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Major developments move ahead in Peoria BY TOM SCANLON Foothills Focus Staff Writer

his time next year, Peoria may be framed by two major projects. One plans to give Old Town Peoria a massive facelift; it doesn’t have an official name, though city staff surreptitiously dubbed it “Project Stagecoach.” The other is formally known as Stadium Point, a ground-up project in the P83 area. Peoria selected Seattle-based American Life to craft a vision for Stadium Point— and make it a reality. These are the kind of “game-changing” developments Economic Development Services Director Rick Buss sinks his teeth into.

After the city signed a memorandum of understanding with Vintage Partners for the Old Town project, “Our next step is to finalize the development agreement, taking the framework and intent of the MOU and cementing all the details,” Buss said. He expects to present the development agreement to Peoria City Council in September. The big-picture idea is a 10-year development

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Peoria and American Life signed a memorandum of understanding to come up with a development plan for Stadium Point, visualized as a mixed-use area of P83 with retail, restaurants, residences, offices and a hotel. (Image courtesy city of Peoria)

Rosati’s CEO enjoyed working and fishing BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

osati’s Pizza CEO Rick Rosati was so devoted to his restaurants that he worked until June 15, the day he passed away in his sleep at a Cave Creek home. “He was a really hard worker. He never stopped,” said his brother, Jeff Rosati, the Rosati’s Pizza chief financial officer. “He worked the day he died. It was a Sunday night. He was opening in Tempe, and even though he doesn’t have to work, he’d go in and get in the kitchen and try to direct things. He was hands on for sure. “We couldn’t get him to stop.” Rosati, 70, was the driving force to franchise the Rosati’s Pizza concept in 1979. “He was really responsible for pushing

Rosati’s Pizza CEO Rick Rosati was a lifelong fan of the Chicago Cubs. (Photo courtesy the Rosati family)

Rosati’s to where it is,” he said. “He started in 1964, just as a pizza maker and dishwasher when he was 14. I think six years later, in 1970, he opened his own store (in Arlington Heights, Illinois). All the cousins followed his lead. My brothers and sisters followed his lead. A lot of family members went into the business mostly because he showed us the way.” He established locations across the United States, including the company’s first Arizona restaurant in 1986. Rosati’s death closely follows that of his father, Rosati’s Pizza co-founder Ferdinand “Fred” Rosati, who died at the age of 102 in March. “Rick believed in American entrepreneurship and the power of small business,”

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for Peoria’s historic buildings, which would be modernized for what can be called “The Three R’s”: retail, restaurants and residential. Stadium Point takes the Three R’s and adds high-rise office space, other commercial development and a hotel. Peoria and American Life agreed on a MOU for Stadium Point that Peoria Mayor Cathy Carlat called “a peek into the endless possibilities of our future, where residents have greater access to quality employment, retail and dining opportunities.” In October, Peoria issued a request for proposal for an experienced master developer to convert 17 acres of city-owned land near the Peoria Sports Complex into Stadium Point at P83. The site is near 83rd Avenue and Bell Road. Seventy developers attended Peoria’s pre-proposal meeting in November. But only four submitted proposals. “There were several that were interested but not ready to submit proposals,” Buss said. But part of the plan by Peoria was to

Rick Buss. (Photo courtesy city of Peoria)

move the project forward, with a developer that could hit Peoria running. Rookies did not need to apply. “We were very specific with what we were looking for. We were really looking for someone who had done this before—who had a vision financial and

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the wherewithal to do to it. Somebody who could move quickly,” Buss said. “We plan on being aggressive with this.” American Life, which has developed mixed-use projects in Seattle, Los Angeles and Atlanta, fit the bill, Buss said. The Seattle Times reported American Life was fined $1.2 million in 2016 by the Securities Exchange Commission in a complaint that alleged improper use of the federal EB-5 program, which allows foreigners to obtain green cards if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in job-creating projects. “We knew about it and vetted it,” Buss said of the SEC American Life case. “It turned out to be a nonissue.” He said he was impressed by American Life’s track record: “They’re an experienced master developer that has done this before. They have the ability to design, fund, construct and operate a game-changing project.” And Buss said he was not concerned about American Life being headquartered 1,400 miles away. “They have partners here as part of their team,” Buss said. “And their president just bought a house here.” He was referring to Greg Steinhauer, president of American Life. “We are delighted to partner with the city to develop the Stadium Point site. The complex will create a mix of uses

