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Cristi Savieo is on a mission to help pups and lower shelter kill rates.
fresh 8 BETWEEN NEIGHBORS
food 20 PERSPECTIVE
Common mistakes made in and around courtrooms
home 24 CRAFTS
Take on these March art projects
Publishers’ note
12 MOMENTS
26 ENTERTAINING
How to throw a fabulous birthday party
Fun things to do in March
14 WEATHER
30 PETS
Keep your pets away from these toxins
Welcome to the sweet spot
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32 FAMILY
Love: a noun or a verb?
The novel New York
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Boost your small-business brand
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Back to the yard
37 HOME COOKING
Farmers’ market creations
better 39 HAIR
Boxed color
40 BEAUTY
Looks of the season
42 BODY
The ultimate park workout
44 NUTRITION
A numbers game
45 SUDOKU
An original Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan puzzle
46 CROSSWORD
An original Myles Mellor crossword
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Caring for you Around the block. Around the clock. Your trusted local health care provider in the North Valley is quickly gaining accolades from your neighbors. But did you know John C. Lincoln Sonoran Health and Emergency Center is also the industry leader in medical imaging and low-dose 3D mammography, with no appointment necessary for most services? Find out what your neighbors are talking about at JCL.com/sonoran.
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THINGS TO DO… MARCH
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Events calendar compiled by Macaroni Kid North Phoenix. Macaroni Kid is an online resource highlighting kids’ events and family-friendly activities in the North Phoenix area. Check them out at nphoenix.macaronikid.com.
Don’t miss the 27th annual Arizona Renaissance Festival! Complete with action, adventure, food, shops, entertainment, and more, this annual event is full of whimsical and delightful surprises! 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sat. and Sun. through March 29. 12601 E. Highway 60, Gold Canyon. royalfaires.com
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Stop by the Anthem Farmers’ Market for organic and seasonal crops, plants, seeds, compost, and worm castings. Also available are grass-fed beef, pork, lamb, and fresh local eggs, cheeses, and butters. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Anthem Community Park, 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy., Anthem. arizonafarmersmarkets.com
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Check out Kids Play at Outlets at Anthem. This program is designed for toddlers to preschoolers and their parents. Activities include singing and dancing with a costumed character. A special snack is served. Parent participation is required. The first Wednesday of every month from 10 to 11 a.m. Outlets at Anthem, 4250 W. Anthem Way, Suite 420, Phoenix. outletsanthem.com/events
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Baby’s Night Out at UltraStar Cinemas is a unique opportunity for new moms and dads to get out and see a movie that they want to see—one that’s not an animated or a children’s film— without having to leave their baby at home or worry about their little one disturbing other guests. 7 p.m. $5.50 and up. Ultra Star Cinemas at Scottsdale Pavilions, 9090 E. Indian Bend Rd., Scottsdale. ultrastarmovies.com/parent_movie_morning.asp
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Marvel fans, assemble! Marvel Universe LIVE! is taking the live entertainment experience to a whole new groundbreaking level with a mind-blowing stunt show unlike anything experienced before! Watch your favorite Marvel Super Heroes, including SpiderMan and The Avengers (Iron Man, Black Widow, Hulk and more), and menacing villains come to life in an action-packed arena extravaganza. 7 p.m. US Airways Center, 201 E. Jefferson St., Phoenix. marveluniverselive.com
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Enjoy local farm produce that includes fresh vegetables and fruit, baked goods, honey, jams and jellies, and nursery stock at the Tatum Ranch Farmers’ Market. This location also accepts WIC, EBT/SNAP, and AZFMNP vouchers. Easy credit card shopping is also available at this market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Shops at Dynamite Creek, 28230 N. Tatum Blvd., Cave Creek. arizonafarmersmarkets.com
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Corner at the Creek presents The Cave Creek Farmers’ Market & Food Truck Festival. Every Thursday from 4:30 to 9 p.m., enjoy Arizona’s freshest locally grown produce, scratchprepared foods, local artistry work, and sunset dinners with Arizona’s finest food trucks. 6424 N. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek. corneratthecreek.com/farmers-market.html
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Starlight Community Theater presents The Curious Savage, directed by Barbara L. Surloff. This is a feel-good play filled with heart through its contrast of avarice with generosity. Starlight Community Theater, 1611 W. Whispering Wind Dr., #160, Phoenix. starlightcommunitytheater.com
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Families can grab a bite or a drink and sit back and relax while enjoying family-friendly live music at Live Music Fridays at Westgate. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Free. Westgate Entertainment District Fountain Park, 6770 N Sunrise Blvd., Glendale. westgateaz.com/events/full-calendar
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The Paradise Valley Mall Kids Club has teamed up with National Geographic Kids to create activities and games that focus on discovery through play. Free. The first Friday of every month from 11 a.m. to noon. Paradise Valley Mall, 4568 E. Cactus Rd., Phoenix. theparadisevalleymall.com/events
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Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s Birthday with a Green Eggs and Ham-inspired breakfast. The Cat in the Hat will be there for story time and photo opportuities. Create crafts, get your face painted, and join in the fun and games. Breakfast includes green eggs, ham, hash browns, and your choice of Sunny D or milk. Outlets at Anthem, 4250 W. Anthem Way, Suite 420, Phoenix. outletsanthem.com/events
