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NEWS ................................ 6 Scottsdale developer leads mammoth project.

FOOD............................. 26 Where to dine with your sweetheart.

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Sunday, February 7, 2021

Learning gap analysis New staffer a mixed bag for SUSD

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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ata released by Scottsdale Unified School District showed that the COVID-19 learning gap is not a one-size-fits-all issue, with some students excelling despite pandemic challenges while others struggled to meet educational benchmarks.

School officials also warned that the data – compiled from a mix of letter grades, district tests and thirdparty assessments – should be taken with a grain of salt due to limitations and challenges connected to distance learning.

Assistant Superintendent Kim Guerin noted at a governing board

see SUSD page 8

Scottsdale Airport to close for runway rehab

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cottsdale Airport is scheduled to undergo a runway rehabilitation project this summer that will close the airport for 45 days.

The $12-million rehab is scheduled to begin on July 6 and will be the largest federally-funded grant project in the airport’s history.

Grant funding from the Federal

Aviation Administration and Arizona Department of Transportation will cover 90 percent of the project cost. ADOT and City of Scottsdale will pay the remaining 10 percent, according to the city.

The airport’s lone runway has not undergone any major rehabilitation since it was first built in 1967, airport spokeswoman Sarah Ferrara said.

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Mountainside Middle to reopen classrooms fully

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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cottsdale Unified’s Mountainside Middle School will return to a full-day schedule Feb. 22, making it the district’s first middle school to offer full-day, in-person instruction since the pandemic began.

The school could function as a roadmap for the district as it prepares to allow full day schedules at all middle and high schools after spring break.

Currently, all district middle and high schools offer in-person and distance learning options with a 2/3-day modified schedule that was designed to eliminate lunch and other crowded passing periods.

But, in a letter to parents last week, Mountainside Principal Adam Luke said the full-day schedule would apply for both in-person and online students and that he proposed the idea to district leadership, which recommended approval.

The shift to full day does not require Governing Board approval, district spokeswoman Nancy Norman said.

Menzel briefed the board on the plan on Feb. 2 and said the issue could be dis-

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The city completed an airport pavement report in 2018 and commissioned a more thorough field investigation by contractor Mead & Hunt in 2020 to confirm and update data on the state of the runway.

According to the city, the runway is currently in fair condition but is showing signs of distress, including cracking and raveling. Additionally, the shoulders and blast pads are in poor condition, while some of the connectors and taxiways are still in good condition.

“The city has maximized the useful life of its one and only existing runway,” Ferrara said. “The runway is in critical need of rehabilitation to ensure the infrastructure is maintained in excellent condition to best serve the based and visiting aircraft customers.”

The rehab project will not increase the runway’s size or weight capacity.

The project will include rehabilitating the runway and associated connector taxiways along with recon-

cussed at its Feb. 16 meeting if members still had concerns.

“The partial day hybrid model currently in place for middle school presents more challenges than successes for not only Mountainside students, but teachers and the community,” Luke said, calling the shortened day incompatible with the curriculum Mountainside’s certified International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme, which feeds into the IB program at Desert Mountain High School.

The program, known for its rigor, includes equal emphasis on core classes and electives, which was at odds with the shortened schedule that cut 48 hours a month of learning, compared to a typical seven-period schedule.

He said the new schedule would gain 51 hours of instruction a month.

Though local COVID-19 metrics have declined slightly in recent weeks, Scottsdale ZIP codes are still registering significant virus spread.

SUSD already returned elementary school students to full-day in-person learning, but decided against doing the same for high school and middle schools due to concerns over the risk that crowded

Scottsdale Unified leadership approved a plan by Mountainside Middle School Principal Adam Luke to resume the school’s full-day schedule for in-person and distance learning students on Feb. 22. (Scottsdale Unified School District)

lunches and passing periods would contribute to spread.

The only exception last semester was a

see MOUNTAINSIDE page 12

Construction on a $12-million rehabilitation of Scottsdale Airport’s single runway will begin on July 6 and is expected to shut down the airport for 45 days. (Progress file photo).

struction of the shoulders and blast pads.

It will also include electrical modifications, new pavement markings and

reconstruction of the airport’s perimeter road.

see AIRPORT page 12

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Scottsdale woman must pay IRS $2.2M in fraud

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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Scottsdale woman must pay over $2 million in restitution after admitting she participated in a scheme to file fraudulent tax returns and defraud the federal government.

Jana Meincke pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate federal law for filing fraudulent tax returns on behalf of clients between April 2013 and September 2017 through a dozen different entities, including Scottsdale-based businesses Scottsdale Tax Solutions, 1st Choice Tax Solutions, Just Tax Services, Assurance Concierge Inc. and JLM Agency.

As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Meincke was sentenced to 21 months in prison and must pay $2,211,304 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service.

Meincke also agreed to cooperate with federal investigators as part of the deal.

According to court filings, Meincke participated in a scheme to create fake entities for tax clients. Those fake entities were

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“This was an egregious scheme involving the creation of fictitious businesses and the fabrication of deductions to obtain fraudulent tax refunds from the United States Treasury,” said IRS-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Ismael Nevarez Jr. “Investigating the filing of fraudulent tax returns continues to be one of IRS-CI’s top priorities.”

According to records on file with the Arizona Corporation Commission and Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, Meincke owned a handful of the entities involved in the fraud.

Other entities were owned by individuals not mentioned in the criminal filings.

A cross reference of those state business registrations and county property records showed some businesses were registered to a north Scottsdale apartment unit, a UPS store and a condo in southern Scottsdale.

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months in prison in August 2020 for his role in the fraud.

The scheme resulted in some clients receiving large tax refunds they were not entitled to, according to the IRS. Meincke and others earned commissions based on how much money they saved clients on their tax burden.

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fraudulent returns and took between 20 and 30 percent of the fraudulent refunds generated by the scheme.

That indictment referenced 75 falsified filings that were used to cancel out “substantial” tax liabilities and seek refunds ranging from $768 to $19,516 each.

The Rampetsreiter indictment suggests the unnamed clients were not participants in the scheme.

The indictment states that Rampetsreiter, Meincke and others “deceived” and justified their high fees by lying about their experience and expertise, even falsely claiming to be certified public accounts or ex-IRS employees.

They claimed their methods were simply “secret” approaches that were only known by the “richest one percent” of taxpayers.

“The conspirators took advantage of taxpayers who were unsophisticated in tax matters, and these taxpayers were mostly unaware of the illegal nature, use or scope of the fabricated entities and false expenses the conspirators put on their tax returns,” indictment stated.

Scottsdale Council hires new City Clerk Ben Lane

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Investigating the filing of fraudulent tax returns continues to be one of IRS-CI’s top priorities.”

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cottsdale City Council appointed a new City Clerk to replace Carolyn Jagger, who is retiring from the city after nearly two decades on the job.

On Feb. 2, the Council approved the appointment of Benjamin Lane, a deputy city clerk in Phoenix since 2011, to take office on March 8.

Lane will earn an annual salary of $155,000 – $26,500 less than Jagger did during her last full year in office.

The city clerk is one of five city leadership positions expressly defined in the city’s charter. Charter officers – which include the city manager, city treasurer, city attorney and city auditor – are hired directly by Council.

Jagger was charged with reviewing those complaints and determining

whether or not there was probable cause to forward them to the City Attorney.

Council selected Lane from a field of five finalists that included Jennifer Ekblad, city clerk in Coronado, California; Keely Hartsell, former Maricopa County chief deputy recorder; Cherry Lawson, Marana town clerk; and Lucinda Williams, city clerk in Fullerton, California.

According to his application, Lane received a bachelor’s degree in political science from Texas A&M University and went on to earn a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law and a master’s degree in public administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lane has worked for Phoenix since 2005 and spent over 10 years as a deputy city clerk.

He is a member of the Arizona Municipal

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Local firm partners with Gila Community on big complex

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor

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n what could emerge as competition for the Talking Stick entertainment district, a Scottsdale development company has partnered with the Gila River Indian Community to develop a 3,300-acre sports and entertainment complex at Wild Horse Pass near Chandler.

Sunbelt Holdings President John Graham told the Progress that the development, located just south of the Loop 202-I-10 intersection, will fill a “missing corner” of the East Valley with additional hotels, a wellness center, an event center, an outdoor amphitheater music entertainment venue, sports facilities, outdoor recreation and parks, restaurants, retail and an office park.

