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oss Murray readily admits that he wasn’t quite ready yet to become the de facto face of the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce. “It’s been a little more than I thought it would be,” said the retail mortgage loan officer for HomeBridge Financial Services in Ahwatukee. “Things are really, really busy at work.” Nevertheless, Murray has jumped headlong into his new responsibilities now that, as chairman of the Chamber board, he has the responsibility of leading the 24-year-old organization’s makeover in the wake of the board’s decision to eliminate the position of president/CEO. The move two weeks ago ended the 14-month tenure of that position’s apparently final occupant, Lindy Lutz Cash, and put

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Steven Cottle, 3, of Ahwatukee doesn’t seem to mind that a bubble almost as big as him finally met its end. He was one of scores of youngsters who attended the Kyrene Community Play Day last Saturday. For more pictures of the event, see page 30.

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larmed by the rash of teens who took their life last year in multiple area school districts, including Tempe Union, state Sen. Sean Bowie has introduced a bill requiring suicide-prevention training for all teachers and staff. The measure would mandate two hours of training in the 2019-2020 school year in all school districts and charter schools for all “counselors, teachers, principals and other school personnel who work with pupils in

grades six through 12.” The bill would require in-person rather than online training and the use of “evidence-based” material – meaning it must be rooted in data, academic research or scientific findings. It would cover suicide prevention, warning signs of suicidal behavior in adolescents and teens and intervention and referral techniques. As reported by AFN in September, seven East Valley teens ages 13 to 18 killed themselves in a six-week period between mid-July and Labor Day last year. In all those cases,

the teens were described as popular, academically successful students. Since that time, at least three other teens in area districts also have taken their lives. There have been three suicides in the last three school years at Corona del Sol High School alone. Among those Corona students was Mitch Warnock, the son of Mountain Pointe High School English teacher Laurie Warnock. Bowie has subtitled his bill “The Mitch Warnock Act.”

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the bill, Kyrene and other districts require “additional means from page 1 to support the time and staff“I met with Lorie several times and I ing to hire nurses, counselors, wanted to put a story behind this bill social workers and/or school and help educate my colleagues on how psychologists from preschool we’re losing our young people to suithrough high school. cide,” Bowie said. “To legislate this require“This is not just a local problem or a ment outside of the vision for state problem,” he added. “This is a naacademic excellence and core tional problem.” funding creates a system that Warnock agrees. risks fragmentation,” she add“I am a teacher as well as being Mitch ed, noting that her district conWarnock’s mom,” she said. “What troutinues to “look for and adopt bles me beyond belief is that in my 26 practices in which these types years of educating students, I have never of trainings are integrated into been trained in identifying students at our system of support for chilrisk for depression, self harm or suicide. dren.” “I worked at Aprende when a child While state Rep. Mitzi Eptook his life near the track the second stein, Bowie’s fellow Legislative week of school. We were not adequately District 18 Democrat in the trained regarding student distress even House, signed on as a co-sponafter that traumatic event. Rather, we sor, Republican state Rep. Jill were told that depressed children do not Norgaard’s position echoes kill themselves but angry ones do. This that of Vesely. information was neither evidence-based “This bill is an unfunded nor accurate. In no way did this tack mandate of required profesaddress other students suffering in our sional development for our (Special to AFN) school.” teachers,” Norgaard said, addSen. Sean Bowie named his bill after Mitch Warnock, shown “We teachers may see students struging that teachers who took here before he committed suicide in 2016. The Corona del Sol gling but avoid addressing it for fear of trainign as an elective could High School student is one of three students at the school who saying the wrong thing or triggering an then be advocates for suicide have taken their lives in the last three years. action,” Warnock added. “Actually, not prevention in their schools children.” “While we are diligently Tempe Union Superintendent Kenworking to increase the level of awareness and educate parents, teachers and neth Baca said, “I have not seen the bill students on the teen suicide crisis, I be- but I do think it is important that we lieve we should add it as an elective,” she support teachers and provide them with tools to help address the social and emosaid. She noted that the Legislature, partly tional wellness of our students.” Chandler Unified spokesman Terry through its support of Gov. 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talking about suicide leads to death by suicide rather versus talking openly.” The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-24 and that one in six high school students have reported having suicidal thoughts while one in 12 reported attempting suicide within a 12-month period. School administrators often resist new mandates, and Bowie said he will be reaching out to superintendents in Legislative District 18 and other areas to gain their support. He added that Gilbert Public Schools is one of the few districts in the area that already is doing much of what his bill would require. “I understand it’s a mandate and school districts are not particularly fond of mandates,” he said. “For me, there is no other way to do it.” But the proposed mandatory nature of the training triggered conflicting reactions. Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely said that while “student safety is always Kyrene’s first priority,” she hopes that Bowie’s bill also “provides adequate funding to support the implementation of its requirements.” She said that to effectively implement

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one teacher and two students in each. Local businesses have partnered with the district to create a quarterly recognition program for teachers and students who have met individual and school goals. Supporting the effort are Bashas grocery stores, HomeBenefitIQ corporate real estate benefits director John Kloc and Dale Fedewa of Urban Air Adventure Park. Kloc distributed gift cards and Fedewa donated one-year passes to the students that will give them one-hour of free jumping a week at his entertainment complex on Ray Road and 48th Street. “The new program is in recognition of the critical role that teachers and school personnel play in student achievement and the vital influence they have on the future of the community,” Vesely said, adding: “Recent polling suggests that the majority of Arizonans recognize the importance of education, and ensuring fair compensation for the work our teachers do day in and day out to educate our kids must be a high priority for our state. “Kyrene will continue our commitment to addressing teacher compensa-

tion within the limits of the funding we receive from the state, but a program like this acknowledges in some small way, that we appreciate all that are teachers do. And, we are happy to extend our recognition program to our students, who are working hard to meet individual goals as they catch up and move up in their achievement.” Fedewa praised the students who were recognized for “setting an example for all in their schools” by working “incredibly hard” and “taking their studies to the next level.” Students who were recognized included: Aubrie Estrada-Schultz, Elijah Pacheco, Bennett Pulliam, Julia Liu, Smith Salas, Ja’Ray Scott, Iliana Lugo, Jalyssa Engel, Shailynn Jelks, Tate Friesth, Zion Jones, Christian Olague, Kamiah Foster, Reya Periasamy, Grayson Barajas, Jo Jo Fang, Christian (Xio) Martinez, Dayani Lujan, Aiden Salaiz, Brayden Wilkinson, Parker Basehore Fountain, Yahan (Cece) Zhang, Tyler Aday, Will Ahumada, Jared Stone; Also, Daniel Campa, Taylor Twellman, Noah Ames, Josh Beyer, Avery (Jemma) Seats, Carter Fox, Fernando Frias, Dylan Demauro, Trae Peters, Safiya Underwood, Armani Foster, Aksel Skudal, Michael (Colby) Carbajal, Joe Wilson, Elizabeth Paul, Kaidon Green, Hailey

Trimnal, Camille Bickham, Carston Kieffer, Andrea Tackers, Christian Cattron, Antonio Arce, Davion Crawford, Jayrd Exparza and Emily Wong. Recognized teachers were: Katy McGill, Brisas; Eileen Byrne-Quinn; Cerritos; Cynthia Anderson, Cielo; Cindy Denton, Colina; Colleen Gentry, Esperanza; Hilary Strauss, Estrella; Mark Collins, Kyrene Traditional Academy; Melissa Garibay, Lagos; Sam LaCava, Lomas; Kyleigh Boyd, Manitas; Patricia Gale, Mariposa; Sylvia Rios, Milenio; Kirstin Williams, Mirada; Also, Megan Nowak, Monte Vista; Peg Griffin, Ninos; Maria Salas-Murphy, Norte; Tina Tong, Paloma; Judi Rivera, Sierra; Lisa Kiefer, C.I. Waggoner; Sujata Ryan, Akimel A-al; Tara Camarano, Altadena; Scott Phillips, Aprende; Shawndra Reid, Centennial; Dan Crawford, Kyrene Middle School; and Alison Christian, Pueblo.

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Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Bowie’s bill would require the training annually. Bowie said that counselors at Mountain Pointe have told him that teens face enormous social and emotional pressure that can drive them to consider suicide. “Guidance counselors tell me that 10 years ago, 90 percent of the issues they saw involved traditional advising, schedules and such and only 10 percent involved social or emotional issues,” Bowie said, adding: “Now, that’s reversed and 90 percent of what they see are students with emotional and social problems.” Those problems range from issues related to social media, such as cyber bullying, and other pressures that make it difficult for some teens to cope. “Guidance counselors are not equipped to deal with social and emotional issues,” Bowie said, noting that training would enable school personnel to identify at-risk students and get them professional help.

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oncluding public safety would not be harmed, a House panel voted Monday to let people style and blow dry hair for money without first getting a license from the state. HB 2011 would repeal a section of law requiring at least 1,000 hours of training at a state-licensed school before someone can “dry, style, arrange, dress, curl, hot iron or shampoo and condition hair.’’ But licensing would remain in cases where there are “reactive chemicals to permanently straighten, curl or alter the structure of the hair.’’ The 5-4 vote by the House Committee on Military, Veterans and Regulatory Affairs came over the objections of dozens of individual stylists who insisted that the public needs the kind of oversight that now occurs through the State Board of Cosmetology. The measure now goes to

the full House. Tracy Marrs, who said she owns three franchise salons, said it’s not a simple question of what devices unlicensed stylists could use. “It’s more of who are we putting this really hot tool in the hands of,’’ she said, noting irons can get as hot at 450 degrees. Marrs argued that there is no problem with the licensing requirement, telling lawmakers it should not be repealed for people who are “just money hungry’’ and want to be able to hire people with less training who can be paid less. But Anthony Dynar, who owns his own cosmetology salon, said it makes sense to allow him to have a shop with both licensed cosmetologists and unlicensed stylists. And he mocked the idea that somehow a person without 1,000 hours of formal training will spread disease. “It does not take a license to know not to serve a client with lice or open sores,’’ he said.

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the 300-member Chamber’s future in the hands of an all-volunteer 15-member board. While Murray was entrusted with “the leadership and responsibility that this position oversees,” he will be acting “with 100 percent oversight by the board of directors,” the board said. The decision came after at least several weeks of discussion about the organization’s finances. The board said it wanted to devote more resources to its membership, implying that eliminating the salary of its top-paid executive was the best way to accomplish that goal. Cash’s two immediate predecessors – who now lead two far larger chambers of commerce – wished their former employer well. “Chambers of Commerce are driven by a passion for economic development and community,” said Chandler Chamber President/CEO Terri Kimble. “It does not surprise me that the Ahwatukee board of directors is doing everything possible to sustain their Chamber. I commend them in their efforts and dedication to the Ahwatukee Chamber and Board.” Anne Gill, whom Cash replaced when she became president/CEO of the Tempe Chamber, said, “I look forward to learning more about the new direction in which their board is moving and wish them the best of luck. But Justice of the Peace and former state legislator John McComish, who was the Chamber’s part-time CEO and its only employee in 1996, recalled that a year before he was hired, “the board attempted an all-volunteer board-run approach. It did not work well. This was in the Chamber’s formative years, when Ahwatukee was young and growing. “While I am skeptical regarding the board-managed model, I hope it works out well. The Chamber is an important piece in the fabric of our Ahwatukee Foothills community,” McComish said. Though he recently moved to Gilbert, Murray lived in Ahwatukee since 1992 – and is passionate about the community and the Chamber’s role in it. His main goals are to strengthen the Chamber and give more value for belonging to it – and stage community events. Those concerns influenced the board to make the move it did – with money dominating all three goals. A Chamber member for about four years, Murray joined the board last year. He assumed the board position in December, but he had already been prompt-

ing the board to consider its future. He said the motivation was the Chamber’s decision to drop the Red, White and Boom! Independence Day fireworks show and festival last year after an unidentified partner pulled its financial support for the event. “It was a matter of raising the questions and having the hard conversations,” he said. “The board had been looking at it for quite a while. Losing Red, White and Boom! was a big blow. I stepped in after that.” “It seemed like we were just beating our heads against the wall, doing events to raise money for an individual who was overworked and probably not appreciated and for a building that was bigger than we needed,” he said. “We had to make some hard decisions as an organization, and the consensus was we had to be a volunteer-based organization.” He said the question dominating the discussion was “with our membership and our budget are we serving the community at the highest level?” And during those discussions, he said, the board realized “we’re really missing something here.” “For a small community, we have a very active business community and I feel we have missed something, and this is no fault of Lindy’s,” he said. The discussion snowballed into the board’s dramatic decision as the year came to an end. “It happened so quickly,” Murray said. “We had a retreat coming up. Lindy had a contract coming up. We couldn’t really pay what she deserved.” And the fact that the CEO salary “was the biggest line item in our budget” made it clear that the best answer was nuking the position. It’s not clear how many chambers of commerce in the country are run by an all-volunteer board. Neither the U.S. Chamber of Commerce nor a national association for chamber executives would answer even simple questions related to the number that don’t have a paid chief executive. “That’s not in my wheelhouse,” said the spokeswoman for the U.S. Chamber, which counsels chambers on its website to have an executive handle day-to-day tasks. But Murray said the Ahwatukee Chamber is different from most chambers, particularly those in neighboring communities. For one thing, it is the only chamber in the country operating in a city that also has a citywide chamber. Its sister groups See

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in the East Valley maintain staffs and a host of events that dwarf those of the Ahwatukee Chamber. “We’re a small bedroom community,” Murray said. “We don’t have the big employers like Phoenix and Tempe have. Chandler and Gilbert chambers are doing great things – but they’ve got big employers too.” The Ahwatukee Chamber will retain its membership director and two other fulltime and one part-time position. It is also looking to move out of its rental offices on East Chandler Boulevard near 46th Street and find smaller, more affordable space. Murray and the board also have taken other measures to improve its value to members. It has postponed its annual Day of Champions business awards breakfast, which was to be held in a few weeks, until June and has terminated the small fees it charged members to attend its monthly mixers. Asked how the board would add more value to membership, Murray said he envisioned free seminars that helped educate business owners on public policy and other trends that directly affect them as well as other helpful educational sessions. “The benefit of the chamber is that it’s all about building relationships. Are we going to have a robust website? Probably not. There are good ones out there already. It’s a matter of connecting people and having community events and supporting our businesses. “I want us to educate businesses about

what’s going on not just in our community but our city and our state…It’s easy to get a business license and open your door, but staying open is a different deal. I worry when I go into a business and see no one there. I care when a business closes. I worry about this community and the financial health of this community.” Murray also is bullish on Ahwatukee and its business community – partly because of what he sees in his own business. “I tell investors to buy in Ahwatukee right now and you will see your investment go up substantially,” he said. He is equally enthusiastic about the Ahwatukee Chamber’s future, although he admits that with a board whose members all have busy lives, finding time in the day to devote to the organization will be a challenge. “We empowered our board to be an active board and more engaged,” he said, though he admitted that when he became chair, “I didn’t know we wouldn’t have a CEO.” “It’s a lot more challenging than I expected,” he said. Right now, he and the board are putting a lot of effort into the Chamber’s biggest fundraiser of the year – its golf tournament in April. “The problem with golf events as fundraisers is that you miss out on a big demographic,” he conceded. “I want to do an event that really brings the whole community together, not one to raise money but to give back to the community. “I’m not worried about growing the member base,” he added. “We have to get back to basics If we can prove our value, if we can establish that, then selling memberships will be a piece of cake.”

