacy skills from 10 to 10:30 a.m. with short stories, finger-plays and action rhymes at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

It’s not just lunch

Enjoy a full kosher lunch and discussion group from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road. Suggested donation is $5.

Current events discussion group

Bring ideas and questions for a stimulating current events discussion led by Bill Adler from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road. Information: 480-481-7033.

Old West, new tech

Audience members will learn about the research and production process behind Chris Wimmer’s podcast series, Legends of the Old West, from 1 to 2 p.m. at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, 3830 N. Marshall Way. Information: 480-686-9539.

Thursday

7 Gold Palette ArtWalk

Enjoy a free western-themed art walk from 6:30 to 9 p.m. along Main Street from Scottsdale Road to Goldwater Boulevard and on Marshall Way north of Indian School Road to Fifth Avenue. Today’s ArtWalk features line-dancing lessons, country music and a performance from The Singing Cowboy. Restaurants, museums and trolley and horse-drawn carriage rides are available during weekly art walks. Information: scottsdalegalleries.com.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Enjoy a performance by Broadway singer Brian Stokes Mitchell at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak

8 Adult children of alcoholics

This support group is open to women wishing to move forward from growing up in an alcoholic or dysfunctional home. The group meets from noon to 1 p.m. at North Scottsdale Fellowship Club, 10427 N. Scottsdale Road.

In stitches knitters group

Gather with other knitters to work on individual projects, share advice and talk with others from 1 to 3 p.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Friday Bridge Buddies

Join friends in a game of bridge at 9:30 a.m. at Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road. Information: 480312-1700.

Family Shabbat under the stars

Celebrate Shabbat with family and friends with candle lighting, dinner, children’s activities and more at 6 p.m. at Valley of the Sun, JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road. Cost is $18 to $25 per family of up to four members. Children 3 years and younger are admitted free. Registration is required. Information: vosjcc. org/shabbat.

Hashknife Pony Express and food truck round up

The oldest officially sanctioned Pony Express will celebrate its 61st year with family-friendly games, storytelling, crafts, face painting, on-site food trucks, live entertainment and more at 10 a.m. at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, 3830 N. Marshall Way. Information: 480-686-9539.

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The Arizona Native Experience

introduces guests to authentic native culture and cuisine with traditional and fusion foods and cocktails from 5 to 8 p.m. at Saguaro Hotel, 4000 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Saturday

9 Farmers market

The Farmers Market North Scottsdale offers produce, eggs, meat, bread, baked goods, oils, honey, coffee, tea, clothing, jewelry and more weekly from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through April 9 at The General Store, 8711 E. Pinnacle Peak Road. Information: 480-389-5117.

Old Town Scottsdale farmers market

This weekly market connects the community with local growers, food producers and community groups every Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. until May 25 at Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market, 3806 N. Brown Ave. This Saturday, learn how to pair flavored oils and balsamic vinegars with a variety of native Arizona foods in a presentation at 10 a.m. Information: 623848-1234.

Etiquette classes for children (ages 6-8)

Registered students will practice self-introduction, handshaking, eye contact, smiling, apologizing, phone skills, table manners and more from 1 to 3 p.m. on Feb. 9, 16, 23 and March 2 at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Church, 10755 N. 124th St. Attendance is $250. Information: 480-510-6346.

Finding Meaning and Hope: video discussion series

Family caregivers are encouraged to attend a free video discussion to reduce the stress of caregiving and build resilience from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at St. Daniel the Prophet, 1030 N. Hayden Road. Registration is required. Information: 602-295-9643.

66th annual Parada del Sol and Trail’s End Festival

Scottsdale’s hometown parade will feature colorful floats, horse riders, horse-drawn carriages, marching bands, wagons and stagecoaches from Drinkwater Boulevard along Scottsdale Road to Brown Avenue and Indian School Road. The Trail’s

End Festival will be held in the historic Old Twin District. Enjoy vendors, dancing, a wine garden, cowboy kids’ zone, live music and entertainment from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be several parking locations including the public garages behind the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St.

The Hit Men

Enjoy a concert by rock & roll performers, The Hit Men, at 7:30 p.m. at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road. Tickets are $24 to $67. Information: azmusicfest.org or 480422-8449.

Sunday

10 Sunday funday: fun with colors

Join the Valley of the Sun’s Early Childhood Center for colorful art activities from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Pardes Jewish Day School, 12753 N. Scottsdale Road. Free for Early Childhood Center families. Attendance is $5 for each guest family. Registration is required. Information: 480-659-7769.

Arizona Indian festival

Arizona tribes will share cultural food, song, dance and crafts from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Plaza, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd.

Trio Solisti

Enjoy a performance by piano trio Trio Solisti at 3 p.m. at the Musical Instrument Museum, 4725 E. Mayo Blvd. Phoenix. Tickets are $49 to $59. Information: azmusicfest.org or 480-422-8449.

Monday

11 Art all around us

The Phoenix Art Museum will present expert slide talks on art from 11 a.m. to noon at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480-312-7323.

Film series: To Joey, With Love

Enjoy the inspiring documentary, “To Joey, With Love: A Story of Life, Love and Hope That Never Dies,” from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

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Art studio, plastic surgeon team up on fundraiser BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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n the surface, plastic Sco ttsdale surgery and canvas painting may seem an unexpected pairing. But for Scottsdale-based aesthetic plastic surgeon, Andrew M. Wolin, and northern Scottsdale art studio, Carrie Curran Art Studios, it’s a partnership they hope will help raise enough money to send over 200 pediatric cancer patients, survivors and their siblings to camp this summer. “Have a Heart for Kids” is a Valentine’s Day fundraising event Feb. 12 that is directly benefiting Tempe-based nonprofit Southwest Kids’ Cancer Foundation. The evening is hosted by Wolin, medical director of the Wolin Plastic Surgery Center and MedSpa in Scottsdale and double board-certified plastic surgeon who has been practicing plastic and re(Carrie Curran Art Studios/Special to the Progress) constructive surgery in Scottsdale for Scottsdale-based aesthetic plastic surgeon, Andrew M. Wolin, and northern Scottsdale art studio, Carrie Curran Art Studios, will host a Valentine’s Day fundover 30 years. Wolin will discuss 2019 beauty trends raiser on Feb. 12 benefiting Tempe-based nonprofit organization Southwest Kids’ Cancer Foundation. and the latest in skin, facial and body art and what they can do to make them- grams, including camps, and reallocated families saying that Camp Soaring Eagle procedures, both non-surgical and sur- selves look better. And by looking better, camp funds into pediatric cancer re- wasn’t going to be holding camp for the gical, and he will answer any plastic sur- they can feel better.” search and treatment programs, as well summer, so all those kids had no camp,” gery-related questions guests may have Anderson said. While the step-by-step painting class as public policy outreach. throughout the night. “This means no more of these out-ofShe estimates about 50 to 60 kids with will be taught by Carrie Curran, owner “[This event] gives people a great fo- of the art studio, Wolin, too, is an art- the-box experiences for these kids,” said cancer from Camp Soaring Eagle will atrum,” Wolin said. “I think this is a thera- ist – or, at least, he was in his 20s. Now, foundation board member Margaret tend Arizona Camp Sunrise this summer. peutic thing, and by doing it through art, he fuses his former passion for painting Anderson, who described quality-of-life As the longest-running pediatric onwe can educate people on the human with plastic surgery. programs as essential to not only the cology camp in the state and one of the “I call it my biological art,” he said. “It’s kids they serve, but also their parents longest-running in the country, Arizona Camp Sunrise touches hundreds of lives not just problem-solving surgically; it’s and siblings. “When kids are involved with these each year, many of which have never exa way of looking at a problem to not just reestablish the form of what is missed, programs, they’re able to manage their perienced camping before. disease better because mentally they’re Last year, 225 kids, including campers but also the beauty of what is missing.” Tickets cost $65, or you may pay $30 put into a place where this disease is a and siblings, were in attendance. “I remember hearing one of [the kids] to sip, socialize and forgo the painting. A speed bump … instead of a death sensay, ‘I love going to camp because I don’t portion of the proceeds will be donated tence,” she said. The foundation was formed to raise have to wear my wig there. Nobody to SWKCF. SWKCF was founded in 1988 to pre- money to keep the Arizona Camp Sun- cares,’” Anderson said. “These kids can just be normal kids, and even with limiserve and advance the Arizona Camp rise and Sidekicks programs going. “Every dollar that we raise goes di- tations, they’re still accepted because Sunrise and Sidekicks programs for children who have or have had cancer, as rectly to getting these kids to be able to everybody there knows what they’re goparticipate in camp,” Anderson said. ing through.” well as their siblings. Because kids attend the camps free of Information: azcampsunrise.org The first Arizona Camp Sunrise camp was held in the White Mountains in 1983 charge, the foundation covers all costs. This year, however, the organization with 23 cancer patients and eight staff members. It wasn’t until 1988 when the hopes to raise enough money to abSidekicks program, made specifically for sorb the kids who camped previously “Have a Heart” siblings of cancer patients, was intro- with Camp Soaring Eagle, which shut its When: Feb. 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Wolin Plastic Surgery Center & Med Spa/Special to the Progress) duced. The Camp Sunrise and Sidekicks doors last year. Where: Carrie Curran Art Studios, Scottsdale-based aesthetic plastic surgeon, An- programs now serve thousands of chilSimilarly, Camp Soaring Eagle held 8300 N. Hayden Road, Suite A100 drew M. Wolin, and northern Scottsdale art dren; and retreats, teen trips and other year-round, medically safe camping proTickets: $65 to paint, $30 to sip and studio, Carrie Curran Art Studios, will host a Valgrams to children with chronic and lifesocialize entine’s Day fundraiser on Feb. 12 benefiting Tem- special events are held year-round. In 2014, the American Cancer Society threatening illnesses and their families. pe-based nonprofit organization Southwest Kids’ Register: carriecurranart.com Cancer Foundation. pulled funding for quality-of-life pro“Last May, they sent an email out to the

