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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Wife asking for tips in husband’s death BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

awn Fernandez was at the Roadrunner Restaurant & Saloon in New River on July 27, 2015, when she became tired. Her 48-year-old husband, Roman, said she should go home and put their grandbabies to bed. She returned to their Phoenix home and tucked them in. As they slept, she and her son watched television. At 1:30 a.m., the phone rang. The call changed her life. Her husband was dead. “My phone rang, and it was my son yelling into the phone that his dad was dead,” she recalled through tears. “A female voice got on the phone. I thought it was my daughter-in-law. I said, ‘What kind of sick joke is this? Put your dad on the phone.’”

The “woman” was a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Dawn could not believe what she was saying. She put the phone down, walked into the living room and told her son something terrible happened. “I said, ‘There’s a woman on the phone, and I don’t believe what she’s telling me,’” Dawn recalled. “He went into the bathroom, and when he came out and he said, ‘You’re right, mom. Something horrible has happened.’” Roman was stabbed in the heart and the lower abdomen during a fight at the Roadrunner. “It wasn’t a targeted fight,” she said. “He was in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Frustrated at the lack of tips, Dawn has turned to the media to help garner leads in Roman’s death.

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Dawn and Roman Fernandez were Cactus High School sweethearts who married in 1988. (Photo courtesy of the Fernandez family)

Study shows flood risk areas, potential solutions

BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer

heresa Pinto, Maricopa County Flood Control project manager, spoke at a monthly meeting co-hosted by Friends of Daisy Mountain Trails and the Anthem Community Council Sept. 10 via Zoom to discuss Adobe Dam, Desert Hills and Apache Wash flooding data found in an ongoing study.

“At the end of the study, we will have a comprehensive list of existing flood hazards and risks,” Pinto said. The study, conducted in partnership with Kimley-Horn, encompasses 140 square miles and includes the watersheds of Skunk Creek, Apache wash, Desert Lake wash, the Cave Creek dam and the Adobe dam. Parts of the city of Phoenix, unincorporated Maricopa County and the town of Cave Creek were in the study

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area. Of the land studied, 11% was within a floodplain, which Pinto said was significant. “The overarching goal of these studies is basically to reduce the flood risks for residents and the community,” she said. “So, that means reducing the risk for injury or, worst-case scenario, death but also impacts to property as well as public infrastructure

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and even private infrastructure. We do that by first identifying what those flood hazards and risks are through data collection and hydraulic modeling. Then we take that data and the model, and we identify flooding problems. … When we identify the problems, we’ll develop solutions to mitigate those problems and reduce those risks.” The study found houses, buildings and undeveloped areas with a high flood risk. Pinto noted that 30% of all flood insurance claims nationwide are outside of mapped floodplains, which is a number she hopes to decrease with more studies and better technology. It also identified hazardous road crossings and hazards from high erosion and sediment deposition, which both cities and homeowners can use for further planning and layouts. Pinto also touched on findings from past studies from 2001, 2002 and 2004, which identified houses in hazardous areas, some of which would have several feet of water in them within less than 30 minutes of rainfall. From the previous studies, the department recommended structural mitigation measures, floodplain delineations and buyouts of homes in dangerous areas and has seen improvement since implementing those suggestions. Pinto said a lot has changed since the last study in 2004 and a more recent analysis was needed. Since 2004, there has been an increase in watershed, as well as an increase in floods, with 2007, 2010 and 2014 having large flooding events. Another reason for the updated study is because there is new and better technology that can be used to identify flood hazards. While the new study is still ongoing, there are a few suggested improvements that can help with flooding. Pinto said the flood control district tries to focus on long-term, sustainable and conservative, such as implementing more green infrastructure and using vegetation for flood control. She wants to shift away from structural changes when possible, as they require maintenance and replacement and, frankly, don’t look very good. Another suggestion to decrease flood hazards is to increase awareness. “A big part of flood risk reduction is increasing the public’s awareness. Aware-

ness inherently reduces flood risks just by knowing something is a hazard. Your risk is reduced just by knowing. We also want to provide solutions for homeowners to reduce their flood risk. We have a booklet that we’ve prepared for the Desert Mountain area, and I can see that easily being updated for the study area as well. Then we also have a ‘reduce your flood risk guide,’” Pinto said. “Flooding is out of sight, out of mind. You just don’t really think about it until you get that big rain, which sometimes doesn’t happen more than once every five years or so. We try to do a really thorough job of telling people what their specific risk is.” The flood control district is developing online tools and maps for residents to easily see what the flood risks are in their specific area. They also have a reporting tool at flood.org, where people can submit flooding reports and photos. This helps identify at-risk areas. Part of making the community more aware of flood risks just comes from public outreach and discussions. “One of the outreach activities we’re doing in the next three to four weeks is sending out postcards to people in unincorpo-

