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Harold’s Corral opens a pop-up grocery store BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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n its nearly 85 years, Harold’s Cave Creek Corral hasn’t operated during a global pandemic. But when it became clear that the highly contagious COVID-19 could endanger the lives of customers and staff, Harold’s shifted into crisis mode, with the goal of helping the community the popular restaurant serves. Like restaurants across the country, Harold’s temporarily closed its dining room and began to offer curbside and takeout service. But the iconic western bar and restaurant took matters a step further, soliciting the help of the Kiwanis Club of Carefree to help fund a unique
Franny Pachuca makes brisket at Harold’s Cave Creek Corral for meals that will be donated to the Foothills Food Bank and Cave Creek Unified School District. (Photo courtesy Harold’s Corral)
program to help the Foothills Food Bank and families of the Cave Creek Unified School District. With a goal of feeding more than 2,300 people over the next few weeks, Harold’s designed its takeout menu to include a unique commitment to the community: For every family-style meal ordered, which feeds four to five people, Harold’s will donate a family-style meal to a family in need through CCUSD’s meal assistance program. Additionally, Harold’s is donating individual meals to the Foothills Food Bank. Harold’s Corral and the Kiwanis Club of Carefree provided funding to start the program. Harold’s prepares the meals
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Cactus Shadows student sews to help first responders BY HALEY SMILOW Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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actus Shadows sophomore Angelique Cort has dreamed of being an emergency room surgeon. And the coronavirus pandemic is giving her a chance to help her heroes and future employers. “My mom inspired me to start doing this because she was making masks, and then I saw more and more people who needed masks,” Cort said. “We’ve made lots of masks, but we still have to make more. I reached out to Superintendent Dr. (Debbi) Burdick, and she’s able to help me get the word out. She sent out a newsletter to the CCUSD community.” Along with Burdick’s support, she’s had help from her family and friends. Her dad manages and build her spreadsheets. Her grand-
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Cactus Shadows High School sophomore Angelique Cort sews masks for first responders and health care workers. (Photo courtesy Angelique Cort)
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Foothills Caring Corps starts executive search BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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oothills Caring Corps launched a search for a new executive director after its longtime leader, Debbra Determan, announced her retirement. The Carefree-based volunteer-driven nonprofit is dedicated to promoting independence and enhancing the quality of life for older residents in the Northeast Valley. The agency provides a variety of services including medical and van transportation, friendly visits, mobile meals and shopping assistance. Determan has seen the agency through many stages of growth including the establishment of the organization’s 501(c)(3) nonprofit designation in 2009. The organization began in 1999 after Canon Steven Dart of Christ Anglican Church teamed up with Gail Simmons who became the organization’s first executive director. According to Paul Dale, president of the Foothills Caring Corps board of directors, the executive search will be a thoughtful one, reflecting the values and mission of the nonprofit. “The demand for services continues to increase as our population grows and ages. We are dedicated to meeting that need,” he said. During Determan’s tenure, the agency has expanded from a small nonprofit group with temporary office space,
Margaret Carver and Danny Piacquadio, owner of Harold’s Cave Creek Corral, package meals for the Foothills Food Bank and Cave Creek Unified School District. (Photo courtesy Harold’s Corral)
HAROLD’S Debbra Determan helped the Foothills Caring Corps get its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status during her tenure with the organization. (Credit Foothills Caring Corps)
staffed by part-time volunteers to a well-renowned agency with more than 500 volunteers and 12 full-time staffers. “I have enjoyed serving the Caring Corps,” Determan said. “To be able to make an impact on so many neighbors, and to do so with such outstanding and generous donors, volunteers and our dedicated staff, has made the journey a rewarding one. I am now looking forward to passing the baton.” Info: 480-488-1105, foothillscaringcorps.com
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and CCUSD and the Foothills Food Bank pick up the meals and distribute them. “When the coronavirus came to Arizona, there was no playbook for restaurants, and we all had to make tough decisions regarding our operations,” said Danny Piacquadio, owner of Harold’s Corral. “Thankfully, we’re in a position where we can still help our community. It’s an unprecedented time, but the residents and merchants of Cave Creek and Carefree are resilient, and now more than ever, we need to work together to help those in need.” Harold’s has donated 800 meals in two weeks. “We have made a commitment to provide another 1,500 meals in the next few weeks,” Piacquadio said. “If you would like to help with this program, you can make direct donations to the Kiwanis
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Club of Carefree or the Foothills Food Bank and note the donation is for Harold’s meal assistance program. Our goal is to continue to support both the food bank and CCUSD through this time of crisis. Thanks to Kiwanis Club of Carefree, Harold’s Corral and our customers, plus Shamrock Foods, we are able to provide these meals to those in need.” Takeout service through Harold’s is available 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Harold’s also just opened a pop-up grocery store that is open on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. Grocery items range from toilet paper and water to eggs, bread, meat, vegetables, fruit, wine and liquor. Harold’s Cave Creek Corral is located at 6895 E. Cave Creek Road. For more information, call 480-488-1906 or visit haroldscorral.com.
