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Pair battles City Hall over Desert Foothills pickleball BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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hoenix City Manager Jeff Barton’s preliminary capital budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1 calls for $2.14 billion in spending on roads, parks, sewers and water facilities and other projects big and small. Ahwatukee residents Jill Ostendorp and Carrie McNeish just want a little piece of that. For nearly a year, they’ve lobbied the city Parks and Recreation Department to commit
to completing never-finished Desert Foothills Park by installing eight pickleball courts. And for nearly a year, the department has been beating them back, putting them through a series of hoops that never seems to end and never gets them much past square one. But with 2022-23 budget hearings about to begin this weekend, Ostendorp and McNeish are rallying Ahwatukee residents to sign up to address Council. While the hearing at 5:30 p.m. next Tuesday, April 5, is specifically set for residents of Dis-
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trict 6, which covers Ahwatukee, they’re urging supporters of the pickleball courts to sign up to phone into as many hearings as possible to move their project onto a drawing board. “We are attending all the Phoenix city budget meetings and asking them to propose and vote to move forward on our project for new pickleball courts and a parking lot,” Ostendorp said. “We are still collecting names of supporters and hope to get to 1,000. In addition, we
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f your organization, church group or company wants to stroll down South 48th Street on April 16 with more than four dozen other entities, you only have eight more days to register. And if you miss out on marching in the 46th annual Kiwanis Ahwatukee Easter Parade, cheer up: you’ll still have a front row seat anywhere along 48th from Warner Road north to Cheyenne Drive the day before Easter to watch the return of Arizona’s largest Easter parade after the pandemic stole one of Ahwatukee’s most iconic community events for two years. Entries must be submitted by April 7 and you’ll have to plan on taking a lawn chair or blanket to sit on the curb. You can find the form at ahwatukeekiwanis,org and if you have
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“The Ancestors," A.K.A. "Dancestors," loom over seated Kylie Stinson, left, as Morticia Addam, and Layla Hamilton as Alice Beineke as the Mountain Pointe Theatre Company rehearses for this weekend’s presentation of “The Addams Family.” It’s a particularly special production, as you’ll read on Page 23. (David Minton AFN Staff Photographer)
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TU presentation focuses on students’ mental health BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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he video that flashed onto different Tempe Union students said it all. Some students said variations of “the last couple years have been hard, really, really hard.” And others in different tones of voice reassured their classmates, “You’re not alone.” The video underscored the complex challenge of addressing students’ social-emotional well-being that was the subject of a two-hour presentation by administrators and counselors at last week’s Tempe Union Governing Board meeting. Prior to 2020, teens’ mental health already had been gaining more attention in the wake of pressures brought on by factors ranging from the drive to succeed academically to social-media-driven stress to substance abuse. But then came COVID-19 with its massive disruptions in the normal school year and increased isolation for many students. A variety of district personnel discussed how Tempe Union is trying to get its arms around the multi-faceted problem with an equally multi-faceted effort. That problem and its complexity have been highlighted by two students’ deaths by suicide this school year – one at Desert Vista and the other at McClintock High – and what Governing Board member Armando Montero called a puzzling disconnect among many students. “I’ve taken the time to try and figure out what the sentiment is around with our students and staff and what that feeling is and there’s a lot of feelings of a disconnect,” he said. “I don’t know where that disconnect comes from…I think when we talk about especially supporting those students they aren’t going to have red flags and aren’t showing those signs. He noted that even with the systems the district has in place to address students who show signs of significant stress, there is a need to “figure out ways that we can support those students where those signs aren’t going to show up.” “I think that comes with the culture that we have on campus,” Montero continued. “There’s that fear of talking about suicide and death and it’s a very touchy subject.” The effort to address students’ well-being includes “lots of different trainings,” said Robin Afinowich, a Tempe Care 7 trauma and resiliency trainer. That training includes “information on understanding adverse childhood experiences, particularly during the wake of COVID and how that affects our youth or
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families in our community” and understanding “the struggle that we’re having with mental health in the community.” Ron Denne, Jr., district coordinator of social emotional wellness, explained, “We’ve really worked collaboratively to try to get our school teams to meet regularly to start talking about kids and just getting around the table and having those conversations.” Stacy White, director of instructional services, explained how another aspect of the district’s approach involves the development of “systems to be able to track our students’ needs and their progress and systems to be able to analyze our data.” “That has really assisted us in targeting the specific prevention or the remediation of interventions for these students, academically and socially, emotionally,” she said. Another aspect involves crisis teams and threat assessments that help identify students who may be at a particularly critical point in their life where they may constitute a threat to themselves or others. Speakers explained how in hiring behavior interventionists, the district has made sure that they have academic backgrounds in mental health and mental health training. The effort also involves adapting more “restorative justice” approaches to student discipline issues. For example, a student caught with drugs on campus faces a 45-day suspension might be offered only a 10-day suspension if they agree to go through counseling. Some schools, including Mountain Pointe, have specific days set aside for
A large group of district mental health experts updated the Tempe Union Governing Board last week on what’s being done to address students and staff’s social emotional well being. (YouTube) special mentoring. Mountain Pointe Principal Tomika Banks discussed her school’s 17th annual Women’s Mentor Day held March 2 where as many as 200 female students met with women from the community representing different walks of life. “This year, we had entrepreneurs,” Banks said. “It’s great to be able to work with these young ladies and really show them where we’ve all come from so that they can see a little piece of us and they don’t just see that, ‘hey, she’s the principal’ but they get to see ‘oh, she walked this walk too…how can I emulate that or become that?’” “It’s wonderful to watch them really grow and flourish in this and bond with one another,” Banks said, adding the girls also cre-
This chart shows the varying levels of intervention and assistance that counselors and other experts provide Tempe Union students as part of their social-emotional wellness program. (Tempe Union)
ated vision boards that outlined a potential participated in de-stigmatizing mental illpath for their future development. ness by signing the Bring Change2Mind Tempe Union counselor Dawn Milovich Pledge, sharing solutions for improving praised teachers for their efforts to be our school climate.” more attuned to students who may need Panelists also discussed the “warm some special intervention. hand-off” of pairing students with adults “It’s really understood across the cam- who have had similar experiences. puses that this is everybody’s business,” Board President Brian Garcia said he Milovich said. was especially concerned about the efDenne said that mental health is be- forts being made to address the socialing addressed on a large scale on cam- emotional health of non-English speakers puses with assemblies but also in smaller and LGBTQ students. Assistant Superingroups, partly with the help of different tendent Sean McDonald said, "We need to student clubs. continue to work on that. But again, as we Some students themselves are enthusi- continue to build a safe environment for astically embracing the effort to help their all I think we'll be able to match those stuclassmates. dents up with our staff better. ■ Mountain Pointe senior Sadie Goldman is the president of the Bring Change2Mind Club and told the board through a prepared statement how her group has been doing different things to ease students’ stress such as vision boards, stress balls and painting. “In February, we successfully conducted Bring Change2Mind Week, which highlighted collaborative power,” she Signs like these are posted on the office doors of many staff and said. “Throughout teachers throughout the district as a way of assuring students they the week, students have a willing ear to listen to them. (YouTube)
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governor, that immediately would translate to legislative pay of $57,000. The bill also would give senators four-year terms, though House members would be limited to just two. And it would allow both House and Senate members to serve up to 12 years in the same chamber, up from the current eight. The saving grace of the last-minute maneuver is that lawmakers won’t get the last word on how their salaries are set. It would be up to voters in November to decide if they want to give up the right to determine how much lawmakers should be paid. And that may require some convincing, given the results of prior ballot measures to increase legislative pay. That fact of voter sentiment has not escaped Gowan who was first elected to the legislature in 2008. But he argues that the current salary, the one set by voters in 1998, puts the hourly pay at $11.54, less than the minimum wage of $12.80.
“The process for salary increases, even for cost of living, is broken and limits the number of people who can run for office,’’ Gowan said. But what Gowan does not say is that the framers of the Arizona Constitution set up what was supposed to be a citizen legislature, where people would come to the Capitol, enact laws and the budget, and then go home to other jobs. Gowan himself is a martial-arts instructor. And he has sold fireworks during the days their possession here is legal. As to the change in term limits, Gowan said in his statement that it allows lawmakers “to gain a better depth of knowledge on the increasingly complex policy issues facing the legislature. But Gowan did not respond to a question of why he chose to wait until late March – more than 70 days into what is supposed to be a 100-day session – to unveil the plan and have it go through
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Anderson has taught various grade levels at several Kyrene schools, including Lomas, Monte Vista, Esperanza, and Sierra. An Ahwatukee resident and mother of two, “she is committed to staying up to date with best teaching practices and building her professional knowledge,” the district said. “Her goal is to provide students with a superior educational experience to help them reach their full academic potential while simultaneously nurturing their special talents and interests.” Also newly certified is Tiffani Montelione, a 5th grade teacher at Kyrene Digital Academy who has a master’s degree in instructional technology from the New York Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree in childhood education from the State University of New
York, College at Oneonta. A 12-year veteran teacher who has been with Kyrene for seven years, Montelione’s international travels, including an internship in Australia, “have made her the exceptional teacher she is today,” the district said. Julio Contreras, an orchestra and mariachi teacher at Kyrene Middle School, also is newly certified. He has an undergraduate degree in music education from Arizona State University and is pursuing a master’s degree in music learning and teaching there. A teacher for 10 years, he previously performed with various musical groups. Renewing their certifications were Amy Dean, a middle childhood generalist at Mirada and a teacher for 20 years in Kyrene who has played a major role in Mirada’s Leader in Me Program, and Amy Ordonez, also a middle childhood generalist at Paloma and Mariposa elementary schools. ■
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the regular hearing process. Gowan also is seeking to sweeten the deal in a bid to get public support. The measure, HB 1180, also contains some things designed to promote transparency in the legislative process. That includes a new requirement for lobbyists to report any expenditure made on behalf of lawmakers within five business days, “allowing a real-time look into who is attempting to influence a legislator,’’ he said. Now, such reports are filed only quarterly. Potentially more significant, the measure removes many of the exemptions from what has to be reported as a gift to a public official. Now, that list of what is acceptable includes everything from fees for speaking engagements to food, beverages, travel and lodging.