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Lawmaker seeks to blunt minimum wage law’s impact BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

HOENIX – A state lawmaker wants to give Arizona voters a chance to decide if the current $10.50 an hour minimum wage is as high as it should go. Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake, said her proposal would not repeal what voters approved last year, at least not entirely. The wage gains that already have taken place – from $8.05 an hour in 2016 to $10.50 now – would remain intact. But she wants to put a question on the November ballot to block the future increases that are supposed to take place between now and 2020 when, unless repealed, the minimum wage would hit $12 an hour. Bot Tempe Union and Kyrene school officials have indicated over the past year that the law has had a huge impact on their payrolls since it affects a wide variety of personnel from bus drivers to classroom aides. Allen’s proposal, SCR 1016, also would override existing local laws like in Flagstaff that require a higher minimum wage than the state law and preclude other communities from enacting their own laws. And it would repeal entirely another provision of the 2016 law requiring employers to provide at least three days of paid sick leave per year for all employees. The move drew derision from Tomas Robles, whose Living United for Change in Arizona organization spearheaded both the petition drive that put the wage hike on the ballot and the campaign to convince a majority of the people who went to the polls to vote for it. “It’s incredible how far they’re willing to go to put the needs of the Chamber of Commerce and special interests before the will of the voters,’’ he said, referring to the role the state chamber took in its unsuccessful bid to kill the measure. Robles called the whole effort “disgusting.’’ Allen, for her part, said she think voters might have second thoughts once they understand the effects the wage hike and required time off is having on small businesses, firms that lack the flexibility and the profit margin to deal with the mandates. But Robles brushed aside concerns. He pointed out that foes of the 2016 initiative predicted it would harm the

economy and result in layoffs, particularly in low-wage industries like bars and restaurants. Yet the record shows that the state’s jobless rate is at the lowest point in about a decade. And the most recent figures from the state Office of Economic Opportunity shows the number of people working at food service and drinking places has actually increased by 12,700 in the past year, a 5.5 percent increase. And there have been secondary effects, he said, as the close to one million workers who were affected by the 2016 initiative had more in their paychecks, allowing them to spend more and boost the overall economy. Allen, however, says her personal experience is that the higher wages have hurt those at the bottom of the pay scale. That includes a kindergarten aide who Allen said told her that her hours had been cut. “It’s horrible if you’re the person it’s happening to,’’ she said. She does not dispute the improved state economy. But Allen said it is not due to higher wages. “The market’s starting to improve because of the great things President Trump has been doing,’’ she said. Allen acknowledged that her opposition goes beyond the practical effects on employers. She said it’s “just wrong’’ for government to get involved in the free market. “To mandate these wages was, to me, an immoral thing,’’ Allen said. Allen she’s not asking voters to rescind the entire 2016 vote and put the minimum wage back to $8.05 an hour. “Holding the minimum wage at $10.50 is a great minimum wage,’’ she said. And freezing it there unless and until voters seek a change provides “stability’’ to business owners. Robles chided Allen and other lawmakers for spending time trying to undo something that voters approved less than two years ago. “Instead of focusing on our education system which is dead last, instead of focusing on infrastructure, or instead of focusing on jobs, they’re instead looking to reduce wages of workers,’’ he said. “It’s sad,’’ he said. “And it’s a reflection of how much Republicans in this Legislature are willing to put the will of the Chamber of Commerce above the voters and our workers in Arizona.’’

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Urban Air Adventure Park opened Saturday at 48th Street and Ray Road, Ahwatukee, and kids of all ages stormed the entertainment center to jump on trampolines, bounce on walls and have a high old time. Clockwise from top right: Berkely Bass, 8, jousts with Jack McDonald, 9, in a padded pit; Wrigley Hunanski springs to toss a ball; Tola Pietrzak, 7, hits the trampoline after a flip; Noah Jackson, 12, makes his way up a limbing wall; Lorabella Foley, 5, gets a charge out of bouncing around; and Izaac Patterson, 12, makes a high jump during a frenzied game of dodgeball.

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Area swim school making a splash with baby classes BY COLLEEN SPARKS AFN Staff Writer

abies gently splashed, floated, dipped beneath the water and grabbed rubber ducks while anchored to protective mothers in a shallow pool on a recent weekday morning in Mesa. While it’s common to hear cries as babies get fussy at play dates and other gatherings, these little ones were mostly quiet as they maneuvered their chubby, cherub-like bodies in the warm water at SWIMkids USA on West Guadalupe Road. SWIMkids USA recently won the 2017 Spirit of Enterprise Social Impact award. Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business honors a company that has made the biggest contribution toward the community’s greater good and shown it is socially focused, making a philanthropic impact. “It’s such an honor and that’s probably our biggest prize,” SWIMkids USA founder and president Lana Whitehead said, adding: “This award shines the light on our

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honored to receive this award because this is a problem that is not going away.” One reason the swim school received

the recognition is because Whitehead is considered a pioneer in the swim-floatswim technique aimed at helping people be safer in the water. With this method, a child kicks in the water while in a prone position for several seconds and then rotates onto their back, where they can rest and breathe. They repeat the swim-float-swim technique until they arrive safely at the side, where they are able to reach up and hold on, Whitehead said. SWIMkids USA also distinguished itself by providing free Water Smart Infants classes for babies ages 2 to 7 months old (accompanied by a parent) and free CPR classes. Whitehead is also the national spokeswoman for Water Smart Babies program, a national program in which pediatricians write prescriptions for babies to get swim lessons. “To be recognized as a Spirit of Enterprise finalist or winner means those founders and leaders are not only building their business, but building their communities,” said Amy Hillman, dean See

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of the W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU. ASU President Michael M. Crow wrote Whitehead: “This well-deserved recognition speaks to your success as a proven leader and entrepreneur as well as SWIMkids USA’s positive impact in the community. It is this kind of leadership that sets an example for our students and we hope your story will inspire their own spirit of entrepreneurship.” Arizona ranked second highest in total media-reported deadly drownings among children ages 15 and younger in pools and spas last year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s Pool Safely campaign in conjunction with the USA Swimming Foundation. Whitehead is well-versed in baby and children’s brain development and she started the swim school in 1971 in California before moving it to Scottsdale in 1978. She relocated the school to Mesa, eventually setting up the business on West Guadalupe Road in 1998. A grandmother of six and mother of three sons, Whitehead has a bachelor’s degree in physiology from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in special education from ASU. She has written five books on teaching babies and children to swim. “I love teaching,” Whitehead said. “I love swimming. It’s the one sport that saves your life.” Whitehead said the first thing the certified swim instructors teach students to do is submerge and learn to float on their back. They also learn how to roll onto their backs. The youngest swimmers, in the 2-month to 7-month-old range, learn how to push down and stand themselves up on steps in the pool. Older babies in the other classes learn to swim to the side of the pool and climb out. Instructors tell parents how if they blow on their babies’ faces, the babies will learn to hold their breath when they are put underwater. Swim classes at the Mesa school last for 30 minutes and people can take them for as long as they want. Many take them on an ongoing basis. Scott Clore of Mesa said his daughter, Sage, who will be 2 soon, loves swim lessons at SWIMkids USA. The toddler has been taking classes at the business since she was 6 months old. “I was a competitive swimmer growing up,” he said. “Especially in Arizona, there’s water everywhere. It’s safety; it’s survival

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skills. You’re just trying to give them those extra few minutes if they ever fall in.” Shaunna Risinger, general manager of SWIMkids USA, said, “We make swim lessons fun and we do it in a nurturing way but it’s still work.” “Drowning is the leading cause of accidental death for kids ages 1 to 4,” she added. “Why would you want to take that risk?” More than 500 swim classes are offered every week at SWIMkids USA, including swim-team practices. About 1,800 children and adults take swimming classes in the summer at SWIMkids USA and other times of year about 1,500 people are enrolled in the swim classes there. The business also offers gymnastics and dance classes. Whitehead wrote “Incredible Swimfants,” a book teaching parents how to help their children learn to swim, in the 1970s, and dedicated it to Todd Gleason and Brian Westburg, who both drowned at around 2 years old. Todd and Brian were the sons of some of Whitehead’s friends and their deaths motivated Whitehead to open a swim school. She has traveled around the world talking about swimming. The National Drowning Prevention Alliance gave SWIMkids USA the 2011 Community Lifesaver Award. “Aquatics International Magazine” named SWIMkids USA as the “Best of Aquatics: Swim School” in 2012. Whitehead is a 2012 Inductee in the U.S. Swim School Association’s (USSSA) Hall of Fame and she was a member of the Sports Medicine Delegation to China. Whitehead recently found out the International Swimming Hall of Fame has awarded her the 2018 G. Harold Martin Award for water safety and instruction. The Water SMART Babies program has been used on a pilot basis in 24 pediatricians’ offices in Maricopa County, according to the Drowning Prevention Coalition of Arizona. Information: swimkidsaz.com, watersmartbabies.com.

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introduced at the Capitol for years,’’ the governor said. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard said the plan recognizes that opioid addiction is different than those hooked on other drugs. And central to that is that most never intended to get addicted. “They went to the ER, they went to the doctor, dealing with an issue,’’ he told colleagues during last week’s vote. He said they get a prescription, go home, use it, “and suddenly there’s an addiction.’’ Mesnard said he understands the problem on a personal level, detailing having to go to the emergency room last year for a “lower back issue I’ll probably be dealing with for the rest of my life.’’ The doctor gave him a prescription for opioids, telling him to take one or two. “I took one, didn’t really feel anything,’’ Mesnard said. “Took two, I felt it,’’ he continued. “And I could definitely see why people become addicted.’’ Ducey, after signing the bill, predicted it will result in a big reduction in opioid addiction.

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opioids. “This bill is about people who are dying, people who are overdosing, people that are becoming addicted,’’ he said. But most lawmakers not involved in the drafting saw the first version of the measure when it hit their desks Monday night. “I am someone who believes in our process,’’ Ducey said. “So, if we do need to come back and have changes, I’m right there and we have a sitting legislature.’’ One key provision of the measure limits initial prescriptions to no more than five days – 14 for post-surgical patients – with an absolute dosage of no more than 90 “morphine milligram equivalents’’ unless they fall into certain excepted categories like burn victims, cancer patients and those in hospice. Doctors who say their patients need more must first get approval from a boardcertified pain management specialist. Lawmakers added language allowing that consultation to be by phone. But Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, said she doubts that doctors will be willing to risk the liability for giving the go-ahead for large dosages through a simple phone consult.

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Epstein tangles with Chandler lawmaker over tax exemption for diapers BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Tempe legislator who represents Ahwatukee tangled with a Chandler lawmaker last week before a House panel voted – but just barely – to give feminine hygiene products and diapers the same tax treatment as Lottery tickets, Viagra, tourist magazines, college textbooks and farm animals sold for breeding. Put simply, these items, like the others, would be exempt from the state sales tax and buyers would not have to pay an extra 5.6 percent of the purchase price to the state. The 5-4 vote on HB 2217, with only Republicans opposed, followed testimony from Ashley Ware, who told members of the Ways and Means Committee about living in a home with eight women and times when her mother could not afford to buy tampons before payday. And part of the cost, she said, is that state sales tax. “Those nickels and dimes to me and my family for eight women could have been another meal or a box of tampons before payday,’’ she testified. Daniel Moxley, executive director of the Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona, told lawmakers that about a third of all mothers struggle to keep their children in clean

diapers, what with the average baby using anywhere from eight to 12 a day. He said a nearly identical number report reusing a disposable diaper. “You can see the health risks there,’’ Moxley said. Diane Post, lobbyist for the National Organization for Women, said the tax also affects the elderly who have to buy incontinence products, which also would become tax exempt, allowing them to “live a dignified life.’’ Post also pegged the lifetime cost to women for menstrual products at about $20,000. But the proposal ran into opposition from several Republicans who questioned whether the state can live without the estimated $7 million a year that the levy generates. Rep. Anthony Kern, R-Glendale, said he would prefer the dollars go to teacher pay. And it drew a stinging rebuke from Rep. Jeff Weninger, R-Chandler, who objected to being asked by Rep. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, whether he values giving a financial break to women, the elderly and babies. “This is where I don’t like the politics of how these things get is insinuations that you don’t care for babies or individuals depending on what side of the issue you’re on,’’ he said. “That’s somewhat offensive

that there’s this litmus test that if you have some kind of a philosophical disagreement that somehow you don’t care for babies or the elderly or something.’’ But Weninger, in the end, agreed to vote for the measure on the condition that Rep. Daniel Hernandez, D-Tucson, the sponsor, amend the measure to also prohibit cities from imposing their own local sales tax levy on the same items. The other Republican agreeing to support the measure was Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita of Scottsdale. She echoed Weninger’s comments that the legislation is not a reflection of whether

lawmakers care about babies, women and the elderly, saying the issue is simpler than that. “These are necessities in life,’’ UgentiRita said. “And the dollar amounts do add up. A similar measure cleared the same panel last year only to be killed in the House Health Committee. This new version now goes to that same committee and could face the same fate there. Hernandez did agree to one change he said might blunt some opposition: The tax break would expire automatically at the end of 2026 unless renewed.