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School is out; online learning continues
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he Jensen sisters don’t have to attend Lone Mountain Elementary School for the rest of the year. Yet they are still learning. And, no, it’s not just because their mother, Patty Jensen, is principal of their Cave Creek school. Gov. Doug Ducey ordered schools closed for two weeks in March, then extended closures through the end of the academic year. Yet, whether they are children of principals or not, all students at Cave Creek Unified School District are expected to participate in daily, online education. “As you may have heard, this morning, Gov. Ducey has announced that Arizona’s schools will remain physically closed through the end of the school year,” CCUSD Superintendent Debbi Burdick said, in a March 30 letter to students and families.
“This does not change the plans that CCUSD has put in place for remote learning that begin this week. Due to the community spread of COVID-19, we had anticipated that an extended closure would be a possibility. We know that this news will bring additional questions and as we work through the challenges, we will keep you updated.” It has been a month since schools closed. Burdick told the Foothills Focus school is continuing throughout CCUSD, every weekday. “Our virtual schools are primarily online with some pre-made packets being used for our special education students,” she said. That includes the way just about every school normally starts its day: attendance. Rather than raising a hand and saying “here,” students now click a button to show they are online and ready to learn.
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The Cactus Shadows High School “virtual school” pages gives instructions for online etiquette. (Image courtesy CCUSD)
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“We have been excited to see the enthusiasm from our teachers and students with our new virtual schools,” Burdick said. “We are taking daily attendance and have had 89% participation the first week. We had very high attendance, as well as supportive and positive communications from our families. I have to compliment our amazing CCUSD staff for their flexibility and creativity in providing engaging learning and activities for our students.” At the Jensen household, that means first-grade twins Zadie and Lia and younger sister Gwendolyn, in preschool, are booting up computers every day. After attendance, the three participate in another school staple: the Pledge of Allegiance. On their screens, they then watch daily announcements. Other activities, according to Patty, include reading books in a comfortable place, interacting with friends during biweekly classroom connections on Google Meets, doing physical education exercises, harvesting spinach for science class and using a variety of devices to access daily lessons from their teachers. And every day, little Gwendolyn ac-
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cesses her daily Mandarin lesson. Again, this is not extra-hard work because she is the daughter of a principal, but something all her peers are doing. “Students at Lone Mountain learn Mandarin beginning in preschool, ages 3 to 5,” Patty said. “In fact, all students in CCUSD learn The Jensen sisters of Lone Mountain Elementary School study at home because at least one other physical schools are closed for the rest of the academic year. First graders Lia and language (Man- Zadie are responding to teacher prompts about the characters in their books, while darin, Spanish, or preschooler Gwendolyn is accessing her daily Mandarin video to keep up with her language learning as part of her school’s world languages program. (Photo courtesy French). This has Patty Jensen) been a big challenge to continue virtually because most termined. There is a high school Celebraof our parents can help with Math and tion Committee working on this. Reading, but we fall a bit short in Man“Our dedicated Cactus Shadows educadarin.” tors are doing their very best to not only support all students, as well as seniors, Prom or no prom? but continue their office hours and inFor older students, the two big deals of dividual assistance when needed,” she the school year are graduation and prom. added. Both, said Burdick, are “still to be deInformation on CCUSD’s “virtual schools” is available at ccusd93.org. There are links to each of CCUSD’s seven schools, including Cactus Shadows High School. The Cactus Shadows page links the following expectations for students: Each teacher runs his/her class