Only thing is, Gowan is giving this to voters as an all-or-nothing package: If they reject the plan to change legislative pay in November, they don’t get the new transparency provisions. Gowan is no stranger to pushing the idea that lawmakers need more money. He was behind a 2021 measure to give lawmakers from outside Maricopa County a “per diem’’ allowance for every day the legislature is in session of $207 a day – $151 for lodging and $56 for meals. Prior to that they were getting just $60 a day, and only for the first 120 days of the session. ■
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lush with a $76 million surplus from this year, Phoenix City Manager Jeff Barton is proposing $1.7 billion in General Fund spending for the fiscal year beginning July 1 that includes the creation of 166 new positions at a cost of $21 million. In addition to those new positions covered by the General Fund, Barton also is proposing another 132 new positions at a cost of $4.9 million from enterprise and special revenue funds. Enterprise funds come from aviation, water, wastewater, solid waste and the Convention Center; outside of the convention center, they are funded by users. Special revenue includes grants, gas taxes and other special streams of money. The so-called “trial budget” – a precursor to a more formal preliminary budget to be submitted to City Council May 3 – is $93 million, or 5.8%, above the current budget and sets aside $55 million of that surplus “for future City Council spending
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did reach out to all the council members and speak with some of whom were very supportive of our project.” Those supporters include council members Ann O’Brien, Debra Stark, Betty Guardado and Yassamin Ansari. As for District 6 Councilman Sal DiCiccio, they said, “We’re unsure of any work going on in the background as we have been unable to speak with Sal directly. In the very beginning, they seemed very interested in helping us with this project but as it has progressed, Sal’s office has seemed less enthusiastic and helpful.” Pickleball remains one of the hottest recreational activities for adults around. Almost as soon as Valley municipalities open new courts, they find demand outstrips capacity. Phoenix four years ago spent $1 million to open a 16-court complex at Pecos Park that is consistently filled. But of some 620 Pecos Pickleball Club members, only 233 – about 38% – live in Ahwatukee. “In talking to people at the Tempe courts and talking to people at the Gilbert courts and in Chandler, they’re experiencing the
initiatives or to provide resources needed to maintain a balanced budget in the event of an economic downturn.” While Barton was upbeat about the city’s revenue picture for now, he also warned there is considerable uncertainty in the immediate future. He noted that projected General Fund revenue of $1.6 billion will be 9.4% over this year’s total but that “a conservative approach was used to project revenue given we are still experiencing impacts form the pandemic, rising inflation and now a geopolitical crisis in Europe.” Moreover, he said that the State Legislative Budget Committee has estimated that $78 billion in one-time federal pandemic relief funding to Arizona “helped to fuel an 8.6% increase in AZ personal income, increasing discretionary spending and influencing sales tax collections. “It is expected over the next several months we will see a slowdown in revenue growth,” he warned, largely because the spigot of pandemic relief funds is shutting down. The trial budget barely addresses Phoe-
Phoenix City Manager Jeff Barton released his proposed spending plan last week that will be the object of city-wide budget town halls virtually for a week starting Saturday, April 2. (Special to AFN) nix’s $3.4 billion unfunded liability for police and fire pensions, stating only that legal obligation "will require continued diligence and further resource strategies
same thing,” Ostendorp said. “The Parks Department seems to think that those (Pecos) courts are only being used by our Ahwatukee people and therefore we don’t need any more. “But I will tell you right now, you can go there any given morning, on a Monday or Wednesday or Thursday, and at 8 in the morning, they’re at capacity while people are waiting. And then forget Ahwatukee residents Carrie McNeish and Jill Ostendorp are keepabout trying to play ing up the pressure on Phoenix City Hall to secure funding for the after 5. Anywhere long-ignored completion of work at Desert Foothills Park, includfrom 5 p.m. to 7:30 ing the creation of eight pickleball courts. (AFN file photo) or 8 p.m. on any given night, they’re com- supposed to go in when it was first built pletely full. Saturday mornings are full.” years ago. While McNeish and Ostendrop are fo"We have been transparent and open cusing a lot of attention on getting pick- with our project and have heard from many leball courts, they also note that Desert community members that they would like Foothills Park needs a few other major to see other upgrades to our park as well – improvements – like amenities that were which we support,” Ostendrop said. “Folks
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in the coming years.” Of the 166 new positions proposed by Barton, 92 are for fire, police, Municipal Court and public defenders at a projected cost of $6.3 million. Barton noted that the money for police hires actually comes from “excess sworn vacancy savings” the city realized through its inability to fill hundreds of officer vacancies that exist within the Police Department right now. Another 45 of the 166 new positions are conversions of temporary jobs now filled in a variety of departments “because the duties of each position are no longer temporary in nature and are necessary to maintain existing services." The budget also proposes 17 new positions at a cost of $3 million for the City Manager’s Office and Human Services Department for “homelessness, immigrant/ refugee support and Fast Track Cities.” Those positions include a new “navigator position” that would “work with immigrants and refugees to connect individuals to resettlement agencies and
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that support tennis should be supporting our project for adding new dedicated pickleball courts because this will free up the two tennis courts. The tennis players should be happy about the potential for the lines to be added because the courts will be resurfaced and will be getting new nets. “Folks need to know that the annual budget meetings for Phoenix are coming up and now is the time to push for our park upgrades. We would love to see this park utilized more with families, friends, pets etc. We support it all,” they said, citing a parking lot at the popular park that has never been completed. The two women explored funding the pickleball courts with city impact funds – the money developers pay the city for each house they build that is supposed to be used for amenities that serve those subdivisions. They discovered there’s $420,000 in impact money for Ahwatukee, but the parks officials told them the money will be used for “future projects” that include ramadas, exercise equipment, a backstop and a skate plaza at Western Star Park as well as ramadas, exercise equipment and ball
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field dugouts at Vista Canyon Park. The 2022-23 preliminary budget gives no detail on how the money will be spent. A parks official promised to get information in response to various questions sent by AFN, but never did as of the newspaper’s deadline. Parks officials did agree to survey residents within a 3-mile radius of Desert Foothills Park on how they felt about adding pickleball lines to the existing two tennis courts. But Ostendorp said, “In my opinion, it is worked a little slanted to make folks vote no but at least it’s out there.” The reason she thinks it’s slanted? One question asks: Do you have concerns regarding the noise impact of pickleball court use?” Noting the park isn’t far from the fourlane South Mountain Freeway and Chandler Boulevard, Ostendorp said, “Pickleball is not that much louder than tennis other than the fact they (pickleball courts)
would probably get used more.” Right now, the city’s proposed $2.14 billion Capital Improvement Projects budget for the coming fiscal year allocates $67.5 million for parks, recreation and mountain preserves. Over the next five years, $8.53 billion is projected to be spent on capital projects, with $224.5 million going to parks, recreation and preserves. Outside of the undetailed $420,000 being spent in impact fees, the capital budget lists no parks or rec spending in Ahwatukee this year or through June 2026. Major projects listed in the capital spending plan include “Sonoran Preserve land acquisition and protection, Paradise Valley Park improvements, Lone Mountain Park at 56th Street and Montgomery Road, Perry Park renovation, Hance Park Garden, Norton Park improvements, “citywide building repairs,” and “aquatic infrastructure renovation" – mainly for pools in other parts of the city that are so broken they’re unusable. Ostendorp and McNeish will be at the Desert Foothills Park tennis courts 4:30-
6:30 p.m. the next three Sundays for anyone who wants to hear their plan in detail. People also can write them at dfparkpb@gmail.com. ■
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assist with referrals for services…to assist with a successful transition into the community.” The Fast Track Cities initiative involves 25 cities across the country that aim to help make “90% of Phoenicians to be aware of their HIV/AIDS status and to enroll in antiviral treatment.” Another 13 positions costing $2.7 million would go to Parks & Recreation and the library, mainly for tutoring and education support for children in the Phoenix Afterschool Center held at various schools, staff for a new bookmobile at 67th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road, eight park rangers and staff at a newly renovated pool on Jefferson Street in Central Phoenix. And 10 new positions at a cost of $1.6 million are earmarked for the city Community and Economic Development and Planning departments and a newly created Office of Innovation that would “conduct three-four projects per year on testing and prototyping” The budget does not indicate what would be tested and prototyped. ■
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he Phoenix City Manager’s Office has provided City Council with a new Heat Response Plan to address “the severe yet preventable public health impacts of extreme heat.” An outgrowth of the $2.8 million “climate and heat readiness investment” created by Council in the current budget, the draft plan is the product of the relatively new Office of Heat Response and Mitigation that Council created last year. That office “is charged with improving and accelerating efforts to ensure public safety when hot weather occurs and to deploy strategies that will cool the city and make it more comfortable over the long term,” according to a lengthy document given Council last week. The 2022 Heat Response Plan is the product of a six-month planning effort that involved 10 city departments. “Phoenix had the highest rate of heatassociated deaths of any municipality in Maricopa County in 2020,” the plan states, noting there were 323 heat-related
deaths in 2020 and another 338 last year. It also notes that county health officials have advised their analysis of those deaths show that “serious health impacts from heat and not confined to only the hottest summer days” and that hospitalizations begin occurring at temperatures as low as 72 degrees. Last year, Phoenix Fire answered 1,518 calls for service that were directly related to heat-caused illnesses. The plan put forth three goals for this year: reduce heat-associated deaths in Phoenix, reduce calls for service for heatrelated illnesses and collect more data “to inform future planning and budget needs.” Working with the National Weather Service, Arizona State University, the county and various Heat Relief Network partners, the plan delineates six priorities: “situational awareness at City Hall and real-time response,” public outreach and engagement, more cool spaces and drinking water, “supporting cool and safe home environments,” “supporting cool and safe mobility and recreation,” and “supporting cool and safe workplaces and schools.”
