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BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer
Unified School District’s spring standardized test results were a mixed bag.
The results were discussed at the district’s governing board meeting Oct. 4h and the results were good and bad, depending on how you look at it.
SUSD scores were consistently higher than county, state and national averages, but the raw percentages showed room for improvement.
For instance. the district’s 3rd through 8th
on the Scottsdale City Council as early ballots go out Wednesday for the Nov. 8 election. The lengthy ballot – which includes state offices, a U.S. Senate seat, Congressional and state legislative hopefuls and 10 initiatives –also includes three elections closer to home as Barry Graham and Pamela Carter duke it out for the last council seat, five candidates vie for two Scottsdale Unified Governing Board
posts and the school district seeks approval of a budget override.
Carter and Graham landed in the council runoff after finishing with 27,287 and 22,831 votes, respectively, in the Aug. 2 Primary Election – not enough to meet the threshold for an outright win. Winning outright were incum-
Greg Fly, senior project manager for WSP USA, shows proposed lane changes where Pima Road crosses under Loop 101 during a Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce breakfast where next year's Loop 101 widening project was on the menu. The two-year, $120-million widening between Shea Bouelvard and Pima and Princess roads won't begin, however, before next summer. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
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BY J. GRABER Progress Staff WriterTherace for two seats on the Scotts dale Unified Governing Board offers voters a choice among five candi dates with divergent views.
Five candidates are running for the seats being vacated by current board members Jann-Michael Greenburg and Patty Beck man at the end of the year. They are Amy Carney, Mary Gaudio, Andrea Keck, Rob Vaules, and Carine Werner.
Former Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane last week weighed in on the race, endorsing Carney and Werner “for their ability to understand the current dynamics within the school bureaucracy and to articulate solutions that embrace transparency and accountability.”
Gaudio said Lane’s endorsement is an attempt to politicize what is supposed to be a non-partisan race.
“Jim Lane’s endorsement is a political move,” she said. “It will appeal to their base. You know, for a campaign that has ‘academics not politics’ on their street signs, I think it’s pretty telling that it is a political campaign. There’s their motiva tion to run for Scottsdale School Board. It has everything to do with politics.”
Keck pointed out that Lane never even spoke to her before handing out endorse ments.
“They have lots of endorsements from many, many Republican groups,” she said. “(Lane) has never spoken to me. It’s dis appointing that someone would give an endorsement without speaking to all of the candidates but that’s been quite com mon this year.”
Carney is a mother of six children. Two of them are still in SUSD and four gradu ated from district schools.
She lists her occupation as a writer. She has no prior experience in a public office, though she has a history of com munity involvement that includes being a “woman of influence” for MASK (Moth ers Awareness on School-Age Kids), her church and volunteering in the schools since 2009.
In her first year in office, Carney says she wants to return the governing board’s accountability back to the com munity.
Carney feels the district needs to do a better job focusing on academics. She told the Progress in its candidate ques tionnaire, “I think everyone agrees that we must focus on raising student aca demic achievement in our district.
“Our recent Hanover School Climate survey shows that we need to do more to re-engage and motivate our students in their learning experience after com ing off a difficult past couple of years.”
The best way to address declining en rollment in the district is to find out why people are leaving the district and then create a culture that people want to be part of, she said.
If assigning a letter grade to SUSD Su perintendent Dr. Scott Menzel, Carney said she would give him an “I” for incom plete.
“It’s inconceivable to give a grade, a raise or a contract extension to a su perintendent who has not yet met any measurable goals since coming to our district during the season of COVID-19,” she wrote in her questionnaire.
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In her candidate questionnaire, she said, “I am not running with an agenda to change policy. If elected, I will en sure that the governing board adhere to the adopted policies that are already in place. If I feel that a policy is not working in the best interest of our constituents, I will work with my fellow board mem bers to address that change.”
She said the district is “moving in the right direction” with academics in terms of standardized test scores.
To address the district’s declining enrollment, Gaudio said she would ag gressively market Scottsdale Unified’s strengths, continue building an inclusive environment and offer “innovative, wellresourced programs.”
Gaudio said she would give Menzel a “B+ for his leadership and management skills, and for cultivating a collaborative, inclusive culture that supports students and teachers alike.”
She said during a recent candidate forum sponsored by the Scottsdale Par ents Coalition and the Progress that she supports the override.
“I really do believe in offering robust programs for the students to engage,” she said.
Keck, 64, is married with three chil dren, none of whom attended SUSD. She graduated in the top 1% of her class at Indiana University School of Business with a bachelor’s of science. She also has an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Keck is a retired marketing profes sional and the founder of DreamRoads, a program that helps middle school and high school age kids identify possible ca reer paths.
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Keck added that City Council members Betty Janik and Kathy Littlefield have en dorsed her, as have Littlefield’s husband (a former council member) Bob Littlefield and former mayor Mary Manross.
Vaules said the endorsement doesn’t bother him.
“I don’t have a problem with candidates that share their same beliefs being en dorsed by people,” Vaules said.
Here’s a look at the five board candi dates.
Gaudio, 55, has a bachelor’s of science in advertising and is a retired marketing professional. She has two adult children, neither or whom graduated from SUSD.
She has been an elected Democratic precinct committee person since 2018 and has held numerous community in volvement posts over the years. For in stance, she was a PTA and booster club president in Allen, Texas and has been a volunteer for various charities in the Valley. Those include the American Can cer Society, New Pathways for Youth and
She has no prior experience in public office but has volunteered with T.J. Pap pas Schools for Homeless Children, the Cave Creek Unified School District and Boys Hope Girls Hope. She was also on the board of directors of Protect our Pre serve, which challenged development in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.
Her top priority if elected is academic achievement.
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who, from the very beginning, has had improving academics as their first priority,” Keck wrote in her questionnaire.
She said the best way to improve declining enrollment is to improve academics.
Keck declined to give a grade to Menzel’s performance, explaining, “I don’t believe it is professional or ethical for me to discuss his, or any other SUSD employee’s, personnel issues publicly.”
Vaules, 58, is married and the father of a special needs student in the district. He is the senior vice president for marketing and sales with a telemedicine practice.
Vaules has never held public office but is president of the board for the Arizona Center for Disability Law. He also serves on the Scottsdale Parent Council and the site committee at Desert Mountain High School.
Among “political forces gaining a hold on local government positions to influence education policies and a curricula with the ultimate goal of privatizing education,” Vaules said his top priority, if elected, would be “to be a voice of reason and support and protect this district, teachers, staff and administration.”
The governing board must work with city, county and state officials to ensure more affordable housing in order to address declining enrollment within the district, he said.
“Families with young children want to live in Scottsdale and attend Scottsdale district schools,” he said in his questionnaire.
Vaules would give Menzel a grade of “B.”
“I believe he has done a good job under
difficult situations, but I don’t think he understands some major administrative issues,” he said.
Werner is a mother of three, the youngest of which graduated from SUSD in May. She and her husband of 27 years own a real estate investment and development consultancy.
She has served on various committees in SUSD, including the supplement curriculum committee and the English language development task force
Werner describes the last couple of years in the district as “tumultuous” and said her questionnaire, “I know the frustration and pain our students, families and community experienced.”
She says she can restore normalcy with common sense leadership and eliminating “social activism” and a “woke ideology” in leadership and a “select few teachers.”
Werner’s top priority in her first year on the board would be to “restore traditional academics and bring parents back into the classroom to lend a helping hand.”
She said, “Academic performance has been declining, along with enrollment and loss of quality teachers. Our leadership has ditched mastering the basics in favor of social activism.”
She said diversity of thought is not tolerated by the district’s leadership and there needs to be better communication between the leadership and parents.
She gave Menzel a grade of “U” for doing an unsatisfactory job.
“It’s time for core academics and students to come first and social activism and woke ideology be shelved.”
The candidates’ questionnaires can be found on the Election 2022 button at Scottsdale.org.
bents Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead in their quests for a third and second term, respectively.
Both Graham and Carter have billed themselves as limited growth candidates and here’s a closer look at their backgrounds and positions.
Carter, 72, is a mother of two and grandmother of two and has lived in Scottsdale for 40 years. She holds a master’s in biblical theology and communications and is
the retired owner of a sports medicine and weight training business.
She said the city is doing a good job replenishing the city’s aquifers when it comes to protecting Scottsdale’s water supply and she wants to keep that up.
She also wants to maintain the height and density limits in Old Town.
In forums, Carter expressed concerned about panhandling and drug use in town and has advocated a raise for city police officers. City Council approved a pay hike for them in August).
Carter said she is a strong proponent of helping those who cannot help themselves
but opposes any plan to convert an old hotel into a shelter, contending that it is not the city’s job to provide housing.
Efforts to keep seniors in their homes should be done through faith-based organizations, not the city, she said.
And as far as affordable housing goes generally, Carter said she doubts Scottsdale would ever be affordable.