Sunbelt has partnered with the Wild Horse Pass Development Authority, the tribe’s economic development arm, to launch the project.

The project team also includes the planning-design firms of CallisonRTKL and Kimley Horn as well as real estate consultant Elliott D. Pollack & Company.

“This expansion furthers our vision to provide additional economic development opportunities for Wild Horse Pass, GRIC, and the Greater Metropolitan Phoenix area,” said Donald Antone, the Wild Horse Authority board chairman.

JOHN GRAHAM Even before the overall project was unveiled, the site was announced as the home for a new stadium being built by Phoenix Rising, the state’s largest professional soccer team.

The stadium, which is expected to open for the May start of the 2021 season, will have a 35 percent greater capacity than the team’s previous 6,200seat venue at its previous home at McClintock Drive and Loop 202.

The new venue will offer permanent bathrooms, paved parking with multiple entrances and exits, a double-sided video screen, more practice fields and

The first piece of the complex, a new soccer stadium for phoenix Rising, is set to open in May.

The sprawling footprint for the Gila River Indian Community's planned entertainment complex will include retail and office space as well. (Courtesy of Sunbelt Holdings)

“improved family and VIP experiences,” according to the team.

Mark Gardo, a spokesman for the Wild Horse Pass Development Authority, said the stadium will cost “in excess of at least several million dollars,” and that funding will come from Wild Horse Pass and the club.

The Wild Horse Pass Authority is already home to Gila River Hotels & Casinos - Wild Horse Pass, the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass, Whirlwind Golf Club, Aji Spa, Rawhide Western Town & Event Center, Phoenix Premium Outlets, KOLI Equestrian Center, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park and the Bondurant High Performance Driving School.

Graham said he envisions a lengthy buildout for the project, though some new tenants are expected to be announced within the near future.

“The stuff we do is long term in nature,” he said. “Our first plan is kind of a 10-year plan but I would believe between this land and other land tribal land around it that it’s a 30-year build-out.”

A 40-year developer of master-

planned residential and commercial properties in Arizona, Sunbelt Holdings will lead the project and provide asset and construction management as well as marketing services.

“We can’t sell the land; It’s all got to be ground leased, but that’s something that we’re very attuned to,” Graham said. “On behalf of ASU, we’ve managed and marketed their research park in Tempe since 1992 and that’s all groundleased – we can’t sell it. So we certainly know how to do it.”

Gila Community leaders concur.

“Sunbelt Holdings’ proven expertise and reputation in master plan development, their blue-ribbon portfolio and deeply-rooted community connections made them the ideal partner for this expansion project,” said Gila Development Authority General Manager David White.

White also said the project will create new jobs for tribal members “and will evolve our culture and legacy.”

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meeting last week that district’s youngest online students performed better on assessments than in-person students – contradicting longstanding concerns that online education was less effective for young learners.

Cautioning about that being a true indicator, Guerin said at-home learners may have received assistance from parents on those assessments.

“We understand that our young learners need support and many times have parents sitting side by side, providing that support with very good intentions… it just brings into question the validity of taking a test and what the student truly knows and is able to do on their own,” Guerin said.

First semester letter grades revealed a mixed bag at the high school level.

The grades also showed little statistical variation between the grades achieved by in-person students and those learning at home.

More students received A grades compared to last year, but the data also showed that more high school students are failing courses this school year as well.

According to the data, A’s accounted for 41 percent of overall in-person high school grades in this year and 40 percent for students in distance learning compared to 35 percent of grades last year.

The number of B grades awarded this year dropped from 33 percent of grades last year to 24 percent this year for inperson students and to 21 percent for distance learners.

Overall, the course failure rate rose from 5 percent in the 2019-20 school year to 9 percent this year.

At the elementary and middle school levels, the district relied on a mixture of assessments developed in-house by SUSD teachers and instructional coaches as well as third-party assessment programs.

Each type of assessment had strengths and weaknesses, said Dr. Cynthia Bochna, the district’s director of assessment and accountability.

At the elementary level, the district noted a significant drop in English language arts for students moving from 3rd to 4th grade, with overall proficiency dropping from 82 percent to 51 percent.

Meanwhile, students moving from 4th to 5th grade saw overall proficiency in-

“We understand that our young learners need support and many times have parents sitting side by side, providing that support with very good intentions… it just brings into question the validity of taking a test and what the student truly knows and is able to do on their own.”

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crease from 54 to 65 percent.

In math, the largest drop off was recorded among students going from 2nd to 3rd grade. Those students saw proficiency drop from 75 to 58 percent.

Elementary school teachers also told the district they are not as far along in their curriculum as they would be in a normal year.

The district saw similarly mixed bag for middle school students, who showed the largest decline in English language arts proficiency came when moving from 5th to 6th grade.

Those students’ proficiency dropped from 79 to 60 percent.

However, older students in 7th and 8th grades saw their ELA proficiency increase between last school year and 2020-21.

The district also found that students in 6th grade distance learning performed slightly better on the ELA assessment than their in-person counterparts while 7th graders in distance learning fared slightly worse than in-person students.

There was little difference in performance among in-person and distance learning 8th graders on the English assessments.

Middle school math proficiency among middle school students scored well above national averages but it was still relatively low.

The elementary assessment data also showed that pandemic has exacerbated existing learning gaps for poorer students.

“We understand that there is a persistent learning gap related to socioeconomic status and the pandemic has magnified that gap,” Bochna said.

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District leadership’s overall recommendation for addressing learning gaps at the elementary level included a focus on helping disadvantaged students.

Despite the significant learning gap seen at some grade levels, board President Jann-Michael Greenburg said he is confident schools can effectively help students get back on track.

“It’s going to take time, but I don’t want people to think that there’s no hope because of this past year,” Greenburg said.

“There is absolutely hope; here is light at the end of the tunnel.”

District leaders said there is not a single

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Scottsdale Unified Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel hopes the Legislature will fund summer school so kids can catch up on their learning. (YouTube)

cure-all to address the learning gaps that arose during, or were exacerbated by, the pandemic.

Guerin and other administrators laid a number of different methods the district will use over the next several months to address the gaps, including targeted small group and individual interventions based on data, targeted tutoring and continued district support for diag-

nostics and assessments to gauge student growth.

Both district administration and the Governing Board indicated summer school will play a major role in helping students catch up.

Last year, the district was able to provide summer school for free to all students using additional pandemic funding it receiving from the state.

However, that may not be a possibility this year unless the district receives another round of extra funding from the state or federal government.

Assistant Superintendent Milissa Sackos said, at this point, the district is planning to revert to plans from previous years in which SUSD offered fee waivers on a case-by-case basis for students in need.

Board member Zach Lindsay said he would prefer to see the district find a way continue the free offering for all students using future federal or state funds.

“And it’s just my hope with the summer school…that we can be creative with offering it to as many students as possible and not having to navigate the fee waiver,” he said.

Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said the district could also potentially fund free summer school if the Legislature approves additional funds in Governor Doug Ducey’s draft budget that are designated to help address learning loss.

The district will perform additional assessments this year and look at state test grades later on to determine if the interventions they implemented this year are successful.

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pilot program approved by the district at Cheyenne Traditional, a K-8 school, which allowed it to expand its all-day schedule from elementary students to grades 6 to 8 last semester.

Luke said he and some Mountainside teachers visited the Cheyenne campus to observe operations and troubleshoot potential issues.

The Feb. 22 start date will come eight to 10 days after many SUSD teachers and staff receive their second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through a partnership with HonorHealth.

That timing played into the district’s decision, Superintendent Dr. Scott Menzel said.

“And it won’t start until more than seven days after the second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, which is the time necessary for the vaccine to be fully effective,” he said.

According to Luke’s email to school staff, he believes they will be on board with the plan.

“It was communicated to me by staff that an active second dose and a directive from district would be two strong factors in your ease for coming back full days,” he wrote.

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“These criteria were met and therefore it was decided by cabinet to move forward.”

Even with SUSD teachers receiving the vaccine, those crowded moments like lunch carry risk, according to Dr. Rebecca Sunenshine, the county’s Public Health Department director.