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The cool space and drinking water availability is primarily directed to a new homeless shelter in Central Phoenix as well as the Human Services Campus, which also serves people experiencing homelessness. Cool recreation includes heat warnings for hikers, additional shade structures at bus stops, sunblock umbrella distribution and unspecified activity at city pools. The plan also calls for integrating the locations of cooling centers and hydration stations into police vehicle computers and providing coolers with water bottles in those cars and vans. The plan also disclosed that the city is working with Google and Boston University to create a public dashboard “showing indicators of heat-health community impact and needed community resources on Google search data” that would enable city employees “to adjust heat response programs and messaging throughout the summer.” It also proposes a “We’re Cool Program” involving 40 volunteers that would provide unsheltered people and hikers with water, other heat-relief supplies and maps
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Maricopa County fastest growing in nation BY ALEXIA STANBRIDGE Cronkite News
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ASHINGTON – Maricopa County added more new residents than any county in the nation last year, continuing a trend that local officials call a credit to the region’s opportunities and affordability. The Census Bureau said last week that the county added 58,246 people from July 2020 to July 2021, topping Texas’ Collin County and boosting Maricopa County’s estimated county population to just under 4.5 million. The Phoenix region as a whole saw the second-biggest population increase for the year, with Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler trailing only Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, the bureau said. “Arizona and Maricopa County have shown high growth over a sustained period of time, it hasn’t been just a quarter here or there,” said Garrick Taylor, a spokesperson for the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. “Census data indicates that the state and Maricopa County region are especially attractive to transplants.” Most of the population gains last year came from people moving to Arizona: Of the 98,330 new residents in the state, just 832 were attributable to “natural change,” or the difference between births
and deaths, according to the Census. The for housing is driving prices up. “It’s positive and negative,” Holm said. rest were the result of migration, mostly “It just depends on where you look at from other states. Many of the newcomers are crossing and how you look at it and who’s being affected.” the border from California, experts said. Ready said that while population “This place is basically becoming San Francisco – I mean, there’s so many peo- growth is a good thing in her business, ple from California coming here. It’s just, newcomers are finding there are not it’s unbelievable,” said Andrew Holm, enough available houses or rental properties for the numprogram manager ber of people movfor Hague Parting in. ners-72SOLD. “Just the battle Sindy Ready, The Census Bureau of being able to state treasurer for in December ranked get into a propthe Arizona AssoArizona as the third-fastest erty right now, ciation of Realtors, said she is not surbecause there’s growing state last year, so many people prised by the popbehind Texas and Florida. wanting to be ulation increase, here,” Ready said. given the “beautiful That may be weather” and climate great for people who like the outdoors. one reason that neighboring Pinal and Taylor pointed to the state’s economy, Yavapai counties both saw surging which he said is “not only strong, but has growth rates in 2021, the experts said. While they did not add nearly the numproven to be especially resilient,” recovering jobs “almost faster than any other ber of people that Maricopa County did, part of the country” after the pandemic. their rates of growth were considerably He also noted plans for high-tech and au- higher, according to the Census Bureau. tomotive manufacturing plants that have Pinal County’s population jumped 4.6% and Yavapai County’s grew by 2.2% in been unveiled for the Valley. Another plus for the state are hous- 2021, compared to Maricopa County’s ing costs that Holm said are significantly 1.3% for the year. “These people are willing to go to these cheaper than in other major cities. But that comes with a downside – demand locations because they can get a new
house on the outskirts for significantly cheaper,” Holm said. “The problem is that the builders simply cannot keep up with the demand.” Taylor said advanced manufacturing is “hot” right now and that Pinal county, which has a “proud legacy of being a heavy agricultural area of the state” is now drawing major firms like Nikola Motor Co. and Kohler. All but four counties – Apache, Coconino, Greenlee and La Paz – saw population increases last year, according to the Census. Driven largely by the gains in Maricopa, the state population overall grew by 98,330 people last year, to just under 7.28 million on July 1. The Census Bureau in December ranked Arizona as the third-fastest growing state last year, behind Texas and Florida. The increases can strain everything from the state’s water resources and infrastructure to, as Holm notes, the ability to get a reservation at a good restaurant without weeks of waiting. But all the experts agreed that too much business is a good problem to have. “It’s rare for people to pull up stakes and uproot their lives, to move somewhere with little opportunity. Instead, they seek out job opportunities and other economic benefits,” Taylor said. “And Arizona can offer that in spades.” ■
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Senate panel voted last week to dictate what Arizona schools have to teach students how communism and totalitarianism are in conflict with freedom and democracy. And HB 2008 spells out in some detail what this new civics education will include. The measure was crafted by Rep. Quang Nguyen, R-Prescott Valley who told members of the Senate Education Committee of his own family’s experience escaping Vietnam as the communists took over following the war there. But the measure does more than mandate a comparison. It also requires the state Board of Education to develop standards that instruct students about “the civic-minded expectations of an upright and desirable citizenry that recognizes and accepts responsibility for preserving and defending the blessings of liberty inherited from prior generations and secured by the United States Constitution."
And the state board also would have to establish and maintain a list of oral history resources to provide “portraits in patriotism based on first-person accounts of victims of other nations’ governing philosophies" who can compare those with the United States. Nguyen said that’s based on more than 100 million people being killed in a century of communism. “And the voice of these victims and survivors, such as myself, need to be heard," he said. “We have so much to share with those who live in the greatest nation God has given to humanity." Barbara Jennings, a Scottsdale parent, said the measure makes sense. “It’s very disturbing, what we are seeing with our young people today, their lack of appreciation for where we live," she said. But Jennings had some other reasons she thinks there need to be changes in curriculum. “We know the Chinese government has infiltrated our higher education," she said. Sen. Sally Ann Gonzales, D-Tucson, said she agrees that communism should be taught.
“It’s part of our history and it’s part of what my brother went to go fight in the Vietnam war," she said. But Gonzales said lawmakers are being disingenuous by saying they want students exposed to more history even as they have taken actions in the past to curb them. She said that includes a 2010 vote by lawmakers to outlaw ethnic studies programs, including one on Native Americans, “a very powerful and effective program that was open to everybody at the high schools in Tucson." And Gonzales, who is Native American, said it didn’t stop there. “This legislature is currently prohibiting the history of the U.S. being taught to our children and what happened to the indigenous people of this country,’’ she said. That refers to current proposals to limit how certain subject can be taught in ways she believes are designed to limit how racism and its history can be taught. “And it hurts me because, as an indigenous woman, I live through that discrimination on a daily basis," Gonzales told her colleagues on the committee, saying
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people of color face discrimination not only at grocery stores and banks but even in the halls of the Legislature. “And yet, we do not want to hear the truth and allow schools to teach the history of the U.S." Sen. Teresa Hatathlie, D-Coal Mine Canyon, went a step farther, saying there has been bias and discrimination even on the dais of committee hearings. And Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Phoenix, who is a teacher, questioned why legislators believe it is their role to dictate exactly what has to be taught and how. She said lawmakers are free to make policy decisions. But those details, she said, are best left to the state Board of Education which regularly brings together educators to review and alter curricula. But Sen. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa, said the legislation simply spells out what he believes to be true. “Communism and democracy are at odds with each other," he said. “Totalitarianism is at odds with freedom." The measure, which already has been approved by the House, now goes to the full Senate. ■
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questions, call 480-759-0007 or e-mail msch0007@aol.com. People also are needed to help Kiwanian Andy Pettyjohn and the rest of the club run the Spring Fling right after the parade at Ahwatukee Park, 4700 E. Warner Road. Sign up by calling 602-402-6267 or emailing andi@wttaz.com. Parade Boss Mike Schmitt has lined up some big new additions to the parade, his 30th as the man in charge of securing permits and making sure the parade moves along safely, efficiently and entertainingly. Ahwatukee Kiwanis Club President Neil Rayes and his fellow members have se-
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lected city Councilman Sal DiCiccio as the Grand Marshall for the second time in his eight years in office. He was selected partly because he will have been termed out by the time the 2023 Easter Parade marches but largely because he helped the club get a break from some $900 in fees the city wanted to charge the small organization for permits. “The Fire Department wanted $450 but I don’t know why. They said it was a permit for gathering. I call it a parade,” said Schmitt. “So, Sal stepped in and got them to waive it.” Schmitt is pulling out all the stops for this year’s parade. Mayor Kate Gallego is attending, as are The Gilbert Days Rodeo Queen and her Royal Court will be marching this year in the Ahwatukee Kiwanis Easter Parade. (AFN file photo)
The full array of Shriner units is expected at this year's Ahwatukee Kiwanis Easter Parade. (Special to AFN)
the Legislative District 18 delegation. For the first time in a long time, there will be a group of horses as the Gilbert Days Rodeo Queen and her court will be riding their steeds. That required Schmitt to rustle up some extra volunteers to follow them down the parade route. After all, the horses can’t be expected to wait until the end of the parade to answer Nature’s call and Schmitt doesn’t want other marchers to step on whatever they leave in their wake. This year as well, all the Shriner’s parade units will be turning out. In the past, only one of the units turned out with colorfully dressed clowns riding in tiny cars. “They have upwards of 10 parade units,” Schmitt said. “They’ve got motorcycles, trikes, big cars, 10 guys on a single bike. They’re a parade all by themselves.” Schmitt said people often mistakenly think they are the parade and they leave after the Shriners march by. Schmitt is sticking them at the end “so I’ll have my big finish.” The “big finish” is a big deal for the master showman. “It’s a big deal,” Schmitt said. Years ago, we had a helicopter on a trailer for the big finish. We once had a bus from a double decker bus from London – a big tall thing you could see coming.” There are a few reasons why marchers must register by next week. First, Schmitt has to write the script for the commentators who will be positioned
at public address stations at the Ahwatukee Country Club and the corners of Ahwatukee Drive, Kiowa Street and Pawnee Street. Second, Schmitt has to figure out how to deploy the US JCI Senators – members of the global Junior Chamber International Senate Foundation – who help create the lanes of marching units so they will join the main parade line in an orderly manner. Among the veteran marchers already committed is a group from Mountain View Lutheran Church, the oldest veteran Easter Parade unit. Pioneering Ahwatukee Realtor Chad Chatteron will be driving Clay Schad, the founder and former owner of the Ahwatukee Foothills News who helped inspire the now-extinct Ahwatukee Jaycees to start an Easter Parade in the first place. Both Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista high school marching bands will be out in force and several dance troupes also will be on hand as will several Scout units. And don’t forget: Once the parade is over, the fun continues at Ahwatukee park with the Spring Fling from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with entertainment, vendor and craft booths, an egg hunt and other fun activities that Pettyjohn, Debbie Sullivan and Annlouise Ferguson have organized. Money raised at the Spring Fling helps the Ahwatukee Kiwanis fund their many charitable activities for teens in group foster homes, including the Thanksgiving Dinner, Christmas gift giving and baby shower. ■
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Mt. Pointe musical a delightful comedy-horror romp BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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t’s been five years since the Mountain Pointe Theatre Company has mounted a musical on stage and to break the drought, co-directors and drama teachers Kimberly Bonagofski have come up with one that’s spooky fun. “The Addams Family” will be presented at Mountain Pointe High School, 4201 East Knox Road, at 6 p.m. Friday, April 1, and 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, April 2. Tickest are $7 for students, $10 for adults and ticket information is at sites.google. com/tuhsd.k12.az.us/mptheatreco/ mptc. Bonagofsky came up with “The Addams Family” as they were “looking for a fun show that’s different but fun.” And their choice has a rich legacy as the first stage production of a popular show that’s been a TV series and spawned several movies. The musical enjoyed a 20-month run on Broadway after it debuted there in 2011 with legendary actor Nathan Lane playing the role of Gomez Addams – played at Mountain Pointe by Isaiah Hernandez – and iconic actress Bebe Neuwirth portraying Morticia Addams, played at Mountain Pointe by Kylie Stinson.
