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empe Union and Phoenix Union school officials last week said they were making possible as much as 12,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for workers – from teachers to bus drivers – in any public, charter or private school within Tempe Union’s boundaries, including Ahwatukee. But despite the infusion of those doses last Friday and Saturday – well below the total number of school employees – neither Kyrene nor Tempe Union appear to be near a time when students can return to their classrooms. Vaccinations under the deal brokered by Tempe Union officials with Phoenix Union were to have been available last Friday and Saturday, though teachers also can go to the distribution sites run by the county that are independent of the deal brokered between the two districts. Unlike Mesa Public Schools, which got 4,000 doses for its nearly 10,000 employees and

While schools in Ahwatukee are closed, high school gyms are open for basketball, but under requirements that drastically limit fans in the bleachers -- everyone, including players, are required to wear masks. For the story, see page 39. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer) started administering them at its high schools last week, Tempe Union area workers taking advantage of the Phoenix Union program had to travel to one of four sites in Phoenix.

The doses originally were to be available only for Phoenix Union personnel and a Tempe

ages and other costly emergency protective measures taken during the Black Lives Matter protests in Downtown Phoenix between May 28 and June 11. An assessment the Arizona Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management determined that Phoenix spent about $6.9 million in additional labor, materials and in repairing damages to city buildings and vehicles. Gov. Doug Ducey issued a statewide Declaration of Emergency on May 31 in response to the protests that enabled cities to recoup damages spent on riots.

But because most of the reimbursement – over $5 million – was earmarked for police overtime, some citizens and Councilman Carlos Garcia objected to accepting it. Some citizens who even used the discussion before the vote to demand Phoenix “defund” the department, calling police racists and other epithets. Garcia also objected to the use of the word “riot” in the Council resolution even though it was quoting from the governor’s executive or-

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he item on the Jan. 20 Phoenix City Council agenda didn’t appear to be controversial but advocates of the “Defund the Police” movement had other plans. In an 8-1 vote, Council members voted to authorize the city manager to apply for a grant with the Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs to reimburse public service departments — such as the police and fire departments — for $5.3 million in dam-

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State getting fewer doses than needed BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

rizona is getting only about a third of the doses of COVID-19 needed to keep pace with demand, the state’s top health official said Friday. Dr. Cara Christ said the state is in line to get another approximately 169,000 doses this week, about half in the Pfizer vaccine and half the Moderna formula. But what’s really needed – and what Christ said she has asked for from federal officials – is another 300,000 on top of that, not just for next week but for weeks and weeks beyond that. And it is that issue of supply that is resulting in many people having trouble getting an appointment. “The biggest hurdle is the amount of vaccine that is coming into the state,’’ she said. “We knew that it was going to be limited quantities at first and that demand would exceed quantities,’’ Christ explained. But she said there is the capacity to do more. For example, Christ said the 24/7 vaccination site at State Farm Stadium in

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Union spokeswoman said she didn’t know if the full supply of expected 12,000 doses were going to be available. “It makes great sense for us to partner with our friends at Phoenix Union,” said Tempe Union Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil. “Being part of the PXU PODs (points of distribution) means that our employees and other educators in the Tempe community will receive their first vaccine dose even quicker than we anticipated. We are extremely grateful they extended the offer to our city. This will bring peace of mind not only to our employee base, but also to our families and community at large.” Phoenix Union Superintendent Dr. Chad Gestson said, “By expanding access to the vaccine to include all education employees in the PXU and TUHSD boundaries, we will expedite the safe return to full‐time inperson instruction for all students. PXU remains committed to returning only when

for storage at 94 degrees below zero.’’ “It’s only good for six hours after you reconstitute it, making it so you can inject it into somebody’s arm,’’ she said. That makes it useful only at places that have mass vaccination sites. By contrast, she said, local health departments prefer the Moderna vaccine “which just requires a regular freezer, does not require quite as much storage or temperature requirement.’’ This chart shows the ebb and flow in the number of COVID-19 deaths in Arizona since the pandemic began 10 “Moderna is not being months ago. (Arizona Department of Health Services) used at State Farm Stadium,’’ Christ said. If people are having Glendale is currently giving out 6,000 weekly allocation based on the number of people in the group currently eligible problems getting inoculated in their doses a day. “We do have a capacity to vaccinate to get vaccinated, a classification set up own communities, the health director 12,000 to 16,000 people a day there,’’ by occupation, health conditions and said there are no legal geographic constraints. She said Arizonans are free to she said. And the newly opening mass age. She said all Pfizer vaccine doses were make appointments for vaccinations at vaccination site at Phoenix Municipal Stadium has the same ultimate capacity going largely to Maricopa and Pima the Maricopa County sites. counties “because Pfizer vaccine is very, if there was vaccine available. Christ said each county is getting its very finicky, including a requirement see VIRUS page 6 it is safe, reasonable and responsible to do so, and this is an exciting first step in that process.” Tempe Union spokeswoman Megan Sterling said the district would survey employees to see how many were inoculated while Kyrene issued a statement indicating its teachers and staff have been lining up at other vaccine distribution centers. “Hundreds of Kyrene teachers and staff have now received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, to protect themselves and your children,” it told parents. “Kyrene School District is optimistic about the impact vaccinations will have on employee health, staffing levels and overall community spread in the coming weeks.” But Kyrene also called attention to the high readings of virus spread within district boundaries and those metrics were far higher than they were when both Ahwatukee public school districts switched to all-virtual learning right after Thanksgiving. Data released by the county last Thurs-

day showed a slight downward trend in one or two of the three measures for virus spread in both districts, but they were still well above the threshold for moderate levels of COVID-19. Among Ahwatukee’s three ZIP codes, a similar pattern was reported, though there was virtually no change in 85248, where cases per 100,000 people were at 696, positive new test results at 19.5 percent and percentage of hospital visits with COVID-like symptoms was at 13.7 percent. Kyrene reported that among its 18,000 students and employees combined, there were five students with active virus infections and 14 among staff, prompting the district to tell parents “students learning online will continue to do so at this time.” Tempe Union reported that of its total 14,569 students and staff, 24 students and 10 employees had active infections. Tempe Union students have not had a chance to be in classrooms five days a week since March.

Sterling said the Phoenix-Tempe Union appointments were offered on Albertson’s online platform, apparently eliminating the frustration encountered by vaccineeligible people who don’t work for a school district and have tried in vain to make and appointment for a shot. Sterling also said she hoped that a distribution point closer to Ahwatukee for school employees could be arranged, although it was unclear if any doses are even left. “If there is a still a need remaining in our area, we would reassess and work with the county to set something up,” she said. Mesa’s distribution began a day after it opened most of its schools for five-day in-classroom learning. It kept online-only learning in place for four of 52 elementary schools and two of its 10 junior highs. Of six high schools, students at four could only be on campus two days a week – as Tempe Union offered for six weeks in the fall before returning to all-virtual. 

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The effort to get more vaccine into more arms comes as the number of deaths in Arizona from COVID-19 has now topped 12,000. “Our cases are still currently elevated,’’ she said. It took just eight days to go from 9,000 deaths on Jan. 1 to 10,000. Then it took another seven days to hit 11,000 and seven to get to the current peak. Christ also acknowledged comments from Dr. Joshua LaBaer, executive director of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, who said COVID-19 could surpass cancer and heart disease as the leading cause of death over a 12-month timeframe. She said that trend was part of the reason she decided earlier this month to move those 65 and older into a higher priority category for getting vaccinated. Prior to that those who were not in high-priority categories, like health care workers and teachers, had to be 75 to get ahead in the line. “We know that a majority of the deaths and hospitalizations for COVID

are occurring in those who are 65 and older,’’ Christ said. The health director did say she sees some daylight. “We are starting to hit a plateau,’’ she said, as the number of new infections following Christmas and New Year’s appear to be diminishing. Christ said the demand for hospital beds also appears to be easing. To date, nearly 316,000 Arizonans have gotten the first dose. Another more than 58,000 have received both the first and the necessary second shot. And Christ acknowledged that many people who have received that first inoculation are having trouble booking that second appointment. A single dose provides only limited protection. But Christ said that a delay in the follow up won’t cause problems. “You do not need to receive that second dose on Day 21,’’ she said, the minimum interval recommended between doses. “There is no maximum interval,’’ Christ continued. “And so if you get vaccinated with your second dose on Day 24, Day 25, Day 235, that is still consid-

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Ahwatukee Councilman Sal DiCiccio was infuriated by speakers who called for “defunding police.” (AFN file photo) umbrage at the callers’ demands to “defund” the Police Department. “I think it’s very important we reimburse the taxpayers from what has been spent out of their budget,” Vice Mayor Thelda Williams said. Councilmember Sal Diciccio of Ahwatukee called the speakers “whack-jobs” while some callers accused him of being a “white supremacist” and a “bigot.”