differently. Check each teacher’s website and emails for specific directions. Check your teacher’s website and/or Google Classroom daily. Students should complete the daily check in for each class (attendance). Complete the assignment, assessment, reading, viewing or activity assigned for each class. The day for Cave Turn in your check in and any assignCreek Unified School District ments due each day. students like the Email your teacher if you have a quesJensen sisters starts tion and/or attend the virtual office with the Pledge of Allegiance—online, hours rather than in school. There is also an explanation of how (Photo courtesy Patty attendance is taken daily and rules for Jensen) “online etiquette,” including “dress appropriately” and “chat responsibly.”
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Members of Boy Scout Troop 15 are delivering the masks, while taking the proper precautions. (Photo courtesy Angelique Cort)
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mother in France sews masks and a friend of hers from her kung fu, Toni Ross, has helped in organize and sew. But she also gets plenty of community support. Recently, she and her mother contacted Sen. Paul Boyer, who connected them with hospitals, schools, fire departments and other first responders. Boy Scout Troop 15 Assistant Scoutmaster Ken Roberts also received a note from Burdick. He and senior patrol leader, Jeffery Filer, rallied the troops to distribute material for the masks. The boys are also delivering the items to first responders. “Hopefully as more volunteers hop on to Angelique’s efforts, we will be
making more and more deliveries,” said Gil Lau, scoutmaster for Troop 15. Passionate about kung fu and piano, Cort said this weekend she’ll furnish more than 100 masks to the Mayo Clinic and Phoenix Children’s Hospital. “Troop 15 has been instrumental in making this happen and has already suggested mechanisms for expanding the effort,” she said. This is the first time Cort has accomplished something on this scale. Over the last three years, Cort has volunteered as an instructor at women’s self-defense events for Title I schools. “I’ve helped raise funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association as well as other local charities,” she said.
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Cactus Shadows High School sophomore Angelique Cort sews masks for first responders and health care workers with the help of her dog, Chief. (Photo courtesy Angelique Cort)
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Anthem swim coach arrested on abuse charges BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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42-year-old swim coach was arrested on 14 counts of sexually abusing a teenage girl while she was underage in Anthem, Scottsdale, Glendale and Flagstaff. Nathan Charles Moore was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail and is being held on a $100,000 bond. Arrested by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputies, Moore allegedly abused the girl from the time she was 15 to 17, starting with incidents in a Scottsdale Life Time Fitness pool. According to court documents, the girl told investigators Moore coached
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her since she was 13, but the relationship changed when she was 15. He began to speak with her differently and gave her back massages and touched her inappropriately under the gym’s pool slides, she told deputies. When Moore stopped working at Life Time Fitness, he went to the Anthem Community Center. He drove the girl to swim practice, but the two stopped at Anthem Outlets where she said he abused her in the parking lot. He also allegedly used his camper trailer along Carefree Highway and Seventh Street and his parents’ cabin in Flagstaff as meeting places. Moore told her his actions were fine as long as they didn’t have intercourse, according to
court documents. In March 2019, when she was 17, she felt “weird” about the relationship and wanted out. The girl, who is now 18, spoke about the relationship to her parents because she was worried about her younger sisters, whom Moore coached at Desert Foothills Aquatic Center in Glendale. The sisters, who were also interviewed by police, said they were not abused. In April, the victim participated in a one-party consent call to Moore that police monitored, documents show. He acknowledged he touched her and remembered the first time they had sex. Investigators think there may be other victims. Anyone with information should contact MCSO at 602-876-1011.