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aying some retailers are cheating, a proposed new state law would make it a crime to possess software or equipment that, in essence, can lie about the sales that they are making. SB 1386 would make it a felony to purchase, install or use any “automated sales suppression device or service’’ with the intent of cheating the state. The offense carries a sentence of 18 months in state prison for a first offense. Those found guilty also could face not only having to repay what they owe, with interest and penalties, but also fines of up to $100,000 with a $500,000 fine for corporate offenders. But that pales in comparison to the estimated $350 million that Ed Greenberg, spokesman for the state Department of Revenue, says the National Conference of State Legislatures estimates Arizona loses every year to this kind of cheating. That’s close to one dollar out of every eight the state actually collects now. Arizona has a transaction privilege tax, with the legal burden on sellers to collect the 5.6 percent state levy on all sales as well as any applicable local taxes. All that is based on retailers accurately reporting their taxable sales. The frequency depends on the volume, with the taxes owed submitted with the reports. In general, Greenberg said, the only thing the Department of Revenue gets and requires is the report submitted on

a state-prepared form. But his agency is allowed to ask deeper questions and audit a company’s books and equipment if there is reason to suspect something is amiss. That’s why the legislation targets what are known as “zappers’’ or “phantom ware,’’ devices and programs that can mask cheating. “Sales suppression software is designed to enter a business’s point of sale system and delete and/or modify selected sales,’’ Greenberg explained. It’s not complicated. “You may purchase a $10 item,’’ he said. “It’s deleted and then it comes up (on the official store records) as a $2 item.’’ Meanwhile, the customers paid the addition 45 cents in state sales tax on the $8 difference. But the store pockets that rather than forwarding it to the state. And a cursory check by state tax auditors of the store’s books would detect no problem, showing only that $2 sale. The legislation gives half of any fines collected to the Department of Revenue to develop new “analytics,’’ essentially software programs designed to examine the sales tax returns of companies and alert auditors to those which appear to have anomalies that might indicate a tax cheat. That, in turn, could trigger auditors to go out and have a closer look, including into a company’s computer. Greenberg said that legitimate businesses should have no problem with the legislation.

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member that feeling of going to my sixweek follow-up with my doctor and him telling me to do what you normally do. “For me, it was running 30-40 miles a week. And intuitively I knew that that was not OK, but the athlete in me wanted to do what I normally did. I wanted to run. I was excited.” The following weekend, Hill went for a run. “I came back crying because I was a mess,” Hill said. “I felt like something was going to fall out of my body and I knew that this was not normal…But it also challenged me to think that hopefully, I’m smart enough to step back and deal with my issue before I make it worse and progress safely.” As a result of her personal experience, she wants to help other women with postnatal issues. “There’s so much buildup to having a baby and so much care giving to a pregnant woman, making sure the baby’s healthy,” said Hill. “But then there’s this See

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Ahwatukee couple uses puppets to spread God’s word BY KELLY ATHENA AFN Contributor

oly and Arnie Pacheco and their daughter Lindsay held a garage sale at their Ahwatukee Mountain Park home recently to earn money for a good cause. “Nothing’s coming back in the house. We’re selling it or it gets donated to Goodwill,” said Arnie with a smile. A large treadmill sat in the driveway. “We don’t use it anymore since we’ve joined a gym,” said Yoly. Clothes, accessories and small household items sat neatly arranged in their garage. I spotted a black music stand that I knew a friend of mine would like. “How much for this stand?” I asked Arnie. “Make me an offer,” he said. “How about $2?” I asked.

“You’ve got yourself a deal,” said Arnie. The funds they raised are earmarked for their trip to Cuba in February. They will visit hospitals, facilities for the elderly and churches with their traveling message of self-esteem and God’s love. Yoly is a bilingual ventriloquist with a heart of compassion. She overcame a shy personality before becoming a performer in 16 Latin American countries and across the United States. She began entertaining children with See

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Arnie and Yoly Pacheco of Ahwatukee and their puppet “Junior” teach lessons of self-esteem in Honduras. Yoly is a bilingual ventriloquist who has brought her show to 16 countries.

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Calls going out for Kiwanis Easter Parade participants N AFN News Staff

ow that the Christmas decorations are stored away for another year, it’s time for Ahwatukee organizations and businesses to start thinking Easter. As in the 42nd annual Kiwanis Ahwatukee Easter Parade and Spring Fling, slated for March 31. While forms have been mailed to 300 local businesses, groups and previous parade participants, the Kiwanis Club doesn’t want to overlook anyone, so it’s putting out a public call for entries. It may seem early to think of the parade, but organizers said an event of this magnitude takes a lot of planning and preparation. Hence, organizers are hoping businesses, youth groups, church organizations and even individuals to start planning for the largest Easter parade in the city of Phoenix. It also is one of the largest annual community events in Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club President Mike Schmitt will again perform services as the Parade Boss for the 26th year. Beginning at 10 a.m., the parade forms at 48th Street and Warner Road and progresses north about one mile

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disconnect when a woman has a baby. They basically just send a woman on their own.” Like Hill, many women are told the same thing: resume their normal activities after six weeks. “Women want to lose their baby weight, they want to get their normal body back or they want to compete or do whatever recreational activities they previously did,” said Hill. “So, when they hear from their doctor to ‘go back and do whatever it is you do,’ they don’t know how to do it.” As a result, women can injure themselves trying to achieve their goals. “Women are pushing themselves to do activities they enjoy doing, and it’s at the cost of either leaking urine when theyrun or jump or even just sneezing and coughing,” explained Hill, adding: “A lot of women struggle with the baby pooch in their belly, where they feel like it’s a fat thing of the abdomen because of

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The Easter Bunny and his brightly colored float cruised down 48th Street last year during the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club's 41st annual Easter Parade, the largest of its kind in Phoenix.

along 48th Street to Cheyenne Drive. Spectators are welcome to bring lawn chairs or spread blankets and enjoy the parade. Public address stations will be located at Ahwatukee Country Club and at the corners of Ahwatukee Drive, Kiowa Street and Pawnee Street. After the parade, families and individuals can drop by the Spring Fling at having a baby. They think they just need to lose weight.” But it could actually be a much more serious problem, such as a separation of the abdominal wall that can make a woman look like she’s still pregnant. It also can lead to more serious problems, Hill said. While the body undergoes a lot of healing in six weeks, not all women are ready to resume their exercise regimen. “That’s where we need to do a better job of educating women after having the baby,” Hill said. “They can get back to their normal activity but need to do it with a safe progression under the guidance of a physical therapist who understands these issues. They can actually get back better and stronger vs. suffering from a lot of issues over the years.” Not all women experience postpartum symptoms right after delivery. Hill said some symptoms can emerge up to eight years after having a baby if they weren’t initially addressed. “I want to help these women who don’t know any better and they don’t know

Ahwatukee Community Center Park, 48th Street and Warner Road. The event, which runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., features entertainment by local groups, vendor and craft booths, carnival rides, games, food, beverages and games. Kiwanis member Andi Pettyjohn is heading the Spring Fling committee for the 18th time. there’s help for them,” said Hill. Resuming a normal sex life can also be a challenge after having a baby. As a therapist focusing on sports injuries, Hill used to treat patients with scar tissue. “But, unfortunately, when that scar tissue is vaginal, all of a sudden, we don’t talk about it,” said Hill. “It’s a tissue just like anything else, and it’s a tissue that needs to be healed and recover just like anything else.” She said it’s not uncommon to have “pain during sex after having a baby,” something that’s not talked about. “People don’t talk about painful sex and people don’t talk about peeing their pants when they run because it’s embarrassing,” Hill said. “So, I really want to break that taboo and say, ‘Yes, these things are common so let’s talk about them, let’s get them out in the open.’” “I think it’s hard for a woman to express that to a man because a woman doesn’t want her husband or boyfriend to feel like he’s hurting her,” she added, stressing that communication with a

Entry is free but carnival rides, the Easter Egg Hunt and food and drinks require the purchase of tickets. “The event is the largest fundraiser of the year for the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club and takes months of planning and organization,” Pettyjohn said. “A very popular event with Ahwatukee families, it’s so much fun to see so many community members gather together for an afternoon of fun.” The egg hunts comprise more than 30 pounds of candy encased in plastic eggs and are held throughout the day, as carnival rides and games keep youngsters happy. Up to 60 local merchants, crafters, food and drink booths and live onstage entertainment keep adults amused. The parade and the Spring Fling are organized by the 27-member Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee with proceeds earmarked for community and Kiwanis charities. Local Key Clubs from Desert Vista and Mountain Pointe High Schools assist. For more parade information, call, 480-759-0007 or e-mail msch0007@ aol.com. Spring Fling information can be obtained by calling 602-4026267 or e-mailing andi@wttaz.com. Forms are available at ahwatukeekiwanis.org. partner is key. Hill wants all women to know they can regain a normal, healthy functioning life again if they just take care of themselves. That’s why she’s launching a six-week postpartum class that women attend once a week in person. Each week there are extra progressions women do at home accessed through an app. To get the app and sign-up for classes, email Hill at tracymovementwarrior@ gmail.com. The six-week course is $350 and includes a specialized training ball designed for pelvic floor dysfunction. The six-week live series can help at any stage of postpartum. Dates and locations scheduled so far: Wednesdays at 5 p.m. starting today, Jan. 31 at Trainer’s Club, 6909 W. Ray Road, Chandler. Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. starting Feb. 21 at Strong’N’Sexy Fitness, 8154 S. Priest Drive, Tempe. Saturdays at 8 a.m. starting March 3 at Strong’N’Sexy Fitness.

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Desert Pointe Garden Club program to focus on bees

and third place, Joseph Gunderson-Jones, fifth grade, C.I. Waggoner Elementary.

calling 602-534-5366 or emailing vicki.mcallister@ vosymca.org. To view a video of the series: youtube.com/ watch?v=OqhC1g1imuk&t=15s.

Prospective members are welcome to attend the Monday, Feb. 5, meeting of Desert Pointe Garden Club, when a presentation on bees will be featured. The club meets beginning at 9 a.m. on the first Monday of the month September through May at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center, 5001 E. Cheyenne Drive, Ahwatuklee. It is not necessary to belong to the Recreation Center to join the club. In addition to the meetings, members also sponsor a butterfly garden, renovate the yards of certain group homes for the disabled, maintain the Blue Star Memorial on Warner Road, and participate in many other outreach projects. Information: 480-759-4407 or dpgc.org.

Superintendent candidates to meet Senior Focus at Mountain Park Ahwatukee GOP Women Chocolate and politics are on the agenda of the next offers panel discussion on aging

Kyrene spelling bee winners to advance to county contest

Video-discussion series for caregivers at Pecos Center

Six Kyrene students, including three from Ahwatukee schools, will be representing the school district at the Maricopa County Regional Spelling Bee on Feb. 24. Following the recent district bee, Lyndell Tanner, a fifth-grader at Kyrene del Cielo Elementary, became the district champion. Lyndell, along with second-place winner Säde Sepp, a fifth-grader at Kyrene de las Lomas Elementary went head-to-head for several rounds before Lyndell correctly spelled “adder” as the championship word. The other four Kyrene students heading to the county bee are: sixth place, Snigdha Edwin, sixth grade, Kyrene Traditional Academy; fifth place, Landon Plumb, fifth grade, Kyrene Monte Vista, fourth place, Ben Amtsfield, fifth grade), Kyrene de los Cerritos Leadership Academy;

meeting of the Ahwatukee Republican Women as they host the GOP candidates for state superintendent of public instruction and enjoy a chocolate fountain. The public is invited to the meeting at 6 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Club West Clubhouse. The moderator will be Katie Franquist from the Arizona Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Information: ahwatukeerepublicanwomen.com or call ARW President Cindy Casaus at 602-300-4185.

Duet, an East Valley nonprofit that promotes health and well-being through a broad range of services to older adults who need one-on-one support, has scheduled a 10-week program for family caregivers that will be led by care givers. The free series, beginning 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Pecos Senior Center, 17010 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, is aimed at helping caregivers reduce stress and build resilience. Through a 20-minute video each week, caregivers can “gain an understanding of their ambiguous loss journey and teaches them the techniques which are crucial to reducing their stress, reclaiming hope and improving their health and well-being,” Duet said in a release. Space is limited and reservations are needed by

Mountain Park Church, 16461 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee, will present a panel discussion on family decisions and aging during its next Senior Focus session 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. The panel will include Marie Burns, a certified financial advisor; Gregg Powell of Grace at Home; Scott Fischer, Options for Senior Living; and David Johnson, a licensed master social worker. The panel will address such questions and issues as: Making decisions on behalf of elderly parents can strain family relationships. Where do they live? What does it cost? Are Mom and Dad safe? Home care or assisted living? Should we take away the car keys? Program is free.

Dream Dinners food-packing event at GCU seeks sponsors

Dream Dinners of Ahwatukee is seeking sponsors to support the purchase of food and other expenses in advance of a food-packing event at Grand Canyon University on March 25. Sponsors who contribute between $500 and $10,000 will get various levels of recognition at the packing event, which aims to feed thousands of needy families in the United States and abroad. The event is being organized by the Dream Dinners Foundation and another nonprofit called Friends & Family Community Connection, which together have organized similar events across the country that have supplied 16 million meals.Information: Penny Bowers at 602-810-2922 or penny.bowers@dreamdinners.com.