rated Maricopa County, as well as the town of Cave Creek, basically telling them about this study,” Pinto said. “Also, it’s a call for photos and videos and any flooding issues that they’re aware of. It’s a data collection effort, basically. So, just a heads up about that. You’ll hopefully get a postcard, and hopefully people won’t just throw it in the trash right away and they’ll actually read it.” The study is ongoing and expected to conclude at the end of 2022. Pinto and her team are monitoring areas around Carefree Highway and Seventh street, which have received heavy flooding issues this monsoon season. She also encouraged residents to reach out to make sure their concerns are addressed. “We really rely on public input. I mean, you have more power than I think people realize sometimes,” Pinto said. “So, I would recommend just always being engaged. Keep it up and always tell us what you want. You are our constituents. You are our clients. So, you have a voice, and you have power.” For more information, visit maricopa. gov/floodcontrol. Submit flooding pictures or information at reportaflood.org.

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Young love Dawn and Roman met at Cactus High School in Glendale but did not get serious about their relationship until after graduation. He joined the Navy as she worked toward her diploma at the school. The two eventually married in October 1988. Roman, who was employed by Honeywell at the time of his death, was an exceptional husband and father, she said. He parlayed his sports knowledge into coaching their sons’ soccer, wrestling and football teams at Sunrise and Liberty high schools in Peoria. “He was an exceptional coach,” she said. “He touched so many lives.” So many mourners showed up for Mass at St. Jerome Catholic Church in Phoenix that they were forced to park at a grocery store down the street. Others, instead, went straight to the gravesite. “We were very well known because of the sports we were involved in,” Dawn said. “So many people — friends, family and acquaintances — came out to show their respects and support me. I’m so thankful and grateful for that.”

Long night At the Roadrunner, the couple were enjoying an evening out, watching their oldest grandson at the mutton bust with their then 6-month-old granddaughter. “We decided to call it a night,” she said. “We were all on our way out of the parking lot, and I could hear my son and daughterin-law. They wanted to stay and watch bull riding. I asked my husband if he minded me taking the grandchildren home. “By the time we got to the car, Roman said, ‘You’re going to be busy with the kids. I will just be sitting on the couch watching television.’ He wanted to stay with their son and daughter-in-law and watch bull riding. I kissed him goodnight. That was the last time I kissed him.” Roman tagged Dawn on a Facebook post, a video of their son and daughter-in-law dancing, around 10:30 p.m. At home, Dawn looked at her youngest son and said, “I bet they’re having fun. We might as well settle in for the night. “We found a movie to watch, and I made brownies and ice cream.”

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Roman Fernandez joined the Navy after graduating from Cactus High School in Glendale. (Photo courtesy of the Fernandez family)

Meanwhile, a fight broke out throughout the Roadrunner. “My son saw his wife, who was involved in a fight as well. He went to save her and protect her from being punched. When he pulled her away, they proceeded to go to the car, and they saw something lying in the parking lot. It was my husband.” A nurse, their daughter-in-law performed CPR until first responders arrived 20 minutes later. “The stabbing in the heart is the one that killed him,” she said through tears. “He couldn’t survive that.”

Begging for tips No one has come forward and the leads are dwindling, she said. Authorities know what happened and who was near him. The fight was just out of sight of the security cameras. “Someone carried him out to the parking lot,” she said. “You can see that on tape. The district attorney’s office said they won’t make an arrest based on what they have. “My attorney has been pushing all these years to get someone else involved. “He is in direct contact with them now. We’re hoping to keep things moving, and if MCSO has completed their investigation, he has others waiting in the wings to pick it up and continue the work.” In the meantime, Dawn lives in the couple’s North Phoenix home they purchased in November 2014. With the holidays and a grandbaby’s birth in February, they hadn’t gotten around to remodeling it. “It was eight months later he passed,” she said. “There are some blessings to that. There aren’t a lot of memories here, but that’s also fortunate and unfortunate.”

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EoS Fitness furthers its mission of ‘fitness for all’ BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

oS Fitness is celebrating its seventh year by building on its commitment to make fitness inclusive and accessible to all with a new companywide, longterm partnership with the Challenged Athletes Foundation. EoS selected the foundation as its charitable partner. The nonprofit provides opportunities and support to people with physical challenges so they can pursue active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. EoS has more than 100 gym locations open or on the way in Arizona, California, Florida, Nevada, Utah, and soon, Texas. There are two in North Phoenix. Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, EoS continued to serve its members nationwide with their health and safety as the top priority. The company pivoted operations to offer on-demand and livestream workouts led by group fitness instructors and personal