combining Class A office, hotel, multifamily and retail that is unique to the area,” Steinhauer said. “The live, work and play experience will bring unparalleled amenities to the Peoria market; create high-quality jobs; enhance the sports complex; and set a new standard for offerings available to visitors, sports fans, residents and businesses in the Peoria community.” Under this Stadium Point MOU, Peoria and American Life have six months to negotiate provisions of a development agreement that includes financing options, a master plan, project milestones and timeline. Five miles north of the Stadium Point site, another big project is coming to Peoria. Taronis Fuels, a global producer of renewable and socially responsible fuel products, is moving its headquarters from Florida to 83rd Avenue and Happy Valley Road. “We competed pretty hard to get the manufacturing here in Peoria. They’ve been a great group to work with, and we look forward to helping them build on their success,” Buss said. Taronis will take over a Pima Door plant that is now vacant. Upward of 400 additional jobs will be at its advanced manufacturing site, near 89th Avenue and Cactus Road.

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Rosati said. “Rick mentored countless dishwashers and cooks and helped people move from entry-level positions to roles as managers and even store owners. A lot of his business partners were former dishwashers.” Rick was born in Chicago on December 31, 1949, and raised in Riverside, Illinois, with his six siblings. He started working at his family’s flagship restaurant at 14 and later co-founded a Chicago-based pizza supply company with his father and other relatives. When Rosati wasn’t behind an oven or in the office, he could be found fishing, hunting, boating and spending time with his family in Door County, Wisconsin. He was a doting uncle to 21 nieces and nephews and a longtime Chicago Cubs fan. “We have a summer house in Wisconsin that was a major part of his life,” Rosati said. “If he wasn’t working, he was coming up here. He wasn’t interested in traveling, like going to Europe or any destination. He was always working or out in Wisconsin on a little river.” At the time of his death, Rosati was overseeing a store opening in Arizona. “He was with one of my brothers.

Rick Rosati, pictured here with his arms crossed, opened several Rosati’s Pizza restaurants around the United States. This picture was taken at an opening in Texas around 1984. (Photo courtesy the Rosati family)

They just worked that night, went home, had dinner and he just didn’t wake up,” Rosati said. “There was no warning, no real signs that he had anything wrong with him. He looked good. His heart just gave out. He did have a pacemaker. He seemed really well the last couple of years. He said he was feeling good. I’m really shocked. It was just strange.” He is survived by his mother There-

sa Rosati (Cortina); six siblings: Regina Rosati, Stephanie Haack, Michael Rosati (Kay), Annamarie Bensfield (Joseph), William Rosati (Joanne) and Jeffrey Rosati (Karen); and 21 nieces and nephews. Visitation was at Ahlgrim & Sons Funeral Home in Schaumburg, Illinois, and a private service followed June 26 at Stella Maris Catholic Parish in Sister Bay, Wisconsin.

created a “free speech zone” along Cave Creek Road in front of the church, but the situation escalated. “The Phoenix Police Department’s role during today’s visit by President Trump was to ensure the safety of the community,” Justus explained. “In order to do this, we worked with the president’s staff to facilitate traffic flow and road closures where needed.” Around 4:30 p.m., according to Justus, demonstrators moved outside the in-

tended area. She said they blocked traffic and made their way into an area protected for the presidential motorcade. Two demonstrators committed aggravated assault, according to Justus, who said they swung at and struck two separate officers. Others on-site began to throw objects at officers, she added. “As a result of the criminal activity, an unlawful assembly was declared,” the sergeant said. “In an effort to make the crowd aware of the need to disperse, officers shared this information over a loud speaker and on social media.” While Justus said no gas or projectiles were used, she said officers did release flash-bang devices and pepper balls, the latter of which are deployed into the ground and release pepper spray. No arrests were made. Officers found a business with a broken window nearby after crowds began to disperse.

Protesters dispersed outside Trump rally BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

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Deer Valley Unified cancels graduations BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF

eoria and Deer Valley Unified high schools will not have graduation ceremonies. In a June 25 letter to parents, Deer Valley Unified School District Superintendent Curtis Finch said, “DVUSD truly hoped that we would be able to hold your graduation ceremony at State Farm Stadium with social distancing and safety precautions in place; however, today, the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, the governing authority over State Farm Stadium, announced that they will not allow us to proceed with the ceremonies due to the current

health situation in Arizona. In addition, Gov. Ducey said today he is discouraging large gatherings because of recent increases in cases of COVID-19, and therefore, we would be unable to hold alternate ceremonies. “I am personally saddened for the students in the Class of 2020, that they are not able to participate in this rite of passage.” The Deer Valley district includes Barry Goldwater and Deer Valley high schools in North Phoenix, Boulder Creek High School in the Anthem/New River area and Mountain Ridge High School in the North Glendale/Peoria area.