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“They’re insane and I don’t even understand where these people come up with this stuff – it’s like, insane,” Diciccio said. “These people don’t exist in the real world and they must live in a world that other people don’t see.” Many opponents of the measure identified themselves as white people “who benefit from white supremacy” and said they were standing in solidarity with the Black community by speaking out against police funding. “You’re considering allocating more funding to [Phoenix PD] to pay to reimburse them for overtime? No, thank you,” said Katelain Saunders, a justice studies graduate student and researcher at ASU. “While the people of Phoenix were suffering from PTSD, physical harm, fear from police violence and outrageous charges. So we’re here echoing Black leadership’s demands to vote ‘no’ on this harmful measure and to defund the violent Police Department, now.” DiCiccio said the vote put Phoenix at a “crossroads” between “defund the police” advocates and citizens who support cops. “We’re going to have to make a choice today on this vote,” DiCiccio said. “We’re either going to support these whack-jobs

that came in here, these racist whack-jobs, or we’re going to support our men and women in blue, that have done nothing but protect us and do everything right.” Garcia, echoed the activists’ sentiments and cast the sole vote against the measure. “I do want to reiterate that the Police Department overreacted in the manner in which the police conducted itself and handled the demonstrations,” Garcia said. “This overreaction led to massive unnecessary arrest, and I believe wasteful government spending.” Hundreds of people were arrested during the nightly demonstrations on charges of “rioting, unlawful assembly, curfew violations or disorderly conduct.” Protestors not only said they were demanding justice for Floyd by also for Ahwatukee resident Ryan Whitaker, who was shot in the back in the doorway of his Ahwatukee condo last May. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Department said an internal investigation into Phoenix Officer Jeff Cooke, who shot Whitaker three times, twice in the back, is currently in a “non-enforcement position.” Officer John Ferragamo — the other officer on site — has returned to his normal position, according to the Sheriff’s Office. 

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ot a bit of a lead foot while behind the wheel? But short of cash? State lawmakers are moving to let motorists work off their traffic fines. HB 2110 would allow – but not require – a judge to convert a fine into community service. And it would translate into $12 for every hour worked. Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, said he doesn’t envision this being an option for everyone. “Not may people will be taking advantage of this,’’ he told colleagues on the House Transportation Committee last week. “If you think about it, do you really want to waste time doing community service? Probably not.’’ He said many motorists will choose to go to traffic school where a four-hour class can wipe a citation off the record. And for others, Biasiucci said, it might be easier to simply “pay the ticket and get done with it.’’

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bus, let alone their own automobile, was a long and frustrating chore. But the fact that Waymo hasn’t expanded its service area doesn’t mean it has been idling. Indeed, Zink laid out an impressive list of advancements that Waymo has made since it opened its area headquarters in Chandler almost five years ago. With the vehicles themselves, Waymo is now entering the fifth generation and working on technologies like advanced cruise control, “lane departure assist,” electric-powered and hybrid models and enhancements to the monitor passengers view as their vehicle takes them around. “No one needs to sit at the front seat or behind the wheel and an empty car can pick you up and take you where you need to go while you sit in the back seat – that’s truly autonomous and that’s what we’re pursuing at Waymo,” she said. “Our mission is to make it safe and easy for people and things to get where they’re going,” she said, noting one million people annually lose their lives and 15 million are inured in traffic accidents around the world. “We believe that fully autonomous tech-

“But for the people that really need it, which is a small group, they’re going to take advantage,’’ he said. Biasiucci said there are people who can’t afford the ticket and the various surcharges that can nearly double the fine and end up having their licenses suspended for failure to pay. It gets more complicated as they get arrested for driving on a suspended license and their car gets impounded. He pointed out the legislation makes it optional for a judge to offer community service. The plan has the backing of the American Brotherhood Aimed Toward Education an organization that lobbies for the rights of motorcyclists. Lobbyist Michael Infanzon told of a rider who ended up in legal trouble when he didn’t keep up with a payment plan and had his license suspended. He told lawmakers that judges need discretion to deal with people who have financial issues. “I think he’s trying to do something re-

ally great,’’ Rep. Amish Shah, D-Phoenix, said of Biasiucci. But the measure, while approved by the Transportation Committee on a 6-2 margin, faces an uncertain future. And the issues appear to be purely legal. One deals with the fact that the Citizens Clean Elections Commission is financed largely by a 10% surcharge on civil, criminal and traffic fines. The commission, created by voters in 1998, provides public funds to candidates for statewide and legislative office who agree not to take private dollars. It also puts out voter education pamphlets and conducts debates. Tom Collins, the commission’s executive director, said that the funding for those activities was part of what voters approved. And he said the legislature is constitutionally precluded from undermining that funding source. Biasiucci, however, said he doesn’t see it that way. He said the voter-approved law says the

Waymo not only is continuing the evolution of its passenger vehicles but also road-testing autonomous semis. (Waymo) nology holds the potential to save lives, make roads safer, offer new mobility options to millions of people and improve their independence,” she continued, reporting that the passenger vehicles have driven 20 million actual miles and another 20 billion miles virtually as Waymo tests the sensors and other components of its technology. Many of those miles also have involved weather-testing vehicles in 25 other cities around the country. It’s not just cars the company is working on either.

Zink said Waymo’s autonomous semitrailers have been long-hauling goods along I-10 from New Mexico to Texas while it’s also using its minivans and sedans to deliver car parts for AutoNation within its service area and working with UPS to make deliveries in Tempe. Waymo also is trying to get the driving public to quit referring to their vehicles as “driverless.” “As more people join the conversation around autonomous driving technology,” Zink explained, “researchers are

commission gets 10% of money that is collected. He said if there are no dollars collected, there’s nothing to share with the commission. Marilyn Rodriguez, who lobbies for Living United for Change in Arizona, said there’s another potential legal issue. She noted the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude “except as a punishment for crime where the party shall have been duly convicted.’’ Rodriguez said it is an interesting question whether the legislation amounts to mandating courtordered labor for civil violations. Still, Rodriguez said her organization hopes something can be worked out. “We do believe it is possible to achieve an outcome to help those trapped in the justice system simply because they do not have the resources to climb out of the monetary hole,’’ she said. The measure goes to the full House after a review of constitutional issues by the Rules Committee. 

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umping, largely by contractors, continues to plague part of a 373acre stretch of pristine desert along Chandler Boulevard between 19th and 27th avenues and outrage residents of some nearby Ahwatukee communities, particularly Foothills Reserve. And even that stretch of land will likely become home to scores of new houses, State Land Commissioner Lisa Atkins said her department is trying to catch the culprits. Atkins told AFN that the State Land Department “is aware of the recent illegal dumping near South Mountain and, even though it is a difficult task post-dumping, we are working to identify the responsible parties.” Some residents say the contractors are doing work, particularly excavation for swimming pools, in nearby communities and that they find it convenient to dump dirt and debris on the state land. “The situation is deteriorating by the day,” one Foothills Reserve homeowner told AFN. “It looks like it is a sanctioned dumping area. Trucks with company names and license plates have been turned into the state, but nothing is done. “Add this to the fact that there is virtually no law enforcement in our community, it’s ruining a great neighborhood.”