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The Arizona Community Foundation is now accepting applications for college scholarships and has added new awards to support Arizona foster children and law enforcement families. ACF, which is largest private provider of scholarship funding in Arizona, provides access to more than 100 scholarship awards with a single online application. Completing one general application automatically matches applicants with every scholarship opportunity within the system for which they qualify. High school seniors, current college students and graduate-level students attending schools can apply. Application deadlines for scholarships vary, ranging from early spring to the end of May. Students are encouraged to apply early to maximize their opportunities for the scholarship awards. Some scholarships are given based on merit or financial need, while others are awarded to students in a particular geographic region or with specific demographic characteristics. Visit azfoundation.org/ scholarships.

Senior Olympics registration is now open for 2018 games

Registration is underway for Ahwatukee residents 50 and older who want to participate in the 2018 Arizona Senior Olympics. The games will be held Feb. 17-March 11 at various venues across the state. There is a wide variety of games, from bocce ball to tennis, running to swimming. The purpose is to encourage health, fitness and safety in a fin and competitive atmosphere. The games, sponsored by the Arizona Lifelong Fitness Foundation, are in their 37th year. Information: seniorgames.org or 602-274-7742.

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of young people. Council district winners will receive a $500 award and citywide winners an additional $1,500 award. The deadline to apply is fast approaching. Learn more at phoenix.gov/education.

Celebrating Black History Month

The Mountain Pointe High School Black Student Union will present a lively and fun celebration of Black History Month for the whole family. DETAILS>> 2-3:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, FEB. 3-SUNDAY, FEB. 4 Arts and crafts offered

The Ahwatukee Arts & Crafts Festival will feature artists

from Phoenix and Tucson with handmade items from various mediums – paintings, jewelry, clothing, beading, photography, wood works, metal art and home décor. Look for the white tents. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 5031 E. Elliot Road, Ahwatukee, artattackaz@gmail.com, or Kevin at 520-578-5142 or Nancy at 520-481-8001.

MONDAY, FEB. 5

PSI Basic course offered

Norma McCormick will present a PSI Basic seminar, an educational course that makes people challenge themselves to explore, question and discover their life and expand their personal and professional effectiveness. DETAILS>> 6:30 p.m. 15815. S. 46th St., Ahwatukee. Reservations: 480-663-8400 or 480-283-5597 or norma@ harmonynabundance.com. See

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TUESDAY, FEB. 6

Manuscript formatting discussed

Parchment and Prose Writers’ discussion group meets the first Tuesday of every month for workshops, presentations, and discussions about all aspects of the writing process from conception to publication. Author KB Shaw will discuss tricks and tips for manuscript formatting. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7

Monthly book discussion

Read the book and join each month’s lively discussion the first Wednesday of the month. February’s read: “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance. March’s read: “The Aviator’s Wife” by Melanie Benjamin. DETAILS>> 7-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, FEB. 10

Sorting through Medicare

Learn how the Medicare plan you choose can be a lifechanging decision as long-time Ahwatukee agents Bill and Carole Phelan present options and answer your questions. DETAILS>> 11:30 a.m., Ironwood library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. RSVP 480-283-9161

Library Teen Council Meeting

This group meets to plan teen events at the library. Join

us to earn community service hours, make friends, have fun! DETAILS>>2-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 12-18. Free. No registration required.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 13

Corpus Christi Catholic Church is sponsoring a foodpacking event to help send 14,000 meals with CRS Helping Hands to Burkina Faso in West Africa. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-noon, 3550 E. Knox Road, Ahwatukee. To donate/register: helpinghands.crs.org/events/ corpus-christi. Information: Mary Long at 480-704-1745.

LEGO Lab

Children accompanied by an adult can stop by for fun LEGO building time the second Tuesday of each month. DETAILS>>4-5 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

SATURDAY, FEB. 17 TinkerTime

Explore hands-on creative ways to design, experiment, and invent while learning about Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM) through tinkering. #stem DETAILS>>> 2-4 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 6-11. Free. No registration required.

Weight loss program set

Join The Body Firm in the annual six-week Partner Weight Loss Challenge with a $1,000 prize for the biggest losers. DETAILS>>An informational meeting is at 12:30 p.m. at 3636 E. Ray Road, Ste 2, Ahwatukee. The challenge begins Feb. 19. Information: 480-705-9801 or thebodyfirmaz.com.

TUESDAY, FEB. 20

Ironwood Writers Group

The third Tuesday of every month bring 5 double-spaced pages of writing to get feedback from your fellow writers. DETAILS>> 6-7:45 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E

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but don’t know where to start? Bring your planner, bullet journal, or notebook and learn some tips on laying out your tasks and goals while exercising your creativity. Introductory bullet journal and all other supplies provided by the Friend of the Phoenix Public Library. DETAILS>> 4-6 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

THURSDAY, MARCH 1

Holi: Celebration of Color

All ages will enjoy a musical performance by the Mill Avenue Chamber Players inspired by Aesop’s classic tales at 2 p.m. Children’s crafts will follow at 3 p.m. DETAILS>> Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

Come learn about, and experience, the colorful spring Indian celebration of Holi! Crafting fun with a spring theme will happen 4-5 p.m. Snacks and the throwing of gulal-colored powder will occur 5-5:30 p.m. Bring family and friends, wear clothes you don’t mind getting permanently stained, and join us for this wild, messy celebration! DETAILS>> Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. All ages. Free. No registration required.

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The next Ahwatukee Foothills Friends and Neighbors meeting will take place with Kathleen Winn of Project 25 discussing, “Reestablishing Boundaries: Ending Sexual Exploitation by 2025.” DETAILS>>Shalimar Country Club in Tempe. The payment deadline for the buffet luncheon is Feb. 19, 2018. Contact affanwomensgroup@gmail.com to find out how to become a member.

Enjoy Dr. Seuss-themed literacy and STEAM activities for the whole family to enjoy together in honor of Read Across America Day. DETAILS>> 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 3-12. Free. No registration required.

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Learn gardening from pros

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Ahwatukee homes sought for three rescued dogs and a cat AFN News Staff

hree dogs and a cat hope they can find a new love by Valentine’s Day in Ahwatukee. Janelle Cosgriff of Friends for Life Rescue is looking for homes for one of the dogs and the cat. Gus, a Chihuahua blend about 2 years old and weighing about 14 pounds, “is a silly, goofy, sweet, wonderful little boy” who is social with both people and other dogs, Cosgriff said, adding he “would

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enjoy a home that will take him on daily walks. “He’s living in a foster home where he’s doing very well,” she said, adding he is is neutered, licensed, vaccinated and microchipped. His adoption fee is $150. The other dog she has, a Chi blend named Hyatt, is 5 years old and weighs about 14 pounds. “He doesn’t seem to care about interacting with young children so a home without young children or toddlers would be to his liking,” Cosgriff said.

His adoption fee also is $150 and he is neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and licensed. Moose is a domestic medium-haired black cat about 7 months old and “enjoys playing and when it is time to rest, he enjoys being with his people. He does fine with other cats,” Cosgriff said. His adoption fee is $115 and he has been altered, vaccinated, microchipped, de-wormed and tested for FELV/FIV. Information: 480-497-8296, FFLdogs @azfriends.org (for Gus or Hyatt), FFL-

cats@azfriends.org (for Moose) or azfriends.org. Jennifer Berry of Arizona Rescue said she is trying to find a family for Dunkin. “You cannot get enough love from this little guy,” she said. “Dunkin kisses are like chocolate sunshine, his eyes are shiny like your favorite glazed donut and his coat is quite stylish when combed into a Mohawk. “Dunkin loves to go for walks and is a pro on the leash. He will tailor his pace to yours,” she added. Information: azrescue.org.

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the knowledge, the produce, and the smiles. All ages welcome Bring sun protection and water, tools optional. DETAILS>> 8-9:15 a.m. in the northwest corner of the park at 4700 E. Warner Road, Ahwatukee, behind the guitar player at the Ahwatukee Farmers Market, which is open 9a.m.-1 p.m. Information: acgarden.org or 480-759-5338.

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Two new clubs meet in Ahwatukee every Sunday the chess club for players at all skill levels and Knitters Anonymous for all levels of knitters and people who crochet. DETAILS>> The Chess Club meets at 11 a.m. at Einstein’s at 48th Street and Ray Road. Knitters Anonymous meets at 2 p.m. at Pomegranate’s Café, 40th and Chandler Boulevard. For either club, call 480-246-1912 for more information.

Little Bytes

Kids can learn the foundations of coding and computer commands before they can write or spell! Fun activities, apps and games will teach the fundamentals of simple logic, sequencing and coding language. #stem DETAILS>> 2-3 p.m. Feb. 4, 11 and 18, Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-7. Free. No registration required.

Coder Dojo

What do video games, robots and self-driving cars have in common? Code! You can become a coding master by

learning Code.org, Kodable, Scratch, Tynker, HTML and more. Beginners welcome. DETAILS>> 3-4 p.m., Feb. 4, 11 and 18. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 8-17. Free. No registration required.

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Sign language for crawlers

Accompanied by a favorite adult, babies birth to crawling enjoy songs, music, rhymes, books, interactive stories, simple sign language words, activities to promote movement, and playtime. DETAILS>> 10:30-11 a.m., Feb. 5, 12 and 26. Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages birth to crawling. Free. Tickets are limited and available in the library 30 minutes before program begins.

Chamber offers networking

The Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce networking and leads group is open to chamber members. DETAILS>> Noon, Native Grill and Wings, 5030 E. Ray Road, Ahwatukee. Gina Jenkins, 480-990-5444.

LD 18 Dems meet monthly

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather monthly, usually the second Monday, to share news, opportunities, food and laughter. Meetings include guest speakers, legislative updates, how-to sessions and Q&A. Volunteer or just enjoy an evening with like-minded folks. DETAILS>> For times and places: ld18democrats.org/ calendar. See

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Arizona’s dog bite law holds owners responsible for injuries BY OLIVIA ELDRIDGE AFN Guest Writer

rizona’s dog bite law began with a miniature poodle named Fabian. In 2009, Fabian was on a walk with his owner, who was holding him on his leash. They were still in their own driveway when another dog ran from its backyard and grabbed Fabian, biting and shaking him aggressively. Although his owner rushed him to an emergency animal clinic, Fabian did not survive. The loss was heartbreaking and incredibly scary for Fabian’s owners, Richard and Sally Andrade. But instead of simply mourning the loss of their beloved pet, they also began fighting for new legislation that would hold careless and negligible dog owners responsible for their pet’s actions, especially dog bites and dog-on-dog attacks. While it took a couple of years to get the legislation passed, Fabian’s Law, was signed into law on April 25, 2011 by former Gov. Janice Brewer. It’s important to know that the law doesn’t target specific breeds and has nothing to do with breed select legislation, but instead protects responsible pet owners who comply with the law and keep their pets under control at all times. Owners who cannot or will not obey the law and control their pets are held accountable for their inaction and irresponsible behavior. Fabian’s Law increases pen-

alties for owners whose dogs bite, maim and attack both pets and humans. Many studies show that aggressive dogs that attack other dogs are also prone to attack humans, especially smaller children. That’s why Fabian’s Law is so important. It’s important to understand that dog owners are responsible for the actions of their pets at all times, even when they aren’t home. Dogs must be housed in a secure area, such as inside a house where they can’t bite other pets or humans and where they can’t escape. An aggressive dog should never be kept in a backyard where they can get out by jumping a fence, digging or opening a gate. Aggressive dogs should never be kept tied up where other pets or humans can approach. It’s also important to know that even the most timid-seeming dog can become aggressive under the right circumstances. For example, a “nice” dog may want to protect its food or sleeping area and snap at other pets or children who come near. If the occurrence escalates, continues or scares the dog, it’s possible it may take more aggressive actions. Owners must be careful to keep an eye on their dogs at all times around other pets and humans, especially small children. The dog must be on a leash while outside of the house and in a secure area when the owner is gone. -Olivia Eldridge is marketing director for the Husband and Wife Law Team in Ahwatukee. Reach her at Olivia@breyerlaw.com.

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Coloring for grown-ups

Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. We’ll provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets; you just bring yourself and your friends! DETAILS>> Tuesdays 1:30-3:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Homework help

Volunteer Eric will help with homework each Tuesday afternoon. DETAILS>> Tuesdays 4:00-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

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Although rarely discussed, family estrangement is far more common than most people realize. The estranged suffer from loneliness, lack of self-esteem, guilt, anger and depression. Desert Foothills United Methodist Church provides a support group that meets the first Tuesday of every month. The public is invited to the “Living Loss” sessions. No questions asked, and anonymity will be respected. DETAILS>> 7 p.m., first Tuesday of every month; 2156 E. Liberty Lane, Ahwatukee. Free. Information: 480-4601025 and office@desertfoothills.org

Homework help

Volunteer Eric will help with homework. DETAILS>> 4-5:30 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 5-18. Free. No registration required.

Coloring for grown-ups

Adult coloring promotes mindfulness, reduces stress, and improves cognitive motor skills. Library personnel will provide the markers, crayons, colored pencils, and coloring sheets; you just bring yourself and your friends. DETAILS>> 1:30-3 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Free. No registration required.

Chair yoga featured

• After-school classes and activities offered at all schools

Inner Vision Yoga Studio offers chair yoga to help seniors and people recovering from injuries to stay fit. DETAILS>> 1:30-2:30 p.m., 4025 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. $5 per class. Information:

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Toastmasters sharpen skills

Teacher Job Fair

Improve your speaking skills and meet interesting people at Ahwatukee Toastmasters meetings DETAILS>>6:45-8 a.m at the Dignity Health Community Room, 4545 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee.

February 24, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Kyrene District Office

Power Partners available

@KyreneSchools www.kyrene.org • 480-541-1000

The Ahwatukee Chamber offers Power Partners every Tuesday except the second Tuesday of the month, when attendees are encouraged to attend the Wake Up Ahwatukee Morning Mixer. Unlike our Monday Power Group, this group will be noncategory specific, meaning you can have more than one member in each business category. DETAILS>> 7:45-8:45 a.m. Early Baker, 15645 S. 40th St., Ahwatukee. Free Information:. Gina Jenkins, 480-9905444.