Rehearsing a scene from “The Addams Family” are from left, Alex Quinn as Wednesday Addams, Lex Zackos as Lucas Beineke and Isaiah Hernandez as Gomez. (David Minton/AFN Staff Photographer)
It won several New York critics’ awards, but failed to win either of the two Tony awards for which it was nominated – one of them for best score. As the New York Times reported – 10 years after panning its debut – “The Addams Family” became “one of the rare shows that retool and flourish after their New York debut” and “has proved an enduring hit in youth and community the-
ater productions and has played in more than three dozen countries.” It’s based on the 1960s TV sitcom of the same name and tells the events that ensue when outsiders come to dinner with the Addams, a ghoulish yet lovable family that live in a house on Cemetery Lane, next to a graveyard. Bonagofski said the company tries to put on a musical every other year but the
the candidacy of Alfred Landon running against President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At 21, she registered to vote as a Republican and has voted Republican in every election. She has been a block worker, election judge and has chaired several Republican committees, including the Idaho State Republican Committee. At one point, she was the only woman in the continental U.S. to be a state chairman and also serve on the National Executive Committee. Applicants for the scholarship named in her honor must live in Ahwatukee and be
registered Republicans. Scholarship applicants should include two letters of recommendation from other than a family member, a 250-500-word double-spaced essay incorporating their involvement volunteer service, extracurriculars, clubs and educational goals. Completed applications should be sent to Ahwatukee Republican Women -Marjorie Miner Scholarship c/o Scholarship Committee, PO Box 93391, Phoenix, AZ 85070. Information: ahwatukeerepublicanwomen.com/scholarships.
pandemic in 2020 disrupted the schedule. “When COVID happened, it just really made that gap larger,”she said. One of the reasons the theater troupe doesn’t present a musical every year is because “they cost a lot more to produce,” she added. And “The Addams Family” required a lot of work beyond rehearsing. The set, for example, “is very elaborate,” Bonagofski said. “The set has a lot of moving pieces – It’s fun, quirky and very Addams.” While students and sponsors collaborated on costumes, the set costs came with some sticker shock. “The cost of wood has doubled, which was a big shock to us,” Bonagofski said. But for the young thespians and crew, the show is a labor of love – and a new experience for some. “The students are so excited about the show,” Bonagofski said. “For many of them, this will be their first musical.” And they all guarantee a good time for the audience. “It’s a fun family show,” she said. “The music is brilliant, the costumes are over the top.” Besides Isaiah and Kylie, other cast
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Deadline is Friday for ARW scholarship applications AFN NEWS STAFF
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ttention, Ahwatukee residents who are high school seniors looking for some college aid: You have until Friday, April 1, to apply for the Ahwatukee Republican Women’s Marjorie Miner Scholarship. The scholarship was established in 2011 in honor of the longtime Republican activist, who has been a member of ARW since it was founded in 2005 and whose legacy of Republican activisim dates back to 1936, when, at age 9, she supported
Past recipients of the scholarship have been Desert Vista High grads Lacey Morris (2011), Allyson Marie Kolodziej (2012), Tess Marie Kimura (2013) and Jessica Marie Kolodziej (2014; Mountain Pointe High grads Sonia Serio (2015) and Madison Coffman, who tied in 2016 with co-recipient Michael Kolodziej of Desert Vista. Other winners included Mountain Pointe grads Valeria Smith (2017) and Arika Patton (2018), 2019 Desert Vista grad Itzy Doyle and Corona del Sol Class of 2020 member Emma Stewart and Adam Stewart, Desert Vista Class of 2021. ■
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100+ Women Who Care donates $16,000 to Gabriel’s Angels BY KIM TARNOPOLSKI AFN Guest Writer
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ope, healing and a hug from a furry friend is what Arizona’s at-risk children need most in times of stress and uncertainty. According to the Arizona Department of Child Safety, child abuse and neglect reports have gone up 25% in the past year. Most Arizona kids were home during the onset of the pandemic, taking part in online learning. This resulted in fewer cases called in because children were not in the public eye. When schools returned to in-person learning, more cases were reported. Thankfully, there is a local nonprofit focused on helping these children establish core behaviors essential to their growth, recovery and development. Founded in 2000 by Pam Gaber and her Weimaraner, Gabriel, Gabriel’s Angels’ mission is to inspire confidence, compassion, and best behaviors in at-risk children through pet therapy. Pet therapy teams visit crisis nurseries, domestic violence and homeless shelters, and Title One schools, all in an effort to intervene in children’s lives and enhance their emotional and behavioral development by teaching core behaviors of healthy attachments, confidence, selfregulation, affiliation, empathy, tolerance, and respect. Through Gabriel’s Angels, a registered
Concerts in the park have returned in Ahwatukee
Ahwatukee Realtor Randy Fitch is hosting the spring series of Concerts in the Park at Desert Foothills Park, 1010 SW Marketplace Way, 5-8 p.m. the next three Sundays. The lineup includes April 3, Reasonable Doubt; April 10, Publicity Conduct and Phillip Guarrera; and April 24, Outside the Line. Food trucks will be on hand and people are encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs.
Food truck fundraiser slated next two Fridays at church
The Events Committee for St. Benedict Church will be holding a food truck fundraiser at 6 p.m. Friday April 1 and April 8 at St. John Bosco School, 16035 S. 48th St., Ahwatukee. Zydeco’s Louisiana Kitchen Food Truck will be offering Cajun and Creole food and the public is invited.
Gathered around Teddy the dog for a check presentation are, from left, Kristine Kassel, Melissa Steimer of Gabriel’s Angels and Kim Tarnopolski of 100+ Women Who Care. (Special to AFN) therapy team made up of an individual and his/her therapy pet visit the same children twice monthly for approximately one hour at partner agencies who serve at-risk kids. All volunteer therapy teams are supported by Gabriel’s Angels and are provided hundreds of activities to engage the children. The current cost to train and support one therapy team for a year is $3,500.
With the stress and uncertainty the pandemic has created in families, along with the rise in abuse and neglect cases being reported, Gabriel’s Angels’ programs are needed now more than ever. Kristine Kassel and her dog, Teddy, have been a therapy team for over a year. Kristine has been involved with Gabriel’s Angels in various roles for several years but being on a therapy team is the most rewarding of them all.
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ters, 2125 S. Industrial Park Ave., Tempe. Proceeds will benefit the American Legion Boys State and Legion Auxiliary Girls State programs to be held in June. Both programs teach area high school juniors the workings of democratic government and values and responsibilities of citizenship.. Tickets are $15 per person and available at the door or by calling 480-967-2968
She and Teddy visit John and Carol Carlson Elementary School every other week. Teddy works one-on-one with a child and helps them feel wanted. He provides unconditional love during overwhelming times in their lives. “The kids call it Teddy Tuesday! You can just see the excitement and comfort the kids get from our visits,” Kassel said. In January, Kristine shared the mission of Gabriel’s Angels with her 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun group in Ahwatukee. The members were moved by her presentation and selected the charity to receive their quarterly donations. Gabriel’s Angels was awarded $16,000 to train more therapy teams in our community. 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun is a group of like-minded, passionate women who want to connect to one another and to their communities. The ladies are leveraging their resources so their small quarterly gifts of $100 per member add up to a significant donation to a local charity. Since the chapter’s inception in 2015, over $850,000 has been donated to local charities. This group of women has learned that giving back is better together. To learn more about 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun or to register for their upcoming giving circle on April 12 at the Foothills Golf Club, visit 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org. To learn more about Gabriel’s Angels, visit gabrielsangels.org. ■
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The Tempe Union High School Education Foundation will hold its Denim & Diamonds fundraiser 6-9:30 p.m. April 22 at the SRP Pera Club, 1 E. Continental Drive, Tempe. A dinner with chili, brisket, fried chicken, sides and dessert will be available along with casino games, a basket auction and raffle and the annual student art showcase and scholarship contest, where guests vote for their favorite piece of art. Art scholarships will be awarded to eight of the top vote getters. Tickets are $60 and scholarships still are available. Go to TUHSERF.org for details. Organizers hope people buy their tickets by April 7.
Legion post holding popular swing band dance
American Legion Post 2 will hold its 27th annual Sentimental Dreams Dance with the 15-piece Swing Memories Big Band 7-10 p.m. April 9 at its headquar-
Ahwatukee Recreation Center planning a big book sale
Most activities at the Ahwatukee Recreation Center aren’t open to the public. But people can mark 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. April 8-9 on their calendar for one of those rare public events – a giant book sale at the ARC, 5001 E. Cheyenne, in the front parking lot. Dell Taylor, one of the organizers said the sale will featured used books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction, non-fiction, history, memoirs, best sellers, and more. Hard cover will retail for $1 and pa-
perbacks for 50 cents. Patrons also will be helping nearby residents who belong to the ARC: the funds raised will be used to expand its library of large-print books, “which we really need,” Taylor said.
Blue Star pavers available to order for Memorial Day
An engraved commemorative paver placed at Ahwatukee’s Blue Star Memorial is the perfect way to honor a family member or friend who served or is currently serving in the U.S. military and the Desert Pointe Garden Club will be taking paver orders through March so they will be placed in time for Memorial Day. The Blue Star Memorial is a joint project of the Desert Pointe Garden Club and the Ahwatukee Board of Management and is located on the north side of Warner Road just west of 48th Street. Parking is available in the Board of Management lot. Pavers cost $50
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Famed Austrian artist’s works come alive BY ALEX GALLAGHER AFN Staff Writer
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hen Massimiliano Siccardi began developing the idea for immersive art experiences beginning with Vincent Van Gogh, he had two other artists in mind to follow the famed painter. Siccardi felt the best way to captivate the next generation of art enthusiasts was to feature the world of Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo. While some markets have gotten to immerse themselves in the works of all three artists, Scottsdale is next for a show on the works of Klimt. “The idea comes from Massimiliano Siccardi,” said Richard Ouzounian, a creative consultant at Lighthouse Immersive. “For him, the trilogy was Vincent Van Gogh, Gustav Klimt and Frida Kahlo because he felt they were all revolutionary artists in totally different ways.” The revolution surrounding the works of Klimt was so noteworthy that the show itself had to be named “Immersive Klimt: Revolution.” The show begins with patrons walking through a tunnel where interesting facts penned by Ouzounian meet historic photographs of Vienna, Austria, the setting for Klimt’s story. In 1897, there was a stirring of revolution coming through music, literature, architecture and psychology. “What I found fascinating about the revolution, or the Vienna Secession as it’s referred to, happened through the artists,” Ouzounian said. “That to me is strange since most revolutions come from political movements, social movements, writers or even theater. “In this case, Klimt and his colleagues decided the old ways had had it and they wanted a new way of thinking, feeling and
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Patrons can enjoy Gustav Klimt’s works in a different way at Lighthouse Immersive in Old Town. (Special to AFN)
a new way of expressing, which wound up leading a whole movement that changed everything.” As Arnold Schoenberg was writing the first 12-zone music and Sigmund Freud was doing the first psychoanalysis, Klimt developed a new way of looking at art and architecture. Klimt’s works were somewhat controversial at the time and he fought a considerable number of censorship battles throughout his life. Siccardi also wanted to display the cultural struggle that occurred during Klimt’s career, which is why he decided to feature the works of Klimt’s protege. “Massimiliano wanted to show part of the cultural struggle that was going on so he added one other painter, Egon Schiele,” Ouzounian said. “When Klimt and Schiele started out, one was perceived as the angel of light and the other was the angel of darkness. Klimt was perceived as being this wonderful, warm, loving man and Schiele was a very dark, troubled young man who tion’s 11th annual Golf Classic May 6 at Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass. Last year the Golf Classic raised more than $25,000 to help support various Foundation initiatives in the Kyrene School District including the Kyrene Family Resource Center, teacher mini-grants and principal (cq) grant, student scholarships and recognitions and annual initiatives such as Backpacks for Students, Thanksgiving Food Baskets and Winter Wonderland. This year’s goal is $30,000. Information: Kyrene Foundation.org.