The Land Department is preparing to auction the 373 acres, with a starting price of $105 million, though officials are hoping it will go for a lot more. The auction date has not yet been set but when it is, it will be advertised for 10 weeks prior. A department spokesman said officials are currently checking some aspects of the appraisal before posting that and the auction notice. The land is largely zoned already for single-family homes except for a 44-acre area near 19th Avenue and the South Mountain Freeway that is zoned for multifamily developments and 11 acres zoned for a wide variety of commercial uses. Of that total, 33 acres is zoned R-2, allowing for apartment or condo buildings with a maximum height of two stories; the remaining 11 acres has a R-3A zoning classification, which allows higher density complexes of up to four stories. Mark Edelman, the Land Department’s director of planning and Engineering for the Arizona state land Department, told the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Planning Commission last month, ““We have had a great deal of interest in this parcel from different parties, mostly home builders.” Land across Chandler Boulevard from the parcel is owned by the city and part of the South Mountain Preserve. Across 19th Avenue from the state parcel are the Arizona Greens and Foothills Club West

communities. State Trust land is not public land so the sale of the Chandler Boulevard parcel was inevitable and the fact that it is already zoned for development means that whoever submits the winning bid likely could have shovels in the ground before the end of this year. But residents fuming over the dumping said that doesn’t matter. For now, they want the dumping stopped and the violators fined. “We need these dumping activities to stop,” Foothills Reserve HOA President Galen Schleim told AFN last month. “There are so many volunteers in our community, that have worked countless hours to make it whole and beautiful again after the housing crisis and the construction of Loop 202, that it’s a bit depressing that we’re literally now next to a quasi-dump – one that every resident, living in seven different neighborhoods, must drive by in order to leave and return to their homes.” Schleim said he was told “an investigation would be opened and that the State will prosecute companies, or individuals, that participate in illegal dumping on State land. I was also informed that the State will often start cleanup activities, in a case such as this one. We shall see.” But so far, neither the dumping nor a cleanup have occurred. 

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Treatment of lung cancer is most effective in early stages of the disease before it has time to spread. However, signs of lung cancer often surface at an advanced stage of the disease, leading to delays in detection and removing the option of early intervention. “We have not at a national level adopted lung cancer screening as widely as I think health experts and policy experts would hope,” Lilenbaum said. “My sense is that it’s even lower in the state of Arizona.” Arizona ranks 47th in the nation for cancer-related deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In recent years, low-dose computed tomography scans, or CT scans, have been shown to improve early detection of lung cancer in high-risk patients, such as smokers, lowering the risk of dying from the disease, according to the American Cancer Society. Lilenbaum said if patients “undergo a low-dose CT and are identified as having silent lung cancer, they will live longer than patients that are diagnosed by the time they develop symptoms.” Beyond advanced screening techniques, systemic racial inequities in our healthcare system have created a gap in the cancer death rate among ethnic groups, specifically in the Black community. Today, Black patients “have the highest death rate and shortest survival of any racial/ethnic group for most cancers,” according to the American Cancer Society. “I think that we’re still working to undo the legacy of that history and it’s an issue that deserves greater attention from health care authorities all over this country,” Lilenbaum said. “It’s not unique to Arizona.” The effect of COVID-19 is not included in this year’s prediction. Waves of COVID-19 cases since early 2020 have resulted in a “significant delay in cancer diagnosis” as more patients have avoided taking unnecessary trips to the hospital, according to Lilenbaum. “I believe that once we become more comfortable – outside of COVID – we will see a higher number of cancer diagnoses and we will see patients with more advanced disease than we typically do,” Lilenbaum said. 

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bility360 CEO and President Phil Pangrazio officially retired from his two-decade tenure on Dec. 31 but he has been still in what was supposed to be his former office, handling a myriad of tasks that includes helping to find his successor. Even after a national search was launched by the Ability360 board of

directors, that is proving to be one tough job. The search has now been passed along to an executive search firm. Pangrazio, an Ahwatukee resident for 35 years, was a reluctant retiree as it was and he expressed that in his farewell statement. “Stepping down comes with great emotion, as this has been my life’s

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Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre founder leaving BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

fter spending 21 years involving hundreds of children in productions and musical groups at Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre, founder-owner Michele Rubino is leaving. The Ahwatukee resident and her husband Michael are heading to Kentucky, where he starts a new job. She is saddened to leave the nonprofit educational theatre program but encouraged that Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre would continue. She explained moving was not a decision made easily and that it actually was

set in motion in May 2019, when Maricopa County decided to outsource their ergonomic services, which her husband had provided for more than 20 years. “The beginning of December, Michael received an offer to be an ergonomic specialist for Premise Health. Premise provides on-site health services for Fortune 500 companies and he’ll be working at the largest Toyota plant in the world,” she explained. Her husband had been working as an independent contractor the past year and a half with Waymo, an autonomous driving technology development company but his contract was ending in July.

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work for the past 20 years, but I feel it is time to let the next generation take over,” said Pangrazio, a quadriplegic and wheelchair user for over 40 years since a tragic car accident at 19. “With my disability, things are only getting harder, and I am running out of gas,” he said. “I think it makes more sense for me to leave now, than sometime down the road when I find my health more in crisis.” With his ready smile and soft voice, Pangrazio agreed that retiring at 60 may be early. “I know I’m not old, per se, but when you live with a disability for 41 years, it just made sense to do it now,” he said. And though Pangrazio is giving up his leadership titles, it doesn’t mean he’s leaving the organization. “I love the organization and the work we do,” said Pangrazio. “I want to stay involved and help in any way. Yet for me, after having done this for almost 21 years, not being CEO would be nice.” His eyes light up whenever he talks about Ability360, a nonprofit that under his leadership developed into one of the nation’s largest Centers for Independent Living and established itself as a premiere model for other centers throughout the country. Pangrazio guided Ability360’s growth to an annual budget of more than $48 million while expanding its programs and services. He also oversaw the planning, construction and financing of the Ability360 Center, home to Ability360 and

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And then came the offer from Premise Health, and suddenly Lexington, Kentucky, was on the radar. On Jan. 6, the couple visited the city – Kentucky’s second largest and home to the University of Kentucky. It was Michele Rubino’s first glimpse of the city she will call home. The couple has purchased a newly-built home in the “Horse Capital of the World” and will emigrate this April along with their son, 14-year-old Mikey. Mary Tucci, Michele Rubino’s mother and longtime Ahwatukee resident who’s affectionately known as “Mary-Mom” by staff and students at Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre, is also moving to Kentucky and

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nine other non-profit organizations that serve people with disabilities in Arizona. Also with his guidance, the $12.3-million, 45,000-square-foot Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center was opened in 2011. Not bad for the teenager who was partially paralyzed as the result of a horrific car accident the night before he was to leave for his first year at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Pangrazio graduated from Notre Dame High School in Batavia, New York, where he’d been active in all sports, as he had been since grade school. The accident resulted in a spinal cord injury that required hospitalization from Sept. 1, 1979 to June 1, 1980 – what would have been his freshman year in college. It left him a Cervical 6-7 quadriplegic, which allows him good arm movement, no use of muscles below his shoulders or legs and wheelchair dependent for life. Returning to his family home after 10 months in the hospital and then 20 years old, he faced a tsunami of ongoing challenges that resulted in moments of despondency but also set a new direction for his life. “I came home and lived in my parent’s living room - all the bedrooms were on the second floor,” he recalled. “They built a little room off the side of the house for me.” His parents are now deceased, but the home, now owned by his brother, still has the side room ready for whenever Pangrazio visits. When the snow started early the year will live in the couple’s new residence. “This new job not only offers us a good income and benefits, but something we haven’t had in a long time – stability,” said Michele Rubino. Yet even with the job opportunity and new house with a basement on threequarters of an acre, the Rubinos still feel the sadness of leaving behind friends, Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre staff and students and even Michael’s parents, Michael and Jackie Rubino of Gilbert. “Leaving them and our friends will be very difficult, and leaving ACT will be the most difficult thing I have ever had to do,” she admitted. “I am confident that my friends, my team will continue our traditions.”

