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Sunday, November 24, 2019

Plans nearly �inished for Scottsdale ‘gem’ BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

ork on the Scottsdale’s Indian Bend Wash Masterplan is progressing and could be brought before the City Council for approval by early 2020. The masterplan includes improvements to both infrastructure and recreational amenities within the area of the wash running through Vista del Camino and El-

dorado Parks and marks one of the most significant investments in Scottsdale’s greenbelt since it was built decades ago. Scottsdale’s Indian Bend Greenbelt is considered “a gem of flood control, recreation and livability,” said Jeff Velasquez, principal landscape architect with J2 Engineering, a city contractor working on the masterplan. “It’s studied worldwide.” Before its construction, the area was a flood hazard residents referred to as “The Slough” often divided the community due

Four schools win So grand! reprieve from growth mandates

to flooding caused by heavy rains locally or runoff from rain in the north. In June 1972, record rainfall caused water to overrun The Slough and flood nearby roads and neighborhoods. One man died and 17 people were left homeless, according to Scottsdale Public Library records. In the 1960s, the Army Corps of Engineers had plans to address the issue by

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BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

he future of Anasazi Elementary and Echo Canyon schools is on solid ground after the Scottsdale Uni�ied School District removed them from enrollment growth plans adopted by the Governing Board last year. The plans, which could have led to closure or consolidation, were adopted in November 2018 to spur enrollment growth at the elementary schools with the lowest enrollment. The two other schools on the growth list, Navajo and Yavapai elementary schools, did not show the same growth as Echo Canyon and Anasazi but won reprieves due to extenuating circumstances. The two-year growth plans aimed at 400

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Cities banding together on homelessness An edition of the East Valley Tribune Scottsdale Progress is published every Sunday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout Scottsdale. To find out where you can pick up a free copy of Scottsdale Progress, please visit www.Scottsdale.org. CONTACT INFORMATION Main number 480-898-6500 | Advertising 480-898-5624 Circulation service 480-898-5641 Scottsdale Progress 4301 N 75th St., Suite 201, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Publisher Steve T. Strickbine Vice President Michael Hiatt ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Display Advertising 480-898-6309 Classifieds/Inside Sales Elaine Cota | 480-898-7926 | ecota@scottsdale.org TJ Higgins | 480-898-5902 | tjhiggins@scottsdale.org Advertising Office Manager Lori Dionisio | 480-898-6309 | ldionisio@scottsdale.org Director of National Advertising Zac Reynolds | 480-898-5603 | zac@scottsdale.org NEWS DEPARTMENT Executive Editor Paul Maryniak | 480-898-5647 | pmaryniak@scottsdale.org Managing Editor Wayne Schutsky | 480-898-6533 | wschutsky@scottsdale.org Copy Editor April Morganroth | 480-656-9667 | amorganroth@ timespublications.com Staff Writers Kristine Cannon | 480-898-9657 | kcannon@scottsdale.org Jim Walsh | 480-898-5639 | jwalsh@scottsdale.org Photographers Kimberly Carrillo | KCarrillo@scottsdale.org Pablo Robles | Probles@scottsdale.org Design Veronica Thurman | vthurman@scottsdale.org Production Coordinator Courtney Oldham | 480-898-5617 | production@scottsdale.org Circulation Director Aaron Kolodny | 480-898-5641 | customercare@scottsdale.org Marketing Director Lynette Carrington | 480-898-5621 Scottsdale Progress is distributed by AZ Integrated Media, a circulation service company owned by Times Media Group. The public is permitted one copy per reader. For further information regarding the circulation of this publication or others in the Times Media Group family of publications, and for subscription information, please contact AZ Integrated Media at circ@azintegratedmedia.com or 480-898-5641. For circulation services please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@azintegatedmedia.com.

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cottsdale is exploring new ways to combat the homelessness crisis, including joining forces with other East Valley cities in an effort to provide easier access to services and housing solutions. On Nov. 25, the Scottsdale City Council will consider authorizing the city to join a collaboration aimed at �inding solutions to address homelessness with Tempe, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and Apache Junction. Maricopa County and the Maricopa County Continuum of Care, a division of the Maricopa County Association of Governments, will also participate in the group. The collaboration includes no �inancial commitment but will enable the participating municipalities to share information and identify common goals. According to city documents, a primary goal of the partnership is to better serve chronically-homeless persons and improve how those individuals access available housing services. “This is no small task as there is not any one city, town, agency or entity singularly coordinating the complex web of services,” according to a City Council memo on the collaboration. Eric Tars, legal director for the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, applauded the move. “It’s a national problem and a regional problem so when cities and counties… can work together hopefully can kind of prevent a race to the bottom mentality where everyone is convinced if we make it less comfortable here, then people will go somewhere else,” Tars said. The National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty is not involved in the East Valley collaboration. The participating parties would work together to provide resources identifying public and private subsidized housing programs, shelter programs, rapid re-housing programs and programs designed for individuals with behavioral health or substance abuse issues. Tars said the collaboration could bene�it the members in many ways, including potentially allowing them to consolidate costs by sharing a single system to manage their homelessness services data. For Scottsdale, the East Valley collaboration is part of a larger effort by the city to improve access to services for the individuals struggling with homelessness in the city and throughout the Valley. Homelessness is a growing problem in Scottsdale, the East Valley and the Valley

Scottsdale Human Services Director Greg Bestgen, left, and former City Attorney Bruce Washburn discussed the city’s policies on vagrancy and homelessness in March 2019. (Progress ﬁle photo)

as a whole. Maricopa County’s annual Point in Time count identi�ied 6,614 homeless individuals in 2019, up from 6,298 in 2018. In the East Valley, the number of unsheltered homeless individuals rose from 560 in 2018 to 736 in 2019. In Scottsdale, the Point in Time count identi�ied 76 individuals experiencing homelessness in 2019, up from 64 in 2018. Mike Lopach, Human Services specialist with City of Scottsdale, told the city’s Human Services Commission in October the Point in Time count is most likely low because it is dif�icult to count every person experiencing homelessness in a single day. Other city data indicates the need for housing assistance in Scottsdale is higher than the Point in Time count shows. Scottsdale currently has 6,000 individuals on a waitlist for the housing voucher program it administers using federal Section 8 funds. Two-thirds of the individuals on the list are over 60. The city has 735 total vouchers but only 610 of those are currently leased out. “So we know there are a lot of folks on a waitlist waiting for housing,” Human Services Director Greg Bestgen. For months, Scottsdale Human Services has been looking into ways to better serve the city’s homeless and at-risk populations and help individuals navigate the complex housing assistance system. Bestgen told the Human Services Commission on Oct. 10, following a call to action from City Council earlier this year, his department has worked to develop an “intentional” approach to combating homelessness. That includes partnering with outside agencies to provide increased access to

services. Bestgen said working with outside groups is key as his department has limited resources at its disposal and already offers casework and rent and utility assistance management at the Paiute and Vista del Camino community centers. By partnering with outside groups, the city can meet the needs of chronically homeless individuals and those with mental health issues often fall through the cracks. That includes a new partnership between the city and Chicanos Por La Causa, an Arizona nonpro�it providing housing, behavioral health and economic development services. Lopach told the Human Services Commission Chicanos Por La Causa will provide housing administration and housing assessment services to individuals experiencing homelessness in Scottsdale. Lopach said the housing assessment is a complex assessment performed by trained professionals helping identify the root causes of an individual’s homelessness in order to connect them with the best services to meet their needs. Bestgen also said he met with Mesa of�icials to learn more about the city’s Community Court, which recognizes low-level offenses “rooted in social circumstances, such as homelessness, mental health issues, unemployment, and chemical dependency.” The special court provides alternative strategies to treat the root causes of the offenses and can dismiss charges against a defendant. Bestgen said he would like to launch a

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Tykes and parents check out kindergarten BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

hough the next school year is more than eight months away, school touring season is in full swing for parents who plan to enroll their children in kindergarten next year. The Scottsdale Uni�ied School District has already announced a slate of open houses across at all of the district's elementary schools for families interested in sending their preschoolers to SUSD. Children who will be 5 by Sept. 1, 2020, qualify for kindergarten enrollment, according to the district. The �irst slate of tours took place last week but the district already has two future sessions planned in 2020 in mid-tolate January and the beginning of March. Cochise Elementary Principal Sheila Miller said the amount of parents requesting tours has increased in recent years. “Between last year and this year, tours have increased a lot,” Miller said. Miller said some can be attributed to open enrollment. Arizona’s public school open enrollment law allows families to apply for admission at any public school, regardless of their residential address, based on available capacity at the school. Most schools in SUSD have excess capacity, according to recent presentations by district administration to the governing board. However, capacity is not spread evenly across all grade levels. Miller said roughly one-third of her school’s students come from open enrollment.

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similar pilot program in Scottsdale, ultimately bene�iting offenders and taxpayers. “If we can’t catch folks in our parks before they come to the court, then it’s going to cost the taxpayers and the city hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to incarcerate these folks for the short time we are trying to get them to services,” Bestgen said. Tars said those types of special courts could bene�it individuals already in the system but also cautioned they have drawbacks. “I think our preference is to just get people into services without the threat of criminal penalties, and so in some ways the existence of these courts helps assuage the guilt of people for continuing to crimi-

Cochise Elementary kindergarten teacher Maria Fossler addresses Alex de Soler and his daughter Alana and other families at a recent open house. (Photo by Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer)

house and said his family planned to tour three or four schools in search of the right �it for his daughter Alana. For his daughter, de Soler said the educational component is important but they were also looking for a program “that’s not so rigid and where they’re learning other things like social interactions.” Tim, Madison and Teri Wagner take a tour of Cochise The open houses give Elementary School led by Vice Principal Gena Aikman families a chance to meet (right). (Photo by Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer) with school leadership and kindergarten teachers and Scottsdale parent Alex de Soler at- �ind out more about the typical school day tended a recent Cochise Elementary open and what their child can expect during the

nalize homelessness,” Tars said. Tars said he would rather see cities put money into crisis intervention services or outreach workers can help individuals access housing and mental health or substance abuse services rather than entering them into the criminal justice system where they may be receiving treatment under the threat of returning to jail. Lopach told the Human Relations Commission he would like to see the city eventually invest in programs to address its limited affordable housing stock by partnering with groups like Habitat for Humanity. Lopach also said he hoped the city would consider working with the Brick by Brick Project, a program he �irst spoke about to the commission in November 2018. The program makes compressed earth bricks and uses them in community devel-

opment and affordable housing projects. Neither the East Valley cities collaboration outline nor the presentations from city staff mentioned would foot the bill for these proposed programs. “We hear Maricopa County. Is Maricopa County willing to commit funds of any kind for housing…Is the city prepared to change some codes and give some land up for affordable housing? Human Relations Commission Vice Chair Denny Brown asked. “Is Maricopa County willing to commit funds for better mental health facilities…?” A City Council memo did note future agreements could come back before the City Council. “Should this collaboration identify the need for a future agreement between the East Valley Towns and Cities regarding homelessness efforts, such agreement will be presented to each jurisdiction’s govern-

transition to kindergarten. Schools will also cover the variety of ways in which teachers and parents stay in touch, including through apps, email and school newsletters. Typical open houses begin with a presentation by principals or assistant principals and teachers answering common questions about a school’s curriculum, parent volunteer opportunities and special activities unique to a speci�ic school. For instance, at a recent open house at Cochise Elementary School, kindergarten teachers Maria Fossler and Janet Holmes told parents and children about special days on campus, including pajama day and the 100th day of school celebration – in which students are encouraged to try on their �inest wigs and cardigan sweaters to dress as a centenarian for a day. The presentations also include discussions of special classes like music, physical education and art, and how to prepare new students for kindergarten. Holmes, the Cochise teacher, said she encouraged parents to practice rhyming words with children to prepare them for learning to read. The open houses also include a tour of the schools to show teachers typical classrooms, playgrounds, special classes and other school facilities. In addition to the open houses publicized by the district, most schools host more frequent tours. Miller, the Cochise principal, said her school hosts tours every Wednesday and parents can also call the of�ice to schedule a tour to �it their schedule.

ing body for decision,” according to the memo. Bestgen, the city’s Human Services director, acknowledged the question of funding is still up in the air. “We know we need to have a conversation and I think this is where we start,” Bestgen told the commission. Tars said money is always an issue but “hopefully, eventually additional resources will come along, but I think there is a lot that can be done just coordination,” including sharing existing costs and making services easier to access across city lines. “Homeless people aren’t necessarily recognizing when they’re going from one place to another,” Tars said. “So being able track people across jurisdictions will be able to help provide better services to them and help them not have to go through multiple bureaucracies to get services.”