“I asked Dr. Sunenshine ‘specifically, post vaccine, is there any other thing that you’re concerned about related to a full day schedule?’” Menzel said. “And she again said lunch, unless you can maintain the six feet of physical distancing.”

However, Luke’s proposal appears to address this issue and Menzel said the Mountainside campus is uniquely positioned to space out students during lunch periods.

According to the district, Mountainside Middle School has ample indoor and outdoor lunch space to accommodate those students while safely distancing them over the course of two lunch periods.

Menzel said staff from nearby Desert Mountain High School will assist and provide additional supervision to expand lunch space outdoors.

Luke also told parents that the district looked at other health mitigation opportunities, staff feedback and overall student enrollment in comparison to class sizes

and building square footage.

“With all these factors in play, they decided to give us the green light and approve us moving forward,” Luke wrote.

Mountainside’s shift could result in some pushback from parents at other middle schools who would like to see their children go back full-time because of the said learning time loss Luke pointed to in his proposal.

One board member told the Progress they had already received numerous emails from parents at other schools upset about the Mountainside plan.

There is some indication the district could eventually expand the full day schedule to other schools in March.

And, though the district itself has not confirmed an exact date when it will expand full-day learning to other middle schools or high schools, Menzel indicated that could happen after spring break.

“That two week window gives us an opportunity to really assess what worked, what didn’t work, and what we might we need to tweak so that we could consider having all of our secondary school school’s returned to a full schedule when we come back from spring break in March,” he said.

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The construction shutdown will mean a temporary loss of revenues for the airport, which operates as an enterprise fund, meaning it operates selfsufficiently without allocations from the city’s general fund.

Ferrara said construction was scheduled during the airport’s slowest month.

“Our best estimate is a loss of around $163,185 in airport revenues,” she said. “This is from losses in fuel sales, transient parking fees, customs fees, rental cars and transient landing fees.”

That would account for just a fraction of the airport’s total revenue.

The airport took in $5.9 million in total revenue in 2018-2019 and is expected to exceed those numbers this fiscal year, which runs from July 2020 to June 2021, despite the negative impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the airline industry.

Scottsdale Airport appeared largely insulated from those impacts last year due to its reliance on private operators and charter providers.

“We became definitely very busy… a majority of the people that want to do whatever they can not to get on the airlines, not to be exposed, not to go through the whole airport process and risk infection,” said Ken Casey, director of sales and acquisitions with Pinnacle Aviation, a Scottsdale-based company that offers charter and management services.

The Airport is expected to bring in even more revenue – around $6.5 million – in 2020-2021.

When construction kicks off in July, the airport will be fully closed to all aircraft operations and flight training activities.

“We have contacted Valley airport representatives and have assembled a contact list to help our tenants find temporary relocation options,” Ferrara said.

Tenants can receive a copy of that list by contacting Ferrara at sferrara@ scottsdaleaz.gov.

“Our contractors, Mead & Hunt and Banicki Construction are coordinating and working together to complete it in the quickest amount of time possible to reduce the impacts,” Ferrara said.

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State official decries online learning underfunding

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rizona’s top education official told lawmakers last week they need to ensure that schools get as much money for online courses as the law now provides them for kids in seats.

Kathy Hoffman said public schools are expected to lose up to $500 million in aid because the state law funds distance learning at 5 percent less than in-person instruction.

Gov. Doug Ducey did come up with $370 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. But Hoffman told members of the Senate Education Committee, that still shorted schools statewide by $247 million. And aides to the governor said he has no interest in coming up with the difference.

At the same time, however, Ducey is pushing ahead with a plan to permanently cut taxes by $200 million this coming budget year, a plan that calls for that rising to $400 million in cuts the following year and $600 million the year after that.

“When the state sits on a billion-dollar rainy day fund and projects a $2 billion surplus, there is no excuse to not fully fund every school,’’ Hoffman said.

“There has never been a more urgent time to tap into our safety net and pro-

vide for Arizonans,’’ she continued. “Anyone who thinks it’s not raining in Arizona right now needs to check their privilege.’’

What ultimately is needed, she said, is “predictable, sustainable funding’’ that would allow schools to plan their budgets and lure and fairly compensate education professionals.

She said voters share that belief, citing the approval in November of Proposition 208. That measure enacted a 3.5 percent tax surcharge on any income above $250,000 a year for individuals and $500,000 for married couples filing jointly, a measure proponents say could raise $940 million a year -- but not until the 2022-2023 school year.

The initiative’s legality is being challenged in court by business interests and some GOP legislators.

Hoffman did give a tip of the hat to Ducey’s plan to use some cash to boost literacy at early grades. But she said that’s not a permanent solution.

“One-time grant funding simply doesn’t cut it for staffing our schools,’’ Hoffman said. “When we use a patchwork approach to funding our schools, our students lose out.’’

She also had kind words for Ducey’s plan to expand broadband access “as it will be critical to bridging the opportunity gap for students and families.’’ But

here, too, Hoffman said more is needed.

“Even for our schools where internet is reliable, the cost of virtual learning is staggering,’’ she said. “From ordering expensive devices to hiring additional IT staff to manage the issues that rise on digital platforms, to training educators on new digital tools, I cannot overstate the impact distance learning has had on schools’ budgets.’’

“For too long, Arizona has been in a crisis with a shortage of educators, not because we lack the talent, but because too many exceptional teachers have burned out from overcrowded classrooms, noncompetitive pay, and a lack of essential resources for students,’’ she said.

“We could not afford to lose a single

educator at the state of 2020,’’ Hoffman said.

“But the demands of navigating a classroom in a pandemic has exacerbated the strain on our workforce,’’ she said. “We already know of teachers who have either bought themselves out of their contracts or are planning to not renew their contracts for the next school year.’’

It’s not all about classroom learning, the schools chief said. She said students, just like adults, have been struggling with mental health issues during the pandemic and the school closures.

Hoffman said she is pushing for putting another $43 million into the state’s School Safety Grant Program, more than double current funding. She said that could add another 355 counselors or social workers to schools.

Hoffman endorsed a couple of measures being pushed by Democrats.

SB 1227 by Sen. Christine Marsh of Phoenix would set up a committee to study what is an “appropriate class size’’ and identify methods -- and funding -- to reduce the number of students in a classroom, something that also could require additional facilities. It already has cleared the Senate Education Committee, with only Republicans Nancy Barto of Phoenix and Tyler Pace of Mesa in opposition.

example, state lawmakers voted in 2018 to give $1.5 million a year in sales tax revenues for 30 years to the Arizona Office of Tourism to promote events at Phoenix International Raceway and money into promoting NASCAR at Phoenix International Raceway.

“We’d like to see a microcosm of that extended in this case to the guest ranch community,’’ DeMenna said.

But Rep. Lorenzo Sierra, D-Cashion, whose district includes that raceway, said this isn’t exactly the same thing. He said the raceway owners first had to put up $100 million of their own money on improvements as a condition to get the cash.

Rep. Diego Rodriguez, D-Laveen, said there’s a “deep well of documentation’’

showing the economic impact on Arizona of a NASCAR race. And he asked DeMenna if he could prove the same thing about dude ranches.

The lobbyist conceded he does not now have such figures.

Rep. Andrea Dalessandro, D-Green Valley, said she has several of these in her district and supports tourism but cannot vote for a specific carve-out of state dollars.

“I don’t like the idea of support for a specific segment,’’ Dalessandro said. Instead, she promised to work with state tourism officials to get them to use more of their existing resources to highlight the dude ranches.

The 7-4 vote now sends the measure to the House Appropriations Committee.

“Even for our schools where internet is reliable, the cost of virtual learning is staggering.

From ordering expensive devices to hiring additional IT staff to manage the issues that rise on digital platforms, to training educators on new digital tools, I cannot overstate the impact distance learning has had on schools’ budgets.’’

$900K for dude ranches gets preliminary OK

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tate lawmakers voted Monday to spend $900,000 in tax dollars in a bid to convince Arizonans and others across the country to visit one of the state’s remaining “dude ranches.’’

“At one point in the 40s ... we had as many as 80 of them,’’ Kevin DeMenna, lobbyist for the Arizona Dude Ranch Association told members of the House Committee on Land, Agriculture and Rural Affairs. “They were a national draw.’’

Now, he put the number at closer to 14.

DeMenna said the ranches, like other forms of tourism, were hit hard by the pandemic.