he was hospitalized in western New York State, and wheelchair access anywhere at that time was nearly impossible, the realization of his new reality hit hard. “That first winter, I remember staring out the window and thinking, ‘I can’t live like this. I needed to fly.’ I started thinking about the future and what I was going to do.” While hospitalized, Pangrazio had been visited by a friend who was attending Arizona State University. “He said it was accessible, it was flat, it was warm. It planted a seed in my brain,” he said. At the time, Pangrazio was already looking at colleges in warmer climes like Texas and Florida. Arizona was the choice. “‘There’s a lot of water gone under the bridge since those times,” he mused. “I came to Phoenix in August of 1981, and I got my bachelors and my master’s degree at ASU.” Pangrazio earned his bachelor’s in justice studies and a master’s degree in health services administration and policy. It was through the friendship with an ASU professor and his wife that Pangrazio discovered Ahwatukee. “They found me a home in Ahwatukee, and I’ve been here since 1986,” he said. “I’m single and I live by myself; I’m a Cervical 6-7 quadriplegic, and I’m fortunate to be as independent as I am.” Though he has been awarded many honors and sits on a number of prestigious boards, Pangrazio is also lauded as a founding member of the first Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre was founded in 2000 by Michele Rubino, and two years later was granted a nonprofit status. Her motivation, she said, was to provide children and families with a communitybased performing arts program that “fostered confidence in children.” In its two-decade history, Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre produced more than 50 musical shows, and traveled the world with their award-winning Select Show Choir for grades 9 through 12 and Treble Makers for grades 5 to 9. Younger students in kindergarten through sixth grades learned the ropes in the All Keyed Up choir that performed locally. ACT was continuing on a solid growth path with their annual children’s musi-

quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team in the state of Arizona. “I was 50 the last time I got in a rugby chair and played with those guys and I said that’s enough,” he laughed. “I was about 30 when I started playing.” Pangrazio said his being disabled at age 19 has offered him an empathy with others who found themselves in similar straits. “I know what it’s like to be on the other side of the fence,” he said. “Perfectly healthy, perfectly nondisabled. Losing that was devastating. And now having been disabled 41 years, I understand what people with disabilities have to battle everyday.” Prior to his work with Ability360, Pangrazio was employed for 10 years at Maricopa Integrated Health System and Maricopa Medical Center, where he held several positions in hospital financial management and administration. Pangrazio also served on Ability360’s board of directors from 1992 to 2000 and presided as chairman of the board for four of those years. Andrew Reilly, current chair of the Ability360 Board Of Directors praised Pangrazio for his “remarkable job” guiding the organization’s strategic growth. “Phil leaves a tremendous legacy at Ability360, and with the many individuals living with disabilities throughout Arizona,” said Reilly. “Having him on board through the search process will ensure a smooth transition for the organization and our consumers.” See Ability360.org for more information. 

cals, summer camps and annual Christmas Carol production performed in downtown Phoenix to sell-out crowds. And since her announcement in late December, she said the question she’s hearing is “What will happen to the Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre?” “As I’ve often said, Ahwatukee Children’s Theatre is bigger than a building, and it’s definitely bigger than one person,” the founder and owner said. “We have a great team who have really stepped up and expressed their desire to keep the magic alive. As long as we can weather the storm that is COVID, ACT will continue.” In 2020, COVID-19 took its toll on ACT as

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it did other area music, dance and acting studios. Prior to the mid-March shutdown, more than 150 students attended classes in the 3,500 square foot studio at 11011 S. 48th Street. And then, their doors shuttered as uncertainty reigned. Once CDC guidelines took effect and allowed ACT to reopen its doors, social distancing and ever-changing rules of engagement limited class sizes to eight per session, with students required to organize themselves in chalked boxes marked six feet apart. In addition, COVID forced this past summer’s productions to be postponed and the Select Show Choir and Treble Maker’s appearances in New York City and Branson, Missouri, were rescheduled for June 2021. June’s trips remain a big “if.” Yet, as Rubino has repeatedly proved, she’s a pragmatic optimist and busy making plans for ACT even as she plans her own move. “Our short-term goals for ACT are to keep the show choirs going and get them to be able to travel this summer,” she said. “Our long-term goals include wrapping up our Spring 2020 classes to the best of

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teaching and leading ACT until I move this spring and will always be a part of the organization for as long as they will have me,” she smiled. “The only thing constant in life is change, and ACT sure has done a lot of changing over the years. One thing that remains

constant is our team’s friendship, the love we have for the kids and this community, and the commitment to what makes ACT so very precious.” Rubino admitted moving away from Ahwatukee and leaving her nonprofit behind brings sadness and yet she said she will use that experience as yet “another real world life lesson” for the kids at ACT. “I want them to know it’s okay to be sad, but it’s just as important to keep going and to learn and grow from all that life offers you,” she said. Rubino said she hopes to teach private voice lessons once in Lexington. She’s also looking forward to planting lilacs on her property in Kentucky’s Bluegrass region and appreciating the change of seasons. Michael Rubino’s grandmother, aunts and cousins as well as his best friend, live five hours away in Illinois. Despite all the changes forthcoming in the next few months, Rubino said she’s thankful. “We are so thankful Michael was fortunate enough to be offered a job in this tenuous market and look forward to a bright future, but ACT will always be close to our hearts.” For more information see AZACT.org and find them on Facebook. 

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Pandemic fails to deter Ahwatukee chef BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

orking at what she loves is a gift that Bridget Quijano appreciates even as the pandemic continues to hit her nascent business hard. The Ahwatukee resident owns Bibi’s Latin Kitchen, a chef-to-hire, meal prep and catering business she started in April 2019. The cuisine draws heavily on Quijano’s Salvadoran heritage; both her mother Rosa Lila Valencia and father Adrian Quijano were born there. Quijano, born in California, moved to the East Valley when she was 14, attending Marcos De Niza High School and area charter schools. Her business name makes use of her childhood nickname while its flower logo is a homage to her mother, who most inspired her interest in cooking. COVID has nearly cratered the catering business nationwide but Quijano is persevering in the career that most sets her passions aflame. “Graduating from high school, I didn’t know what I wanted to do so I did office work, sales, customer service,” she confessed. “I was that girl that called in sick a lot. There just wasn’t anything I felt I really wanted to do.” A trip to California to visit her mother changed her life. “I got a seasonal kitchen position at Hyatt Regency Westlake and I found myself waking up every morning before the alarm went off - and I had the shift that started at 6 a.m.” When she returned to Tempe, she took a job with a school curriculum online sales firm. And that’s when the realization hit that this was not what she wanted to do. “I went back to kitchen jobs,” she said. “I became a chef assistant at a bar and grill that’s now closed, and after I learned the job, the chef was fired and I pretty much

Bibi, aka Bridget Quijano, sprinkles the Salvadoran specialty curtido on a roasted chicken dish. Bibi’s Latin Kitchen offers meal prep plans with menu’s changing weekly. (Special to AFN) ended up running the kitchen,” she said. “I had just turned 23.” She had discovered her path. “I don’t think I’ve called off work more than five days since,” she chuckled. She continued on to Joe’s Crab Shack for four years, advancing to lead cook and training kitchen workers. A call from Shula’s Steak House at Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino wooed Quijano south.

“I was at Shula’s for six years - the first year and a half just as a cook,” she said. “Then I advanced to Sous Chef, and did that the last four years until right before COVID.” Like other restaurants, Shula’s Steak House was initially closed by the pandemic but reopened last October. It was while at Shula’s that Quijano started testing the waters for her own business.