population, i.e., elderly or homeless, b) asymptomatic front-line workers that want to shelter in place to avoid potentially exposing families or others, and c) population that is infected with the virus that doesn’t need intensive care” said Mark Hall, CEO of ZMC Hotels. The company has identified hotels near major medical facilities throughout the United States and has converted these properties into “recovery centers.” They include • Days Inn & Suites, 7330 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale • Hampton Inn & Suites, 16620 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale • Hampton Inn & Suites, 10101 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale • Holiday Inn Express, 7350 E. Gold Dust Avenue, Scottsdale • Hampton Inn, 42415 N. 41st Drive, Anthem • Hampton Inn, 245 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu • Hampton Inn, Peoria • Sleep Inn, 16630 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale • Hyatt Place, 1375 W. Grand Road, Tucson These centers will provide a solu-
tion for hospitals looking to discharge patients who are no longer considered critical, but that still need additional support and care. These recovery centers will have oxygen concentration devices, based on availability, and provide meal delivery services available 24/7, that includes a chain of custody of the preparer and delivery person including body temperature checks. Other hotels in the company are targeting health care professionals, first responders and government agencies by offering a space where they can “Shelter-in-Peace.” These dedicated hotels offer very strict protocols for cleanliness, staff specifically trained in social distancing, isolated HVAC systems to ensure rooms do not share air with adjacent spaces, sneeze guards at all front desks, antibacterial hand sanitizer at hotel entrances and common areas, unnecessary hard and soft surfaces, like throw pillows and decorative bed scarves, have been removed and a room turnover procedure that includes sterilization of each room with heat treatments up to 135 degrees for three hours to thoroughly disinfect rooms.
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s the COVID-19 foothold in the U.S. grows, so does the need for medical facilities and hospitals. The rapidly growing demand for additional beds is not just for patients working on recovery, but for those choosing to self-quarantine as well as the health care professionals who are caring for them. The hotel management company ZMC Hotels and its team created shel-
ter-in-peace.com to connect health professionals, government agencies and recuperating patients with a solution during this chaotic time. The new business model that was the brainchild of ZMC CEO, Mark Hall, emerged three weeks ago and since then, his company has pivoted to make things happen. “We will continue to serve our traditional hotel guests but have converted many of our hotels to accommodate guests that are a) at-risk
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Homeschooling yields hilarious tweets BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Guest Columnist
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omeschooling. The trials and tribulations of parents as the nation homeschools their children has brought some pretty funny tweets, messages and pictures to social media. Need a laugh? These are a few of the “gems” that parents have been posting about homeschooling their kids. “I am helping my kids with math. It is called a calculator.” “Day five of quarantine. I expelled one student, suspended the other and fired the teacher for drinking on the job.” “Week one of homeschooling over. I graduated my three students. We are done.” “If you see me walking to the mailbox
talking to myself, ignore me. I am just having a parent-teacher conference.” “Yes, those are my kids outside crying and pulling weeds. They are on a field trip.” “I watched my neighbor try to scrape off the bumper-sticker on her car that reads, “Proud parent of an Honor Student.” Guess homeschooling isn’t going so well.” “OK, so I locked my kids out of the house for 10 minutes. Don’t judge me. They are having a fire drill.” “If I have my kids make me mixed drinks, can that count as a chemistry class?” “Fifteen minutes into homeschooling. This is fun. Three hours? Send help please.” Yes, parents are teaching the kids, and many are working from home too. Not easy to have a conference call with the boss when your son is jumping around in a Spider-Man suit. Or the
dog is barking. Yep, these are strange times. And we can do this! The kids miss their teachers, but the learning must go on. Spelling, writing, reading, science, math cannot wait till the coronavirus passes! So, parents slog through the assignments, appreciating the true meaning of “new math” and brushing up on grammar skills. Adults are doing things they never did before! Who would have ever thought that smart folks would be binge-watching “Tiger King” and following the shenanigans of Joe Exotic? Lordy help us! The good news is that we can virtually visit museums around the world, take free university courses online and experience elaborate and educational video “staycations” while we are cooped up in the house! There are plenty of social media posts of quarantined folks going batty, which make for a good laugh. There is a hairdresser who is seen on her hands
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and knees, cutting her grass with her barber shears and says, “I have cracked. Send help.” A guy in Phoenix dresses up huge stuffed bears and places them around his front yard, so one might be propped behind a lawn mower, the other sitting on a bench waving. Then there is a lady in Prescott who put her doggy in a vest and attached a dozen helium balloons to the vest, so the terrier floats around the house. And there are plenty of photos of people cutting their own hair. Stop this! The quarantine will end soon, and you will have to go out in public again! Remain hopeful! As these weird times continue, may we find strength in each other, the ability to teach, laugh and learn. Dear readers, we will see each soon. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a story or a comment? Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.