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Western Week promises to a bounty of activities BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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estern Week returns Sc ottsdale to Old Town Scottsdale for its third year, and organizers promise that this year’s week-long event will be bigger and better than ever. From now through Feb. 11, the City of Scottsdale pays homage to the area’s Old West history with a slew of returning and newcomer signature events. “We are delighted to, once again, offer a number of themed events throughout this special week that bring the community together to remind us all of our city’s Western roots,” said Karen Churchard, director of tourism and events for the city. Returning this year is the 61st annual Hashknife Pony Express arrival. The oldest officially sanctioned Pony Express in the world, Hashknife Pony Express is comprised of two dozen riders and horses, who will ride into (Christine Johnson/Special to the Progress) Scottsdale on Friday at 10 a.m. to de- The Arizona Indian Festival returns to Western Week this year. The inter-tribal event takes place Feb. 9-10 at Scottsdale Civic Center. liver more than 20,000 pieces of U.S. mail to the front steps of Western SpirNew to Western Week is the Arizona chefs, Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz and Xi- other event activations that further it: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West. Native Experience on Friday. cana/Renetto-Mario Etsitty; and Na- our mission.” Following the mail drop, attendees This three-hour event at the Saguaro vajo chef and executive chef of the Dozens of tribal royalty, comprised will have the opportunity to take pho- Scottsdale will kick off the Arizona Smithsonian National Museum of the of young women dressed in traditional tos with the riders and horses, and en- Indian Festival, a two-day inter-tribal American Indian, Freddie Bitsoie. garb, will practice and demonstrate joy food trucks, family friendly activi- event held Saturday and Sunday at “We are collaborating with chefs their cultural traditions through songs, ties, entertainment on-site, as well as Scottsdale Civic Center. who diversely represent tribes around dance and stories at the main stage free admission into SMoW. “The Arizona Native Experience adds Arizona and who have different takes and children’s craft area. The Western Week Gold Palete Art- indigenous texture, voices and experi- on Native foods,” Geiogamah said. “It “The response [to last year’s ArizoWalk also returns at 6:30 p.m. Thurs- ences to Western Week that are histor- should be a delicious lineup.” na Indian Festival] was fantastic from day. Throughout the Scottsdale Arts ical, unique and contemporary,” said These chefs will also take part in the participants, attendees and partners, District, galleries will display tradi- Steve Geiogamah, Scottsdale tourism Arizona Indian Festival, which will fea- such as the City of Scottsdale and Aritional and modern Western artwork. development manager and a member ture traditional food, storytelling, arts zona Native communities,” Geiogamah The Edge Gallery will feature four of the Arizona American Indian Tour- from Native American artisans, tradi- said. artists’ southwest work as part of its ism Association board. tional dancing and singing and tradiAlso taking place on Saturday is the “best of the west” showcase. Artists “This only-in-Arizona experience tional dwellings. Parada del Sol parade and the Trail’s include Arlene Meyer, who specializes helps bridge and celebrate the many Although Arizona Indian Festival’s End Festival, featuring live Westernin ceramics and mixed media; Beth diverse cultures and communities that venue footprint decreased in size this themed music, Aztec and Folklorico Meranto, who specializes in oil paint- call Arizona home,” he said. year due to construction on the Drink- dancers, the famed Howdy Dudettes ings; Tim Gallegly, a pastel and pencil From cooking demos and interac- water Bridge, Geiogamah said AAITA from 1959 and more family friendly artist; and Jan Downey, gourd artist. tive conversations to traditional and was still able to increase the number entertainment and events. While gallery hopping, attendees will contemporary Native arts and more, of event performers and artists. On Wednesday, also at SMoW, Chris be treated to live music by the Desert Arizona Native Experience is a curated “We got creative on set-up, and it will Wimmer will give guests a behind-theDixie band, and can learn line dancing evening of Native American chefs, art- provide a new experience in itself,” he scenes look at how he produces epiand watch artist demonstrations. ists and arts that reflect and introduce said. sodes for his “Legends of the Old West” “This is part of our heritage,” said guests to authentic native culture and The Arizona Indian Festival address- podcast, which tells classic tales of the French Thompson, Scottsdale Gallery cuisine. es the association’s goal of promoting Old West. Association president and owner of In a cocktail setting, guests will have Arizona Indian tourism and education. “As our town continues to grow and French Designer Jeweler. “There are the opportunity to taste traditional “AAITA decided that growing the develop, we work hard to keep a tight all these wonderful, different forms and fusion foods and cocktails by vari- event annually was the best thing to grasp on our unique history that makes of art. It’s a national and international ous reputable Native American chefs. do,” Geiogamah said. “AAITA has dis- Scottsdale so special,” Churchard said. event that people do come here from Chefs include San Carlos Apache cussed growth options over the next Information: scottsdalewesternweek. all over the world to see.” chef, Twila Cassadore; Tewa/Xicana three years and may continue to add com