She supports asking the voters whether or not they support extending a .2% sales tax to support maintenance of the Preserve, Greenbelt and other parks.
She is endorsed by business owner and candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction Shiry Sapir and state Sen. Nancy Barto as well as several candidates for state offices.
Graham, 37, and his wife Farrah have twin boys. A 26-year Scottsdale resident, he holds a master’s in accounting from the University of Massachusetts and a bachelor’s in economics and international relations from Boston University. He is a certified public accountant with a local accounting firm.
He has spent 10 years on several city boards and commissions, including the Planning Transportation Commission and the Planning Commission. He has stated repeatedly that service makes him the more experienced candidate.
While on the Planning Commission, he voted against the 9400 Shea apartment complex near Shea Boulevard and 92nd Street and the Greenbelt 88 mixed-use development near the corner of Hayden and Osborn roads.
Limiting growth in Scottsdale will go a long way toward conserving the city’s water resources, he says.
Graham also said existing heights and
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density in Old Town should not be changed because it’s a tourist draw and that increasing height and density there would increase water use, traffic and demand for public safety resources.
He, too, said the city must protect its brand when it comes to homelessness and opposes any government-run shelter in Scottsdale.
Graham said lowering rents is often used as an excuse to champion more apartment complexes, but that won’t work because the issue is not a simple supply and demand problem. He also said simply building more housing will harm Scottsdale’s character.
He salso upports asking the voters whether or not they support extending a .2% sales tax to support maintenance of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve, the Indian Bend Wash Greenbelt and other parks.
Graham is endorsed by, among others, former councilman Paul Messinger, Coalition of Greater Scottsdale (COGS) Treasurer Jim Davis, current council members Betty Janik and Kathy Littlefield, city Planning Commissioner Barney Gonzales, Protect Our Preserve President Howard Myers, Scottsdale Development Review Board Member Michal Joyner and state Rep. Joseph Chaplik.
Unified School District officials will be asking voters to support a District Additional Assistance, or DAA, override starting Wednesday, when early ballots go out for the Nov. 8 general election.
The request, for $14.5 million or 10% of the revenue control limit (whichever is lower) per year for seven years, involves funding that covers smaller expenditures compared to far more pricey capital projects, such as major construction projects or school building infrastructure upgrades.
That comes to a bill of $112.17 annually on a $497,840 home (the median value of a home within the district).
The money will go to pay for things like laptops and software, curriculum materials, equipment for athletics, performing arts and safety, classroom furniture and playground and shade structures.
The lion’s share of the money, 56%, will go toward technology. Curriculum materi-
als come in a distant second at 17%.
The district’s current district additional assistance override is for $8.5 million or 10% of the revenue control limit.
“The current ballot request is a greater amount than the present (District Additional Assistance) override which was created in 2016, because we have identified more capital needs across our 28 PK12 (grade) campuses,” SUSD Governing Board President Julie Cieniawski said in
Technology upgrades would get the lion’s share of override money if the measure is approved. (Yes to Children)
a written statement. “Our students and community deserve to have updated curricula, technology, and infrastructure.”
The current override doesn’t end until June 2024 but the Governing Board wanted to get a new funding source in place before the current one runs out. Moreover, going for the override now gives the district a second run at it next year in case the measure fails this year.
“We’re very confident that it will pass
and really appreciate all of the community support that we have,” said Melinda Guilick, co-chair of Yes to Children, the political action committee in support of SUSD.
“We’ve been supported by the Scottsdale Area Chamber (of Commerce), the Scottsdale Association of Realtors, the Scottsdale Charros, many of the parent-teacher organizations in the district,” she said. “I think people understand now more than ever capital investments in world-class future focused learning is important, that override funds will go to things like technology for education, safety, fine arts equipment, athletic equipment, playground equipment and shade structures.”
Gulick said it’s about educating the whole child.
“SUSD is focused on educating the whole child and these are the investments we need to ensure our district has the most up to date equipment and access to the best opportunities for our kids,” she said.
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grade students scored higher than the
and the state on the Arizona Aca demic Standards Assessment (AASA) for both English Language Arts and math. However, the district’s scores show only 61% passed the English Language Arts portion and 58% passed math.
With the ACT Aspire, the pre-college en trance exam taken by 9th graders, district scores in English, reading, science and math scores were significantly higher than state scores and equal to or slightly higher than national scores.
However, only 68 percent of district’s students passed the English portion of the test, 45% passed the reading portion, 35% passed science and 42% passed math.
The trend is the same with he ACT taken by sophomores.
District scores were higher than county and state scores but only 65% of SUSD students passed the ELA section and 54% passed the math section.
District students didn’t excel on the AzS CI, the new standardized test for science given to 5th, 8th and 11th graders.
Forty four percent of 5th and 8th graders passed the test but only 28% of 11th grad ers passed.
“Our current high school curriculum did not match the level and rigor of AzSCI and we are currently beginning a high school curriculum adoption to look into this,” said SUSD Assessment and Accountability Di rector Dr. Cynthia Bochna.
Middle school curriculum is also be ing reviewed, though the focus is on high school.
“I’m glad to hear that because the num bers would suggest of course that this is a pipeline review that’s required here,” Governing Board Vice President Dr. Libby Hart-Wells said.
SUSD students who took the Arizona Academic Standards Assessment and the pre-col lege ACT assessment tests had higher scores than the state average and some grades exceeded scores in some of Maricopa County school districts. (SUSD)
Scottsdale Unified students’ scores for the math portion of the Arizona Academic Standards Assessment and the pre-college ACT assessment tests left room for improvement, some governing board members said. (SUSD)
She told the Progress in a written state ment: “SUSD students, teachers and families deserve a pat on the back for not just halting but also turning around the learning trajectory in a positive direction for many of our student learners. Best ing county, state and national averages in many core subjects and grade levels has been no easy feat.
“While challenges certainly remain in
core subject areas, some of which persist from before the pandemic, everyone is resolved to continue improving. The fed eral pandemic support has truly served as a lifeline for all Arizona’s neighborhood schools.
“And, coupled with the state Legislature’s increased K-12 funding this school year, SUSD students’ academic growth is a testa ment to the wisdom of those investments.”
Governing Board member Patty Beck man took exception with math scores dropping between fifth grade and sixth grade, when kids transition from elemen tary school to middle school.
Among East Valley school districts, SUSD ranked No. 1 in math scores, but that drops to sixth place in 6th grade.
“Not that I’m suggesting we go back ward and move our sixth graders back to the K-5 level. I’m not suggesting that and I know the tests have changed, but unfortu nately, we do need to look into further: why are they having a struggle transitioning? I mean to go from … No. 1 to No. 6 among
our peer group should be a very large, sig nificant red flag,” Beckman said, adding:
“The last presentation we had regarding supports we were really putting a lot of emphasis on summer school and kind of really targeting those kids who were hav ing difficulty so I think as a district we need to do better. We have to raise the bar as far as challenging ourselves to get more of our students into those summer school inter ventions.
Governing Board President Julie Cien iawski said the test scores show there’s work to be done.
“None of us here would say this is fantas tic,” she said. “It does point out the work we have to do.”
However, the scores do not tell the full story, she said.
“I think generally out in the community, people will look at these numbers and say only 55% of the students in Scottsdale schools in grades 3 through 8 are passing
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resident Marvin Young, a.k.a. Young MC, will host his first American Red Cross blood drive next
Sunday, Oct. 16, at the Orange Tree Resort, 10601 N. 56th St., Scottsdale.
“I’m doing this from the experience of someone who has donated and knows it benefited someone else,” said Young MC, known for his hit song “Bust A Move.”
The multi-platinum, Grammy-awardwinning rap artist said he’s been involved with charitable causes since his 20s. He donates power red (twice the amount of blood) and enjoys learning how his donation helps others.
“I got a card saying my donation helped people in two different surgeries,” Young MC said. “That moved me…Hopefully, everybody will have that experience. Everybody knows somebody that’s had surgery, given birth, or been in an accident.
“If you know that person and know that person has received blood, and they’ve never given blood and you’ve never given blood, then you’re in the negative. Every few seconds someone, somewhere needs blood.”
He also stresses the need for African Americans to donate blood so sickle cell patients can be helped.
“I like seeing a donor talk about the satisfaction of donating. I also like seeing a recipient talk about the benefits of the donation. Like a sickle cell patient.”
Young MC said donating blood is relatively easy and he prepares for it by staying hydrated.
As far as his music career, music was his hobby from age 11 until it became lucrative. He took piano lessons and practiced in the basement with two turntables and a light.
The rap artist was signed at the beginning of his junior year in college by the label Delicious Vinyl. He finished his economics degree, graduated from USC, and made a deal with his parents.
“I had the summer to make it in the music industry; otherwise, I told my parents I’d go to grad school or get a real job,” he
said. “I was considering an MBA. I thought I could even use that to get a regular job. Go to Wall Street or something like that. Economically, it was the best thing for me to do.”
