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FAA grounds flight path changes over Scottsdale BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

cottsdale officials and residents are angry with the FAA after the agency declined to alter much-maligned flight paths over northern parts of the city despite a nearly-$200,000 city-funded lobbying effort. The flight paths – part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen plan to

increase efficiency in 2014 – resulted in a successful legal challenge by the City of Phoenix and some of its historic neighborhoods, which argued the FAA did not do proper public outreach to figure out how the path changes would affect them. Other Valley residents, including those in northern Scottsdale, were also affected by noise as a result of the new routes. After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the

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D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Phoenix and the neighborhoods in 2017, the FAA signed onto an agreement requiring it to return westbound departure routes to “approximate, as closely as possible, the pre-September 2014 flight paths,” and conduct outreach efforts with other communities affected by the NextGen changes.

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BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

he city is asking for resident feedback on proposed new rules to pave the way for signs as high as 60 feet along the Loop 101 freeway in northern Scottsdale. The proposed amendment to the city’s rules regulating signage would, if passed, allow large mixed-use developments along the freeway between Scottsdale and Hayden Roads to construct signage within 600 feet of Loop 101. According to the city, the request for new

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Panel to get ethics complaint against Phillips BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

he Scottsdale City Attorney has referred an ethics complaint against Councilman Guy Phillips to an independent panel after a review found no reason to dismiss it. The complaint, filed by resident Mike Norton on Jan. 21, alleged Phillips violated the city ethics code by accepting improper gifts and failing to disclose a conflict of interest. Phillips declined to comment on the complaint. On Jan. 27, retired Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Ken Fields, who serves as an independent ethics officer for the city, notified the city of his findings, recommending it be forwarded to a panel. City Attorney Sherry Scott followed this recommendation, according to a letter she sent to Norton and Phillips on Feb. 3. The panel comprises retired judges or law professors, who do not live or conduct business in Scottsdale. According to Scott’s letter, the panel includes retired Pima County Judge Hon. Lawrence Fleishman, retired Maricopa County Judge Hon. J. Kenneth Magnum, and retired Arizona Court of Appeals Judge Hon. Cecil B. Patterson. Fields’ recommendation is not a determination of guilt. According to Scottsdale City Code, Fields only needed to determine “the complaint states on its face allegations, if true, would constitute a violation” of the city’s ethics code or city law. It will be up to the panel to determine whether or not Phillips violated city code or other applicable laws. The panel has 60 days to review the case and will submit a report and conclusions to the Scottsdale City Council, which will then vote in a public meeting to reject or accept the findings. The complaint is intertwined with the ongoing Southbridge Two saga - where local political action committee gathered thousands of signatures to put the proposed downtown development before Scottsdale voters. Phillips, who voted against Southbridge Two when it came before the Council in Dec. 2019, volunteered to collect signatures for the Committee for the Preserva-

tion of Old Town Scottsdale’s referendum drive. The Norton complaint alleged the PAC or its supporters may have funneled payments to Phillips through his wife, a paid signature circulator and via anonymous donations made to Phillips through a GoFundMe account set up in his name following a work-related injury. The complaint cited anonymous donations to a GoFundMe online fundraiser set up by resident Susan Wood to benefit Guy Phillips. Wood set up the fundraiser, which raised $2,470 of a $20,000 goal, to assist Phillips with medical bills after he injured his leg while working, according to the fundraiser’s still-active webpage. “It is my belief if the anonymous donors are disclosed it will be found many are also supporters of the ‘Save Old Town’ movement and POTS PAC,” according to the Norton complaint. Wood, who organized the campaign, said all monies were deposited into her bank account and then payments were made directly to Phillip’s healthcare provider or insurer. Wood said she consulted with Scottsdale City Clerk Carolyn Jagger before setting up the GoFundMe to ensure propriety, though whether or not this is true is an open question. A city spokesperson said Jagger declined to comment, because she may be contacted as a witness in the ongoing ethics investigation. A public information request by Norton requesting “copies of all records of any communication by or between Susan Wood and City Clerk Jagger or City Attorney Scott in the period 90 days prior to October 7, 2019, the date of formation of the GoFundMe.com account in question through 1/31/2020” turned up no results. “Please be advised the City searched its records and has no responsive records or documents related to your request,” according to the city’s response. Wood declined to provide proof she consulted with Jagger, citing the ongoing ethics complaint. “Now that there’s an ethics complaint filed, I’m not allowed to talk to anyone about it,” Wood said. Though the donations are anonymous, both Wood and Phillips may know the source of the payments, according to GoFundMe.

GUY PHILLIPS “The organizer and beneficiary will always be able to see your name and comment if you left one, even if your donation is anonymous to the public. This is for transparency reasons,” according to an anonymous donations informational page on the GoFundMe website. Wood said she did not know if any members of the Old Town PAC donated to the campaign, though she admitted to having access to the names of donors. “(Phillips) didn’t know who they were, but I could see who they were,” Wood said. “But I don’t know if any of them actually ended up involved in the Old Town petition or anything. Cora Phillips, who is married to Guy Phillips, was paid $3,192 and collected approximately 600 signatures in support of putting the Southbridge Two project before voters, according to documents on file with the city. Prior to the filing of the complaint, Phillips told the Progress the payments to his wife were not improper. “Shame on those who would think otherwise,” Phillips said. “There would be no way I would know how much she could collect and so it’s absurd to think it would influence my decision. You should be looking at how much developer money the council members got for their yes vote PAC attorney Tim LaSota denied Cora Phillips was paid a higher rate than other signature gathers. “It is completely accurate to say (Cora Phillips’) were some of the cheaper signatures for the committee,” LaSota said. LaSota and other PAC representatives have denied repeated requests from the Progress to provide documentation proving Cora Phillips’ per signature pay rate.

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signs came from the business community. “The increase in freeway-adjacent development garnered interest by the business community to request the city to update the sign requirements of the Zoning Ordinance to allow taller and larger freestanding signs along the freeway so the signs can be easily seen by drivers traveling along the freeway,” according to city documents. City planner Andrew Chi said discussions about the freeway signs have been going on for about a year. “We have been asked by the business community to update our sign ordinance to introduce freeway-appropriate (signs),” Chi said. Chi said the current code was developed before freeways had a presence in Scottsdale, so it does not have any allowances for larger signs along freeway frontages. Chi confirmed the initial request for the update came from Nationwide, which is currently building the 134-acre Cavasson mixed-use development north of Loop 101 at Hayden. Chi said Nationwide initially considered pursuing a private text amendment for its own project, but the city is now spearheading the proposal at the developer’s request. This will give the city more control over the stipulations, Chi said. “We have more control of writing the regulations rather than having a developer write the regulations themselves, which we would have less of a control over in terms of modifying (or) doing any changes,” Chi said. Nationwide did not respond to a request for comment. The parameters of the proposal suggest the city had Nationwide in mind while writing the rules as the rules only allow

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for signs off Loop 101 between Scottsdale and Hayden Roads. The proposed rule change would allow for three types of signs along the freeway in this area. The signs would be subject to the approval of the city’s Development Review Board. The first type, called a freeway pylon sign, would stand approximately 55 to 60 feet tall and extend 35 to 45 feet above the freeway. The width of the pylon signs could not exceed 50 percent of the total height. The new rules would include a separation requirement - all pylon signs be spaced at least 500 feet apart. The proposal would also allow signage affixed to buildings in a development if they are within 600 feet of the freeway right of way. The building signs could not exceed 300 square feet in size and The City of Scottsdale is considering amending its signage no part of the sign could rules to allow for large pylon signs along Loop 101 in northextend above the top of ern Scottsdale like this one seen at Nationwide’s Rivulon the building. The signs development in Gilbert. Nationwide is developing the 134could not be placed acre Cavasson development in Scottsdale and requested the city amend its sign rules. (Photo courtesy of Trademark Visual) higher than 24 feet off the ground if the buildhouses to gather resident feedback and ing façade faces a residential district. the final decision maker will be city counThe proposed new rules would also cil, which has to vote to approve any code allow for 20-to 25-foot gateway signs amendments. placed at development entrances along This opposition is not surprising as frontage roads, Chi said. Scottsdale has a long history as a signThe new rules would require all signs averse community. to be 500 feet from residential areas. The Scottsdale’s restrictive signage rules signs are also prohibited in areas desig- date back to the 1960s and have been nated as scenic corridors by the city. updated several times over the intervenThough the proposal was only intro- ing years. Those rules have resulted in duced in January, it has already gar- fewer commercial signs like billboards nered significant pushback from the in Scottsdale than in its neighboring community. communities. “We have received some comments Scottsdale was down to a single billfrom the public already,” Chi said. “They board by 2004, after the city paid $45,000 are generally concerned, and it’s not a to purchase one of three remaining signs surprise. The majority are concerned grandfathered in prior to the passage of about the introduction of larger pylon city ordinances previously prohibiting signs in the city.” them, according to an East Valley Tribune Chi said the city will host two open story from the time.

The last remaining billboard in Scottsdale from the time is still up on the south side of McDowell Road at 76th Street. Sonnie Kirtley, executive director of the Coalition of Greater Scottsdale, is concerned it reflects the comments Chi referenced. “Bottom line for me personally is no pylons,” Kirtley said. “Put the sign on the building and below the roofline.” Kirtley said COGS has not taken an official position on the matter as the board has not yet discussed the proposal. Resident Jason Alexander, who moderates the Scottsdale Together Facebook page and lives in northern Scottsdale, also expressed concerns about the sign proposal. Citing conversations he’s had with residents, Alexander said “So I think it’s pretty safe to say citizens across the board from a simple aesthetic point of view are not going to be behind the idea.” Still, Alexander said he would keep an open mind if the city and Nationwide can prove the signs would be a net positive for Scottsdale residents. Alexander previously made a similar argument last year while opposing a new rule proposed by Scottsdale Quarter to allow large shopping centers to install digital signs. “If the ROI to the businesses is great enough it pays for itself through retail sales taxes or there’s some significant quantifiable amount in retail sales taxes, I think we need to at least give it a fair listen and ask ‘is the benefit to the city in direct financial infusion worth the negative stuff?’” Alexander said. The Scottsdale Quarter application is still active and has not been scheduled to go before city council. Alexander said he would like to see Nationwide provide documentation supporting the idea the city would benefit financially by allowing freeway signs. Alexander also supported Kirtley’s position to do away with the pylon signs and restrict the taller signage to a building’s façade. He said “a good compromise would be let them do it on their own building and kind of make them put some skin in the game,” arguing it would incentivize to make the signs as aesthetically-pleasing as possible. Whether or not the city adopts the new rules will ultimately be up to the city council.

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The first part of the agreement did not affect northern Scottsdale residents, who own properties under eastbound departure routes. Still, the community meetings held by the FAA last April gave residents hope the agency would eventually address their concerns. “It appears we finally got their attention,” John Nolan said at the meeting at Pinnacle High School in Phoenix, which included drawings of conceptual flight path alterations. Nolan is a member of SCANA or the Scottsdale Coalition for Airplane Noise Abatement. But the FAA has announced it would take no further actions under a legal agreement with Phoenix stemming from the city’s successful legal challenge against new flight paths out of Sky Harbor International Airport. The decision means the agency will not address noise concerns from Scottsdale residents. “Obviously it’s a major disappointment because I really think we have been led to believe, even by their submissions, they would be open to some consideration, certainly with what they proposed back to us,” Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane said. Scottsdale paid $80,000 to international law firm Covington & Burling over

the course of two contracts in 2018 to lobby the FAA to modify eastern routes to address Scottsdale resident concerns. The city also contracted with JDA Aviation Technology Solutions in November 2018, for up to $115,000 to provide expert recommendations on flight paths over Scottsdale. But the FAA rejected JDA’s proposed modifications to conceptual routes presented by the FAA at its community meetings. “Disappointed,” Councilwoman Suzanne Klapp said of the FAA’s Jan. 10 decision. “I had hoped they’d consider the alternate routes we were discussing.” SCANA founder Bud Kern did not mince words in the wake of the FAA announcement. “The FAA clearly used a strategy to string along the public as long it could, knowing all along it was not going to offer relief to our communities,” Kern said, adding: “The FAA is an arrogant bureaucracy only intent on serving the airlines and its own self-interests. It has no conscience about ruining the well being of thousands of residents and the communities they live in.” Kern argued the original 2017 D.C. court ruling required the FAA to return all routes, not just the westerly routes over Phoenix, to their pre-2014 configurations.