WEDNESDAYS

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery is a Biblical 12-step program that helps you find hope and healing from all of life’s hurts, habits, and hang-ups. Whether it’s addiction, loss, anger, or stress, you can find the freedom you’re looking for. DETAILS>> 6:20 PM, Mountain View Lutheran Church, 11002 South 48th Street, Ahwatukee. 480-8932579, mvlutheran.org.

Sit, Stay, Read!

Young readers & listeners can sign up for reading time with a registered therapy animal & human team. Read to Truffles on Wednesdays. DETAILS>> Wednesdays, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Ironwood Library, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd. Ages 4-10. Free. No registration required.

Montessori holds open house

Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori holds an open house weekly. It includes a short talk about Montessori education, followed by a tour of its campus. DETAILS>> 4 p.m. Wednesdays, 3221 E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Information: 480-759-3810

Grief support is free

Hospice of the Valley offers a free ongoing grief support group for adults and is open to any adult who has experienced a loss through death. No registration required. DETAILS>> 6-7 p.m. first and third Wednesdays, Pecos Community Center, 17010 S. 48th St. 602-636-5390 or HOV.org.

Foothills Women meet

An informal, relaxed social organization of about 90 women living in the Ahwatukee Foothills/Club West area. A way to escape once a month to have fun and meet with other ladies in the area. Guest speaker or entertainment featured. DETAILS>> 7 p.m. second Wednesday of the month, Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive. Contact Shelley Miller, president, at 602-527-6789 or essentiallyshelley@gmail.com

Parents can ‘drop in’

Parents are invited to join a drop-in group to ask questions, share ideas or just listen to what’s going on with today’s teenagers. DETAILS>> 5:30-7 p.m. second Wednesday of each month. Maricopa Cooperative Extension, 4341 E. Broadway Road, Phoenix. Free. RSVP at 602-827-8200, ext. 348, or rcarter@cals.arizona.edu.

‘Dems and Donuts’ set

Legislative District 18 Democrats gather for an informal chat. DETAILS>> Free and open to the public 7:30-9 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month at Denny’s, 7400 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. RSVP: marie9@q.com or 480592-0052.

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Between the garage sale and the calligraphy she is getting very close to her $1,700 goal. The Pachecos have lived in Ahwatukee for 13 years and are active members at Generation Church in Ahwatukee. To see clips of their performances, visit their Facebook page, Yoly Pacheco Ventriloquist, or their YouTube videos.

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puppets when she was a child on mission trips with her parents. When she was 11, she realized she also had a gift with ventriloquism. She has 10 puppets, including curlyhaired, outspoken Maggie, a boy named Junior, a bird, a panda bear, a turtle, and various other characters, each with their own voice and personality. Arnie is the manager of Universal Wood Products in Chandler, which employs 80 to 90 people. He’s worked there for 24 years, keeping busy Monday through Friday. On weekends, he joins Yoly and Lindsay for his “fun job” as part of their family show. They schedule their travels around Lindsay’s school calendar so she is able to be a part of most of their international travels. Lindsay is a senior at Valley Christian High School near 56th Street and Chandler Boulevard. She has been named the valedictorian of her class. She also received the National Hispanic Recognition Award for scoring in the top 2.5 percent on the PSAT/MNSQT test among all Hispanic and Latino

-Kelly Athena is the AFN’s local garage sale gal, a master gardener and environmental advocate. See more at KellyAthena.com.

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Lindsay Pacheco writes calligraphy names at one of the shows, earning her money for a school trip to Romania.

test-takers in the region. The proceeds from items Lindsay sold at the garage sale are going toward her mission trip to Romania in March. She will travel with about 15 of her classmates to villages to participate in outreach to widows, orphans, and families.

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Fun and learning go hand in hand at Kyrene's annual Play Day Children from across Kyrene School District flocked to Aprende Middle School in Chandler last Saturday for the Kyrene Community Education Department's annual Community Play Day. Along with 50 booths arts and crafts and performances by children at various schools, including those in Ahwatukee, kids had a chance to tinker in STEM-related activities. In the top from left, the Brisas

Mallet Masters perform while Abbie Low tries to toss balls into a cup. In the bottom row from th right, Larissa Newell, 9, of Ahwatukee engages in some building activity while 7-year-old Tai'len Dinkins tests out his hockey pucking in the Coyotes booth and Ella Gonzalez, 5, tests out a maze in the STEM booth, aimed at sparking interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

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Chamber still here for the community despite leadership change BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ewspapering teaches its practitioners to expect the unexpected, but even after many years in this business, I wasn’t prepared for the stunning turn of fortune at the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce in the early weeks of 2018. Literally eight days after I had a pleasant interview with Lindy Lutz Cash, then its president/CEO, I received an emailed announcement from the Chamber board that it zapped her position and that the all-volunteer board would now be running the show. Though the AFN is a Chamber member, I am not privy to its inner workings or finances. But it seems from the board’s action – and its explanation of why it took such a dramatic step – that at nearly a quarter-century old, the Chamber is on the ropes financially. It wasn’t as though Cash was not doing a good job, for if that was the case, the board wouldn’t have taken the drastic measure that it did. Indeed, having dealt with her or observed her for stories on various Chamber

activities since she had been named interim director in November 2016, I thought she made for a great public face and advocate for the Chamber. But I also can look at what happened two weeks ago from the perspective of another part of my career. In the ever-shrinking newsrooms I’ve worked, colleagues have said goodbye to many exceptional journalists, victims of shrinking revenue. Nevertheless, the Ahwatukee Chamber is still here, the voice of the Ahwatukee business community. And it serves this community just as much as it does the businesses that are part of it. Consider its plan to expand and improve its annual guide to Ahwatukee. No longer content with just showcasing member-businesses, the Chamber is revamping the book to make it more useful to not only other local businesses but to the community as well. It is opening advertising opportunities to nonmembers and including more resource material about Ahwatukee itself. And even residents handy with a camera can get into the act. The Chamber is encouraging local residents to enter a photo contest with the winning entry becoming the cover image for the Ahwatukee Busi-

ness Directory and Resource Guide. The contest rules are pretty simple: Entries must be submitted in a digital format and depict scenery around Ahwatukee, including pictures of big community events such as the Festival of Lights. The deadline for submissions isn’t easy to forget: It’s Feb. 14, Valentine’s Day. The winning shot will be announced at the Chamber’s February mixer on Feb. 21. Only one submission per contestant is allowed and the photograph must be validated as an original photograph by submitting it through ahwatukeeguide.com All submissions must include a release to be published as a finalist photo if selected as well as for photo use if selected as the contest winner. The location depicted in the photo must be given at the time of submission. And submissions must be high resolution (at least 300dpi at 6 inches wide by 9 inches tall). Some submissions that don’t get picked for the cover will be used on inside pages and the photographers will be credited by name inside the guide. Even those residents who don’t take pictures, though, will benefit from the Chamber’s plans for the free guide, which will be available in April. “We also want it to be not just a busi-

ness directory but a resource guide to the schools, parks and other aspects of the community,” Cash said in her last interview with AFN as the Chamber’s top executive. She noted that the goal is to make the guide “a better vehicle to serve our local people as well as our winter visitors.” This is just one of many ways the Chamber is helping and serving Ahwatukee, of course. Last year, it partnered with AFN to bring voters a forum for the two candidates running in the Phoenix City Council District 6 election. It also sponsored an informative 90-minute session with the three state legislators representing Ahwatukee. Naturally, the Chamber exists primarily to help its members, the vast majority of which are Ahwatukee businesses of all sizes – both brick-and-mortar and home-based. They include the healthcare offices you visit, the restaurants you can drop in on without driving to Scottsdale or Gilbert, the stores you shop at. And the help these business members get enables them to stay strong through whatever economic challenges that confront them and so they can serve you. And that’s the Ahwatukee Chamber’s greatest contribution to your daily life – regardless of who's in charge.

LETTERS

Yarbrough ‘feasting on the bones of’ public schools

I was a disturbed to read Howard Fischer’s well-researched article, “Yarbrough Now Sees Need for Tax Credit Cap.” I’ve known for a long time that public schools in Arizona lack the necessary funding. I knew that teacher pay is currently the lowest in the country, that qualified educators are (understandably) fleeing the state, that school districts are scrambling to find money for buildings, books, computers and transportation and that the State Legislature and Governor Ducey seem unable or unwilling to do anything meaningful to address the problem. What I didn’t know was that Senate President Steve Yarbrough, elected to serve all of his constituents, has toiled so effectively to divert desperately needed funds from

public education, transferring them to elite private and religious schools. I was also unaware that, as Fischer’s article points out, Yarbrough and the business he owns with his wife are raking in well over $800,000 dollars annually as a result of the law he sponsored. As an Arizona taxpayer, I feel like I’ve woken up to find the furniture missing. So that’s where all the money is going? To the very lawmakers who tell us they can’t find the funds to educate Arizona’s children? I’m absolutely incensed. Yarbrough has been a member the ArizonaLegislature since 2003, and during that time, public school funding has shrunk to embarrassing and unacceptable levels. In the meantime, he and his cronies are feasting on the bones of a system that they, themselves, broke. How stupid are we? Let’s vote the foxes

out of the henhouse while there’s still something to save. Public education isn’t for the purpose of personal profit. It is, instead, for the future of our state. We can do better than this! -K.M. Lang

Readers bids his fond goodbye to Carson Palmer

I know a lot of Arizonans are sad to see Carson Palmer retire. From what I saw, he always gave his teammates credit for a bunch of wins and took the blame, unselfishly, for a loss. He respected and gave praise to the whole Cardinals organization. Carson Palmer was one of the toughest players with the best arm to perfectly thread the needle, even though his helmet told his defenders where the pass would be thrown. I was a born and raised a Steeler fan, but

the one QB I booed the most, who came from USC, played for the Bengals and tore apart the Steeler CBs and safeties with pinpoint passes was Carson Palmer. No offense, Carson, because as Charles Barkley said, “boos are like cheers.” The amazing thing is he was still doing it for the Cardinals for over a 15-year career and was tough as nails taking a sack. Carson was a team guy, earning respect from his organization and, I believe, the fans. He was always humble, not an ego “all about me person,” and a good family man. Looking forward to the Cardinals putting him in the wall of fame, retiring his jersey and entering the NFL Hall of Fame. Maybe after reading this he might change his mind and play one final year to get the Arizona Cardinals their first Super Bowl win? – Jeff Eger

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Time again to discuss a traffic camera ban, and why it’s a dumb move By David Leibowitz AFN Columnist

hey say the only certainties in life are death and taxes. Add to that the Arizona Legislature’s annual push to ban red light and traffic speed cameras. Every legislative session, there’s another version of this ban. Previous efforts have yanked the cameras from state highways and made mailed photo radar tickets essentially worthless paper. Still, the annual ban efforts keep coming. And every year, the sponsoring lawmakers repeat the same rationales. I can recite the anti-camera arguments from memory. Mostly because, once upon a time, I used to make those same arguments myself. Until I changed my mind about photo traffic enforcement. For one simple reason: Photo traffic enforcement works. We’ll get to that change of heart momentarily, but first let’s review this year’s ban, offered by two East Valley Repub-

licans, Rep. Travis Grantham and Sen. Warren Petersen. Their bill adds a line to Arizona’s statutes: “A local authority or an agency of this state may not use a photo enforcement system to identify violators … (of state speed limits) … or of a city or town ordinance for excessive speed or failure to obey a traffic control device.” So much for “local control” and letting cities and towns set their own community standards. That’s an argument for another day, though. “There’s still constitutional issues with photo radar, there’s issues with due process, there’s issues with affording people the right to confront their accuser,” Grantham told the House Judiciary Committee last week. Per the Associated Press, Grantham also told the committee – which forwarded the bill on to the full House by a vote of 6-3 – that photo enforcement devices actually cause accidents when surprised drivers react wildly to the cameras going off. My response to Grantham’s constitutional argument? Bunk. That attack has

failed in courts nationwide, where more than 420 cities and towns use traffic cameras. My response to the safety argument? Grantham might be right. Occasionally, a shocked driver might cause an accident by mashing the brakes or swerving. Occasionally, a “photo enforcement ahead” sign might cause wild braking leading to a fatal collision. It could happen. But here’s what I know actually does happen: Speeding and red-light running kills people. Every day. In 2016, according to federal data analyzed by the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety, car crashes killed more than 37,000 Americans. Speeding caused more than 10,000 of those deaths. And 52 percent of those 10,000 speed-related fatals happened not on highways, but on streets with speed limits below 50 mph. Speed kills. For certain. So does running red lights. Regardless, I hated traffic cameras when I moved to the Valley in 1995. I hated them more a couple years later, when I moved to Scottsdale, which had just

phased in a tough photo program. The cameras felt too Big Brother. They felt like a “speed trap” revenue grab. They left open the possibility that the technology could be imperfect or invasive. Fast forward 23 years: I drive more slowly now, especially when driving through Scottsdale, Mesa, Paradise Valley and Phoenix, where I know cameras lurk. Because slower speeds and caution at intersections equals fewer fatalities – a fact proven by 20 years of studies – I don’t want to ban traffic cameras. I want more of them. Not because I like Big Brother, not because I hate the Constitution and not because I like giving government my hard-earned cash in fines and fees. I want more cameras because I’ve seen how you people drive. I want protection. Or, at the very least, a nice black-andwhite photograph to commemorate you T-boning me the next time you run a red light. – David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Arizona’s credit unions are built for people, not profit By Scott Earl AFN Guest Writer

n response to the unfounded attack editorial by Lynne Breyer, “Tax reform should start with making credit unions pay their fair share” (Tribune, Dec. 31), I would like to clarify several points. Ms. Breyer’s piece was filled with questionable information and inaccuracies. Her mission appears to be to encourage taxation of nonprofits because of her lack of understanding about what taxes those organizations do pay. The fact is, Arizona’s credit unions do pay taxes, including property tax, sales tax, moneys and credits tax and employer-related taxes. Increasing the taxes already paid by credit unions is merely an increased tax on Arizona’s credit union members. From their inception, credit unions have been not-for-profits not only because they offer service where it has been lacking or withdrawn, but also because they are cooperatives. This

means they are democratically owned by every single account holder at the credit union. In their boardrooms are member representatives making each decision – including compensation – to the benefit of the credit union’s membership rather than stockholders. Arizona’s credit unions are both notfor-profit and cooperatives. Like all cooperatives, credit unions are member-owned and self-governed by the Arizonans who use our services. By definition, all credit union funds are reinvested into the families and communities that we serve – not sent to shareholders like for-profit banks. Ms. Breyer failed to mention that banks benefited from the Republican tax bill signed into law just before the holidays. Banks will see a significant reduction in their corporate taxes from 35 percent down to 21 percent. In addition, many of the for-profits have more opportunities for relief. More than 2,000 Subchapter S banks nationwide realized an estimated $984 million in benefit in 2017, a 38 percent reduction

in federal revenue redirected to Sub S bank owners. Banks control 89.4 percent of the deposits in Arizona. Big banks have aggressively expanded market share in the state and represent the biggest competitive challenge to the state’s small institutions. Out-of-state banks control 73.3 percent of the total bank deposits in the state, lining the pockets of their shareholders. It is important to put things in perspective. This challenge is neither new nor untested. Each time it has been posed over several decades, citizens and time and time again, Congress have reaffirmed the value of credit unions and consumers’ choice in the matter. Without question, credit unions improve the financial lives of consumers and provide clear benefit to Arizona communities. Last year, more than 1.5 million Arizona credit union members saved more than $142 million in the form of better rates and lower fees than they would have at banks. These benefits are equivalent to $95 per member.