As she started her catering and meal prep business, everything was looking good. Her Latin cuisine includes Salvadoran specialties such as pupusas – a handmade griddle cake similar to a fat tortilla, filled with various fillings – and carne cuisada a Latin beef stew. Her meal prep menu changes weekly and offers a wide variety of exotic foods and others that are more commonly known to locals, with a touch of her Latin flair and flashes of her inherent artistry. Recent offerings included beef and shrimp pesto kabob with edamame spaghetti and roasted chicken and rice protein bowl with peanut sauce. Bibi’s Latin Kitchen even has breakfast covered with offerings that vary weekly. A recent week provided blueberry/walnut overnight oats, and a breakfast quesadilla with eggs, spinach, tomato and feta served with fruit. She offers low-carb wheat tortillas for some of her meals, such as her chicken or crispy cauliflower Tinga Tacos. Calories are listed for each of the meals. Her Meal Prep requires a minimum $50 order, with orders for the following week needing submission by 8 p.m. Saturday for delivery the following Monday or Tuesday. She is often able to accommodate allergy needs with advance notice. “Meal prep is great for people who don’t want to always cook or can’t cook, and for people who want something different but don’t want to go out to eat during this pandemic,” said Quijano. Her pop-ups have also proved popular during the coronavirus increase. Her portable kitchen is located outside various businesses, making pick-ups easier and safer. As 2020 closed, Bibi’s Latin Kitchen was found regularly at Ahwatukee’s The Buzzed Goat and continues there sporadically, including an evening pop-up planned

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for Feb. 12. “Pop-ups are great because people who might not know what I cook can give it a try before ordering meal prep,” said Quijano. “I get a lot of my meal prep customers from these pop-ups.” A regular 2021 Sunday stop for Bibi’s Latin Kitchen will be at The Sleepy Whale, a popular taproom in downtown Chandler. The Theodore, a downtown Phoenix brewery on Roosevelt Row is another new pop-up location for Bibi’s Latin Kitchen. “My most popular menu item is my traditional pupusas and now my own creation – shrimp pupusas. No one, I mean no one had pupusas like this. It’s an explosion of flavors.” Her various pop-ups and her meal prep service is helping keep her young business alive during this unprecedented pandemic and subsequent shutdowns. A recent National Association for Catering and Events survey of their 3,300 members found more than 75 percent had experienced “financial hardship,” with more expecting to face further difficulties. Meal prep services and small catering jobs have been Quijano’s pandemic pivot as her requests for large group catering and weddings tanked. “Of course, COVID has affected the catering scene. But, in times like these we need to learn to adapt. That’s part of the reason I started offering meal prep services,” she said. “Thankfully I have managed to stay busy with smaller intimate events such as private dining and smaller catering jobs.”

Bridget Quijano of Ahwatukee finds pop-ups a good way to introduce people to her Salvadoran-inspired foods from Bibi’s Latin Kitchen. Bibi, a childhood nickname, offers catering, hire-a-chef and pop-ups to keep her young business moving forward. (Special to AFN) Even her smaller catering jobs are given much attention and care. A recent fruit tray for a small group artistically included papaya, pineapple, berries and more, all fancied with edible flowers. Colorful touches like these were learned at her

mother’s side. Her mother, still living in California, closed her successful food truck just as COVID struck. “She’d been told by so many people she should open a restaurant, but she stayed

with her food truck. Now she sells her pupusas raw by the dozen, and she does well,” she said. For more information on Quijano, her meal prep offerings, pop-up locations and more, see BibisLatinKitchen.com 

job created at the center. That salary would have to be achieved by each employee within two years of their hiring. Kroger in 2018 partnered with Ocado Solutions, a British online supermarket business that wanted to expand their operations into Phoenix. “Ocado has no chain of stores and does all home deliveries from warehouses,” city staff told Council in a memo. “Ocado has made advances in robotics technology and is considered a leader in the online grocery industry.” Kroger sought the agreement before it starts finding a location for a 222,850-square-foot building that will

house the online operation. “The City recognizes the resulting substantial economic impacts to the city and region from the Kroger expansion into Phoenix,” the memo to Council said. “This innovative technology will deliver fresh food quickly and accurately and streamline grocery supply chains.” It also stressed the agreement with the city was necessary for Kroger “to remain competitive on an international level and ensure innovative technology positions are created in Phoenix.” Under the agreement, the jobs covered in the agreement must be created within

five years after the center opens. The agreement also not preclude Kroger from working with any city or state job-creation program that also might come with some government sweetener. Ocado was formed in 2000 in a singleroom office with the goal of becoming the world’s “largest pure-play online grocery retailer” and “enable some of the world’s most forward-thinking retailers to do grocery online profitably, scalably and sustainably,” according to its website It boasts that half of its deliveries involve fresh food – which it credits to a series of technological advances. 

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hoenix has agreed to provide up to $692,000 to Kroger Company, the parent of Fry’s Food Stores, for the development of an automated online grocery fulfillment center in the city if the company can generate 692 jobs with an average annual salary of $44,000. Without comment last week, City Council approved the agreement to help Kroger in what it said is an $89-million cross-country project to create 20 such fulfillment centers. Under the agreement, the city will pay Kroger $1,000 for every $44,000-a-year

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olitics in Ahwatukee can be a lot like those in Washington, D.C. – divisive. It should not be this way – gridlock and acrimony do not serve the public interest. We are neighbors, homeowners and we are the consultants to the relatively new ownership group of the Club West golf course. We have worked tirelessly with anyone willing to participate in order to forge a better future for the property and the community. We have challenged ourselves, and been challenged by others, to think both practically and creatively towards solutions that could and should ultimately be voted on by all 2,600 homeowners. Between all the debate, litigation and hard feelings it sometimes feels like the situation is hopeless. We disagree. So much so that the Edge has invest-

ed thousands of hours along with over $300,000 of money to acquire the property, clean it up, hire consultants, engineer solutions and work with others to find the best way forward. Perhaps we are too optimistic. But someone has to step up in order to dislodge this mess. From the outset our hands have been extended in cooperation and collaboration. You haven’t heard a lot from us because we have been hard at work with the community to create various options for your consideration. We have been informed by independent third parties that all of these options will increase all 2,600 homeowner’s property values to some degree. We hope to conduct an official, third party survey of these options and benefits once the divisiveness and litigation yields to mitigation, and cooperation for a positive resolution. We would like to reiterate: No matter who is serving on the board we want to work with them and the community for

progress. Anyone seeking election to the Board of Directors should represent the entire community and their focus should be solutions not litigation. It is currently very apparent that the interests and financial concerns of those who do not live adjacent to the property need proper representation. We identified that very fact long ago. The property at the center of the debate is adjacent to just 12 percent of the homeowners in our HOA. Any successful solution must be commensurate to costs and benefits received. In other words - Homeowners who are not adjacent to the property should not be forced to finance any action or mitigation of the land that some consider to be their “own backyards”. This inalienable fact along with three other dynamics challenge any solution: 1) Current conditions of the property require significant investment; 2) There is no suitable, sustainable, costeffective water; 3) There is an undeniable lack of interest

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– despite our solicitations and those from others – from golf course operators to fund restoration and operations of a golf course; That’s the bad news. The good news is that your input and the work of the Community Advisory Group has led to several potential solutions. We created flexibility for community approved options by identifying creative funding methods in collaboration with the City of Phoenix’s Department of Community and Economic Development. The ability to tailor solutions to the Homeowner’s preference is further supported by the identification of land that can be responsibly developed with up to 45 single story homes – all of which would be more than 200 feet from any existing lot. This is more than a “fairway” in golf terms and significantly more open space enjoyed by many existing homes currently adjacent to the property. We have designed a Community Park

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Club West board candidates make their case Why I am running for Club West HOA Board

My name is Anthony “Beau” Burgess, I have lived in Ahwatukee for 19 years and I am running for the Foothills Club West HOA Board of Directors. I am running because I care about our community, our home. We have all seen a lot of development in our area with the new 202 freeway and 192 new homes in the Palmas Brisa development near the Post Office. Now we understand that the land will be developed west of 17th Avenue, adding hundreds of new homes. I do not think we should be looking to jam more new homes on the Club West golf course land. It is also time for some fresh perspec-

tives on this board. What I have witnessed as a member of the community is that you really cannot ask questions at the monthly HOA Board meetings. The continued unprofessional manner that our current board operates with is simply unacceptable. Board members discuss important topics like the golf course only in monthly secret executive sessions. That is not transparent or helpful. Their refusal to work with the community or work in positive manner to find resolution for the golf course space saddens me. In addition, I have heard numerous people in our community expressing great dissatisfaction with the architectural approval process, unjustified charging of residents for repairs to shared “common

walls” and outright disrespectful behavior to members of our community. I think it is safe to say it is time for some fresh faces on this board. Most of these members have been serving well over 10 years and many for over 20 years. After participating in numerous HOA meetings, it is very evident that the existing board lacks the capacity and skills to properly provide the oversight our community needs. We need proactive Board members who will research other options besides new houses and come back to community with various detailed, cost options to consider. Let us thank them for their time of the past, but it is time to look forward with some new people who can offer fresh ideas, solutions and perspectives.