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Council OKs downtown short-term rental plan BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

once-controversial short-term rental project near Scottsdale City Hall passed the City Council with little fanfare or opposition just months after the Planning Commission recommended its rejection. On Feb. 5, the council voted 6-1 to approve a zoning change requested by STR Ventures, removing first-floor residential limits on four properties to just 35 percent of the floor area and putting much of the area technically off-limits to shortterm renters. The properties, just east of city hall, had been used in years past for a mix of residential and commercial uses, according to city staff. STR Ventures had listed the properties with Good Night Stay, a short-term rental company with listings in Scottsdale, Nashville and Orlando. Short-term rentals, like those advertised through Airbnb or VRBO, caused a stir in Scottsdale in recent years, with residents complaining of increased partying, trash, drinking and drug use in residential neighborhoods. Councilwoman Virginia Korte cast the lone no vote, saying, “I just don’t believe we need more short-term rentals.” Korte said she voted no because the city has no ability to regulate short-term rentals as a result of a 2016 state law supported by Gov. Doug Ducey. “The State Legislature has taken away the ability of cities to manage and monitor short-term rentals, and the shortterm rentals are proliferating across… tourism-based communities,” Korte said.

“The State Legislature has taken away the ability of cities to manage and monitor short-term rentals, and the short-term rentals are proliferating across…tourism-based communities.” -Councilmember Virginia Korte

Attorney Court Rich represented STR Ventures in front of the Scottsdale City Council on Feb. 4. Council voted 6-1 to allow the company to expand short-term rental uses on its properties near city hall. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff)

“And I do not believe they are good for our community or neighborhoods.” Court Rich, a zoning attorney representing the property owner, argued the proposal was a no brainer because it was near many downtown tourist attractions and would not impact Scottsdale’s residential neighborhoods. Court said the proposal had the support of all owners of neighboring properties, which are predominantly commercial. Rich said the property owner worked with its only residential neighbor, Steven Voss of the Main Street Place condos, to address his concerns. Voss spent 10 years and $12 million developing the nearby Main Street Place condo and retail mixed-use development. Ultimately, STR Ventures agreed to a long list of stipulations in order to address initial community concerns. Those stipulations include a commitment to utilize noise monitoring technology and keep a management team on-call 24/7 to deal with any complaints. Renters are also prohibited from playing amplified music outdoors after 10 p.m. Court said the property owner also agreed to a maximum height of 26 feet for the buildings. The new C-2 zoning granted by the City Council removed the 35 percent restric-

tion and would have also allowed for heights up to 66 feet. Court said the properties will also include landscaping and screening to limit the impact on neighbors and the property owner used landscaping designs drawn by Voss. “I do support the case assuming there is a stipulation for 26 feet, a restriction for one unit for this property along with the landscape stipulations we discussed,” Voss told the Planning Commission meeting last Oct. 16. The company planned to invest around $1.5 million in home renovations alone for the McKnight property and its three other properties on Main Street, STR Ventures co-founder Jay McKee told the Planning Commission. Even with those stipulations in place, the Planning Commission had voted 4-3 to recommend a denial of STR Ventures’ application for a property at McKnight Avenue and Main Street and 5-2 to deny applications for the remaining properties it owns in the area. Some commissioners expressed concern after evidence emerged STR Ventures potentially violated the 35 percent rule since it began operating rentals at the sites. “I’m having a lot of trouble with this,”

Commissioner Christian Serena said. “The city is bending over backward to make this work for the applicant, and I don’t feel like the applicant has even attempted to try to make it work for a few months.” Commissioner Larry Kush said he was not inclined to support the project if this was the case. “If you’re a bad actor, you’re going to get called out for it; you’re not going to get rewarded for it,” Kush said. Rich, who said the company would continue offering rentals in the property with or without the zoning approval, stopped short of confirming whether or not the company was in violation of the 35 percent rule at any point. “Whether or not it’s being strictly enforced right now, I think it’s just undeniable this (proposal) will be better (for the community),” Rich told the Planning Commission. At the Planning Commission, both Rich and STR Ventures owner Jay McKee argued his company was a good operator. “STR Ventures always tried to operate compliantly and it was mischaracterized there were any issues of compliance,” Rich said. “In fact, they are involved in managing over 80 properties and have never had a code enforcement violation.” Rich made a similar appeal to city council, arguing his client was going about the process in the right way and was likely the only short-term rental owner in the city to actually seek City Council approval. This appeal, and the stipulations agreed to by STR Ventures, factored into Councilwoman Suzanne Klapp’s decision to vote in favor of the project. “There is currently short-term rentals at these units, so I believe what we passed today actually protects the neighborhood…if we hadn’t approved it, they would not have gotten those protections,” Klapp said. Klapp also pointed to the fact no neighbors opposed the project. “I believed the best course forward was to allow it with the stipulations provided, which seemed to be fine with the neighbors, so if there was ever a case where all the neighbors were approving something I saw no reason to deny it,” Klapp said.

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n the week since the Scottsdale Unified School District announced three finalists for superintendent, the community is raising questions about the selection process and two candidates. The Governing board selected three finalists from a pool of 29 applicants during a five-hour executive session on Jan. 30. They will now go before five committees of community stakeholders. The finalists are Dr. Kimberly Guerin, assistant superintendent for educational services at SUSD; Dr. Scott Menzel, superintendent at Washtenaw Intermediate School District in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and Dr. Shelley Redinger, superintendent at Spokane Public Schools in Spokane, Washington. Some community members expressed concerns the board did not have adequate time to vet all 29 applicants. In an email to Superintendent John Kriekard and the board, parent Susan Hughes asked if enough time was given to consider all applications. District spokesperson Amy Bolton confirmed board members were only provided applications on the morning of Jan. 30. Hughes’ concerns are shared by board member Jann-Michael Greenburg, who said he got the applications less than three hours before the executive session. “I only had time to get through about four applications” before the session, Greenburg said. Greenburg said he had made requests early in the search process to have access to the applications as soon as possible and was initially told he could see them a day earlier. It is unclear whether other board members thought they had enough time. Board President Allyson Beckham and members Barbara Perleberg and Sandy Kravetz did not respond to a request for comment. Board Vice President Patty Beckman declined comment. Greenburg said he thinks the three candidates “merited interviews” but also noted he would have supported bringing even more candidates before the community. This ties into another criticism of the board’s selection process: some stakeholders argue community committees should

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meet more candidates. Hughes, who said she thinks Guerin is a strong candidate, suggested the board bring “semi-finalists” as well. “Although it is a welcomed gesture to invite community members, it is in my opinion giving them a say in questions of the finalists as opposed to the semi-finalists feels disingenuous,” Hughes said. Greenburg said he did not like using the word “finalist” because the community has not yet had a chance to weigh in. “’Finalists’ is bad term,” Greenburg said. “All we are actually doing is saying these are people we could agree to interview at this time.” Hughes said some people were surprised candidates with local knowledge and strong ties to the district were excluded. Hughes told the Progress she was referencing current SUSD Assistant Superintendent Dr. Milissa Sackos and Mesa Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Shaun Holmes. Sackos, who has been with the district since 2000, declined comment. Holmes was with the district from 2005 through 2016 and resigned during the tumultuous tenure of former Superintendent Dr. Denise Birdwell. Holmes confirmed he applied for the superintendent job and found out he was not a finalist through the district’s announcement to the community. Greenburg, citing rules about the board’s executive session, declined to comment on specific applicants. “Should we have invited other people

with intimate knowledge of the district? Assuming people like that did apply… for me, again, I would have invited more people,” Greenburg said. According to posts on social media, including the Respect Our Scottsdale Students Facebook page with more than 3,200 followers, the call for more candidates appears linked to concerns with the two out-of-state candidates. Some concerns center on how they would operate in an Arizona district as both Redinger and Menzel work in states with significantly higher per-pupil funding than Arizona. According to education publication EdWeek’s Quality Counts 2019 report, Arizona spent $8,335 per-pupil while Washington spent $11,125 and Michigan spent $13,016 per-pupil. However, neither candidate views Arizona’s funding model as insurmountable, though they both acknowledged it is a challenge. Menzel said he had to deal with funding shortages in the late 2000s and it is important to make sure the district is functioning efficiently. He also noted state funding is ultimately driven by enrollment noting, “Much like Arizona, Michigan is a choice and charter state where the funding follows the student to the school of their choice.” Menzel said bringing students back to the district from charters and other districts is pivotal to avoid cutting programs. “While it is unfortunate schools are pitted against each other in this fashion, it is the current reality,” Menzel said.

Still, he acknowledged the state’s funding level “is a challenge” even for efficient districts, but noted Arizonans have made efforts in recent years to push for more money. “My belief is a budget reflects the values of the organization and the state’s contribution to public education reflects its values as well,” Menzel said. “In Arizona, the Red for Ed movement mobilized people and called attention to the real issues associated with underfunding the public education system.” Redinger, too, experienced budget constraints. In April 2019, the Spokesman-Review reported Spokane Public Schools would have to lay off 325 employees due to budget cuts. The cuts were the result of $31-million budget shortfall resulting from a change in Washington State’s education funding formula. Redinger stressed those cuts were necessitated by a court decision affecting districts across the state and not the result of poor planning by the district. “We have really good budget planning, and our audits are always amazing, so no, it has nothing to do with that,” Redinger said. “It’s a state issue.” Redinger said her administration solicited community input through forums and other means before making any decisions and worked to keep the cuts out of the classrooms. She said her experience in creating dia-

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The ruling stated the court vacated “the September 18, 2014 order, implementing the new flight departure routes at Sky Harbor International Airport.” The agreement between the FAA and Phoenix later stipulated only the western routes would be affected. “While the parties later settled on an agreement that only included the western departures, the Court’s ruling was never revised to say western only,” Kern said. Kern, a DC Ranch resident, said the 2014 NextGen routes disrupted the peace and quiet that was a major selling point for him and many of his neighbors in settling in the city’s northern reaches. “Most residents bought out here for the quiet of the desert and the Scottsdale lifestyle,” Kern said. “We enjoyed it for years and then things changed.” SCANA spent years lobbying the FAA to take its concerns seriously and was encouraged by last year’s community meetings, held under step two of the court agreement. The FAA showed two conceptual changes, which split existing east departure and arrival routes into two routes. This conceptual change would not eliminate plane traffic over areas affected by the 2014 changes but would likely have decreased

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log with stakeholders would help continue to restore the community’s trust in SUSD, stating “the goal is to continue positive momentum” started by Kriekard, the board, staff and the community. Hughes also brought up concerns about Menzel’s experience. MenzeliscurrentlytheheadoftheWashtenaw Intermediate School District, which coordinates efforts and provides services to local districts in Washtenaw County. Though the Washtenaw district covers about 47,000 students, but it does not have day-to-day oversight over any specific district. Menzel argued his experience prepared him to take on the job at SUSD, which serves about 22,000 students, citing his experience at Washtenaw and superintendent positions he held at smaller public school districts in Michigan. Menzel, who was superintendent at the Livingston Educational Service Agency serving about 30,000 students at districts in Livingston County, said