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Dem lawmakers seek repeal of rental law BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

alling the law a mistake, two House Democrats are leading the charge to repeal a 2016 measure that stripped cities and towns of their ability to regulate short-term and vacation rentals. But a key Republican lawmaker, no fan of that 2016 law, said outright repeal is not politically realistic. Rep. Aaron Lieberman, D-Paradise Valley, acknowledged Friday that the original measure passed with bipartisan support. The legislation was promoted to lawmakers as a way for people to get a little extra money by renting out a spare bedroom for special events. But the reality, he said, has been quite different, with investors buying up homes solely to rent them out for weekends, creating de facto hotels. “We bought in a residential neighborhood because we want to live with our neighbors, not with commercial enterprises that are showing up, literally neighborhood hotels that are showing up block after block,’’ Lieberman said. Rep. Isela Blanc, D-Tempe, said there has been other fallout: a lack of affordable housing for people who actually live in those communities. In August, the Scottsdale Progress reported that an investor had purchased an apartment complex in the Holiday Park neighborhood with plans to turn it into a fulltime Airbnb property. Holiday Park is historically affordable neighborhood south of downtown Scottsdale. In Sedona, Blanc said, half the housing that is unoccupied is short-term rentals.

Rep. Aaron Lieberman details why he believes the state should repeal outright a law that took control of vacation rentals away from cities and towns. With him is Raquel Mamani who detailed problems that short-term rentals are having in her neighborhood. (Capitol Media Services/Howard Fischer)

“Even larger communities such as Flagstaff are struggling with housing shortages being created by the short-term rental crisis here in our state,’’ Blanc said. The solution, she said, is to repeal the 2016 law. “I don’t think that’s a big ask,’’ Blanc said. “It’s not realistic,’’ said Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain Hills. Kavanagh, who represents much of Scottsdale, is no fan of the vacation rentals. In fact, he was the only state senator to vote against the proposal. “I wouldn’t mind seeing it repealed,’’ he said. “But there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell of a repeal avoiding a veto.’’

That is based on comments made by Gov. Doug Ducey earlier this year when he signed Kavanagh-sponsored legislation to return some control of these rentals to local governments. That law spells out that homes cannot be used for parties, restaurants, sales or other non-residential purposes and requires owners to provide a point of contact for police to call if there are problems. There also are �ines for violations, potentially up to half the gross monthly proceeds after multiple violations. In September, Scottsdale amended its own city ordinance to adopt the stricter

One of the friends told police she left the Old Town area alone and offered to split a cab with Hernandez after observing him stumbling around. When they arrived at the vaHector Alejandro cation rental, Hernandez Hernandez proceeded to stumble around on the sidewalk, according to the police report, so the friend invited him inside to sleep on the couch.

The other individuals staying in the home told police they did not know who Hernandez was or why he was in the home. The victim told police she was asleep when she woke up with Hernandez on top of her. She initially believed it was her husband before noticing him in the bed next to her, according to the police report. The victim’s husband then woke up and restrained Hernandez with the help of others staying in the home. Hernandez told police that he “blacked out” after a night of drinking in Old Town Scottsdale and did not know how he ended up in the home. Hernandez told police that hours later

regulations allowed under the new law. The Scottsdale City Council also approved strict new rules to discourage nuisance parties and illegal gatherings – such as those with drug use or minors consuming alcohol – that carry stiff fees and �ines. The nuisance party rules apply to all properties in Scottsdale, not just short term rentals, to avoid con�licting with the 2016 law. Ducey earlier this year told Capitol Media Services he has no interest in further rollbacks. “We’re proud of the open-for-business reputation that Arizona has,’’ he said. And the governor is speci�ically opposed to the idea of local control on this issue. “What we didn’t want is a patchwork of different laws throughout the state,’’ he said. “We think that’s bad policy,’’ Ducey continued. “It’s not friendly to a growing economy.’’ So Kavanagh is now co-chair of a bipartisan committee seeking to craft something that can not only get legislative approval but also the governor’s signature. Lieberman denied that the decision of he and Blanc to introduce HB 2001 with its outright repeal is little more than political public relations. He said he believes that if the bill gets to the House �loor – meaning Republican leadership actually assigns it to a committee and it gets approved there – it would be approved. Even assuming that happens, however, that still leaves the governor’s opposition. But Blanc said the effort is worthwhile. “Arizonans are asking, that is why,’’ she said.

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Sex assault arrest at Scottsdale vacation rental PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

Tempe man allegedly sexually assaulted a stranger in her vacation rental home in Scottsdale after the victim’s friend allowed him to stay the night. According to a Scottsdale Police probable cause statement, the victim was on vacation in Scottsdale with her husband and several friends. She was asleep in bed with her husband when Hector Alejandro Hernandez allegedly climbed into the bed and assaulted her. The victim and her party spent the night in Old Town before returning to the rental home in southern Scottsdale.

a woman approached him in the living room took to the bedroom where they kissed. The victim denied leaving her room at any point during the night after she fell asleep. According to the police report, Hernandez initially denied making any sexual contact with the victim beyond kissing. However, he later allegedly acknowledged some aspects of the sexual assault. Hernandez was arrested and has since been released on $100,000 bond. He was also required to wear an electronic monitoring device, according to court records.

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students– the minimum enrollment considered sustainable for elementary schools under Arizona’s current school-funding model. “There’s four schools below 400, which is kind of a threshold we looking at in terms of is it ef�icient,” said Rick Brammer, a consultant with Applied Economics, which has performed multiple demographics studies for the district. The goals were a 10 percent enrollment growth in the �irst year and a total of 400 K-5 stu- The Scottsdale Unified School District removed Anasazi Elementa- The Scottsdale Unified School District removed Echo Canyon school dents in the second, excluding ry from an enrollment growth plan, providing more certainty about from an enrollment growth plan, providing more certainty about the school’s future. (Progress file photo) the school’s future. (Progress file photo) pre-K students. The schools were required Kriekard said. to identify specialty programs, An August 2018 �ire forced Navajo to a once the rebuild is complete. Echo Canyon reached 400 K-5 students temporary campus for more than a year, The co-campus plan caused concern such as Anasazi’s move to become an International Baccalaureate Primary Years exactly in 2019, well below its 10 percent making enrollment growth dif�icult, of�i- for some Yavapai parents when it was angoal of 429 students. Even with pre-K en- cials said. nounced in April 2019 due to the belief it Programme, to spur growth. However, on Nov. 19, district leadership rollment included, the school has an enroll“We know they had a little bit of growth would hurt the school’s ability to grow its included pre-K enrollment in order to re- ment of 418 students. and we also know we want to see them own enrollment. However, the district still removed Echo grow through the STEAM Discovery Ed iniHeather Winn, a Yavapai parent, told move at least one school from the list. With preschool excluded, none of the Canyon from the growth plan list based on tiative we already have in place,” Haghighat the Progress in April she believed the colocation plan, implanted months after the four schools reached the 10 percent target the actual capacity of the school – informa- said. in the �irst year, according to information tion the district did not have when it �irst In October, the board approved $126,000 growth plan decision, would hurt Yavapai’s created the enrollment targets. provided by the district. for both Navajo and Laguna Elementary ability to attract students. “We are absolutely thrilled,” Echo Can- to contract with Discovery Ed to pursue a “Now just �ive months later they are now However, both Anasazi and Echo Canyon bringing Hohokam over and not just addstill managed to exceed 400 K-5 students yon Principal Kat Hughes said. “We really three-year-long STEAM accreditation. worked hard over past 12 months to inKriekard applauded Navajo for even ing to our campus but replacing some of as of Nov. 8, according to the district. Anasazi’s current K-5 enrollment is 403 crease enrollment, increase academics and maintaining its enrollment through the our staff with theirs,” Wolf said. District spokesperson Amy Bolton destudents, below its 10 percent growth tar- build programs built on sustainability with chaos caused by the �ire and move to a temnied the plan affected Yavapai’s ability to porary campus. get of 415 students. However, with pre- partnerships with ASU.” Kriekard said he agreed with a parent Navajo is expected to return to its reno- grow. school included, Anasazi far exceeded the who told the board Echo Canyon probably vated home campus after winter break, “There is space for additional stutarget with 447 students. dents. So, Hohokam is not negatively imAnasazi’s K-5 enrollment was 378 in should not have been on the list in the �irst Principal Matt Patzlaff said. Its K-5 enrollment of 340 students in pacting the ability for Yavapai growth,” 2018 and was only expected to reach 369 place and it likely would not have been on the list “had we done the capacity study 2019 missed the 10 percent growth mark Bolton said. students in 2019. District leadership seemingly conby 38 students but far exceeded Applied “Anasazi’s history of academic excel- �irst.” The district recently performed a capac- Economics projections. With preschool in- tradicted the contention, although, as inlence as an A-rated school and its journey formation presented to the board stated: to become a premier International Bacca- ity study for all learning communities and cluded, Navajo is at 397 students. In 2018, Applied Economic projected Na- “The temporary merger of Hohokam with laureate World School resulted in strong found Echo Canyon’s Pre-K-5 section is opvajo’s K-5 enrollment would drop from 342 Yavapai may have deterred growth.” enrollment growth,” Anasazi Principal erating at 86 percent capacity. “Now we have our capacity study, we are to 321 in 2019. Though Haghighat said staff is recomJen Waldron said. “We are celebrating our Patzlaff, the Navajo principal, told the mending keeping the growth plan for the achievement, and want to thank our com- able to really, with more accuracy, know munity, dedicated staff and SUSD for their what some of our schools are able to have Progress he believed the school would time being, Kriekard said a decision could devotion and support of Anasazi and the as part of their program and not overcrowd see enrollment growth when it returns to be made on Yavapai sooner rather than them,” Haghighat said. its home campus, which has been reno- later. students we serve.” Hughes said she was grateful for the ca- vated and out�itted to support the school’s Kriekard said the district could come forAssistant Superintendent Ibi Haghighat ward as soon as December to discuss plans STEAM program. indicated at the board’s Nov. 19 meeting, pacity study. “I appreciate it was acknowledged,” Yavapai is the only school on the list who for the future of the Coronado Learning the district considered Anasazi’s K-5 enrollment and strong preschool numbers Hughes said. “It’s something we at Echo lost K-5 enrollment the past year – from Community, which includes Yavapai. “We are planning on having more discusin removing the school from the growth Canyon have known for a while, but we 262 to 243 students this year. also know community at large has had the It is also the school most at risk of being sions with the school communities there plan. for the future of the Coronado complex and Superintendent Dr. John Kriekard, who misperception we are only half full and consolidated. Yavapai currently shares its campus with Yavapai will be a part of that, so we may initially proposed the growth plans, said we’re not.” Neither Navajo nor Yavapai came close Hohokam Elementary as the school’s home come sooner than next year.” Anasazi demonstrated its ability to subKriekard said any decisions made about stantially grow enrollment, thus satisfying to meeting the 10 percent growth goals campus is being rebuilt. but extenuating circumstances led the disA letter sent to parents announcing the the future of Yavapai would not take effect the goal of the program. “We feel at Anasazi there’s been sig- trict to allow the schools to continue on the campus-sharing plan stated Yavapai stu- until the Hohokam campus construction is ni�icant growth; the trend is upward,” plans for the time being. dents could be consolidated into Hohokam complete in 2021.

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The City of Scottsdale is working on a masterplan for infrastructure and recreational improvements for the Indian Bend Wash in the area between Thomas and McKellips Roads. (Courtesy City of Scottsdale)

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building a large concrete canal similar to the one encases the Los Angeles River. However, a full-throttle community effort resulted in the greenbelt. One of the first mentions of the idea appeared in the Scottsdale Daily Progress when resident Bill Walton wrote a column suggesting the city build a park like Central Park in New York City instead of a concrete canal. Longtime Progress Publisher Jonathan Marshall was another supporter of the greenbelt, and the paper’s editorial pages advocated for the project. Though construction began in the 1970s, the city did not officially dedicate the Indian Wash Greenbelt until 1985. “Today is indeed a very momentous occasion for all of us,” then-Mayor Herb Drinkwater said at the ceremony. “After more than 20 years, one of the world’s outstanding solutions to flooding is nearly completed.” Over 30 years after its completion,

The current capital improvement plan includes an additional $1.1 million allocated to the masterplan and to “Design and implement an interim solution for repair of the drainage structure north of McKellips Road.”

the city is once again looking to invest in greenbelt – although this time it's paying for it on its own. The city allocated $2.2 million to the masterplan project last year, according to the city’s 2018-19 capital improvement plan. The current capital improvement plan includes an additional $1.1 million allocated to the masterplan and to “Design and implement an interim solution for repair of the drainage structure north of McKellips Road.” Back when the greenbelt was first built, the city shared the financial load. According to city estimates, Scottsdale paid around $14 million of the approximately $54 million it cost to construct the Indian Bend Wash project. The rest of the funds came from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a federal grant and state and county funds. The City of Tempe also contributed $100,000. The new masterplan is largely based on resident feedback collected by city staff at public meetings and open houses from back in May. “We originally came in with a blank slate,” said Jeremy Richter, the city’s project manager for the masterplan. “We said ‘what would you like to see in the future of these parks?’” Richter said over 150 people attended each of the city’s open houses. While much of the masterplan focuses on improved recreational facilities, the masterplan also deals with the greenbelt’s aging infrastructure. Much of the infrastructure, including dams and lake liners, date back to the original construction of the Indian Bend Greenbelt in the 1970s and the materials have worn out or outright failed.