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Peoria Unified School District canceled graduation ceremonies for its eight high schools scheduled for State Farm Stadium. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our graduation ceremonies that were rescheduled to take place June 25, 26 and 27,” said a letter from David Sandoval, the school board president, and Linda Palles Thompson, the PUSD superintendent, to graduates and their families. “Given the increase in COVID-19 cases, we have determined it is not in the best interest of our students, staff, parents and community to proceed with these events,” said the June 25 letter.

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June solstice brings out the fools in all of us BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Guest Columnist

n case you are wondering if summer is here yet, fear not, because we have just experienced the summer solstice. All over the world, the June solstice is the exact instant of time when the sun is directly overhead the Tropic of Cancer. It is the longest day of the year (usually not the hottest—except for the inferno in Arizona). Strangely, it causes the Arctic Circle to have 24 hours of continuous daylight, followed by 24 hours of night. What a world! The summer solstice is iconic—a day with time-honored history rife with pagan celebrations and all things Stonehenge. Well, this summer solstice did get a number of parties going full steam, in

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spite of a pandemic, but at least no one was pushed off pyramids like the Mayans did. Historians like to point to Stonehenge, the prehistoric monument in Wilshire, England, as evidence that ancient humans used the June solstice as a method to organize their calendars. Some believe the unique configuration of stones was erected around 2500 B.C. to establish the date of the summer solstice, which would be the starting point of the summer. In China, the summer solstice was celebrated to honor the Earth, femininity and the “yin” forces. According to Chinese tradition, the shortest shadow is found on the day of the summer solstice. In North America, Native American tribes held ritual dances to honor the sun. Today in northern Europe and Scandinavian countries, they hold midnight sun festivals and feasts. It seems people

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around the world like to celebrate the “longest day of summer.” In Scandinavia, celebrations are punctuated by eating strawberries, which represent all things summer. Native Americans would traditionally paint their bodies with the symbolic colors of red (sunset), blue (sky), yellow (lightning), white (light) and black (night). In Sweden and Finland, throngs of people dance around Maypoles. Throughout Europe and America, bonfires are lit and music festivals and all-night parties are common. This year, many of those celebrations were canceled. Not so fun wearing a facemask. There were people all over Arizona having summer solstice “social distancing” parties. You know, sit 6 feet apart on a patio, having a drink, while you wave at your friends. It was a little too warm for me to feel festive. Of course, there are quite a few folks (nuts) in Phoenix who

planned “Longest Day” celebrations, which involved running through sprinklers, jumping in fountains and pools (well, it is was 110 degrees) and even riding the Light Rail naked. Yes, I said naked, which might be illegal (and stupid), plus downright dangerous. Yikes, do not sit on a hot metal seat without your knickers on! Can heat make you go bonkers? The longest day of the year has already passed! It’s sort of sad, because every day gets shorter, and pretty soon we will have to do our Christmas shopping. Time flies. Unless you are still in semi-quarantine. This week, celebrate the long days of summer with a big bowl of strawberries and maybe run through a sprinkler. No bonfires please. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a comment or a story? Email Bluhm at judy@judybluhm.com.

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A conversation about racism opened my eyes BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

s our days fill with talk of race, you wonder about the honesty of it all. Blacks, whites, Latinos, Asians, so many shades of skin color, everyone screaming, posturing, but is anyone truly capable of telling hard truths? You crave hearing someone plainly speak their mind without fear. So, you call the Rev. Jarrett Maupin. To label Maupin a controversial figure is to do him little justice. Loathed by many, called out by Blacks and whites alike, Maupin nonetheless has been a fixture in Arizona for more than 15 years. Say what you want about him—and I have—but the reverend rarely holds his tongue for fear of bruising feelings on matters of race. So, you ask him, point blank, what percentage of whites does he believe are racists?