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their concentration. Scottsdale proposed its own changes but the FAA rejected the proposal. In a report issued by the FAA about the feedback it received from 2019 meetings, the agency cited safety concerns with the proposed routes for air traffic controllers and aircraft flying in the Valley. The report stated the JDA recommendations would have created conflicts with existing heavily-used routes. FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor said at the April meeting “we are just here to listen” and referred to the conceptual flight paths as “drawings on the back of a napkin” had not even begun to go through the months or years of feasibility studies required to make them a reality. Still, Kern could not help but feel hopeful at the meeting. “I’m excited the FAA came to these meetings with concepts to provide relief,” Kern said at the time. “These concepts have a lot of promise.” In retrospect, the agency’s hedging should have been a red flag. Gregor, the FAA spokesperson, said the agency is not pursuing the conceptual routes and has not done any feasibility or environmental reviews of the conceptual routes. “The FAA has not proposed any new

intermediate districts in Michigan have more responsibilities than country superintendent offices in Arizona. “I have operated at the systems level overseeing a budget of more than $154 million, working with the community to successfully pass special education funding millages as well as a bond issue for facilities, overseeing comprehensive professional development, launching new initiatives, advocating for funding and policy changes to improve the public education system,” Menzel said. Menzel also has experience as superintendent at smaller individual districts. He was superintendent at Whitmore Lake Public Schools, which had just fewer than 1,500 students at the time, from 2002 to 2007. Redinger heads a single district serving more students than SUSD. Spokane Public Schools had an enrollment of 31,222, according to the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction. However, other issues at the Spokane district have caused concern in Scottsdale. In June 2019, Washington’s Office of

routes in the Phoenix area,” Gregor said. “As we noted in our Jan. 10 update, even though we have concluded the Implementation Agreement, we intend to continue the dialogue with local stakeholders about issues of interest to them, as we do in communities throughout the United States.” When asked if the FAA has any specific plans to continue dialog, Gregor said “We do not have any specific meetings or discussions planned at this time.” Lane, the Scottsdale mayor, is not holding his breath. “Certainly from what they’ve indicated – yeah, they’re done,” Lane said. Scottsdale Councilmembers Klapp and Virginia Korte used the same word to describe their reactions to the FAA’s Jan. 10 announcement: disappointed. “Very disappointed,” Korte said. Whether this disappointment will translate into litigation is still unclear – though there is some indication the city is leaning in that direction since it is renewing its contract with Covington & Burling. “There’s really not an opening other than an opening we may make,” Lane said. City council met in executive session on Jan. 5 to receive legal advice regarding the NextGen flight paths out of Sky Harbor. Later that evening, council voted unanimously to approve a new $40,000 contract

the Superintendent of Public Instruction found Spokane Public Schools overused isolation techniques to deal with students with behavioral issues. The Inlander newspaper said the state found Spokane’ use of isolation was 10 times higher than other large districts. SUSD recently had its own issues with improper restraint techniques. Mary and John McCarthy filed a federal lawsuit against the district, alleging restraint techniques used against their son amounted to physical abuse and the district failed to notify the parents after the incident. This case is ongoing. Redinger said her administration worked to address the restraint and seclusion issues by providing new training for staff emphasizing de-escalation over isolation. On Jan. 23, the Inlander reported use of seclusion and restraint in the Spokane district is down 77 percent. Redinger said the district provided more de-escalation training to security officers and is using an approach focusing on rehabilitation over punishment.

with Covington & Burling allowing the city to pursue “political engagement and legal or legislative remedies,” according to city documents. The city has had the support of the state’s congressional delegation in the past, though it has not made much of a difference. Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wrote to the FAA expressing concern the agency was not doing enough to engage residents and urging the FAA to find alternatives to lessen the noise impact on residents. Both the late Sen. John McCain and former Sen. Jeff Flake had also advocated for changes to appease Arizona residents in the past. Kern said SCANA would like to see a legal challenge to force the FAA to change the routes. “This could be undertaken by the City of Scottsdale, or a coalition of public and private parties,” Kern said. “SCANA is in contact with the City of Scottsdale and is encouraging, and hoping, it will pursue legal action.” Korte declined to comment on any plans to sue the FAA, citing council’s executive session. Gregor likewise declined to comment on the likelihood of litigation, only stating “We don’t speculate about the possibility of litigation.”

This year, Inlander reported suspensions and expulsions for students in intervention programs are down roughly 27 percent and in-school discipline is down approximately 31 percent. When asked why they wanted to come to Scottsdale, Redinger and Menzel gave similar answers. Both have family ties to Arizona and cited the recent overwhelming support for the district’s budget override as proof SUSD has strong community support. Additionally, both Redinger and Menzel said they view Scottsdale as a spot where they can spend the rest of their careers. “While I’ve enjoyed my career in Michigan, I plan to work another 15 or more years and because of the family connections, I decided to look at opportunities in Arizona,” Menzel said. Redinger said, “I’m looking for long term opportunities where I can really make a difference…I have about 10 to 15 years left, so I am just really wanting to have a long term opportunity and really make a difference.”

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Former Scottsdale Councilman David Ortega announced he is running for mayor on Jan. 31. (Special to the Progress)

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Lawsuit challenges Unger project referendum BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

he Southbridge Two development in downtown Scottsdale will go before voters in November – if the opposition’s referendum petition survives a court challenge filed by the developer on Feb. 5. Scottsdale City Clerk Carolyn Jagger on Jan. 31 notified the Committee for the Preservation of Old Town Scottsdale political action committee notifying them that the PAC collected enough valid signatures to put Southbridge Two referendum before voters. Following a state-mandated vetting process, the Clerk projected the PAC collected 14,807 valid signatures – well above the 11,930 signatures needed to put Southbridge Two on the ballot. Resident Emily Austin, who volunteered with the PAC to notarize signatures, said she was “thrilled” with the results. The vote would give Scottsdale residents the chance to confirm or reverse the 4-3 City Council decision last Dec. 4 to approve Southbridge Two, the ambitious 10-acre redevelopment project would reshape the 5th Avenue shopping district in downtown Scottsdale and include build-

Thousands of signatures collected by the Committee for the Preservation of Old Town Scottsdale in support of its referendum to put Southbridge Two before voters are now the subject of a lawsuit by the developer behind the project. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

ings up to 150 feet tall. But whether or not the referendum will actually reach the ballot is unclear. Carter Unger, the developer behind the project, filed a lawsuit in Superior Court, alleging the Clerk and Maricopa County Recorder’s Office missed signatures that should have been invalidated.

State law allows anyone to challenge the validity of a referendum in court within five days of the date the clerk receives the verification from the County Recorder. That multi-step verification process began when the PAC turned in over 17,000 signatures to the Clerk’s office on Jan. 3. The Clerk’s certification letter said her

an alley. But he told lawmakers that there are others who need similar relief. “I feel like this is really a great bill that will help those people that are really in need, the mother that has three children, two jobs,’’ Biasiucci said. “The last thing we want to see happen is situations where people are getting their car towed for a simple traffic violation because they couldn’t afford to pay it,’’ he explained. The concept drew strong support from Donna Hamm, director of Middle Ground Prison Reform. “This bill goes to the heart of what restorative justice is,’’ she said – a focus on rehabilitation as well as getting offenders to reconcile with the community. But Craig Wismer, the Avondale justice of the peace, questioned the need for such a law.

He said that he already has the discretion to decide that some offenders facing financial hardship should be offered the option of community service as an alternative to a fine. This measure, Wismer said, removes the ability of judges to decide who should and should not have that made available. Jerry Landau, lobbyist for the Arizona Supreme Court, said the requirement that judges allow people to work off at least half of their fines presents some logistical problems. In rural areas, he said, there may not be systems set up with organizations that need volunteer help and someone to monitor people to ensure they fulfill their commitment. And that’s not all. “What happens if the person is from California and says ‘I want to do it in California’?’’ he asked. The bigger hurdle could be legal.

office invalidated 185 signatures off the bat while another 499 signatures were invalidated later in the process. The County Recorder then generated a five percent sample from the remaining 16,894 signatures for verification. The recorder invalidated 100 signatures from that 845-singature sample – a failure rate of 11.83 percent. The clerk applied that failure rate to the total remaining 16,894 signatures to generate the projected valid signature count of 14,807. Unger was not surprised by the results of the random sample test. “The sample wasn’t surprising at all,” Unger said. “We anticipated that the five percent wouldn’t get into the level of detail that we will.” Unger, alleged the City Clerk and County Recorder failed to account for thousands of invalid signatures. The lawsuit alleged that approximately 3,800 additional signatures should be invalidated for various violations of the state laws that govern signature collection, including duplicate signatures or signatures from non-Scottsdale voters. Unger is asking a judge to invalidate

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Bill proposes service instead of traffic fines BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizonans who violate traffic laws could soon get a chance to decide if they’re willing to work off at least part of the fine. On a 6-4 margin, the House Judiciary Committee last week approved legislation that lets someone demand to be allowed to perform community service at $10 an hour for up to half of the fine. HB 2055 also would permit judges to allow the entire fine to be waived for additional hours of work. But the legislation faces an uncertain future – and a possible legal challenge – because of the way it is worded. The measure was crafted by Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, after a Phoenix municipal judge refused to allow him to work off a citation for illegally parking in

In reducing the amount of the fine, the legislation also reduces – or potentially eliminates – the various surcharges that now are placed on penalties. These range from running the court system to purchasing equipment for police officers. But it also includes a 10 percent surcharge to fund the Citizens Clean Elections Act, a system that allows but does not require candidates for statewide and legislative office to get public funding for their campaigns if they agree not to take money from special interests. Tom Collins, executive director of the Clean Elections Commission said those dollars are crucial. He said of the $6.9 million collected in the most recent year available, the vast majority of that came from traffic fines, with the

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Court orders PV couple to halt robocalls BY JESSICA MYERS Cronkite News

ASHINGTON – A federal court has ordered two Paradise Valley residents to stop operating businesses prosecutors said were used to funnel hundreds of millions of overseas robocalls per month. The action by prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York claimed that three businesses owned by Nicholas and Natasha Palumbo were used since at least 2016 for calls targeting vulnerable people with fraudulent Social Security and other scams. The Palumbos and the businesses they ran out of their home – Ecommerce National LLC, TollFreeDeals.com and SipRetail.com – were named in court documents along with two companies run by Jon Kahen of Great Neck, N.Y. Prosecutors said all the companies engaged in “predatory wire fraud schemes” that targeted people throughout the U.S. Social Security Administration Inspector General Gail Ennis said a restraining order had been issued against the Palumbos and she hoped for an order against Kahen soon. “They’ve earned a lot of money in the process – in essence, profiting off of scam

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those signatures, which would drop the petition below the 11,930 valid signatures required to put Southbridge Two before voters. Tim LaSota, an attorney for the PAC, was undeterred. “Our substantial margin will hold up, and the citizens of Scottsdale will have their say on Southbridge Two at the ballot,” LaSota said. Unger’s lawsuit alleged a mix of clerical errors and potential fraud in seeking to push the referendum off the ballot. The allegations included that some petition lines had incomplete dates or were dated after the Jan. 3 deadline. Arizona is known for its rigorous laws regulating petition circulation. State law requires that potion requirements be “strictly construed” and that referendum collections “strictly comply”

victims,” Ennis told the Senate Special Committee on Aging. A woman identifying herself as Natasha Palumbo declined comment on the charges. Requests for comment sent to an email identified in court documents as Nick Palumbo’s were not immediately returned. The documents in the Eastern District of New York, said the Palumbos operated telecommunications carriers that facilitated hundreds of millions of unlawful robocalls, most of which originated in India. In one 23-day period from May to June last year, the couple’s businesses had a hand in carrying just over 720 million calls, that came from more than 133 million unique source numbers, according to court documents. More than 425 million of those calls lasted less than a second. Of calls transferred through TollFreeDeals.com, the filing said more than 24 million of those calls were made to phones with area codes in the Eastern district of New York. The Justice Department said the calls often claimed to be coming from government agencies and threatened action such as arrests for tax fraud, frozen assets and deportation. In many

with rules set forth in law and by the Arizona Constitution. Some allegations are more serious in nature, including that petition circulators or others filled out information on behalf of signers or after signatures were gathered. The lawsuit alleges some information on the signature lines “were written in the hand of an individual other than the signer” and that some incomplete circulator affidavits were filled in by third parties after the affidavits were signed. State law requires signers to fill out all information themselves – including name, address, date and signature. Unger said that he will use “handwriting experts that can speak to whether or not someone wrote multiple different names and addresses…” The lawsuit also alleged that the PAC used pre-notarized petition sheets and, in some cases, petition signatures included

instances, the calls falsely said the victim’s Social Security number had been compromised. The complaint said operators of companies that channel the robocalls receive a cut of payments made by victims. It also said that the Palumbos provided toll-free phone numbers to fraudsters, allowing victims to return calls to scammers overseas. The companies received warnings, notices, subpoenas and inquiries over the past two years about their services from law enforcement agencies, an industry trade group and telecommunications companies about complaints, according to court documents. Every year, hundreds of millions of dollars are stolen from American consumers through such robocall scams, said Assistant Attorney General Jody H. Hunt. “Not only are the calls an annoyance, but for elderly and vulnerable Americans they are a serious problem – often causing devastating financial harm,” he said. In 2019, there were an estimated 3 million robocalls a day to Arizona phone numbers, according to data from callblocking company YouMail. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Arizona, told of one constituent who received a dozen

were dated after the notarization date on the sheet. Arizona law disqualifies any names signed to a petition after the sheet has been notarized. The lawsuit also alleged that some signature gatherers failed to disclose whether they were a volunteer or paid circulator, as required by law. Each petition sheet includes an area to designate the circulator as paid or a volunteer. According to the suit, some circulators “inconsistently identified themselves as ‘volunteers’ or ‘paid circulators,’ marking one designation on some signature sheets but the other designation on other signature sheets…” The lawsuit specifically cites sheets circulated by Austin, Guy Phillips, Cora Phillips, Maria Desautel, Sally LeRoy and Sandra Neil as containing both the volunteer and paid designations.