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Caesars becomes 10th new hotel project here BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

aesars makes 10. With the announcement that Caesars Entertainment Corporation, the parent company behind Las Vegas’ Caesars Palace, will open its first non-gaming hotel in the U.S. at Scottsdale Fashion Square mall, there are now 10 new hotels in various stages of development in Scottsdale south of Camelback Road. The 11-story hotel, called Caesars Republic Scottsdale, is the first in the company’s Republic line of hotels and will be located at the intersection of North Goldwater Boulevard and East Highland Avenue on the north end of the Fashion Square property. The development team plans to break ground in the second half of this year and open the hotel in 2021. “Scottsdale is a vibrant community that draws 4.5 million visitors a year,” Caesars Entertainment Chief Development Officer Marco Roca said. “Caesars Entertainment is confident that Caesars Republic Scottsdale will provide a truly unique and dynamic experience to both locals and

nity to bring Caesars Republic to locals and visitors,” he said. The hotel will include a restaurant, coffee shop, fitness center and 266 rooms, including a mixture of standard rooms and one and two-bedroom suites. The 11th floor will have five luxury entertainment suites. The average daily rate for the hotel is $285 per night, though that could vary by season and occupancy, said Rick Huffman, CEO of HCW Development, the company that will develop the hotel. Additionally, the Caesars Republic Scottsdale will have several rentable areas for businesses, conferenc(Special to the Progress) es, conventions and other A rendering of the Caesars Republic Scottsdale, Caesars Entertainment Corporation’s first non-gaming hotel in the U.S. events. The second floor will that will be located next to Scottsdale Fashion Square. include five breakout rooms mall played a role in the company’s deciguests traveling from afar.” that can accommodate up to Roca, who said that the company had sion to launch its new brand in Scottsdale. 40 people each and a ballroom with a “The area is undergoing a transforma- 500-person capacity. been in negotiations over the site for more than a year, said the availability of a desir- tion with new office spaces and upscale see CAESARS page 30 able location adjacent to Fashion Square residences, giving us the perfect opportu-

Scottsdale firm’s technology offers water savings hope BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

Scottsdale-based company is selling a technology that can help businesses use water more efficiently. Dynamic Water Technologies sells an electrochemical wastewater treatment technology to a variety of users – from hospitals to city governments – to treat the water used to run cooling towers that provide air conditioning and other industrial and commercial uses. It uses electrolysis to clean the water on-site without acids, inhibitors or other chemicals found in traditional processes and has been shown through the company’s case studies to provide significant water savings versus traditional, chemical-based methods.

“There are 12,000 cooling towers in the Metro Phoenix area, and these cooling towers generally use millions of gallons of water each, and that’s why this is such a big thing,” co-founder and principal Michael Boyko said. The company installed its systems at both Scottsdale Fashion Square and Chandler Fashion Center in 2017. According to a company case study, the system resulted in a 21 percent water savings at Scottsdale Fashion Square, the equivalent of 3.18 million gallons per year, and a savings of 22 percent, or 768,000 gallons per year, at Chandler Fashion Center. The technology is also in use at Valley hospitals, the Marina Heights office complex in Tempe that houses the State

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Michael Boyko co-founded Dynamic Water Technologies in Scottsdale. He said the company can help industrial and commercial users, including hospitals, office buildings and local governments, conserve water.

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The ballroom will open up into a lawn that can accommodate up to 600 people for outdoor events. Huffman said the hotel operations will generate approximately 200 jobs. An amenity that is sure to rile some residents living adjacent to the property is the hotel’s rooftop pool and bar, which will be located on the seventh floor. The pool will host yoga, Champagne events, weekend brunches and “lively afternoon energy year-round,” according to a Caesars press release. In the past several years, events held at the rooftop pool at the W Scottsdale, located less than a mile from the new hotel site, and the pool at the new Hotel Adeline have rankled some local community members. Debra Stein, a resident of nearby Optima Camelback, wrote to the City Council in 2017, stating she was troubled by the potential for a hotel at Goldwater and Highland. “Most troubling is the noise which the W Hotel’s pool area creates for the residents who live nearby,” she wrote. “This location is a poor choice due to the surrounding property being residential.” Huffman, the HCW CEO, said that the

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Farm regional headquarters and another high-rise in Phoenix. The system at Marina Heights saved 1.8 million gallons of water in the first 11 months of operation, according to the company. The company is also active nationwide, having installed its systems at a federal General Services Administration building in Georgia and in a building at Los Angeles City Hall. According to a U.S. Department of Energy Report, the technology resulted in 33 percent water savings at the GSA building in Georgia. Boyko said the company has spoken with the city staff in Scottsdale and other Valley cities about adopting their technology. Scottsdale spokesperson Nicole Sherbert said that the city cannot comment on a specific company’s technology. The process works by removing mineral buildup to allow users to cycle water more frequently through cooling towers before introducing additional fresh water into the system, said co-founder and principal Neil Ginsberg. Ginsberg spoke at the H20 Innovation Summit organized by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Arizona Chamber of

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company plans to reach out to local residents who are concerned about noise issues. “There is a noise level that must be monitored under zoning,” Huffman said. The bar is well above all neighbors’ heights at 80 feet and only the pool area is open. The bar itself is enclosed. We have a sound consultant on board to make sure we are achieving the results we want.” Stipulations applied to rezoning of the Scottsdale Fashion Square site in 2017 indicated that on certain portions of the site “there shall be no exterior amplified music after 10 p.m., and 11 p.m. on weekends and holidays, at levels greater than 68 decibels.” Those stipulations apply to the hotel site, according to city planning staff. Some locals, particularly those in the nearby Optima Camelview community, may be unhappy with the height of the 11-story hotel. The hotel is part of a larger development plan presented to the city by the mall owner Macerich in 2017, when the company sought zoning changes that allowed for building heights of up to 150 feet. The City Council approved the rezoning case on Aug. 29, 2017 on a 5-2 vote. The City Council report on those zoning

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Neil Ginsberg is co-founder and principal at Dynamic Water Technologies, a Scottsdale-based company offering a wastewater treatment solution that provides significant water savings for companies.

Commerce and Industry, discussing new technologies that can fight water scarcity worldwide. In desert locales with very hard water – such as much of Arizona – efficient cooling towers can typically cycle water 2.5 to 3 times. In cities with softer water, users can cycle water anywhere between 3 to 20 times before introducing fresh water, according to Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, or AMWUA.

changes indicated the hotel would feature 200 rooms, 33 percent less than the 266 rooms announced by Caesars. The development plan also indicated the mall site could eventually house multifamily housing, a grocery store, commercial office space and an additional 100,000 square feet of retail. At the time, eight residents spoke out against the rezoning, which was approved by the city. The bulk of complaints came from Optima residents concerned that a 150-foot building nearby would block their views or otherwise negatively impact their community. Not everyone was against the project, though. Around 20 people showed up to the meeting to speak in favor of the mall rezoning, many of whom lauded the developments made possible by the rezoning as a future revenue boon for the city. “From the perspective of the Scottsdale Fire Fighters Association, this is a hugely impactful redevelopment that will help sustain the future of public safety for this community, which I think everyone agrees is vitally important,” said Sasha Weller from the Scottsdale Fire Fighters Association.

Increasing the number of cycles can result in significant water savings. According to the AMWUA, a 109-ton cooling tower running 1,610 hours per year can save approximately 160,000 gallons of water per year by going from two to three cycles. “In desert cities, increasing the Cycles of Concentration from 1 or 2 up to 3 cycles saves the most water,” the organization wrote on its website. At Scottsdale Fashion Square, Dynamic Water Technologies system resulted in an increase from 3.55 cycles to 6.99 cycles. “The difference between 2.7 cycles and where we actually put the customers is a significant amount of water,” Boyko said. “And that’s the goal here; what can we do in a practical application to save the most water possible?” The process also provided energy savings of nine percent at Scottsdale Fashion Square and 13 percent at Chandler Fashion Center. Water conservation is a driving force behind the company. The technology was developed by Israel-based UET and, after an initial sixmonth distribution agreement, Dynamic Water Technologies signed a partnership with UET in 2015 and now owns the technology for North America, said

When the hotel comes on line in 2021, it will undoubtedly face stiff competition. As it stands, there are now 10 developments featuring hotels in some stage of development in southern Scottsdale, including seven in the downtown area alone. Those downtown projects include Museum Square, Don & Charlie’s Hotel, WaterView Edition Hotel, Winfield Hotel and Residences, the Canopy by Hilton planned for Marshall Way and Second Street and the Southbridge Two development proposed along Fifth Avenue. The Don & Charlie’s project has already received City Council approval, and the Museum Square development will go before the council in April after going before the Planning Commission in March. The other projects are in earlier stages of development. If all are completed, those downtown hotels, including the new Caesars Republic, would add over 1,600 hotel rooms to the area. Whether or not all of these hotels will be built is an open question. “Your guess is as good as mine,” Scottsdale Planning Director Tim Curtis joked in a 2018 interview with the Progress, when asked how many of the planned hotels in the city would actually be built.