I would greatly appreciate your vote so I can work to take positive steps to improve our community. -Beau Burgess

It’s time for change on the Club West Board of Directors My name is Kristy Rockafellow and I am running as a candidate for the Foothills Club West Board of Directors. When I moved to Ahwatukee from Mesa in 2010 with my family, we were overwhelmed with the sense of community and the friendly neighbors we found here. The appeal of “coming down the hill” and seeing the beauty of Club West was an

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that features desert landscape, multi-use trails, exercise stations, pickle ball courts, community gardens and community events such as The Club West Arts Festival. This plan can be financed at no cost to the Community through the sale of less than 72 single-story home lots. Alternatively, this plan can be funded with any combination of lot sales, including the aforementioned 45 lots with a 200-foot buffer between each home, and Community contributions

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amazing sight. Ahwatukee and Foothills Club West felt like a small town with big city benefits. In fact, one reason we bought the particular house we did was because all of the neighbors hanging out together in their driveways the first time we looked at the house were so friendly. We feel so lucky and so blessed to have such amazing neighbors and community around us each day. Despite the current state of the golf course, we have seen good things happening on the golf course over the last year. We’ve seen people walking their dogs, neighbors striking up conversations, kids out riding bikes with their parents, people practicing their golf swings, school running clubs out training, painted rocks being shared alongside the cart path, and also the beauty of the desert plants blooming in the spring. We have also taken notice that some FCW residents have taken it upon themselves to clean up the golf course property behind their homes. People here in FCW truly care about their homes, their neighbors, and this community. The prospect of losing any of the golf course property to new houses in Club West is disheartening to me. However, whatever the outcome, the single most important factor needs to be that all decisions are made with open discussion, complete transparency and in compliance with the HOA’s governing documents. This is something I believe is currently lacking. One thing I have noticed in attending the board meetings over the last year is that they are very resistant to community input. People have tried to share ideas with the board as solutions to the golf course property, but are ignored or discounted. Do you remember when they had the

to reduce the required residential development. This means The Park at Club West can be financed with zero development if so desired. Our original golf redevelopment plan presented in January 2020, including an 18-hole short course with state of the art facilities remains viable as well with some level of development or creative financing. We have options! Think how far we have come with robust discussion. Please don’t believe the rhetoric some

residents vote on a question asking if they should explore acquisition of the golf course? The community voted in favor of it, but nothing was ever done. I have 20+ years as an engineer with Nissan. In my 10+ years living in Club West, I also have devoted myself to serving the community in various civic volunteer activities. A full statement of my background and qualifications is included in the ballot you will receive shortly in the mail. The FCW annual BOD election is coming up very soon. Four of our current board members are up for re-election. I think it is time for a change. They have all served on the board for far too long. I am running for the FCW BOD and am asking for your vote. I will bring honesty, integrity, and transparency. I am for term limits for board members, for open HOA meetings, will welcome community input, and I am against any housing or other development on the golf course. I will work for this entire community and with the residents to find a permanent solution for the golf course property. -Kristy Rockafellow

Ready to roll up my sleeves for Club West HOA board I’m running for a seat on the Club West Homeowners Association Board, my name is James Siart. I have been a resident of Ahwatukee for 32 years and in Club West for 12. Upon arriving in Ahwatukee, I became active in various community groups, one of which worked with Del Webb, City of Phoenix Council and the Foothills Community Association to achieve an acceptable solution for re-zoning an area now known as the “The Sanctuary” (Chandler Blvd. & 19th Street) from condos and apartments to custom home sites. In my job, working with global IT clients

have offered as factual. As homeowners in and around Club West, our primary motive is to solve this seemingly intractable problem. We remain impartial to any approved revitalization plan and have again pledged to cap any ROI and provide transparency. No matter how the upcoming elections turn out – and there are some very good people running in all camps, all with valid viewpoints – we remain committed to a favorable outcome. We can’t emphasize enough our desire for respectful collaboration to unite and and a multitude of various partners managing complex IT environments, negotiation is a constant necessity as environments change and new requirements are presented. Similar conditions exist for Club West. Water that was planned at a lower rate though reclamation was withdrawn by the City. Rates for potable water from the City is expensive and constantly rising in our current climate cycle. This economic pressure on how we utilize water for landscaping, parks and yes, golf courses continues to escalate. Is our quick fix solution to remove all open land and replace it with homes and gravel? Meanwhile other changes are occurring in our community, like the opening of the Loop 202 freeway. This changed Ahwatukee from the largest cul-de-sac in the world into an accessible area from either the east or west sides of Phoenix. Adding to these changes will be the continued development of homes west of 17th Avenue and Chandler. This will bring in more than a thousand new homeowners and associated development areas and will lead to increased demand for water for landscaping, recreation areas and open spaces. I believe solutions exist to fix the issues facing Club West. A fix will not come about by waiting for some benefactor to drop their “solution” into our lap. That comes with an expensive ask from that benefactor. The fix, in my mind comes from a collaborative effort among multiple parties. This will require Club West HOA Board members able to think outside the box, explore partnerships, develop potential solutions, and openly present these to the Club West homeowners for their approval. I’m willing to put my efforts into this endeavor to fix the issues facing Club West. I will not stay on the board beyond two

create the best possible future for Club West. Our HOA leadership positions and the HOA assessments should not be used to promote, fund litigation or finance solutions on the former golf course property, but to shepherd a timely resolution that serves the greater good of this Community. We hope 2021 can be the year we all look back and realize the benefits we all have received from collaboration and compromise. Bill McManus and Matt Shearer are with Community Land Solutions.  years as I think new thought leadership is healthy for communities. I ask for your vote so I can roll up my sleeves and start working on a solution for all of us. -James Siart

Selecting Club West HOA Board requires thought My name is Steve Maize. I have worked in the golf industry for 25 plus years and was the head professional / general manager at Club West for four years. With all that is going on in our neighborhood I have made the decision to try and be a part of the solutions, by seeking a seat on the Club West HOA Board of Directors. I am open minded to any and all ideas towards a resolution for the property so that each and every homeowner can have a voice in its outcome. I am not one who finds bad mouthing others as a way to solve our problems; it is not healthy for our community. I also have not taken an oath to zero development of any kind because the community needs to hear all the options on how to best restore the property to the wishes of the majority of the community. I think it is important to note that a seat on the HOA board will require attending to many other issues than just the golf course and I look forward to addressing and working on all issues as they come up working to do what is needed and best for the community on all issues. If the community finds a plan of restoring the course is what they want, my years in the golf trade would be a real benefit. I have strong relationships with the City of Phoenix, Salt River Project and Gila River Indian Community that would be useful

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in trying to resolve water issues. I know first-hand every detail of Club West Golf Course and would be able to be a help on the many issues it will face. My family and I cherish the Club West community and all that it holds. We bought our home on the golf course in the hopes it would be restored. I am motivated by my dedication to this goal and my dedication to the community. I have witnessed first-hand the mistakes of the previous owners and understand the challenges and stigmatization of the former Club West Golf Course. I ask for your vote so I may represent you, your family and our community. -Steve Maize