Since “Bust A Move,” Young MC has sung at half-time shows at sporting events and he has been recording and touring a lot.
“I’m doing upwards of 60-70 shows a year,” said Young MC. “My high was 110 shows in 2016. I’m probably going to do 70 this year. Ironically, the people who listen to my music are in the money-spending demographic now. The cherished 35-54 age group are fans of hip hop and rap.”
He said he tours for the “fun of it. I like the thought of going someplace I’ve never been, seeing someone I’ve never met before and having them sing my song back to me.”
Young MC also enjoys doing newer music that isn’t as well-known.
“To me, it’s a challenge as a performer to rope people into songs they don’t know,” said Young MC, adding he wrote the lyrics to “Bust A Move” 90 minutes after his homework was done.
“They gave me this track. I had called it “Make That Move. It was pretty much word-for-word. I didn’t change one word except for changing “Make That Move” to “Bust A Move.”
To sign up for Young MC’s blood drive or one near you, go to redcrossblood.org
Last November, the Italian Association of Arizona longed to attract Italophiles to its Pizza and Wine Festival as COVID-19 was slowing.
“We didn’t know what to expect,” said Frank Guzzo, the association’s executive director.
“We wanted to test the waters with the Pizza and Wine Festival. It was one day, as we were still dealing with omicron. In hindsight, it could have been two.”
It was so successful, the partner to The Italian Festival of Arizona will reappear this coming weekend as the Scottsdale Taste of Italy and Music Festival on the Scottsdale Canal.
The two-day celebration features live music, hand-crafted Italian items, wine
tastings, authentic Italian cuisine, pizza ovens and Italian food trucks.
Entertainers include Italian-born classical crossover tenor Michéal Castaldo and accordion player Cory Pesaturo. Attendees
seats on the governing board have
opinions on the override.
Mary Gaudio supports the override stating strong schools mean a strong economy and higher property values.
“The money we would get from the continuation, I’ll just say that, it is a continuation, of the override will go directly into classrooms,” Gaudio said recently during the digital candidate forum hosted by Scottsdale Parents Council and the Scottsdale Progress. “About 85% of it is scheduled to go right into classrooms and affect every kid in our district.”
Robb Vaules agreed with Gaudio, saying the money goes towards educating the whole child.
Here’s how taxes would be affected if the override is approved, according to school officials.
“But here’s the most important part, our regular budget doesn’t cover the technology that our students and our teachers need to teach,” he said. “The laptops, the smart boards, that doesn’t come out of
the regular budget; that comes out of the override. If we want to continue using good equipment, we’re going to have to pay for it.”
Andrea Keck, on the other hand, does
not support the override because she wants to see how much the district needs to improve safety at schools before asking the taxpayers for more money.
“The second issue I have with this particular override is, we’re asking taxpayers for 70% more money than the override that’s expiring. In the meantime, our enrollment is down nine and a half, potentially 10%, the number isn’t in yet to my knowledge for this year.
“Only 25% goes directly to academic needs. The rest of it goes literally to things like better sound systems in the weight room,” she added.
Candidates Amy Carney and Carine Werner did not respond to the Progress’ calls for comment on their stances on the override.
can enjoy traditional dances, opera singers, live performances on two stages all day and a spaghetti eating contest for kids. Those with a sweet tooth can indulge in a variety of authentic gelato, cannoli and biscotti.
“In 2022, we planned our Italian festival to happen in Phoenix,” said Guzzo, who lives in Gilbert.
“We did that at (Phoenix’s) Heritage Square, and it was a huge success. We didn’t want to let go of Scottsdale, though. We really enjoy hosting an event in Scottsdale.
“Originally, we planned the Scottsdale Taste of Italy and Music Festival for November, but there wasn’t space available. So, we chose October and it’s now a twoday event. We thought, ‘Let’s make it a little more encompassing and offer a variety of different food.’ The Scottsdale’s Taste of Italy and Music Festival was born.”
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ELA,” she said. “That paints a very dark picture and I think it doesn’t tell the whole story of where a student starts and the
The City of Scottsdale gave the festival $66,000 from the Tourism Development Fund established for events and event development.
“The city of Scottsdale is one of our major sponsors for the event,” Guzzo said.
“They’ve really stepped up and helped us financially so we could stay here and make the event happen. We’re grateful to the city of Scottsdale. That’s why it’s called the Scottsdale Taste of Italy and Music Festival.”
For the event, guests will see entertainment on two stages, along with pizza, pasta and nonfood vendors.
“We’re doing our best to make it fun,” Guzzo said. “The food is lovely. Everybody loves Italian food – the pizza, pasta, paninis, sandwiches, gelato, Italian ice, espresso. All those things are there.
“For other vendors, we have Italian women’s purses. I say that because I asked her for a men’s purse. In Italy, it’s part of the fashion. She usually sells out. We’ll have another gal who makes jewelry out of Ital-
progress that they make.”
She pointed out that unlike standardized test scores, which only take a snap shot of where students are at one point in time, teachers are regularly assessing students
ian coins. She’s going to be there with her products and jewelry.
“We have a variety of different things meant to get people engaged and introduce to someone or something they haven’t seen before. We want them to be entertained for a few hours and enjoy the event. It’ll be busy. It’ll be fun.”
The festival marks the first time Castaldo has performed in Scottsdale.
“I’m looking forward to seeing many of my followers and fans who have been following me on Facebook in the Arizona/ Phoenix areas,” Castaldo said.
“I perform Italian music, done in a classical style in the vein of Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Il Volo. It’s classical crossover and then I do songs with Italian flamenco guitar. I’ve been doing that style of music for quite a few years.”
He said festivals are an important way of spreading the truth about Italian culture.
“It is important because the Italian experience in the U.S. specifically has been told
through direct instruction and checking for understanding.
Bochna also presented test results for other standardized tests that SUSD students take.
The number of students who choose to take the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) have steadily declined from 1,395 in the 2018-19 school year to 591 last year. However, SUSD student who did take the test last year scored an average total score of 1219, compared to 1181 in Arizona and 1061 nationally.
Of the students taking the advanced placement (AP) exam, 61.1% scored a three or higher (which is generally considered passing). That’s nearly back to the pre-pandemic level of 61.3% in 2019. That score bumped up in 2020 to 66.9%, but Bochna described it as “an anomaly.”
“This may be due to the fact that the students took the exams from home that year while schools were closed,” she said.
Scores for the district’s FastBridge screening program, given to K-5 students, show “our current year students are starting out at a higher level of literacy at the majority of grade levels (compared to 2021),” Bochna said.
Results were similar in math as well.
“In the majority of grade levels our current year students demonstrated higher performance at the start of fall 2022 than a year ago,” Bochna said. “This is a good baseline for our students as we move
through the lens of Hollywood and television,” he explained.
“Generally, it’s not been in a positive light. By doing festivals and telling stories in between my songs, I try to balance the negative stereotype that Hollywood has told for many, many years. I talk about food, music, who inspired me, the great inventors and the great navigators and the great geniuses, the great painters, the renaissance. That’s something all Italians are very, very proud of.”
When: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16
Where: Scottsdale Canal, Scottsdale’s Southbridge Bridge to Solstice Park, 7135 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale
Cost: $10 in advance; $20 day of. Children under 12 are free.
Info: 480-745-7020, italianassociation.org
through the school year.
On the iReady scores, the district’s students (grades kindergarten through 8th grade) match or outperform the national averages for the fall of this year in reading.
“As this is the data for the start of the school year, we would not expect students to be mid or at above grade level,” Bochna said. “Ideally we want to see the percentage of students below or approaching grade level to decrease as we progress through the school year.
In math iReady scores show, “In most grade levels, our current year students are starting off better than their prior year counterparts and across all grade levels their performance exceeds the national averages,” Bochna said.
In other business, the board voted unanimously to sign a resolution in support of an override of the Aggregate Expenditure Limit for this year.
Arizona School Boards Association (ASBA) is requesting that all school districts in the state sign the resolution.
The limit caps what school districts around the state can spend in a year to a 1980 level plus 10% adjusted for inflation.
Without an override, schools across the state would not be able to spend much of the extra $1 billion law makers gave schools in this year’s budget.
In SUSD, that would mean cutting $28.4 million from the budget by April 1st.
Therewere 49 deaths by suicide of children 17 and younger in Arizona in 2020. In Chandler, Arizona, four teens died by suicide at the end of the 2020-21 school year.
These are startling numbers. Of course, numbers cannot begin to convey the grief and devastation of each individual’s death by suicide and the lives impacted and forever changed.
When a teen dies by suicide, the tragedy ripples out and affects not only their immediate family and closest loved ones, but their entire community as well. Our hearts collectively break over the loss of a young life.