“You can’t furlough the animals,’’ DeMenna said. “They’ve got to be fed.’’

Complicating matters, he said, is the dude ranches were a particular draw for international visitors. With that market pretty much dried up, DeMenna said a promotional campaign could help spur a domestic market.

DeMenna originally got Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, to sponsor HB 2169 asking for $3 million. But that got pared to a potentially more politically acceptable $900,000.

“We think that will manage to launch what we hope will be a coast-to-coast outreach to help to fill these ranches which, in turn, supports these local economies,’’ he told lawmakers.

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Scottsdale lawmaker leads charge on voter drive curbs

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enate Republicans are moving to approve new restrictions on the ability of county recorders to conduct voter registration drives under a measure sponsored by Scottsdale Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita.

Her bill limits such sign-ups to government buildings. She said this takes politics out of the equation by precluding recorders from picking and choosing where to set up shop based on which group they hope to get registered.

But Sen. Martin Quezada, D-Glendale, said he sees something a bit more sinister in SB 1358.

“We didn’t want to point out exactly which communities are being more focused on than others,’’ he said. “County recorders are most likely to go to communities that are underrepresented in terms of their voter registration numbers.

“Those communities tend to be black and brown, and they tend to be poor,’’ he said. “And if that’s the problem, we’re dealing with a whole different issue here.

And I think that’s very troubling.’’

Ugenti-Rita calls her legislation neutral.

“Would I want my county recorder only going to gun rallies?’’ she asked rhetorically. “No, just like I don’t want him going to pro-life or pro-choice rallies or things where you know you have a high chance

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Clerks’ Association and chairs its records management committee. He is also a member of the Arizona City/County Management Association and the American Society for Public Administration As Scottsdale’s new clerk, Lane will wear a number of hats.

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Graham said he also is excited about working with the tribe.

“I think that’s one of the things that excites me about the opportunity the most – is to work with them to celebrate their culture and heritage and at the same time to create economic development opportunities to benefit the tribal members,” Graham said.

MICHELLE UGENTI-RITA of speaking to, again, a certain segment of the population to the exclusion of others.’’

But she acknowledged to Capitol Media Services that there is a political component behind the measure.

Ugenti-Rita cited figures from the Maricopa County Recorders Office between January 2017 and July 2019, at the time under the direction of Democrat Adrian Fontes.

She said his voter-outreach program went to 56 “explicitly Democrat Party events and only six explicitly Republican Party events.’’

The clerk plays a central role in the city’s elections and is responsible for ensuring those elections are conducted in a fair and open manner.

In recent years, a lesser-known responsibility of the clerk came to light when a handful of citizens filed complaints alleging campaign finance violations by local PACs and candidates in connection with He added that it also will have ripple effects on that portion of the East Valley as well as Ahwatukee.

“I view it as an additional piece of economic development potential for the whole area,” he added.

Graham said the project also is benefitting not only from the completion of the South Mountain Freeway – which opened opportunities farther west on the GRIC’s sprawling 372,000 footprint – but also

“Remember, this is a taxpayer funded office, using tax dollars to exclude two thirds of the voters and only want to speak to the Democrats,’’ referring to the fact that about a third of registered voters are Republican, a third are independent and a third are Democrats.

Fontes is now gone, having been defeated in November by Republican Stephen Richer. An aide said Richer was not taking a position on the legislation.

But Fontes, now the deputy recorder in Pima County, had some thoughts of his own.

“Michelle Ugenti-Rita is using me to go after her real enemy: Arizona’s voters,’’ he told Capitol Media Services. And Fontes said if there’s a political disparity between the work his registrars did, there’s a reason for that.

“I spent as much time reaching out to Republican organizations and legislative district (organizations) as I did Democratic organizations and LDs, and was very often refused by the Republicans,’’ he said.

The only one to speak against the measure was Jenn Marson, executive director of the Arizona Association of Counties.

She said any problem would be better addressed with legislation prohibiting recorders from political discrimination in their choice of where to register voters.

Marson said the bill precludes recorders from going to all sort of other public

the 2018 and 2020 elections.

According to his application, Lane worked in the Phoenix Record and Elections Division, managing the election process, and was heavily involved in campaign finance reporting and producing candidate pamphlets for city elections.

The clerk is also responsible for recording and preserving city records, making from the planned widening of I-10 between Phoenix and Casa Grande, “We’ll have multiple interchanges on it,” he said. “We’ll have direct access into Ahwatukee on 40th Street and 48th Street” as well as Chandler…It’s a phenomenal piece of property.”

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events to sign up voters solely because they are not located on government property.

Ugenti-Rita said that’s not an issue. She said there are other groups that register voters, ranging from the political parties themselves to other civic groups.

“So you’re not the only one in this game,’’ Ugenti-Rita said. And she said her bill would not preclude other organizations with specific political points of view from having voter-registration drives and telling people about their agendas.

Marson, however, said that doesn’t recognize the reality of some situations. Consider, she said a long-term care facility wanting to ease the registration process for residents.

“They’re not going to reach out to the League of Women Voters or pick any other third-party group,’’ Marson said.

“They’re going to call their county government, their county recorder, and say, ‘I’ve got these people that need to register to vote, can you come over here and get them registered because they can’t leave this building.’ ‘’ Ugenti-Rita remained unconvinced.

“You don’t know that,’’ she said.

“I don’t know that the senior centers would not be open to engaging other groups and organizations that do this if they were to find out the county recorder could no longer offer that kind of service,’’ Ugenti-Rita said. “That’s an assumption.’’

those records accessible to the public and ensuring the city remains compliant with laws requiring public notice of meetings of the City Council and other bodies.

Lane oversaw Phoenix’ records management program and was responsible for ensuring essential records like city council meeting minutes were properly stored and accessible to the public.

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Bill pushes huge voucher program expansion

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

“Voucher expansion takes money out of an already underfunded, overburdened system, a system that is barely coping with teachers leaving and retiring, a shortage of counselors, and an over-reliance on bonds and overrides to fund school operations at the district level.”

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our years after voters rejected expanding a voucher program, Republican state lawmakers are trying again in a big way.

SB 1452 would allow any student who meets certain standards to get more than $4,300 a year of tax dollars to attend a private or parochial school. It also would permit parents to use those dollars for home schooling or “pods’’ with neighbors to teach their children.

The measure, approved by the Senate Education Committee, would enable a massive expansion of a program that started in 2011 as a small alternative for students with special physical or emotional needs that their parents said could not be met at home.

Since then, however, there has been a near-constant expansion of eligibility, to the point where it now includes foster children, children living on reservations, children of active military, and those attending public schools rated D or F. Sen. Paul Boyer, R-Phoenix, did not provide any estimates of what his legislation would mean in terms of students.

But Aaron Wonders, lobbyist for the state Department of Education, estimated that about 250,000 students in Arizona are currently eligible for a voucher and that SB 1452 could balloon that up to 700,000 of the state’s 1.1 million students in public schools.

Boyer said his legislation is targeted at students from low-income families. But the wording appears to have a loophole that would open the door to students from well-to-do families simply because

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Phoenix Republican Sen. Paul Boyer wants to significantly expand the voucher program. (Progress file photo)

their children were attending a school where there were enough poor students to classify it as eligible for Title I services for the needy.

Arizona does not require students to attend traditional public schools in their neighborhoods. They are free to enroll at other school districts and can attend any charter school, which are public schools under Arizona law, without cost.

“But it’s only a choice if it’s funded,’’ Boyer said.

“It’s only a choice if a student has access to the school,’’ he continued. “It’s only a choice if they’re not stuck on a wait list for years and years and told year after year after year, ‘Just wait until we’re fully funded, then it will get better.’‘’ Boyer, a charter school teacher, said the issue is providing what a family thinks is best rather than essentially telling children that their only choice is the

neighborhood school that may or may not be meeting their needs.

But Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix, said that misses a key point.

“The irony is if we were funding our schools appropriately, we wouldn’t have kids who felt or families who felt the need to leave, or certainly not as many,’’ she said.

Leaving the public school system, she said, reduces a district’s per-student funding, leaving the schools even worse off.

While the committee was divided along party lines, there are elements of the business community that find Boyer’s idea unacceptable. That includes Jim Swanson, CEO of Kitchell Corp., a major Arizona construction firm.