“If I just had to put a number on it, I’d say about 10% have some kind of prejudice because of their upbringing or their estrangement from minorities, any number of factors,” Maupin begins. “Now if you get deep in the weeds of race relations, I would say maybe 40% of whites have what you might call subconscious bias.” This would be the “you people” crowd, Maupin explains: Whites who mean no offense but blurt out lines like, “You people have really good soul food.” As he puts it: “They don’t mean anything by it but a compliment, but it’s interpreted the wrong way. That doesn’t bother me actually. I get a smile out of it.” The reverend’s summation: “The vast majority of white people are not racist.” Which raises a second question, equally blunt: What percentage of Blacks does he believe are prejudiced? “Now you’re asking me a tough-a-question,” Maupin laughs. “I’ll tell you the honest-to-God truth. I think 50%

of Blacks have some prejudice against whites because of things they’ve experienced or heard first-hand that have sort of jaded them. They’ve come across that one in 10 white man or one in 10 white woman and they’ve painted with a broad brush.” Considered from the perspective of statistics, Maupin’s response feels breathtaking. Of late, you have heard frequently that racism is a public health crisis, an affliction with all the virulence of COVID-19. To date, not even 1% of Americans have tested positive for coronavirus. Maupin has just pegged the infectiousness of discrimination at a rate of one in two. You wonder which cohort you’re in, and your loved ones, friends, colleagues? More to the point, you wonder if America has passed the point where a cure is possible, because unlike a virus, racism does not seem to fade due to herd immunity, at least not if the 155

years since Emancipation tell the tale. But then Maupin preaches a little. He speaks about his grandmother, the great Opal Ellis, and the late Lincoln Ragsdale, Arizona civil rights icons, and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He talks about South Africa’s recovery from apartheid and America’s need for a similar formal reckoning. He talks about his belief that fighting racism in 2020 is less about making new laws and more about changing minds. He shrugs off ideas like reparations or pumping endless tax dollars into public programs. “Brother Leibowitz, we cannot spend our way out of emotional discord,” Maupin says. “I wish I had a better answer. I know I probably sound like I don’t have one.” Not at all, my friend. You sound like a man struggling with something hard. And you sound like someone open to baring your soul. Maybe that is the best two men from opposite worlds can do. And maybe—you pray—that is truly something.

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Be proud of the country on July 4 BY JUDGE GERALD A. WILLIAMS North Valley Justic Court

f your only frame of reference for how you view our country was the last two months of cable news coverage, you would likely conclude that the United States of America is a horrible place to live. If you turn off your television, ignore the negative on social media, look out your window and actually talk to people, you would likely reach an opposite conclusion. Everyone has to acknowledge that our nation has a history that includes sanctioned racism, but no local, state or federal agency (or private business) seeks to oppress any minority group. All have diversity programs with stated goals of doing the opposite. Yet, somehow there are still racists. There are even white supremacists. Neither prevent our country from remaining a land that is full of opportunity.

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I know that we need to have honest and objective data-driven conversations that seek solutions rather than confirmation of a predetermined conclusion. So how do we move forward? By valuing individual responsibility and by returning to the path provided in our founding documents. Our constitutional protections are protections of structure, notably the restraints imposed by federalism and by separation of powers. Additional personal freedoms that the government cannot take away are listed in the provisions of the Bill of Rights and in the Civil War amendments. These concepts are what makes the United States of America exceptional. We are not exceptional, because we have better food, people or weather than other countries. Because citizens cannot be identified by race or by national origin, Americans have always had to rely on ideas and ideals to hold ourselves together and to think of ourselves as a single people. In short, we are exceptional because our country was founded on a set of exceptional ideas. That’s something worth celebrating. Happy Fourth of July!

Judge Gerald A. Williams is the Justice of the Peace for the North Valley Justice Court. The court’s jurisdiction includes Anthem and Desert Hills.

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lack Bottom Lighters singer Ryan Stilwell just wants to provide for his family. He knows he’s not different from anyone else, but he tells the story differently than others. The band’s new song “Runnin’” is a desert-reggae ode to that. “It’s about basically a time in my life when my wife and I had a new baby and we were transitioning in our lives,” he said. “It’s not just me but the whole band and our fans. We’re all growing together. “It’s a very relatable topic of just doing what we have to do to get food on the table and provide for the family. That’s what it embodies.” Like most Black Bottom Lighters songs, “Runnin’” isn’t a downer. “We made the music more upbeat and playful so it’s not taken so seriously,” he said with a laugh. “That’s what we try to live by. We can’t take everything so seriously.” The song was to be featured in the band’s set when it played Wasted Grain in Scottsdale on July 3. However, that show was postponed until Friday, August 14, due to the bar’s month-long closure. Black Bottom Lighters—which features Stilwell of Waddell; keyboardist Kelyn Weaver Bo of Phoenix; bassist Jose Aquino of Peoria; rhythm guitarist Mike Proctor and lead guitarist Phil Keiser of Cave Creek; and drummer Ryan McPhatter of Cottonwood—stayed busy during the pandemic and quarantine. They devoted themselves to writing and getting back to their roots. “We couldn’t travel as much with the pandemic, so why not?” Stilwell said. “Our focus is to continue being creative. We have quite a few songs in our back pocket that we’re sitting on. We have a little ways left to go on them, but one or two of them are fully written. We’re going to mix and