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MVD will be shutting down part of operations BY ERIC JORGENSEN Foothills Focus Guest Writer
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he mission of the ADOT Motor Vehicle Division is to get Arizona out of line and safely on the road and over the past several years we’ve made great strides doing that. But there’s another step to take, and it will cause a brief, but profound disruption to our services. Starting at 5 p.m. Friday, April 17, through Tuesday, April 21, MVD will be shutting down every part of our operations. This includes MVD offices, ServiceArizona.com and the MVD services we provide through authorized third-party offices. Simply put, nobody in Arizona will be able to use MVD for any purpose during this time. Why are we doing this? The computer system that MVD relies
on for its basic operations goes back more than 35 years—an eternity for t e c h n o l o g y. For nearly five years, we have been w o r k i n g to develop and install a brand-new state-of-the-art system. This technology can’t be installed in segments. It has to be brought in at once, and it has to be tested again and again before we reopen to the public. As you’re probably aware, our services to the public have had to change somewhat during the current health situation. We’ve had to limit our office services to those things that are essential and must be done in person. That list is actually pretty small be-
cause with the health crisis, anyone whose driver’s l i c e n s e expires between March 1 and Sept. 1 automatically has that e x p i ra t i o n date extended by six months and no office visit is needed. Also, the REAL ID deadline that impacts the AZ Travel ID, has been moved back a full year to October 1, 2021, easing the need for office visits that much more. Even with these changes, we realize the shutdown of all MVD services for a few days is an inconvenience and we appreciate your patience. But once we’re back in business, you will find a lot more services available
to you on your secure, personal AZ MVD Now account. You can access this directly at azmvdnow.gov or through ServiceArizona.com. Every current MVD customer already has an AZ MVD Now account waiting to be activated. Right now, it’s limited to a few services such as basic title transfers, the Permit Test @ Home, getting a prepaid voucher and a few other things. Setting up an account is easy and free. With the new system, AZ MVD Now will increase the number of services offered to more than 30, including registration renewal, refund requests, vehicle title status and some transfers, vehicle payment summary, appointment scheduling, buying a prepaid voucher and a lot more. You can learn more about these changes at azdot.gov/MVD. Eric Jorgensen is director of the ADOT Motor Vehicle Division.