It is common to wish something had been done differently; to wonder what support could have been provided to help the struggling teen face another day and �ind hope in their present and future.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month; a time to publicly acknowledge the prevalence of suicide and to raise awareness of this often dif�icult subject.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) states, “We use this month to shift public perception, spread hope, and share vital information to people affected by suicide.”
Awareness and education are vital to providing the support teens need when they are in crisis.
The Mayo Clinic lists the following warning signs that a teen may be suicidal: talking or writing about suicide; withdrawing from social contact; increasing use of alcohol or drugs; feeling trapped or hopeless; doing risky or self-destructive things; and changes in their normal routine, including eating or sleeping patterns.
What should you do if you suspect a
Celebrating the check presentation to Teen Lifeline are, from left: Top row: Nikki Kontz, Stephanie Millner, Libby Murphy, Chien-Hue Edwards, Julie Krause, and teen volunteers; Front: Annette Bingaman and Kim Tarnopolski. (Courtesy 100+ Women Who Care.
teen might be thinking of suicide? Talk to him or her immediately. Don’t be afraid to use the word “suicide”. Talking about suicide won’t plant ideas in their head. In addition, seek medical help and mental health crisis support if they exhibit many of these behaviors or make comments about feeling suicidal.
Since 1986, Teen Lifeline, a local nonpro�it, has �illed the call to provide support and hope to teens who are struggling with their sole focus of preventing teen suicide in Arizona. There are three primary ways they provide this support: a 24-hour, free and con�idential hotline; education and outreach to Arizona schools and youth organizations; and life skills training to youth who want to learn how to support their peers.
The primary program that makes Teen Lifeline stand apart from other organizations working to prevent suicide is their crisis hotline staffed by teen volunteers.
During adolescence, teens increasingly
begin to turn to their peers for support. Having another teen at the other end of the line (or text conversation) can foster communication and conversation that a struggling teen may �ind dif�icult to share with adults in their lives.
Teen volunteers receive extensive training and on-site, real-time support from mental health professionals as they interact with teens calling and texting Teen Lifeline for support. In 2021, the hotline received 42,014 calls and texts. Since 1986, Teen Lifeline volunteers have answered more than 315,000 calls and texts.
Teen Lifeline literally saves lives every day, with one in three calls being from a young person considering suicide. 94 percent of callers reported feeling better after calling the crisis hotline.
The impact of their outreach in schools and community programs is also impressive, with 97 percent of students demonstrating a willingness to tell an adult
about a peer’s thoughts of suicide, 85 percent demonstrating willingness to use help seeking behaviors, and 98 percent of all participants demonstrating knowledge of suicide prevention information.
It is �itting that Teen Lifeline was this quarter’s recipient of a donation from the Scottsdale members of 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun. 100+ Women Who Care is a group of women who come together four times a year to select a local charity to support with their donations.
Each quarter, three charities are presented and the 100+ members vote on which of the three will receive a donation of $100 from each of its members. Teen Lifeline was selected in August and received a donation of $18,750.
Upon receiving the donation, Nikki Kontz, Clinical Director of Teen Lifeline, stated, “This donation is going to save lives. It’s so impactful the fact that a group of women came together and felt the lives of Arizona teens needed support and help.”
She continued, “This donation will go directly to programs that save lives. This donation impacts not just the callers and texters, but the people behind the scenes who love them, their families, parents, and schools. Imagine the ripple effect of this donation and the many lives being saved.”
Teen Lifeline provides services across Arizona. They are physically located in Maricopa County, with 85 percent of their services being provided in the Phoenix Metro Area. Teen Lifeline can be reached by phone or text, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at 602-248-8836.
100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun will hold their next quarterly giving in North Scottsdale 6:30-7:30 p.m. Oct. 26 at the HomeSmart Corporate Of�ice. Members and guests are welcome. Visit 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org for more information or to register.
Barto has sponsored Arizona’s most extreme abortion ban laws, and agrees with bans that have no exceptions for rape and incest. (1)
In tough economic times, Barto has cost Arizona taxpayers tens of millions. Between her extreme laws getting the state sued (and the state subsequently losing) and her willingness to spend $9.4 million for a “Cyber Ninja” 2020 election audit, Arizona can’t afford Barto. (2)
Barto supports gun sales without any background checks (3) and has voted to allow adults to carry fully-loaded guns while around children at school. (4)
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Marsh has been very public about protecting women’s access to the healthcare they need and will work to keep the government out of the decisions made between a woman and her doctor.
Christine Marsh has worked hard to support Arizona’s economy during this tough time, has supported key investments in Arizona’s infrastructure, and has worked to get our schools the funding they need. She even brought Republicans and Democrats together to fight illegal fentanyl which has torn apart too many Arizona families. (1)
As a mother of a police officer, Marsh supports all measures that will keep our children safe – including prohibiting adults (except for trusted School Resource Officers) from having loaded guns on or near school property.
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NorthernScottsdale residents and those passing by The Summit at Scottsdale shopping center may have noticed a new restaurant has draped itself over the home of former Twist Bistro.
Ginny’s Kitchen, which is owned by the husband and wife team of Sandy Tracey and chef Larry Shore, is the latest concept cooked up by the couple and of�icially replaced Twist Bistro on Oct. 1.
“We felt partly that the food we were doing before wasn’t right for the neighborhood,” Larry said. “It was almost like Twist Bistro had the wrong time and the wrong menu in the wrong place and all those factors came together so it never really blossomed into what we wanted.”
Larry and his wife Sandy Tracey Shore had planned to open Twist Bistro in early 2020 but construction delays pushed the opening to March 2020.
But the pandemic forced Twist to move its opening date again to Mother’s Day 2020 as sweltering temperatures began and people �led to cooler climes.
“We never had the grand opening because of that and we never really got started or had that curiosity factor like most restaurants get,” Larry said.
After pushing through a barrage of issues ranging from operating at half capacity, losing staff and management and Larry catching COVID-19, Valley Fever and pneumonia one after the other, the restaurant owners were at wit’s end.
Then came what Larry called the “cherry on top.”
“We’ve had so many things that have so many ups against us, then the cherry on the whole cake of it all was all our friends that own restaurants were collecting PPP loans and forgiveness loans but we quali�ied for nothing because we were
Chef Larry Shore and his wife
Sandy Tracey Shore recently opened Ginny’s Kitchen in The Summit at Scottsdale shopping center. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)
told that we opened too late,” he said.
Around the time Larry was thinking of a new concept to replace the faltering Twist Bistro, his mother Ginny had turned 89 and decided it was time to move to Connecticut, where Larry’s sisters live.
“That was like a big sad kind of goodbye since she’s 89 and I’m not going to see her very often,” Larry said. “Then we were like, ‘what do we do with the restaurant? Should we change concepts and we do a different menu should we stay as we are?’”
Then Sandy Tracey’s daughter �loated the idea of a restaurant called “Ginny’s
Kitchen.”
“I started obsessing about it as I do about everything. I started thinking Ginny’s Kitchen, country food and elevated comfort food with kind of a modern delivery of high-quality ingredients made with care and a little bit of creativity like a mom and a chef together,” Larry said.
Then Larry got to thinking about the dishes he enjoyed whipping up alongside his beloved mother during his childhood.
“She made fun out of cooking,” Larry said. “She used to take bread dough, shape it into a man’s face and convince me and my sister to come over and beat up the dough as like it was a bully down
the road. That’s how we learned to knead the dough.”
Larry began thinking of dishes his mom made and dishes that brought the four-star chef comfort during his tenure cooking in kitchens around the world and at the Boulders Resort.
He also consulted with friends in the industry to concoct a comforting compendium of cuisine and cocktails.
“We talked to consultants, we talked to some four-star chefs and friends of mine and we all went over all these ideas and what came out of all of the ideas was
modern comfort food,” Larry said. “Let’s do quality relatable food people can identify (with).”
He began concocting classic dishes like chicken pot pie, meatloaf, burgers and shrimp po boy sandwiches – all with a twist, such as adding wild boar meat to the meatloaf.
He also prides himself on only using the freshest ingredients because he was never allowed to eat any processed food.
“The thing with mom is, when I was a kid, she refused to buy any box mixes,” he recalls. “We weren’t like other kids; we didn’t go home and get a chocolate bar for a snack. She’d tell us, ‘make yourself some egg salad if you’re hungry after school or have peanut butter and jelly. She inspired that from such an early age that I grew a palette that was intolerant for box mixes.”
Larry also gives diners a taste of the food served at his dinner table during his childhood.
“The homemade biscuits were something she always made, the chicken pot pie was mom’s chicken pot pie and my mom was always an amazing dessert
maker,” Larry said. “She used to do all kinds of different cobblers of rhubarb, apples, pears and cherries, whatever was in season.”
Larry admits that cooking these dishes takes him back to his childhood every time he grabs a pan.