came from a horrible background and painted twisted self-portraits of himself.” “Klimt kept working with him and as we get near the end, Schiele is painting more like Klimt and Klimt is painting a bit more like Schiele,” Ouzounian said. “One of the things I say is ‘If you parse any one of Klimt’s works in detail, you get a crash course in 20th century art,” he said. “‘you’ll find Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Pollock, Kandinsky and Rothko.” Klimt’s works help people understand the time he lived through. He lived through a cultural revolution, World War I and the influenza epidemic of 1918 prior to his death of a stroke in 1918. “There’s a recurring cycle of political struggle, pandemic, excess, and it keeps going,” Ouzounian said. “You can see that it’s a mega world where there are images that are possibly unsettling and distorted but the overall effect is that Klimt believed in beauty and art was something you cling to.” For Siccardi, the musical score for the
Women’s social group slates charity luncheon fundraiser
The Ahwatukee Women’s Social Club will hold a charity luncheon to support women who are triumphing over domestic abuse. The luncheon is noon-3 p.m. April 30 at Arrivederci Trattoria, 4221. E. Chandler Blvd., Ahwatukee. Tickets can be purchased at eventbrite.com by searching “Ahwatukee Women’s Social Club.” There will be a cash bar, musical entertainment and raffle prizes. Women in Ahwatukee who are seeking fun cama-
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show had to aid in telling Klimt’s story. “Luca Longobardi – who did the score for Immersive Van Gogh – uses a lot of Arnold Schoenberg since he was the artist of the time but he also has a David Bowie recording of ‘Helden’ – a powerful song with the lyric ‘we can all be heroes for just one day,’ which is what Klimt believed,” Ouzounian said. The show concludes with techno music constructed by Siccardi himself and titled “MMXXI,” or 2021. The show runs at just around 40 minutes and Ouzounian said, “It’s kind of a liberation.” “You follow Klimt through most of Klimt’s life like you did with Van Gogh but at the end, it’s a sense of where did this all come from,” Ouzounian said. Because of this, he encourages patrons to gain the full experience through revisiting the show, which they are allowed to do during their visit to Lighthouse Immersive Artspace in Scottsdale. “I encourage people to view the show, go out to the lobby and look at the books and exhibits, then go back in so they’ll see something new,” he said. Ouzounian also hopes the show sparks an interest in Klimt’s life and the history surrounding it. “People who have not been weaned on Van Gogh or don’t really know who Klimt was will say ‘this guy is fascinating; I want to see more and I want to learn more. That’s what we would like to see happen,” he said. “If there’s anything people should learn, it’s that you shouldn’t pigeonhole an artist,” Ouzounian said. “ “Immersive Klimt: Revolution” will alternate with Immersive Van Gogh. Information/tickets: klimt.com ■
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raderie are welcome to join the club. Longtime Ahwatukee resident DJ Moore said, “There are many fine clubs and groups of women in Ahwatukee, but I think our group is far-reaching and encompassing,” she said. “There is a joy in seeing others gather in friendship and support for each other.” The group has a Facebook page where more information is available.. ■
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he Corvette Club of Arizona will host its free annual Corvettes in the Park Car Show 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. April 3 in A.J. Chandler Park on S. Arizona Avenue in downtown Chandler to benefit the Packages From Home nonprofit. The group’s Chevys in the Park show drew 140 vehicles and raised $2,200 and
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members are Johnny Osenkarski as Uncle Fester, Sebastian Navarro as Grandma, Alex Quinn as Wednesday Addams, Connor Murry as Pugsley Addams, Griffin Weber as Lurch, Chase Carter as Mal Beineke, Layla Hamilton as Alice Beineke, Lex Zacros as Lucas Beineke, Molly Corbin as Hand, Mr. Ramseyer as Cousin It. The Ancestors, or Dancestors, are played by Courtney Stinson as dance captain, Brianna Nunez, Mckenna Gilbert-Fowler, Jo’lynn Terra-
it’s hoping to break those records with the spring Corvette event. The Corvette Club of Arizona encourages all Corvette owners in the area to come out and display their cars. Last year’s show displayed over 100 gleaming Vettes, The club donates $10 from every car registration to “Packages from Home” and has raised over $25,000 over the course of its previous 11 shows.
zas, Jayden Carter, Micah Demoss, Markel Boyle, Phoenix Torres, Jayvin Sumler, Anissa Moreno and Xander Gaede. Stage managers are Drew Stanek and Emilia Robertson and tech director is Trevor Perry. Light and set design is by Sam Payne and the stage crew, led by Xander Gaede, includes Au’tazjanae Pride, Noah Campos, Skyler Sandoval, Brody Stolfa, Charlie Utli, Josephina Aragon, Lucky Morello, Sabrina Dagher and Ember Gurr. Lights are manned by Kyra Dee-
Packages from Home provides personal care and support items to military personnel stationed abroad and representatives will be on the premises to discuss the program while children and adults will have a chance to decorate the boxes. “Corvettes in the Park” is a “participant’s choice” judged show with awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each generation (C1-C8). Presentation of Awards will
ney and Olivia Pattison while sound is engineered by Essence Lewis and Lucky Navarro. Props are the responsibility of Z Shaw (chief), Clarissa Frommelt, Ariel Alexis, Jo’lynn Terrazas and Ariel Alexis while costumes were handled by Jayden Carter (chief), Leo Martin, Jayvin Sumler and Daileen Billy. Hair and make-up come courtesy of Annisa Moreno (chief), Kaylee Morello, Leila Cabanillas and Sydney Gannon while front of the house is handled by Maia Pattison (chief), Cristina Banuelos and Dasia. ■
begin at 1:45pm. Pre-registration for the show is $35 and the form must be received by March 28. Day-of-show registration is $40 from 8:30-9:30 a.m., based on space availability. Registration forms and additional information are available on the website: Showcorvetteclubofarizona.com, or by contacting Ron Gliot @ 779 777 0857. ■
Connor Murray as Pugsley Addams belts out a tune during Mountain Pointe Theatre Company’s rehearsal for “The Addams Family.” (David Minton/AFN Staff Photographer)
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very May an Arizona tradition continues. Children roll sleeping bags, pack duffel bags and make their way to Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott. Located in the cool pine forest of the Bradshaw Mountains, Friendly Pines Camp fills the summer with activities. Founded in 1941 by Bud and Isabelle Brown and accredited through the American Camp Association, Friendly Pines Camp is the longest-running, family-owned summer camp in Arizona. Designed for ages 6 to 14, this coed sleepaway camp offers more than 30 tra-
ditional camp activities, including horseback riding, swimming, ball sports, rock climbing, performing arts, fine arts, pet care, fencing, hiking, canoeing, kayaking, dancing and sewing. The camp offers one-, two-, four- and six-week sessions. “We’re now seeing a fourth generation of campers,” said Megan May, the camp’s director, who is the great-granddaughter of the camp’s founders. “Many of our former campers, who are now the parents and grandparents of current campers, tell us that they love the fact that we’re still teaching the same, classic camp songs and square dances, still cooking Dutch oven biscuits over a campfire,
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East Valley bakery owner helping Ukraine BY DAVID M. BROWN Tribune Contributor
J Proof Bread owner Jon Przybyl holds one of the baked goods he’s making to raise money to help people in Ukraine. (David Minton/Tribune Staff Photographer)
on Przybyl and Amanda Abou-Eid are baking bread for Ukraine in downtown Mesa. For five years, their Proof Bread, 125 West Main St., has made sourdough breads and croissants for an increasing number of Valley admirers. The couple and their employees have organized a Bake for Ukraine fundraiser with fellow bakery owners from Ukraine to feed civilians and soldiers in Kyiv. Proof Bread is donating portions of proceeds from multiple products, including a Danish and a traditional Ukrainian bread called a “baton.” “We have mobilized a number of bakers and food industry workers around the world to join our efforts to fight the toll of war felt by the people who remain in Kyiv,” Przybyl explained.
Jon and Amanda immediately connected with the horrors of the Russian invasion. In the early 1980s, his parents emigrated from Poland to Chicago as political refugees of the former Soviet Union. Jon has been communicating with Crimean native and fellow baker Anna Makievska, who began to flee Kyiv two hours after the first shelling on Feb. 24. Residents of the Ukrainian capital, she and her husband, Valerii, along with the children, daughters, Varvara, 8, and Mariia, 2 months, and their dog reached the Moldovan border. But, according to Ukrainian law, Valerii had to stay behind, separating the family. “Anna, her family and her bakery and store in Kyiv are living day to day, and she is making plans to help people, because it is the only thing that helps her cope,” Jon said. “The first few days of the war were unthinkable for them.”
Jon’s parents retired back to Poland in 2008, and he moved to the Valley to play tennis at Grand Canyon University in Glendale. He married, had two daughters, divorced, moved to Gilbert and met Amanda, who was working as an analyst for US Airways, now American Airlines. In 2017, they purchased Proof Bread from founder Jared Allen. “He gave us two weeks of training at his garage, hand mixing dough and using some very old equipment to bake bread,” Jon recalled. “We saw an opportunity to make better bread than was readily available to most people. Being Polish, and having experienced artisan bread in Poland, I was enthusiastic about the entire experience of community, the relationship of customer to baker and loaves which had more flavor, more tradition and simpler ingredients,” he
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onstruction has been completed on a massive covered industrial park called Akimel Gateway on Gila River Indian Community land along the southeast corner of 40th Street in Ahwatukee and the South Mountain Freeway. Wespac Construction Inc., announced last week that the 835,00-square-foot development by Trammell Crow Company, offers custom-built Class A industrial space in five buildings on 59 acres and is the first major dvelopment on the reservation since the freeway’s open in December 2019. The Via Queeva Casino Resort opened before the freeway opened. The largest of the five buildings is the new headquarters and distribution center for Spencer’s TV & Appliance. Construction of the campus included over
a mile of offsite wet utility work and a new traffic signal. The buildings feature a combination of ramp-up and dock-high loading with clear heights ranging from 24 to 36 feet. “The open Akimel Gateway on the Gila River Indian Commmunity totals more than 635,000 square feet of light industrial space and is the first development lines of honon the reservation since the freeway was finished in 2019. (Special to AFN) est and direct communication from all parties includ- “The collaborative, team-based environing Trammell Crow, GRIC, Butler Design ment never faltered; even during the chalGroup, and Spencer’s are ultimately what lenging events happening while this projmade this project a success,” said Matt ect was under construction. It was an McPherron, Westpac project manager. honor to work with this team!”