calls in one day from a scammer. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Arizona, said there is a “special place in hell” for those who scam vulnerable people. “Going after these companies is a first of a kind action, and I really applaud all the effort it took to get to this place,” said McSally, who said she was “disgusted” that an Arizona company has been implicated. Hunt, with the Justice Department’s Civil Division, said its actions should be a warning to others who participate in trafficking robocalls. “The Department of Justice will pursue to the fullest extent of the law individuals in the United States who knowingly facilitate imposter fraud calls, using both criminal and civil tools where appropriate,” he said. But Ennis said this is just a first step. No matter how many investigations are conducted, or how scammers are put out of business, scammers will continue to find new ways to haunt the lines of innocent victims, she said. “We still have a long way to go to permanently shut down these and other gateway carriers that facilitate scam calls and perhaps, more importantly, we need to ensure we deter others from filling that void,” Ennis said.

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balance from surcharges on other civil and criminal fines. What makes all that legally important is that the public financing system – and the method of funding it – was enacted by voters in 1998. And a constitutional amendment precludes lawmakers from making any alterations unless they “further the purpose’’ of the original voter-approved law. “We are inviting a lawsuit from the Clean Elections Commission to protect what was granted to them by the voters,’’ said Rep. Diego Rodriguez, D-Phoenix. Nothing in the legislation would affect the option that now exists for motorists to have their citations wiped out by attending defensive driving classes. They would still be responsible for paying the cost of those schools. The measure now needs constitutional review before going to the full House.

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Author unearths story of black man’s �ight for freedom BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

or the first time, an author revealed the remarkable and little-known true story of Archy Lee, a young black man who gained his freedom in San Francisco in 1858. And the author happens to live here in Scottsdale. “Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom” was published January 2020, by Lyons Press and is currently available for sale on Amazon. “It’s a story about a black man who struggled for his freedom,” McGinty said. “It’s of a lot of interest for people who are interested in black history.” Taking place a year after the Supreme Court’s notorious Dred Scott decision and

during the California Gold Rush, McGinty’s book tells the story of Lee, who was freed from the claims of a white man, Charles Stovall, who sought to return him to slavery in Mississippi. “I hadn’t heard about the story before, so I looked it up to find out what was going on, and I found out there was a vast source of information about what actually happened to him that hadn’t been investigated, never been written about,” McGinty said. McGinty believes Lees’ story has been largely untold because people misunderstood what happened in California at the time. “The Constitution itself said there was no slavery in California, people ... were treated very, very badly in California, almost as if

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Northern Scottsdale resident Brian McGinty is the author of “Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom,” now available for purchase on Amazon. (Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer)

Scottsdale rockhounds discover new gem BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

orthern Scottsdale resident John Hornewer and his brother Steve explore abandoned mines, mining for gold and traversing the Sonoran Desert. “We’ve been rockhounds our whole lives,” John said, adding, “I guess you could say it’s in our DNA.” And as far as rockhounding states go, John said Arizona is “absolutely off the hook.” “It’s one of the greatest states for finding minerals,” he said. And after years of mining, John and Steve finally struck gold – and inadvertently uncovered a new gemstone. “We were just looking for gold. That’s really how it started is we’re gold prospectors, not gemstone prospectors. We just adapted to this new find and became gemstone miners,” John said. About 15 miles from John’s home in an

After eight years of intensive work, northern Scottsdale resident John Hornewer and his brother Steve discovered a new gemstone, currently on display at the Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase through Feb. 16. (Special to the Progress)

mountains probably for five or six abandoned mine, he and Steve disyears,” John said, adding he made covered a new gemstone they called Sonoranite, currently on 10 to 15 journeys out there. display at the Tucson Gem, One day, John walked over Mineral & Fossil Showcase the top of the mountain. through Feb. 16. “But I didn’t see any mine “It never occurred to me we entrance,” John recalled. “I would make a find like this,” was getting ready to leave, and John said. “We’re always looking I said, ‘You know what, there’s for the next find, but we weren’t got to be something there.’” really looking for gemstones.” After learning the mine’s location was not recorded on state For the past 10 years, John has leased abandoned mines The Sonoranite is a or federal maps, John leased new gemstone that on state and federal land, was uncovered in an the mine from the government. spending countless weekends abandoned mine in Eight years ago, the brothers extracting and bringing home northern Scottsdale. began digging solely with hand (Special to the Progress) samples of rocks and minerals. tools, returning to the mine on John stumbled upon the average about once a month. Two years later, the brothers found a mine containing the new gemstone while gold vein inside the mine, and “then we on a hiking expedition. “There were some mountains north of spent a bunch of years crushing the matemy house where I live, for whatever reasee GEMSTONE page 24 son, I just kept getting drawn to those

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they were slaves, despite the fact the California constitution prohibited slavery,” McGinty said. The book also described events that occurred in the “Year of Archy Lee,” including the bloody 1858 struggle over slavery in the Kansas Territory, the 1858 debates over slavery between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in Illinois and the 1858 appearance of Donati’s Comet, the first comet ever photographed. Also a painter who attended classes at the Scottsdale Artists’ School, McGinty painted his version of the comet soaring over Lee’s head. The oil painting is on display in McGinty’s home and printed in the book. “There are no known photographs or pictures of Archy Lee because he was a slave; and in those days, they didn’t take pictures or portrait pictures of slaves. So, I worked on this painting while I was finishing up the book,” McGinty said. McGinty spent a year researching, writing and editing the book. He and his partner, Jim Barnett, traveled to Sacramento to find the original transcript of the Supreme Court decision issued against Lee. They also visited the First African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in San Francisco. “The church plays a big part in the story of Archie Lee, and it is still in existence there. I visited the church [and] found out much more about its early history,” McGinty said. McGinty also searched the National Archives for the court records and scoured the Arizona Historical Society’s microfilm collection. But, “a big part of the research Brian did,” Barnett said, “was locating all these old photos from one lead to another and finding, ‘Oh, there might be a photo at this archive. There might be something there’ and getting the permission to use the photos.” The research was so vast and thorough, “Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom” has nearly 100 pages dedicated to footnotes and the bibliography. “I hope [readers] will understand the struggle over slavery was what really led to the civil war that threatened to destroy the United States as we know it,” McGinty said. The author of 13 books and nearly 200 articles, McGinty is a historical nonfiction writer and historian, particularly interested in American history, the history of the

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Budding young authors win essay contest

BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

lla Day dreams of being author when she grows up. Thanks to the Arizona Family College Savings Plan’s first-ever essay writing contest, the Archway Great Hearts fifth-grader is one step closer to her goal. “Winning the Arizona 529 contest has given me the confidence to pursue my dreams,” said Ella, 11. In celebration of its 20th anniversary, the Arizona Family College Savings Plan launched Arizona 529 last fall. The essay contest prompted fifth-graders from across the state to write about how they plan to change the world for the better in 20 years. And after two months of accepting submissions last fall, the Arizona College Savings Program received hundreds of essays written by students from seven Arizona countries. Ella is just one of 13 winners – one of four in Maricopa County alone – all of whom will receive $529 toward an AZ 529 college savings plan to be used for future qualified educational expenses. A panel of judges then reviewed each essay and scored it based on the overall idea, organization, and originality. Scottsdale had the most winning essays

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rial for gold,” John said. “There are veins of gold in the rock, but there are also platinum, silver, copper, palladium, cobalt, zirconium, and yttrium,” he added. The actual discovery of the gemstone, John said, was two years ago. “I saved one of the pieces from the crusher – because some of the pieces we crushed are just unbelievably beautiful

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American West and American legal history. He also earned his degree in American history and law from U.C. Berkeley. McGinty was nominated and won several awards for his writing, including the Best Writing Prize from the National Historical Society, the Editor’s Award for

Ella Day, 11, from Archway Great Hearts in Scottsdale is one of four ﬁfth-graders in Maricopa County who won Arizona College Savings Program’s ﬁrst essay writing contest. (Special to the Progress)

Aydin Daniel, 10, is a ﬁfth-grader at Basis Scottsdale. His essay submission, he wrote that he hopes to change the world for the better by creating a greener, more sustainable earth. (Special to the Progress)

Out of hundreds of submitted essays, Nevin Atodaria, 11, from Fireside Elementary in Scottsdale is one of 13 winners throughout the state. (Special to

in the entire state. “I feel very special and happy to win my first essay competition,” said Aydin Daniel, 10, of BASIS Scottsdale. “I will continue to add money in my AZ 529 account so I will have enough money when I am at college.” The other two Maricopa County winners are Samuel Lipovitch from Madison Traditional in Phoenix and Nevin Atodaria from Fireside Elementary in Scottsdale. “The news for my being one the winners of the contest honestly made me ebullient,” said Nevin, 11. In his essay, Nevin wrote he plans to change the world by “finding ways to

eliminate cancer cells completely and ensure they do not hurt their host.” “I believe the college fund was very assisting and has brought my written-down dream one step closer to a beautiful reality,” Nevin said. Other strategies for improving the future include ending homelessness, creating a greener, more sustainable earth (Aydin) and spreading kindness. “In 20 years, I plan to change the world through kindness!” Ella wrote. “Reading through the contest submissions was both encouraging and uplifting,” said Deena Lager, director of the Arizona Family College Savings Program.

“We couldn’t believe how many unique, heart-warming ideas for changing the world were shared with us by these incredible fifth-grade students,” Lager added. In addition to awarding students for their ideas and originality, the goal of the essay writing contest was to raise awareness of the state’s 529 plan. Arizona’s 529 plan offers a state-sponsored, tax-advantaged way to set money aside for higher educational pursuits. “The AZ 529 Program is excited to recognize Arizona’s youth for their passionate dreams of a brighter future with a $529 boost their college savings,” Lager said. Information: az529.gov.

Historical Scholarship from the Sonoma County Historical Society in California, a nomination for the One Book Arizona prize for 2008, and an Honorable Mention in the 2010 Scribes Book Award of the American Society of Legal Writers. “I’m going to be a little bit immodest in saying a lot of people think my writing is interesting to read,” McGinty said.

“I have a writing style that tells a story, but I also am very scrupulous and looking after the actual facts.” McGinty has always been an avid reader, since he was a boy; and to date, he has around 1,000 books in his northern Scottsdale home. “When I was a kid, I used to get presents for Christmas and birthdays, and if

I got a book, it was my most treasured present,” McGinty said. “They can be a wonderful repository of knowledge and also something people enjoy and they have a permanent value. That’s why I just love books.” “Archy Lee’s Struggle for Freedom” is available for purchase for $10.89 on Amazon.

rock specimens – and I threw a polish on it and it took such an amazing polish. From that moment on, we never crushed another single chunk of rock,” John said. The brothers sent the rock to several universities, including Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University, but geologists weren’t able to identify the rock. They then sent a sample to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), the world-recognized authority on gemstones and their authenticity, where analysts confirmed the

stone does not, in fact, fit into any previously known categories of gemstones. This marks the first discovery of a new gemstone in the United States since 1980, when Helenite was found on Mount St. Helens in Washington. “To bring this new find to the world for the first time is just exciting as can be,” John said. Tucson Gem, Mineral & Fossil Showcase attendees are among the first to view Sonoranite.