“One of my fun stories that I tell the customers a lot of times is when I learned to cook when I was a kid, I grew up with four older girls and everybody was always �ighting,” he said.
“I found if I retreated to the kitchen, it was quieter and if I cooked something everybody would get along for dinner till somebody had to �igure out who’s doing dishes,” he added with a laugh.
Larry always re�lected fondly on that hour of solace where everyone sat around the dinner table smiling and bonding over a hot homemade meal.
“For that hour, everybody got along,” he said. “We talked about love and fun and what we did today. That experience of the big family getting together, enjoying dinner and enjoying something hearty homemade was something I’ll always remember.”
Food is not the only homage Larry pays to his mother with the restaurant
as there is a wall �illed with himself and his mother as well as what he and Sandy Tracey call “momisms” scattered around the restaurant.
However, the one big difference between the restaurant and Larry’s childhood homes in New York and New Jersey is there is artwork painted by Sandy Tracey lining the walls that when stared at passenger diners on a journey up route 66, adding to the American �lare of the restaurant.
The restaurant also gives thirsty patrons a taste of Arizona as the bar features beers from Huss Brewing and SanTan Brewing and alcohol from around the state, including Carefree Bourbon –which Larry uses to lather on his smoke dry rub chicken wings.
With the new concept launched, Larry and his team are excited to welcome hungry customers in and cook them a homestyle comforting meal.
Ginnys Kitchen is located at 32406 N. Scottsdale Road, #107, Ginnyskitchen.com, 480-912-1459
Editor’s note: The Scottsdale Progress invited all five candidates to write two Opinion Page columns on issues of their choice. This is the second column. Their first column and answers to the Progress’ candidate questionnaire can be found by clicking the Election 2022 button at Scottsdale.org. Candidates were advised that columns exceeding a 500word limit would be edited for print for space reasons but run online in their entirety.
ow that all K-12 children in Arizona are eligible for the Empowerment Scholarship Account program, we must take Scottsdale Unified’s growing retention issue seriously and work to keep local families in our public schools.
Parents shouldn’t have to look beyond their neighborhood schools for a rewarding educational experience for their children.
I’m running for the Scottsdale Uni-
fied Governing Board because I believe strong communities have strong public schools. My husband, Keith, and I have chosen our Scottsdale schools to educate our six children.
NOur two youngest sons have always been eligible for ESAs since they were adopted from Arizona’s foster care system. Fortunately, we have not needed to utilize an ESA because we have found the schools in our community to be a good fit for each of our children individually and for us as a family, too.
While our experience has been a positive one, the reality is that many families are choosing other education options over our local public schools.
We can choose to be angry about this or instead strive to create an educational experience that parents wish for their children.
On the campaign trail, I talk with parents and community members daily, hearing their stories of why they pulled their children from Scottsdale Unified schools or never put them there in the first place.
As a mother with students enrolled in the district since 2008, I know how things have changed over the years.
For example, I am still not approved to volunteer in my son’s classroom or on his elementary school campus since COVID-19 shut them down nearly two
and half years ago. Parents of K-5 students have also been told that they are not welcome in the cafeteria to eat lunch with their child – ever.
We mustn’t wonder why moms and dads are choosing other schooling options for their children when this is the culture we are now creating in Scottsdale Unified.
Our governing board must get to the bottom of why so many families have left our district in recent years and then work earnestly to bring them back. Many public school districts constantly collect feedback from parents and staff
BY MARY GAUDIO Progress Guest Writer
Regarding my run for a seat on the Scottsdale Unified Governing Board, it has been tweeted, “@MaryGforSUSD fell off the turnip truck and landed in Scottsdale and believes that ‘inclusion’ will solve the academic failures in SUSD.”
For those I haven’t yet had the pleasure to meet, please allow me to introduce myself.
I am a proud mom of two adult children and a rescue dog. I am a loving wife of 30 years. I am a fierce advocate for children, healthcare, and public education. I am a
survivor.
When I was 7, I rode my pink Huffy over to the neighborhood bar and begged my father to come home. Just a few months after, he was badly beaten behind a different bar and died four days later.
My mother, disabled and widowed, raised me and my brothers on her own. We were lucky. She was always present, loving, and compassionate. She laid out our options to rise above our circumstance: college, trade school, or military.
I chose education.
After graduating with honors from Alhambra High School, I was awarded an Arizona Board of Regents Scholarship.
My freshman year, I took the city bus from our home near 27th Avenue and Roosevelt to the ASU Tempe campus, as I
couldn’t rely on “Betsy,” my beat-up Datsun B210, to get me there.
I worked 30+ hours a week throughout those four years, while living at home and helping to support my mother.
As my advertising career began to take flight, my mother’s health was deteriorating. I made the decision to stay at home with my two toddlers and oversee my mother’s care.
After her death, my husband’s career took us to north Texas where we raised our children. Over the course of those 15 years in Texas, I served my community as a classroom volunteer, PTA and booster club president, community leader, and substitute teacher.
I returned to Arizona in December of 2014 and became a mentor with New
Pathways for Youth.
I served on the leadership council of Playworks of Arizona, an organization that utilizes inclusivity and the power of play to transform schools, increase attendance, improve academic performance, and create safer, more inclusive learning environments.
As a volunteer advocate for Cancer Action Network, I worked to advance legislation and policy changes that help save lives from cancer.
So, no, I didn’t fall off a turnip truck and land where I am today. I have followed my heart and given my time and treasure to those in need.
I can’t think of a community more in
BY ANDREA KECK Progress Guest Writer
ever before have school board elections been more important! There are several things you should consider when deciding who to vote for on the Scottsdale Unified Governing Board.
1. SUSD’s primary job is to educate. While every candidate mentions aca demics, look closely at their websites,
articles, and speeches. See how much time they actually devote to talking in-depth about academics. And if they proffer any specific plans on how to improve academic achievement.
NI’m the only candidate who from the very beginning has had improving academics as their first priority, and who has a concrete plan for doing so. I was the first candidate to demand ANY academic accountability for our current Superintendent.
I have advocated for including specific, aggressive, measurable aca
demic goals to be achieved within designated timeframes in the super intendent’s performance pay plan as well as the district’s strategic plan. And for holding the Superintendent and staff accountable for doing so.
2. We desperately need a board member who’s run large-scale enter prises.
SUSD is a big operation. It has 21,000 students, 3,000+ employees, 29 schools, and a $463 million bud get. Of the three incumbents continu ing on the Board, and any of the oth
er candidates who might be elected to the Board, no one has managed a business the size that I have.
I’ve managed $100 million to $300 million businesses for Kraft Foods and The NutraSweet Co., so I know how to run a large-scale operation. This is a skill set much-needed on the board.
3. The job extends beyond any ONE issue, no matter how important that issue may be. Whether it’s curricu lum/parental rights, special ed, or eq
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is the federal law that supports special education and related service program ming for students with disabilities.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, in 2020–21, the number of students ages 3–21 who received spe cial education services under IDEA was 7.2 million, or 15 percent of all publicschool students. The most common cat
egory of disability was specific learning disabilities (33 percent).
Special education is not and should not be a place segregated from main stream students. Children needing spe cial services fall all along the educational spectrum and don’t fall into a category of being in a self-contained classroom.
Working to assure special services for your child can be a frustrating and timeconsuming process for parents. My wife has been brought to tears over past IEP meetings in search of adequate educa tional solutions for our disabled son. It’s difficult to hear and see listed out the number of ways your child isn’t on par with his peers academically.
That hardship is further exacerbated by the knowledge that many services will not be forthcoming due to lack of adequate funding at the state and fed eral level.
Our entry into the parenting of a dis abled child within the public educational system began when our son, Andy, was mislabeled by a district psychologist on his very first day.
Throughout the years, Andy’s civil rights were violated on more than one occasion by different schools.
We learned that we, his parents, were his advocates and demanded the district publish program descriptions so that we, and other parents, had an idea of
what services were offered giving par ents and students the necessary facts to make informed decisions about the pro grams within our district.
We aren’t the only parents that bear the burden of navigating the educational system all while coping with their needs at home, often while juggling careers and other family responsibilities.
I regularly speak to parents at the be ginning of their own journeys. They are scared, confused, and in need of guid ance.
I want to challenge your thinking of special education in hopes that all of us
These are my prom ises to you when I am elected to the Scottsdale school board.
1. Address parents’ rejection of SUSD. Enrollment in Scott sdale public schools is down approxi mately 430 students from September 2021 to September 2022. (Synergy). A recent exit survey reveals that parents are concerned about failing academics, politically-charged classrooms, the pro motion of ideological and anti-Ameri
can rhetoric, and that they lack faith in the SUSD administration and the board.
When I’m on the board, parental in put will guide decisions made. I plan to partner with parents to curate the best educational experience for our children.