“Akimel Gateway is conveniently positioned along the new South Mountain Loop 202 Freeway, which has become a hub for logistics users,” a spokeswoman said. It joins Wild Horse Pass, Wild Horse Pass Motorsports Park, Whirlwind Golf Club, Rawhide Western Town & Event Center, Phoenix Premium Outlets, and the future Phoenix Rising Stadium in a growing complex of commercial and office development. Over the next decade, the tribe hopes to build a 3,300-acre sports and entertainment complex. The project lead, Sunbelt Holdings of Scottsdale, and the tribe’s development arm, Wild Horse Pass Development Authority, envision additional hotels, wellness and event centers, an outdoor amphi-
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new boutique called Club Pilates Ahwatukee is opening – only it’s located in Tempe. Club Pilates Ahwatukee is opening Thursday, March 31, at 8738 S. Emerald Drive, which a spokeswoman noted “is just five minutes from Ahwatukee.” Club Pilates is the largest franchise fitness brand in the country and promises a “low impact, effective fitness routine loved by people of all backgrounds all over the world.” “These full-body workouts strengthen muscles, improve posture, and correct muscle imbalances, helping members feel their best and live life to its fullest,” a spokeswoman said, noting that Pilates once was considered “an elitist-only workout.” Club Pilates Ahwatukee is offering 20% off the first three months of membership and no enrollment fee for their founding members. The Tempe studio is owned and operated by Stephanie and Matthew Schissler,
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explained. “We bake with practices that have not been commercially used in many places for 150 years. We fell in love with the tradition that sourdough baking represents.” Proof Bread has been a transformational experience for everyone in the family. “It has been simultaneously the hardest and most fulfilling project I have ever worked on,” Jon said. “Through sheer will of 20-hour days and passion for what we did, we became bakers. A year in, Amanda and I were no longer working on anything else professionally, and we also started to need help both inside and out of the garage.” She extracted equity from the sale of her first home to finance a new oven and pay four new employees. The business lost
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theater for concerts, sports facilities, outdoor recreation and parks, restaurants, retail establishments and an office park. Sunbelt Holdings President John Graham said that the development will fill a “missing corner” of the East Valley. “It’s an additional piece of economic de-
Club Pilates offers full-body workouts to improve posture and muscle imbalances. (Courtesy of Club Pilates)
who founded and ran Cord Blood America, a business that collected and preserved umbilical cord blood for the potential use
money for the first two years. “Just as that money ran out, we finally turned a small profit baking by continually learning, becoming more efficient and serving more customers,” Jon said. Last year, the couple moved into their current space on Main Street, which was built in the 1880s, with markings from a 1900 fire on one of the brick walls. They posted a loss again for nine months but, he said, “With a lot of help, we just barely survived the transition.” Jon met Anna Makievska at the annual Washington State University Grain Gathering during the summer of 2018. They stayed connected. He was inspired by her successful Kyiv bakery, Bakehouse, which employs about 80 people. Anna and her husband were making a quality income before the invasion. velopment potential for the whole area,” said Graham. And he said the completion of the South Mountain Freeway, along with the Arizona Department of Transportation’s plans to add a third lane in each direction of I-10 between Ahwatukee and Casa Grande further enhance the site’s attractiveness – and likely spur more development on the
in future stem cell therapy that can be used to treat many major diseases. Prior to leaving Cord Blood America, “It was fun for us. We had health, money, kids, a dog, friends and a new apartment,” she said. Jon said, “When the invasion began, I reached out to see if Anna was O.K. and knew that I needed to do something, especially as my Polish countrymen were doing so much to help the Ukrainian people.” As Anna and her children fled the country, her bakers were fleeing their new bakery location in downtown Kyiv but continued baking from their former basement. Anna and her business partners advanced a couple weeks of wages to everyone and planned to leverage warehoused food reserves. But on March 4, the Russians shelled the warehouse, burning about 15 million euros of inventory. The business informed the employees only two weeks of financial reserves remained. sprawling 372,000-acre reservation. “We’ll have multiple interchanges on it,” Graham said. “We’ll have direct access into Ahwatukee on 40th Street and 48th Street” as well as Chandler…It’s a phenomenal piece of property.” Akimel Gateway is the latest in a slew of industrial warehouse-type structures being built across the Valley. Mesa last
Stephanie found herself trying Pilates and after leaving the company, decided to get certified as an instructor in 2014. “Pilates was the first workout I really loved, and Club Pilates has the perfect environment, equipment, and ability to help a wide range of people,” said Stephanie. “It provides a supportive community and wellness experience to everyone who tries it.” Users can choose various programs, from high-intensity and strength training to mobility and recovery; experience the benefits of a workout using a variety of exclusive equipment, including Reformers, EXO chairs, TRX, TriggerPoint and springboard. Club Pilates has over 700 studios in the US and is the first brand to create a proprietary 500-hour teacher training program designed to thoroughly and safely teach group Reformer Pilates classes along with TRX and Triggerpoint. Information: clubpilates.com/location/ahwatukee or 480-567-9744. ■
“The bakers began baking like their lives and community depended on it, which was the case,” Jon explained. In the U.S., the Bake for Ukraine GoFundMe fundraiser has raised more than $100,000 to feed the people of Kyiv. “Bakehouse is paying its frontline workers a base wage and sourcing ingredients to continue baking,” he said. Anna is living in an apartment in Portugal with her brother and his family and thanks everyone for their support and understanding – in Mesa, Phoenix, New York City and the world. “I am stressed and I am frustrated,” she said, “but my children are safe, and there are no bombs.” Information: gofund.me/8b4a8133 or stop in at Proof Bread, 125 W. Main St.
week gave the green light to two industrial projects along the Pecos Road corridor near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport totaling just over 3 million square feet. Unbound Gateway, the larger of the two projects approved, will be a juggernaut at 2.2 million square feet of “industrial, manufacturing and employment space” on 155 acres. ■
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Restoring peremptory challenges protects civil rights BY SAMUEL DONCASTER AFN Guest Writer
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magine you’re going into a jury trial about whether you get to keep your home. On the morning of trial, you probably feel anxious – even if you have a great lawyer and even (or especially) if you know you’re right. There’s a lot on the line. Your equity; that could easily be a quarter million. Your family; could you all keep living together without your home? Your job; even if you find another house, would it be close enough that you can keep your job? Plenty of people who experience real estate fraud find that they NEED their house because it’s the only property available to them that’s close enough to their job. As a real estate fraud lawyer, I handle these situations regularly, and I know plenty of clients share these concerns. But now imagine the jury gets seated, and your lawyer expertly questions the panel. One of them makes a negative comment about you. Perhaps he’s targeting your race, your religion, your sex, or some other protected characteristic. It
Mourns passing of Ahwatukee champion CJ Briggle
Ahwatukee shines a bit dimmer today with the passing of one of its most energetic residents, CJ Briggle. For over the past decade, many of you have read CJ’s names on the pages of the AFN as a frequent contributor to the editorial page. From city council races to congress and from healthcare to education, CJ wrote passionately about numerous issues and elections as she advocated for a more just and inclusive Ahwatukee and Arizona. CJ has left a tremendous impact on Ahwatukee and the greater East Valley com-
could be your job, clothes, anything. How would you feel when you’re on trial defending your property and you hear a juror say he made up his mind before the trial started? You’re in danger of losing the entire life you built because of a biased juror. The good news? You have an experienced trial lawyer at your side who notes your angst, puts a hand on your shoulder and tells you not to worry. Your lawyer can make sure that biased person doesn’t get on the jury. They strike the juror and move on. That is, until this past January. Before January, that’s how the problem would have ended. Your lawyer would have had a right to remove someone from the jury because the lawyer believes he’s biased. It’s called a peremptory strike. It exists to let trial lawyers remove biased jurors and give their clients fair trials. On Jan. 1, the Supreme Court took away the right to use peremptory strikes to secure an unbiased jury for both civil and criminal cases. The ostensible reason is that, about 150 years ago, they were invented to exclude people of color from
jury service. I’m not enough of a historian to comment on what happened during Reconstruction, but as an undefeated jury trial lawyer practicing today, I know peremptory challenges protect people of color from prejudice. I’ve represented minorities in trial and used the peremptory challenge to strike jurors who made negative racial remarks about my client. Judges should be removing prejudiced people for cause. But too often the judge “rehabilitates” the juror. This means the judge asks the juror two or three questions. He asks them from the bench, towering over the juror. They’re typically leading questions, lawyers are trained in law school to use these questions to influence someone to say yes. As a practical matter, these leading questions prompt the juror to mumble that he can lay aside the prejudice he gleefully and publicly announced five minutes prior. I’ve never risked my reputation as a trial lawyer over such a shaky claim. Would you risk your home? Peremptory challenges protect honest people with legiti-
mate cases from biased juries. In Arizona, House Republicans introduced a bill that would restore peremptory challenges and protect people from prejudice in jury selection. That bill in its original form deserves support whether you are currently fighting in a civil case or not. If you want an unbiased jury when you need to protect your property from fraud, it is important to speak up in anyway to protect yourself, family, friends, and Arizona residents. Recently, on Feb. 28, this bill was revised to allow strikes in criminal cases only. That amendment should be reversed to the original language. Civil cases involve important justice issues and getting them rights protects families in maintaining stable housing, building wealth through home equity, and creating middle class investment opportunities. When unbiased juries get seated, these values are at risk. If you care about protecting your own property, urge your legislator to restore peremptory challenges in civil case as well. Samuel Doncaster is owner and lead attorney at Fraud Fighters Law Firm. ■
munity. As chair of the Legislative District 20 and then LD 18 Democrats, she was a tireless advocate for Democratic candidates and progressive causes, helping lead the effort to flip all three legislative seats blue. Even with this dedication to the Democratic party, CJ was beloved by people on both sides of the political spectrum. Her energy was contagious, and her laugh and smile could brighten any room. She was known for her famous hugs and genuine celebration of the strengths and accomplishments of others. CJ loved her pups and wanted the entire
world to know it. There’s a good chance you’ve seen CJ and her pups at the annual Easter parade – it was always one of her favorite events, rivaled only by the annual LD holiday party. These events and our community won’t be the same without CJ, but her legacy will continue to live on in so many ways I can’t think of someone who loved Ahwatukee more than CJ. She gave her heart and soul to our community, and we are all better off today because of her work. Her passionate words will no longer be found on these pages, but instead the words of so many who were inspired by her will.
We will miss our CJ, but we will continue in the fight for a more just and inclusive Arizona in her honor. Thanks for the memories and all the love, CJ. Rest easy, my friend. -Chase Williams
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co products. We enjoy being an integral part of the fabric of our community but now we find ourselves with an uncertain future. Local ordinances are seeking to ban popular legal products for adults restricting choices available to consumers and harming the viability of our business. There are nearly 4,000 retailers just like us who are having their livelihoods threatened by attempts to create an inconsistent patchwork of laws prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco products already approved and regulated by the Food & Drug Administration. We believe a firm statewide approach addressing this is needed. Senate Bill 1245 would begin regulating synthetic nicotine products similar to tobacco while implementing youth access prevention that have proven successful in other localities. This bill would add vapor use to the Arizona Smoke-Free Act. It would also require age verification for online delivery sales and ban the possession of vapor and tobacco products on school grounds.