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“People are really excited about it,” John said. “The fact it’s a gold-bearing ore and it comes from Arizona, it really lights people up.” The Sonoranite exhibit is located at Space 15 at the 22nd Street Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show. “I invite gemologists and lovers of fine gemstones to stop by and see this stone,” John said. “I believe they will be impressed by its rare beauty.” Information: sonoranite.com.

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Sunday

9 Music and butter�lies Classical violinist Jonathan Levingston will share music 11 a.m.3 p.m. at Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. Free with admission. Information: 480-8003000.

Tail waggin’ tales

Children 6 to 10 can practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog 2-2:45 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street. Information: 480-3127323.

Monday

10 New Faces AA meeting Find recovery 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.

Fido Frisbee Meals

Treat your dog to a delicious outdoor breakfast, brunch or lunch. The Brunch Cafe at 15507 N. Scottsdale Road is serving $5 Fido Frisbee meals to all well-behaved dogs on their patio 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dogs are served two scrambled eggs on a frisbee and owners get to keep the frisbee. Information: www.brunchcafe.com.

Homeschool days

Homeschool students receive special pricing for a Butterfly Wonderland field trip Feb. 10 and

11 at Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. To register, visit butterflywonderland.com, click “Plan Your Event and choose “Homeschool.” Information: 480800-3000.

Mustang poets

Meet with other poets 6-7:45 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street. Information: 480312-7323.

ESL class

All conversation levels are encouraged to practice the English language with experienced teachers and other students 9:30-11:30 a.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street. Information: 480312-7323.

Tuesday

11 Alzheimer’s support group Caregivers of loved ones living with Alzheimer’s disease can find support and encouragement 10-11:30 a.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road Information: 480481-7090.

Mustang writers’ critique group

Meet with other writers to share and critique writing in a pressurefree and supportive group 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street. Information: 480-312-7323.

Twos and threes together (ages 2–3)

Young children can learn social and literacy skills 10-10:30 a.m. with short stories, finger-plays and action rhymes at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839

Thursday

13 Tai Chi

N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Tiny tot time (ages 0–24 months)

Develop babies’ literacy with songs, rhymes, movement and board books 10-10:20 a.m. at the Arabian Library, 10215 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road Information: 480-312-7323.

Drop-in e-reader help

Receive help with downloadables. Bring your device, library card and questions noon-1 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street. Information: 480-312-7323.

Business mentoring

SCORE’s large network of volunteer business mentors will offer questions to business questions 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Free. Registration is required. Information: 602-745-7250.

Wednesday

12 Speedy bridge Join others in a fast round of bridge at 10:30 a.m. at Via Linda Senior Center, 10440 E. Via Linda. Registration is required. Information: 480-312-5810.

Walkin’ Wednesdays

Make friends while exercising during a brisk 1.5 mile walk through The J neighborhood 9-10 a.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road Bring water and walking shoes and meet at the campus’ flagpole. Strollers, dogs and all walking paces are welcomed. Information: 480-481-1797.

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Children up to 5 and their caregiv-

Everyone is welcome to join a class that focuses on gentle and controlled movements that center the mind, body and spirit for health benefits 3-3:45 p.m. at Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Avenue. Information: 480-314-6660.

Valentine’s Eve date night

Enjoy chocolate-dipped strawberries, a chocolate fountain with fruit, a sneak peek at the Butterflies before they go to sleep in the Conservatory and a film screening of the fulllength version of “Flight of the Butterflies” 5:30-8 p.m. at Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. Tickets are $50 per couple. Limit: 15 couples. Preregistration is required; RSVP by Feb. 11. Call 480-800-3000, ext. 210 to reserve.

Friday

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

Advanced beginner bridge

Join others in playing a fun game of bridge 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Appaloosa Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Drive Information: 480312-7323.

Chair yoga

Achieve liberation through physical postures, breath practice, meditation and philosophical study. Join a class to better physical health 1 to 2 p.m. at Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Avenue. Information: 480-314-6660.

Sweetheart Special at The Screamery To celebrate Valentine’s Day, stop by Phoenix’s The Screamery ice cream parlor at 10625 N. Tatum Blvd. for a one-of-a-kind, sixflavor “flight” of ice cream plus two, old-fashioned sodas all for just $7. The Screamery is known for its old-fashioned simplicity using premium milk and cream, all-natural ingredients, and for pasteurizing its own sweet cream ice cream base. There are 24 different flavors on the menu at all times. They also feature nondairy options.

Cray-Sea in Love

Love is in the sea 6-10 p.m. at OdySea Aquarium, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. Guests will enjoy a five-course strolling dinner multiple food stations, live music, and “Birds and Bees Under the Seas” reproductive talks take place throughout the evening. There will also be an interesting version of “The Dating Game” only a world-class Aquarium can deliver. Admission is $70 for couples, $40 for individuals and includes a fivecourse dinner and admission.

Saturday

15 Artists of Scottsdale Ranch The Artists of Scottsdale Ranch is a local group of talented artists living in and around Scottsdale Ranch and come together annually. Enjoy the group’s art show, sale and silent auction 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Scottsdale Ranch Community Center, 10585 N. 100th Street. The artists donate a special work to the silent auction. Proceeds the auction benefit the Patient Outreach Programs at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center. Information: www.artistsofscottsdaleranch.com.

Slide ’N Ride

Enjoy three full days of unlimited carnival rides and inflatable fun 10- a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 15-17 outside in the OdySea in the Desert courtyard, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. Purchase a daily pass for $5 or a three-day pass for $10.

Butter�ly Brushstrokes Children 8 to 17 can learn some basic art skills while painting a beautiful butterfly with local artist, Alex Simonet 10 a.m.noon at Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura. Space limited to 15. Cost is $15 to 20 or free for members. Class does not include Admission to Butterfly Wonderland. RSVP by Feb. 14. Call 480-800-3000, ext. 210 to reserve.

Littlest Scientists Club

Children 2 to 5 can enjoy a scientific world of discovery through exploration and play 10:30 a.m.-noon at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Space is limited, so please see a staff person prior to the start of the program to pick up a ticket which will be your registration. Information: 480-312-7323.

Sunday

16 Story stop Build children’s literacy with a free picture book program 2-2:15 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Youth basketball league

Young basketball players will participate in 10 weeks of skill development and exciting game play weekly with sessions noon-5 p.m. through Mar. 22. Times vary depending on the players grade level. Cost is $135 to $190.

Monday

17 Business Energizer Learn about setting weekly goals and generate business ideas with fellow business owners 9 to 10 a.m. This group meets virtually. To join, meet the group online through the “Monday Business Energizer” group LinkedIn page. Free. Information: edgar@compasscbs. com.

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illions of injectScottsd able procedures ale are performed every year. According to data from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (The Aesthetic Society) published in May, more than 2.6 million injectable procedures were performed in 2018, with two-thirds being Botox injections and the rest hyaluronic acid. In dollars, it’s more than $1.1 million spent on injectables. And according to northern Scottsdale-based plastic surgeon Dr. Pablo Prichard, minimally invasive facial sculpting procedures using Botox and fillers will only increase in popularity. “Sculpting areas like the jawline, chin, nose, it’s a more recent phenomenon,” said Prichard, a plastic surgeon at Advanced Aesthetic Associates off Raintree Drive and the 101 who has performed Botox and hyaluronic acid fillers injections for 15 years. Botox freezes muscles to stop creases and wrinkles caused by facial expressions. Dermal fillers, on the other hand, use substances such as hyaluronic acid add volume to the face, smoothing out unwanted wrinkles and improving facial contours. Chiseled jawlines, liquid nose jobs, and redefined lips are just a few ways Prichard customizes and shapes his patients’ faces using Botox and fillers. “Probably in the last three or four years it’s really kind of taken off,” he Dr. Pablo Prichard, a plastic surgeon in northern Scottsdale, sculpts Cave Creek resisaid. dent Caitlin Sandenaw’s face using Botox and hyaluronic acid ﬁllers. (Chris Mortenson/ Prichard has both female and male Progress Staff Photographer) clients opt for facial sculpting using Botox and fillers and the jawline is a innovations in nonsurgical proce“I have had two kids. They’re young. popular targeted area for both. dures, refinements in established sur- I lost a lot of sleep, and I just feel like “Adding filler to this area, the angle gical procedures and a new generation I’ve lost a lot of the volume in my face,” of the jaw, gives you a much more mas- entering the market,” said Dr. Charles said Sandenaw. culine-looking jaw, and guys love that,” H. Thorne, president of the Aesthetic He visited Prichard’s office in late Prichard. Society. January for facial sculpting. The Aesthetic Society reports a Gen Z, those born between 1996“Through the hormone changes, the 39-percent increase in injectable pro- 2010, are seeking out aesthetic proce- sleep deprivation and all that, I’m realcedures in the past five years. dures earlier in life as a preventative ly looking forward to feeling like I look But experts predict more women will measure and in non-surgical ways. the way I feel,” Sandenaw said. start opting for the procedures. Most people start Botox around age Depending on the number of injec“2020 promises to be a landmark 30 — including Cave Creek resident tions, the facial sculpting procedures year for aesthetic plastic surgery with Caitlin Sandenaw. last anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes.

The results are also near-immediate, and recovery takes just one to two days. While the total cost is based on the number of syringes needed to perform the procedure, Prichard said patients can expect to spend at least $650. “Do not price shop,” Prichard urged. “A lot of people have this mentality of ‘I’m going to get the cheapest procedure,’ and it’s usually not a good idea.” He added if the price is too good to be true, then “it’s probably because they’re not injecting something that’s reliable.” Instead, Prichard said, do your research and choose a plastic surgeon with experience. “You don’t want just anybody injecting you. You want to make sure somebody is very experienced and knows exactly what they’re doing. Make sure you understand the experience level of the person and you aren’t their guinea pig,” he said. Prichard is the chief of plastic surgery at John C. Lincoln Hospital. He is also a senior partner at Advanced Aesthetic Associates, is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is a diplomate of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Prichard predicts these facial sculpting procedures will continue to gain popularity — thanks to social media. “Here’s the thing I really like to analogize this to: People use filters on Snapchat or whatever, and they’re literally changing parts of their face to how they think it should look. They do it on purpose, on the filters. This [procedure] is basically doing the same thing, only in real life,” he said. According to the Aesthetic Society, injectables are a perennially popular option for individuals seeking a more youthful appearance who aren’t yet ready to commit to more invasive surgery. And at Prichard’s office, few take the next step. “Even though it’s not permanent, it does stick around for a very long time,” Prichard said. “It can last up to you a couple of years; and then if they get a little refresher every couple of years, it’s not a big deal.” Information: drprichard.com.