2. Reverse enrollment decline and loss of funding. When families leave SUSD, a large portion of the $14,643 per stu dent follows the child out of the district. Our current boards’ solution is merely a $156,000 social media campaign to attract new families. We cannot market our way out of this problem, nor should taxpayers’ foot the bill. We must restore academic excellence, close the achieve
ment gap, and create a culture students will thrive in.
3. Pay teachers first. Although enroll ment is down, SUSD increased adminis trative staff overhead. The Arizona legis lature approved an additional $1 billion in year-over-year education spending, bringing the total K-12 spending for this year to $8.45 billion. In addition, federal funding and property taxes brings that total to $14.88 billion. Governor Ducey called on school board members to en sure these funds are directed to teach ers. I commit to using my vote to pri oritize those funds for teachers’ salaries and funding our classrooms first.
4. Improve academic performance. With less than 37% of SUSD 10th grad ers proficient in math and ELA, a strat egy to improve academic scores must be clearly stated, aggressive, and mea surable. Yet, SUSD’s strategic develop ment plan treats academics as an after thought. We must get back to focusing on the basics. My commitment is to ensure that achievement programs will improve student proficiency and mas tery of academic standards.
5. Ensure student safety. We must en sure the safety of our schools through
to learn what they need to do to help students succeed and keep families happy. So what is stopping Scottsdale Unified from doing the same?
This past school year, SUSD approved $156,000 to be spent on social media marketing and branding to attract families to enroll their children in our local public schools via digital platforms.
Yet, if our district leaders took the time to listen to the needs of students and parents and then worked diligently toward fulfilling their desires, we
wouldn’t have to worry about wasting taxpayer dollars on a social media campaign.
Nor would we have to worry about families opting for ESAs and leaving our public schools for other educational options.
Now that ESAs are available to all Arizona K-12 students, it›s time that we elect school board members that are serious about listening to the community and making our public schools the top option for Scottsdale families.
I am a mom of six. Learn more at amycarneyforsusd.com.
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need of compassionate leadership than Scottsdale right now. Voters will soon have a choice to make between candidates who seek to strengthen our community or rip it apart.
I hope this editorial gives you some clarity.
I’m Mary Gaudio, candidate for Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board. I’d be honored to serve the students, families, staff, and community of SUSD. I hope to have earned your vote.
uity, in reality any single issue makes up a small part of the total job of a governing board member.
A board member must be able to manage numerous concerns: improving academics; overseeing the superintendent; school safety, declining enrollment, teacher retention, realestate decisions; detailed financial analyses, community partnerships, etc. No other candidate has the skill set to manage all of these issues.
4. Good teams are made up of people with different perspectives and expertise, not all cut from the same cloth. I’ll bring complementary, not duplicative, assets to the Board.
5. 85% of Scottsdale households do
not have K-12 age children. Yet all pay taxes. As such, they are the primary funders of SUSD. I will be a strong advocate for “empty nesters”.
6. Understand what political organizations are behind each candidate. I’m not managed or endorsed by any political organizations, as all of the other candidates are. I’m steadfastly independent; I’m beholden to no one. My only loyalties are to students, staff, parents, and taxpayers.
As stated above, never before have School Board elections been more important. Your vote matters! I would be honored to work for you on behalf of all of Scottsdale’s children as a member of the Governing Board.
“What the heck, vote for Keck!” VoteAndreaSUSD.com.
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can improve the system for every child.
Every child is special, but some of them have different needs.
There are kids at all levels of learning that have special needs.
The district’s services include vision therapy, speech therapy, behavioral support, personal aids, and physical thera-
py. They aren’t offered just to a certain group of kids but are available to all kids and are supposed to be delivered to them when and where they need them, per federal law.
I would argue that we should focus on making mainstream education accessible to every child rather than cloistering away certain kids just because they don’t conform to certain learning practices.
Whenever possible, it’s imperative that our special needs students feel like an important part of each of our campuses. Our entire school community is enhanced and enriched as we learn to appreciate and create friendships with students across the academic spectrum.
Recently, the Scottsdale Unified School District has changed the administration
of our Special Education Department. I wish the new staff well as they attempt to include special needs students in the district’s vision of “providing a future focused, world class education.”
I hope that our community will support their efforts by advocating for increased funding so that special services make mainstream education accessible for all students.
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support of our valued School Resource Officers (SROs), partnerships with the Scottsdale Police Department, and continuous review and improvement of our safety procedures.
The Arizona Legislature has approved $50 million in ongoing funding for school safety, supporting school resource officer salaries, and $20 million for the school safety interoperability program, which provides funding to county sheriffs for real-time communication solutions between schools and public safety agencies in the event of an emergency.
6. Remove politics from the classroom. We must develop students’ interests, not identities. Politics and ideological rhetoric should have no place in our classrooms. I will work to remove the divisive curriculum that has been swept into our schools, restoring our education of revered American principles and ensure every student has the opportunity to thrive.
This is my vision. If it’s yours too, let’s stand together.
Vote for Carine Werner and Amy Carney for Scottsdale School Board.
I am a mom of three running for Scottsdale Unified Governing Board. Learn more at wernerforsusd.com.
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One of the most amazing aspects of the contest between Barry Graham and Pamela Carter for the last open seat on the Scottsdale City Council is how desperate the overdevelopment crowd is to deny Graham that seat. Their latest laughable claim in their campaign is Graham lacks the experience required to serve on the City Council.
What makes this claim funny is that Barry Graham is in fact the most qualified non-incumbent candidate to run for City Council in recent memory.
Consider his experience: over the past 10 years he has served on the Planning Commission and CHAIRED both the Transportation Commission and Building Advisory Board of Appeals. During that service Barry Graham studied and confronted the city’s most critical issues: apartment proposals, height and density, downtown parking,
traffic, and many more.
But Barry Graham’s most important qualification is his voting record. During his tenure on the Planning Commission Graham stood up for Scottsdale residents and voted against the Kimsey, Scottsdale Collection and Greenbelt 88 projects and both Shea apartment complexes. All these projects were vigorously opposed by the surrounding neighborhoods and Graham stood with the residents on these votes.
Bottom line, Barry Graham has extensive experience with city issues; even better, he has a long record of voting to protect Scottsdale residents against the overdevelopment which threatens Scottsdale’s special character and high quality of life.
With a glut of massive apartment projects coming before the City Council over the next year Barry Graham is exactly the person we need sitting on the City Council dais with me.
The citizens of Scottsdale made it clear in the last three elections they want overdevelopment brought to a halt, and
Barry Graham is the most qualified candidate to make that happen. He is literally “council ready,” which is why I and my husband, Former Councilman Bob Littlefield, enthusiastically endorse him in the upcoming election.
Please vote for Barry Graham for Scottsdale City Council to protect your neighborhoods and high quality of life.
-Councilwoman Kathy Little�ieldOne of the most significantly important local campaigns underway in this political election season is the one for the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board. School board elections in the past were more straightforward, with competent and committed people who ran to serve the parents and taxpayers of the district in creating and sustaining a quality educational system for our youth.
The playing field is different now. Budget transparency and accountability to parents and taxpayers have virtually evaporated. At the same time, new and different political and social ideologies have been introduced into the classroom and student curriculum without parents’ knowledge.
We collectively took our eyes off the ball while others, with a different intent and a very different direction, covertly worked to take control for their own interests and moved control of school operations and policy decisions about student education away from parents.
Even worse, when parents have objected to changes, they are denigrated by some school officials and are intimidated by local and federal officials labeling their resistance to these changes as acts of “domestic terrorism” to be investigated.
Governing board meetings are not welcoming to parents and purposely limit parents’ power to be a voice in their children’s education.
Two candidates who are currently running for the SUSD governing board,
Amy Carney and Carine Werner, have gained my support for their ability to understand the current dynamics within the school bureaucracy and to articulate solutions that embrace transparency and accountability.
They believe in consensus building between school officials, teachers, parents, and the school board. They believe in wholly accessible meetings and clear financial information for all interested parties. They will put the students’ education and quality teachers first, over the growing financial interests of administrators. They will give power back to parents who are concerned about academic achievement rather than politics.
And they are parents with firsthand knowledge and understanding of school issues through having their own children enrolled as students in the district.
I am proud to support and encourage these two great candidates and their plans to open up the district’s financial records and meetings for the scrutiny of everyone impacted by the decisions of the school board in my city as well as school systems throughout the state.
My wife and I had our children attend schools in the Scottsdale Unified School District, and we both still care about the local education system. We closely follow school Board elections and speak out for people and decisions that impact the quality of education in Scottsdale. That strategy and action sets well with us as parents and taxpayers.
-Jim Lane
Two candidates who are currently running for the SUSD governing board, Amy Carney and Carine Werner, have gained my support for their ability to understand the current dynamics within the school bureaucracy and to articulate solutions that embrace transparency and accountability.
Shewas a freshman phenom last year. This year, she is a sensational sophomore.