Now is the time to act. State revenue for substance abuse programs is at-risk if Arizona doesn’t align to the new federal law increasing purchase age restrictions for tobacco and vapor products to 21. We welcome these changes along with other retailers to send a message to youth about the dangers of tobacco and vapor products. It would also establish strong statewide retail licensing with uniform penalties. It makes sense for an agency to oversee these products when it already regulates goods with an age 21 restriction. A ban on all flavored tobacco products just goes too far to be considered a reasonable approach. Sales of these products can account for nearly 34% of all instore purchases making it an important component to our business’ ability to compete. It is our hope that state legislators and policymakers will choose common-sense approach regulating these legal products while doubling down on tackling youth access. Subash Thathi is the owner of T&B Stores LLC in Tempe. - Subash Thathi
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Trinity Henderson unleashed for Mountain Pointe track BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor
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rinity Henderson has become a household name in the world of Arizona high school track. She’s won six individual state championships in the last three seasons and could have more if it weren’t for the pandemic taking away her sophomore season. She’s also helped lead the Chandler girls program to three state titles during her time with the Wolves. But she admitted she needed a change of scenery for her final sea-
son. It wasn’t an easy decision by any means but as she prepared for her first race of the season in the Nike Chandler Rotary, the transfer and all the sitting around and waiting for her chance to get back on the track has been worth it. She’s ready to prove doubters wrong. “I think I’m really ready to run,” Henderson said. “It’s been sad (having to sit out), but I like being a spectator also. I like to just watch the sport and not have that nervous feeling. I wanted to be there to support my team, but it made me really want to be back out there. “I have people rooting for me to not
do good. I have to shut that up.” Henderson enrolled at Mountain Pointe shortly after she signed her National Letter of Intent to continue her career on the track at Michigan.
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Mountain Pointe senior Trinity Henderson, who transferred from Chandler High School where she became a household name, was finally unleashed Saturday after having to miss half the season due to transfer rules. She placed fourth in the 100-meter dash, second in the 400 and helped lead the 4x100 relay team to the fastest time for Arizona schools. (Zach Alvira/AFN Staff)
Obie Tann is new Thunder basketball coach BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor
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esert Vista Athletic Director David Klecka announced Monday morning he has hired Sabino’s Obie Tann as the next head basketball coach of the Thunder. Klecka said the hire comes after former coach Jordan Ballard’s contract was not renewed following the 2021-22 season. Ballard was placed on administrative leave on Feb. 4 due to a non-student-related issue, according to Klecka. “I didn’t know who Obie Tann was until he applied for this job. His energy and his passion for the game of basketball, in my eyes, is second to none,” Klecka said. “He won the room over with his passion for the game and helping student-athletes get to the next level. “He’s familiar with the club scene and prep scene. His experience, it was off the charts.” Tann led the Sabino boys’ basketball program for two seasons and compiled a 2616 record during that time. His first season the Sabercats played just 15 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and strict regulations and mitigation strategies in Pima County and Tucson schools.
This past season he led the Sabercats to the 3A playoffs as the No. 22 seed and upset No. 11 Eastmark in the first round before falling to Holbrook in their next game. Before Sabino, Tann spent 2016-19 leading the Catalina basketball program. He led the Trojans to a 38-44 record in his three seasons. He spent a year away from coaching before transitioning to Sabino. Now, he aims to make the move to the 6A level and take over a program that is just three years removed from a state title. “Basketball is what I yearn for. I’ve come to know what Arizona high school basketball is all about and I want to be at the pinnacle of it,” Tann said. “Small schools are great, but I want to be at the 6A level. It excites me to get this opportunity and hopefully be able to change the lay of the land, so to speak.” Ballard was hired as the interim head coach alongside Desert Vista alum Bryant St. Cyr in 2020 after the departure of former head coach Gino Crump. Before his departure, Crump was removed from his position during the 2019 season after he attempted to de-escalate a potential volatile situation following a game at St. Mary’s involving one of his players. Crump was represented by former Thunderbird coach and lawyer Buddy Rake and was eventu-
Obie Tann, who spent the last two seasons coaching at Sabino in Tucson, has been hired to take over the Desert Vista boys basketball program after Jordan Ballard’s coaching contract was not renewed following the 2021-22 season. (Courtesy Obie Tann) ally reinstated. Crump then led Desert Vista to a state championship that same year and stepped down to take over at Bella Vista Prep in Scottsdale. Ballard and St. Cyr co-led a Thunder basketball team decimated by transfers due to the uncertainty of the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, the pandemic had already delayed the winter sports season. The two led the Thunder to
the 6A quarterfinals. That off-season, Ballard was hired as the full-time head coach of the program. He led Desert Vista to an 8-16 campaign this winter. Ballard was placed on administrative leave on Friday, Feb. 4 and did not coach Desert Vista’s final three games of the regular season. He was also forced to miss the Thunder’s 6A play-in game against Maricopa, which they lost. Klecka said the Desert Vista program needs continuity with its next head coach. He believes Tann fits that bill and represents a new era for the program. “I feel like he is the guy who will help us move forward,” Klecka said. “I’m excited. And he’s excited.” A Chicago native, Tann has ties all across the country and prides himself on helping players get to the next level, wherever that may be. He aims to do the same with Desert Vista. “We are going to develop kids, get them ready for college and they’re going to feel the thunder,” Tann said. “Whether it’s in the summer or in the season, I expect to give my kids the best opportunity. “Everyone says they want to be at the top of the totem pole. We are going to challenge ourselves to see if we can get there.” ■
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Ahwatukee couple impresses at track nationals BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor
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lint “Flash” Santoro and Carol Douglass found chemistry while competing in track and field for the Ahwatukee Pacemakers, a running club for athletes of all ages to compete at a high level. They’ve since taken their love for running and have traveled all across the country competing in USA Track & Field Masters events, which includes both indoor and outdoor races. Their most recent stop took them to New York where the duo represented the Pacemakers and all of Ahwatukee and Arizona in the Masters Indoor Track Nationals. Competing in the men’s aged 45-49 age group, Santoro took silver in the 3000-meter run in 10 minutes, 34.58 seconds and placed fifth overall in the mile with a time of 5:11.48. Douglass, who runs and has recently taken up throwing events, placed
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While on her official visit in Ann Arbor, Henderson said she felt at home. She even went as far as admitting she forgot she was on a visit at all while touring the campus and the athletic facilities. She’s already started to build relationships with the coaching staff, teammates and training staff, the people she will spend the most time with when she enrolls in the fall. Overall, she believes it is the perfect landing spot for her after she concludes her high school career. “I was definitely nervous to transfer because there’s only four months left,” Henderson said. “But the people here, the coaches and my teammates, have made it such an easy process.” Already signed, there was no need for Henderson to compete this season on the track. But she felt an obligation to finish off her four years, even if it is with a different program. But she has quickly felt at home with the Pride. Her teammates on both the girls and boys side welcomed her with open arms. First-year coach Trevaia Davis, who came over to Mountain Pointe from Casteel, can hardly contain her excitement anytime she is asked about Henderson’s presence.
Ahwatukee couple Clint “Flash” Santoro and Carol Douglass, who are part of the Arizona Pacemakers track and field club, impressed at the New Balance Armory in New York City as part of the USA Track & Field Masters Indoor Track Nationals. (Courtesy Clint “Flash” Santoro) fourth overall in the women’s ages 50-54 shot put with an 8.04-meter throw.
Mountain Pointe’s girls have already had impressive showings on the track this season. The program is rebuilding in a strong manner, and that is made immediately clear with the 100-meter relay team. The girls’ best time this season is a 49.91, the ninth best time heading into the Chandler Rotary, where programs from out of state also participated. But that was done without Henderson. “I like their dedication, their ability to be flexible with new coaches and a new system and I like that they trust the process,” Davis said. “I really have been waiting for (Trinity) to get it out of her system. Shake off all the butterflies, the expectations, everything. I now expect even more growth with this team.” Running anchor, Henderson helped the Mountain Pointe relay team place third overall with a time of 48.11 seconds in the 4x100. It was the fastest time among Arizona schools competing at the Chandler Rotary. Henderson placed fourth in the 100-meter dash and second in the 400. As excited as she was to join her teammates for the race, they are just as excited for Henderson to join them. Junior Brilyance Miller, who transferred from Chandler to Mountain Pointe after her freshman season, is excited for the opportunity to run with Henderson again.
Santoro said Douglass missed capturing the bronze medal by 16 inches. “It was great,” Santoro said. “She’s been really taking to the throwing, and I think she is really enjoying herself … I love that we can be there together. She’s my biggest fan, she takes videos of me, and pictures and I do the same for her when she’s competing. She’s my best friend, too, so we share all of our trials and tribulations with each other.” Competing in New York at the New Balance Armory is one of several highlevel events Santoro, Douglass and other athletes from the Pacemakers have had the opportunity to compete in over the years. Last June, nine runners from the Pacemakers – which is open to athletes ages 5 and up – won state championships in their respective events. Another six placed second to receive silver medals and one was third to take bronze. Santoro founded the Pacemakers short-
Henderson said ahead of the race she felt she was ready to go. The Michigan commit wanted to prove any doubters wrong and now, she shifts her focus to helping Mountain Pointe capture a state championship. (Zach Alvira/AFN Staff)
The two only shared the track for a couple of meets before the season was canceled due to the pandemic. Miller didn’t compete at all as a sophomore because she thought she would have to move schools again and didn’t want to
ly after moving to Arizona, where he began coaching in 2000. The team currently calls Mountain Pointe High School its home, with each age group having their own practice sessions throughout the week. Pacemaker athletes have had the opportunity to compete in several national meets, including the New Balance Armory in New York. And soon, Santoro and Douglass, along with two others from the club, will begin competing on a world stage. They plan to travel to Finland in July for the World Masters Athletics Championships to compete against athletes from across the globe ages 35 and up. While most club directors and coaches would take a step back from competing, Santoro prefers to run alongside his athletes and celebrate strong finishes with them. “I like to lead by example,” Santoro said. “You can’t lead by example if you aren’t out there doing what you are preaching.” ■
risk having to sit out a year. But she ended up staying at Mountain Pointe. Now she hopes to capture a state title. Their run with Alexis Emerson-Berryhill and Ianna Goode on Saturday should give them even more confidence to do just that. “Even without Trinity, we have done really good,” Miller said. “We push each other. But I’m so excited to run with Trinity. We know we can all push ourselves beyond our limits. I see a lot of positivity on this team and everyone encourages each other.” The Mountain Pointe track team as a whole is a confident group. Both the boys and girls are consistently breaking personal records this season while competing with some of the state’s best. They feel they are building something special on the track. And while Henderson will only be with the girls for one season, she is setting a new standard of excellence younger girls can set as their goals for the rest of their respective careers. “I want the state title for the girls,” Henderson said. “I want it for myself, I want it for my teammates, I want it for Mountain Pointe. I think we can get that, but it will take a lot of hard work and points from different places. “I think people think we can’t do it. But I want to show that it doesn’t matter where you are, you can be successful anywhere.” ■
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h, here we go again,” the Phoenix Film Festival’s Jason Carney remembers thinking leading up to last year’s event. Delayed from its usual spring setting to late summer, he said the annual festival came right as concerns were mounting due to the COVID-19 delta variant. Thankfully, the event performed well — better, in fact, than the previous year’s event, which had itself been delayed and dissected into a smaller version of itself amid the pandemic’s early waves. Carney, the festival director, is similarly hopeful for this year’s 22nd annual Phoenix Film Festival, which returns to its usual spring setting at Harkins Scottsdale 101 from Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 10. The International Horror & Sci-Fi and Arizona Student film festivals are once again tied in. This year’s diverse lineup is projected to
include more than 200 works spanning local, national and international productions, plus appearances from guest filmmakers. Audiences will be able to see films from all over the world compete for awards. Films range from feature length to shorter projects, encompassing mediums and genres like live action, animation, narrative stories, documentaries and college productions – or, “kind of a little bit of everything,” as Carney puts it. The inclusion of the annual International Horror & Sci-Fi Film Festival lends credence to genre pictures. Highlights, according to Carney, include director Dan Mirvish’s Watergate thriller/ dark comedy “18 1/2” and the “wildly entertaining” documentary “The Pez Outlaw,” about a smuggling operation of rare Pez dispensers from Europe into the United States in the ’90s. “You want to come to a festival and you don’t want to see a bunch of dramas or you don’t want to see a bunch of dark documentaries,” Carney said, emphasizing the variety.