Black Bottom Lighters are, from left, bassist Jose Aquino of Peoria; rhythm guitarist Mike Proctor of Cave Creek; keyboardist Kelyn Weaver Bo of Phoenix; singer Ryan Stilwell of Waddell; drummer Ryan McPhatter of Cottonwood; and guitarist Phil Keiser of Cave Creek. (Photo courtesy Black Bottom Lighters)

master them and start packaging it as an EP and get the concept down.” For the past few years, the band has jumped around from studio to studio, just trying to spread its musical wings and bring diversity to Black Bottom Lighters. One notable collaborator was Mike Bolenbach at Full Well Recording Studio in Phoenix. “The guys are super, super talented already,” Bolenbach said. “They bring well-written songs to the studio and they’re all excellent musicians. I just try to capture the essence of the band. “The band’s vibe is great, too. We just try to capture what they are as honestly as we can.” The recording process for “Runnin’” was different from other projects in that Black Bottom Lighters experimented with the musicians being in separate rooms but recording live. “The live sound is, to be honest, why a lot of people like to come see our shows,” Stilwell said. “We have high energy and live vibes. We got that idea from working with Pepper in Redondo Beach. We were in the same room there, but there was a lot of bleeding through the mic. If we’re in

separate rooms and playing at the same time, it’s a lot cleaner.” Black Bottom Lighters were in Redondo Beach to record the song “The Get Back” at Pepper’s Kona Town Recording. Stilwell has fantasized about a music career since he was young, attending his first concert (Brooks and Dunn and Shania Twain) with his family as a child in Litchfield Park. “It was awesome,” he said, smiling. “The first concert that was my choice was Slightly Stoopid and G. Love. That changed my whole outlook on live music. They’re a jam band, and a lot of the songs you hear on the album are completely different live. Every single night, they do something different. “I always thought sounding like the album was the best way to sound. In our industry, it’s better to do what you feel. It makes the live aspect way more real.” A pitcher for Millennium High School’s baseball team, Stilwell didn’t take music seriously until he gave up the sport at Eastern Arizona University. “After baseball had come and gone, I was working a 9-to-5 and I was laid off,”

he said. “I figured I would start a band. It ended up working.” Founded in 2010, Black Bottom Lighters gained a reputation around town for its house parties. Its full-length debut, “2 or 2,000,” is telling. “Our first album was ‘2 or 2,000,’” Stilwell said. “It doesn’t matter how many people are there or what the occasion is, we’re going on that stage and put it all out there no matter who’s out there, no matter where we are.” In 2016, it released the EP “Pipe Dream,” which features the track “Peace, Love & Smoke Rings” with Layzie Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Black Bottom Lighters toured the United States in support of the single and have continued to do so. “We’re grown with our fanbase, and it’s time to transition into the next chapter of our lives,” Stilwell said. “I’d like to just remain as close as possible with the guys and really just continue to push our creativity and see where the music takes us.” Black Bottom Lighters facebook.com/blackbottomlighters1

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aitlin Jones acknowledges that most parents make their children take piano lessons. She, however, fell in love with it. “I decided to stick with it,” the 16-year-old Anthem resident said. “I enjoy playing pop songs on the piano and doing my own thing. I love to play Lana Del Rey songs. Any popular song of the century is really easy to play because I already studied classical.” The Boulder Creek High School student will participate in the 16th annual Grammy Camp from July 14 to July 18 with 84 other kids from across the United States. Performers Kat Cunning, Moon Taxi, OK GO, Tim Lopez and Tom Higgenson from Plain White T’s, and Bryce Vine will discuss their career paths and help students prepare for the music industry. “While Grammy Camp will be a virtual experience this summer, we still intend for it to remain one of the most immersive summer camps for high school students interested