The existence of credit unions in the marketplace is beneficial to every American because it makes bank pricing more consumer-friendly than it would were credit unions not an option. Credit unions aren’t turning a profit to fatten the pockets of bank shareholders – they’re returning earnings to their members in the form of better rates and lower fees. The more competition in the market, the better for consumers. We are proud that more than 1.5 million Arizonans own credit unions and, through our cooperative governance, have improved the financial lives of generations of Arizonans. Congress has preserved the credit union tax structure since it was enacted in 1937. We remain true to our guiding philosophy, one that earned our existing tax status – credit unions are “not for profit, not for charity, but for service.”

– Scott Earl is president and CEO of the Mountain West Credit Union Association, which represents Arizona’s credit unions

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Ahwatukee woman helps people lose weight without dieting BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA AFN Contributor

fter Dr. Michelle May and her husband, Owen, decided to re-carpet their Ahwatukee home earlier this month, the necessity of moving furnishings from six rooms provided unexpected inspiration for May’s Mindful Eating Newsletter on her website, AmIHungry.com. The article, which she titled “Out with the Old, In with the New,” brought a fresh perspective to a topic so many perpetual dieters dread: New Year’s resolutions. For 18 years, May, a “retired” medical doctor and self-proclaimed “recovered yoyo dieter,” has overseen the Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training. It began as a local business and now includes hundreds of licensed facilitators in 25 countries. She also teaches “mindful eating” at Arizona State University, where she is an associate professor. As in many of her newsletter columns

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and online blogs, May, the mother of two grown children, Tyler and Elyse, addressed her readers by using her personal experiences to offer encouragement. “After raising two kids and two puppies

in our home, it was definitely time for new carpeting,” her column began. She admitted she had “underestimated the size of the project,” which required removing the entire contents of the family

living room, two offices, two bedrooms and her master closet and cramming them into the dining room, kitchen and hallways. “It was overwhelming to see all our stuff piled up like that, but we decided that it was the perfect opportunity to decide what we really wanted to put back in,” she wrote. “I carefully considered whether each piece of clothing, furniture, knick-knack, and folder was really serving us. Many things had been in place for so long that we didn’t notice they weren’t working for us anymore. While it was a bit disconcerting to finally get rid of things that we’d lived with for a long time, it felt good to create space for what we really wanted,” she wrote. That experience segued into New Year’s intentions. “That’s what I like about the New Year, too. While I refuse to participate in the whole resolve-to-diet-and-lose-weight See

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Young Entrepreneurs Academy students get down to business BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor

ight students, one only 11 years old, have been steadily laying the groundwork for starting their own companies with ideas that include pleasant-smelling gym bags, a shoe that charges mobile devices and a neck holder that supports hands-free viewing of a tablet of phone. They comprise the new Young Entrepreneurs Academy class of 2018 that is sponsored by the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce and Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation to teach youngsters all the ins and outs of starting and running a business. This year, the students are getting an additional boost from the Art Institute of Phoenix and a Tucson graphic design company, which have partnered with YEA! to give the students’ businesses some additional professional polish with individualized logos, business cards, web-

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site and an ad. And while dozens of local professionals and business owners are lending their

time and expertise to mentoring and teaching the youths, YEA! director Pamela Manwaring said the program still needs

help in the form of sponsorships and investor panel members. The students come not only from Ahwatukee but surrounding communities as well, since the YEA! Academy is the only one of its kind in the East Valley. Of the eight students, three attend Ahwatukee schools. They are: Kaitlyn Tetreault, an Akimel A-al Middle School seventh-grader who is setting up a company called Zigns, which will teach sign-language classes; Altadena Middle School student James Yeretzian, whose Comfy Vue company is working on the neck holder for hands-free table or phone use; and Sierra Elementary fifthgrader Max Marshall, 11, whose Drone Vue company would offer low-cost, drone-driven photography and ideography for industries. Three Marcos de Niza High School students are in the class. Leah Kewenvoyouma, whose company, See

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thing, I love the opportunity to take stock of different areas of my life,” May wrote. “At the beginning of the year, I consciously evaluate what’s working and what’s not, set a fresh intention to create the life I want, and decide on a few focus areas that will bring me closer to that intention.” For many people, going on a new diet at New Year’s really isn’t new. It’s déjà vu. It’s like rearranging decades-old fireplace mantel bric-a-brac. People repeat eating habits like resisting certain foods and then overeating when willpower gives out, or feeling guilty about eating what you consider “bad,” or feeling bad about yourself when the new diet doesn’t work. May doesn’t like to speak of diets, or even weight. “I’ve come to feel our culture’s obsession with weight is compounding the problem,” she said. “Our work with Am I Hungry? is primarily around behavior and lifestyle change. Mindful eating isn’t based on record-keeping, deprivation, or willpower. Instead, you learn how to use your awareness of your physical sensations, thoughts, and feelings to guide your eating, physical activity, and self-

care. Most people unconsciously repeat old patterns, which is why they keep getting the same results. Mindful eating is an inside-out approach.” May and Am I Hungry? were encouraging mindful eating long before “mindful” became possibly the decade’s most overused adjective. Her book, “Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: A Mindful Eating Program to Break Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle,” was updated in November 2017. She has added three more books to the series, specifically for people with diabetes, people with binge eating disorder and students in college. Her next book is for athletes and will be released later this year. Her books are available at amihungry. com/marketplace, along with items such as “motivational companion cards” (52card deck) and the “Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Virtual Coach App.” To date, Am I Hungry? has trained more than 700 facilitators, therapists, instructors, and coaches worldwide. Locally, Chandler resident Dawn Hopkins is a mindful eating program facilitator who joined the organization in 2006 as one of the initial trained facilitators. The former owner of Curves in Ahwatukee became acquainted with May’s program four years earlier when she at-

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tended an eight-week workshop series. “To say that the program changed my eating behaviors and my relationship with food is an understatement; it changed my life,” Hopkins said. “What I discovered was that I was a chronic restrictive eater who was longing to be free.” Hopkins owns Tempe’s Inspiritus Yoga, formerly The Living Well Centers. Hopkins, a former long-time Ahwatukee resident whose children attend Horizon Honors Secondary School, said her experience led her to become a facilitator so she might share the freedom of foregoing dieting and instead eating mindfully. “Being a part of Am I Hungry? means never having to say the word D-I-E-T again,” she said, laughingly spelling out the four-letter word. “We often say ‘If the urge to eat doesn’t come from hunger, then food will never satisfy it.’ “Through the eight-week workshop series, people learn about themselves, and over time, they heal their relationship with food and their bodies,” she added. “They learn mindfulness strategies that can then be applied to every area of their lives. I’ve seen hundreds of people heal, find freedom and transform in ways I can’t begin to describe.” In February, May is facilitating a threeday Mindful Eating Weekend Intensive

in Phoenix, her first local event in nearly a decade. “Facilitating retreats like this is one of my favorite professional activities because I get to witness profound transformations in a very short period of time. Participants who’ve struggled with their eating for many years learn a whole new way to relate to food,” she said. “It’s humbling to realize your work is changing lives.” The Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Weekend is Feb. 16-18 and will be held at the Liberation Center, 650 N. Sixth Ave., Phoenix. Health professionals may earn 12 continuing education credits. Information: AmIHungry.com/ eat-mindfully -live-vibrantly-retreat.

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Eazeeprint, would provide book lovers with customizable bookmarks and notepads with bookmarks attached to them; Emily Ward, whose company, called Baz, is inventing the gym bags; and Chrg Wear CEO Nick Kenehen is making a shoe that recharges mobile devices with every step. Olivia Milagro Mabry named her bakery Milagro’s, which would offer gluten-free desserts and “give back to society by donating often,” while Brighton Academy student Najma Davis’ Just Bead It offers mobile jewelry parties Under Manwaring’s direction, the class works at a rigorous pace, meeting at least once a week to come up with an idea, set goals and write business and financial plans, analyze their market and sales proposition – and, of course, actually implement their plan. Tucson design studio owner Jim Lienhart was so impressed with the entire YEA! concept that he signed on to provide a host of individualized items – from business cards and stationery to logos and websites – as a result of a partnership struck between YEA! and the Art Institute of Phoenix.

The Art Institute’s Community Arts Resource Exchange is an outreach program that helps nonprofits implement their projects as well as provide experience for the institute’s students. YEA! seemed a good fit for C.A.R.E., which noted that the academy “helps young people embrace their dreams and change the world.”

experience,” he said. “It gives me a chance to experience that good feeling inside to see these students shine.” So now he’ll help YEA! students “develop their brand identities and marketing materials that they will need to launch their business concepts.” “When you see a student grow and develop a talent and then use that talent

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Lienhart, who has worked with clients like Coca-Cola and Bristol-Myers on national branding and ad campaigns, was recruited by Gil Mejia, the Art Institute of Phoenix academic affairs dean, to teach classes in Phoenix after a successful run of similar classes at two other art institutes. Mejia connected Lienhart with Manwaring, and Lienhart was immediately impressed by the YEA! concept. “This is something I love working on because I know how valuable it is for young people to learn through real-world

to have a truly rewarding career, it seems more than worthwhile to help them develop,” he added. “Learning about the struggles they had balancing an extra job to make enough money to graduate made me even more empathetic and committed to helping them start a creative career.” Throughout the 30-week YEA! program, a host of professionals, like Realtor Christie Ellis, the Chamber foundation chair, are working with the students either by conducting classes on various aspects of running a business or on a more

intensive basis as mentors. Manwaring has two other options she needs to fill. “We are seeking eight local businessmen and woman to be sharks at our 2018 Investor Panel on Tuesday, April 10 at South Mountain Community College Main Campus,” she said. The panelists donate funds to a collective pool that is distributed to student businesses for the first three to fourth months of start-up expenses. But the students have to earn that investment by making a pitch to the panel, whose members grill them to test their market-readiness. Each panelist is asked to donate $1,800, although Manwaring stressed “any amount is entertained and we do not turn away folks who have an interest in supporting the YEA! Program.” Manwaring also needs sponsors willing to contribute between $250 and $5,000 in return for publicity and special events. “We need to raise $15,000 in sponsorships to support the program this year and to make it available next year,” she explained. Individuals and businesses interested in helping can contact Manwaring at YEA!Ahwatukee@gmail.com or 480753-7676.

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How to get the most out of health care benefits successfully define all four of these important terms. Need a refresher course? If so, spend a few minutes to better understand common health insurance terms and your specific plan amounts to help you make more informed decisions.

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or many Arizona residents, new health plan benefits began in January, so now is a good time to understand your coverage so you can get the most out of your plan, stay healthier and even help save money in 2018. People can save money on their health care if they take a little time to understand their plan and consider some tips such as making sure their doctor is in network or asking their physician about generic medications. Fully understanding how your health plan works not only can help reduce your out-of-pocket costs, but also avoid surprise bills.

Know what’s covered. You can usually find your coverage and benefits information on your insurer’s website or in plan documents so you know what’s covered and what’s not. Review this information before you start using your plan and receiving treatment so you’re not surprised by costs later. Stay in network. Choosing doctors in your plan’s care provider network will most likely mean you’ll pay less. Also, check out 24/7 telehealth services. “Virtual visits” can help save you time and money by providing convenient access to care for certain medical issues including allergies, bronchitis and seasonal flu.

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weight, meeting walking goals or stopping smoking. Incentive-based wellness programs are designed to reward people for making healthier choices and being more engaged in improving their well-being. Look for medical grants.