“Don’t get me wrong,’’ he said. “I support school choice through quality charters and open enrollment in our school districts.

But this, Swanson said, is not the answer, saying voucher expansion “takes money out of an already underfunded, overburdened system, a system that is barely coping with teachers leaving and

retiring, a shortage of counselors, and an over-reliance on bonds and overrides to fund school operations at the district level.”

Boyer’s legislation also says that high schoolers can get a separate scholarship financed by donations to school tuition organizations to help pay those private and parochial school expenses.

That’s crucial as donors get donors a dollar-for-dollar credit against income tax owed to the state, reducing overall state revenues for education and other priorities.

Ron Johnson, who lobbies for the state’s Catholic bishops and the schools they run, said the move is necessary to keep kids in Catholic schools past the eighth grade because high school tuition is high.

Even if Boyer gets his measure through the legislature and signed by the governor, that is unlikely to be the last word.

Beth Lewis, co-founder of Save Our Schools Arizona said her organization will take “any action to right this wrong.’’

One of those options would be to ask voters to void the law.

Lewis’ group gathered enough signatures in 2017, the last time lawmakers tried a major expansion, to put the issue on the ballot. Voters overrode the measure by a 2-1 margin.

The other option, she said, is legal, saying there are questions about a provision in Boyer’s legislation that would take money from a voter-approved School Site Fund, financed by a 0.6-cent sales tax, to help finance the vouchers.

Boyer’s legislation for the first time also allows parents to use their vouchers to pay for public or commercial transportation between home and school.

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Culinary icon Tomaso Maggiore succumbs

BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

T Scottsdale Police SRO Devon Lines and Rocket, the first K9 assigned to a school resource officer in Maricopa County, are assigned to Chaparral High School.

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Chaparral High’s new staffer reports for duty

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haparral High School has a new staffer on campus: he’s blonde, brown-eyed, and covered in fur.

Meet Rocket, the high school’s certified therapy dog, the first Police K9 to be assigned to a school resource officer in Maricopa County.

“We’ve been working on placing a service dog at one of our high schools for about a year,” said Scottsdale Unified Assistant Superintendent for Secondary

Education Dr. Milissa Sackos.

“Rocket is going to fit right in at Chaparral and open up important, new avenues of communication with our students,” she added.

Though Rocket, a 2-year-old golden retriever, is assigned to Chaparral SRO Devon Lines, he will travel to other schools as needed.

“Much like our Chaparral students, we will be lifelong learners, training and learning constantly,” Lines said.

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he culinary world has lost a local legend.

Tomaso Maggiore, founder and patriarch of Scottsdale-based restaurant group The Maggiore Group, died at 73 following a two-year battle with brain and lung cancer.

“Tomaso was not only my father, but my idol and his love and passion for the restaurant industry, cooking and Sicily will continue to live on through our restaurants,” said Joey Maggiore, executive chef of The Maggiore Group.

Mr. Maggiore was born and raised in Sicily, the southern region of Italy.

In September 1977, he and his wife, Patricia, opened their first restaurant on the Camelback Corridor, Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant.

Since, Mr. Maggiore has been a culinary icon in the Valley for more than four decades.

He has not only launched more than 50 restaurants in Arizona and California, but served more than 2 million customers, created 27,000 jobs and stirred up more than 49,000 pots of his famous marinara.

“It is my goal to honor his legacy and make him proud with amazing restaurants and delectable food,” Joey said.

Mr. Maggiore has led and conceptualized several now-popular, now-favored Valley restaurants alongside his son Joey, including Hash Kitchen, The Sicilian Butcher and The Sicilian Baker.

He created his own fine wine – Southern Italy Red, Luxus Reserva – with grapes sourced from his vineyard in Sicily.

Tomaso Maggiore, founder and patriarch of Scottsdale-based restaurant group The Maggiore Group, died at 73.

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And he has received countless awards over the years, including Best Italian Restaurant in the Valley, Arizona Restaurant Association’s “Food Pioneer Award,” and dozens of top chef awards, among other accolades.

“My father was my hero and inspiration for all I do,” said Melissa Maggiore Meyer, who is fondly known as the female version of her dad. “My love for food, travel, people and the joy a great meal can bring to your life is derived from the example my father

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Lines approached the school administration with the idea of bringing a canine onto his team “to be another tool to support our students and staff and they were enthusiastic and supportive.”

“The Chaparral team works tirelessly to provide the highest level of care and support for our students, and Rocket will be another resource our students can rely on for when they are experiencing a crisis or just a tough day,” he added.

Lines said Rocket will wear many hats.

Not only is he a goodwill ambassador, greeting students and staff as they start their day, but Rocket will also support students experiencing crisis.

“Sadly, students can experience traumatic events in their lives which can have a very negative impact on them.

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dents who are experiencing a crisis,” Lines said.

According to UCLA Health, animalassisted therapy research impacts one’s mental health by lowering anxiety, providing comfort, reducing loneliness, elevating moods and increasing mental stimulation.

“A student in crisis or just having a bad day can spend time with Rocket, and he does a tremendous job of reducing the burden students face,” Lines said.

It took Lines and his team nearly two years to develop a program for bringing a crisis canine on board.

“Because it was so essential that we get it right,” Lines said. “We didn’t want to enter into this lightly, as obtaining a canine is a big commitment on many levels.”

The Scottsdale Police Department School Resource Unit canine program is zero-cost and modeled after its Police Crisis Intervention Services canine program and an SRO program run by the

set for me.”

To pay homage to her father, Meyer plans to open a concept on Pinnacle Peak and Scottsdale Road named The Italian Daughter.

“I will be sure to live the rest of my life honoring his memory, continuing his legacy and making him proud. His absence in my life will be forever profound.”

The Maggiore family will continue to operate the Italian institution that Mr. Maggiore built over the decades and plan to launch a scholarship in his honor, called The Tomaso Maggiore Culinary Education Scholarship.

The family does request that Tomaso Maggiore, seen here with his brother and any monetary donations be late mother, opened his first restaurant in 1977. held for the scholarship until details are released later.

He is survived by Patricia; Joey and his “The family would also like to send a wife, Cristina; Melissa and her husband, special thanks to Susan and Bill Levine Kevin; and five grandchildren: Marcella, with Hospice of the Valley for the amaz- Guiliana, Tomaso, Melina and Francesco. ing Celestial Care provided to Tomaso “He is the greatest father, chef and during his final days,” a press release friend that I have ever known and I will stated. love and miss him dearly, forever,” Joey While Mr. Maggiore was passionate said. about food, his family brought the greatInformation: tomasos.com, est joy in his life. maggioregroup.com

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Rocket was obtained via Paws With A Cause, a Michigan-based organization that trains service dogs.

Initial funding was provided by the Chaparral High School Association of Parents and Teachers and the Scottsdale Unified School District Foundation, which raised more than $34,000 – $5,000 of which came from the parents group – to support the police department’s new school canine program.

“We highly value having a SPD SRO on campus, so we allocated money from our budget to help make that happen,” said Allison Barkley, president of the Chaparral parents group.

Lines said the parents’ “generous donation meant that a two-year dream could come true.”

“It meant that we would have essentially a real-life teddy bear available to support students in crisis,” he said. “Regardless of best laid plans, life happens to all of us, and our students unfortunately can go through tremendous crisis. CHAPTS’ donation meant that the students and staff now have another tremendous tool that will support them during their darkest days.”

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The Scottsdale Unified Foundation intends to continue its support of Rocket with the hope of expanding the program to other campuses.

“I know there are some schools where teachers occasionally bring in their privately owned pets on occasion, but nothing like our program. I do anticipate in the future, other schools and districts in the area will develop similar programs,” Lines said.

Rocket has already a staff and student favorite.

“Rocket’s trainers chose this name for him because, in their words, ‘He is always ready to take off,’” Lines said. “He is so full of fun and loving energy and this name just fits him so well.”

Lines is Rocket’s primary handler and partner, responsible for his daily care, feeding and training.

And when Lines is unavailable, he has a back-up SRO trained to work with Rocket.

Rocket will embark on ongoing training with a local Paws With A Cause expert dog trainer.

“He is looking forward to a long and happy career supporting his Chaparral and SUSD family,” Lines said.