in a career in music and ism; songwriting; video continue to give young production and motion people the opportunity to graphics; vocal perforstudy with music industry mance and instrumental professionals, resulting in performance. All tracks a genuine learning expericulminate in virtual meence about life in the mudia projects, recordings, sic industry,” said Michael and/or performances. Sticka, Grammy Museum The daughter of John president. and Jen Jones, the teen “The program is a prime says she is looking forexample of our education ward to getting a better initiatives and mission.” grasp of what she wants Grammy Camp has his- A Lana Del Rey fan, Caitlin Jones will take to do in the future—pertorically taken place in Los part in the 2020 Grammy Camp this sum- forming or otherwise. Angeles as a five-day summer. (Photo by Pablo Robles) “I don’t know if I want mer music experience. This year, in light of to be an instrumental performer or work COVID-19, Grammy Camp will be a virtual in music business,” she said. “I want to be a interactive experience via digital conferenc- studio musician, I think. They go and play ing. Focusing on all aspects of commercial piano for artists who need it for their songs. music, this unique opportunity provides I could get meet a wide variety of people.” instruction by industry professionals in an Jones—whose first concert was Taylor immersive, creative online environment. Swift’s 1989 World Tour—has been studyThe program features eight music career ing with Grammy-nominated piano teacher tracks: audio engineering; electronic music Nancie Kozel Tobison. production; music business; music journal“Caitlin is a wonderful piano student and

an exceptionally talented musician with the drive and determination to become a highly successful studio musician,” Tobison said. “Over the past three years, I have worked with her as she has made quantum leaps in her pianist skills, as an accompanist and as a knowledgeable young musician.” Jen Jones has noticed her daughter’s skills improve with Tobison as well. “She really took a hold of Caitlin and guided her,” Jen said. “Her skills went way up after getting Nancie as a teacher. Nancie is a godsend. She’s really taken Caitlin. She’s done really well because of her guidance. “I’ve been told by many teachers that she has a natural gift for it. She does have perfect pitch. That’s something you can’t teach. She has a natural way of figuring it out.” After Boulder Creek, Jones is considering studying music USC or ASU. “I would love to be a part of the music industry one day,” she said. “Music will always be a big part of my life.” Applications for Grammy Camp 2021 will be available online in August at grammyintheschools.com

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Golf meets cigars at Carefree’s new Sticks lounge BY CONNOR DZIAWURA Foothills Focus Staff Writer

common complaint Larry Foppe has heard from locals in Carefree is that a laidback gathering place was missing—the key word now being “was.” So, he took his local cigar shop, moved it and rebranded it as Sticks Golf & Cigar Lounge. Located off Cave Creek Road and Tom Darlington Drive, the new venue is like Topgolf mixed with a cigar lounge, but with a country club feel. “The one thing I commonly hear from the locals is there’s just no local place where you can bring some friends, sit down, have a drink and it’s not loud, you’re not dealing with drunken cowboys, etc.,” Foppe said of the facility’s lounge aspect. “People are starved for entertainment, especially with the coronavirus. They’re just dying to get out and do something,” he added of the second element. “So we said let’s take the cigars (and) put in a bar, which always helps. There’s a lot of cigar lounges out there, and so we wanted to be different. And the way to differentiate ourselves was basically put in the entertainment.” Keeping with the cigar lounge feel, the venue has a walk-in, glass-cased, cedar cigar humidor stocked with more than a thousand brands of cigars. Smokers will find the likes of Padron, Daniel Marshall, Ashton, Arturo Fuente, Paul Garmirian, Alec Bradley, AVO, Rocky Patel, Montecristo and Oliva. Foppe calls it “high end.” “We deal with premium cigars, so if you’re looking for a $5 cigar, you’re probably not going to find it here,” he said. The lounge area includes leather chairs, TVs, and a bar serving beer and wine. There are several outdoor patios at Sticks, too. “Everybody up here belongs to country clubs,” he said. “It’s like the club away from the country club, and that’s the environment we want. It’s the second country

Larry Foppe moved and rebranded his cigar shop as Sticks Golf & Cigar Lounge, which he called “high end” and said features leather seating, numerous TVs, and brick wallpaper. (Photo courtesy Larry Foppe)

simulators can provide lessons from instructors. Other games are also included, like soccer, football, baseball, lacrosse and a laser shooting gallery. There will be golf leagues, too. “My wife and I are addicted to zombie dodgeball, which is a great aerobic workout, by the way,” Players can practice their skills; lessons from instructors; and other games, like soccer, Foppe said. Although a visit to football, baseball, lacrosse and a laser shooting gallery. (Photo courtesy Larry Foppe) the venue’s website club. So, you bring your guests up and feel yields a 21-and-over warning for access, like you’re sitting at the country club but Foppe said the gaming room is a separate in a cool environment.” suite from the cigar lounge and doesn’t alAs for entertainment, Sticks uses indoor low smoking, so youths are allowed to use Full Swing simulators, which Foppe said the sports simulators. One of the patios have been endorsed by golf pros like Ti- will also be nonsmoking, he said. ger Woods and Jason Day. In addition to “What we’re trying to do is create a featuring numerous renowned courses on neighborhood gathering place. That’s kind which players can practice their skills, the of the best way to say it,” Foppe said. “We