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Scottsdale man develops CBD treats for dogs Tuttle, spent nearly a year researching the right blend of oils — organic MCT oil and outhern Scottsdale resident organic hemp seed oil — and Scottsd James Clark tried everything to ale finding the perfect hemp stop his 9-year-old Pomeranian partner. Cheerio’s incessant barking, even hiring “We wanted to make sure the best trainer in town. the soil and the farms where our But it wasn’t until Clark, himself started hemp was grown was highly regulated,” taking CBD for his sports-related physical Clark said. pain he considered giving Cheerio some Wagkind’s products are described on its CBD for dogs. website as “hemp grown in the wild with And it worked. sunshine and love,” meaning “no green“Halloween this year was so much differ- houses or GMOs.” ent than Halloween the previous year be“Based on all of our experience and cause we gave him a good dose and he was branding and developing products, we chill,” Clark said. “He went from a 10-out- wanted a cleaner product, because if we’re of-10 crazy to probably like a two-out-of-10 going to be giving this to dogs on the daily, — and we’ll take that.” like Cheerio and Teri and Danny’s dog, Clark was so impressed by how CBD Hunter, we wanted to make sure it didn’t helped both himself and his pooch he co- have anything in the product that would founded his own company, wagkind — a have bad side effects. We want to make dog wellness brand selling CBD products sure all the ingredients were super natural,” for dogs. Clark said. Wagkind launched in October and curWagkind’s CBD oil has three ingredients: rently offers two products, dog CBD oil for organic hemp CBD extra, organic MCT oil pain relief ($48) and dog CBD treats for and organize hemp seed oil. anxiety relief ($28). The treats have five ingredients: organic “The goal for us in the beginning, wasn’t hemp CBD oil, organic oat flour, organic apa set sales number. It was more, how many ple sauce, organic coconut oil and organic dogs can we help?” Clark said. peanut butter. Wagkind products are described as speEach serving – for both the treats and the cifically formulated for dogs and use only CBD oil – has 10 milligrams of CBD. organic, human-grade ingredients. “We all saw amazing results in our furry “We’ve developed our products to be kids. They were our guinea pigs, and they’re more focused on helping dogs who have still here,” Clark said with a laugh. “They’re pain, whether aging or they’re just su- doing well.” per active, or helping dogs with anxiety,” Clark and his team launched wagkind at Clark said. an opportune time. Clark said his team, comprised of coAccording to Statista.com, it’s projected owners Teri and Danny Bockting and Kari U.S. pet store sales of CBD-infused pet prodBY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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Wagkind launched in October and currently offers two products, dog CBD oil for pain relief ($48) and dog CBD treats for anxiety relief ($28). (wagkind/Special to the Progress)

Southern Scottsdale resident James Clark is one of four owners of wagkind, a new dog wellness brand that sells two CBD products. (wagkind/Special to the Progress)

ucts will increase from around $19.5 billion in 2018 to more than $22 billion by 2023. The most challenging aspect of owning a CBD business, however, is perception, Clark said. “There’s skepticism and there’s resistance. Believe it or not, even some farmer’s markets won’t allow CBD to be sold. So, there’s still this stigma associated with CBD because for so long everyone thought marijuana was the most evil thing in the entire world,” Clark said. Since its launch, though, wagkind products have received positive reviews on its website. “Our product has been being used by a lot of dogs, and to this day, there hasn’t been one bad reaction or someone saying it just isn’t working,” Clark said. “For us, it’s all about getting something out there to our strong customer base, seeing how they react to it, listening to them

and then making it perfect,” he added. “The conversion rate has been amazing.” Wagkind has three new products in development — products Clark calls “gamechangers.” “When you look at the world of CBD, so many people have the tinctures, a lot of people have different variations of some sort of treat. We want to do something that’s way to be off that,” Clark teased, but kept mum about what, exactly, those products are. Two of the new products are likely to launch this year. “We want to open people’s eyes up to the fact plants and plant-powered products are just as good for dogs as they are for humans,” Clark said. Wagkind products can be purchased on wagkind.com or at local brick-and-mortar stores Local Nomad Boutique and Kaya Hemp Co., both located in Phoenix.

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hristina Davidson is nearly an Airpark native. “My family moved here from South Dakota in 1986, when I was just 5 years old,” said Davidson, who attended Desert Springs Elementary School, Desert Shadows Middle School and Horizon High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Growing up, she only wanted to be two things: the head maid at the White House due to her obsessive-compulsive love of cleaning and not an accountant. “My dad was in finance and seeing all the number crunching just seemed like such a drag as a kid,” Davidson said. But here is the thing: she became an accountant. “I started in mechanical engineering at the University of Arizona but quickly realized it was not my passion,” Da-

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away. I became an accounting major figuring I would just get the degree and then go into business of some sort upon graduation.” But accounting took to her as much as she did to it. When she graduated in 2003, she worked a series of highprofile accounting jobs, one of which moved her to Colorado for a spell. “Homesick, I did move back to the Valley in 2010, where much of my time was spent palling around with my mom, Bethie, and re-connecting with friends from the old neighborhood,” Davidson said. “And then in 2015, everything changed when my mom was diagnosed with uterine cancer.” For the next year, the entire family came together and rallied around Bethie. “By late-2015, we got the news she was cancer-free,” Davidson said. “And just like clockwork, my friends Sam

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Late-night delivery company comes to Scottsdale BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

fter expanding into the Chandler, Peoria and Deer Valley in October, goPuff finally made its way to Scottsdale. Digital convenience retailer goPuff – known for its superfast deliveries from 12 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. seven days a week – launched in the Phoenix area in 2016. The Scottsdale facility is located in southern Scottsdale, delivering north of Loop 101 on the Scottsdale-Tempe border, west of the 101, south of McDonald Drive and roughly east of 52nd Street. Phoenix is now one of the company’s largest and most rapidly expanding markets.

GoPuff opened up another Phoenix-Area facility in southern Scottsdale on Jan. 27. (goPuff/Special to the Progress)

“We’ve been adding in locations ever since then based on customer demand,” said goPuff spokeswoman Liz Romaine. “What we found is goPuff is really popular with anyone who is seeking more time and convenience in their lives and particularly with people who are digitally savvy. After the success of our Phoenix locations, it made sense Scottsdale was our next natural step,” she added. According to Romaine, goPuff’s Scottsdale facility will create about 12 jobs, in addition to 50 driver-partners. “Then, as the facility gets busier, we would bring on more talent,” Romaine added.

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and Gina began pressing me to get back into Arizona life and specifically pushed me to date.” The man she would meet on a date on July 22, 2016, was Kevin Davidson. Though born on Luke Air Force Base, Kevin grew up in New Mexico, dreaming of one day becoming a fighter pilot or owning a business of his own. “Except I was always good at math, so people encouraged me to think about accounting,” Kevin said. “I told myself there was no way I was going to be an accountant.” After high school, Kevin began community college, with an eye to finishing prerequisites while he figured out his major and university plans. But then, in 1998, his father had a stroke. “For the next three years, the entire left side of his body was paralyzed. He would eventually require assisted living, and we lost him in 2001,” Kevin said. He worked in retail while caring for his father, notably at Ultimate Electronics, where he was elevated in the

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company to open locations in Phoenix and then Dallas. But when the company went bankrupt in 2005, he knew he needed to find another path. “I went back to school while working full time and dang it if I wasn’t still good at math, especially my accounting classes.” Kevin was diagnosed with diabetes while in school, fighting debilitating diabetes-related neuropathy pain in class while he got it under control. Kevin graduated from the University of New Mexico and then moved back to Arizona and got into accounting, just like Christina had after she said she never would. Their shared odd road to their careers bonded them, as did their parents’ illnesses. “I remember distinctly we talked about it for hours on our third date, which was in August 2016. Two days later, on August 22, we got the news my mom’s cancer returned and was terminal,” Christina said. Rather than go their separate ways, even though they had only been dating

a month, Kevin and Christina banded together to care for and love on Bethie, who died July 22, 2017, on the same day the couple met just one prior. “It was hard enough, if you can imagine. But during it, I noticed something odd with Kevin’s heartbeat one day while lying on his chest,” Christina said. “It turned out he was living with severe atrial fibrillation, which was impacting his blood flow and causing a dangerously irregular heartbeat.” So, the same summer they lost Bethie, Christina and Kevin also endeavored on what became a series of procedures to treat his condition. “By November 2018, and multiple cardiac ablations later, I was feeling a bit back to my old self, and myself only knew one thing: I wanted to be with Christina forever,” said Kevin, who made Christina his wife in May 2019. Today, the Davidsons are still healing from their often-devastating first two years together. Knowing what they’ve already survived actually inspired them to take a very big risk on each other moving forward. “This career neither of us planned

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The Scottsdale facility stocks about 2,500 products across more than eight categories. Products range from ice cream and alcohol, including beer, wine, and liquor, to baby and over-the-counter products. “When we opened the facility in 2016, in Tempe, our products were a lot more limited than it is today. We’ve expanded to 2,500 products because we have had those parents say, ‘Hey, can you build out a baby section?’ “And now we do offer diapers and children’s Motrin and now we have a pet section and our really popular overthe-counter section. It’s really a result of this customer demand,” Romaine explained. In its infancy, GoPuff was geared toward college students and young adults who sought out snacks and alcohol to satiate their late-night cravings. Co-founded in 2013, by Rafael Ilishayev and Yakir Gola, two Drexel University undergraduates, goPuff delivered 50 basic products before pivoting the company to a full convenience store

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Products range from ice cream and alcohol, including beer, wine, and liquor, to baby and over-the-counter products. and alcohol delivery service in 2014. Though goPuff expanded its offerings, the top products ordered in the Valley continue to be late-night snacks (Flamin’ Hot Cheetos and Gusher’s Flavor Mixer, specifically), ice cream (Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked and Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Cheesecake), and alcohol (White Claw variety pack), as well as essentials, like Charmin toilet paper and red party cups. “Also, we have seen an uptick in our over-the-counter category with us being in the middle of flu season. Last year, orders for cold and flu products on goPuff peaked on Feb. 17,” Romaine said. “Face masks, specifically, have been popular this year with coronavi-

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ootball players expect helmet makers to keep up with the times – and keep them safe. And I think car buyers need to do the same with our country’s outdated car safety rating system. In the 1970s, the sporting equipment company, Riddell, revolutionized the football game by introducing vinyl pads inside the helmet. As a ready-made airbag, a pad could be in�lated to absorb impact. Today, Riddell boasts they used over 2 million real on-the-�ield data points to design their current helmets. In 40 years, our cars have improved, as well. The biggest safety equipment innovations of the last century, the three-point safety belts and airbags, required strong leadership and revolutionary thinking on the part of our federal government. But things are different now. One of the pioneers leading the charge in the consumer-orientated 1970s was Joan Claybrook. Under her leadership, the federal government created the revolutionary New Car Assessment Program or NCAP. This system of crashing new cars in a laboratory with dummies evolved into the federal 5-star safety rating system in the 1990s. By pointing consumers

to cars earning 4 and 5 stars, the federal program nudged the automotive industry into making safer cars. Undoubtedly, this program saved countless lives. Forty years later, the pioneer of the program is sounding the alarm. Ms. Claybrook and the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety issued a scathing report in October scolding our government for abdicating leadership in car safety rating systems. Whereas in the 1970s, we led the world and provided a blueprint for a rating system for countries around the globe, we now rank far behind Europe, Asia and Latin America. Europe, for example, has four times as many tests for rating cars than we do. For example, we could be testing new technologies for pedestrian detection, but we don’t. NCAP could, but doesn’t, evaluate driver assistance systems – such as forward-collision warning, automatic-emergency braking and lanedeparture warnings. The voluntary commitment of automotive companies to make low-speed automatic emergency braking with forward-collision warning standard in 2022 models is just a little too late, given the technology has been around for over 20 years. For a few years now, our federal government promised the addition of new test procedures, rating of technologies and the addition of new crash-test dum-

mies to better represent drivers and passengers. But, as Claybrook points out, any substantive changes will require the right funding and political will. As modern-day consumers, we should once again thank Ms. Claybrook for her commitment to our common welfare. But, even if the reforms do succeed, I believe these changes still won’t be enough to bring NCAP into the modern era of car safety. It’s because NCAP intends to keep relying on controlled crash tests with plastic dummies, and not real crash data. Remember today’s football helmet? It uses over 2 million data points from on-�ield impacts. It’s real data – and real innovation – the kind we, as modern consumers, demand. You may be wondering, “if only there were a database with the same richness of real information about U.S. vehicles crashes.” News alert: this database exists. It’s called the Fatality Analysis Reporting System, a government database of all fatal crashes on U.S. roads. Your taxes have funded this massive data collection program since 1975. Anyone can access this data, but it’s not easy to understand for the typical consumer. It’s only really accessible to researchers in government, the auto industry, and academics like me, who routinely mine this information. If you worked for NHTSA and had this

data about how cars perform in real crashes with real people inside, why wouldn’t you use it instead of or in addition to controlled lab tests with dummies? Relying only on crash testing to rate car safety seems out of touch with, well, reality. Suppose a drug has been in the market for three years. Would you only rely on information about its clinical trials? Wouldn’t you want to know how effective it has been over the past three years with people in the general population? Today, we, as consumers, crave real information. Safety advocates like Claybrook are urging NHTSA to keep up with the times – and the world. They want more crashes with a wider variety of plastic dummies. I applaud their dedication and tenacity. I also think it’s time to do something revolutionary. Yes, test the h____ out of new cars. Make these tests and ratings more realistic. And, once these cars hit the marketplace, use real on-the-road experience to rate how well these cars have protected real people in real crashes. The data exists. What’s missing is the leadership. -Norma Hubele is a professor emeritus of Arizona State University and the creator of TheAutoProfessor.com, a free website helping families make safer car choices.