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Scottsdale �irm Cereset rebalances the brain

BY SARAH DONAHUE Progress Contributor

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cottsdale Airpark-based Cereset uses a noninvasive process to reset and rebalance the brain so it can operate at its fullest abilities.

Cereset has facilities across the country and has extended its growth worldwide, as it now has locations in Europe as well.

“We support the most vastly complex and powerful near-infinite system that we know of in the universe, which is the human brain. We support it to do its own work,” said Lee Gerdes, CEO and founder of Cereset.

Cereset was formerly called Brain State Technologies, which was founded in 2000 conceptually and was incorporated in 2004. It went by this name for 16 years until it developed an algorithm and evolved into an advanced neuro-technology brand and changed its name to Cereset in 2017. The name combines “cer” from cerebrum (brain) and reset, creating Cereset.

Clinical trials have shown Cereset in the 90th percentile, helping people find relief from a range of mental ailments like depression, anxiety, insomnia and concussion injuries with a success rate of 85-0- percent, Gerdes said.

“That’s way beyond anything in the field. But you see, we’re not doing anything to the brain. What we’re doing is supporting the brain to balance itself.”

Cereset clients sit in what Gerdes calls a comfortable chair and are asked to close their eyes. Four proprietary high-resolution brain frequency sensors are placed on two areas of the scalp, which record precise real-time brain rhythms.

A patented algorithm translates the brain rhythms and correlates them to specific engineered tones to create a

A Cereset client relaxes in a chair, listening to their own brain echo to help the brain rebalance itself. (Courtesy Cereset)

unique “brain echo.”

Clients listen to their own “brain echo,” which helps the brain recognize its reflection and enable it to fully relax and reset itself to its natural balance.

Clients come in for six sessions and periodic “tune-ups” as needed, Gerdes said. Cereset is a health and wellness system, not a medical intervention system, he added, explaining that it reminds the brain of its middle ground so it relaxes and resets itself.

“With over 800 people through clinical trials and 150,000 clients, we’ve never had an adverse response except for a slight headache,” he said.

The all-inclusive Cereset package is $1,500 for four consecutive sessions that are usually done within the same week. The package also includes a follow-up “Integration” session three weeks later for a total five one-hour sessions.

Cereset also offers an “Introduction

to Cereset” $99 special. The introduction is a 50-minute evaluation that includes an orientation with a personal TechCoach, a baseline brain observation, a Personal Brain Index and a recommended plan of action.

As Cereset has progressed, the leaders decided to standardize the technology instead of licensing it, Gerdes said. This allowed Cereset to create a franchise and grow significantly.

He described most of the people who own franchises as “hobbyists,” as most aren’t doing it for money. “They got into this more as a retirement type of thing.”

Gerdes discovered that the most important qualification one must have to own a franchise is “compassion,” Gerdes said. “They have to be able to truly care about people.”

Before the Cereset algorithm was developed, when the company went by the name Brain State Technologies, the technology was driven by a tech coach,

Gerdes said. The tech coach made decisions for the clients in between sessions.

Instead of the four sensors they use now, two sensors were used to mirror the brain’s activity back to itself. From there, technologists, after reading the graph, would change the protocol for the next session.

This process required ten to 15 sessions at around two hours each over a five- to 15-day period, meaning that the client had to invest around 20 to 30 hours to go through the sessions.

It also took a long time to train the technologists, he said, adding that it took six months for technologists to become relatively proficient and a year to become very proficient.

The algorithm enabled technologists to be trained in two to three weeks instead of a year, he said.

Cereset is in another growth point and is ready to take Cereset 2X to the FDA for medical device authorization clearance, he said. They are looking for an investor to join.

Cereset 2X will have a second acoustic stimulation echo in addition to the sound that is part of the standard Cereset technology, he said. There will also be another sensor response, transcranial alternating current stimulation, that will be particularly helpful for people suffering from brain disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s, he said.

With Cereset 2X, “we’ve seen Alzheimer’s and dementia patients who have recovered,” he said.

Professional athletes have been able to overcome the cognitive deficiencies brought forth by traumatic concussions.

“We think that (Cereset 2X) will be the tipping point for Cereset and for a lot of people on the planet,” he said.

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General Plan 2035: Our plan. Our future.

BY MAYOR DAVID ORTEGA Progress Guest Writer

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uccess in Scottsdale is citizendriven, which got us here today and will guide us into the future.

All stakeholders, residents, businesses small and large, neighborhoods, educators, faith-based and community enthusiasts can help craft our vision, called the General Plan 2035. Together we will �inalize the city you desire.

Our General Plan is a long-range guide that re�lects the community’s vision for how Scottsdale will evolve during the next 10 to 20 years.

Arizona requires that cities adopt a comprehensive, long-range General Plan to guide the physical development of their community.

State law also requires updates to adopted General Plans every 10 years.

Voters last rati�ied Scottsdale’s existing General Plan in 2002 so it’s time for an update.

Your ideas and comments are important because they direct how the com-

Your ideas and comments are important because they direct how the community looks and feels, and how it will meet future needs. munity looks and feels, and how it will meet future needs.

Our General Plan includes policies on things like design, land use, public services, open spaces, economics, neighborhood vitality and mobility.

In all, there are eight chapters that address topics important to our citizens – Character and Lifestyle, Sustainability & Environment, Collaboration & Engagement, Community Wellbeing, Connectivity, Revitalization, Innovation & Prosperity, and Implementation.

To review areas that interest you and see the General Plan’s progress so far, visit www. scottsdaleaz.gov and search: general plan updates.

We are gathering comments now.

We want to hear from you. The City Council and I will host our �irst in a se-

ries of meetings on the draft General Plan beginning Feb. 9.

This will be one of more than 30 different public presentations and discussions about the draft General Plan that will occur between now and the end of April.

Presentations will be made and feedback gathered at board and commission meetings and at least four City Council meetings.

The General Plan is comprehensive, and our public outreach process will be comprehensive as well – as part of that effort, the city will host at least 9 Community Online Open House Forums

where citizens, stakeholders, and community groups can learn about the draft plan and publicly raise questions and concerns that will be included as the plan is shaped into its �inal draft form.

An online portal where residents can offer input at any time will be part of the effort as well.

As Mayor, I look forward to working with you, to create our plan and our future.

Join with me and City Council to make sure the plan that goes before Scottsdale voters in November truly re�lects the priorities and values of our community, and I am committed to that effort.

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Where: 10155 E. Via Linda Road, #H134 Price: $85/person Reservations: 480-534-7625 Website: gabriellasscottsdale.com

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hether you choose to order takeout and stay in or don your finest attire and hit the town for a highend 16-course meal this Valentine’s Day, Scottsdale’s restaurants offer it all.

Reserve, one of Old Town’s newest restaurants, intends to make guests feel like royalty this Valentine’s Day. “We strive to make our guests feel as if they have left Scottsdale and have entered a different world,” said Benjamin Wald, Reserve’s Chef de Cuisine.

Their dining room, for instance, will be illuminated by more than 300 candles.

“Our music playlist will be specially curated for the holiday. The dining room will have plenty of fresh roses and flowers,” Wald added. “What’s more romantic than candles, music, flowers, and the finest food and wine?”

To top off the experience, Reserve’s serving the ultimate Valentine’s Day meal: a 16-course meal for a staggering $500 per guest.

“The inspiration is to create the most romantic setting and menu possible,” Wald said, adding that the menu will feature the world’s finest ingredients, including foie gras, oysters, Wagyu beef, truffles, Royal Osetra caviar, venison and, of course, chocolate.

“These items are then created into stunning dishes created by my team and me. For example, the caviar is paired with champagne, orange, mint and yogurt,” Wald said.

The menu also features lots of red and pink and Valentine’s Day favorites, including strawberries and Chantilly cream.

Reserve is already sold out the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of Valentine’s week, but they do have a couple openings on Wednesday and Thursday.

“Our guest capacity is 22 guests per night. We don’t turn our tables, so each guest gets their table for the whole evening,” Wald explained.

Reserve’s sister restaurant, Café Mon-

This Valentine’s, Reserve in Old Town is offering an impressive 16-course meal for $500 per person. (Reserve)

arch, is also offering a special Valentine’s Day menu, but they’re already sold out with a waiting list to get in, said owner Christian Lewkowicz.

Those in search of a Valentine’s Day serenade can make reservations at Marcellino Ristorante, also located in Old Town.