want you to come in and see your neighbors here, bring your friends in, not be intimidated, and be able to sit and have a drink or a smoke and have a nice conversation. “Or, if you want entertainment, we’ve got a whole separate golf room—called the Golf Room—with the simulator in it,” he continued. “And if you’re not a golfer—most people up here have guns and shoot—it’s actually got a laser shooting range in it also.” While the simulators can be rented hourly, various memberships for the more-involved guests are a large part of Sticks’ business model. Daily, monthly or annual golf practice passes allow 24/7 access to the simulators, and there are two types of rentable humidified cigar lockers, which include different benefits. Corporate, individual and seasonal memberships will allow 24/7 access to an additional private lounge upon its opening in October, among other perks. Applications are available online. Foppe described the private lounge as two rooms—one designed like a library, the other like a poker room—a wet bar with mixers, and separate cigar and spirit lockers. A BYOB license allows members to bring their own spirits to the private lounge, he said. There’s even a private patio and putting green, as well as additional TVs, a restroom and an office. “If you want to entertain your client, you can come up here at 9, 10 o’clock at night, go in the lounge, have a drink, you’ve got your own liquor there, the bar’s there for you,” he said. “It’s a very unique concept. There’s nothing like it in Arizona, quite frankly.” All in all, the goal at Sticks, according to Foppe, is to be “the neighborhood Cheers.” Foppe feels the location is perfect for hosting events, and he said the venue will play host to live background musicians.

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How can I manage healthy eating intuitively? BY DR. BRIAN HESTER Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

quick google search for “diets” will give you endless results. We talked about that in the blog on intermittent fasting. Everyone wants to tell you what foods you should eat, how much to eat, and what foods you should avoid all together. But when you think about it, who knows best what your body needs? You! No other human is present in your body for a single moment. All the nutritional education in the world can’t actually compete with the knowledge you naturally have about the needs and wants of your body. Enter intuitive eating. Intuitive eating doesn’t involve counting calories, macros, “good” or “bad” foods, or even telling you when to eat like intermittent fasting does. It removes all of that and focuses more on your relationship with food, how it makes you feel, and really honing in on being able to identify and honor your body’s true hunger needs. It might seem daunting. What if I wake up one morning and really feel like my body could use some chocolate cake? Well, it’s possible it does. But more likely, if you’re really in tune with your body and its signals for hunger, you’ll be able to dig deeper and see if what you’re actually feeling isn’t true hunger for chocolate cake but perhaps boredom, sadness, loneliness or fear. Or simply wanting a piece of chocolate cake because it sounds delicious (no good or bad foods, remember?) This type of relationship with your body won’t happen overnight. Psycholo-

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The venue is available for private booking, and while Sticks itself doesn’t serve food, it can help accommodate catering for private parties. “We can do so many things with this location. It’s a beautiful corner location,” he explained. “We have two patios, and they’re elevated patios, so the view of the mountains is spectacular. We sit out every night and watch the sunset, my wife and

gist and author of “When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating” Lauren Muhlheim says, “As with any relationship, it takes time to build your body’s trust that it can really have what it wants and needs.” You’ve got to trust the process. So how does it work? In their primer on rejecting traditional diet mentality and following our bodies (apply named Intuitive Eating), registered dietitian nurses Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch outline the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating to help give you a place to start.

1. Reject the diet mentality Realize that any diet, whether scientifically sound for weight loss and health or not, is nowhere near as personalized for you as your own knowledge of your body. You have to completely reject the idea that there’s going to be some magic set of rules that will bring you life-long results. 2. Honor your hunger Find the signals your body naturally produces when it is beginning to be hungry and eat then. Don’t wait until you’re starving, because you will mostly likely overeat. Pay attention to what kind of hunger you’re feeling—emotional or physical. One can be quenched by food; the other will probably only make you feel worse when you eat because of it.

3. Make peace with food No list of forbidden foods. No “good” or “bad” that you can give in to. No depriving yourself of certain foods. This leads to overeating every single time. Tribole and Resch say, “Give yourself unconditional I. It’s absolutely gorgeous. And it’s right on Cave Creek Highway, so the visibility is very high.” And with the economy reopening but COVID-19 cases still rising, Foppe revealed Sticks is ensuring it remains compatible with social distancing and masks, segueing onto the subject of its ventilation system for the cigar smoke. “Our employees are wearing masks,

permission to eat.”

