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Group says sewer rate hike ‘stinks’ BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

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group of Carefree residents is accusing Mayor Les Peterson of “flip-flopping” on the Liberty/Black Mountain sewer rate hike. Maureen “Mo” Benedetto, Carefree Citizens for Responsible Government chair, said Peterson casted himself as a “warrior” against the wastewater treatment plant rates. Peterson ran unopposed last August. Benedetto said the sewer company’s $12.50 new monthly rate increase for its Carefree cus-

tomers “stinks.” Peterson said Benedetto’s information is misleading. “I’m not the decision maker,” Peterson said. “The Arizona Corporation Commission has 100% of that decision. We can show up with our attorneys and our accountants and make recommendations, but it’s up to the corporation commission. “Do I think it was fair and equitable? Yes. It was a big job. They had to put in new lines to connect to Scottsdale, take out the plant, etc. The town nor me never promised there wouldn’t be a rate increase. That’s totally un-

reasonable. “Do I wish there wasn’t an increase? Absolutely. We all do, but, again, it’s not how it operates.” Benedetto said she is upset about the $150-per-year increase. “What happened to the savings of $3.1 million? He’s not listening to the people, and I don’t like it — a lot of us don’t like it,” she said. “This is typical political garbage, talking out of both sides of your mouth, and it’s why we need reform and greater transparency in

Carefree Town Administrator Gary Neiss remembered Morgan as a strong leader. “Ed was an approachable, articulate and visionary leader,” Neiss said. “He was solution oriented, a community builder and a collaborator.” Neiss recalled how Morgan’s actions as mayor were crucial in securing the town’s long-term water resources by diversifying Carefree’s water portfolio. “Mayor Morgan saw the need to secure the town’s water resources, as the town’s aquifer was being overdrafted and resulting land subsidence was being experi-

enced,” Neiss said. He was instrumental in securing bonding in 1999 for the town’s purchase of the Carefree Water Company, which was a privately owned utility. Once the town purchased the water company it was able to secure additional allocations of Colorado River water, putting the town in a better position to store its water supply, according to town records. Under his leadership, Carefree forged partnerships with the city of Scottsdale and the town of Cave Creek to obtain ad-

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Morgan remembered as ‘visionary leader’

BY TARA ALATORRE Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

ormer Carefree Mayor Ed C. Morgan died July 1 at the age of 88. He served as mayor from June 1999 to May 2007. Morgan is survived by his wife, Bobbie, their three children, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. During his tenure, he led efforts to create the Carefree Desert Gardens, secured the purchase of the Carefree Water Company for the town, and brought comprehensive fire services to residents.

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Carefree. “Running for re-election, the mayor bragged on his website that he would be an intervenor in the Liberty rate case. He said — and I quote — closing the plant ‘was a significant achievement, both from an odor removal as well as a financial standpoint for all rate payers.’” In 2013, the Arizona Corporation Commission ordered the closing of the obsolete Carefree Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by Liberty Utilities, formerly Black Mountain Sewer. The unanimous vote by the five commissioners ratifies an earlier recommendation by the commission’s Administrative Law Judge, Dwight D. Nodes. The sewage processing plant was designed and constructed in 1969 by Carefree Water Company to serve a cluster of fewer than 50 homes and subsequently was acquired by Black Mountain Sewer. It was slated to be closed by 2021, but was shuttered in November 2018, saving residents money. More than 40 years later, it served

approximately 2,000 residential and commercial users in Carefree and North Scottsdale. The ACC’s decision was the latest step in a legal dispute about the plant’s operation that has gone on for more than eight years, during which there have been many complaints about the odors and noise it generated. In his ruling, Nodes stated that the facility “can no longer be operated in a manner consistent with the public interest.”

Opposite opinion Benedetto said Peterson is busy “telling the media the opposite.” “His new tune is, ‘You always hate to see rates go up for people but, at the same time, you look for something that’s fair and equitable for all parties.’” A June 17 email blast from the town of Carefree echo Peterson’s “flip-flop,” Benedetto said. “While Carefree always supports the lowest utility rate increases for the town’s residents and businesses,” the email said, “the town believes that, given the substantial investment by Liberty/Black Mountain to close the plant, that the new