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Scottsdale Aquatic Club breeding college athletes BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

he Scottsdale Aquatic Club has been a breeding ground for college-level swimmers for nearly six decades, sending swimmers across the country to continue their careers in the pool. Kevin Zacher, the head coach of the national swim team, has been with the club since 2002. He spent five years as an assistant before he was named head coach in 2007. Under his direction, the Scottsdale Aquatic Club continues its legacy as one of the premier competitive clubs in the U.S. “It’s rewarding. We’ve developed a lot of fast kids here,” Zacher said. “But what I’m most proud of is we’ve helped develop them into good people. They become great citizens more than just great swimmers. “I love having fast swimmers but it’s a byproduct of what we do to teach them how to be good kids.” The Scottsdale Aquatic Club runs yearround, providing high school athletes an opportunity to continue swimming outside of the normal fall season for the Arizona Interscholastic Association. All kids interested in swimming competitively are welcome to the club, as it boasts teams ranging from ages 10 and under to high school. At the beginning of March, the national group, led by Zacher, will compete in the Arizona championships. They will then head to Oklahoma to compete in a sectional tournament at the end of March. From there, a handful of swimmers will move on to the Olympic Trials in June in Omaha, Nebraska, where they will get a shot at qualifying to be selected to the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. For many, if not all, of the swimmers competing on the national team, making it to the Olympic Trials is always a dream. This includes Matthew LeBlanc.

The Scottsdale Aquatic Club who have committed to major division I schools include, from left: Top row: Ashley Catchpole, Sophie Velitchkov, Matthew Leblanc, Gracie Carefoot, Bella Wylie, Marvi Schweikert, Ryan Trichler, Autumn Peterson. Bottom: Erica Esterly, Kara Church and Sadie Edwards. (Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff)

“This program taught me a lot, from learning how to train to just making friendships,” LeBlanc said. “It’s been one of the great joys in my life and it’s led me to having a great future.” LeBlanc has spent the last 10 years with the Scottsdale Aquatic Club. Both of his parents swam at Arizona State University. His dad, David, also swam for Team France in the 1988 Summer Olympics. A senior at Chaparral High School, LeBlanc won gold in the boys 100-yard backstroke and took fourth in the 200-yard individual medley last fall. In August, he will head east to the University of Pennsylvania to continue his academic and athletic career. “Academics is the most important thing for me, swimming is just kind of a way to help me get there,” LeBlanc said. “Penn had

the best combination of being an overall great school to get me an amazing degree and the swim program is phenomenal. I couldn’t really ask for more.” Like LeBlanc, Sadie Edwards, also has family ties to Arizona State. Her mother swam for the Sun Devils. But she decided not to follow in her mother’s footsteps. Instead, Edwards, will attend the University of Utah, where she will also prepare for nursing school. “Utah has this balance of academics and swim I was looking for,” Edwards said. “It’s a competitive program and they have a fantastic medical program. The unity within their team was something I was really drawn too.” Edwards is nearing graduation from

Paradise Valley High School. She won gold in the girls 100-yard butterfly, 100-yard backstroke, 100-yard fly and 100-yard breaststroke at the AIA state meet back in November. The four titles add to her other honors won at various divisions throughout high school. Now, she hopes to win sectionals with the Scottsdale Aquatic Club in March. “We are both close to the times we need for Olympic Trials,” Edwards said. “It’s the main goal for us. It’s one of the fastest meets in the world. It’s exciting.” Both swimmers are just two examples of the talent coming through the club. Just this year, the club produced swim-

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mers soon head-off to college at the likes of Oklahoma State, Penn State, BYU, Colorado Mesa, Texas, Kansas, Army West Point, Air Force, Denver, Georgetown and Yale. Several other swimmers still remain undecided on where they will attend college but hold scholarship offers to several universities. “They’ve all bought in to Kevin’s vision of what is possible for them,” said Laurel Hill, who has been coaching with the program for 10 years. “I’m just super proud of all of these kids.” Sue Cox has served as the club’s college recruiting liaison for several years. She helps the swimmers prepare for the recruiting process. But more importantly, she teaches them and their parents how to go about choosing a college right for them. “My goal is for them to have already thought about the process when they sit down to make their decision,” Cox said. “I want them to think about their academics and work with their parents.” Before she became the recruiting liaison for Scottsdale Aquatic Club, Cox was a parent. Her three daughters all went through the club and went on to swim at major division I programs. Cox doesn’t look at her role with the team as a job but rather her way of giving back to the club that allowed her girls the opportunity to fulfill their dreams of swimming at the college level. “This was a great road for my family,” Cox said. “Even now, my girls are still reaping the benefits of coming through this program. It’s me giving back for as a family, what we have reaped from this program.” Despite the long days, grueling practice schedules and dedication it takes to compete at the level the Scottsdale Aquatic Club does, it’s rare to see a swimmer or coach without a smile on his or her face. Scottsdale Aquatic Club has become a family they can always rely on no matter how long they have been away from the program. It’s this type of atmosphere that not only has helped breed successful college swimmers, but also keeps those like Zacher coming back. “We’ve created an environment where kids and coaches like being here,” Zacher said. “That helps getting them to work hard. These are just good people and good kids. It’s a really good sport to be a part of.”

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Horse lovers gallup to Arabian show BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer

rin Naas was born obsessed with horses. From the time she could walk or talk, Naas and her mom attended Mommy and Me riding lessons in her home state of California. “I would ride sassy, little bad ponies and she would trot along next to us leading me,” said Naas with a laugh. “That’s how I started and I’ve ridden ever since.” A supermodel and actress, Naas has shown horses and competed throughout her years in Los Angeles and North Scottsdale, where she currently resides. Her love is Arabian horses. Horse owners like Naas will show their Arabians at the 65th annual Arabian Horse Show from Thursday, Feb. 13, to Sunday, Feb. 23, at WestWorld of Scottsdale. The show brings to WestWorld more than 2,400 Arabian horses, all of whom will vie for the title of Scott- Supermodel Erin Naas loves horses and anxiously anticipates the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show sdale Champion, with more than $3 every year. (Photo by Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer) million in prize money handed out. The horse show is a rite of pasdays. But the horses come in a week prior sage for Taryl O’Shea, who is in her 22nd to the start of the horse show to acclimate year as the executive director of the Ara- because they come from all over the world. bian Horse Association of Arizona, which “Which means people are renting homes hosts the event. Last year’s edition drew or staying in hotels, eating in restaurants, 302,600 patrons, generating $98 million shopping in our stores.” in economic impact, according to O’Shea. O’Shea believes the 2020 version of “I think it’s shocking to a lot of people the the event, which features more than 350 impact the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show booths full of unique items, ranging from has on the community,” O’Shea said. saddles to gifts, artwork and trinkets, is a “When they look at events like the Waste can’t-miss attraction for horse enthusiasts Management Open and Barrett-Jackson, see ARABIAN page 41 they don’t realize the horse show, it’s 11

DeeAn Gillespie and Peter Strub are the owners of The Marshall Gallery of Fine Art, located in Old Town in the Scottsdale Arts District. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

Gallery owner wants city Arts District Draw 'reignited' BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

ollowing their 20th anniversary last year, the owner of one Old Town gallery is making it her mission to encourage collaboration among its many art gallery tenants, surrounding arts organizations and prominent arts supporters to “reignite the draw of the Scottsdale Arts District.” “I thought, ‘How can we revive this?’” said DeeAn Gillespie, co-owner of The Marshall Gallery of Fine Art. On Jan. 18, Gillespie and The Marshall Gallery’s cultural attachée, Sandy Schenkat, organized a two-hour event on-site called “Scottsdale Coming Together.” The event drew luminaries from Scottsdale’s art world as well as city officials.

They included Scottsdale Arts board Chair Alison Lewis, Scottsdale Artists’ School Executive Director Trudy S. Hays and Western Spirit: Scottsdale’s Museum of the West board chair Jim Bruner gathered with Mayor Jim Lane and City Council members Suzanne Klapp and Virginia Korte. The meeting was intended to acquaint attendees with The Marshall Gallery’s 2020 Concert Series, which kicked off shortly afterward on Jan. 24, with We3 as well as introduce them to Gillespie’s idea of a more united Scottsdale arts community. “There is such a profound opportunity here to wake up, even the people in Arcadia, the people in Paradise Valley, the people who we are in their

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of all ages. “It’s just a really big versatile horse show people love to come and just see all the things these horses can do,” O’Shea said. “Arabian horses are the oldest known breed of domesticated horse in the world and a lot of other breeds are derived from them. So, you’ve got collectors who appreciate the history, the beauty and the versatility of the breed. “So, this horse has a magnetic appeal to many cultures and many people because of the story it tells throughout the ages.” The tie between Arabian horses and Scottsdale runs deep, according to O’Shea, with families like the Wrigley's and the Chauncey's bringing the breed to the desert almost a century ago. O’Shea delved into a brief history of the breed and its path to the Wild West, tracing back to a surplus of horses owned by the Polish government and sold to several families in the area. “It’s a long story, but basically Arabians are a breed hailing from the desert,” she said. “And so, when the horses were brought here, they acclimated to Scotts-

think our show is only one factor that helps drive tourism here in Scottsdale. So, I’m proud of that. But these horses, they’re just amazing.” Naas acquired her first Arabian when she was 10. It was a riding horse. At 17, she bought a mare with the money she made from modeling around the world. Naas has modeled for Victoria’s Secret, Maxim and Sports Illustrated, and starred in commercials for Pepsi. She appeared on Howie Mandel’s “Deal or No Deal.” Naas loves the beauty of Arabian horses, whom she keeps on a sprawling ranch in North Scottsdale with her husband, Jay Grdina. “I love the history of the breed,” Naas said. “I love the relationship they develop with their owner or caretaker. They are very personal horses. When you develop a bond with an Arabian, it’s different than any other horse. I just fell in love with the mystery and the mystique around them.” Naas studied the pedigrees, the history and how the breed has evolved. Her reading material of choice as a child was Arabian Horse World Magazine. A breeder bequeathed Naas her entire magazine col-

lection from the ’50s onward. “They were like giant manuals just filled with all of the breeds,” Naas said. “I learned what to look for and what made a great Arabian. I started reading those when I was probably 7.” Naas said the Scottsdale show is special because there are multiple arenas with different disciplines simultaneously vying for titles. The vendors are just as striking. “They have anything you can think of like amazing clothing and beautiful coats,” Naas said. “Then there’s beautiful tack horse equipment and supplies. “It’s really a horse-lover’s dream. The horses are set free in the arena to music and the audience goes crazy for their favorite horse. In the Liberty class, the horses are electrifying, and their tails are flagging and their nostrils are flaring. It’s definitely an exciting breed. “Arabians really draw in people who have maybe never been around horses or aren’t familiar with horses. They don’t just stand there with their heads down. They are alert and excitable, yet also kind and manageable. It’s really a unique breed with a fire in them.” Information: scottsdaleshow.com.