4. Challenge the food police This one is similar to No. 3 but really emphasizes the emotions that come with food. Kick “food guilt” to the curb. It’s not serving you. Acknowledge how eating something made you feel in the long run and decide if you want to feel like that again.

5. Discover the satisfaction factor I can’t say it better than the authors. “In our compulsion to comply with diet culture, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence—the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want ... the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satisfied and content. By providing this experience for yourself, you will find that it takes just the right amount of food for you to decide you’ve had ‘enough.’” Take your time and enjoy what you eat.

6. Feel your fullness Similarly to honoring your hunger, you’ve got to honor your fullness as well. Trusting that you’ve given your body the fuel it needs with the flavors you desire leads you to trust your body to show you when you’re comfortably full. When you don’t deprive yourself of the foods you really want, you don’t feel the need to eat until you’re stuffed because you know you can eat it again whenever you want. 7. Cope with your emotions with kindness Going back to why you’re hungry in the first place—is it based out of a physical need? Then eat up. Is it based on an

we’ve put half the number of chairs in the lounge that we intend to have, and the funny thing is we have two smoke eaters in the main lounge, and the smoke eaters are equipped with five filters, including a HEPA filter and then a carbon filter at the end,” he explained, admitting he feels he “over designed” the ventilation. “The entire volume of our lounge, the air volume, is exchanged 12 times per hour.

emotional need? Then survey what you’re feeling and why and realize that no food will change or heal those emotions in the long run.

8. Respect your body We were all created differently. Two people could eat the same foods and do the same workouts for their entire life and they a) won’t feel the same after doing either activity and b) still won’t have the same physical makeup. About 20% body fat may be the healthiest one person can realistically ever get down to, while another might be feeling extremely sluggish in their body if it ever gets over 15%. We’re all different and need to treat ourselves as such. Everybody deserves dignity.

9. Movement—Feel the difference This one is my favorite. Exercising for the sake of how it makes you feel rather than how it makes you look. For the sake of what it does to your mindset instead of how many calories it burns. We should use food to fuel our body for all the movement we want to do, rather than using exercise to punish our body for the food we ate. 10. Honor your health—Gentle nutrition Essentially, give yourself grace. One meal, day or week of less-than-optimal eating isn’t going to ruin your life. But small habits every day will build the routine and mindset you need to hit your goals and have a life full of healthy choices. Back to Health 41930 N. Venture Drive, Suite 110, Anthem, 623-551-6677, myanthemhealth.com

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hen Bardha Toska lived in Albania, she lacked the nutrition she needed as well as shoes. Her life changed, however, when she won the citizenship lottery and moved to the United States for a better life. “This is the greatest country in the world,” said Toska, with a wide smile. She moved to Arizona to join her brother, who owns two Hot Bagels and Deli stores in Glendale. Toska fell in love with the business and opened her own location in Anthem. Everything at Hot Bagels and Deli is fresh. The staff—which includes her two children—makes bagels by hand, not by machine. The bagels are crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside—the way real bagels are meant to taste. They’re hand rolled, boiled and baked daily. The flavors include super cinnamon, sesame (Toska’s favorite), chocolate chip and egg. Breakfast and lunch yields 3,000 bagels every day. The shop also has a full deli, selling Boar’s Head meats, cheeses and homemade spreads—low fat, strawberry, blueberry, walnut raisin, chive, garlic, veggie, olive and pimento, jalapeno, sun-dried tomato and lox. Breakfast burritos, some of which are filled with chorizo, are just as popular as bagels. Cold and hot sandwiches, and build-your-own wraps, are plentiful for lunch. Cookies, croissants, crumb cake, brownies, danishes and cinnamon rolls round out the offerings. Cream cheese, Boar’s Head meat, cheese and salad are available by the pound. During the pandemic, Hot Bagels and Deli switched to takeout. Toska admitted the restaurant has its challenges,

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from scratch the old-fashioned way. We boil the chicken breast and make the salad. We don’t use anything from cans. That’s why they’re so good.” Opening a restaurant is a relatively new idea for Toska. She admitted it wasn’t on her wish list while she was under the grips of communism in Albania. “You just want to wait for a better life,” she said. “You don’t make those kinds of plans. The hardest part was not having enough food on the table and not having

shoes. “I think people who come from Europe open restaurants or go into construction because you don’t really need any—how do you say—Ph.D.s and all that stuff. I wanted to be a nurse, but I had a kid to take care of.”

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