Evangeline Dunckley, a sophomore cross country runner at Saguaro, comes from a running family, and she has made her presence known as a Sabercat.
Dunckley’s love for running came at a young age.
Her mom did track and �ield in high school while her dad did cross country. Her two brothers are currently runners on the team and her older sister graduated from Saguaro, where she also ran.
Since the Dunckley household is �illed with runners, cross country is something Evangeline has always known. Speci�ically, Dunckley’s parents have had a big impact on her life as a runner.
“They pushed me to do my best and they’ve done it before,” Dunckley said. “They know how much work you have to put in.”
During Dunckley’s freshman year, she had an experience like no other. She had the opportunity to compete at Nike Nationals as a freshman. She ran at one of the most well-known track and �ield stadium’s, Hayward Field. Located at the University of Oregon.
She ran against freshmen from different high schools, and she was the only runner that represented Saguaro at nationals. Running on such a big stage as a freshman is a big accomplishment in itself.
At the Chandler Invitational, Dunckley registered her PR of 19 minutes and 11.5 seconds in the 5,000-meter race. Cross country is not just a sport to Dunckley. It has also helped shape her into who she is today.
“It pushes me to be a better person in general,” Dunckley said. “I learn life skills
like perseverance, determination and hard work and I just love being a part of the team.”
This season, Dunckley is reaching for new heights and striving for new goals. One of which is to break 19 minutes in the 5,000-meter. She is also aiming to get back to Nike Nationals.
Dunckley has also in�luenced her other fellow Sabercats. Her appearance at Nike Nationals inspired her teammates to become better. Her impact has even reached those that have been on the team the longest.
Simone Stephens, a senior, has been doing cross country since she was in sixth grade. She is having a great season thus far and wants to keep running when she goes off to college. Even though Stephens is a senior, she too can see the impact Dunckley has had on her.
“She really motivates me to be better,” Stephens said. “It is really cool how she went to Nike Nationals, and I think that’s a really great accomplishment to have.”
In addition to cross country, Dunckley is also a soccer player for the Phoenix Rising Football Club. To be able to balance
both sports is not easy. Yet, Dunckley has embraced it and challenges herself every day.
There are a lot of sacri�ices that go into being a successful cross country athlete. Sleep is certainly one of them. Saguaro practices start at 5:30 a.m. The workouts that are planned for practices depend on what part of the season the team is in. For instance, when the season began the Sabercats did long distance running to build up endurance.
Although getting up in the morning may be dif�icult at times, Dunckley has found a certain kind of peace and appreciation with rising at the crack of dawn and doing what she loves.
“I just kind of like the feeling of running in the dark when no one else is out,” Dunckley said.
No matter what circumstances Dunckley has faced while being an athlete, she continues to strive to be the best version of herself.
Head coach Todd Gilbreath knows that Dunckley is capable of anything because she is devoted to the sport. Oftentimes, Gilbreath will check in with Dunckley
Saguaro standout sophomore cross country star Evangeline Dunckley is taking her training and performance to a new level this season after a standout freshman year for the Sabercats. (Eliya Herriott/Progress Contributor)
to see how she is feeling during a morning practice after a night of soccer. Still, Dunckley gives her all during practices regardless of her other obligations outside of cross country.
“She’s there every morning, consistent, and ready to do the workouts,” Gilbreath said.
Dunckley scratched the surfaced when she attended Nike Nationals. This is a new year for her, and she has her mind set on her goals for this season.
The training aspect of cross country is one of the most dif�icult parts of the sport. For Dunckley, putting in the work allows her to see the results in races.
Dunckley is a competitor. Her family, teammates, and coaches all know that she is going to give her all to the sport and life in general. Although she is just in her second year, her maturity is seen beyond measures.
The journey for the standout sophomore is underway and this is just the �irst few chapters in her story.
“She does not quit,” Gilbreath said. “She �ights all the way through, and she never gives up on a race.”
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TheCalifornia Guitar Trio is no stranger to Arizona having played numerous gigs at the Chandler Cen ter for the Performing Arts, the Musical In strument Museum and the Salt River Ball room at Talking Stick Resort and Casino.
But for the first time, the trio will take the stage at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, Oct. 14
And they will play alongside the Montré al Guitare Trio – described as “the hottest guitar ensemble in Canada” by the CBC –in the Virginia G. Piper Theater in a show divided into three sets; one 25-minute set for each trio and a joint performance.
“We’ve become good friends with the Montréal Guitare Trio over the past 12 years we’ve spent touring together with them and we’re excited to meet up with
them again since we haven’t seen them since last February,” said California Guitar Trio member Paul Richards.
Although the trio is excited to hit the
road with its longtime friends, the group is most excited to introduce its newest member, Tom Griesgraber, and his unique stringed instrument, the Chapman Stick. –
He replaced longtime member Hideyo Moriya, who left the group.
BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer
Homeowners will find plenty of helpful displays and merchandise at the Maricopa County Home & Garden Show, the largest home show in the Southwest that is set to return to WestWorld of Scottsdale next weekend.
In addition to hundreds of home im provement vendors, holiday lighting, unique copper skillets and kitchen ac cessories and seminars by local pros, the Tiny Homes Street of Dreams exhibit shows off the creative bounds one can ex plore with a downsized home.
“It’s always just a super popular feature and people love coming to tour the homes and learn more about the rules and regu lations, the area, how they can incorpo
rate tiny living and even investments into tiny home businesses into their lives and their businesses,” said event coordinator
Heather Fillipo. Fillipo said she has seen a growing in terest in these homes as more guests go
in and out of the 15 tiny homes on dis play.
“Part of it is just the ease and portabil ity and a lot of them are on wheels, so you can have vacation homes wherever you like because they are small,” she said.
“Even if they aren’t on wheels, as long as the rules and regulations of the area allow it, you can kind of put them wher ever you’d like and I think that’s very ap pealing to people. The portable ones are also very appealing for businesses since we have many mobile businesses pop ping up these days.”
The show will offer over 900 vendors and could attract anywhere from 25,000 to 30,000 people over its three-day run from Oct. 14-16.
BY BRIDGETTE REDMAN GetOut Contributor
When Tess Altiveros was debating whether to take on a new project at the Seattle Opera, the conductor, Michael Sakir, told her, “This opera will change your life.”
She took the job — performing as the central character in a new opera, “The Falling and the Rising,” roles which she and Sakir will reprise for the Arizona Opera Friday, October 14, to Sunday, October 16, in Phoenix and Saturday, October 22, to Sunday, October 23, in Tucson.
“I will never forget him saying that and it did change my life,” Altiveros said. “It changed my perspective. It changed my understanding and made me sit up and pay attention to the fact that I had my own prejudices that I needed to deal with.
“Mostly, it enabled a path for dialogue with a group of people that I have never been able to sit across the table with and certainly not make art with. It changed my view on myself as a citizen and my view on this world.”
“The Falling and the Rising” is a fiveperson opera based on the true stories of American military service members and veterans who have been wounded in the line of duty.
Conceived of by Army Staff Sgt. Ben Hilget, who was an opera singer before he enlisted, it took shape when he, Zach Redler and Jerre Dye visited the Walter Reed Medical Center to interview wounded soldiers.
“The Falling and the Rising” breaks ground in its goals and its staging. Projections play an important role in the production. It is filled with humor – there are traditional opera singing deliveries of such lines as “You’d better get your ass in gear.”
Hilget said the opera aptly captures the sacrifices that modern service members make. He said he and the other opera creators were immediately floored by the stories that they heard when they started interviewing people at Walter Reed.
“I don’t think I’ve ever heard, to date, more powerful stories of resilience and strength,” Hilget said.
One of the first interviewees was a specialist who had been in a coma after being thrown from a Humvee. He dreamt a life that he didn’t have and even six months after he woke up, he was still trying to figure out what was real and what was not.
“He gained the power of speech back through music therapy – he actually learned to sing before he could speak,” Hilget said. “He spoke with a profound wisdom for someone of his age and still in the middle of trauma.”
They spoke to so many people in a three-day period that he said they could have written 10 operas.
Dennis Whitehead Darling had just finished serving as the inaugural McCleave Fellow in Directing at Opera Memphis, a fellowship designed to fostering the careers of directors of color, when he
about enlisting and the hardships of it,” Altiveros said.
While not traditionally a subject of opera, the stories of sacrifice and injury translate well to the art form, Altiveros said.
“The stakes are so high — there is a risk of life and death and injury and things like that, but real human relationships are affected and in a very large way,” Altiveros said.
“Anytime you can tell that story of human relationships on stage, it lends itself to opera. Opera can heighten that sense of emotion.”
went to see Opera Memphis’ production of the opera.
“It’s quite beautiful and poignant and painful and emotional and rich with beautiful themes of sacrifice and pain,” Darling said.
He is now directing the Arizona Opera production. As someone who contemplated going into the military and whose father, uncle, brother and stepsister all served, this opera touches on his ties.