trainers. It also provided at-home fitness equipment options and moved gym operations outdoors so members could still have access to weights and cardio equipment. “This past year we have worked hard to continue to meet the needs of our members with state-of-the-art amenities and an atmosphere where members can feel good about themselves and their achievements,” said Rich Drengberg, chief executive officer of EoS Fitness. “Although these past 18 months have thrown significant challenges our way, our commitment to keep our members healthy and active has not wavered. By partnering with Challenged Athletes Foundation, we are celebrating our growing ability to make an impact in the communities we serve, and this partnership is a true reflection of our core values and our goal to bring inclusive fitness to all.” Kristine Entwistle, the foundation’s associate executive director, said the high costs of adaptive sports equipment and lack of resources should not keep individuals with

physical challenges from being active. “That’s where we come in,” she said. “With partners like EoS Fitness who truly share our mission, we can work together to help these athletes. The EoS company culture clearly aligns with all that CAF is trying to accomplish, and we see from the top leadership down, EoS team members are engaged and excited about our partnership as an extension of the work they do daily to make fitness accessible and affordable for anyone looking to improve their health and overall well-being.” To kick off its partnership with CAF and celebrate seven years of growth and impact on its communities, EoS is hosting “Cardio for a Cause,” an inclusive bootcamp style workout led by EoS G-Fit instructors featuring special appearances by CAF Athletes on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Patriots Park at CityScape, 11 W. Washington Street, Phoenix. The bootcamp event showcases the inspirational athletic spirit of challenged athletes working out side by side with EoS

members and people from the community. The high-energy session is open to the public and will be streamed live in all EoS locations so members across the country can join in. Participants will raise funds for CAF to help individuals with physical challenges get the support needed to succeed in sports and in daily life. CAF is also hosting a sweepstakes celebration with more than $40,000 in prizes, including exclusive items from EoS. For every $5 donated to CAF now through Sept. 30, individuals can win a wide variety of prizes, including a Schwinn IC Classic Cycling Bike, EoS Fitness memberships and personal training packages. A grand prize winner will receive a seat at the CAF EoS Fitness Tour de Cove Cycle Event on Oct. 24 in San Diego; a $300 Southwest Airlines gift card; a $300 Marriott gift card; and a Schwinn IC Classic Cycling bike. For more information on the event, how to donate or enter the sweepstakes, visit challengedathletes.org/eosfitness.

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Processed foods are still mighty tasty BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist

ow long will you live? Hmm, maybe you would prefer not to know. While there are many medical claims on how to prolong our lives, there also seems to be “predictions” on how to shave off a few minutes here or there by simply eating. Mischief or medicine? Can we rely on a health strategy that tells us eating one beef hot dog lops off 36 minutes off our lifespan? Please say it’s not true.

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A new study from the University of Michigan School of Public health ranked foods based on how many minutes you might gain or lose off your healthy life by eating them. Hot dogs, in particular, are robbing us of 36 minutes! That’s if you believe that a grilled wiener on a bun, with all the fixings, can be detrimental due to “processed ingredients” that we are risking a shorter lifespan by eating! Sure, no one would consider a hot dog a “health food,” but come on, why spoil a good old treat at a ballgame or barbecue? Hey, Joey Chestnut, not sure how to

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Response to Judy Bluhm Editor: In response to your recent column, “Does ADOT mean ‘Arizona Demons of Traffic,’” I want to point out that the characterization of ADOT as “demons” while eye-catching, is grossly unfair to the hard-working men and women of ADOT who spend countless hours every day of the year — including weekends and holidays — to keep our roads safe. We do understand the frustration that comes with being stuck on a highway for hours at a time. That frustration is understandable, and it is shared. Shared not just by the drivers that are stuck but also by the ADOT maintenance crews that have been called away from their homes and families to help clear a crash in 100-plus degree weath-

er and ensure the highway is safe to reopen. When there is a crash, law enforcement takes the lead, but ADOT crews are there to work with officers to make sure crash victims are removed safely and that any debris is cleared to avoid another incident. Crews help reopen the road when law enforcement has completed its investigation and it is safe to do so. We cannot and will not shortchange safety for the sake of convenience. I do appreciate the columnist’s list of how drivers can be prepared. In just this year alone, ADOT has sent 26 news releases and countless social media posts reminding drivers of the same kind of tips to have emergency kits, extra food and water, and other needed items in case drivers find themselves stuck for a period of time. Leaving prepared is a constant theme we push to help reach

ADOT’s true north of “Safely Home.” We also urge drivers to download our AZ 511 and ADOT Alerts apps on their devices so they can receive push notifications when crashes and road closures occur. Our Twitter feed is also updated constantly with road condition information. If we are demons, it is for our radical commitment to public safety on the roads. John Halikowski ADOT Director

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I have been an avid political junkie for about three decades. It’s important to study our past to understand how we got to this twisted present where up is down and lies are accepted as truth depending on one’s own version of reality. Reading Mr. Hayworth’s piece, I find the typical distorted, veiled right-wing projection fantasy regarding President Obama’s intentions and what progressive policies stand for. Republicans really need to stop demonizing the opposition. Nobody is gunning for the end of democracy. If there is any evidence of that, it’s coming from today’s Republican Party. When it comes to elections, Republicans were never nice and accepting of anything, Mr. Hayworth. The endless partisan audit we are witnessing now is more than enough proof of that. Also,