The Indian Bend Wash Masterplan covers an area that runs through Vista del Camino Park. (Photo by Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

“Four decades later and the city is seeing this stuff getting worn out,” said Jeff Velasquez, principal landscape architect with J2 Engineering. J2 Engineering is a city contractor working on the masterplan. Jeff Engelmann, another principal landscape architect with J2, said the area at the northern end of the masterplanned area has experienced chronic flooding due to dam failure, calling it a “major maintained nightmare and liability.” “What happens upstream affects everything downstream,” Engelmann said at a recent open house at the El Dorado Park Community Center after a group asked about the persistent flooding issues. The plan as it currently stands includes separating the section of the

Indian Bend Greenbelt Wash between Thomas and McKellips into four distinct half-mile districts each have a general theme. The northernmost district is the linkage district and will include parking, bike paths and improved trails and connections to northern segments of the greenbelt. This segment will also include protection from golf activities – a concern brought up by residents in the past few years who fear being struck by errant golf balls from adjacent courses while riding bikes or walking through the wash. The next segment, between Murray Lane and McDowell Road, is the active district and will continue to include the

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from residents who currently have a full view of the park from their homes would have been blocked by the new yard and made the decision to relocate the yard to a less visible area. The project team also reduced the number of soccer/multiuse �ields in the plan from three to two in order to make room for basketball courts and sand volleyball courts. Additionally, Richter said bathrooms were added near planned splash pads at the request of the public. Actual work on improvements to the wash between Thomas and McKellips Roads will not begin until the City Council approves the masterplan. Assistant City Manager Bill Murphy said he anticipates city staff will take the plan before the City Council in early 2020. Richter, the project manager, called the masterplan “30,000-foot view” provides the overall outline for improvements to the affected section of the wash. Murphy said individual project specifics, such as the size of a splash pad, will not be identi�ied until later in the process. As far as which projects the city will prioritize if the City Council approves the masterplan, Murphy said “the lakes are a primary concern” due to considerable erosion. The city has an identi�ied funding source for at least a portion of the lake projects. The recently-passed $112.3-million bond question for community spaces and infrastructure included $23.5 million to improve lakes and irrigation in the Vista del Camino Park.

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Legislator vows to push for vaping crackdown BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

ndeterred by the defeat earlier this year, Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek is launching a new bid to regulate vaping products like tobacco and raise the age to use both to 21. At a press conference Tuesday at the Capitol, Carter and allies unveiled a multi-point plan she said is designed to cut down on teen vaping. Aside from the higher age requirement, it also would license retailers who sell both tobacco and vaping products. And a separate measure being pushed by Sen. Martin Quezada, DGlendale, would subject advertising for vaping products to the same laws that govern cigarettes, meaning no billboards or other promotion near schools and child care centers. Carter acknowledged the provisions are very similar to legislation she managed to get through the Senate last year only to have it fail in the House. There, a majority of representatives sided with language backed by the industry and retailers that would have raised the age of use to 21 but with two crucial differences. It would not have subjected vaping products to the same restrictions as tobacco, including requirements for smoke-free areas. And it would have barred cities and towns from enacting regulations that were more stringent than state law. That option, however, could not clear the Senate, leaving the state with no new vaping legislation. But Carter said the landscape has changed in the past year. “You may see a lot of people around with signs saying, ‘I vape, I vote,’ ‘’ she said. “Well, you know who votes, too? Parents,’’ Carter continued. “You want to know who votes, too? Teachers, principals, people that are genuinely concerned about another generation getting addicted to nicotine.’’ Carter said there’s no reason for adults to be concerned about her legislation, saying nothing in the proposal would affect their ability to buy vaping products. It would, however, affect where they can use them: Existing laws that now prohibit smoking in public places, including restaurants and near the entrances of public buildings, would ap-

Cochise Elementary kindergarten teacher Maria Fossler addresses Alex de Soler and his daughter Alana and other families at a recent open house. (Photo by Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer)

ply to vaping. Carter’s proposal earlier this year was opposed by Altria, the company that makes Marlboros and Virginia Slims. It also is the company that has bought a stake in Juul Labs, a major manufacturer of vaping devices and liquids. There was no immediate comment from anyone from Juul or Altria to the new proposal. But there was immediate opposition from the Arizona Smoke Free Alliance, a group actually made up of vape shop owners and operators. “She trying to define us as ‘tobacco’ even though there’s no tobacco in vaping products,’’ said Amanda Wheeler, the group’s executive director. “There’s nicotine,’’ she acknowledged, but said that can be derived from sources other than tobacco. And Wheeler said it’s wrong to put vaping and tobacco use under the same regulations. “We are selling a nicotine alternative to adult smokers who are addicted to combustible cigarettes that kill 50 percent of their users,’’ she said. “We’re selling them a 95 percent less harmful product to get off of a product that has a 50 percent chance of killing them.’’ Wheeler said that the retailers she represents are less likely to sell to minors than other places where vaping

products can be sold, including grocery stores and gas stations. And she said her organization would support licensing of retailers, saying that will help identify those shops that do not comply with state laws. But a big objection remains the idea of letting local communities enact their own regulations on smoking and vaping. “If we’re going to get serious about this teen vaping issue and preventing minor access, we need serious statewide laws,’’ Wheeler said. “We don’t need every little city and county in the state making their own versions of the law.’’ Carter said eliminating local options are non-negotiable. “If you look nationwide, the real tobacco control policies started at the local level,’’ she said. That, Carter said, is true in Arizona, citing ordinances in Tucson, Goodyear, Cottonwood and other cities that already have raised the smoking age and, in some cases, already require licensing of retailers. Quezada said any measure enacted by the Legislature should be a “floor,’’ with local officials given free rein to adopt additional restrictions their constituents want. The approach has the support of Debbi Burdick, superintendent of the Cave Creek Unified School District. She said the problem has become

particularly acute in the past three years with the wide availability of products from Juul, with students vaping in the bathrooms. Burdick said the fallout from that extends beyond the students who are inhaling. “Our high school students were not going into the bathroom in fear that someone may be vaping and they might be suspected of also vaping,’’ she said. “Some said they wouldn’t drink any liquid during the school day so they wouldn’t have to use the bathroom. Burdick said “vape detectors’’ did not work and there are too many restrooms spread out over the campus for the three security guards and one resource officer to monitor. A key problem, she said, is students somehow do not equate vaping with smoking, finding the latter “extremely distasteful.’’ “But (they) do not understand that that vaping, although considered cool and with enticing flavors, is even more dangerous than smoking cigarettes,’’ Burdick said. That issue of flavors has gained national attention. In September, President Trump said he was pursuing a plan to ban most flavored products. But that proposal came to a halt earlier this month amid pressure from advisers and others, with Trump now saying he wants to study the issue further. The fight over Arizona legislation also has a political component. Rep. Nancy Barto, R-Phoenix, who hopes to move to the Senate, is challenging Carter in the Republican primary. Barto, who chairs the House Committee on Health and Human Services, backed the version favored by the industry. Carter said her view of the issue is more reflective of what voters in her district think than those of Barto. “When I am talking to them, they are greatly concerned about our kids vaping and vaping in schools,’’ she said. “They have asked me to continue to fight this effort and that’s what I’m going to do.’’ And Carter took a slap at Barto for supporting the version favored by the industry and retailers. “Why would you look to the same industry that caused the problem for the solution,’’ she said. “I think that is completely inappropriate and, more importantly, irresponsible.’’

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“Because Flagstaff, Page, Sedona, rural Arizona is demanding that we do this,’’ Blanc continued. “It is because constituents, people are demanding it. Anyway, she said, repealing the 2016 law is a compromise because it still allows for control of these vacation rentals. The only difference is those decisions would be made by locally elected of�icials. Greg Hague, a real estate broker, said repeal makes sense even if the new law prohibiting “party houses’’ does prove effective at curbing that kind of abuse. “Is it right that businesses should be able to open up next door to me with people coming in and out every day?’’ he said. “Even if they’re behaving themselves, it still changes the character of the neighborhood,’’ Hague said. “That is not what residential zoning is all about.’’ And if nothing else, he said Arizona is the only state in the nation that has an outright ban on local control of such rentals. Kavanagh said he believes there are things that could get approved by the Legislature. One, he said, would be some sort of occupancy limit based on the number of bedrooms in a home. Such a rule could be dif�icult to enforce, though. Scottsdale already limits occupancy at short-term rentals to six adults but residents at a town hall in August said the rule is routinely �louted and rarely enforced. Raun Keagy, Scottsdale’s planning and development area director, said it is dif�icult for the city to prove renters are violating the rule. “That’s a hard one for us to prove, because we go out and knock on the door or they can tell us whatever they want to tell us,” Keagy said. Kavanagh also said that renters should be required to use available off-street parking, with limits on outdoor activity after 9:30 at night. Politically trickier, he said, would be to enact a limit on the number of such rentals, a move that could address the concern about investors buying up all the available housing stock. Kavanagh said there are precedents for that. For example, the 2010 law legalizing marijuana for medical purposes has a limit on the number of dispensaries statewide, currently about 130. And even proposals for recreational marijuana being promoted for the 2020 ballot also have caps. He also pointed out that the number of liquor stores also is capped in state law. -Wayne Schutsky contributed to this report.

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Local man meets a daughter he didn’t know he had BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

n Sept. 7, Scottsdale resident Donald Coy, 71, received a message on Facebook Messenger that would forever change his life in the best possible way. The message was from 52-year-old Indiana resident Susanne Stewart, who told him, “I think you might be my dad.” One 23andMe test later, Coy confirmed he was, in fact, her father. “It’s changed everything,” Coy said of connecting with a daughter he never knew he had. “I can’t get enough of being around her. I’ve got 52 years to catch up on.” In October, Stewart flew to Scottsdale to visit Coy and they spent three days together, sharing stories, driving them around the Valley and catching up on each other’s’ lives. “Oh, we both cried. I’m getting misty about it right now, just remembering it,” Coy said. “It wasn’t nearly long enough,” Stewart

Susanne Stewart and Donald Coy have already visited each other twice since they found each other in September -- the first in Scottsdale where Coy lives and the second time in Terre Haute, Indiana where Stewart and her three kids and seven grandkids live. (Jennifer Sherwood/Special to the Progress)

said of her trip to Scottsdale. In July 2018, a new law in Indiana al-

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Scottsdale mom helps parents through adoption process

BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

atie Zimmerman is the owner of Purl Adoption Advisory, an advisory for adoptive parents she founded two years ago this month; the president of Gift of Adoption Fund’s Arizona Chapter, a chapter also started in 2017; and a board member for Families for Private Adoption. In the past two years, Scottsdale resident Zimmerman has helped dozens of families on their adoption journeys. But just four years ago, Zimmerman and her husband Ray experienced a difficult adoption of their own, it ultimately ended happily and pushed her to start her own adoption advisory company. “It was an agonizing and dark time for us, but we learned through this experience how the adoption process could be better,” Katie said.

Scottsdale resident Katie Zimmerman is the founder of Purl Adoption Advisory. (Chris Mortenson/ Progress Staff Photographer)

In April 2015, Katie and Ray matched with an expectant mother. “We matched with an expectant mom right away, but it was a really tumultuous situation,” Katie said. The adoption failed. “We were devastated,” Katie said. “We were really sad about it, but we just felt like our child was still out there.” While continuing fertility treatments, Katie and Rafy’s family grew by one – and, very shortly after, by two. Not only did they adopt a baby girl, Cora, but the same week they took her home, they also learned Katie was pregnant. Cora’s adoption became official on April 7, 2016 – al-

most exactly one year from when Katie first placed the call to their consultant. It could have taken longer had they not hired a consultant to walk them through the process and support them through it. “We had some hiccups in our adoption I think wouldn’t have happened had we been working with someone different,” Katie said. “A lot of times, the adoptive parents don’t get the attention they need.” Katie left her job as a corporate lawyer and set off to be an advocate for hopeful adoptive families at Purl Adoption Advisory. “Unfortunately, adoption begins from loss and brokenness,” Zimmerman said. “A child is separated from the birth family often due to crisis or chaos within the family, which can lead to issues with identity, belonging, and abandonment

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in the adoptee later in life. “Many hopeful adoptive families have also experienced their own loss, struggling with infertility and pregnancy loss before choosing to grow their families through adoption. But adoption can also be beautiful — uniting two families with overwhelming love for a child.” With a traditional model, adoptive families sign up with one agency, and the adoption process can take about two years. However, working with an adoption advisor can shorten it to less than one year. “Basically, you’re signing up with a lot of different adoption professionals. So, you’re waiting on a lot of different lists rather than just one,” Katie explained. At Purl, Katie works with prospective parents. The all-inclusive $3,750 package includes a guidebook, a referral to adoption attorneys and agencies for matching, counseling sessions with an experienced caseworker, video and email support for 18 months or until the adoption of the family’s first child, a 20-page family profile and various other materials. With four other packages and four different design services available in addition to the all-inclusive package, Purl Adoption Advisory is the only one of its kind in Arizona. “By working with someone like me who’s really networked in the adoption community, you just have exposure to a lot more situations. I have good relationships with the adoption professionals in Arizona, and I work with professionals all across the country, particularly attorneys part of the Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys,” she said. Katie regularly works with 35 professionals; in the two years since she founded the advisory, 25 babies have been born to 23 families. Currently, she has about five more families matched and waiting for their babies to be born. “I started this business as a way to have more time with [my kids] and also help people grow their family this way. It’s turned into more than I expected, taking calls at random times in the middle of the night when someone’s having a crisis. But I love it. It’s still more flexible and gives me more time with my family,” Katie said. Katie founded Purl Adoption Advisory during National Adoption Awareness Month in 2017.