Marcellino Ristorante will offer a special menu for Valentine’s Day that will feature a diverse selection of unique and patronfavorite dishes, like Scallops con Pesto and the Zuppa di Pesce Royale.

The Italian restaurant will also feature the “Velvet Voice” of Monte Procopio, who will be crooning love tunes throughout the evening.

“The entire weekend will be filled with romance, and while our special Valentine’s Day menu is only available on Sunday, Chef will make his special Panna Cotta dessert Friday through Sunday,” co-owner Sima Verzino said.

“Valentine’s Day will look different this year, but while we must still stay diligent with masks and social distancing, Chef has an exceptional menu planned, and we will decorate the restaurant to create an elegant, warm ambiance,” Verzino continued.

Take a look at what Scottsdale’s restaurants have to offer this Valentine’s Day.

CIELO at ADERO Scottsdale What: Four-course, prix-fixe dinner includes jumbo lump crab cake, lobster tail stuffed tenderloin of beef, and more; also live music.

When: Feb. 12-14, 4-9 p.m.

Where: 13225 N. Eagle Ridge Drive Price: $79/person Reservations: 480-333-1880 Website: aderoscottsdale.com Elements at Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain Resort and Spa What: Four-course prix fixe menu featuring Whipped Brie Crostini, Thai Spiced Lobster & Coconut Soup, Barolo Braised Short Rib and more.

When: Feb. 13-14, 5-9 p.m.

Where: 5700 E. McDonald Drive Price: $149/person Reservations: 855-421-3522 Website: sanctuaryoncamelback.com Gabriella’s Contemporary American Cuisine What: Prix-fixe dinner featuring guest’s choice of stuffed dover sole with dungeness crab and lemon beurre blanc or the Surf & Turf.

The Grill Kitchen & Bar at the Boulders Resort What: Special V-Day menu featuring Truffled Filet Beef Tenderloin, Roasted Sweet Corn Bisque with Crème Fraiche, and more.

When: 5-9 p.m.

Where: 34631 N. Tom Darlington Drive Price: $78/person Reservations: 480-595-4621 Website: theboulders.com Hearth ‘61 at Mountain Shadows Resort What: Three-course, prix-fixe dinner featuring Warm Shiitake Mushroom & Goat Cheese Tart, a choice of Butternut Squash Ravioli or Surf & Turf, and more.

When: Feb. 13-14, 5-9 p.m.

Where: 5445 E. Lincoln Drive Price: $89/person Reservations: 480-624-5458 Website: mountainshadows.com Kasai Japanese Steakhouse What: Chateaubriand for two When: 4-9 p.m.

Where: 14344 N. Scottsdale Road Price: $65/couple Reservations: 480-607-1114 Website: kasaiscottsdale.com

LON’s at The Hermosa What: Four-course, prix-fixe menu featuring Meyer Lemon Ricotta Tortelloni, Hudson Valley Crispy Duck Breast, and more.

When: 5:30-10 p.m.

Where: 5532 N. Palo Cristi Road Price: $95/person Reservations: 602-955-7878 Website: lons.com

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Los Sombreros What: V-Day meal for two, including one starter, two house specialties, and a heartshaped churro dessert.

When: Until 9 p.m.

Where: 2534 N. Scottsdale Road Price: $50/couple Reservations: 480-994-1799 Website: lossombreros.com

Maple & Ash What: Carryout specials that feed two, including the IDGAF ($175) and the Baked and Loaded Experience ($150); both include a complimentary 8 oz. bottle of Maple & Ash Fired Up Steak Sauce.

When: Must pre-order by Feb. 11 Where: 7135 E. Camelback Road, #130 Order: 480-400-8888 Website: mapleandash.com Marcellino Ristorante What: Special menu, including bufala mozzarella and prosciutto, Santa Lucia, and filet mignon; and live music by Monte Procopio.

When: 4-9 p.m.

Where: 7114 E. Stetson Drive Price: Varies Reservations: 480-990-9500 Website: marcellinoristorante.com

Mastro’s Restaurants What: Three to-go packages, including Flirty ($250) with Chateaubriand 24oz served with Peppercorn Sauce, bottle of Domaine Chandon Rosé NV, and more; Seduction ($330) with a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Rosé NV, Chateaubriand, lobster mashed potatoes and more; and Passion ($80) with a half-dozen of long stem roses, hand-dipped chocolate-covered strawberries and a bottle of Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial Champagne NV. When: Pick up Feb.12-14 between 1-4 p.m.

Where: City Hall Scottsdale on Camelback, north Scottsdale on Pinnacle Peak Rd., and Ocean Club on Kierland Website: mastrosrestaurants.com Nonna Urban Eatery What: Prix-fixe menu featuring Cured Beef Carpaccio, Beet Campanelle, PanSeared Branzino, and more.

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Reserve What: 16-course, ultra-high end tasting menu When: 6:30-10:30 p.m.

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Sel What: Four-course tasting menu with a complimentary surprise aperitif; meal includes Smoked Tamarind BBQ Octopus, Lobster Tail, Prime Filet Mignon, and more.

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STK What: Valentine’s Day specials, like the Seafood Platter For 2 and the 28 oz. Por-

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terhouse Surf & Turf; and takeout/delivery specials such as the Surf, Turf & Vine and Cook At Home Kits For 2.

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Where: 7134 E. Stetson Drive Price: Varies Reservations: 480-581-5171 Website: stksteakhouse.com T. Cook’s at Royal Palms Resort & Spa What: Five-course menu featuring BaconWrapped Dates, Chicken Veloute, Scottish Salmon, and more.

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ZuZu at Hotel Valley Ho What: Three-course dinner featuring Roasted Parsnip and Hazelnut Soup, Truffle and Chive Agnolotti with hazelnuts, and Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cake.

When: 5-10 p.m.

Where: 6850 E. Main Street Price: $55-$75/person Reservations: 480-376-2600 Website: hotelvalleyho.com

Local golf club to host Seltzerland this Saturday

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ontinental Golf Club in Scottsdale is trading golf clubs for koozies for its next big event: Seltzerland.

Taking place Saturday, Feb. 13, and anticipated to attract about 1,000 thirsty guests throughout the day, Seltzerland features more than 30 hard seltzers across the golf course.

“The timing and the weather are perfect – golf is so synonymous with Scottsdale,” said Kate Levenstien, CEO of Cannonball Productions, the New York-based company behind the hard seltzer festival.

Tickets are sold in 10-minute increments, starting at 11 a.m. and ending at 4 p.m. Groups of no more than 25 people will be let in at a time.

While inside the spiked-seltzer festival, masked attendees will be able to sample dozens of different seltzers, including a few local brands, such as Press and Becky.

They also will have the opportunity to buy food from Continental Golf Club’s

food truck, which will serve sliders, hot dogs and veggie wraps.

“We’re really excited Press is joining our tour this year,” Levenstien said. “That was a very highly requested brand from last year, even across the country.”

Other hard seltzer brands include White Claw, Vizzy, Basic, Mamitas, Natty Light Seltzer, Bud Light Seltzer, Ultra Seltzer, Cutwater, SunTown Sparkling, The Long Drink, Flying Embers, and Bad Booch.

“The concept actually came out of there being a need with how many brands are coming out,” Levenstien. “For me, at least, initially, it was really hard for me to figure out which brands I liked, which flavors I liked. And in 2020, we saw that about 98 percent of people found a seltzer on site that they hadn’t tasted before that they now were interested in purchasing.

“To me, that was the whole point and whole purpose of the event. ... And I’m glad to see that we’re succeeding, even in the middle of the pandemic.”

Seltzerland was originally to launch last April, but the COVID-19 pandemic tempo-

rarily halted their plans.

After hitting the pause button, the Cannonball Productions team brainstormed ways to still host the event later in the year in a pandemic-safe fashion.

The idea of hosting it at golf courses across the country came to Levenstien just a few weeks later.

“I happen to be out walking a golf course in upstate New York, and I looked around, and it just hit me,” she recalled.

“I had this ‘ah-ha’ moment and thought: Golf is open. Golf is safe. The structure is organic, as we were trying to think about how we shuttle people through.”

At each their five postponed festivals last year – in Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Tampa and Dallas – they had about 1,000 attendees, far exceeding their expectations.

The ample space at each golf course allows for plenty of social distancing and the timed entry helps avoid crowding.