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Bring the family out for a fun event-filled day at the Macaroni Kid Spring Fest. Browse over 30 vendors and enjoy dance, gymnastics and cheer performances, jumpy house, game truck, pet adoptions, and more! 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Free. Outlets at Anthem, 4250 W. Anthem Way, Suite 420, Phoenix. phoenix.macaronikid.com
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Visit the Out West Balloon Fest for a weekend filled with much more than hot air! The festivities kick off with a Friday night balloon glow featuring balloons in every shape to please all members of the family—bumblebees, butterflies, and even Smokey the Bear! Come see these gentle giants as they light up the night sky. Enjoy tethered balloon rides, and your appetite! You’ll find dozens of food vendors as well as novelty sellers, hours of live music, wine and craft-beer tastings, and opportunities to mingle with the balloon pilots. For the kids, there’s a special area with a slew of inflatable attractions, a climbing wall, and much more. Check the website for each day’s hours. University of Phoenix Stadium, 1 Cardinals Dr., Glendale. outwestballoonfest.com
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The annual two-day Anthem Days festival features a business expo, craft vendors, live musical entertainment, a salsa contest, a beer garden, kids’ court, and more! 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Anthem Community Park, 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy., Anthem. onlineatanthem.com/anthem-days
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Welcome to the Sweet Spot Not too hot, not too cold. Shelley Sakala waxes poetic about the Valley’s March weather. IN PHOENIX, March is considered to be the pinnacle of beautiful weather. With an average high temperature of 77, we can’t get out of those bulky sweaters fast enough. Total Goldilocks weather—not too hot, not too cold. Just right. Our winter visitors are downright giddy. Restaurants are reopening their patio dining. Golfers are applying for second mortgages to cover the cost of high-season greens fees. And let’s not forget the return of springtraining baseball. If you live for being outside, this is your month. But for all the springtime goodness that March brings, it’s important to ease into the season. Your body’s not used to being outside, so here are some important tips and tricks for mastering the spring:
Hiking Saturday night was epic. Dinner with friends turned into a big
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night on the town. You ended up staying out approximately two (insert favorite flavor)-tinis longer than you had planned. And somewhere along the way, you agreed to meet for a hike the next morning. It might be too late to back out, but you can still survive this if you are properly prepared. First things first: Rehydrate. You’re already low on fluids from the night before, so start your morning with a big glass of H20, followed by another glass of H20. It’s a game-changing move that just might make the difference between conquering Everest and getting left at base camp.
Dress for the outdoors You wake up, check your iPhone weather, and see nothing but happy little yellow suns and a high of 76. Don’t be fooled. The temperatures will fluctuate throughout the day. As soon as Mr.
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Boost Your Small-Business Brand Try these five effective resources that will energize your brand. By Adam Toren
THEY SAY that nothing in life comes for free, but that’s not always necessarily so in today’s world. While resources may require your human capital input to make them into a success, you have access to many free resources online and offline that can really help boost your small-business brand. You might be tempted to
think that anything that’s free couldn’t possibly help your business, but the groups and sites on this list can help you. There are lots of ways to grow your business through local grassroots actions on your or your staff ’s part, and these resources will contribute to your success over time if you stay consistent at participating.
1. Your Local SBA
2. Social-Share Media
Did you know that your local small-business association (sba.gov) offers some amazing content and courses that are often free of charge? The small-business association is there to help you succeed. They offer tons of content at no charge on their website and through their mailing lists that can provide you with great advice and help with the running of various aspects of your business. Most small-business association chapters also offer free classes, courses, and workshops. While some do have a fee, there’s usually a great mix of free and paid courses, and many are even available as webinars online so you can learn and attend without a commute. Alternatively, you can contact your local SBA to see if you or someone from your business might be a great resource as a workshop teacher. They’re usually unpaid, but you might meet others relevant to your business, find new clients through teaching and presenting, and at the same time contribute to community and individual success.
If you’re looking for a better way to get information about your brand out to the world without using a PR company, check out the content-writing site medium.com. This medium is a social-share site and so allows individuals to write and post stories for free. Membership requires only that you sign up for a free account; this way, other Medium members can follow and recommend your stories. If you consistently post great content, including stories and thought-leadership pieces on this site, it can really help to build narrative and trust with your business’s brand. It’s a great way to spread the word about what you do.
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Don’ t tell this to the judge
“Don’t Do That!” Judge Gerald A. Williams on common mistakes made in and around courtrooms. LEGAL ADVICE, like medical advice, is often preventive. Frequently, the best recommendation is some variation of “Don’t do that!” Obviously, knowingly breaking the law is a bad idea; but most people are law abiding. I’m more concerned about people who think they know the law when they don’t.