Neighbor seeks to enrich Club West’s spirit Now that 2021 is upon us, we have an opportunity to reflect on 2020. While this year will remain infamous for many reasons, it truly became a period of time that tested our character. How did we address our struggles and fears? How did we treat others? For me, 2020 will be a year in which I drew closer to those who live nearby, albeit from a socially acceptable distance. I’ve met so many remarkable people who have inspired me and have invested in me. I am running as a candidate for the Foothills Club West Board of Directors because I feel that Foothills Club

West has given me so much more than I could have imagined during my move here. I feel so blessed and I hope to give back to my wonderful group of neighbors. I previously served elsewhere for six years as an HOA president, and that experience as well as my professional business insight as an engineer focused on R&D and strategy will enable me to get things done. Read more about my expertise in my bio that comes with the ballot. The slower pace of life in 2020 allowed me to contemplate what community means at a deeper level. We have so much more in common than a street address. We all have the same desires to be loved, to have peace, and

to feel secure. We want to live in an environment where we feel valued, supported, and more than simply number tiles above a garage. Club West board members need to recognize they must engage with, and listen to, homeowners. They need to conduct themselves in an open and transparent manner and lead the community toward solutions that don’t include housing or commercial development on the golf course land. This is truly a community of character where people put their own needs aside to help each other. Please vote for me so I can fulfill my hope to reflect that character by serving the incredible people of Foothills Club West. -Julie Tyler 

Developmental disabilities rate vaccine priority BY MADISON BLANTON AFN Guest Writer

very week, the United States meets another COVID milestone, for example registering more COVID-19 cases in a single day than ever before in the early parts of January. With the hope of a new start at a new year, it seems clear that the coronavirus has also made a new year’s resolution to persevere with a vengeance and stick around and mutate. Many of us hold a sense of optimism around a miracle vaccine that could provide some gleaming hope for our communities. Yet, the actual implementation of vaccinations seems not only to be slow moving, but also to be overlooking populations in our society who should – but are not – recognized as a priority. One of these groups are people who have intellectual and developmental disability. The Wall Street Journal recently published an article, “COVID-19 Is Deadlier for People With Autism, Down Syndrome. Now Families Are Pushing Hard

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for Vaccines,” discussing studies that show, “People with such disorders, who account for one in 50 Americans, are on average more than 2½ times as likely to die from COVID-19 as the wider U.S. population.” The question of ”why” is not definitive. Could it be attributed to the fact that people who have disabilities are more likely to also have multiple diagnoses that include high-risk COVID-19 disorders like heart disease, obesity, and diabetes? Is this due to inadequate access to quality care because most adults who have disability rely on public health care for their medical insurance? Or is it because many of these individuals have difficulty expressing and communicating their symptoms of illness that makes it doubly hard for medical professionals to diagnose and treat them for COVID. I would argue that all of these are true. While local and state advocacy has been able to secure our direct care workers and family members of people with disability high priority in the line to get this much anticipated vaccine;

They are struggling, and they need our support and consideration. I urge our officials to look at the numbers here in Arizona and follow suit with other states, such as Tennessee, to establish that vaccine allocation must be based equitably to include vulnerable populations. surprisingly enough, the people who have disability with whom we work and support have not. In most instances, this vulnerable population has been grouped with the general population in the lower tiers of prioritization. However, there are some exceptions. In Tennessee, public health administrators are “specifically making its entire intellectual development disorder population a priority, citing its own studies that the death rate for this group is 3½ times higher” than in the general population. Regardless of the reason why people with disabilities have been consistently ignored and overlooked throughout

this pandemic, it is something we have all too often seen firsthand in Maricopa County. Whether intentional or not; we have had to continue to advocate for our community members with disability and remind our local officials, representatives, and legislators that this population we are proud to serve are citizens and their constituents. They are struggling, and they need our support and consideration. I urge our officials to look at the numbers here in Arizona and follow suit with other states, such as Tennessee, to establish that vaccine allocation must be based equitably to include vulnerable populations. They deserve equal access to vital medical care to combat the statistic and increase their ability for survival after potential contraction of this virus. Citizens who have intellectual developmental disability must be moved forward in line to receive this vaccination. Madison Blanton is CEO of One Step Beyond, Inc., a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive programs that empower adults who have intellectual disabilities. Information: osbi.org. 

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layers sat staggered in three rows of chairs or bleachers, much like what has been seen in the NBA and in college basketball. A personal water bottle sits next to the player’s designated seat, which remains their own throughout the duration of the game. Whether on the bench or in the middle of a fast break on the court, masks remain above the mouth and nose. If it slips down, coaches or referees remind players to pull it up. Often times, however, players are disciplined enough to remember themselves. It’s that type of discipline that the coaches and players across the state hope remains intact throughout the duration of the winter sports season, which was almost lost after the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board voted to cancel the season altogether. Four days later, however, a revote reinstated the season. Now, the main focus is on keeping it going. “You know, when you’re in the game, you kind of get locked in and don’t notice it as much,” Mountain Pointe basketball coach Kaimarr Price said. “But when comparing it to last year, especially games like against Chandler, that was next level. It’s definitely different.” Following the junior varsity game at Mountain Pointe Friday night, school administrators cleared out the gym as individuals, including head football coach Eric Lauer, sprayed down the bench area and both sets of bleachers with disinfectant. The gym floor was also cleaned in the process, yet another step schools in the Tempe Union High School District are taking to ensure a healthy environment for all involved. Once finished, fans – only two per Mountain Pointe player – were allowed in for the varsity game. Security guards roamed the gym to enforce proper use of face masks, while school officials forced junior varsity players to leave the gym to limit the overall number of individuals inside.

Mountain Pointe head basketball coach Kaimarr Price said the energy levels in the gym are much different due to mitigation strategy and guidelines set forth by the AIA and Tempe Union High School District for the winter season. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff) The limit created an atmosphere unlike any of the Mountain Pointe players had ever experienced before. Especially dating back to last season, when the Pride made a run to the 6A state title game, near capacity crowds were expected late in the season. Cheerleaders are allowed at Pride home games, which created some sense of normalcy. But there’s no band or student section. And community members who enjoyed taking in a game are now forced to watch from home. “COVID definitely hurt a lot of things,” Mountain Pointe senior guard Jason Kimbrough said. “My little brother used to be our ball boy and now he can’t even come to games. Going to away games and not having our parents there or that support, it’s weird. It’s silent. I feel like I’m at practice.” At nearby Desert Vista, the atmosphere was much of the same. Only a handful of parents were allowed into the “Storm Center,” the name of the school gymnasium. Last season, nearly every Desert Vista home basketball game was reduced to standing room only, as a large population of the student body would file in to support one of the best programs in the state.

Desert Vista co-head coach Jordan Ballard hasn’t received much negative feedback from players about the mask rule or any others this season. Overall, he said they’re just happy to play. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

Against Skyline High School in the 2020 6A semifinals, fans were turned away because the gym had reached capacity. Even in the state title game between Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe at Desert Financial Arena on Arizona State’s campus saw the entire lower bowl filled. Thunder co-head coach Bryant St. Cyr, an assistant on last year’s state-championship team, said the atmosphere at games just a year removed from the title game is something he would have never imagined. “It’s a lot different and it was definitely an adjustment,” St. Cyr said. “It was weird seeing just the few parents sitting on the opposite side of the court. But between the benches and even the few parents that are there, it can still get somewhat loud in the gym. “One of the things we talked about before the season was making sure we are cheering each other on. Because especially at away games, we are all we have.” The rule by the AIA for masks to be worn at all times by athletes came with some pushback from parents, coaches and athletes. But for those involved with the Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista programs, it was something they had already become

accustomed to. In the fall, Tempe Union adopted the use of face masks for all athletes in practice. In football, that meant the use of them under helmets. Desert Vista co-head coach Jordan Ballard, who was brought on just days before official tryouts began in December, said that was one of the easiest coaching points for him and St. Cyr, as the kids had already started to acclimate to the masks being on at all times. He agreed it may prove to give his team an advantage early in the season as other programs continue to adjust. “We’ve been going with masks since day one and that hasn’t wavered,” Ballard said. “At first they would pull them down but now they’re used to it. It’s kind of like wearing a head band, it’s part of the uniform.” Despite the adversity faced so far with almost not having a season and new guidelines to follow, Ballard said the players are just thankful to be on the court. “The kids are just happy to be out there playing,” Ballard said. “There really hasn’t been any negative feedback about anything. They’re just happy to have the opportunity.” 