National Adoption Awareness Month is intended to raise awareness about the urgent need for adoptive families for children and youth in foster care. According to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System, the number of youths adopted from foster care rose in 2017 from over 57,000 in 2016 to over 59,000 in 2017 – the highest number of adoptions from foster care ever. But while adoptions are increasing, cost remains the biggest obstacles in the adoption process. Adoption costs can get as high as $50,000, with the average being around $37,000. To raise funds for Arizona families adopting vulnerable children in need of forever families, the Living Room at DC Ranch in Scottsdale donated 25 percent of proceeds raised on Nov. 9 at the restaurant to nonprofit Gift of Adoption Arizona. Katie is the president of Gift of Adoption Fund’s Arizona Chapter, which was formed in 2017 and since has awarded $108,000 in adoption assistance grants to local Arizona families giving children a permanent home. “Already, we have seen a steady increase in families applying for adoption assistance year over year,” Katie said. Since Gift of Adoption Fund’s inception in 1996, the nonprofit has awarded $8.9 million in grants nationally. “Sometimes the families adopting through me are adopting totally healthy babies. The families we’re helping in Arizona through Gift of Adoption are the ones we really need to be helping. All the money Gift of Adoption raises goes straight back to Arizona families,” Katie explained. “We’re trying to make sure these families have the resources they need to be able to take these kids home,” Katie said. Next year on Nov. 7, Gift of Adoption Arizona will launch a stair climb at CityScape as the nonprofit’s signature event moving forward. “Families can all come out and do this stair climb, signifying the last few steps of an adoption,” Katie said. Katie started on the board while she was on maternity leave after adopting Cora before Gift of Adoption was an official chapter in Arizona. “I felt the need to give back to the community I had just become a part of,” Katie said. “Adoption is so expensive, and so this is a way to make a little more affordable for those families.” Information: giftofadoption.org, purladoptions.com

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Scottsdale animals like your leftover pumpkins BY JAMES CARR Cronkite News

all means changing leaves, a nip in the air and, of course, pumpkins, but when the Halloween season ends, pumpkins aren’t drastically discounted like bulk bags of candy, so nearly all of them wind up in a landfill. As it turns out, though, pumpkins make great feed for animals both domestic and wild. Not only are they a dietary change of pace, but it also turns out pumpkins provide entertainment, too. MacDonald’s Ranch in northern Scottsdale creates a pumpkin patch each year, setting up scarecrows and bringing in about 100,000 pumpkins from farms in Wilcox and Mayer. Although the majority of pumpkins are sold, the rest are donated to wildlife groups and fed to livestock on the ranch and other properties. This isn’t the norm. In 2018, U.S. growers produced nearly 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins, only one-fifth of which was processed into food, such as pie filling and dried seeds, according to NPR. The rest was tossed out. Kylee Richardson, the office manager of MacDonald’s Ranch, said it’s important to recycle and lessen the riding stable’s environ-

Mike Clark, ranch manager for the MacDonald Ranch in northern Scottsdale, says the cows like to play with pumpkins before eating them. (Cronkite News)

mental footprint. Richardson said people don’t realize the waste with Halloween, but by feeding pumpkins to wildlife and livestock, it’s a win for everyone. “Everyone gets to eat and, you know, we don’t feel like we’re being wasteful,” she said. “We donate a lot of them to the wildlife foundations around the Valley, a lot of people who own livestock will come buy

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She wasn’t nervous to message him, though. “I told him how I had gotten his name and told him if you were in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1967, you could be my dad,” Stewart recalled. Coy not only confirmed he did, in fact, live in Indiana at the time, but he also mentioned her birth mother by name. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh,’ because I didn’t say her name. As soon as he said her name, I knew it was him,” Stewart said. “It was like an out-of-body experience.” Following Stewart’s visit to Scottsdale in October, Coy flew to Indiana in mid-November to meet Stewart’s entire family, including her three children and seven grandchildren. “When he met his grandson, my son went up to him and said, ‘Well, how are you, sir?’ and shook his hand and then gave him a hug and my dad was crying,” Stewart recalled. They also celebrated Stewart’s birthday together for the first time. “It was probably the best birthday I’ve

Susanne Stewart visited her biological dad, Donald Coy, for the first time in October. They celebrated with “It’s a Girl” cigars at his Scottsdale home. (Susanne Stewart/ Special to the Progress)

ever had,” Stewart said. Since, Stewart and Coy have messaged each other all day, every day. “We’ve got about 17 miles of text mes-

sages,” Coy said proudly. Coy has three other daughters in their 40s, all of whom are also adopted. Now, his family has more than tripled. “I love it,” Coy said. “There was not a down moment the whole time [in Indiana]. I couldn’t wait to wake up the next morning to get going again.” While 23andMe was not designed specifically to help people confirm parentage or find biological parents, a spokesperson said, their DNA Relatives tool does help people find and connect with participating genetic relatives, therefore leading to an increasing number of stories like Coy and Stewart’s. “The beauty of DNA testing is each individual learns something different about themselves they never expected to learn, whether it’s discovering potential health risks, ancestral origins, or filling in major gaps in their family trees,” the 23andMe spokesperson said, adding: “One of 23andMe’s core missions is to help people connect with one another. Donald and Susanne’s story is a shining example of the meaningful, and in their case,

them from us.” Pumpkin eaters include javelina and the cattle on MacDonald’s Ranch, which covers 1,280 acres. The gourds give some variety to the cows’ usual diet of hay and save the ranch money. But this also means pumpkins don’t end up in landfills where they decompose and release methane, a deadly greenhouse gas. Ranch manager Mike Clark said if the pumpkins can be eaten, they should be. “You don’t want anything someone else can eat to go to waste. There are animals who need it,” he said. “There are people who can use them. So, we make sure they don’t go to waste as much as we can.” The pumpkins also get donated to such organizations as the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center in Scottsdale, which give the pumpkins to bobcats and bears to play with and eat. “They’re very buoyant,” Richardson said of the pumpkins. “So, they’ll play with them in the water, and it’s actually it’s really fun to see, and we donate a lot of them also to the (OdySea) aquarium down the road for the same reason, the animals eat them and play with them and it’s actually very entertaining to watch.” MacDonald’s Ranch has transitioned to hosting parties, barbecues and trail rides. The ranch also uses old clothing for scarecrows and recycled lumber for structures.

completely life-altering, discoveries people have made through genetic testing.” When Stewart met Coy, it was an instant connection, she said. “When I heard his voice, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this was my dad.’ And it was immediate,” Stewart said. “We like the same kinds of foods. We talk the same. Our smiles are the same,” Coy added. Stewart and Coy plan to start a podcast together called “You and Me – Together,” a podcast they hope will help others find their long-lost relatives. “We want to see if we can help other people connect because there’s got to be a lot of people who were adopted and whose parents are no longer around, like Suzanne’s parents, or adopted parents,” Coy said. They plan to launch the podcast sometime in December. Stewart and Coy are also petitioning to get Coy’s name on her birth certificate. “I look at things differently. I don’t know how to exactly put it, but it’s made me a better guy because she’s a sweetheart,” Coy said.

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Messages in Ink exhibit

This exhibit displays work by print artists from the Phoenix Metro area including lithographs, etchings, letterpress, linoleum cut, woodcut and laser-engraved work. The artwork is on display 1-5 p.m. in the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480312-7323.

Monday

25 New Faces AA meeting

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

$5 Fido Frisbee Meals

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to keep the frisbee. Information: brunchcafe.com.

Cancer support group

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Twos and threes together (ages 2–3)

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Drop-in e-reader help

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Advanced beginner bridge

Join others in playing a fun game of bridge 3-5 p.m. at Appaloosa Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Drive Information: 480-312-7323.

‘Spider-Man’

Enjoy the action-packed movie “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” at 5 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-3127323.

English/Hebrew bookclub

Sharpen English and Hebrew conversation skills by reading a book and English and then honing language skills in a bilingual book discussion 11 a.m.-noon at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road Member can join for free, and guest registration is $5. Information: 480-481-7090.

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Learn or practice knitting with others 1:30-4 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road Free. Information: 480-483-7121.

Sound Bowl Healing

Sound Bowls have been used for meditation in Tibet since about 500 B.C. People use them for relaxation, stress reduction and Reki. Join a class 6-7 p.m. at Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Avenue Information: 480-314-6660.

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.

The Butler Read It!

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Dudes and Dudettes

Scottsdale artist Marla Hattabaugh’s quilts of semi-abstracted figures made from hand-dyed fabrics will be on display 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at Appaloosa Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Drive Information: 480-312-7323.

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Children up to 5 and their caregivers are invited to participate in music, movement and song 10:30-11 a.m. at Palomino Library, 12575 E. Via Linda. Information: 480312-7323.

Tail waggin’ tales

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Family storytime (ages 0–5)

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Tai Chi

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Burn off some of the calories of last night’s Thanksgiving feast in an easy one-mile hike followed by playground fun and a picnic from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the George “Doc” Cavalliere Park. Transportation to the park will leave from the Valley of the Sun JCC at 12701 N. Scottsdale Road at 8:40 a.m. Bring the whole family and pack Kosher-style lunches. Free. Registration is required. Information: 480481-7090.

Monday

Family storytime

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‘Away from Home’

This traveling exhibit from the Heard Museum is one of the museum’s most thematically powerful exhibition and tells the story of American Indian boarding schools. The exhibit, which remembers the nation’s past in order to understand its present, will be on display 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-3127323.

Story stop

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2 Business Energizer

Learn about setting weekly goals and generate business ideas with fellow business owners from 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.

Tiny tot time

Develop babies’ literacy with songs, rhymes, movement and board books 1111:20 a.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Advanced beginner bridge

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ESL class

All conversation levels are encouraged to practice the English language with experienced teachers and other students 9:30-11:30 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street Information: 480-312-7323.

Teen Advisory Board

Teens are encouraged to gather to brainstorm new ideas for teen programs and collections in the library 5-6 p.m. at Arabian Library, 10215 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road Information: 480-312-7323.

Film series

Tail waggin’ tales

Enjoy the holiday classic, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” at 1:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Baby and Me

Bake chocolate chip cookies for patients and their families at Hospice of the Valley 1-2:30 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road The cookies are delivered and provide a bit of light during a dark time. All ingredients and materials provided. Registration is required. Information: 480483-7121.

Children 6 to 10 can practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog 2 to 2:45 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th Street Information: 480-312-7323. Children 2 and under can enjoy storytime activities and a reading of “Baby Shark: Meet baby Shark” at 11 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, 10500 N. 90th Street Attendance includes a coupon for caregivers for a free tall, hot or iced Starbucks coffee from the Barnes & Noble Café. Information: 480-391-0048.