Principal Michael Boyko. “Neil and I were trying to figure out what else can we do in the water arena that is a broad spectrum application that can make a positive impact,” Boyko said. At a presentation to the Imperial Irrigation District of southern California in May 2018, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman said that Lake Mead was only 39 percent full and was projected to be nearing levels that would trigger allocation cutbacks by the end of 2018. The Bureau of Reclamation predicted there was a 52 percent chance that Lake Mead would reach those shortage conditions by 2020. Arizonans have a low priority under current agreements with other Colorado River states, meaning Arizona water users – including the Central Arizona Project that supplies water to Phoenix and Tucson – would see the largest cutbacks under current agreements, according to Water Resource Advocates. Boyko said that companies must come to grips with the current water situation and do their part to limit consumption. “I think the first step in water conservation is saying ‘what am I doing today that I can actually optimize and make a change for the better?’” Boyko said.

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Rogue mural of McCain should not be allowed BY DAVID ORTEGA Progress Guest Writer

cottsdale Government 101: A project coming for zoning or development review approval should work out neighbor objections and certainly “do no harm” to a neighbor. When the Maverick Mural proponents rolled out their homage to Senator McCain, they blindsided neighbor Dewey Schade. For �ive months he told them emphatically they could not trespass to

stage the installation. Surprisingly, Councilwoman Virginia Korte expedited DRB and voted for approval, although the mural would be inches from Dewey Schade’s leased commercial land. Downtown Scottsdale is the Land of Zero Lot Line: Virtually all buildings are within inches of the property line. Had the mural building been inset four or �ive feet within the property line, there would be less of an issue. At the DRB Dec. 20 hearing, I commented that the mural obscured by cars is not legible, applied by sprayed stencil not du-

rable, and that 30,000 pixels are not sustainable in the Arizona sun. Additionally, the mural’s political depiction would damage Mr. Schade �inancially due to content and vandalism to tenant vehicles. Proponents even declared they would use an overhead lift to spray paint, although (they are) prohibited to trespass. Citywide Consequences: Throughout Scottsdale, houses, multifamily properties and commercial properties have walls, which are likely inches inside one property or the other. Imagine if one neighbor painted a mural on “your” side of “their”

wall. To do so they might trample your garden or place of business. This would be a police nightmare. The Maverick Mural DRB decision has been appealed by City Council to rescind this severe lack of judgment by Councilwoman Virginia Korte. Let’s hope we do not �ind a rogue mural in your side yard. David Ortega is a former Scottsdale City councilman and has been an architect in Old Town Scottsdale for 35 years. Editor’s Note: There is no evidence within City of Scottsdale records that Councilwoman Korte expedited the Development Review Board vote on the Maverick Mural.

person. Fortunately, personality-induced hypothermia is a temporary condition that recedes the minute you leave the room. Not so with actual life-threatening cold, which claimed lives across the Midwest last week, prevented the U.S. Postal Service from delivering mail in parts of 10 states and reduced the Grand Forks Herald to running a story headlined, “Sure It’s Cold … But It Could Be Worse.” The highlight? Conservation of�icer Stu Bensen recalling a call he ran in the mid1980s to retrieve the body of a �isherman who froze to death near Lake of the Woods. It was a 30-mile trip by snowmobile, Bensen recalled, then 30 miles back towing the frozen corpse on a sled – in a strong wind and temperatures of -25. “By the time I got back – we probably found (the �isherman) midday – that evening the pain started,” Bensen explained. One of his top teeth had frozen, the Herald reported. This necessitated a root canal and a crown. “It was quite a process,” Bensen told reporter Brad Dokken. “People are fortunate if they don’t have to go out in these elements. They’re smart not to go out in these elements. No matter what amount of clothing you put on, you feel it come through every seam.” I suppose that’s one moral to the story. The other is never go �ishing when it’s 25

below zero – or live in a place where 25 below is even a remote possibility. Some snowbird types will likely point out that it rarely reaches temperatures of 115 degrees in the Midwest, whereas that happens with some frequency during Arizona summers. My response: I’ve been here 23 years and I’ve never had to install “heat tires” to drive on the 202 in August. We don’t have “heat plows” and we don’t have to “steer into the skid” on scalding surface streets during mid-summer. Nor do we have our beer deliveries disrupted by frozen product, the way they did in Minnesota last week. “Most of the folks up north are not de-

livering,” Mike Madigan, president of Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association, told CNN. “Most distributors are not delivering in the Twin Cities, down south and out west.” Meanwhile here in the Valley, a million people in T-shirts and shorts consumed 10 million frosty drinks at the Waste Management Phoenix Open. The Cactus League starts in a few weeks, and we haven’t had a frozen �isherman in Phoenix since, oh, ever. This checking the weather elsewhere is a real eye opener about how good we have it here. The occasional Hillary Clinton speech is a small price to pay for life in paradise.

Polar vortex reminds us how good life is here BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Progress Columnist

ou’re never too old to learn new tricks, and I’m proud to report having picked up a new hobby even as I slide into middle age. For more than 50 years, I’ve studiously ignored the weather in other places. Then the news started blabbing about a “polar vortex” last week and suddenly I had a new pastime: Checking the low temperatures in places like Grand Forks, North Dakota, where it dropped to -27 degrees Thursday before dawn, or 100 degrees colder than the high of 73 degrees predicted for the Valley that afternoon. And that’s not even counting the wind chill, which cooled down Grand Forks to an arctic 48 below. As a guy who moved to Arizona from New Jersey in 1995 and kept his windshield ice scraper on his desk for a decade as a grim reminder of life before Phoenix, I can’t help but wonder aloud about the sanity of people who subject themselves to such conditions. I mean, the deepest chill I’ve experienced since moving here was two Novembers back, when I saw Hillary Clinton speak in

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Female wrestling has arrived in Scottsdale schools With rosters small while the new sport grows, girls often still t high schools across Scottsdale, must wrestle against female wrestling �inally has ar- boys during practice rived, no holds barred. sessions. That’s uncomSince the Arizona Interscholastic Asso- fortable for both, for ciation, the governing body of high school reasons beyond a difsports in the state, announced last May ference in muscle mass that it would sanction girls wrestling as and natural strength. an “emerging sport” this school year, a Casteel High coach collective sigh of relief was uttered by ev- Frank Torres said severy female wrestler who previously had eral potential wrestlers to practice moves against a member of and their parents were the boys wrestling team. uncomfortable with The �irst girls wrestling season is under- their daughters in such way with sectional and state tournaments close contact to similarto follow. The script is similar to the AIA’s age boys. roll out of beach volleyball last year. “A couple of years ago, “Before, I kind of felt isolated being the I had �ive junior-high only girl, like I wasn’t important, espe- cheerleaders walk in cially because I was losing a lot against and say they wanted to the boys my size,” said Horizon High wrestle,” Torres said. “I wrestler Andrea Horanzy, the only girl let them do it for a couon her wrestling team. “Now, I feel more ple of practices and they included.” didn’t come back be(Eric Newman/Progress Staff) Having their own teams, being able to cause they were wres- Horizon High’s Andrea Horanzy practices against partner Alex Young during wrestling practice. While the sport grows, female wrestle against other females and now tling the boys. wrestlers often must practice against males until female participation increases. having the opportunity to be crowned “I asked them what state champion makes Horanzy feel like drove them away, and to talking to each other outside about wresThe rules of the sport have not changed. she and other girls �inally have their own boil it down it was just strange for them tling, and we start knowing each other.” Neither has the coaching. What’s differidentity in the sport. They respect that they are part of the ent, though, is the sense of accomplishbeing that close and having that kind of For years, girls struggled to �it in to the contact with boys.” inaugural year, setting the �irst records ment the girls get from competing in a high school wrestling community. They The sport, by its nature, requires close for girls down the line to break as the sport tailored just to them. were permitted to wrestle on boys high contact with the opponent to train and sport grows. “I’ve de�initely bragged about wrestling school teams because they had none of compete. “We instantly become friends with ev- to a bunch of my friends,” said Desert their own. Stefany Valencia, a �irst-year wrestler ery girl we meet on the other teams,” said Vista junior Hannah Armenta. “Now I’m That kept some potential female wres- for Westwood High, who took third place Desert Vista wrestler Akira Cook. “Being trying to even more of them to do it, too.” tlers away from the mat. Torres calls wrestling one of the most inin her weight class at the Anthony Ro- girls and the only girl wrestlers, we have bles Eastside Wom- to stick together. It’s an honor that all of clusive sports girls can be a part of in high school now. All body shapes and sizes are en’s Tournament on us are here.” Mariah Gramza, one of just two on the welcome, even encouraged. With weight Jan. 12, found her �irst athletic calling Perry High girls wrestling team, took �irst classes from 101 to 225 pounds, and complace in her weight class in Perry’s �irst petitors of more or less equal size, girls in the sport. who might be too big or too small for other Valencia likes the tournament of the season. Gramza said that she sensed silent sports actually provide their teams with a sense of camaraderie and pride among judgment that she lacked skill and was scoring advantage in wrestling. Further, he said, the boys on the high female wrestlers, out of place on the mat when she used to knowing they are wrestle against boys. Holding up a win- school wrestling scene often are the girls’ ner’s medal – the �irst Perry girl to do so biggest cheerleaders. breaking ground. “Nobody gets more excited and there’s “You have to get in wrestling – it was clear that the tide had turned. no louder cheers than when one of your close with the girls (Eric Newman/Progress Staff) “It kind of felt nice winning and proving girls makes a good move or wins,” Torres to practice,” Valencia Andrea Horanzy, a junior, is the only member of the Horizon High girls wressaid. said. “Then we start them wrong,” she said. tling team. This is the first season for the sport in Arizona.