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Jose Dominguez Painting & Drywall SEE OUR AD IN DRYWALL! Quick Response to your Call! 15 Years Exp 480-266-4589 Not a licensed contractor

• Call or Text for a Free Quote

Irrigation Repair Services Inc. Specializing in Controllers, Valves, Sprinklers, Landscape Lighting, P.V.C. & Poly Drip Systems

LANDSCAPE LIGHTING

25 years Experience & Insured

WANT A WEED-FREE GREEN LAWN?

Irrigation

Timers/Valves/Sprinklers DRIP-PVC-COPPER Backflows & Regulators

Schedule your holiday cleanup with SONORAN LAWN.

Affordable | Paver Specialists All phases of landscape installation. Plants, cacti, sod, sprinklers, granite, concrete, brick, Kool-deck, lighting and more!

Free Estimates 7 Days a Week!

Repairs - Installs - Modifications

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ROC 282663 * BONDED * INSURED YOUR LAWN EXPERT SINCE 1995

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SUN TECH

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Serving Ahwatukee Since 1987 Interior / Exterior

• High Quality Materials & Workmanship • Customer Satisfaction Free Est imates • Countless References • Carpentry Services Now Available Visit us at Suntechpaintingaz.com or view our video promo at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM5pbvpZJlg

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ROC# 256752

High Quality Results TRIM TREES ALL TYPES GRAVEL - PAVERS SPRINKLER SYSTEMS SYNTHETIC GRASS Complete Clean Ups

Jose Martinez Not a licensed contractor.

602.515.2767 • 20 Years Experience • 6 Year Warranty

480.345.1800 ROC 304267 • Licensed & Bonded

RAMON LANDSCAPING SERVICES I could help you have your palm trees and other trees trimmed by giving you a reasonable and better price than the others.

Irrigation Repair & New Installation Yard Clean-ups • Storm Damage • Palm & Tree Trimming Tree Removal • Landscape Lighting Installation & Repair Landscape Design

Responsible • 100% Guaranteed Ask for Ramon

Not a Licensed Contractor

480-217-0407

Proudly Serving Ahwatukee for 15 Years! Family Owned & Operated Residential & Commercial Painting • Interior & Exterior • Professional Cabinet Reﬁnishing • Epoxy Floors & Concrete Coatings • In-Home Color Consultations “Professional, Punctual & Clean”

Veteran Owned

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CONKLIN PAINTING Free Estimate & Color Consultation

Interior Painting ● Pressure Washing Exterior Painting ● Drywall/Stucco Repair Complete Prep Work ● Wallpaper Removal

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★ Elastomaric Roof Coating ★ Epoxy Floors ★ Small Job Specialist

Scott Mewborn, Owner 480-818-1789 License #ROC 298736

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We offer personalized service for our customers. We use the best materials that we can find.

Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

480-338-4011

ROC#309706

East Valley PAINTERS

Owned and Operated by Rod Lampert Ahwatukee Resident Serving Ahwatukee for over 25 years

Our services include: Sinks, Toilets, Faucets, Water Heaters, Garbage Disposal, Drain Cleaning, Pressure Reducing Valves, Pressure Vacuum Breakers, Hot Water Circulation Systems, Main Service Valves and Hose Taps.

(480)

279-4155

Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC 189848

Plumbing

*Any

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541 affinityplumber@gmail.com

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor Water Heaters

24/7

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Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

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Disposals

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Any Service

Pool Service / Repair

Juan Hernandez

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

PPebbleOcracking, O L Plaster R Epeeling, P ARebar IR

FALL SPECIAL! $500 OFF COMPLETE REMODEL! 25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

Paint Interior & Exterior • Drywall Repair Light Carpentry • Power Washing • Textures Matched Popcorn Removal • Pool Deck Coatings Garage Floor Coatings • Color Consulting

PLUMBING

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480-688-4770

www.eastvalleypainters.com Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

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showing, Pool Light out? I CAN HELP!

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Family Owned & Operated

Anything Plumbing Same Day Service

Plumbing

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING

AHWATUKEE SPECIAL

Not a licensed contractor

PROFESSIONAL PAINTING Interior, Exterior House Painting. Stucco Patching. Gate/Front Door Refinishing. Quality work/Materials Free Estimate Ignacio 480-961-5093 / 602-571-9015 ROC #189850 Bond/Ins’d

Plumbing

Painting

Now Accepting all major credit cards

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We Repair or Install ROC # 272721

AHWATUKEE’S #1 PLUMBER Licensed • Bonded • Insured

704.5422

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480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

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Pool Service / Repair

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Only $27.50 includes 1 week online

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Rooﬁng

30 Years Roofing Experience

JILEK ROOFING, LLC

New Roof Installation & Roof Repair Specialist

10% OFF COMPLETE UNDERLAYMENT Commercial & Residential Family Owned & Operated AZROC #283571 | CONTRACTOR LIC. AZROC #312804 CLASS CR4 | FULLY INSURED

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on qualifying complete roof replacements

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

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480.231.9651

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Pool Service / Repair

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TILE ROOFING SPECIALISTS

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Rooﬁng

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Cell: 480.417.3689 Office: 480.912.5014 Email: tomjilek60@gmail.com Licensed & Insured • Bonded, Res/Com ROC 328854

Family Operated by 3 Generations of Roofers! We have a “Spencer” on every job and every step of the way.

Let us show you the IN-EX Difference! Serving The Valley Since 1996

inexroofing.com Call for your FREE Roof Evaluation

480-446-7663 Ahwatukee’s Premier Tile, Shingle & Foam Roofer!

MonsoonRooﬁngInc.com Licensed – Bonded – Insured – ROC187561

Over 30 Years of Experience Family Operated by 3 Generations of Roofers!

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480-460-7602

Window Cleaning

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www.porterroofinginc.com

Ahwatukee’s Premier Tile, Shingle & Foam Roofer! FREE Estimates • Credit Cards OK www.spencer4hirerooﬁng.com ROC#244850 | Insured | Bonded

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Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC # 269218

Ahwatukee Based Family Owned and Operated Insured • Free Estimates

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www.cousinswindowcleaning.com Licensed, Bonded, Insured

480-330-2649

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palmabrisa.com

NOW SELLING

A new gated resort community is now selling in the Ahwatukee Foothills with a dramatically different style. It feels exclusive, but also lively and exciting — and it's called Palma Brisa. • Modern resort-style gated community with stately palms

• Diverse architecture: Modern Bungalow, Urban Farmhouse, Italian Cottage, Andalusian, Modern Craftsman, French Country, and Spanish Mission • Four amenity areas connected by expansive lawns

• Homes from 1,700 sq. ft. to 4,000 sq. ft. from the $500’s

ERIC WILLIAMS

480-641-1800

TERRY LENTS

© Copyright 2021 Blandford Homes, LLC. No offer to sell or lease may be made prior to issuance of Final Arizona Subdivision Public Report. Offer, terms, and availability subject to change without prior notice. Renderings are artist’s conceptions and remain subject to modification without notice.

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• 950 Watts of Power • 10 Levels of Power • Sunken Glass Turntable

199

SIDE BY SIDE COUNTER DEPTH REFRIGERATOR

NO INTEREST**

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1.6 CU. FT. OVER-THE-RANGE MICROWAVE

• 3.5 Cu. Ft. • Porcelain Tub • 700 RPM Spin Speed NTW4500XQ CLOSEOUT

12 MONTHS

FAMILY SIZE REFRIGERATOR

449 $499

WASHER

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DISHWASHER

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BFTF2716WH

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