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Hidden in Hills features Scottsdale artist BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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he cover of the Hidden S cottsda in the Hills Artist Studio le Tour & Sale artist directory is a vibrant, whimsical work of art. Standing atop a bed of multi-colored flowers and scattered protruding bright beads, the textured pink flamingo has a beak made of aged sheet music, and it lies beneath multi-colored wires haphazardly strewn atop. This collage painting appropriately titled “All Tied Up” was a joy to create for northern Scottsdale-based artist Sue Hunter, Hidden in the Hills’ featured artist this year. “It’s very exciting. There must have been 50 or 75 pieces,” Hunter said of the other artist directory cover contenders. Northern Scottsdale multi-medium artist Sue Hunter has taken part in Hidden in the Hills, a free, annual studio tour, for 19 years. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) “They were looking for something a little bit different than the norm.” Hidden in the Hills is a free, self-guided tour offering art enthusiasts a chance to view local artists’ private studios as well as the opportunity to purchase their artwork. The annual, two-weekend event organized by nonprofit Sonoran Arts League takes place 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 22-24, and Nov. 29 through Dec.1. This year’s event features 199 artists at 47 studio locations throughout northern Scottsdale, Cave Creek, and Carefree. Hunter has taken part in Hidden in the Hills for 19 years. “I like the people because you always talk to different people and what they think about art or their interest in it,” Hunter said. Farther north, another Scottsdalebased artist, Kathi Turner, said she had about 1,600 visitors at her studio during Kathi Turner is a mixed-media jewelry designer whose home studio in northern Scottsdale is called High Desert Creations, and it currently boasts nearly 60 pieces last year’s Hidden in the Hills. of handmade necklaces. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) “It seems to increase a couple of hundred every year,” said Turner, a mixed- est and love for Native American Indian Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” “We actually got to know him before media jewelry designer who works with culture originated, and it’s where, over a mixed metals and natural stones to cre- 14-year period, she learned traditional he became the actor,” Kathi said. “Will ate rustic wearable art, including neck- beading techniques from the elder wom- Sampson was a very good western artist. I have a few of his sketches at our laces, custom ranch brand pendants, en of the Yakima Tribe. In Washington, Kathi spent a lot of her Winnemucca home. Will actually combracelets, and key fobs, representing her time at Ferguson’s Saddle Shop, where missioned me to bead a medicine bag lifestyle as a cattle rancher. This year is Turner’s sixth year partici- she would purchase her beads and other for him; he drew out what he wanted to see pattern-wise because it had spiritual pating, but she had heard about Sonoran art supplies. “It was quite the meeting place for the meaning to him.” Art League and Hidden in the Hills long locals,” she said, adding she also became It wasn’t until Kathi moved to Scottsbefore she moved to Scottsdale in 2011. Turner and her husband of 55 years, very good friends with Will “Sonny” dale, however, Kathi began working with Tom Turner, spent 51 years as ranchers Sampson, a Native American actor of mixed metals and natural stones, includthe Creek Nation most recognized for ing turquoise, jasper and more. in Washington and Oregon. “I have no credentials. I have no schoolWashington is where Kathi’s inter- his role opposite Jack Nicholson in “One

ing. It’s all pretty much self-taught. But when you live as remote as we have, if you don’t teach yourself, there’s nobody out there to teach you. You’ve got to have the desire to want to really do this,” Kathi said. Kathi currently works out of two studios, one in Winnemucca, Nevada and one in northern Scottsdale. Her studio in Scottsdale is called High Desert Creations; it currently has 60 handmade necklaces on display, and her pieces range in price from $250 to $600. Kathi’s Scottsdale studio is No. 14 on the Hidden in the Hills map and features four other artists, including Morrie D. Elmer, Jan Griggs, Barbara Rudolph and Rob Stenberg. Hunter, on the other hand, will show at Jane Boggs’ studio No. 28 at 33488 N. 55th Street. An Arizona native since 1960, Hunter is a multi-medium artist who, in addition to collage, works with acrylics, alcohol inks, oils, pastels, and watercolors. “I get bored,” Hunter said of her various mediums. “I keep doing it until I feel like I’ve got a handle on it. Then I might jump to something new.” Hunter’s studio is full of torn sheet music, ripped-out dictionary pages, loose deli paper, plastic party glasses, and other random items and scraps, all organized by color in various plastic bins. “This was a napkin from Poland,” Hunter said of the flower bed seen on “All Tied Up.” “The buttons and stamps are from Poland; I went there two years ago.” Hunter studied art at Scottsdale Artists’ School and currently teaches workshops and art classes in all mediums on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at Shemer Art Center. She also teaches from her Scottsdale home studio. “When I was working at Honeywell, one of the secretaries came down and she had the painting she did, and I just stopped and asked, ‘How did you do that?’ And she says, ‘I took lessons.’ I didn’t know you could take lessons, so I’ve signed up for an oil class,” Hunter said of her start in art. And she hasn’t stopped talking – and teaching – classes since. Hidden in the Hills is considered Arizona’s largest and longest-running artist studio tour. For more information and to download the Hidden in the Hills map, visit hiddeninthehills.org or call 480-575-6624.

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sixth-grade Mohave Sco ttsdale Middle School teacher, Beth Formanek, is one of 200 teachers who received a $5,000 grant as part of the Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program this year. It’s a grant Formanek applied for every year since the program started in 2016. “I was so, so surprised, and I’m very grateful,” Formanek said. “It was really unbelievable. You never think something like this is going to happen.” Formanek teaches social studies and government studies for sixth- through eighth-grade students at Mohave Middle School located in southern Scottsdale. With the grant money, she plans to purchase Chromebooks – as well as, she hopes, a Chromebook charging cart – for her classroom. “The kids are just so technologically advanced, and we want to keep up with the times,” Formanek said. “You can really connect with the kids, and they can learn at their own pace.” The students will use the ChromeMohave Middle School teacher Beth Formanek is one of 200 teachers statewide who received a $5,000 grant as part of the books almost daily to conduct re- Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for Teachers program this year. (Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer) search, submit assignments via Google classroom, and go on virtual field trips by Channel 12. than 150,000 children across the state. and donating $1 million to Arizona’s to places they are studying in class. “I said, ‘I have a current event for you “It’s rewarding to see the Fiesta Bowl teachers, provides resources they have “It just makes the curriculum come to to watch.’ They’re like, ‘Oh no...’ But Charities Wishes for Teachers, pow- only wished to have in the past.” life,” Formanek explained. “They’ll be when they found it was me, they just ered by DriveTime program grow over Formanek has been an educator in able to collaborate together. It makes started cheering, and they thought I the years and be the gold standard for the Scottsdale Unified School District learning interesting and fun by visiting could buy a house with [the money],” teacher support,” said Patrick Bark- since 1990, teaching kindergarten different sites, like Google earth and Formanek said with a laugh. “They ley, chairman of the Fiesta Bowl Board through sixth grades at Navajo Elemenhistorical sites when we can’t do a field were so excited.” of Directors. “My mom was a teacher, tary School, Pueblo Elementary School, trip for.” The Fiesta Bowl organization and and we all know teachers who inspire and, now, Mohave Middle School. Formanek, who currently has 150 its Fiesta Bowl Charities Wishes for us with selfless work, shaping today’s She received the Charros Teacher of students, said she plans to share the Teachers program, powered by Driv- students into tomorrow’s leaders.” the Year Award in 2012 and has been Chromebooks with her Mohave col- eTime, donated $1 million total to Each fall, Arizona K-12 public or published in “The Mailbox,” a magaleagues, as well. 200 Arizona teachers for the second charter school teachers are invited to zine for teachers. “We do have [Chromebooks] for our straight year. fill out an online application detailing “I love where I’m at,” Formanek said. science department and the math deThe $1 million in donations, which their school or classroom need. “The school, the district, and Mojave partment already, but [the] social stud- impacts more than 138,000 students, After meeting the criteria, wishes are have been great. I’m glad I can share ies [department] doesn’t have them 177 schools, 52 school districts, and then selected by random drawing for the wealth with everybody in this comyet. So, I told my social studies depart- 40 cities, is believed to be the largest teachers to receive a $5,000 grant. munity.” ment we can all share. It’ll actually be donation to Arizona teachers. “Teachers are so important in shapWith 2020 marking her 30th year more than 150 students benefiting,” “[Teachers] can only give so much of ing today’s students and tomorrow’s teaching, Formanek said the most reFormanek said. our own money to the classroom and leaders. They work tirelessly and self- warding part of her job is the kids. Formanek found out she received the districts can only afford so much, so lessly every day, giving not only their “I just love being around them,” she grant on Draft Day on Oct. 29, an event it’s just great they’re helping out,” For- time but often money from their own said. “They make me laugh every day.” was live-streamed from Sneaky Big Stu- manek said. pockets,” said Mike Nealy, Fiesta Bowl Selected teachers will be recognized dios, an audio and video production Over the four years of the program, executive director. in the Desert Financial Fiesta Bowl studio located in northern Scottsdale. including this season, Fiesta Bowl “Wishes for Teachers supports, hon- Parade on Dec. 28 and on-field at the Formanek’s students, however, found Wishes for Teachers granted $3.2 mil- ors and celebrates Arizona’s teachers Cheez-It Bowl at Chase Field on Dec. 27. out the day after she was interviewed lion to Arizona teachers, impacting more for their commitment to our children Information: fiestabowl.org

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hen Mimi Armenteros was 6, she lined up a handful of her dolls in her imaginary salon. “They would all take their turn to get their hair done,” Armenteros recalled. Now, Armenteros owns her salon specializing in curly hair, Dream Curls Salon, in Old Town. Here, she tends to the more than 1,100 clients she’s amassed in the two years after she opened her doors; she’ll also soon launch her own curly-hair product line. Getting to this point wasn’t easy for the Ethiopian native. Armenteros moved from Ethiopia to the Washington, D.C., area when she was 16. Her parents had dreams of Armenteros pursuing a career in law or becoming a doctor. But it wasn’t long after Armenteros started college at the University of Maryland she realized her true calling, was as a hairstylist – much to her parents’ chagrin. In one visit to Graham Webb International Academy of Hair in Arlington, Virginia, she was hooked. “[My parents] were like, ‘What? you’re going to hair school? Are you crazy?’” Armenteros recalled with a laugh. After 10 months of schooling, Armenteros began working at a fast-paced salon

Glendale resident Mimi Armenteros is the owner of Dream Curls Salon in Old Town Scottsdale. The salon specializes in curly hair and Armenteros plans to launch her own line of clean curly hair products soon. (Chris Mortenson/Progress Staff Photographer)

next to a Metro station. “People would come and go and we had half an hour to give a full haircut with a blow-dry and everything,” she said. “It was a highpressure job, but it helped me to be efficient.” Armenteros went on to work for seven years at an upscale salon in Georgetown called Bogart Salon. She eventually moved to Texas as a divorced, single parent of two. Armenteros didn’t realize it then, but this move would equip her with the tools to eventually open up Dream Curls Salon. Shortly after moving to Dallas, she took a job working at a curly hair salon. The owner was so impressed with Armenteros’ abilities she sent her to New York City to become an Ouidad-certified curly hair specialist. “She was the first one in Texas to open a curly hair salon and she had people coming from all over,” Armenteros said.

Armenteros remarried, and their family moved to Phoenix in Jan. 2017 after her husband received a new job offer. “I’ve always wanted to own my own business and I thought this the best opportunity,” she said. Six months of research later, Glendale resident Armenteros opened Dream Curls Salon in Old Town just off Stetson Drive in June 2017. “I chose Scottsdale because it has 255,000 residents and 55 percent of them are women. I’m sure out of those 55 percent there is maybe 20 percent who have curly hair. “The median income is $80,000 to $250,000, so for the price I’m asking for a haircut, I thought it would be a suitable place,” Armenteros explained. Armenteros charges about $125 for an Ouidad haircut, her most popular service, and offers color services and other curlyhair treatments. Currently, Armenteros’ sizable clientele comes from all over the Valley and beyond, including Mesa, Chandler, Glendale and even some from Flagstaff and Sedona. “My clientele is a wide range of ethnicities: There’s Caucasian, which I would say 75 percent would be Caucasian, but I also have Hispanic and mixed and African American,” she said.

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Some nerve? Amazon goes brick and mortar BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

mazon, long the most dominant retailer in the online world opened a new brick-and-mortar bookstore in Scottsdale – its 20th in a nationwide move in recent years. The new Amazon bookstore at Scottsdale Quarter is the first in Arizona. Upon first glance, the store looks like previously shuddered booksellers, all of whom closed in recent years, en masse – due in large part to competition from Amazon. The Scottsdale store is a clean, open

space filled with tables covered by popular titles and walls lined with shelves separated into categories. However, a closer look reveals Amazon’s fingerprints throughout the bookstore. The stores are “a natural extension of Amazon.com,” said Drew Sheriff, director of Amazon Physical Stores. The store’s distinct Amazon touches include digital price tags featuring a book’s star-rating and price for both Amazon Prime members and nonmembers. The prices update automatically. And the tables with popular titles, actu-

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Armenteros’ clientele is mostly women (95 percent), with the reminding 5 percent comprised of men and children. While business is going well now, she only recently hired an assistant to help her. “Starting out, you have to be minimal, so I didn’t hire an assistant. I was doing everything by myself. It was just so tiring,” Armenteros said. Now that she has an assistant, Armenteros is able to dedicate more of her time creating her own line of all-natural curly hair products called Curl Bliss. “It’s been in my mind all along; I just was waiting for the right time,” she said. Armenteros plans to start with four products: shampoo, conditioner, a conditioning cream, and a mousse styling product. “What separates [Curl Bliss] from other products is it fights frizz,” Armenteros said. “The No. 1 problem curly girls have is frizz and unruliness, so we want these products to control that.” The Curl Bliss Moroccan argan oil shampoo and conditioner are called Pure Awakening and the entire product line will range in price from $22 to $28. “Compared to Ouidad, it has better-quality products in it,” Armenteros said of Curl

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ally hold selections of “highly rated” books selected from books with high ratings and reviews from Amazon online buyers. Even the way the books are arranged draws from Amazon’s deep trove of consumer information. One shelf includes tags showing consumers recommendations for lesserknown works they may enjoy. Every item in the store is curated by a team of professionals drawing from information gathered from the company’s properties. For instance, the team will look at what titles are popular on Amazon.com, what is selling well to Kindle users and what books received high ratings on Goodreads.com, Sheriff said. The Amazon bookstore also features non book-related products such as electronics and even kitchenware. Those items, too, are curated. For instance, a section features topselling cooking related items right next to popular cookbooks. The new bookstores represent something of a full-circle turn for Amazon, which launched in the 1990s as an online bookseller. “Books are in our DNA,” Sheriff said. Still, there is some irony in Amazon’s expansion into brick-and-mortar retail.