The Phoenix Film Festival Kids’ Day puts families on the red carpet. (Jennifer Mullins) “You want to be able to see some light stuff, too. And so it’s important for us to program some romantic comedies, you know what I mean?” he continued.
“There’s a place for that, and you want to lighten up; you want to have an enjoyment
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alentine’s Day may be long gone – or a long way off, depending on your perspective – but the Melting Pot Restaurant in Ahwatukee is offering “digital conversation starters” for couples trying to, well, melt each other’s hearts. Saying it is eager to start “making date night even more meaningful,” the restaurant launched Sweet Talk on Thursdays to “allow couples to learn more about each other” as they dine on a “romance-infused four-course dinner for two for $59 per person, rose petals and candles.” Dubbed “Thursdates” because the special is available only on Thursdays, Melting Pot said in a release that guests start their walk down lovers’ lane at meltingpot.com/thursdate. Once a reservation is made, the patron
“receives an email inviting them to send a digital invitation to their date’s social media inbox to spark excitement for Thursday,” the release said. To add to the romance and “further en-
hance the unforgettable, interactive dining experience at the restaurant,” the couple then access questions on Sweet Talk at their table through a QR code. They can expect from “lighthearted
queries” like “What is your favorite item dipped in melted chocolate?” to serious ones like “What can I do more often to make you feel appreciated?” “Sweet Talk was designed as a fun way to spark conversation if you’re getting to know someone or to learn new things about a significant other,” the restaurant said. Along with the rose petals and candles, all this discourse will take place over a four-course dinner featuring the patrons’ choice of cheese fondue, fresh salad, premium entrées such as filet mignon, teriyaki-marinated steak, herb-crusted chicken breast, shrimp, atlantic salmon and wild mushroom pasta. Throw in some “ever-decadent sparkling chocolate fondue,” and the only other thing they might consider is a cocktail. Among the offerings is the “Love Martini.” ■
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at behavior and wellness expert Jackson Galaxy said the success of his appearances stem from a “shared energy.” “There are a lot of people who expect me to just step up to a lectern and start talking about cats,” Galaxy said via Zoom. “There’s everything from puppets to music to audience interactions. If people aren’t careful, I’ll pull them on stage. A lot of the show is improvised and, yet, it takes you through the history of cats in order to get to you and your relationship with your cats. I talk about my relationship with my cats and how I got to know cats.” Galaxy, of Animal Planet’s “My Cat from Hell,” will bring his tour, “Total Cat Mojo Live!” to the Mesa Arts Center’s Piper Repertory Theater on Saturday, April 16, and to the Fox Tucson Theatre on Friday, April 15. He’ll share “Cat Mojo,” his philosophy that teaches cat guardians the skills to help their feline friends build confidence within their environment. Whenever he gets the chance, “The Cat Daddy,” as he’s known, likes to dispel the myths that cats are boring, scary or have no personality. “I think people are guilty of looking at cats through dog-colored glasses and experiencing them as failed dogs,” Galaxy said. “Other than, you know, having four legs,
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of your day. “You’re going to see these powerful, amazing performances of trauma, but like, hey, let’s cleanse our palette and see something that’s going to make us laugh or see a documentary that’s going to raise awareness or just give us a good feeling.” The recent Unified by Film category, on the other hand, has been rebranded and expanded as Community Spotlight – showcasing the diversity of filmmakers from the African American, Latinx, Native American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and LGBTQ+ communities. The idea, Carney said, is to work with and promote nonprofits in those communities to create opportunities and raise awareness of the issues they face, while also giving those communities the opportunity to
ships,” whether it’s with other humans or animals. With cats, humans have to meet them halfway, instead of expecting them to come when they’re called. “It’s really hard and we take it personally,” he said. “I think if you can embrace the mystery, then the depth of the relationship is incredible – not to diss dogs. I have dogs sitting right here, and I adore them, and I get that energy from them. I get a different energy from cats. They work amazingly well together.” Galaxy said many folks are misinformed about cats, even though Americans own more than 100 million cats. “There are a lot of people who are scared to Jackson Galaxy is an expert on cat behavior and wellness and death of cats,” he said. “I will be appearing at Mesa Arts Center next month. (Lori Fusaro/ love the opportunity to Contributor) take what usually is childthey are apples and oranges. If you under- hood trauma of being scratched a bit or stand the journey of cats and what they’ve whatever and turn that around. I think done to get to this point, it’s just so fasci- there is a lot of opportunity out there.” nating. It gives you this way of relating to It’s that human connection that keeps them that you didn’t have before.” Galaxy passionate about his work. “It’s hard to do it in a vacuum,” he adds. He adds humans are “bad at relation-
see films with their same world view. “It’s nice to see yourself represented on screen in some regard or at least getting that vision and having that commonality with the director of films,” Carney said. The Arizona Student Film Festival is set for Saturday, April 9. The annual competition screens short films created by grade school and high school students, with one high school winner to receive a $1,000 scholarship. “It’s always a fun day at the festival that Saturday morning,” Carney said. “It’s just exciting to see not only the opportunity for these young filmmakers to have their films on the screen, we get to see the family, their parents, their siblings, their grandparents, they’re all there and they’re all supportive. It’s just such a great feeling and we’re just really proud of that program for sure.”
Notable this year, beyond films, is more of an emphasis on the social aspect that had been reduced the past couple festivals. While last year’s audience was not the size it had been just a few years back, Carney said it “set the tone for us just kind of moving forward and setting us up for hopefully an even bigger comeback this year with the return of our Party Pavilion, which we haven’t been able to do since 2019.” The opening weekend Party Pavilion, he said, is back with some changes aimed to ensure comfortability and openness. Highlights are the Opening Night cocktail party; Friday’s Industry Night, which Carney calls “the biggest networking event of the year for the state”; and the Saturday night Film Prom. “It’s kind of fun to intermingle that with so many great films we play,” Carney said. Free educational filmmaker panels
“It’s hard to keep your passion up when you think that, from a rescue perspective, it’s just a hamster wheel. It never stops. When I premiere videos or have a live chat and I look at the numbers, knowing there are people out there I can talk to about these animals is amazing. That’s why I love it.” His tour aside, Galaxy frequently makes appearances at charitable galas and fundraisers to bring awareness to rescues. He started his career working in shelters and “it’s never left me.” “It’s never escaped me for a second,” he said. “I owe everything I do with animals to my experience in rescue. Heidi’s Village is a great organization and the need for support, at this point, is across the board. “I think a good part of the public loves animals. A big red flag went up at the beginning of the pandemic when everybody said, ‘Please foster. Please adopt.’ People responded, but they forgot that the shelters would just fill up again. We did good things, but good things need to still happen.” ■
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Who: Jackson Galaxy “Total Cat Mojo Live” Where: Mesa Arts Center’s Piper Repertory Theater, 1 E. Main St., Mesa When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 16 Cost: Tickets start at $35 Info: mesaartscenter.com will also be set up in the theater on each weekend. Plus, there’s the free Kids’ Day the first Saturday morning, April 2, another opportunity for connection and education. “We try to do a whole thing where it’s different parts of the filmmaking so it’s educational and fun, and it’s a wide enough variety so they can kind of go from station to station without waiting forever to do an activity,” he explains. ■
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Who: Phoenix Film Festival Where: Harkins Scottsdale 101, 7000 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix When: Various times Thursday, March 31, to Sunday, April 10 Info: phoenixfilmfestival.com, horrorscifi.com, azstudentfilmfestival.org
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1 ½ tablespoons of mayonnaise 1 ½ tablespoons of Dijon mustard 3 pieces of thin-sliced bread (like Dave’s Killer Organic Sprouted Whole Wheat Bread) 2 slices of deli ham 2 slices of roasted turkey 2 slices of salami 2 slices of sandwich size pepperoni 3 slices of fully cooked bacon, crisp 2 slices of cheddar cheese 2 slices of Swiss cheese 2 kosher dill pickle planks 2 quarter-inch slices of tomato 2 leaves of romaine, butter or red leaf lettuce, rinsed and patted dry 2 black or green olives 2 skewers
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In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise and mustard. In a toaster or in a nonstick pan, lightly toast 3 slices of bread. Place two
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baked beans, onions and horseradish. Blondie became the widest read comic strip of its time, and now I’m wondering if part of the popularity was just to see what Dagwood was dishin’ up this time! While there is no real “official” Dagwood Sandwich, here’s a version that Blondie’s foodcrazed hubby would love. I’m certain of it! ■ of the three slices of bread on a cutting board and spread the top side of each with about 1/3 of the mustard-mayo mixture. Reserve 1/3 for later. Top each slice of bread with 2 slices of deli ham, 2 slices of roasted turkey, 2 slices of salami and 2 slices of sandwich pepperoni. Next, take 3 slices of bacon and cut or tear them in half. Arrange three pieces on top of each layer. Top one of the layers with 2 slices of cheddar cheese. Top the other layer with 2 slices of Swiss cheese. Add 2 dill pickle planks to the cheddar cheese layer. Then add 2 slices of tomato to the Swiss cheese layer. Place lettuce leaves on each layer. Spread the reserved 1/3 of the mustard-mayo mixture on one side of the third piece of bread. Place the bread, mayoside down, on top of the tomato layer. Then put the entire tomato layer on top of the pickle layer. Insert 2 thin bamboo skewers into each diagonal half of the sandwich and then cut the sandwich in half diagonally. Pierce the skewers with a green or black olive to sit on top of the sandwich. ■
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Graduates have traditionally found a smoother path to their first jobs by landing an internship while still in school. In fact, one survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers said an internship can increase hiring chances by double digits. Former interns also earned higher initial salary offers. Here’s a look at internships, and how they can help as you enter the job market: HOW THE PROGRAMS WORK Long before internships improve a student’s chances for that first job and first paycheck, it sharpens their understanding of how a prospective industry actually works. They provide critical experience that will catch the eye of a hiring manager who doesn’t want to lose precious time with lengthy training programs. In the meantime, students develop important working relationships with those who are already established in their chosen field. That provides a framework for reasonable career goals, both near and long term, while also
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