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Moon mission, Old West merge in new exhibit BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

im Peterson started in his teens collecting Western and Native American art and artifacts. While strolling through a gallery in Rochester, Minnesota, one particular piece, Paul Calle’s “Something for the Pot II,” stopped him in his tracks. “It was this beautiful hunting scene with vivid colors and this outdoorsy person, a bird trapper in the 1820s or 1830s,” Peterson recalled. “I had done a lot of camping and hiking and kind of exploring when I was a little kid, so the image interested me a lot that it had this feel of what I thought I was experiencing as a young boy.” Since then, Peterson has amassed more than 40 pieces of Calle’s work, many of which will be on display at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West’s (SMoW) upcoming exhibition, “Paul Calle’s Life of Exploration: From the Mountains to the Moon.” Available to the public from Feb. 19 through Oct. 20, the Calle exhibition is a long time coming for Peterson. As guest curator, Peterson has been planning this exhibition since he began working with SMoW in 2014.

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Paul Calle’s “Something for the Pot II” will be on display at the upcoming Paul Calle exhibition at Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West on Feb. 19.

“We began creating these lists of future exhibitions, and one of the exhibitions was Paul Calle,” said Tricia Loscher, assistant director of collections, exhibitions and research at SMoW. “Of course, Tim knowing that in this year, we will be having the anniversary of the landing on the moon, he started to already then plan it.” July of this year marks the 50th anniver-

sary of the Apollo 11 launch, lunar landing and moonwalk. Calle, as the official NASA artist for many decades, was the only artist present during the pre-launch activities of the Apollo 11. He sketched the crew having breakfast, suiting up and walking out to the space craft. Thanks to Calle’s son, Chris Calle, these

sketches will be in the exhibition. The original sketchbook Paul used the day of the mission was also used in the filming of “First Man,” in which Chris played the role of his father. “One of the amazing things that I uncovered was an entire sketchbook that I’d never seen that my father used the morning of the Apollo 11 launch when he was sketching the Apollo 11 crew,” said Chris, who is also an artist. “It has five or six sketches in it, ones that I had never seen before.” It wasn’t difficult for Chris to portray his father during filming, either. In fact, he realized much later that two notably remarkable coincidences occurred during shooting, the first being call time. “The call was 5 in the morning, which is about the time my dad was going into the breakfast room,” Chris said. During shooting, Chris also remembered how his father always talked about how terrified he was to drop the ink from his fountain pen onto the pristine white floors. “So, in many of the sketches you see in the corners these scribbled lines, like when the ink isn’t running and you scribble to try to get it back. His pen kept clogging,” Chris said.

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City takes pride in its public arts projects BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

even Corten steel carp ranging in size from 9- to 18-feet long “swim” across the 1,200-foot long, 10-foot high wall comprised of concrete and glass block, river rock and steel. Sunlight beams through the strategically placed glass blocks positioned directly behind each of the fish, meant to give the appearance of water passing through each of their bodies. This work of art, running along Goldwater Boulevard just south of Camelback Road, has been a Scottsdale staple for 20 years; and yet, many aren’t aware of the history behind this public art piece, let alone the function it serves.

As Scottsdale Fashion Square was expanding and the city was building Goldwater Boulevard, neighborhood residents asked for a sound abatement wall. So, the city and Scottsdale (Kimberly Carrillo/Progress Staff Photographer) Public Art comDesigned by artist Kevin Berry, the Tributary Wall along Goldwater Boulevard cele- missioned lobrates its 20-year anniversary this year. cal artist Kevin Berry to design Completed in January 1999, the Tributary Wall was part of Scottsdale’s Indian the project alongside the landscape architect, Design Workshop. School Road Improvement Project.

“I also worked with stakeholders in the community, specifically a homeowners association located in the community on the back side of the wall,” Berry said. This wasn’t Berry’s first project for the city. He is also the artist behind the Hummingbird Sanctuary located along Drinkwater Boulevard and Monterey Way, which was completed in 1995. Meant to be a sanctuary for both hummingbirds and residents, the sanctuary consists of five 16-foot-tall sculptures in the form of stylized trumpet vine flowers. Similar to the Tributary Wall, Berry

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ARTS & SUNDAY, FEB. 10SUNDAY FEB. 24 23rd Annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival

The 23rd annual Greater Phoenix Jewish Film Festival will showcase a slate of 20 independent films, including the Western United States’ premiere of a rare multi-camera shoot from the origi-

nal Broadway run of the play about Golda Meir, Israel’s only female Prime Minister. “Golda’s Balcony, The Film” is a film of a play. The film’s producer, David Fishelson, will appear Feb. 10 in Scottsdale for a post-screening question-andanswer session with the audience. The film festival features a rich assortment of independent Jewish cinema. DETAILS>>Various times, Harkins Shea 14, 7354 E. Shea Blvd., Scottsdale. For

more information on films or to purchase tickets, call 602-753-9366 or visit gpjff.org. $11 for adults ($13 at the door) / $7 for active military (ID required) $150 festival pass.

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erator is Lindsey Reiser, CBS 5 News. DETAILS>>9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Westin Kierland Resort and Spa, 6902 E. Greenway Parkway, Scottsdale. $135, with $5 credit toward book purchases the day of the event. 480-3824494, bncphxba2019pr@gmail.com.

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The past and future collide in Ballet Arizona’s performances of “The Firebird,” a new production from Artistic Director Ib Andersen, and “La Sylphide,” one of the world’s oldest ballets. The Phoenix Symphony provides the music. DETAILS>>Various times. This juxtaposition of old and new comes to Symphony Hall Valentine’s Day weekend, February 14-17, with live music by The Phoenix Symphony. Symphony Hall, 75 N. Second St., Phoenix. Tickets start at $25. 602-381-1096, balletaz.org.

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Artists of Scottsdale Ranch: Art Show, Sale and Silent Auction

The Artists of Scottsdale Ranch work independently, but they come together annually to display and sell their artis-

tic endeavors in their home community. The artists each donate a special work to the silent auction. Proceeds from the auction benefit local charities. DETAILS>>10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Scottsdale Ranch Community Center, 10585 N. 100th St., Scottsdale. Free admission. 480-200-4731, artistsofscottsdaleranch.com.