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he tax return deadline has been extended until mid-July, but you may have already filed your taxes. If you were not entirely happy with the results, you might start seeking ways to change the outcome for next year. And one area to look at may be your investment-related taxes. To help control these taxes, consider these moves: • Take full advantage of tax-deferred investments. As an investor, one of the best moves you can make is to contribute as much as you can afford to your tax-deferred accounts—your traditional IRA and 401(k) or similar employer-sponsored plan—every year. If you don’t touch these accounts until you retire, you can defer taxes on them for decades, and when you do start taking money out, presumably during retirement, you may be in a lower tax bracket. • Look for tax-free opportunities. Interest from municipal bonds typically is exempt from federal income tax, and, in some cases, from state and local income tax, too. (Some municipal bonds, however, may be subject to the alternative minimum tax.) And if you qualify to contribute to a Roth IRA—eligibility is generally based on income—your earnings can be withdrawn tax-free, provided you’ve had your account for at least five years and you don’t start taking withdrawals until you’re at least 59 1/2. Your employer may also offer a Roth 401(k), which can provide tax-free withdrawals. Keep in mind, though, that you contribute after-tax dollars to a Roth IRA and 401(k), unlike a traditional IRA and 401(k), in which your contributions are made with pretax dollars. • Be a “buy-and-hold” investor. Your 401(k) and IRA are designed to be longterm investments, and you will face disincentives in the form of taxes and
penalties if you tap into them before you reach retirement age. So, just by investing in these retirement accounts, you are essentially pursuing a “buy-and-hold” strategy. But you can follow this same strategy for investments held outside your IRA and 401(k). You can own some investments—stocks in particular—for decades without paying taxes on them. And when you do sell them, you’ll only be taxed at the long-term capital gains rate, which may well be less than your ordinary income tax rate. But if you’re frequently buying and selling investments you’ve held for less than a year, you could rack up some pretty big tax bills, because you’ll likely be taxed at
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reer,” he said. For more serious dancers, the obstacle of transitioning to online dance classes can be more difficult and disheartening, but the couple is working hard to ensure those students have the extra materials and resources to thrive. “They are going
cottsdale’s Adaptive Force Performing Arts is redesigning its business in response to COVID-19 with an online dance-studio platform. The new online platform uses Zoom to connect students and dancers with their classmates and teachers so they can continue to hone their skills. Owned by Cave Creek residents Mike and Amber Wittmers, Adaptive Force Performing Arts is offering the same dance classes as they would in their in-person studio: tap, jazz, ballet, hip-hop, musical theater, contemporary dance and acroTeacher Laura Graczyk, 22, performs in the Adaptive Force Performing Arts studio for students watching batics. online. (Photo courtesy Adaptive Force Performing Arts) The dancers and parents are given a login ID breakfast nook in front of a laptop, a big deal to us because it keeps that and password and are but what has been really great is weekly routine the same when so much instructed on how to the students and families have re- else has changed,” he said. enter the online dance ally been supportive and jumped When things subside, Adaptive Force class through Zoom via on board.” Performing Arts will focus on a replaceemail before it begins. He said a couple of families have ment show for its canceled end-of-the“Zoom allows us to even built make-shift dance stu- year recital. Wittmers and his staff share our music with the dios in the home for their danc- have been adding encouragement and kids through the system ers. Some even installed a tap or a appreciation into their lesson plans. so they are able to hear ballet floor. The online classes and “The next year our take is going to the music and follow adaptive resources are allowing be about how we can get our faculalong,” Mike said. “We for the dancers to stay prepared ty and students to embrace the class are able to give critiand in-shape for when in-person process in a way that it is a privilege, cism and feedback to the classes begin again. not a right,” he said. “So, every time dancers.” For many kids and teens, danc- you step foot in that dance class and in The studio, which ing at Adaptive Force Performing that dance room or on that stage, you opened in 2011, is priArts was seen as a hobby, fun af- need to give it 110% because you nevmarily for dancers ages ter-school activity, a form of exer- er know when you’re going to get to go Student Ella Witt, 14, learns ballet through online courses during the pandemic. 2 to 18. cise or a future career path. Mike back.” (Photo courtesy Adaptive Force Performing Arts) “We cover everybelieves it is crucial to keep this thing—for a dancer who wants to from being in the studio anywhere outlet available to these dancers, beAdaptive Force Performing Arts dance one hour a week just for fun and from 10 to 15 hours a week, to now not cause so many other everyday routines 32619 N. Scottsdale Road, wants to spend time with their friends, being in the studio at all,” Mike said. have been taken away. Suite 110, Scottsdale “Obviously having a ballet bar in a all the way up to very serious competi“Whether it’s a chance to practice 480-488-1983, adaptiveforce.com tion dancers who want to compete and dance studio is much different than their favorite dance, or spend time travel and eventually do dance as a ca- holding on to the edge of a kitchen with their friends, that interaction is