Bliss. “Women are very health-conscious, so they look for good, natural products.” Armenteros said these products are a long-time coming for people with curly hair. “There aren’t enough products for curly hair women,” she said, adding for many years, curly hair was pushed to be straightened. “The beauty industry decided curly hair needed to be straight, so they were pushing flat irons, curling irons, relaxers, Brazilian blowouts, keratin treatments – all of these products designed to straighten hair,” she said. After 15 to 20 years of this, “the industry erupted,” Armenteros added. “So, there’s a lot of room for more curly hair products.” Armenteros plans to host a product launch event at Dream Curls Salon. She hasn’t set a date yet.

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n 2006, more than 80 active citizens, business owners, and merchants met on the second �loor of Chaparral Suites. Our driving force was the need to have the voices of the residents and business owners heard at Scottsdale City Council meetings. The Council was rapidly changing this residential/tourist city into one of greater density and increased height – destroying residents’ vision of Scottsdale and negatively impacting the quality of life of our citizens. Our �irst board of directors was elected in 2006-07. The mission statement reads: “Consistent land use policy and preservation of our unique quality of life.” To carry out this mission, COGS members have undertaken the following actions: • Regular participation in City Council and Commission meetings. • Quarterly City Manager meetings which promote citizen friendly positions.

• Consultations with developers on behalf of neighboring communities. • Guidance to HOA’s on legal challenges to up-zoning. • Monthly Newsletter publication on impending zoning changes. • Survey of candidate positions. Our successes include: • Reduced density in new subdivisions resulting from legal challenges and consultations with developers. • Improved traf�ic �low from new subdivisions. • Noti�ication to city on code enforcement concerns. • Petition efforts on Prop 420. Our members are also leaders in their community serving on numerous committees that enrich life in Scottsdale. The current problems with land use policy and preservation of our lifestyle have intensi�ied. With a recent status change to our tax classi�ication, COGS can now address these issues directly. Continued increases in height and density are rampant with resultant increases

in traf�ic and parking shortage. Downtown Scottsdale will be home to 150-foot buildings which Council approval using outdated bonuses from 1986 with advantage to developers. Rural spaces are being rezoned to high density housing developments contrary to the character plans developed for each area. In the past, our city was de�ined by these Character Areas. Now these Character Areas are being ignored. This is not what Scottsdale citizens envisioned for their city. COGS strives to educate citizens on the General Plan and land use. We also work with City Council and staff to insure changes in land use bene�it both the citizens and the city. We will be evaluating candidates for City Council in 2020 for their positions on this issue and work towards electing a more resident friendly city council. This is the only way to really change anything. Zoning de�ines the type and the intensity of development. Therefore, it is what people rely on when choosing where to live because it de�ines what can be built

around them. Our current City Council majority is approving most of the requests to change the zoning ignoring citizen concerns and altering what was expected to be controlled. Changes are for increases in density and/or height and are unwelcome by our residents. COGS challenges the changes, but the battles are long and expensive. Of 31 requests by developers for increases in density, only 3 have been denied frequently using the legal protest process to force a super majority council vote. Our current General Plan is not controlling development as it is supposed to do because it is regularly being modi�ied by City Council approvals. For this to change, the new General Plan, currently being written, must not only de�ine desired development, but must make it very dif�icult to change that vision. Look to COGS for more information on the General Plan and other topics at COGSAZ.net. With your support, we can control our destiny. -Betty Janik is president of the Coalition of Greater Scottsdale.

My son, Noah, may be one of them. He died of a drug overdose 10 years after McKenna took her own life. I’ll never know whether it was accidental or on purpose. Trauma is the common thread woven throughout these tragedies in my life, and in many other cases of suicides and attempts at suicide. I was a victim of sexual assault at the age of 21. That trauma left me with damaged self-worth and a dangerous pattern of behaviors that led me to marry an abuser. Eight out of 10 women survivors of domestic violence and sexual abuse report signi�icant short- or long-term impacts such as anxiety, depression, and PTSD. After nine years, I eventually got out of that marriage with my children and moved them away so we could start a new life. But I didn’t know that my trauma was being passed on to my daughter and son without any outward signs.

The loss of my children brought more pain than I thought was possible to bear in this lifetime. That’s when I made that �inal attempt at suicide in 2015. Today, I am healthy. My transformation was achieved in six months with a program that uses innovations in brain technology to form healthy neuropathways. I went from survival mode to thriving as an advocate for others in the depths of despair. I want every woman trauma survivor out there to have access to this transformational program. That’s why I started Veronica’s Initiative to fund a research study with the hope of making this program readily available and affordable to any woman, anywhere. The one-year study of 100 women survivors is designed for publication, with oversight and results measured by PhD

clinical research psychologists. The goal is to make this program widely accepted and integrated into the mental health community plus become part of everyone’s healthcare and insurance bene�it package. The chance to save millions of women’s lives starts with 100 women’s lives. Please join me in the �ight for those without hope and for those who have died in despair as we create new solutions for trauma recovery and suicide prevention. Visit veronicasinitiative.org for details on how to donate to or volunteer with this important initiative. -Veronica Winters-Everly, of Scottsdale, is the founder of Veronica’s Initiative, which in partnership with Heal the Hero, seeks to fund a one-year research study on breakthroughs in brain technology to help those affected by trauma go from surviving to thriving. Information: healthehero. org/veronicas-initiative.

Technology can help prevent suicides BY VERONICA WINTERSEVERLY Progress Guest Writer

n Arizona, one person dies by suicide approximately every seven hours. That’s more than three people every day. Twenty-four every week. One hundred every month. More than 1,000 every year. I was very nearly one of them. After �ive suicide attempts, my sixth try almost landed me into those statistics – instead, I wound up in the hospital, where I technically died twice before being revived. My daughter was one of them. Seventeen years ago, my beautiful 13-year-old McKenna completed suicide in her bedroom, where I thought she was napping in preparation for her choir recital that evening. I was in the next room. And I found her two hours too late.

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Short-term rental law doesn’t go far enough BY STEVE SCHWAB Progress Guest Writer

he Scottsdale City Council recently updated the rules for property owners if they want to rent out their homes as short-term vacation rentals. The new amendment to the city ordinance bans the use of rentals for hosting parties, weddings, etc., and also and requires property owners to provide the city with emergency contact information in case there is a problem, like an out of control party. As the founder and CEO of Scottsdalebased Casago, which serves as the property management company for more than 2,300

vacation rental properties across two dozen communities in Mexico and the Southwestern U.S., my stance on the City Council’s recent actions might be surprising to some. While well-intentioned, the new rules don’t go far enough to protect property owners, vacationers or our local community. As the rules now stand, the emergency contact can be anywhere in the world. They can be completely unreachable but compliant, without fear of penalty for failing to quickly resolve a concern at their property. Based on my experience, I can share countless stories of why it’s important that an emergency contact is local and in town. A point of contact that is on-call and present in the community ensures quick con-

�lict resolution and makes everyone into better neighbors. In every community where Casago manages properties, we have a local, on-call operations manager ready to jump in to resolve any issue. It’s also why we provide extra security measures like background checks for renters. This simple step not only helps protect property owners, but it helps protect neighbors and the community. The short-term vacation rental market is a crucial part of the Scottsdale tourism industry, but it needs to be managed responsibly. Too often, amateurs purchase a home as a business venture hoping to make easy cash, only to realize it takes a lot of work to manage and maintain a rental property.

Neighbors understandably become outraged when visitors don’t behave appropriately, but there are ways to manage that without creating a negative effect on tourism or against the vacation rental industry. Arizona law prohibits Scottsdale City Council from banning short-term vacation rentals outright, but many agree there needs to be more oversight. State legislators have already begun talking about new solutions to enhance the rules and set the bar higher in 2020. I, for one, hope our Arizona’s leaders choose to do so. -Steve Schwab is the founder and CEO of Scottsdale-based Casago which oversees more than 2,300 properties in two dozen communities across Mexico and the U.S.

the canals story continuously failed. You can therefore imagine how excited I was when recently, totally unexpectedly, my story was unequivocally corroborated. While at the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, one of the directors of the reptile rescue facility in north Scottsdale, the Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary, Russ, brought as a guest to our luncheon, Baby, one of his prized and beloved adult alligators. Baby was very mellow and peaceful, but even with a taped-up mouth, was a little bit intimidating. Russ asked me if I knew the story behind why alligators were declared illegal many years ago in the Valley. Before I had a chance to respond, he noted that in the 1960s, an alligator farm located in Mesa was abandoned by its owners, leaving a large number of alligators on their own. That tragic event was exacerbated by many individuals sneaking in and kidnap-

ping the smaller alligators to take home as pets. As I recall, many of the larger alligators died and eventually this episode was forgotten by all. Not surprisingly, many owners quickly realized that alligators, even relatively small ones, would grow larger and were not as warm and cuddly as dogs or cats and could be problematic. So, a large number of such individuals disposed of the alligators by dumping them in the Arizona canals; one of those canals being the one that ran by my house just off of Pima Road. One day a friend of mine was playing in the canal, which at the time was one of the most extraordinary adventures of all time for 9- and 10-year-olds, and captured one of those alligators and proceeded to give it to his buddy – me. I therefore was a proud owner of a foot and a half long alligator, which I kept for a few months in a plastic tub until my

nightmares of being eaten by an alligator convinced me that I was better off with an alternative animal. I therefore found another friend willing to raise my companion and my nightmares ended. Unfortunately, since that time, I have never been able to �ind one person who; a) believed my story; b) could con�irm it; or c) could relate to my reptile memories. This candidly left me very frustrated over the last 50 years because I always perceived my alligators in the canal story to be both an unusual and worthy tale to tell. So, if you ever need to read an example of how life has changed in Scottsdale, remember that just 55 years ago, a young Randy Nussbaum could walk across Pima Road and at the time occasionally experience alligators swimming by in the local waters. -Randy Nussbaum is a long-time resident of Scottsdale and a Shareholder with the Scottsdale law �irm Sacks Tierney, P.A.

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have lived in Scottsdale for nearly 60 years and only have positive memories of growing up in this great city. I have enjoyed telling stories about Scottsdale in the 1960s and, with one exception, have never had any individual question the veracity of my recollections. They are all true, but sometimes it’s dif�icult for a newcomer to really believe that many of the main roads in Scottsdale were once dirt, hitching posts were on every street corner in Old Scottsdale and during a heavy monsoon, the city was literally split in two before the construction of the Scottsdale greenbelt. I was therefore always disappointed that my efforts to convince my fellow citizens of the truthfulness of my alligators in

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Synchronized skating team a �irst for Arizona BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

t’s a sport that has rarely ever been seen in Arizona, and one that has never had a team representing the Grand Canyon State. That is, until now. The Ice Denettes, a synchronized skating team made up of both boys and girls ranging from ages 5 to 18, has been practicing out of the Chandler and Scottsdale Ice Den locations for the past three years at the recreational level. They are the �irst team of this kind in Arizona. “There’s a need for this,” said Danette Trett, one of the founders of the Ice Denettes. “There’s a lot of kids that are loving skating but want to participate in a team sport. It’s very popular on the east coast but not so popular in the west. “California has a few teams, so it is starting to move this way. It’s kind of cool.” Named after the venue in which they practice, the Ice Denettes was established three years ago by Trett and Jaime Kalnicki, who both have extensive backgrounds in synchronized ice skating. Trett competed in show skating events dating back to when she was a kid. At the time, the sport was called precision skating. Kalnicki also competed. The two senior coaches recently enlisted the help of Felicity Lothrop and Jacqueline Benson. Lothrop, who moved the Valley last November, competed in synchronized skating in her home state of New York. She also competed on the national team. Benson, meanwhile, is currently a student at Arizona State University, dedicating her time to help kids learn and compete in the sport she also competes in and loves. All of the coaches together have created a family environment for the skaters, which is an aspect they realized quickly kids need and want to help lead them toward success. “Ice skating isn’t like this traditionally, it’s very individual and you usually don’t have a community,” Kalnicki said. “We’ve all �igured out recently that kids want and need that. We’ve started creating that atmosphere through parties and other activities.

Team Synergy, the Ice Denettes oldest and most competitive group, took fourth in their ﬁrst competition in Irvine, Calif. on Saturday, Nov. 9. The other three Ice Denettes groups placed in the top two of their respective divisions. (Chris Mortenson/AFN Staff)

The Ice Denettes, Arizona’s only synchronized skating team, has skaters ages 5-18 competing in four different groups at national competitions. (Chris Mortenson/AFN Staff)

“We are doing things to build the team which these kids don’t have.” The entire coaching staff has seen exponential growth in the program since last year. The Ice Denettes previously had just two teams, made up of skaters from Ahwatukee, Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Scottsdale and elsewhere in the Valley. Now, however, there are four different teams that compete. With the in�lux of skaters brought along the opportunity to make the jump to a competitive skating league. It also meant the coaches had to hold auditions for speci�ic teams in order to enter them in as a group into a category

that matched their skill level. Team Rising Stars was created for the intermediate skill level, where some of the youngest skaters participate. The Ice Denettes also have Team Unity, which is the next level up from the Rising Stars, Team Harmony and Team Synergy, which competes in the Open Juvenile Division, the most competitive of the four. On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Ice Denettes took part in the Synchronized Fall Classic in Irvine, Calif. It was their �irst-ever competition at the competitive level. But that didn’t stop them from impressing on a national stage.