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Brandeis National Committee, Phoenix Chapter Book and Author Luncheon

The 2019 scribes are: Marie Benedict (“The Only Woman in the Room”), Matti Friedman (“Spies of No Country: Secret Lives at the Birth of Israel”), Ann Hood (“Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love and Food”), Tim Johnston (“The Current”) and Matthew Quirk (“The Night Agent”). The event’s mod-

Scottsdale Concert Band

Pianist Andrew O’Brien, an adjunct faculty instructor at Scottsdale Community College, performs the “Warsaw Concerto” with the Scottsdale Concert Band. The “Warsaw Concerto” is a short work for piano and orchestra by Richard Addinsell, written for the 1941 British film “Dangerous Moonlight,” which is about the Polish struggle against the 1939 invasion by Nazi Germany, DETAILS>>3:30 p.m. Coronado High School Auditorium, 7501 E. Virginia Ave., Scottsdale. Free. 602-3273168, scottsdaleconcertband.org.

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endary artist Peter Max runs in a limited engagement presentation at DeRubeis Fine Art of Metal. All artworks are on exhibition and available for acquisition. DETAILS>>Various times. DeRubeis Fine Art of Metal, 7171 E. Main St., Scottsdale. Free admission. 480941-6033, phillip@fineartofmetal. com, derubeisfineartscottsdale. com.

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Sure enough, in the middle of filming, the same thing happened to Chris. “I ran outside, scribbling on a bunch of my sketches. You see this scribbling in the corners, the exact same thing. So that was really funny,” he said. In addition to being one of the eight original artists of the newly established NASA Art Program in 1962, Paul is also best known for drawing and painting the historic American West, including mountain men, fur traders and Native Americans. “Scottsdale’s Museum of the West is the perfect place [for this exhibition] because my dad had that spirit, first of all,” Chris said. “This show, in particular, is going to bring something different to the Western art collectors and enthusiasts because of the fact that it includes Western art, but it’s much more than another Western art show.” Included in the exhibition are the NASA postage stamp designs Paul designed, including the iconic “1969 First Man on the Moon” artwork and stamp. Paul’s famous portraits of President John F. Kennedy, General MacArthur and The Beatles, among others, will also be on display.

The Calle exhibition sources artwork and objects from nearly 20 lenders, including the Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum and objects on loan from the Smithsonian Institution. About 40 percent of all artwork is from Peterson’s personal collection, and 40 percent comes from the Calle estate. “We’ve got more material than we actually have space, so we’re actually whittling some things out,” Peterson said. “When you look at the overall body of work that he did from the 1950s until his death, it actually symbolized via the true American history from the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s,” Peterson said. “I hope people walk away and say, ‘I never realized the breadth of the work that this man did.’” Loscher added, “Paul Calle is not a generally recognized name, like a Picasso, but he did so much in his career that really had a great influence on not only our perception of ourselves as Americans, but how the world views Americans – given what he did with NASA, his postage stamps and illustrating the West.” Paul’s work as a whole transports Peterson back to his youth. “It makes me remember those days of hunting and in cold winters for pheasant hunting with my father, or it brings me

back to the times I went hiking and camping and canoeing with my friends out in southern and northern Minnesota,” Peterson said. Peterson first met Paul at a gallery in upstate New York when he was about 30 years old. Since that meeting, Peterson worked directly with Paul on paintings for years, which is how Peterson grew his collection. “[Paul] finally invited me to his studio and spent time with them at his studio, and after that is when we really started working together and getting to be friends,” Peterson said. “He was someone that had a very strong opinion about what he liked and didn’t like. I cared about him deeply and he was a good friend.” The idea for the Paul Calle exhibition was discussed with Paul and Chris prior to Paul’s passing in 2010. Peterson said Chris was phenomenal to work with, in terms of allowing him to access family photos, history of the family and gathering information about all of the paintings they received on loan from other institutions and museums. The two pieces that resonate most with Chris are “Generations in the Valley,” depicting three generations of Navajo Indian with Monument Valley in the background, and the monumental painting of

Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon titled “The Great Moment.” “That’s one piece that is really going to stand out because it’s just so dramatic and large,” Chris said. Chris hopes to take a photo in front of the painting with Neil Armstrong’s son, Mark Armstrong, who also plans to attend the opening. Bridging the Old West with the space frontier, the exhibition is summed up in one quote from Chris’ 2009 book, “Celebrating Apollo 11, The Artwork of Paul Calle.” “I haven always likened the image of mountain man John Colter, his moccasinclad foot first stepping on the newly fallen snow of the Yellowstone valley, to the moon boot of Neil Armstrong, stepping in the dust of the moon’s surface at the Sea of Tranquility … two worlds apart, yet each at the edge of a new frontier…”

created the sanctuary’s series of columns with river rock. “My approach to most public art projects is a site-specific approach where I try to look at the local environment, the history of the area, the practical or pragmatic needs of the project, and work all those things in to the design of the project,” he said. The wall pays tribute to the nearby Arizona Canal through the imagery of the carp, which helps clean the canal. And the river rock was inspired by the Salt River, Berry said. “The fish were also intended to reflect the traffic that goes along in front of the wall, as far as people and cars go,” he said. The colored CMU block pattern in the wall is meant to reflect a cup or water, or a wave pattern. These elements, including the glass positioned behind each fish, were meant as solutions to concerns the community expressed about the wall. “For instance, the wall has glass block: That was done in response to their concerns for it being kind of a dark area behind the wall,” Berry said. The community also expressed con-

cern for lack of accessibility during emergencies. So, he and his team put a locking security door in the wall so the fire department had access on the front side of the wall and could enter at that point. In the end, the community embraced the project. “I’ve never heard any complaints about the wall whatsoever,” Berry said. “I’ve gotten nothing but compliments.” The Tributary Wall also received a Crescordia Award for Environmental Excellence from Valley Forward, now called Arizona Forward. Berry calls it one of the most wellknown sculpture projects in Scottsdale and his largest to date. “It has a timeless quality where it will be appreciated for years to come,” he said. “I have a family and three boys, and they live here, so they’ll be able to drive around the Valley someday and say, ‘Hey, my dad did that.’” Berry has completed several other functional public art pieces for Scottsdale Public Arts, including the West Couplet bus shelters on Goldwater Boulevard and Wavelength, four transit shelters located near the intersections of Camelback and Scottsdale Roads. His other notable public art projects

include the Tempe Canal Project, the Light Rail Transit Center and the Sky Harbor Airport bus shelters. More recently, Berry completed a series of illuminated, steel and glass torch sculptures at Liberty Center at Rio Salado in Tempe. The project was completed in 2014 and took Berry four years to complete. Completed in November 2018 was an abandoned well project for the City of Phoenix to help secure and better integrate the waste water treatment facility into its desert surroundings. “I’m very honored that I was able to create a lot of iconic artwork throughout the Valley and leave a legacy of my artwork,” Berry said. “I think I’ve enhanced the overall artistic landscape, and it’s nice that I’ve been able to integrate artwork into all kinds of different situations where they’re not only just pieces of artwork, that they serve a function as well.” Public art is a point of pride for Scottsdale, said Wendy Raisanen, curator of collections and exhibitions for Scottsdale Public Art. “I just took a group of people on a walking tour of public art in the city and some of these people have lived here a long time and they never knew that

these particular pieces were here,” she said. “Public art is something that really makes your neighborhood, your town, your culture richer.” The city’s percent-for-art ordinance has been in effect since 1985, requiring one percent of the City Council-approved budget of any municipal capital improvement or capital build projects to be used to commission and acquire public art. Scottsdale Public Art works in close consultation with the City of Scottsdale to identify potential art projects and what percent-for-arts funds might be best for the city, said Kevin VaughanBrubacker, public art manager at Scottsdale Public Art. He said one of the main factors Scottsdale Public Art takes into consideration on a potential project is the visibility and accessibility of the project. “Projects where public art can be integrated into a functional facility or structure for the city are happy marriages for us and the city,” Vaughan-Brubacker said. Currently, Scottsdale Public Art has 17 permanent projects throughout the city. “When public art funds can be used to help create part of a facility or structure,