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We could, of course, start eating more peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, because they have the amazing effect of adding about 33 minutes onto our life. I am not good at math, but I do know how to use a calculator. So maybe the “formula” for longevity is how to add and subtract minutes based on what you eat. Have an urge for a hot dog on the grill? Go for it! Just be sure to back it up with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and you are back in the “neutral” zone. The research looked at 5,800 foods and ranked them by their “nutritional disease burden.” Eat fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes and seafood and you can add about an hour a day to your lifespan. The even better news is that one slice of apple pie can add one delicious minute onto your life. Let’s get healthy 1 minute (slice) at a time. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a story or a comment? Email her at judy@judybluhm.com.

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Time stopped, eternity beckoned on Sept. 11 BY J.D. HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist

wenty years. Two decades. About 7,300 days. Time enough to encompass a youthful lifespan. Time enough to grow up, grow tired, grow old. Many of us have done all three. For 2,977 victims on Sept. 11, 2001, time stopped and eternity beckoned. For the 19 terrorist hijackers who thought they would become martyrs, history now regards them as murderers. For the paradise they thought they were promised, there is instead perdition. For the “masterminds,” there has been manipulation of our justice system. Pre-trial hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and four other alleged Sept. 11 plotters just opened at

Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 7 of this year. For the elites who offered legal aid to the “masterminds,” there is an insistence on constitutional rights for enemy combatants but an unwillingness to extend the same to lawful citizens. For “sophisticates” at the alphabet networks, there was a refusal to wear American flag lapel pins on camera in the days and months following the Sept. 11 attacks, because it would suggest “favoritism.” For common-sense Americans, there was no confusion between patriotism and favoritism, nor between survival or suicide. For George W. Bush, it was a shock that he put in historical context: “The Pearl Harbor of the 21st century took place today,” he dictated into the White House daily log, upon his return to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. For the Bush administration, clarity of purpose was modified by the mud-

dle of multiculturalism; thus the “war on terror,” rather the “the war on Islamic terror.” For “official Washington,” there was an initial imperative to remember the first role of government: protection of its citizens. Sadly, it didn’t last. For “bureaucratic Washington,” a subsequent, unfortunate imperative: expanding the role of government — more agencies, more spending, more bureaucrats — leading to less protection of citizens. For “political Washington,” initial unity — soon sacrificed on the altar of ambition. In its place, a strange type of unanimity. At the behest of major financial institutions, agribusiness and multinational corporations, “establishment” officeholders basked in media adulation by claiming that we could not stem the flow of illegals across our southern border and that we had to allow illegal aliens from Mexico to

open bank accounts using a matricula consular — a form of ID issued by the Mexican consulate. These same officeholders still use the poll-tested phrase, “We must secure the border!” But the fact that such sloganeering endures while definitive action has come in fits, starts, and now a full stop, simply reinforces the reality that elected officials view this as a political problem to be managed — instead of a national security threat to be removed. And what of our national security apparatus — the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and the Department of State? Apparently influenced by politics and culture, it seems that the notion of “victory” has been replaced by “virtue signaling.” From the outset of our military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, we tried to achieve two

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20 years later, the �ight for our freedom continues BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

he first plane, American Airlines Flight 11, hit the North Tower at 5:46 a.m. our time. I was at my desk, sifting through topics for a radio talk show that would never air. Seventeen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175 cored the South Tower. By 7:30, the World Trade Center was a pile of rubble, twisted steel and lost humanity. On the radio and in public conversations, there would be no other topic for months. Somehow, 20 years have passed since Sept. 11, 2001. This anniversary was a day for remembrance and a day to inventory all we have lost. It was also a day that begs a question: If al-Qaida delivered this evil in an attempt to defeat a mortal enemy, to claim victory over us, did they in fact win?

As a boy in New York, those twin towers were perpetually present, forever jutting 1,300 feet into the sky. As a young man, I rode the elevator to the 106th floor for dinner at Windows on the World. I was wearing a borrowed sport coat too short in the sleeves, but still I felt like a million bucks eating off the white linen tablecloths. Human beings have a limited capacity to pay attention: We catalogue things in the background of our consciousness, taking them for granted until they’re uprooted from their customary place. It’s one way terrorists shake us: They carve out a hunk of the ordinary, stealing something we may not notice every day, but that’s no less a part of us. Striking the Twin Towers was a subtraction like that: If they could knock down skyscrapers before our very eyes, strike at the heart of the world’s financial markets, what else could they do? America’s response to the attack revealed the best of us and the worst.