rates which were approved by the ACC represent a fair and equitable resolution for all involved parties.” Benedetto added, “The mayor and the town seem hellbent on punishing residents of The Boulders who don’t toe the party line. They’re using eminent domain, suing us to site a giant industrial water tank beside homes. And now they’re blaming Boulders residents for a sewer rate increase the Mayor opposed until he didn’t oppose it anymore. If ever there was an argument for reform, it’s these disgraceful political shenanigans.” Peterson said the decision to close the plant was made between the Arizona Corporation Commission staff, the Residential Utility Consumer Office (RUCO) and the Boulders resort. “The residents and the town closed the plant for the good of the public. All along that time, the utility had been ballparking a price increase to close the plant and connect into Scottsdale, which was a major component of it. It was roughly $15 a month.” The sewer processing plant was closed by November 2018. The utility requested a $32 per month rate increase, which the town opposed. The staff, ACC and RUCO and the residents all opposed it. It was negotiated down to $12.50. The $12.50 includes $8.50 for the rate increase plus $4 in legal expenses in the rate case. “Many people were complaining,” he said. “They thought there should be no price increase. You can’t ask a company to decommission it without reimbursing them, particularly when the corporation commission instructed them to do so. “The town said, ‘You have to realize these are PhD financial wizards on the side of both the utility and the corporation commission staff and RUCO.’” Peterson said the staff, RUCO, the utility and attorneys went through the agreement with a “fine-tooth comb” and “we have no reason to object.” On June 9, the regulatory expense surcharge tariff of $3.71 was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission.

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ditional water allocations. “A ground water recharge partnership with Scottsdale was initiated, and an agreement to secure Carefree water accounts and water allocation on the Cave Creek distribution was secured to ensure all Carefree residents had representation over this limited, renewable resource,” Neiss said. These actions ensured the town of Carefree could sustainably provide its residents with water in a parched desert landscape. Ultimately, it allowed the town to continue developing for its future needs. Securing water resources under Morgan’s leadership also led to better fire protection for the town, and, according to the Carefree Water Company’s website, more than 200 hydrants have been installed since the town purchased the utility company in 1999. “Many old timers in Carefree will remember individually subscribing for fire services with Rural Metro,”

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Citizens: Water tank should go elsewhere BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

fter saying they considered more than 30 sites for a 300,000-gallon industrial water tank, the town of Carefree is using eminent domain to put the tank on private prop-

erty located at The Boulders, according to Maureen “Mo” Benedetto of Carefree Citizens for Responsible Government. She said she wants to protect the desert and its native plants. They say the location — yards from residents’ homes — is a nonstarter. Placing the water tank near homes or using emi-

nent domain to claim property are out of the question for Benedetto. She said it’s a form of bullying. “This whole thing of using eminent domain to put this 300,000-gallon water tank at the entrance to Carefree is pretty outrageous,” she says. “They claim to have 32 possible sites for the giant water tank. Why can’t they put the massive tank away from residents’ homes? You don’t have to sue people by eminent domain to do the same thing. They don’t have to jam that big water tank beside homes just so everyone can have good, clean affordable water. Is it the fiscally responsible thing to do? They were offered free land.” Carefree Mayor Les Peterson said, however, the 12-acre parcel along Tom Darlington is an existing utility easement. “The engineers for the water company checked 31 other sites and they had a whole established list of criteria, like it had to be close to a water main. “You don’t want it in the middle of a residential area. You would always have utility trucks there.” The Tom Darlington location is 165 feet away from the nearest home, Peterson said. Many of the other sites, he added, were 20 feet away. “This is the ideal site from an elevation standpoint,” he said. “The Boulders people, I think, don’t want it, but it has to go in town somewhere. That’s the least obtrusive, and we’re going to landscape over it. “If you go down Scottsdale Road or if you come up Pima, you will see Scottsdale putting in two water reservoirs along there. They’re under construction right now. It’s above ground within 100 feet of adjacent homes. “You’re pumping water to Carefree from the CAP canal in Deer Valley. That’s 12 miles. You have to store up close to where you’re going to need it. The one that is proposed is going to happen in The Boulders open space, underground. It’s a small and landscaped over the top. No one will know it’s there. Those people have taken um-