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Arizona Renaissance festival brings visitors to the 16th Century BY TAYLOR O'CONNOR Progress Contributor

agerly searching for his next customer in a crowd of tunic-wearing patrons munching on turkey legs, Shamus the Insulter parades through the Renaissance Festival grounds announcing, “Insults! Insults! Step right up to get your insults.” Maidens and monsieurs alike approach Shamus to insult them or their loved ones, “from the ages of 4 to 98.” For the right price, Shamus will give a beautifully articulated insult, or compliment, rated “familyfriendly G all the way through adult NC 17.” Shamus, along with several other characters, can be found at the Renaissance Festival from Saturday, Feb. 9, to Sunday, March 31, in Gold Canyon. The Renaissance Festival launches people into the 16th century to enjoy a time of jousters, kings and queens, said Marketing and Sales Director Sanja Malinovic. “This is an incredibly interactive event with a variety of amusements,” Malinovic said. “There are over 2,000 costumed characters in authentic and elaborate period garments roaming the festival village.” The 30-acre grounds house 14 stages with performances including “tall tales, acrobatics, song, dance and tomfoolery,” Malinovic said. Born Tony Miller, Shamus the Insulter describes his job as a “street act” who interacts with the crowds all day. “It is what I like to call intimate theater,” he said, “Part of the draw of coming to the Renaissance Festival is to have interactions with the characters.” Along with performances and character interactions, Malinovic suggests people go shopping and see the works of over 200 artisans with crafts like glassblowing, leatherwork, weaving, wood crafting,

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it helps the bottom line of the city construction project and it helps public art by having the contractor or subcontractors hired by the city coordinate or even perform the installation of the public art,” Vaughan-Brubacker said. The city also has a budget specifically for maintaining public artworks. “A lot of cities, they throw up public art, but they never think about what happens 20 years from now,” Raisanen said. “Scottsdale started as an art town, so for the city to be able to provide this

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blacksmithing and pottery making. Another major piece to the Renaissance Festival is the culinary experience, Malinovic said. Visitors can try foods such as turkey legs, steak-on-a-stake, sausage-

on-a-stick, skewered chicken, ears of corn, Scotch eggs, baked potatoes with toppings, and filled fresh bread bowls. In its 31st season, the festival has grown, Malinovic said. What started off as 9 acres

kind of added bonus to its citizens is, I think, really respectable and forwardthinking.” Looking ahead, one of Scottsdale Public Art’s upcoming permanent public art projects includes the AZ Canal Path by architectural artist Jody Pinto. The project will creatively connect the two-mile stretch of canal with a walking path from Indian Bend Wash to Downtown Scottsdale. The AZ Canal Path project will also include a shade structure, seating and landscaping to create what VaughanBrubacker calls a rest stop for people

using the new multi-use path along the canal and the existing multi paths in the Indian Bend Wash. The project is expected to be installed by the end of summer 2020. In terms of temporary art projects, Vaughan-Brubacker said the community can expect to see more of these more fleeting public works of art here in Scottsdale. “We are seeing a shift in the field to public art programs relying on and supporting more temporary art projects,” he said, adding that temporary art projects allow public art programs and artists to

and 43,000 visitors has now become 30 acres and over a quarter of a million guests. Malinovic said as soon as the festival ends in March, planning and maintenance begin in April. Malinovic highlighted three new performances this year. The first is CRAIC, a Celtic band featuring “roguish vocals, rhythmic violin, intense percussion and blaring bagpipes.” The second is Rick the Hypnotist, who picks volunteers “to take them on a journey they’ll never forget.” Read more about Rick at rickthehypnotist.com. Finally, there’s Rick and Jan Stratton, who juggle and move with Snorkel the Dancing Pig. While there may be an additional cost for some activities, Malinovic points out several free activities and performances like the knighting ceremony, the three daily jousts, the petting zoo, the Mermaid Grotto, contests and glass-blowing demonstrations. Food and vendors require cash. ATMs are on-site. Malinovic suggests wearing sunscreen, comfortable shoes, getting to the festival early and staying all day. “There’s nothing like it in the entire state,” Malinovic said. “It is an event that brings the state of Arizona together in celebration of a period of enlightenment, bringing smiles and shenanigans to attendees of all ages.” Shamus the Insulter is there to bring the shenanigans. “I am a spoken wordsmith,” he said. “All in all, I am a professional insulter. This is the best thing I have ever done in my life.” Arizona Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace, 12601 E. U.S. Highway 60, Gold Canyon, arizona. renfestinfo.com, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Feb. 9-March 31 and Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 18, prices start at $26 at Fry’s.

add excitement and meaning to a wider variety of public spaces. “They also offer the chance for artists to experiment or push the envelope ... because they know the piece will be taken down eventually,” he said. Temporary projects are also a great way to quickly address issues in the community. “[They] could address issues of water use or the opioid crises or bring disparate communities together to interact and learn more about each other,” Vaughan-Brubacker said. Information: scottsdalepublicart.org

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he sight of destroying sleeves upon sleeves of Samoas would make anyone’s heart stop, but for 22 restaurants throughout central and Northern Arizona, it’s for a worthy cause. The Girl Scout Cookie Dessert Challenge returns for its sixth year, and several restaurants throughout Scottsdale are taking part in the month-long challenge of transforming all six, beloved Girl Scouts Cookies into a custom dessert menu item. Through Feb. 28, a portion of the proceeds from each dessert sold at all participating restaurants will go directly to Girl Scouting in Arizona. Scottsdale-area restaurants include Babbo Italian Eatery, PNPK Craft Slider + Wine Bar, Proof Canteen at Four Seasons Scottsdale Resort Troon North, The Herb Box, The Thumb and ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho. Many restaurants this year invited Girl Scouts members to an interactive, behind-the-scenes field trip, where the

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girls helped chefs create their respective sweet creations. The girls even learned a few important lessons along the way. Proof Canteen chef Lance Whipple taught the group of Girl Scouts how to make ice cream – and it was a lesson they won’t soon forget. “Bet you didn’t know you were going to science class,” Whipple said as he pulled out a canister of liquid nitrogen – the Girl Scouts and their respective moms, alike, oohing and aahing at the sight. This is Proof Canteen’s third year participating in the challenge. Thin Mints were the star of Proof Canteen’s Thin Mint brownie dessert last year, and they sold nearly 100 of the desserts, raising approximately $250. This year, however, Whipple worked with the ultra-popular Samoas to create a coconut chocolate Samoas ice cream cake with gooey caramel sauce. The ice cream cake sells for $12, or $17 for an extra scoop of (Alex Anton/Special to the Progress) Proof Canteen at Four Seasons Scottsdale Resort Troon coconut Samoas ice cream. “We played around with some North Chef Lance Whipple used Samoas to create a coconut chocolate Samoas ice cream cake with gooey caramel sauce. of the other cookies, but we

Girl Scout Helen Nesbitt, 12, shows off her finished dessert, the Samoas cannoli, during the Girl Scout’s field trip to Aioli Burger in Phoenix on Jan. 22.