the show this year. Equine program graduate Shannon Leckie interned at the event last year and will work as a paid employee at this year’s show. “I helped with volunteer coordination and I assisted the executive director of the show,” Leckie said. “I worked a lot in the office last year but this year I’ll only be at the show. I hope to work my way up in the company. It was an amazing experience, every day I The Scottsdale Arabian Horse show is loaded with would get there around 6 a.m. to magniﬁcent steeds whose riders are often color- set up the whole volunteer area fully dressed. (Special to the Progress) and make sure they had everything they needed for their shift. coordinator. “The SCC students learn all aspects of I worked in retail and different parts of the being involved in a large event, everything show too,” said Leckie. Another component of the student exfrom helping schedule and managing over 400 volunteers, to running the show are- perience involves managing the program’s na gates, which keeps the show running information booth for five hours sharing information about the profession, horses smoothly,” O’Shea explained. “We have had many of them work in and the equine program with thousands of our office leading up to the show helping visitors. SCC Director of Equine Sciences Jay Cleto do administrative tasks, to public relaments said, “One student has been selected tions duties.” Nearly 50 SCC students will volunteer at to manage the booth each year and will

train another student to take over the role the next year. “It’s such an amazing opportunity for them all to talk to the public and share their knowledge. Even students not in the internship class volunteer because everyone wants to be a part of it.” SCC also offers certification in meeting and event management, so students in other disciplines also get some experience working the show. “I absolutely loved the program, what I loved most were the professors,” Leckie said. “They helped me not only get through school but with getting through personal things that were hard for me at the time. Jay was always there supporting me and helping me, everyone is very supportive. I got a lot of experience I don’t think you would get other places.” The AHAA also provides $5,000 in scholarships to SCC students in equine science. “It’s such an amazing educational opportunity for the students and partnering with the Arabian Horse Show helps the industry and helps the community as well,” said Clements. Information: 480-423-6231 or jay. clements@scottsdalecc.edu.

dale and the desert very well. It was kind of a no-brainer for these other families to start buying and importing these horses.” Fast forward a century, and this relationship is still going strong, with the annual horse show being the main outlet to showcase the breed. O’Shea said she expects high rollers from as far away as Australia and the Middle East to jet-set to Scottsdale Airport, where their various private jets will be parked during their stay in the desert. The event is for everyone. General admission tickets are $10, with $7 admission for seniors and military, and no cost for children under the age of 12. There will be a host of free activities to entertain younger patrons, such as ice cream socials, ceramic horse painting, art contests, barn tours and, of course, opportunities to meet Arabian horses. There’s something for everybody at the February festival, according to O’Shea, speaking to the tenets that have kept her with the organization for more than two decades. “What I love most about my role is I get to sit on committees and work with the Tourism Advisory Commission in attracting people to Scottsdale,” O’Shea said. “I

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he Arabian Horse Show offers a chance for homework for Scottsdale Community College’s Equine Science students. They learn equestrian showing, equinerelated business and event management as a result of a partnership between the college and the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona. “The SCC students have been vital to the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show through many intern and volunteer positions throughout the years,” said AHAA Executive Director Taryl O’Shea, calling them “perfect ambassadors for the show” who are put into key roles at the event. The students “gain immersive educational training” by volunteering to help out at the show, O’Shea explained. SCC has the only comprehensive equine science degree program in Arizona. Students in the program are required to volunteer at least 10 hours at the international show. Each year one student in the college’s special events internship course also does an internship with the association as an event

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neighborhood, and let them know this doesn’t have to be a seasonal thing because the arts district is something available year-round,” said Gillespie. At the meeting, Gillespie offered ideas on how the group can work together to raise awareness of the Scottsdale Arts District. For starters, she said, current marketing efforts, including those by Experience Scottsdale, don’t “adequately portray the true essence and beauty of what this district offers.” She said she would like to help correct this message. “I saw Experience Scottsdale, I thumbed through it and I thought, ‘We could enhance the narrative coming out of that,’” Gillespie said. She also pitched the idea of creating a website dedicated to the Scottsdale Arts District and its activities. “To get ahead of the impression the arts district is dying, we need to highlight some of the things happening in the arts district,” Gillespie said. The Marshall Gallery’s 2020 Concert Series returns Feb. 14 with “Classi-

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cal Love Songs” performed by Jocelyn Obermeyer on pedal harp, Daga Suchon on violin and Pamela Morita on piano and vocals. “Classical Favorite Masterpieces” takes place March 20 and “Bach and Mozart” on April 17. Gillespie said she started the concert series as a way to establish the gallery as more of a “cultural center.” “Why not let it be kind of a heartbeat or something that can just enrich the people, the citizens, the communities, the visitors? Why not?” Gillespie asked. And she’s taking this concept and applying it to the entire arts district. “We’re all about working together with all of these great organizations, and I truly believe art elevates our humanity, makes us more tolerant and builds empathy. We can do this together,” Lewis said. Gillespie was inspired to host the meeting after stumbling upon the City of Scottsdale’s Cultural Improvements Program. It states, in part, the city “has an active established artistic culture and enhancement of the artistic culture

“We’re all about working together with all of these great organizations, and I truly believe that art elevates our humanity, makes us more tolerant, and builds empathy. We can do this together.” -Scottsdale Arts board Chair Alison Lewis

will contribute to the continued vitality and economic, social, and aesthetic well-being of the community, to the benefit of both the private and public sectors.” “I found it remarkable and noteworthy as an attorney the city code puts right in their code the value and they recognize this is something that benefits the community,” Gillespie said. “I’ve always remembered it and felt it was important.” Gillespie and husband Peter Strub opened The Marshall Gallery in 1999, and since then represented national and international artists, showcasing oil paintings, sculpture in metal and stone and fine glass.

On Feb. 6, the gallery hosted a reception for returning landscape artist Deborah Ebbers. The last time The Marshall Gallery exhibited Ebbers’ work was 10 years ago. “We represented her when we were on Marshall Way,” Gillespie said. “She’s a phenomenal artist. She’s very worthy.” The Marshall Gallery spent 10 years on Marshall Way and then moved to Main Street. All the while, Gillespie has been running her own law firm and its 40 employees. But a year ago, she made it a personal goal to spend more time supporting Strub at the gallery. “I would like to use our influence to help promote the district, and I want The Marshall Gallery to help be a leading collaborative force for the benefit of the arts district and Scottsdale community,” Gillespie said. “I really believe we have the same objective and it is to have a thriving arts district,” she added. For The Marshall Gallery’s full lineup of upcoming events, visit themarshallgallery.com.

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fter three and a half years running their Mediterranean restaurant, Cedar 65, in Colorado, Sandy and Larry Shore moved back to Arizona to be closer to family. But instead of retiring and enjoying the fruits of their labor, the Shores are bringing Cedar 65 across state lines, renaming the restaurant Twist Bistro and Gallery. Twist is slated to open mid-March at The Summit at Scottsdale in northern Scottsdale. “I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I wasn’t cooking,” Larry said. Located off North Scottsdale Road at Asher Hills Drive, Twist will open in the 1,976-square-foot space formerly home to The Bourbon Cellar steakhouse and Teatro Pizzeria. Twist Bistro and Gallery will offer Mediterranean cuisine – much like Cedar 65 – but with a modern American bistro twist.

Sandy and Larry Shore are the owners of Twist Bistro and Gallery, a Mediterraneaninspired American bistro slated to open mid-March. Larry is also the executive chef. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

“People can enjoy these unique and big aromatic flavors and do it in a contemporary way. It’s more exciting and more fun

and more innovative,” said Larry, who has been a chef for more than 30 years and spent a better part of his career cooking

Mediterranean cuisine. Described as “chef-driven,” “scratchmade,” and “using local ingredients whenever possible,” Twist’s menu has a wide variety of tapas, soups and salads, sandwiches, and grilled flatbread pizzas, as well as a crostini board. The menu also boasts unique dishes, like the lamb belly bacon gyro with homemade thick-cut lamb bacon, tomato, minted cucumber, hummus, lettuce, feta cheese, and garlic yogurt sauce piled onto homemade flatbread. The dish is described by Larry as a gyro-BLT crossover. “We’re also taking it the concept of chicken and dumplings but completely reinventing it. I’m telling the servers, ‘Make sure the customer knows this is not a pot of stew with dumplings and shredded chicken.’ It’s not trying to be,” Larry said. Twist’s chicken and dumplings dish has

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rom its owners to the inspiration behind many of the dishes on its menu, the newly opened Copper Mule Kitchen & Bar puts family – and mule cocktails – first. The New American restaurant, on the southeast corner of Pinnacle Peak Road and North Scottsdale Road in northern Scottsdale, opened on Jan. 13, in the 2,600-square-foot space previously housing PNPK Neighborhood Kitchen & Bar, a full-service restaurant and wine bar. “The area we’re in is still growing,” said co-owner James Rice of the northern Scott-

Copper Mule Kitchen & Bar’s menu, which includes this falafel pita with red pepper hummus, is largely inspired by the owners’ travels. (Special to the Progress)

sdale area. “We live near here, so we’re very familiar with the restaurants and the activities around this area.” The restaurant is owned by husband and wife duo and Fountain Hills residents, Christi and James Rice, as well as James’ brother, John Rucker, and his wife, Erin. “As far as us in the restaurant business, we’ve been doing it for our whole lives,” James said. “A long time ago, me and

my brother were cooks together, then servers and bartenders. It’s always been something we’ve talked about and we finally just decided to pull the trigger.” Copper Mule’s menu is largely inspired by the partners’ travels throughout the country – notable cuisine from their previous home states of New York, Texas, New Mexico and Mississippi. “One of [the dishes] is called the Delta Deviled Eggs and I’m originally from Mississippi, so we wanted to incorporate it into our menu to pay tribute to my background,” Christi said. Every Sunday, Christi and her family

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roast chicken breast, house-made gnocchi, white wine goat cheese sauce, blackberry mostarda and braised greens. “It is chicken and dumplings, technically, but it’s very twisted and very different from what anybody would think of chicken and dumplings,” Larry said. Twist will also offer rotating farm-totable salads featuring local seasonal vegetables and chef-inspired vinaigrettes and accompaniments. “We [will] constantly bring in the most seasonal, high-quality produce from the local guys that we can,” Larry said. Dishes range in price from $6 for the imported olives tapas to $30 for the filet mignon Provençal entree. “We’re bridging the gap between a highend approach toward food and creation, but still a cozy, comfortable, affordable place,” Larry said. The concept of Twist is similar to Cedar 65; both were inspired by Larry’s past experience working under Michelin 4-Star Executive Chef Serge Backes at Serge Provencal Cuisine. “The one thing about the Mediterranean, so many dishes are very similar

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from country to country. There’s a couple of ingredients here or there that change, but they’re very, very similar,” Larry said, adding, “I always wanted to open a version of what Serge did, but I wanted to do it in a much more approachable way.” When Backes promoted Larry, he handed him eight books about Mediterranean cuisine and said, “If you can do this cuisine, you can be the next executive chef.” “I ran home and dove deep into all the books I could on the Mediterranean,” Larry said. “I really loved the culture and the history of how the food marches across the world.” In addition to local purveyors, Twist will also showcase and sell local art. Artwork is rotated every three months with submissions accepted following a specific theme. The gallery’s first theme is “New Beginnings,” and Sandy said they plan to feature anywhere from 15 to 20 artists. “At Cedar 65, we sold over 170 pieces in three and a half years,” Sandy said. Artists who would like to submit artwork can email Sandy at artworkintwist@ gmail.com. They’re accepting submissions through March 1.

What separates Twist’s in-restaurant gallery from others, Larry said, is Sandy’s background as an art gallery curator. “She knows very well to hang paintings like a gallery does to complement the colors and the layout so they don’t get confusing. A lot of restaurants just kind of end up with a hodgepodge of paintings,” Larry said. “We’re also putting up a gallery lights to allow the paintings to glow and show up a little better. It does make a difference in the flow of what you’re looking at on the wall,” he added. Sandy is a graphic designer and artist who works in acrylic, watercolor, and marquetry. She is also a juried member of the Sonoran Artists League and the Scottsdale Artists League; and she’s had her work on display in several Arizona galleries. “I’m always painting, and I’ve got all these pieces I’m wanting to put a piece up in the restaurant,” Sandy said. Sandy describes the Twist environment as “warm and inviting.” “The wall just explodes with color into the room. Having the whole length of the dining room wall loaded with art really gives you this beautiful kind of visual; and

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