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Writing is being conscious of living ly home again, to the great American Southwest. Gonsoulin’s goal now is to leave a “body of work” for the future. She equates this to the power of art; it can reach someone in the future. “Emily Dickson talks to people all over the world, every day for years, even through her work was relatively obscure in her lifetime,” she said. Gonsoulin’s recent release, the book “A Perfectly Good Lie: Winning Has Its
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ocal author Rose Gonsoulin writes from her perspective of the living unconscious, the obscure facts of ordinary people’s lives, expressed in fiction, which in the end falls into an order. Born and raised in Houston, Gonsoulin left, not because the Southwest lost its enchantment but with a job transfer to Seattle. She describes time in Seattle as, “a two-and-a-half-year dark, drizzly altered reality.” Yet what came before and after has honed the vast insights she works from today. Gonsoulin had more than a few influencers during her formative years. The personalities consisted of English teachers, who gave her good grades and opportunities to write fiction, as well as, a group of friends who loved the letters she wrote to them. When it comes to leading by example, it’s her aunt, mother of 10 children, who is her superhero of resiliency and creativity, Gonsoulin said. “She picked up art late in life. It was inspiring to see how much her work improved and show she stretched herself as an artist,” she added. From her, Gonsoulin learned “if you continue to do something you love, you’ll always get better, and the joy will come through the work.” Throughout Gonsoulin’s life she has encountered the life-giving effects of the arts in people’s lives. Gonsoulin earned her BBA at the University of Texas in the 1970s. But when it came to her writing, she considers herself self-taught, achieving her skill set from attending writers’ conferences, workshops and critique groups. A true “hands-on education” in the real world of authors. She learned the most valuable tool for any writer is finding the right developmental editor. “A writer needs an expert at the craft of storytelling who can and will point out where your work sags or fails,” she
“Writing is thinking, it is more than living for it’s actually being conscious of living.” —Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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said. In Seattle she said she spent “way too many years working at large insurance companies in a specialized field that isn’t really insurance.” The experience provided plenty of background material, particularly for her first novel, “Outside the Men’s Room.” “It refers to the phenomena I noticed when I started working after college,” she said. “We’d have a staff meeting, decide on a direction, then later I’d find out that the manager ran into another guy in the men’s room, suddenly the decision would change.” She learned women were barred from the room where most of the decisions were being made.
Today, Gonsoulin lives in the Valley. She was thrilled to be transferred to Arizona, commenting that when she landed at Sky Harbor, she was final-
Price” is available on amazon.com, like her previous books. She is working on a story about young Sam Houston, a fascinating and unknown figure in American history. For information about Gonsoulin, visit goodreads.com or email her at rose.reed2wright@gmail.com. Contact arts columnist Shea Stanfield on flowingquill@yahoo.com.
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he Mexican American Golf Association, Phoenix Chapter, is offering eight $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school students. “We have been awarding scholarships for several years,” said David Juarez, the association’s scholarship chairman. Students can apply through magaphx. com before April 30. The Mexican American Golf Association was founded in the early 1960s in California before it branched out to Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. “It’s a social organization,” Juarez said. “The one thing we have in common is we play golf. We represent every
ethnic group you can think of. We have about 110 members in the Valley and another 50 in Tucson. There are several hundred in Texas and California.” Each club is run differently. The Mexican American Golf Association received its nonprofit status and helps food banks and people in need, along with offering scholarships. “In the last few years, we’ve pushed
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he following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. The new members include NAU students Shania Valdez of Phoenix, and Hannah Barnett and Amy Curtis of Anthem. Kaylee Wong of Anthem also joined. She attends Fordham University. They are among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10% of seniors and 7.5% of juniors
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