Team Synergy place fourth out of 13 teams, while Team Harmony and Unity both placed second. Team Rising Stars, the youngest group, placed �irst overall. “This is a project we put together for four different teams, which we were told we probably wouldn’t be able to do, but we did it,” Kalnicki said. “Nobody does this is Arizona, so there really isn’t someone we can model after. We are the �irst and the only team. “We are kind of �iguring things out as we go.” The Ice Denettes plan to compete in another competition in San Diego, Calif. in March. Before then, however, the coaching staff is planning to put together an exhibition here in the Valley in the next couple of months. Their main goal is to continue to grow the team to add groups for competition. Auditions will be held in March, so they go into the summer months with the different groups already established for competitions in the fall. “We want to set up the program when the summer hits so when we go into the competitive season, we are ready instead of still trying to choreograph and �ind music,” Trett said. The Ice Denettes welcome all skaters to join the team, however, some skating experience is required. Each skater is responsible for paying for their own equipment, but the coaches set up fundraisers and do what they can to keep the cost down. The team generally practices once a week for 45 minutes. Before competitions, they may add another practice or two, but the goal is to allow the skaters to compete in other club or school sports as well. “We are working diligently to keep the cost down and not have it be so demanding,” Trett said. “So, the kids that are in the elite schools and other activities can still participate in this particular sport.” The coaches tend to put in several hours of work outside the 45 minutes per week at practice, but it’s something they do out of pure joy and love for the sport. From �inding costumes to music and creating the choreography, it’s a job that is necessary to help the team succeed in national competitions.

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Museum Store Day returning to Scottsdale BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

eturning for its third consecutive year this Museum Store Sunday, with more museums than ever – both nationally- and Valley-wide – taking part this year. Launched by the Museum Store Association (MSA), Museum Store Sunday is a shopping campaign encouraging consumers and museum visitors to consciously contribute to the success of each museum and cultural institution. This year, the annual event aims to educate consumers worldwide about the importance of shopping in museum stores on Dec. 1. This year's Scottsdale participants include the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), and Scottsdale’s Museum of the West (SMoW). The Shop@SMoCA and The Store @ the Center participated in Museum Store Sunday since the event began in 2017.

The Store @ the Center at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is one of many Valley-wide museum stores taking part in Museum Store Sunday on Dec. 1. (Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts/Special to the Progress)

“Museum Store Sunday is very important for our stores,” said Charlotte Quinney, assistant retail manager at the Shop@ SMoCA and the Store @ the Center. “As ac-

tive participants in the Museum Store Association, this event allows us to engage with our loyal patrons, meet and introduce ourselves to new visitors, and to support

the network of museum stores across the country. “ Quinney said both stores saw a positive turnout in the last two years. Last year, the Shop@SMoCA made nearly $700 and The Store @ the Center made nearly $1,800. In 2017, the Shop@SMoCA made just over $680 and The Store @ the Center made more than $2,220. This year, both stores offers three deals: Shoppers will receive a 20 percent discount on purchases of $50 and over; both stores are holding a drawing for a $100 Friends Level ONE Membership; and shoppers will receive free hot apple cider as well as free admission to the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. “Participating in Museum Store Sunday offers the community a chance to support their local nonprofit museum and performing arts venue,” Quinney said. Quinney added: “After shopping small and supporting community businesses on Small

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Aquarium features mermaids this weekend PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

ermaids are on the order lineup this holiday weekend at OdySea Aquarium in Scottsdale. Beginning Thursday, Thanksgiving Day, through Dec. 1, Mermaid Magic will be part of the aquarium’s Winter Waterland. To add to the festive fun, the Mermaids are joined underwater by swimming SeaTREK Santa on Black Friday, Nov. 29. “Odysea Aquarium’s mermaids are not only a tradition so many families look forward to every year, but they are also ocean advocates,” said Greg Charbeneau, OdySea general manager. “Mermaids share their magical underwater world with sea creatures so beloved to OdySea,” he added, “We are happy to partner together to share important conservation messages with our guests.” Over the Thanksgiving weekend, Mermaid Magic themed activities include

Mermaids will cast a magical spell on youngsters at the OdySea Aquarium next weekend. (Special to the Progress)

SeaTREK’s Stingray Bay Mermaids, who will be speaking and interacting with guests while in the water or while

perched on the ledge. Photo opportunities will be available. Mermaids will also swim in the water

with the sharks and stingrays, showing off their tails, blowing kisses and performing. Toni & Guy Salons & Academy will provide free mermaid hair with washable hair colors, styling with real braiding and mermaid face painting designs. Parents will enjoy taking whimsical photos of their children as they transform into mermaids and mermen at the “mermaid tail” photo station. Parents can also opt to purchase professional photos during personal “meet & greet” opportunities with a “dry-side” mermaid seated at her throne at Mermaid Magic Cove. Mermaid Magic events are free with paid general admission to OdySea Aquarium with the exception of specific Magic Memories photos available for optional purchase.

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The Store @ the Center at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts sells Frank Lloyd Wright gifts among other items, including books, jewelry and more. (Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts/Special to the Progress)

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Business Saturday, Museum Store Sunday provides the opportunity to invest in local cultural institutions and by shopping with us, the opportunity to support Scottsdale Arts’ mission to deliver high-quality arts experiences and educational programs for local residents and global visitors.” Further, the stores are a net revenuegenerator, providing financial support for Scottsdale Arts’ exhibitions, programs and initiatives, said Meribeth Reeves, managing director of Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. “The stores generated as much as $100,000 in net revenue for Scottsdale Arts in past years,” Reeves added. At the shops, customers can expect unique fine jewelry, art books, women in art and feminist-themed merchandise in support of SMoCA’s fall and upcoming spring exhibitions and more. “The Store @ the Center is curated along performing arts lines with musicthemed items, gorgeous housewares, beautiful children’s books featuring children from all backgrounds and incredible artwork. We also have a selection of apparel items for the fashionista in your house,” Reeves said. This year, SMoW is hosting a “tasting event” featuring some of Senator Barry

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OdySea Aquarium, a multi-level, stateof-the-art facility holds more than two million gallons of water, is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is the largest aquarium in Arizona. It features more than 65 exhibits, 370 species, and offers highly interactive opportunities with the world’s only Russian Sturgeon touch exhibit, two Stingray touch exhibits and a tide touch pool. OdySea is also home to Voyager, a re-

Goldwater’s favorite recipes; the special event is hosted by Goldwater’s Foods. “We are very honored to welcome Barry Goldwater’s granddaughter Carolyn Goldwater, who will be a special guest at our store on Museum Sunday,” said SMoW CEO and Director Mike Fox. SMoW participated in Museum Store Sunday the two years and approximately 5 percent of its operating budget, of $2.4 million, comes from its museum store sales. “[Museum Store Sunday] is very important as it offers greater visibility for the museum and its shop with the Museum Store Association marketing support, which on average with museums has realized a 47 percent increase in the in-store sales during MSS,” Fox said. Other promotions at SMoW this year include 50 percent off select books and merchandise and up to 20 percent off storewide items; plus, the first 15 shoppers spending $25 will receive a free gift bag, and the first 10 shoppers spending $50 get an individual SMoW membership valued at $45 or they can put the money toward upgrading their current membership. “MSS offers a special shopping experience while helping support a nonprofit organization of the community,” Fox said. “Shopping with a purpose is a draw to a younger audience to help support a nonprofit museum and this makes them feel

volving “theater” with stadium-style seating - it rotates guests through four 46-Foot-long sea-life galleries. Additional interactive activities include SeaTREK® underwater walking, a charismatic Penguin Interaction Program, Shark Behind-the-Scenes tours, walk-about Animal Ambassadors, and question-and-answer sessions with animal care specialists. It is open 365 days a year beginning at 9 a.m. Closing time varies; Information: odyseaaquarium.com.

Musical Instrument Museum Promotions: Twenty percent off most items for MIM members (online store purchases: please use offer code “MIM4725” at checkout to receive your exclusive member discount); 10 percent off most items for non-members for in-store purchases only; enter to win a Mandy Harvey Tenor Ukulele from Kala Brand Music Co. valued at $169.99; in-store ukulele jam event at 9:30 a.m. where attendees can learn the basics from skilled teacher, Jessica Bondy Where: 4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Website: mim.org

Tempe History Museum Promotions: 20 designated items at 20 percent off per item, free Hayden’s Ferry Days T-shirts while supplies last, visitors can take part in Tempe Historical Society’s Tree of Lights reception from 2-4 p.m. Where: 809 E. Southern Avenue, Tempe Hours: 1-5 p.m. Website: tempe.gov

The Frank Lloyd Wright Store at Taliesin West Promotions: None Where: 12621 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale Hours: 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Website: franklloydwright.org

Mesa Historical Museum Promotions: Museum Store Day on Nov. 29-30 instead of Dec. 1; spend $40, get free admission to museum; Where: 2345 N Horne, Mesa Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Website: mesahistoricalmuseum.com

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts & Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art Promotions: Win a $100 Friends Level ONE Membership, 20 percent discount on purchases $50 and over, free admission to SMoCA Where: 7380 E. Second Street, Scottsdale Hours: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Website: scottsdaleperformingarts.org, smoca.org

Phoenix Art Museum Promotions: 20 percent off for members (online, enter code “PAMMEMBER20” and your membership number at checkout), 10 percent off for non-members (online, enter code “HOLIDAY10” and sign up for their Museum Store newsletter), complimentary holiday treats and refreshments, raffle drawing for one $100 Museum Store gift card with purchase and Museum Store newsletter signup Where: 1625 N. Central Avenue, Phoenix Hours: 12-5 p.m. Website: phxart.org

Scottsdale’s Museum of the West Promotions: First 15 shoppers spending $25 get a free gift bag; first 10 shoppers spending $50 get an individual SMoW membership (valued at $45) or put toward upgrading their current one; storewide discounts up to 20 percent; 50 percent discount on select books and merchandise Where: 3830 N. Marshall Way, Scottsdale Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Website: scottsdalemuseumwest.org

good about their spending.” More than 1,200 museum stores representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia, 18 countries, and five continents will participate in Museum Store Sunday. Last year, more than 700 museum stores participated, in-store gross sales increased by 47 percent and net sales increased by 42 percent, web gross sales increased by 126 percent and net sales increased by 79 percent, museum visitors increased by 11 percent, museum store visitors increased by 35 percent, and museum store transactions increased by 21 percent. “When MSA launched Museum Store Sunday in 2017, we knew it was an opportunity to showcase museum stores with their unique mission-related products and meaningful experiences, but we didn’t realize its reach,” said Susan Tudor, president of the MSA Board of Directors. “With participating museums across North America,

i.d.e.a. Museum Promotions: None Where: 150 W. Pepper Place, Mesa Hours: 12-4 p.m. Website: ideamuseum.org

The Bungalow, The Rosson House Museum Store Promotions: Discounts on purchases, including tickets to Gin & Jazz, and a chance to win a prize Where: 113 N. 6th Street, Phoenix Hours: 12-4 p.m. Website: heritagesquarephx.org

Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia, we’re ecstatic to see our local, national, and international museum communities embrace this global day of museum store advocacy.” All proceeds from store purchases directly support the missions and programs of museums. “Museum stores create wonderful opportunities for visitors to interact with, and take home, unique items inspired by their museums’ missions, while also supporting the local economy,” said Laura Lott, president and CEO of American Alliance of Museums. “The Alliance is proud to be a supporter of Museum Store Sunday and hope this international day brings in new visitors who want to support museums’ vital work in an exciting way.” For more information about Museum Store Sunday, visit museumstoresunday.org.

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Parisian-style bistro to debut at Fashion Square BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

small piece of Paris will soon settle into Scottsdale by way of Zinqué, a European-inspired bistro, café and wine bar. Expected to open early December at Scottsdale Fashion Square’s luxury wing, Zinqué originated in Venice, California in 2012, and over the years expanded throughout the state, with locations now in West Hollywood, Newport Beach, Downtown Los Angeles and the Little Italy neighborhood of Downtown San Diego. Scottsdale marks Zinqué’s first location in Arizona. “We are excited to select Scottsdale as our first location outside of California and offer a day-to-night experience at our European-style eatery,” said co-founder Emmanuel Dossetti, a native of Marseille, France. Co-Founder and Emmanuel’s wife Kristin Dossetti said Macerich, a real estate investment trust that owns Scottsdale Fashion Square, approached them with the idea of expanding into the Scottsdale area. “We paid a few visits and honestly, we just fell in love with the unexpectedly vibrant food and wine culture there as well as all the really interesting and diverse folks and not to mention the great weather and beautiful athletic opportunities and all of the cultural activities that take place there,” Kristin said. Zinqué offers both European-style cuisine and a 2,930-square-foot, industrialdesigned space inspired by the South of France, Italy and Spain in which patrons can sip a cup of coffee in the early morning or a glass of rosé during happy hour. While largely inspired by Europe, the Scottsdale location will also have a few local touches. In addition to the main dining room, a wine bar and a 620-square-foot semiprivate dining and event space, Zinqué will have an elegant outdoor patio with a 30-foot-tall, 22-year-old oak tree from Valley-based Moon Valley Nursery. “Scottsdale has that indoor-outdoor lifestyle that’s really appealing to us,” Kristin said. “Obviously with such a beautiful

Zinqué is a French bistro, café, and wine bar created by acclaimed entrepreneur and restaurateur, Emmanuel Dossetti. (Zinqué/Special to the Progress)

space outdoors, we needed some kind of sun protection and rather than go for a traditional umbrella or awning, we thought, let’s look and see what there is in the local flora that might be a beautiful fit. We found that enormous, spectacular oak tree and thought, ‘This is it.’” Zinqué was born out of Emmanuel’s desire to create a space emboding the spirit, sights and tastes of not just Paris, but of several Europe locales.