Some charitable organizations offer child medical grants to middle- and low-income families who don’t qualify for Medicaid. For example, the UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation (UHCCF) provides families with grants of up to $5,000 annually per child ($10,000 lifetime maximum per child). Recipients do not need to have insurance through UnitedHealthcare to be eligible. Since 2007, UHCCF has awarded more than 15,000 grants valued at over $40 million to children and their families across the United States. Families can read eligibility criteria and complete an online application at uhccf.org. -David Allazetta is CEO of UnitedHealthcare of Arizona

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wning a Northeast Mesa resale and consignment shop gives Robin Grimaldi a different surprise each day. Consignors bring to A Robin’s Nest Resale and Consignment Shop the expected and the unexpected. The 6-year-old store is filled with DeGrazia Southwestern figurines, Lladro statues from Spain and Italian-based Anri pieces. She has a blue glass Shirley Temple teacup and saucer set, a pewter water pitcher and various framed pictures, too. “I carry items from different religions, too,” Grimaldi said. “Those sell well. I just love working with antiques because I have things you don’t normally find.” Grimaldi, a former human resources professional from Illinois, began her resale career out of her home. Her first proper store was on Signal Butte Road and Apache Trail. Three years ago, she moved to Northeast Mesa. “I love it,” she said. “I have great consignors. I also have my own things that I get from auctions. It’s neat. I never know what’s coming in. I look for unique items. I don’t take anything that’s scratched, damaged or worn. “Everything in here is something I would buy myself.” She also obtains antiques and collectibles from estate sales or folks who want to downsize. “Antiques are fascinating to me,” she said. One customer brought a pie vent to her. A man who was hosting a garage sale asked Grimaldi for a price on his Budweiser clock. He was going to sell it for $20 at his home. She said it was worth $400 and she sold it for him at that price. “People don’t know the value of things,”

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Grimaldi said. “They should have somebody look at it before throwing it out.” Grimaldi does not accept fine china, as it doesn’t sell. Crystal, on the other hand, goes quickly. “It’s a learning experience,” said Grimaldi, who is joined in the store by her son, Joshua, 24. “I’ve seen a lot of things, but some elderly people have things I’ve never seen before.

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Company: LMTO Financial, Phoenix division of Five Rings Financial. Contact info: 858-229-8599, trudic@fiveringsfinancial. com, facebook.com/trudickayser. Business services: Financial education, coaching, safe financial products and living benefits life insurance. Exciting things in her business: “My agency here in the Valley is growing. We now have a Chandler location as well as a Payson office.” Background: “I needed the very education that we teach and loved it so much I started doing to help others.” Other community involvement: Maricopa Chamber of Commerce, Comfort Cub team referral network. Special interests: “Personal development. I can’t help others without being my best. Middle-class Americans deserve a great financial future and I will educate them till the day I die.”

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Chamber’s Toastmasters group will sharpen your skills BY CRISTINA ALAMDARI AFN Guest Writer

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ommunication…leads to the discovery of hidden abilities … broadens the person’s conception of how to live with people. …It brings out for use the leadership traits and abilities, and thus helps to prepare the individual to be a leader.” -Ralph C. Smedley Every business professional wants to have top-notch presentation skills. But not everyone has access to a corporate training program. If your list of professional goals for 2018 includes working on your presentation skills, you need to look no further than the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Toastmasters. Ahwatukee Chamber Toastmasters is the first club in Arizona sponsored by a Chamber of Commerce. Toastmasters is a place where you develop and grow both personally and professionally. You join a community of

learners, and in Toastmasters meetings everyone learns by active participation. Whether you’re a business owner, an executive or a stay-at-home parent, a college student or a retiree, you will improve and build skills to express yourself in a variety of situations. This program will help business owners to improve their communication and leadership skills. You’ll open up a world of new possibilities: giving better work presentations, leading meetings and participating in them more confidently, speaking more smoothly and even handling one-on-one interactions with clients and colleagues more positively. Become the speaker and leader you want to be. Reach your personal and professional goals through Pathways, Toastmasters’ new education program. Build the real-world skills you’re looking for with a user-friendly online learning experience you can customize to your needs. If you have been a part of Toastmasters program previously and did not complete your goals, you can review with group leaders how to transition into the new Pathways

program while receiving credit for past participation. In addition to enhancing your presentation skills, there is the opportunity to network with other business professionals and the community. Toastmasters provides a great combination of professional development and networking. Time is always in short supply so, what better way to grow personally and professionally while expanding your networking all in one hour. Information: afchamber.toastmastersclubs.org or attend a meeting at Ahwatukee Chamber Toastmasters every Friday from 8-9 a.m. in the First American Title building at 4435 E. Chandler Blvd, Room 100, Ahwatukee. They offer a standing invitation to the community to visit any Friday meeting and observe what is known as the “best hour of the week.” -Cristina Alamdari is the Ahwatukee Chamber Toastmasters president and owner of AZ Draperies and Pillows. Reach her at 480-710-8561.

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oors, in both the physical and metaphorical sense, are fascinating to me. The Greek word translated as “door” in the New Testament scriptures can mean a literal doorway for a home or an exterior gateway. Figuratively, it can also be considered as a spatial image to denote temporal immanency. For example, consider the lesson of the fig tree from Mark 13:29. Doors are also about possibilities, like the open door of ministry from Revelation 3:8. See John 10:7 to explore the door as an extended metaphor of Jesus as the one who provides salvation, spiritual safety and nourishment. Optimists tell us that as one door closes, another door opens. Others say that as one door closes, another opens, but it can be hell in the hallways. Most of us want to know where we are. We want to be in control, even though that’s usually an illusion. The story of the 10 lepers (Luke 17:11-20) is one of many that gives us clues as to how to live in faith and care for others. Luke is strangely reticent about Jesus’ location, identified only as an unnamed village between Sa-

maria and Galilee. Is Luke deliberating leading us into unfamiliar territory, just like the hallways of life? Followers of Jesus know that He bridges our journey across the hallway between the doors of life in this world, filled with possibilities, into everlasting life. In the power of the Holy Spirit, the Lord is – to coin a phrase – everywhere we want to be, and offering a life that’s so much richer and fuller than anything credit can buy. Even if the doors of many hearts and minds are closed and locked, for those with eyes to see, Jesus opens doors that separate us especially when that separation is caused by ignorance, fear and bigotry. When we remember who we are, and where we are in Christ, we can always see Christ even in the unfamiliar, scary, and sometimes painful hallways between our own doors. For the 10 lepers, the door to normal life is closed. They dwell in a dark and cruel hallway, living a shadow existence, expelled from family and community, work and synagogue. Shunned and feared by all, the lepers beg simply to survive. Wherever outcasts are found, Jesus is present. When the lepers cry out for mercy, their healing is implicit in the command to go and show themselves to the priests, who alone can pronounce them healed, and therefore

restored to community. When Jesus opens a door of healing, all 10 lepers rush through it, being cleansed as they go. Who wouldn’t want to run through the open door to family and friends, especially after a forced separation? The familiar is a powerful draw. Just before the door closes, one of the lepers sees that he’s healed, and immediately takes a leap of faith. Even a grain of faith can transform our vision and perspective of life’s joys and challenges. As followers of Jesus, our ongoing transformation teaches us to see and behave differently, most noticeably without fear or judgmentalism. Seeing with the eyes of faith changes how we respond to God, to others, and to daily life. Instead of just picking up familiar threads, one of the healed lepers turns around, bursting back into the hallway, falling at Jesus’ feet in praise and gratitude. Only one sees Jesus as the source of God’s mercy and healing. Only one accepts not just the gift of healing, but the gift of faith. It turns out that the one with eyes to see is the most unlikely character, a despised Samaritan, a persona non grata, a foreigner. Does it matter to Jesus where this man comes from, what color his skin is, his gender, or what sins he holds in the secret depths of his heart? No on all counts, because all Jesus sees is a child

of God, made in God’s image. Jesus welcomes him without question, judgment or condemnation. Jesus heals him. By faith the door to everlasting life is also opened for the man. The door to deeper healing is the man’s praise and gratitude. Some say that gratitude is the purest measure of our character and spiritual condition. Without it, we are entirely self-centered and usually stuffed with an attitude of entitlement. As followers of Jesus, our salvation is assured. That doesn’t mean that life is free of doors and those scary connecting hallways. But it does mean that wherever we find ourselves, the Lord is with us. If the hallway is dark, then we turn towards the light of the world, Jesus Christ In turning, we are healed. In turning, we see that Jesus is the door to love, mercy and compassion, joy and peace. In turning, we find the door of faith is also the door of gratitude. Keep turning. Keep worshiping the Lord with gratitude. Keep welcoming everyone, because in caring for others, we find healing in our own souls. The Rev. Susan E. Wilmot, vicar at St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church & Preschool, 975 E. Warner Road, Tempe, can be reached at rector@ stjamestempe.org, 480-345-2686, or stjamestempe. org.

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Art of Chocolate A’fair moves closer BY LYNETTE CARRINGTON GetOut Staff Writer

ast Valley residents and lovers of chocolate will be able to indulge their sweet teeth now that the Art of Chocolate A’fair has moved from Carefree to Gilbert. “Frankly, we outgrew Carefree in a number of ways,” said Roberta Toombs-Rechlin, a founder of Magic Bird Festivals, which produces the event. “We were looking for a new, larger location and the flourishing, hip vibe in Gilbert and its close proximity were attractive.” The festival, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 2-4, will feature hundreds of chocolates, art and music by Flagstaff’s Mother Road Trio on Saturday, Feb. 3, and Sedona’s Darius Lux on Sunday, Feb. 4.

Of course, it celebrates the romance and decadence of chocolate in its many incarnations. Admission is free. Toombs-Rechlin, who founded the company with Lester Rechlin, visited the Gilbert Heritage District many times and has seen the area grow exponentially. It seemed to be the perfect spot for the Art of Chocolate A’fair. “We have all the chocolatiers who were with us in Carefree and we’ve added a few more,” noted Toombs-Rechlin, a self-professed lover of dark chocolate. New Mexico’s Elixir Boutique Chocolates was named featured chocolatier this year after receiving rave reviews in 2017. Other participating confectioners include XO Confections, Lilly Lang Treats, Mr. Fudge and San Francisco Chocolate Factory. Seventy fine arts exhibitors will set up shop at the Art of Chocolate A’fair, in-

cluding artists who create jewelry, paintings, clothing and wood crafts. The featured artist is Andria Boat of AB Photography. “Andria is a local artist in Desert Foothills, where I live,” Toombs-Rechlin said. “She does beautiful landscape photography, both framed and unframed.”

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Dean and Sheila Dutton traded conventional lives for music and now lead a multigenerational Missouri family of musicians. BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GetOut Editor

heila Dutton never expected she would become a musician. Her husband, Dean, was a tenured economics professor, and she saw music as

a “true weakness.” Now, the couple lead The Duttons, a multigenerational family of musicians who found fame thanks, in part, to appearances on the second season of “America’s Got Talent.” “I never imagined I’d be in music, period,”

she said. “I am the most unlikely person in the world to be doing what we’re doing. I was slow to come around to the idea. I thought it was maybe a frivolous activity, going around performing for people. “I had a series of experiences that really opened my eyes to the effect music has on people,” she added. “Then, after several of those experiences in the 1980s and 1990s, I supported what the kids wanted to do. My husband took an early retirement to do this full time.” The Branson, Missouri-based band is in Mesa, and will appear at the Lovin’ Life After 50 Expo 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31, at the Mesa Convention Center, 201 N. Center St. The family has performed here since 2005, and have several shows coming up at East Valley High School, 7420 E. Main St., Mesa. “Pickin’ and Grinnin’” showcases The Duttons’ favorite bluegrass and country tunes from Thursday, Feb. 1, to Feb. 24. The band will “Duttonize” rock songs March 1-17, then perform its most requested tracks March 22-31 during its End the Season in Style. “We feel honored to be able to do this because of the sweet experiences and the

joy we feel, and the happiness that so many people experience when they come to our show,” she said. “It leaves me with this feeling of humble gratitude, like how can anything so good happen? There’s something about the family that resonates with a lot of people. This has done so much for our relationship with our children. “They knew they were loved because we practiced with them every day. It’s not the material things you do for your children. It’s the time we spent with the kids that has made a huge difference in our family,” Dutton added.

IF YOU GO What: The Duttons When: Various times until Saturday, March 31 Where: Dutton Theater Mesa at East Valley High School, 7420 E. Main Street, Mesa. Tickets: $7 for children 4-12, $14 for teens 13-18, and $29 for Info:480-840-6874, theduttons.com

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Ghett’ Yo’ Taco draws fans to downtown Chandler

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new restaurant with an urban vibe in downtown Chandler is spicing up Taco Tuesdays and attracting regulars for its popular Mexican street-style tacos and friendly staff. Locals say Ghett’ Yo’ Taco on South Oregon Street slightly south of Chandler Boulevard – where Yoli’s Café used to be – is a fun and affordable hot spot to bring children and adult family members, friends and colleagues for lunch, dinner and happy hours. The restaurant, which opened in September, features on the front of the building a huge, brightly colored Day of the Deadthemed mural painted by artist Lalo Cota showing a man in a sombrero and a woman with a flower in her hair. Inside, customers can choose from eight staples offered every day: two tacos with pork, two with chicken, one with steak, one with fish, one with shredded beef and a vegetarian taco. A ninth, a rotating Muncher Especial Taco that changes every week has such funky names as the Cuban Taco Crisis and The Troy Oinkman. Sometimes the restaurant repeats the especial if customers like it. Each taco is $2.95 every day except on Tuesdays, when they are $1.95. A combination with any three tacos, as well as rice, beans and a drink is $10. “We want people to come here, get some food and hang out,” Ghett’ Yo’ Taco majority owner Christian Sciacca said. “This is kind of a traditional street taco place, but we try to do our own little modern twist on things. I grew up going to Mexico multiple times a year.” The Cuban Taco Crisis comes with car-

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Christian Sciacca, majority owner of Ghett’ Yo’ Taco, stands in front of a mural on the front of the restaurant he owns. Lalo Cota painted the mural.

nitas, pickled onions, cilantro and mustard cream sauce. The Troy Oinkman has smoked pork, pickled onions, fried jalapeños and barbecue sauce. Clear and Present Ginger features ginger, ground pork, spicy sambal sauce, cucumbers and peanuts. A Thanksgiving-themed taco contains turkey breast with stuffing, gravy, Brussels sprouts and cranberry sauce. Frijoles, as well as chips and guacamole and mini quesadillas, are also on the menu. The Spanish rice is vegan, as are the black beans. All the tacos, except for the fish ones, are gluten-free. Head chef Paul Farias was born in Brazil but he and Sci( Kimberly Carrillo/AFN Photographer) acca grew up in Chandler enjoyThis taco in front with fried chicken, homemade gravy and vinegar coleslaw ing tacos from was recently the muncher especial of the week at Ghett’ Yo’ Taco in downtown Chandler. Elmer’s Tacos on