He said he feels people get a better understanding of what it takes to serve in the military and the sacrifice, duty and honor involved.
“There are no live scenes of people being shot at, but it does deal with injury and that sort of falling that the soldier goes through emotionally and physically,” Darling said.
“Then it’s about this wonderful triumph of the rising of how they somehow find this miraculous strength to overcome any sort of emotional or physical pain. It honors their sacrifice.”
Altiveros said the music and score are designed to attract civilians and soldiers. She describes it as accessible and melodic.
“It’s meant to help us appreciate and acknowledge the sacrifices that are made, the good parts and the bad parts
She recently spoke with art producers who were concerned about whether this opera would be too heavy and traumatic for audiences who are stressed in a postpandemic world. She was eager to allay those fears.
“It’s not that this does not address (traumatic) topics – the whole premise essentially is when a female soldier is hit in a roadside bombing, and they put her in a medically-induced coma. The entirety of the rest of the opera is her wandering through her subconscious and coming across these different soldiers’ stories,” Altiveros said.
“That is the background for these stories to happen, but it’s meant to leave you feeling uplifted. It’s not a downer.”
Altiveros said she cries in almost every single rehearsal because she is so moved by the stories, and she is certain the audience will be moved too.
“But it’s not meant to traumatize,” Altiveros said. “It’s meant to leave you feeling really hopeful about and grateful for the work that our soldiers are doing. It’s not meant to take you to a really, really dark place and then leave you there. I want to make sure people know that.”
The Arizona Opera’s “The Falling and the Rising” by Zach Redler, libretto by Jerre Dye
Where: Herberger Theater, 222 E. Monroe St., Phoenix.
When: Various times Oct. 14-16
Cost: See website for details
Info: azopera.org
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“For 30 years, we’ve had the same lineup of the same three members and our Japanese friend, Hideyo Moriya, has decided to move back to Japan,” Richards said.
“So now, we have a good friend of ours, Tom Griesgraber, and he plays an instrument called the Chapman Stick – which is a guitar-like instrument that’s kind of like a guitar and a bass combined and you play it with it both hands on the fretboard, like a tapping instrument.”
With the addition of a lower-sounding instrument, the trio has explored new bounds.
“Because his instrument has a much wider range and the fact that he’s got such a full range of instruments, it’s almost like
we added two people into the group because he can often play two parts at once when he has both hands on the fretboard,” Richards said.
Because of this, there is a unique contrast between the two acts.
“The Montréal Guitare Trio comes more from the traditional classical guitar world where they play the traditional nylon string, classical guitars and they have quite a varied repertoire,” Richards said, adding:
“The acoustic guitars we play are the steel string guitars and we often include some classical music in our repertoire and so, when we do these shows together, it creates almost a special showcase of what can be done on acoustic guitar in a two-hour show. It’s exciting because the audience has no idea what’s going to hap-
pen next, because of the varied repertoire and the amount of territory that we cover within the two groups.”
The California Guitar Trio plans to treat listeners to some new tunes as well as some classic songs made famous by other artists.
“We have a few new pieces that we will play for the first time since the last time we’ve been to Phoenix,” Richards said. “One of the things that I have been enjoying working on is a classical piece by Italian composer Albinoni that has been sounding great with Tom and the Chapman stick and the two guitars.”
However, he is most excited to play a classic tune with the Montréal Guitare Trio.
“With the Montréal guys, one of the most
popular pieces that we’ve played with them that we’re bringing back for the tour is the George Harrison song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps,’ and I’m excited to hear how that goes with this new lineup of with Tom in the group.”
California Guitar Trio with Montréal Guitare Trio
When: 8 p.m. Friday, October 14
Where: Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Virginia G. Piper Theater, 7380 E. 2nd St.
Cost: Tickets start at $42
Info: Cgtrio.com and scottsdaleperformingarts.com
“We have several large features in addition to our tiny homes,” Fillipo said. “We have our handmade headquarters where attendees can come in and make their craft to bring home with them. We have a lot of holiday-themed crafts. We have our Halloween-themed candles. We have macramé cactus ornaments for your tree and we have nice paintings that you can do.”
The show also provides special educational opportunities for guests.
“We also have our seminar stage, which is always great for education about home improvement products and that sort of thing,” Fillipo said.
“One that I’m excited about is our cabinet painting seminar hosted by one of our vendors Spray-Net. They’re going to show everyone the ease and benefits of spray painting versus brush and roller painting of your cabinets and how that can be much more efficient and sometimes even more long-lasting.”
Fillipo also said the show offers is a good opportunity to look for holiday gifts or companies that can aid with home decorating for the holidays.
“We are coming up on the holidays here and so we do have several vendors that are going to be great resources for that,” she said. “We’ve got Level 5 Lighting, which installs permanent holiday lighting, and you want to stop by and talk to
them.
“We’ll also have vendors that offer great wreaths and garlands for the holidays and then we have great local artisans offering nice gifts and stocking stuffers like candles, soaps, dog treats, jewelry, and
tons of other items.”
Whether guests come away with gifts, pamphlets, business cards, or just newfound knowledge, Fillipo hopes that guests enjoy themselves and make some good connections.
“A lot of our attendees come with specific projects in mind, so we want to be able to provide them with a large number of options to get those projects done,” she said.
“We are always hoping that people walk away feeling like they had a good time but also feeling more knowledgeable and that they’ve made good connections that they will carry out into the future.”
Maricopa County Home & Garden Show
When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14 - Sunday, Oct. 16.
Where: WestWorld of Scottsdale 116601 N. Pima Road.
Cost: $8 daily for adults, kids ages 3-12 are $1. Children 2 and younger are free.
Info: mchomeshows.com
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on October 25, 2022, at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following:
18-UP-2021 (Ashler Hills Park MUMSP) Request by owner for approval of a Municipal Use Master Site Plan for a new park on a +/-15-acre site with Multiple-Family Residential Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R-5 ESL) zoning located at the northwest corner of E. Ashler Hills Drive and N. 74th Way (APN: 216-51-098). Staff contact person is Katie Posler, 480-312-2703. Applicant contact person is Chris Brown, 602 321-2818.
For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search "Scottsdale Planning Case Files" or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/
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Online at: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/council/ meeting-information/agendas-minutes
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PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on October 26, 2022, at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following:
Written comments submitted electronically at least one hour prior to the meeting are being accepted. A written Public Comment may be submitted electronically to PlanningCommission@Scottsdale AZ.gov. Public comments will also be accepted at the meeting.
2-GP-2022 (Scottsdale & Gold Dust) Request by owner for a minor amendment to the City of Scottsdale General Plan 2035 from Commercial to Mixed-Use Neighborhoods on a 4.64+/- gross acre site located west of the southwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Gold Dust Avenue (10050 N. Scottsdale Road. Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is John Berry, (480) 3852727.
4-ZN-2022 (Scottsdale & Gold Dust) Request by owner for a zoning district map amendment from Central Business (C-2) district to Planned Unit Development (PUD) district and a development plan with amended development standards for a new mixed use development with approximately 225 dwelling units and 11,000 square feet of non-residential floor area on a 4.64+/- gross acre site located west of the southwest corner of Scottsdale Road and Gold Dust Avenue (10050 N. Scottsdale Road). Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is John Berry, (480) 385-2727.
20-ZN-2002#4 (Optima McDowell Mountain Village) Request by owner to amend zoning case no. 20ZN-2002, including an amendment to the One Scottsdale Development Plan and Land Use Budget, a Zoning District Map Amendment from General Commercial, Planned Community Development (C-4 PCD) to Planning Community Development with comparable Planned Airpark Core Development/Airpark Mixed Use – Residential and Planned Shared Development (PCD PCP/AMU-R PSD) zoning including a Development Plan with amended development standards (Floor Area Ratio, Building Height, and Special Conditions-Building material), for a mixed-use development with building height up to 133 feet, including residential and commercial, all on a +/- 21.88-acre site located at 18777 N. Scottsdale Road. Staff contact person is Meredith Tessier, 480-312-4211. Applicant contact person is Mark Riehle, (480) 874-9900.
8-AB-2019 (Sunrise Desert Views LLC Abandonment (AKA Oakwood Project)) Request by owner to abandon the 50-foot 94th St. right-of-way located along the eastern boundary of parcel 217-05-284 south of Desert Vista Rd., with Single-family Residential District, Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Hillside District (R1- 190/ESL/HD) zoning located at 9393 E. Desert Vista Rd. Staff contact person is Casey Steinke, 480-312-2611. Applicant contact person is John Berry, (480) 385-2727.
For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search "Scottsdale Planning Case Files" or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/
A COPY OF A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS IS AVAILABLE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE FOLLOWING: Online at: http://www.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/Boards/planning-commission
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PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620).
Published: Scottsdale Progress, Oct 9, 2022 / 49648