Flags flew everywhere, people stood in line for hours to donate blood. The Phoenix Fire Department sent the best urban search and rescue team in the world to comb the wreckage. Partisan politics gave way to national unity, a heartening respite that felt like it should last forever but didn’t. As for the worst, four days after the attacks, Frank Roque took his .380 pistol to the Mesa Chevron station owned by Balbir Singh Sodhi, an immigrant from Punjab, India. Roque had been ranting for days that he wanted to “shoot some towel-heads.” Sodhi wore a turban and beard in keeping with his Sikh religion. Roque, primed to shoot anyone whom he adjudged Muslim, killed Sodhi with five bullets in the first hate crime of the 9/11 era. Roque’s death sentence was later commuted to life. In what I can only brand a shame, Roque is still with us, living out his days at the Lewis prison in

Buckeye. His disciplinary record shows 36 violations during his time incarcerated, everything from disorderly conduct to assaulting staffers to manufacturing a weapon. Some people never learn. Maybe we haven’t learned either. The terrorists lured us into a 20-year war that we exited disastrously only weeks ago. American unity has never seemed like more of an oxymoron, the Civil War excepted. We killed Osama Bin Laden, but new enemies of freedom are minted every day in far-off places like Iran, Syria and Afghanistan. The terrorists stole some valuable things from us on 9/11, including almost 3,000 sons and daughters, firefighters and would-be rescuers. Even so, I would estimate we have fought them to a draw in the 20 years since. This remains the most free nation on earth. The fight to defend those freedoms continues.

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very different goals at the same time: destruction and reconstruction. Because the terror threat was not eliminated, our military shifted its focus to force protection. As we took up occupation of both countries, that changed our military posture from offensive to defensive, putting targets on the backs of our warriors and ensuring stalemate in the best of situations. As just witnessed, the occupation of Afghanistan ended in calamity. Joe

Biden ordered our military to leave, and left Americans behind in the process. Now, that same Joe Biden has spoken at Sept. 11 ceremonies in New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania and at the Pentagon. It is problematic that the commander-in-chief who ordered us to flee tried to extol the virtues of our “land of the free.” It all but ensures that his successor — or that Mr. Biden himself — will one day say, “The 9/11 of the 2020s took place today.” If Joe can remember it.

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if anyone has been politicizing the pandemic, it’s the right and its campaign to actually shame people into not wearing a mask or getting vaccinated. Also, why are Republicans so obsessed with President Obama. It’s like you people lost your minds when he was elected. You blame him for divisiveness when, in actuality, it was the right’s inability to accept him as president. Let’s talk about the Republicans and their polarizing tactics for a moment now. As your piece aptly demonstrates, the Republican Party has been lying and demonizing Democrats for decades. The reality is Republicans have no choice but to lie. I mean you’re not going to win elections telling working people that your big plan is to just cut taxes on rich people and privatize everything your wealthy constituents see no value in subsidizing. Then, once you raise the national debt due to repeated deficits as a result of a lack of revenue, you cry con-

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ing lies? Do you include yourself in the opinion that Americans with different political points of view fear the end of the USA as a democratic republic if progressive policies were put in place? Those are the same policies we had from the 1930s to 1980 that yielded the largest middle class the country ever had, much to the chagrin of the Republicans and their rich benefactors. If you do share this fear, I feel sorry for you, as have been conned just like your constituents. This isn’t hard to believe, because I know many who were young adults in the Reagan era and have this distorted view of how this country should be run. I see these Republicans as the first generation to be conned. Before them, the country knew what Republicans stood for. Before them, the voting public has gone through the great republican depression. Yes, it was actually called that back in the day. They had your party’s number and knew what your party was about,

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which is limiting democracy by reducing the middle class to nothing. They and you, for a certain period of your life, benefited from the progressive policies Democrats put in place in the 1930s to return the country to prosperity. Those policies you now claim limit democracy actually grew it to a size your wealthy benefactors grew uncomfortable with. Those voters knew the mess your party made, and for that your party didn’t take the house until the 1990s. Your party had to basically wait for all of those citizens that lived in the era of the depression to die off. The Republican Party has never passed any significant legislation that benefits working- and middle-class voters. Your party has no ability or desire to govern. Your party likes the way things are run now, where the rich have it all and the rest of the country has to beg and borrow on credit and work multiple jobs to survive. Wages have stagnated since Reaganomics was implemented. Your party is

primarily responsible for the destruction of our manufacturing-based economy and the conversion of the country to a Wall Street-dominated society that generates most of its profits moving money while the middle class toils in low-wage service jobs. Your rich masters gorge themselves on the wealth your party transfers to them in the form of massive tax breaks allowing them to play gambling games with their surplus in the financial markets. Your party has succeeded in removing all the guardrails put in place to keep the wealthy from abusing the workers. Your party has pushed through deregulation of our financial sector, allowing banks to gamble in the markets where they used to be restricted to just providing savings accounts and lending money. This alone causes violent ups and downs in the market, due to speculators causing booms and busts that you give them a pass on while making the poor working stiffs pay more to bail out the mess.