found that between the Thin Mints and the Samoas, they sell themselves, and with one dollar going back to the Girl Scouts, we wanted to go for massive amounts of sales so we can give back,” Whipple said. Proof Canteen’s pastry cook Calena Srutowski, who assisted Whipple during the field trip, wanted to teach the girls that all products can be transformed into something new. All it takes is a bit (Alex Anton/Special to the Progress) of imagination and cre- PNPK Craft Slider + Wine Bar in northern Scottsdale used the Do-si-dos ativity. to create a dessert flight. It sells for $8, and a portion of the proceeds to “It’s not just a cookie,” directly to Girl Scouting in Arizona. Srutowski said. “You it’s important to have an opportunity to can always twist it and make it into something fun and new, may- show girls what it’s like to work in a real be for yourself or someone else to show kitchen and what the environment of a them what excitement there is in prod- hospitality industry is like,” she said. “We thought it’d be a lot of fun.” ucts.” Franklin’s sentiment is echoed by SuFour Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Troon san de Queljoe, spokeswoman for Girl North spokeswoman Jennifer Franklin Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council. said the challenge was a natural fit. “We have a lot of female chefs in our culinary brigade here, so we really feel see COOKIES page 40

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Pub crawl a new addition to Parada del Sol BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

s Parada del Sol celebrates its 66th anniversary, Wasted Grain has stepped in as both a participating venue and hometown sponsor to host a slew of pre- and post-parade events, including a pub crawl. “It has been fantastic to work with them as they have come up with creative new ideas, like the pub crawl, as the last entry in the parade,” said Parada President Wendy Springborn. Called the Scottsdale Stampede, the pub crawl will start at Wasted Grain for a morning of breakfast and beers. Attendees – who are encouraged to dress in their best, family appropriate Western garb – will then line up to walk as official participants in the Parada del Sol parade down Scottsdale Road to Trail’s End Festival. The four-hour Trail’s End Festival includes three stages for live music, a tailgate area, a kids corral and a Western village. Scottsdale Stampede participants can redeem beer tickets here, as well. Participants then head to Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers and back to Wasted Grain for the official after party, a parade dance, where Georgia Chrome and Rock Lobster will perform. Stops on the crawl include a mimosa tent at the Bubble Room, located just above Wasted Grain, a beer tent and a Chaco Flaco-sponsored cocktail tent. For Johnson, the pub crawl serves two functions: It attracts a younger demo-

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“It’s so inspiring to see Original Gravity, PNPK, Zuzu at Hotel Valley Ho, The Herb Box and Lovecraft taking part since they are all either proud woman-owned businesses or have female chefs in the kitchen,” de Queljoe said. At Proof Canteen, Srutowski stressed to the Girl Scouts that, regardless of gender, if you put your mind to it, you can do anything. “It’s not necessarily more of a matter of ‘that’s a guy thing, that’s a girl’s thing.’ It’s more, if you’re passionate about what you want to do, then you can do it,” she said. Alicia Crockett’s 10-year-old daughter is Jaida Isom. Crockett said Isom was particularly excited for the field trip because she loves baking and trying new recipes. “All the time at home she’s rattling pots and trying to come up with creations, and

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Wasted Grain participates in the Parada del Sol for the first time this year as a hometown sponsor. It will host a pub crawl called the Scottsdale Stampede the day of the parade.

graphic to the parade and bolsters attendance to Parada. “It puts it in front of some younger people and gets them to appreciate the value of not only the [Parada] itself, but the party that goes along with it,” he said. Tickets to Scottsdale Stampede are $25 and include a commemorative boot beer mug, four beer tickets, admission to the Trail’s End Festival and the pre- and postparty event at Wasted Grain. A portion of the tickets sold will benefit the Parada Del Sol, Inc., the nonprofit organization that currently operates the parade and Trail’s End Festival. Parada Del Sol, Inc. was formed in 2008 by several members of the Scottsdale Jaycees, the organization that previously op-

she loves cookies,” Crockett said. “So, to kind of mesh those two together and learn hands-on is why she was so excited.” Aioli Burger in Phoenix also worked with the Samoas, a cookie that Executive Chef Tom D’Ambrosio said they had to fight to secure. “Every chef wants the Samoas cookie, so they always go really fast,” D’Ambrosio said. “This year, we were ahead of the ballgame.” This is Aioli Burger’s second year participating in the cookie challenge, and D’Ambrosio created a Samoas cannoli, comprised of a crispy cannoli shell dipped in milk chocolate and toasted coconut, filled with Samoas cookies, mascarpone cream and drizzled with chocolate and caramel sauce. Each Samoas cannoli sells for $3.50 each. New to the challenge this year is PNPK Craft Slider + Wine Bar in northern Scott-

erated the festival until the event became too large for them to manage. “Wasted Grain is the perfect fit for the Scottsdale Parada because the owner, Jason [Johnson], is enthusiastic and creative in creating events that will help us develop some new revenue for this event,” Springborn said. Wasted Grain will also donate 5 percent of its sales throughout the week back to Parada Del Sol, Inc. “We’re hoping to give this whole thing a new facet and build off of it and be part of it for years to come,” Johnson said. Leading up to the parade, Wasted Grain will host themed nights – like “Wild West Wednesday” and “Denim and Diamonds Dance” on Friday – with live performances by local musicians, including Mogollon, the

sdale. Owner Kellie Pruitt, female business owner and former CFO, created a flight of three Do-si-dos-inspired desserts – consistent with PNPK’s food flight concept. The mini desserts include a chocolate peanut butter cheesecake with a Do-sidos crust, peanut butter banana pudding made with crumbled Do-si-dos, and a peanut butter and jelly pie, also with a do-si-dos crust. The dessert flight sells for $8. Pruitt, who actually started her career as a police officer and then became an accountant before owning her own restaurant, also wanted to teach the girls that they can do anything they want to do, so long as they put their mind to it. “Every field I’ve been in was very maledominated, and I hope that I can be a role model to these girls,” she said. Many of the girls who attended the field trips said the Girl Scouts has taught them

Raun Alosi Band and Plush. “We wanted to keep it consistent with the theme of the Parada,” Johnson said. “Everything we do is geared toward the history of the event. It’s all fun – a little bit rock, a little bit Western.” Wasted Grain’s location was prime real estate, as well, as the restaurant and bar is located at the beginning of the parade, making it an ideal place for announcers, judges and VIPs to gather the morning of. “Parada has never really had a ground zero before, so we’re trying to give it a staging area, starting point and finish point and give it a new look,” Johnson said. For Johnson, Wasted Grain’s involvement in the Parada del Sol is a personal one. Johnson grew up in Scottsdale and has lived here since 1997. He worked his way up from bar back to manager in multiple bars, and when it came time to open Wasted Grain, his business partner and friend, Michael Stravers, was killed in an auto accident in 2017. Johnson re-opened Wasted Grain in September 2018, after a $500K renovation, in Stravers’ honor. Wasted Grain’s involvement in Parada is another way for Johnson to commemorate his friend. “The Parada del Sol was something we always went to,” Johnson said. “We always took time off to go be a part of it and see all the people and have a good time with it. It was always a good time as far as seeing everybody come together to support the community.” Information: scottsdaleparade.com

how to better manage money. But 9-year-old Chandler Scout Isla McMullan said she’s also learned people skills. “I wanted to join because I get to do so many things to help the community and because it’s fun to hang out with my friends, who are in Girl Scouts,” said Isla, who has been a member of the Girl Scouts for one year. In years past, the dessert challenge champion was determined by dessert sales, but this year, the council is leaving it up to the public to decide the winner by voting in a poll on the Girl Scouts’ website. To vote and for a full list of participating restaurants and their respective desserts, visit girlscoutsaz.org/dessertchallenge. And if you haven’t purchased your fair share of Girl Scouts cookies yet, you have plenty of time left. Cookies are available through March 3.

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t was sheer wizardry. I literally created something “magically delicious” – as the Lucky Charms leprechaun would say – out of thin air. Well, almost thin air. Ok, it was three ingredients, but out of those three ingredients came the most mysterious, unlikely and completely delicious creation called gluten free cloud bread. I wish you could’ve seen my face when I watched it form in the oven, or when I devoured one for the first time. It’s almost impossible to believe that a few eggs, cottage cheese or cream cheese and a pinch of cream of tartar could make bread that really tastes like bread but feels like a cloud. Even better, it stays that way for days, if stored properly. What the heck is cream of tartar? Cream of tartar is a kitchen staple used to stabilize

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