Arizona Avenue across from Chandler High School. Elmer’s Tacos offers “cheap, delicious” tacos, but Ghett’ Yo’ Taco also has a full liquor license and sells more than 20 different types of beers, Sciacca added. He said Ghett’ Yo’ Taco’s large patio is an ideal place to eat tacos and drink beers or the margaritas. Happy hour is 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. Corona, Estrella Jalisco and many other beers are offered and diners can also sip on Micheladas, which are a spicy beer that is similar to a Bloody Mary. Sciacca, whose father, Peter, owns the building where Ghett’ Yo’ Taco is located, previously worked at a restaurant in Waikiki, Hawaii. He also worked with a friend who is a diamond dealer in Taiwan before returning to his hometown. He was in the first graduating class at Perry High School, in 2010. Peter is president of the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership board of directors as well as vice president of project development and production at 1 Source Signature Glassware Inc. and a Realtor with MT Real Estate. Christian said he and his parents and a friend were thinking about calling the restaurant Ghetto Taco but then came up

with the name Ghett’ Yo’ Taco and “we all loved it.” Marc Sepulveda is an investor in the restaurant. Sepulveda’s cousin Michael Manguso of Chandler is a big fan of Ghett’ Yo’ Taco. He is also friends with Christian’s parents. “You always go to support your friends and family, but the product kind of has to be good if you’re gonna keep coming back,” Manguso said. “I was pretty impressed with the culinary experience there. It’s kind of a fresh spin on tacos. I like the mesh of the old and the experimental taco that they do.” He said he recently tried a fried chicken taco with gravy and it was “outstanding.” Manguso said his 22-year-old son, 21-yearold daughter and 13-year-old daughter also love Ghett’ Yo’ Taco. “I love the ambiance,” he said. “Sometimes I just like going there and hanging out and watching some games and eating some tacos. It’s just in a great location. It’s very homey.” Jason Underwood of Chandler also likes bringing his family to Ghett’ Yo’ Taco. The firefighter said he likes going there at least a couple of times a week. Sometimes he and his wife and their children, Devynn, 8 and See

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‘America’s Got Talent’ to hold auditions in Phoenix BY CARSON MLNARIK GETOUT Contributor

hether you’re a hidden talent or a star in the making, you might just find your big break when “America’s Got Talent” hosts its open-call auditions in Phoenix. The popular NBC reality show will spend Saturday, Feb. 24, at the Phoenix Convention Center as part of its cross-country tour. From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., budding performers of any age and any talent are invited to show off their skills to producers for a chance to compete for a $1 million grand prize and an opportunity to headline a show on the Las Vegas Strip. While Darci Lynne, a singing ventriloquist act, won the show’s 12th season, Arizona was well represented in last year’s competition. Dancer Oscar Hernandez made it to the quarterfinals, as well as the then-13-year-old Evie Clair, a singer and pianist, who advanced to the final round. Clair, who is now 14 and resides in Flor-

happen.” Clair won America’s heart over the summer with her unique voice, classic song choices and her powerful story about her father, who died from colon cancer while she was on the show. She appreciates the way the show highlightSpecial to AFN ed her true personality. Ahwatukee entrtainers who want to get before this panel of judges She advises future conon “America’s Got Talent” first have to go through auditions. testants to do the same. “Remember who you are. Be yourself,” she ence, fondly recalls her run on the show, said. which she calls “the coolest thing ever.” “I think that was the main thing that I want“My experience on the show was unbelievable,” said Clair, who has performed at ed to represent on the show: That you don’t least one concert a week since appearing on have to change yourself or change what you love to do to have people accept you.” the show. While the show has been running since “It gave me a lot of exposure, which allowed me to come back home and contin- 2006, its last season was the show’s most ue to perform and work. That was a huge watched in five years. It scored 2.6 billion blessing that we didn’t really think would views on social media. Executive producer Matt Banks, who has been with the show for nearly eight years, is excited to see who will surprise the nation

this year. “You never know who’s going to turn up ,and that’s the joy of the show,” he said. “It’s really difficult to say what we’d love to turn up because often, it’s something you’ve never seen before.” Banks only has one piece of advice for those interested in auditioning: Go for it. “There’s no point going in being nervous. You’ve just got to get over that,” he said. “If you don’t go for it, then we’ll never see the true potential that you have.” As for the show’s 13th season, executive producer Simon Cowell is confirmed to return as a judge and the show will premiere in the summer.

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D’Backs make Mountain Pointe alum’s dream come true BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

s a young child, Mountain Pointe High School alumus and current Arizona Diamondback Kevin Cron always had the opportunity to attend spring training. “Growing up that was something that was always special with my family,” Cron said. “Being able to go visit my dad at spring training over spring break or whenever it may be. That was one of my favorite times of the year growing up.” Now, after spending all those years attending spring training as an observer, Kevin will finally have the opportunity to participate in his first big league spring training after earning a nonroster invitation earlier this month. His non-roster invite comes after one of the best seasons of his career. He joined Paul Goldschmidt and Jake Lamb as the only Diamondbacks to ever win the Southern League Most Valuable Player award after hitting for a .283 clip and leading the league in home runs (25), extra-base hits (60) and RBI (91). “Anytime your name can be in the same breath as guys like that, it’s pretty special. And, obviously, they have done a lot with their careers, (since) winning that award, and I would love to do the same,” Cron said. To go along with his Southern League MVP, Cron also won the Diamondbacks Minor League Player of the Year. That award meant a little more to Cron, as the Diamondbacks allowed him to call his father – a hitting coordinator with the organization – and break the news himself. “Them allowing me to tell my dad I won the award, rather than him being involved in the decision and being able to call him and tell him like any other player, that was pretty special for me,” Cron said. His success has been a long time coming. Cron was drafted out of high school in 2011 by the Seattle Mariners. After

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Mountain Pointe alumnus Kevin Cron is one of only three Diamondbacks to win the Southern League Most Valuable Player award for most runs, RBI and extra-base hits.

deciding to attend college instead, Cron chose Texas Christian University where he continued to play the sport he loves. He started in 159 games and hit for a .271 career average, hit 14 home runs and knocked in 91 RBI over his three

years. In his first three professional seasons, Cron displayed his ability to hit the long ball, crushing 65 home runs over that span. After hitting 25 home runs in 2017, he became the first player since

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Kevin Cron is participating in his first big-league spring training after earning a non-roster invitation to join the Diamondbacks.

1975 to lead the Southern League in home runs in back-to-back seasons. As he has steadily increased his performance over his four years in the league, Cron said he has taken every offseason as an opportunity to improve. While some adjustments may be physical from time to time, Cron said, one major adjustment was on the mental side of hitting. “I tried to simplify it the best way I could, and a lot of my adjustments were more mental than physical,” he said. “To me, that goes a much longer way than the physical adjustments, just having something you can be confident in every single day.” That mental adjustment showed in 2017. Through the first 10 games of the season, Cron walked six times and hit four home runs. That patience at the plate carried on throughout the season as he finished with a career-high in walks by 23. Cron said plenty of friends and family reached out to him, to tell him they were noticing the difference. “They were telling me they had never seen me in that capacity. They had never seen me approach my at-bats the way I did in that first week,” Cron said. And his coaches noticed as well. “He has worked his butt off. Obviously, it translates to the offseason and everything he went through last year in this league. He came back and he dominated the league,” hitting coach Jason Camilli told jacksongeneralsbaseball.com. “He’s a smart kid. He learns from his mistakes. He grows from them, and he does a really good job of not repeating those mistakes,” Camilli added. All of Cron’s hard work has paid off, and he couldn’t be happier. “This was another one of those special things for me and its always a great opportunity to have eyes on you at all times and learn from some of the game’s best players,” Cron said. “It will be a great experience and I am really looking forward to it.”

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Mountain Pointe’s new head football coach, Rich Wellbrock, hopes to add more championship banners to the school’s walls.

New Pride football coach aims to diversify O-line BY GREG MACAFEE AFN Sports Editor

ver the past few months, some of the most coveted high school football coaching jobs have opened up throughout the Valley. There were open positions at both Brophy Prep and Cactus High School, as well as the opening created when interim head coach Dick Baniszewski stepped down at Hamilton High School after leading the Huskies to an 8-4 season. Then there was the vacuum created when Mountain Pointe’s Norris Vaughan stepped down after nine successful seasons. Mountain Pointe didn’t have to go far to find Vaughan’s replacement. School officials are recommending that Rich Wellbrock be approved by the Tempe Union High School Governing Board as the Pride’s next football coach. Principal Bruce Kipper said Wellbrock’s “wealth of experience, success at the state level and working in diverse school settings tells us he is the right guy for our school community.” Wellbrock has been around the Arizona high school football for several years and has been successful. With an overall record of 93-48, Wellbrock spent time at Tolleson High School from 2006-2009 and Desert Edge from 2010-2016. Most recently, Wellbrock tested his abilities against the powerhouses in the 6A Premier region while at Basha High

School this past season. The Bears captured a record of 2-8 in Wellbrock’s one season at the helm. Now, Wellbrock will have the opportunity to test his abilities against the top teams in the state at the top level and at one of the most successful programs in the state over the past 10 years. “I have always looked at this program from afar and it’s always been one of the very few programs out there that you look at and go, ‘That’s really interesting. I wonder what type of fit I would be there?’” Wellbrock said. And what type of fit will he be? Wellbrock headed the Desert Edge football program from 2010-2016, amassing record of 75-14, including a state championship in 2015 when the Scorpions defeated No. 1-seeded Paradise Valley in the Division III state championship 29-27. That same year, the Scorpions set a new state record for team rushing with 5,046 yards and 69 touchdowns on 654 carries. Current Desert Edge Head Coach Jose Lucero is one person who knows the intricacies of Wellbrock’s football approach. He played under Wellbrock at Glendale Community College and also got his coaching start under Wellbrock at Tolleson High School. Lucero said Wellbrock likes to run the football, but always looked to run a successful offense. “With his O-line roots, he’s definitely a guy that likes to run the football and I See

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think they will do a good job there,” Lucero said. “But one thing I learned under Rich is he’s always going to build an offense that will be successful, and if they have some guys to throw the ball, I am sure they will.” Wellbrock showed that mentality in 2013 when Desert Edge set a state record for team passing yards in a season. He said he will take the same approach at Mountain Pointe. “I think the offense runs on the personnel,” Wellbrock said. “If you have a quarterback who can run the ball and throw it a little bit, we’ll use that dual threat. “And obviously with the line we have coming back and the skills positions we have coming back, we have to make sure that we can diversify the offense as much as we can,” he added. Wellbrock has a talented offense returning for his first season. Running back Jakim McKinney will be back for his senior season after rushing for 1,334 yards and 18 touchdowns on 145 carries last year. Wellbrock will also get his dual-threat quarterback in Nick Wallerstedt. Last season, the junior quarterback threw for 1,567 yards and 11 touchdowns. But, he also ran for 711 yards and nine touchdowns. At Mountain Pointe, he won’t necessarily need to rebuild a program, but will look to put his own stamp on it. “He’s a stickler for Xs and Os. Whether it’s a game plan or planning a youth camp somewhere for your program, whatever it is, he’s always just been a detail-oriented guy,” Lucero said. “It’s a big part of what I do now, and a lot of that is things I have learned from Rich.” Wellbrock described his excitement to get started as “a kid in a candy shop.” “I’m just excited to get after it and build the relationships with the kids and the coaching staff that we will be putting together and get rolling,” Wellbrock said. “A month is a long time, and it’s been a month, so it’s time to get rolling and I’m just really excited to reach out to the community as well as the program as a whole and get after it.”

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Firefighters work on fitness to stay in shape for the job BY SYDNEY ISENBERG Cronkite News

irefighters routinely work on staying in shape with training that goes beyond running or doing situps – such as punching a hole in a ceiling or carrying 100 pounds up the stairs. The Tempe Fire Department requires firefighters to do physical training at least an hour per day while off duty and, like firefighters in the Phoenix Fire Department and other fire agencies across the United States, pass an annual physical fitness test. Paul Nies, assistant chief at Tempe Fire Medical Rescue, said preparing to fight fires or help people in a medical emergency is serious business. “If you are Tier Four, the least physically fit, we will remove you from frontline service,” Nies said. Aerobic fitness and resistance to muscle fatigue are key to firefighters’ passing a physical fitness test, according to a 2010 University of Maryland study, as written in EHS Today. “You can go to the gym, and you can work out, and you can be physically

fit, but as soon as you put on a pair of turnouts and start working with various tools that firefighters work with, it’s a whole other ballgame,” said firefighter Leigha Graziano. Firefighters own and operate the Great Ape Gym in Phoenix, designed to get current and aspiring firefighters in shape. Firefighters – or those working to become firefighters – drag tires across a yard, punch holes into an “attic” to ventilate smoke, carry 75 to 100 pounds of gear on their back as they walk up and down stairs, pound sledgehammers on cars to mimic swinging an ax and practice opening and closing fire hydrants. The moves build endurance, muscle and grip strength as they practice skills needed in the field. “It first just started really small – just a couple firemen in the backyard of somebody’s house working, and more people kept showing up,” said Chris Fleming, a firefighter for seven years and one of the five owners of the gym. “There’s no real place for us to go to hone these skills except for something like this,” Fleming said. “From lifting,

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Firefighters huddle for a talk at an exercise gym before starting their session.

cardio and doing the skills courses, those help prevent those injuries from occurring.” Zachary Zabek, who is applying to several fire departments, said firefighter-focused training gives him a competitive advantage over other candidates and helps him stay safe. Nies said working out requires balance between exercise and rest, so the department limits physical training. “We don’t want our firefighters to expend themselves in physical training and not be able to respond physically to calls,” Nies said.

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