“What we had noticed was that a lot of people were missing the social element of their lives and people were gathering

and still are gathering in irresponsible ways around the country,” Levenstien said. “We feel if we can provide an example and act as an example of how to gather responsibly, then let’s be that; let’s spearhead that.”

Seltzerland 2021 so far includes three cities; Scottsdale will be followed by Austin on March 13 and Tampa March 27.

“From a tickets standpoint, we’re a little bit ahead of where we were last year at this point,” Levenstien said, adding that so far they’ve sold 70 percent of tickets for the Scottsdale event.

Tickets for the 21+ event start at $29 and must be purchased online.

General admission ticket holders will receive about two-and-a-half hours of hard seltzer tasting, a complimentary tasting glass and access to activities and photo ops throughout the course.

VIP ticket holders will receive that plus premier tee times, free parking, complimentary food, a specialty cocktail and a full can of seltzer.

Information: seltzerland.com

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“WEST—Arizona Artists of Color” is on display at the Civic Center Public Gallery inside the Scottsdale Civic Center Library. (Scottsdale Arts)

New exhibit features artists of color

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ow on display at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library is “WEST—Arizona Artists of Color,” a new exhibition featuring a mix of established and emerging local artists and their unique experiences of what it’s currently like living in this part of the country.

“The exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the varied range of creatives living and working here in the Valley of the Sun, who also happen to be artists of color,” said Kim Boganey, director of Scottsdale Public Art. “Some of the artists have well-established names that may be recognizable to many; others we are excited to introduce to audiences. With all of the artists, their work is a reflection of what it means to live in the West,” Boganey added.

Co-curated by Phoenix artist Joe Willie Smith and Wendy Raisanen, curator of collections and exhibitions for Scottsdale Public Art, the exhibition features 16 artists.

All the artists “express their solidarity with the human condition and the need to be free of prejudice and injustice” via their works of art, ranging from paintings and photography to a painted steel, aluminum and wood sculpture.

Smith created the latter.

Titled “Little Boy Blue,” the sculpture references Smith’s childhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

“There still is a void of opportunities for artists of color,” Smith said. “The ‘WEST’ show is really a wonderful opportunity.”

And you’ll find more than art of cowboys and horses at the “WEST” exhibition.

According to Smith, the “WEST” show emphasizes that artists of color also reflect the geography and culture in which they live.

Artist Claire A. Warden’s photographic work, for example, is influenced by her personal and collective experiences as a person of color in the U.S. Since immigrating to the states, Warden, who has an ethnically diverse background,

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The Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, the world’s largest horse show, returns for its 66th year. Held at WestWorld of Scottsdale, the event runs from Feb. 11 through Feb. 21, but it will be closed to the public. Instead, fans, families and enthusiasts can watch live, real-time video of the competition or tune into recorded videos later. (AHAA)

Arabian Horse Show available only online

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or 65 years, the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show has attracted attendees and competitors from around the world, including the United Kingdom and Italy to Australia and the Middle East.

“It truly is an international event,” said Taryl O’Shea, executive director of the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona.

But this year, for AHAA’s 66th annual show – starting Thursday, Feb. 11, and running through Feb. 21 – will be closed to the public due to the pandemic and instead will be available for viewing via livestream. “[Live-streaming] is a great option for the hundreds of thousands of people that will not be able to come and watch in person this year,” O’Shea said.

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is frequently asked, “What are you?”

That question inspired her work, which Warden creates using two unique processes on black and white negative film.

One degrades the film over time using saliva, leaving behind only biologic matter; the other is metallic silver.

“I view these pieces as a kind of portrait – one that does not show you what I look like but one that is built from my DNA and shaped by my experiences,” Warden told San Diego University’s College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts in December.

Warden has two works featured in the “WEST” exhibition, “No. 15 (Genetics)” and “No. 24 (White Passing),” both from her “Mimesis” series.

“The creation of my ongoing series ‘Mimesis’ comes at a time when the struggle to accept the unfamiliar is pervasive in our culture,” Warden said. “Now, more than ever, it is vital to engage and support voic-

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Held at WestWorld, the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show features more than 2,000 horses from across North America, more than $3 million in prize money, and the best-of-the-best riders vying for the coveted title of “Scottsdale Champion.”

“This competition is vital to the Arabian horse community and we are pleased to be able to host it again this year,” O’Shea said. “While the event may be quieter this year, we know the competition will still be intense.”

Day passes are available for $9.99 or fans can access the full event for $49.99.

A schedule of each day’s events is posted to the website, scottsdaleshow.com.

Fans, families and enthusiasts can watch live, real-time video of the competition or tune into recorded videos later.

This year, the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show will benefit several local charities, including Healing Hearts Animal Rescue and Refuge, Horses Help TRC, Scottsdale Community College and Youth for Troops.

While AHAA has live-streamed the horse show for over 10 years, this year marks the first time the Scottsdale Signature Stallion auction will be online.

Through 9 p.m. Feb. 20, the auction includes 150 horses and raises money to fund the largest prize money program for young Arabian horses in the industry.

es that speak to the diversity of our community and the experiences had by people of color.”

Other artists featured in the exhibition – located in the library’s Civic Center Public Gallery, operated by Scottsdale Public Art – include Clendolyn Corbin, Gloria Martinez-Granados, Eugene Grigsby, Annie Lopez, Stephen Marc, Hugo Medina, Sebastiao Pereira, Joe Ray, Safwat Saleem, Sonny Sholola, Ani Tung, RIP Woods, Frank Ybarra and Bernard Young.

Scottsdale Public Art will host a virtual reception with many of the artists from the exhibition at 6 p.m. on Feb. 19.

For information about how to attend online and/or to view a virtual version of the exhibition, which runs through March 2, visit scottsdalepublicart.org.

Additionally, Scottsdale Arts Learning & Innovation has organized creative activities associated with the exhibition that can be completed at home. Learn more at scottsdaleartslearning.org/library-creatives.

“We are lucky to have an event in a climate where many events have been canceled,” O’Shea said. “We have done what it takes to keep people safe and host a great competition. The Arabian Horse community is thankful for that.”

Historically, the horse show has attracted more than 300,000 attendees over its 11 days. But this year will look different as only participants and essential personnel will be permitted on the grounds.

“Closing to the public has been a challenge as it had a domino effect on our shopping expo,” O’Shea said. “Sponsors and people who have been coming for years are simply disappointed.”

To keep participants and essential personnel safe, AHAA put together a “six-point safety plan” to guard against COVID-19.

Although AHAA lost almost all of their international competitors due to travel restrictions, O’Shea hopes they’ll still tune in this year.

“Obviously, we want as many people as possible to watch the horse show that they stay engaged with our show,” O’Shea said.

“There is a large number every year of overseas viewers, [so] I am sure it will be even larger this year as most are not traveling to the show this year.”

“The Scottsdale Arabian Horse show is the largest most prestigious show in the world, so we have many international Arabian horse enthusiasts that tune in,” O’Shea added.

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Obituaries Mary Wyleese Knauss Wilson Mar. 31, 1926 - Jan. 29, 2021

Wyleese Wilson passed away on January 29, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society Prescott Village in Arizona.

Wyleese passed just six months after her husband of 77 years, James Franklin (Frank) Wilson.

Wyleese was born in Ravenden Arkansas to Charles E Knauss and Sarah Lou Gretta Lawrence Knauss.

Wyleese loved children. She loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Wyleese also loved the many churches she attended throughout her life. She taught Sunday School where several of the children she taught called her Grandma. She and Frank also sponsored several children outside the country through their church missions.

Wyleese is survived by her children Paula Kinsey and husband Bob, Jim Wilson and wife Cherie, Pamela Nordick and husband Gene; grandchildren Joshua and wife Dana, Angela and husband Patrick, Jason, Amber and husband Marc; and great-grandchildren Jonathon, Avalon, Elsa, William, Jason, Ethan and Lila.

She is also survived by her brother Dalton Knauss and his wife Elaine. She was so proud of her brother Dalton’s accomplishments and appreciated so much all that he did for her and her family.

Wyleese is preceded in death by her parents and husband; and siblings, William Alonzo (W.A.), Lucille and husband Roy, Paul and wife Norma, Carl and wife Wanda, and Vernon and wife Laura.

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