Your Republican-majority Supreme Court paved the way for the rich to buy off the GOP legislators with their decision that corporations are people and money is speech. Your party removed the fairness doctrine, allowing your vast right-wing lie machine to broadcast 24/7 and pretend it’s news. So, why do millions vote for your party? A massive media machine that feeds them lies daily, that’s why. President Obama is actually correct regarding the right and its pension to push disinformation and nonsense. That is because you and yours have fed your voters a load of lies for decades on talk radio, print and television. Your party’s faux patriotism ideology where you wrap yourself in the American flag and push a narrative that only the conservatives are worthy to be called “Americans” is in exact opposition to what the founders intended the soul of this nation to be. Progressives see an inclusive nation of everyone working not only for their own benefit but for the benefit of all.

Republicans are believers in an exclusive nation that only benefits those who are among the fortunate. Your sad attempt at making the GOP and its voters into victims doesn’t hold water here either. Your party always plays the victim card. Your comment that Obama is actually telling the GOP to know its place is laughable. Your party was never that timid. Republicans consistently push the bounds of legality, ethics and common decency in the name of strategic victory. And now your party is pushing anti-vax and anti-mask propaganda, essentially killing your own to make Biden look bad. Your party is made up of monsters who actively seek the destruction of democracy and the implementation of an autocratic ruler to preserve your rapidly fading dominance in a country that becomes more diverse and progressive by the day. My hope is your party is stopped sooner rather than later. Robert Lukacs

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Mirage mirrors Fleetwood Mac’s talents BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

ichelle Tyler of the Fleetwood Mac tribute act Mirage has heard the words many long to hear: Stevie Nicks would like to meet you. Tyler, who was playing in the Nicks-only band Belladonna, was performing acoustically with her husband when a woman approached her backup musicians backstage. She said her husband was Steve Real, Nicks’ vocal coach, and she was so impressed that she was hoping to get Tyler on the phone with the legendary

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singer. Unable to get to Tyler, she recorded Belladonna with her phone and sent it to Nicks. “They flew my husband and I up to Reno and we went backstage during a meet and greet,” Tyler recalled. “I said, ‘Hi, Stevie. I’m Michelle Tyler. I think you heard me on a phone call?’ She put her hands on my shoulders and said, ‘We tried so hard to get that call through. It was great to hear somebody doing a good job with my music.’ She then leaned in and said, ‘I’ll tell you what. Anytime you want to take over, you just let me know. I’ve about had it.’”

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changes. It’s a high-energy show. We like to get the audience involved. It’s good for all ages and families.” Before Mirage, Tyler helmed Belladonna, which focused on Nicks’ solo career. After 15 years, Tyler and her musicians transitioned into Mirage. “I’ve been playing Stevie Nicks for almost 20 years,” she said. “In Belladonna, I was the only one dressing up and portraying a character. Belladonna is still on our books. It’s a big show. It’s an eight-piece band with backup singers and two guitar players. It’s hard to take on the road. It’s more expensive. “But we focus on Mirage now.” Her husband, Bob Weitz, plays the role of John McVie and music director. His day gig is as a Warner Bros. engineer who won an Academy Award for designing equipment. They started their career playing the bar and nightclub circuit but evolved into tribute acts. “Becoming a famous rock star is like winning the lottery,” she said. “There are so many talented people out there on any given day, at any club in LA. There are singer-songwriter showcas-

The two shared a laugh, and that was the first of a handful of meetings. “She’s been very supportive, and her backup singers have said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” she said. “That’s the only endorsement that Stevie would give anybody. They’re not a band that goes around and does that. Saying I could take over at any time, that was a pretty good pat on the back.” Fans can see what Nicks admires when California-based Mirage plays a number of shows in the area: Saturday, Sept. 18, at Harold’s Cave Creek Corral; Sunday, Sept. 19, at PebbleCreek in Goodyear; and Wednesday, Sept. 22, at Anthem Golf and Country Club. Mirage sticks with the “Rumours” era of Fleetwood Mac. “We’re very authentic,” she said. “Everyone plays an actual role. We play the very biggest hits, the best of Fleetwood Mac. We have a lot of visuals going on. “If the venue permits, we have a synced multimedia show. Otherwise, we still do a 90-minute show with a lot of costume

es, and you can hear phenomenal people. You’re wondering why they play there for no money. “It’s luck, timing and talent in that order. Talent is the last thing. Anyway, I was asking myself, ‘Am I going to be a rock star?’ Eventually, it became a career.” Tyler explained she does not ever tire of the music. She loves her job and the music. Plus, meeting Nicks is a bonus. “When you meet somebody — whether they’re a movie star or rock star — you have a certain perception. None of us really know these people. We only know what we see. “You hope they’re nice people. They’re warm. I’ve met strangers and a lot of people. She was actually warm and friendly and down-to-earth. She made