First mistake: Not showing up. Bad things almost always will happen if you ignore or miss your court date. The most common excuses are “I forgot” or “I inputted the wrong date into my phone.” If you fail to respond to a lawsuit, the court will likely enter a default judgment against you. If you fail to appear or to respond to a civil traffic violation, your driver’s license will likely be suspended. If you miss your court date while you are pending a criminal charge, a judge will likely sign a warrant for your arrest. Each of these problems is preventable if you simply show up. In eviction cases, tenants make many seemingly innocent mistakes that literally cut off their legal rights. It is often frustrating for judges when tenants, who otherwise would have had at least a good argument against their landlord, fail to follow the law and then lose their case unnecessarily.
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It will not help your case if you say something like “The courtroom is empty—you must not be very busy today.” If you make such a statement when you are coming in five years late for your arraignment and the judge is seeing you during his lunch break, there is at least a chance you will get to see what suppressed anger looks like. Contrary to popular belief, most of a judge’s workload is not completed in a courtroom. Instead, it’s in the myriad motions, pleadings, and orders that come at us each day. Many justices of the peace in Maricopa County literally review, rule on, and sign their name to documents, albeit electronically now, between 100 to 250 times per day. The bottom line is that you should think about and try to plan what you are going to say in a courtroom before you speak. In the 20th verse of the 29th chapter in the book of Proverbs, it is written, “Do you see a man hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.” That is good advice in a courtroom and in life.
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85085 RESIDENT CRISTI SAVIEO IS ON A MISSION TO SAVE PUPS AND LOWER SHELTER KILL RATES By Tisha Morgan
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ETHYLENE GLYCOL is the main ingredient in engine coolant or antifreeze. As little as one teaspoon can be fatal to a cat and only in somewhat larger amounts to a dog. Symptoms are drunk-like behavior, vomiting, and rapid breathing. BONE AND BLOOD MEAL are often used as soil amendments. Many pets are attracted to the aroma, and if they are allowed to consume substantial amounts, a “ball” of bone or blood meal may form in their stomachs, causing an obstruction. FIRE-STARTER LOGS, if consumed, will often cause a foreign object gastrointestinal obstruction that requires surgery to remedy.
CORROSIVE CLEANING PRODUCTS, such as toilet bowl cleaners, etching compounds, pool sanitizers, dishwashing detergents, drain openers, and radiator cleaners can all cause painful burns to the esophagus and upper digestive tract. Do not induce vomiting if your pet ingests any of these substances, as throat or lung damage can result. Call the vet immediately. HYDROCARBONS such as kerosene, engine oil, tiki torch fuels, gasoline, diesel fuel, paint solvents, wood-staining compounds, lighter fluid, wood strippers, etc., are very irritating to the gastrointestinal tract. Again, do not induce vomiting. BATTERIES are often swallowed by dogs when they
chew up the TV remote control. They can cause rapid and severe ulceration and heavy metal poisoning. HOUSEHOLD PLANTS comprise a large and diverse category. It’s beyond the scope of this article to discuss the many individual plants. Among the more common seriously toxic plants are various lilies and the sago palm, which is a common outdoor ornament. FOOD such as raisins, grapes, chocolate, and onions can be toxic if sufficient ingestion occurs. TEFLON-COATED AND OTHER NONSTICK PANS, when overheated, give off an odorless, invisible gas that is rapidly fatal to pet birds.
SUGAR-FREE GUM containing the artificial sweetener Xylitol will cause kidney failure if sufficient amounts are ingested. MEDICATIONS such as antidepressants sleep aids, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, naproxen, and Celebrex), amphetamines for ADHD and weight loss, and topical anticancer medications are toxic to various degrees. If you suspect your pet may have been exposed to any of these toxins, proceed as quickly as possible with your pet to your local or emergency veterinarian for assessment and treatment. Bring the substance’s container or package with you.
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Spring Trends Local beauty expert Jacqueline Starr-Hubert on looks of the season.
IT’S TRULY AMAZING how a great outfit can put an extra skip in our step. It certainly doesn’t replace anything, but it sure does help. Let me give you a heads-up with a cheat sheet of the trends that made their way onto the major runways of the fashion world. Whether you’re looking for bold ideas for your working wardrobe or desperately seeking ways to fine-tune your party girl look, here’s everything you need to know about what’s trending in the upcoming season.
Midriff-Baring Evening Fringe
Flower Power
Who needs a gown? A crop top and ladylike skirt will do the trick. A pop of skin certainly creates a little fun! The subtlest flash of flesh can turn a tried-and-true evening option into something decidedly modern. Jennifer Lopez recently wore a great example of this to the Netflix Golden Globe Party 2015. For those who may not consider this option, remember that the same look can be achieved with the magic of lace mesh. Keep your makeup look consistent with a “less is better” look by keeping it in nude tones.
Never has the concept of floral felt bolder. Whether big and beautiful or minute and abstract, flower power is intensely feminine and is here to stay this season. Be sure to continue the splash of color when selecting your shoes. Accessories need to stay simple so as not to compete with the beautiful print of the outfit.
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A little shimmy, a little shake! This spring, it’s all about movement—start with the runways’ ubiquitous flapping, swinging fringe. Fringe will be showing up on everything—jackets, shirts, skirts, pants, and accessories. My suggestion for your makeup look would be keep it fun. Include an element like long lashes, a pop of color as eyeliner, or the classic red lip—just don’t wear them all at once!
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