“We spend a bit of time in France and I did go to university in Paris. It’s hard for me to take one particular memorable time because I’ve got so many of them. But I think it would be sort of the overall [experience] of when you can just be walking down the street in the autumnal chill in Paris, bundled up with a scarf and some boots and a hat on and you catch a little vision as you walk past a little restaurant or cafe of people, warmly lit inside with a beautiful glass

of wine and a tartine in front of them and you stop dead in your tracks and think, ‘I want to be a part of that,’” Kristin said. It’s this experience, this feeling the owners hope to recreate in all of their locations, including Scottsdale, for their guests. Kristin and Emmanuel fly overseas twice a year to visit family in France. Each time they return to the states, they are brimming with new ideas for Zinqué. “These trips are absolute gold in terms of the ideas, the food, the design, the music, the people. They’re all incredibly inspiring and we bring those directly back home and very often make additions to the menu. Our staff, they’re like, ‘Oh, they’re on holiday, wait until they come back,’” she said with a laugh. For example, when they started Zinqué, the initial concept was a simple wine bar with cheese and charcuterie and maybe a couple of tartines. “But after a few trips, we became convinced that people really, especially seasonally, wanted hot dishes. So, we brought back my mother-in-law’s recipe for soupe au pistou.” Both her mother-in-law’s recipes as well as her grandmother-in-law’s recipes are featured on Zinqué’s menu. Zinqué also overnight-ships bread from Poilâne Bakery in France three times a week. “It’s unlike any other bread,” Kristin said. “We were very inspired by a trip to a wine bar we made where they had this very bread, and we began carrying it.” In addition to fresh bread, Zinqué also ships in craft coffee from La Colombe, world-renowned coffee roasters. Zinqué serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner and late-night gatherings. On the menu, guests can choose from salads, sandwiches, bowls, steak, steak or moules frites, quiches, charcuterie and cheese plates, flatbreads and larger plates. Zinqué most popular dish “by far,” according to Kristin, is Le Bowl, a $15 brown rice, avocado, arugula, comte, cilantro, and Sriracha bowl can be substituted with cauliflower rice and topped with chicken or frittata.

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These side dishes will make a big hit on Turkey Day

ave you decided on your side dishes for Thanksgiving yet? Here are three very simple and delicious ideas for last-minute sides! The yam-and-apple bake, bacon-wrapped as-

paragus bundles and the cranberry cream cheese pockets are colorful, ﬂavorful and easy as 1,2,3! Enjoy your feast and Happy Thanksgiving to you!

Yam-apple bake (serves 8-10) Ingredients: 4 large yams or sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 4 large crisp apples, cored, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes 4 tablespoons butter 3 tablespoons brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup pecans, chopped

Drain and set aside. Bend the asparagus until they snap. Discard the stem portion of the asparagus. With a potato peeler, trim the bottom part of the asparagus. Rap two pieces of bacon around four large or 6 small asparagus. Place all four bundles in a baking sheet. Drizzle olive oil over asparagus and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake for 15 minutes or until bacon is crisp and asparagus are tender. Remove from oven and place on a serving platter. Chop hard-boiled eggs. Sprinkle over asparagus bundles. Finish off with a sprinkling of French’s fried onions.

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Spread the yams or sweet potatoes and apples in the casserole dish. In a small saucepan, melt the butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt, cooking and stirring until sugar has dissolved. Pour over yams and apples. Sprinkle pecans over top. Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour. When yams are soft, uncover and cook for another 10 minutes. Bacon-wrapped asparagus bundles (Serves 4) Ingredients: 16 large or 24 small asparagus 8 pieces of bacon Olive oil for drizzling 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon pepper 3 hard-boiled eggs French’s fried onions Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pre-cook the bacon until it is halfway done.

Cranberry cream cheese pockets Ingredients: 2 containers Pillsbury Crescent Rolls 1 cup cranberry sauce (with berries) 1 package cream cheese 1/2 cup chopped pecans Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a mini muffin tin. Roll out a container of cinnamon rolls on a floured surface. Gently pinch together the seams to create one large sheet. Cut into approximately 2-inch squares or large enough to fit a mini muffin tin Press the squares into the tins. Place a 1 inch square of cream cheese into the crescent pockets. Top with 1 heaping teaspoon of the cranberry sauce. Sprinkle pecans into each pocket. Bake for 15 minutes or until pockets are golden brown. Serve immediately. Watch my video: jandatri.com/jans-recipe/ one-minute-kitchen.

Zinqué’s most popular dish is Le Bowl, made of brown rice, avocado, tomato, arugula, comte cheese, cilantro and Sriracha. (Zinqué/Special to the Progress)

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Other protein toppings include ahi tuna, smoked salmon, shrimp, grilled salmon, prosciutto and ratatouille. “I personally like it with egg white frittata and ratatouille, which, the ratatouille is my mother-in-law’s recipe,” Kristin said. “We’ve been known to sell 200 a day of these.” In addition to aperitifs and cocktails, like Aperol spritz, Lillet blanc and sangria, Zinqué emphasizes organic and sustainable wines. “Many French wines just by virtue of the AOC [Appellation d’Origine Controlée] system have to be sustainable and/or organic just to follow the rules of where they’re cultivated. So, with our passion for French wine, it’s just a very – pun intended – natural extension of the fact that we carry French wine and we do have a lot of sustainable and organic wines,” Kristin said. Kristin recommends ordering the Cha-

teau Minuty rosé, priced at $17 per glass or $68 per bottle at Zinqué. “We were married in those vineyards,” Kristin said. “We started carrying it because we have this nostalgic connection to it and really just loved it above all others, and now it is extremely popular.” Zinqué was one of the first restaurants in North American to begin selling it, and they are now the No. 1 seller of Minuty, according to Kristin. “We started carrying it before rosé was cool, if you will,” she said.

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If You Go: Zinqué Where: 4712 N. Goldwater Blvd. When: Opens early December Hours: Sunday through Thursday 7 a.m.-12 a.m., Friday and Saturday 7 a.m.-2 a.m. Website: lezinque.com

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NOTICE OF PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on December 11, 2019, 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: 8-UP-2014#2 (Verizon PHO Dynamic) Request by owner for a renewal of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing Type 4, Alternative Concealment, Wireless Communication Facility (WCF) located on a 55 foot tall artificial palm tree, with associated ground-mounted equipment located at 1525 N. Hayden Road with Industrial Park (I-1) zoning. Staff contact person is Keith Niederer, 480-312-2953. Applicant contact person is Reg Destree, 602-349-6930. 10-UP-2014#2 (Verizon PHO Macjack Conditional Use Permit Renewal) Request by owner for renewal of a Conditional Use Permit for an existing Type 4, Alternative Concealment, Wireless Communication Facility (WCF) located on a 65 foot tall artificial palm tree, with associated ground-mounted equipment located at the southern end of Indian School Park at 4251 N. Hayden Road with Open Space (O-S) zoning. Staff contact person is Keith Niederer, 480-312-2953. Applicant contact person is Reg Destree, 602-349-6930. 2-AB-2019 (Paseo at Pinnacle Peak Abandonment) Request by owner to abandon +/-2,000 sq. ft. of public right-of-way located along the southeastern corner of parcel 212-04-641, with Single-family Residential, Planned Residential Development, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-10 PRD ESL) zoning located at 7676 E. Pinnacle Peak Road. Staff contact person is Jesus Murillo, 480-312-7849. Applicant contact person is Chris Clonts, 480-273-3232. 6-AB-2019 (Phoenix Herpetological Sanctuary) Request by owner to abandon 5 feet of fee-simple right-of-way and 8 feet of GLOPE located along N. 78th Street (along the western boundary of parcel 212-21-020A), 5 feet of fee-simple right-of-way and 13 feet of GLOPE located along E. Antioch Way (along the southern boundary of parcel 212-21-020A), on a +/- 2.5 -acre site with Single-family Residential, Environmentally Sensitive Land, Foothills Overlay (R1-70 ESL FO) zoning, located at 28011 N. 78th Street. Staff contact person is Jesus Murillo, 480-312-7849. Applicant contact person is Kurt Jones, 602-452-2729. 3-TA-2019 (Landscaping Text Amendment) Request by City of Scottsdale to amend the City of Scottsdale Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 455), for the purpose of amending Section Article X (Landscaping Requirements), and Section 5.1604.D.1.d of the General Commercial (C-4) District, to revise restrictions on synthetic landscape materials (artificial turf), address redundancies, eliminate obsolete regulations and text, and a adjust formatting for ease of use. Applicant/Staff contact person is Greg Bloemberg, 480-312-4306. 21-ZN-2016#2 (Scottsdale Residences) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Downtown/Downtown Multiple Use – Type 2 Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-2 DO) zoning to Downtown/ Downtown Multiple Use - Type 2 Planned Block Development Downtown Overlay (D/DMU2-PBD DO), and amending the development plan in case (21-ZN-2016) proposing an increase in dwelling units on the site from 53 to approximately 130 and Amending Development Standards, on a +/-2.60-acre site located at the southeast corner of North 69th Street and East Main Street, and approximately 95 feet east of the northeast corner North 69th Street and East 1st Street (6903, 6909, 6915, and 6939 E. Main Street and 6914, 6920, and 6930 E. 1st Street). Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is John Berry, 480-385-2727. 6-ZN-2019 (Fiesta Ranch) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Single-family Residential, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-70 ESL) and Single-family Residential, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-190 ESL) to Planned Community district, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (PCD ESL) zoning with comparable zoning of Single Family Residential (R1-43 and R1-18) and Open Space (OS) districts on a +/- 273 -acre site located on the south side of E. Rio Verde Drive, east of N. 136th Street (includes parcels 219-39-010G, 219-39-010M, 219-39-010N, 219-39-010P). Property is subject to Development Agreement 2004-033-COS (recordation number 20040442075). Staff contact person is Doris McClay, 480-312-4214. Applicant contact person is John Berry, 480-385-2727. 9-ZN-2019 (2nd Street and Bishop) Request approval of a Zoning District Map Amendment from Highway Commercial Downtown Overlay (C-3 DO) to Downtown/ Downtown Multiple Use Type-3 Planned Block Development Downtown Overlay (D/DMU-3 PBD DO) and approval of a Development Plan with Development Standards to allow for the development of an 8-story residential development with approximately 199 units on a +/- 1.54 gross acre site, located at 7125 E. 2nd St., and 3702, 3638 & 3632 N. Bishop Lane. Staff contact person is Bryan Cluff, 480-312-2258. Applicant contact person is George Pasquel III, (602) 230-0600. 8-ZN-2019 (Senior Living at McDowell Mountain Ranch) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Single-family Residential, Planned Community District, Environmentally Sensitive Lands (R1-35 PCD ESL) to Commercial Office, Planned Community District (C-O PCD) and Development Plan amendment on a +/-5-acre site located at 9875 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Rd (217-14-037A and 217-14-038A). Staff contact person is Doris McClay, 480-312-4214. Applicant contact person is Michael Leary, 480-991-1111. 5-AB-2019 (Senior Living at McDowell Mountain Ranch) Request to abandon the thirty-three (33) foot General Land Office Patent Easement (GLOPE) on the east side of parcel 217-14-037A, the thirty-three (33) foot General Land Office Patent Easement on the west side, the thirty-three (33) foot General Land Office Patent Easement on the south side and the thirteen (13) feet of the thirty-three (33) foot General Land Office Patent Easement on the east side, located on parcel 217-14-038A located at 9875 & 9909 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road. Staff contact person is Doris McClay, 480-312-4214. Applicant contact person is Michael Leary, 480-991-1111. A case file on the subject properties is on file at 7447 E. Indian School Road, Suite 105, where it may be viewed by any interested person. 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 City Hall, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard Online at: http://www.ScottsdaleAZ.gov/Boards/planning-commission ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND. ALL NON-REMOTE SITE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SCOTTSDALE CITY HALL, 3939 N. DRINKWATER BOULEVARD, SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. CHAIRMAN Attest Lorraine Castro Planning Specialist For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov

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PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7767). 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 (480-312-7767). Published: Scottsdale Progress, Nov. 24, 2019 / 25971

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