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Slider Throwdown returns to North Phoenix BY MIA ANDREA Foothills Focus Staff Writer

he Slider Throwdown event hosted by the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation returns to High Street on Sunday, Nov. 14, for a day filled with delicious food, live entertainment and activities the whole family can enjoy. At the Slider Throwdown, guests can sample meals from various food trucks from around the Valley, including those competing in the notable “battle of the burger.” “We evolved (the fundraiser) in year two to a Slider Throwdown and haven’t looked back,” said Susie Timm, president of Knife and Fork Media Group and the organizer of the Slider Throwdown. In this competition, local food vendors offer samples of their sliders with a creative twist. They go beyond the typical beef patty, instead focusing on chicken, vegetable-based alternatives and other

Local food vendors will offer samples of their sliders with a creative twist. variations. After tasting the competitors’ submissions, attendees and culinary experts judge the vendors competing for “Best Slider” and the “People’s Choice Award.” This year’s food truck participants include a range of options, like Two Fat

Guys Grilled Cheese, Taco Santo, Aioli Burger and Kingpin Barbecue. Drinks and desserts will be provided by Cutie’s Lemonade and Kicks Frozen Yogurt. Many trucks are veterans to the Slider Throwdown, but the foundation “also changes it up from year to year with a few new trucks,” Timm said. She also noted that hand-sanitizing stations, masks and distanced dining areas will be available for COVID-19 safety. There will also be fewer food trucks participating in this year’s Slider Throwdown to ensure proper distancing among attendees, but it won’t limit the quality of the event. “We want our guests to be comfortable that this outside, very socially distanced event will be safe to attend,” she said. The fundraiser welcomes back the culinary community that continuously supports the efforts of nonprofits, according to Kris Jacober, the foundation’s executive director of the AFFCF. “Our important efforts in helping to

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Jane Nassano changes direction with her art BY SHEA STANFIELD Foothills Focus Contibuting Writer

ane Nassano was always the best artist in her grade school classes in Sterling, Illinois. “From the age of 8, I knew all I wanted to be was an artist,” she said. She was inspired by her very artistic aunt and a cousin with whom she created art. Nassano claims her motivation was further fueled by her parents and teachers who strongly encouraged her creative activities. Nassano studied fine arts at ASU, with a specialization in graphic design. Her first job out of school was as a graphic designer for the city of Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency. Nassano completed post-graduate classes at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and California State University Fullerton.

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Director shooting scenes in New River for latest film BY JORDAN HOUSTON Foothills Focus Staff Writer

local director, known for his ties to horror thrillers like “Krampus Unleashed” and “The Covenant,” is using Arizona as the backdrop for his latest project. Independent filmmaker Robert Conway, a Pennsylvania native and longtime Arizona resident, is wrapping up shooting for his upcoming film “Hellhounds” in the New River area. The biker-werewolf film, slated to be released in early 2022, follows a pack of werewolves called the Hellhounds as they “wage a shadow war” against a fanatical order of werewolf hunters known as the Silver Bullets, according to IMDb. With a motorcycle element to the film, both featured groups are likened to the categories of rival biker gangs, Conway said. “It’s basically the ultimate popcorn-

film-fun-horror-action-type-stuff,” he said. “Nothing controversial, just a movie to enjoy, escape and have fun.” The story unfolds after a majority of the Hellhounds have been slaughtered as a result of the betrayal of their high-ranking She-Wolf, Lucella — including the pack’s longtime leader “the Pope,” IMDb states. Alias, one of the few Hounds still alive, then takes viewers along his journey across the desert to avenge his fallen pack members and take revenge against Lucella, who is also scheming to create her own band of followers. Conway, whose last two films were back-to-back Westerns, said he was inspired to write “Hellhounds” as a modern twist on his most recent projects — swapping horses for motorcycles. “I had just done two Westerns straight,” the filmmaker said. “I realized, when I wrote the script as a Western,

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ack McFarland is up for any challenge. The multisport Boulder Creek athlete plays tight end in the fall, pitcher and outfield in the spring, and power forward and center in the winter, all while maintaining a 3.9 grade-point average. He doesn’t bat an eye at it. “One thing I would want everyone to know about me is that I give 110% into everything I do,” McFarland said matter-of-factly. He wants to ultimately bring a championship ring to Boulder Creek, but he also just wants to be the best player and

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Senior Jack McFarland plays football, baseball and basketball at Boulder Creek High School. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

person he can be. “I want to be the best at everything I do, whether it’s football or school,” McFarland said. “I just want to be very successful.” The senior has made it clear that he can accept any challenge, as, in the season opening loss to Highland, he ended the game with seven catches for 123 yards and scored two of Boulder Creek’s three touchdowns. “There wasn’t really a specific game plan to feed me the ball,” McFarland said. “It just kind of worked out in my favor.” Not every game has been as success-

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esert Foothills Theatre just snagged 31 ariZoni nominations for its 202021 season — but the best is yet to come. On Friday, Sept. 17, the theater company will open its new season with “Disney’s High School Musical Jr.” at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. The production, based on the Disney Channel’s smash-hit movie musical, features two distinct casts — and more than 70 young actors — performing on consecutive weekends. The White cast, composed of youth ages 7 to 14, will open with performances starting at 7 p.m., Sept. 17. The Red cast, featuring high school students ages 14 to 18, will jump on stage the following week with shows starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. “I was blown away by the number of kids who signed up for auditions,” said Terry Temple, DFT’s managing director. “I said we would consider having two casts for ‘High

Keagan Smith, 16, and Alaina Lish, 15, rehearse “Disney’s High School Musical Jr.” (Photo by Pablo Robles) School Musical’ if we had enough talent, but the response was beyond my expectations.” “Choreographing for two casts has its challenges,” added the show’s choreographer, Emily Temple. “The number of performers in each cast is different, and we have kids from elementary school through

high school. The choreography vision for each cast is similar but distinct based on these variables. These kids bring everything they have to the stage — and that makes my challenge fun.” “High School Musical Jr.” tells the story of Troy, Gabriella and the students of East

High as they confront issues of love, friendship and family while balancing their classes and extracurricular activities. DFT brings these themes to life with a high-energy production featuring show-stopping dancing and beloved musical numbers — like “We’re All in This Together” and “Breaking Free” — while giving performers a chance to do what they love most. “It’s been so much fun acting, singing and dancing in ‘High School Musical,’” said Brady Molitor, 10, of Cave Creek, a jock in the White cast. “I have learned so much and made so many friends along the way in this show and in other things I have done with DFT.” The friendships among performers are one of many special aspects of this show. Music director Kent Campbell said he can’t wait for the casts to show off the work they’ve done. “One of my favorite aspects of teaching

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music to so many talented kids at once is the ‘wall of sound’ in front of me as I direct them,” said Kent Campbell, music director. “There’s no better feeling than hearing this music sung so well and so passionately right in front of me.” Performers are also working hard to perfect their characters for the show. Said 14-year-old Abby Springer, of Mesa, who plays Sharpay in the Red cast, “This has been a real challenge because there are so many sides to Sharpay’s personality. It’s really taking me out of my comfort zone, but I’m working hard to portray the kiss-up, the rich girl, the bully and even the insecure girl underneath it all.” Six weeks since the cast list was posted, DFT is ready for the White cast’s opening this weekend. “We have a younger cast and an older cast, but audiences will not be seeing the ‘cute little ones’ in the younger cast,” Terry said. “They will see top performances from both groups. I couldn’t be prouder.” Added Campbell, “This show and its music really are timeless. It will be enjoyed by

audiences both young and old. I hope everyone reading this treats themselves and buys a ticket.” Eight-year-old Hannah DeMeo, of Cave Creek, a cheerleader in the White cast, can’t wait for “High School Musical” to open — in part because she loves the applause of live theater. “Clapping is one of my favorite sounds, so that’s what got me into theater,” she said. “It’s been kind of a challenge to have rehearsal and school, because now I’m in third grade and I have way more homework, but I’m still doing it because it’s the thing I love.” Considering the challenges of the past year and a half, Terry said, “Our kids not only are ready to get back on stage, but they need the social interactions, friendships and creative challenge.” “High School Musical Jr.”

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ful. A smart and skilled athlete, McFarland was crushed during a sophomore year game when he was running a route, and when the ball came his way, it went through his hands and hit him on the head. Nevertheless, his Boulder Creek career has gone well. He received an offer from South Dakota Mines football and attended numerous college football camps, including those at Harvard, UNLV and Penn, where scouts and coaches had a good look at him. He was also invited to the Hawaii Tiki Bowl, a bowl game for the top high school prospects in the country that takes place in mid to late December. The 6-foot-1-inch, 225-pound Boulder Creek tight end fell in love with flag football at age 5, and the obsession with the sport has continued. When he was younger, his teammates would call him “Little Gronk,” an ode to his favorite player and fellow tight end, Rob Gronkowski. As Gronkowski played for the New England Patriots,

that was McFarland’s favorite team. But since Gronkowski has now become a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, he roots for the Bucs. But this has come with some backlash from his peers. “They all call me a bandwagon fan, but I’m just a fan of Gronkowski, you know?” McFarland said enthusiastically. “I’m just a fan of the player.” McFarland was instantly drawn to basketball because of the sport’s similar nature. His grandfather’s skills inspired him to shoot hoops. McFarland has also always loved baseball, as his father got him into the sport. He is attracted to the sport for mainly two reasons. “I love being able to hit the ball and just striking kids out,” said McFarland, who would enjoy spending time in the Bahamas eating his favorite food: steak. McFarland is looking forward to this season, as it is his last ride and he’s ready to give it all he has. Catch McFarland in action at Millennium High School at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17.

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