brage that someone would think about doing this, even though they benefited from the sewer treatment plant in the middle of The Boulders.” Benedetto said she feels the town was just as secretive about the plans to bring a Hampton Inn “in the middle of the town center.” “That didn’t go to the voters of Carefree,” she said. “It’s going to create a lot of traffic in the downtown area. You can’t get over that. It’s a Hampton Inn. We don’t want to be the next Scottsdale.” Benedetto said the water tank project isn’t just about The Boulders community. “It’s about all of Carefree,” she said. “Everybody wants to have clean water, but let’s be responsible. Land grabs by the town with eminent domain isn’t right.” Benedetto, a native Arizonan and a nine-year Carefree resident, said she understands where the town is coming from. “I’ve been around for a while,” she said. “I know what saving water is all about and I know what it means to be fiscally responsible. I’m not a newbie at it.” As a result of their disappointment, Carefree residents have filed two new measures: the Good Government Act, which takes on eminent domain that encompasses all private property within the town limits, and term limits for the mayor and town council. “It’s real straight forward,” she said. “We’re listening to all of the town of Carefree residents. We have a lot of support. We want to limit the power of government. We don’t want the town to use eminent domain for development of open spaces.” As for term limits, Benedetto said this was a logical move. “We don’t want government to build their own little kingdoms,” she said. “We want to make sure they have four years total. They stop listening to us and start doing what they want to do. They need to report to their boss — us, the residents.”

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ndless training. Dashed dreams. Heartbreak. Crashes. Disqualifications. Injuries. Just reading about sports lately will either leave you scratching your head, enthusiastically cheering (Go Suns!) or discouraged. The crash at Tour de France caused by a spectator who was holding a big sign, caused German cyclist Tony Martin to be knocked over, setting over a domino effect that left most of the pack on the ground. Twenty-one cyclists were injured. Pileups are not new to the Tour de France, but can’t they make the route conditions safer? You spend your life training for this event to be knocked out by a sign saying, “Go! Grandad-Granny” (Allez Opi-Omi). Track and field had its own pile-up for the elite women athletes who might have brought home gold medals in Tokyo. Now their Olympic dreams are gone. The champions of the track didn’t get there in a few years. At one time, they were just kids who started running. And then they realized that they were faster than most. School years were spent running in local and national meets, with families and coaches helping them as they rose to the top of a crowded field. And one day, the Olympic Games came within their reach as they made “the team” to compete in the most important contest of their lives. A pork burrito from a food truck, a marijuana joint and a “falsified” date on a physician’s report, sent three athletes

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Passionate experience trumps political ambition BY JD HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist

ideon J. Tucker was writing about his home state of New York when he penned this famous observation: “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session!” But what applies in Albany also fits the situation in Phoenix, and probably every other state capitol. In fact, the homogenization of our politics has state legislators sounding very similar to their Capitol Hill counterparts. Or maybe it’s just an old-fashioned dose of “Potomac Fever.” That’s certainly the case with Rep. Daniel Hernandez (D-Tucson). Having represented LD 2 since winning the election in 2016, Hernandez announced in May that he would run for the U.S. House from Arizona’s Second Congressional District in 2022. Perhaps that’s why Hernandez appeared to parrot Nancy Pelosi during debate on the state House floor June 25. “We keep hearing about the threat of Communism,” Hernandez harrumphed. “You know what’s a bigger threat? White nationalism!” With that, the representative from Tucson broke into full-throated fury, conflating any and all conservatives with white nationalists’ intent on “teaching our kids that it’s OK to overthrow a democratically elected government.” So enthused were some of his fellow Democrats that they pounded their desks, apparently unaware or unconcerned that desk pounding was often the public reaction of Soviet Communist Party Boss Nikita Khrushchev during his premiership in the late 1950s and early ’60s. Back in the here and now, Hernandez was no doubt dreaming of his future as a member of Congress. But his daydream was about to be interrupted by a state house colleague who did not bring talking points to the floor. Instead, Rep. Quang Nguyen (R-Prescott

Valley) carried with him the memories of brutal Communist oppression that cost the lives of loved ones in his native Vietnam. In politics and life, genuine passion surpasses contrived outrage, as Hernandez was about to learn. Meantime, the first-term member from LD 1 first sought to temper his righteous indignation with humor. “I’m not a big talker…I stood back there and listened to everybody and I just got irritated, so I came over here and pressed the white button. Is it OK if I say, ‘white button?’” His quip-as-a-question brought much-needed laughter to the House chamber, but Rep. Nguyen soon turned serious. “White nationalism didn’t drown 250,000 Vietnamese in the South China Sea. The Communists did. White nationalism didn’t execute 86,000 South Vietnamese at the fall of Saigon. The Communists did. White nationalists didn’t put me here (in the United States). Communism did. “So don’t take it lightly…I lost most of my cousins and family members due to Communism. If we don’t stand up to teaching Communism to our children, we’ll lose this country.” Then Nguyen turned directly to Hernandez.

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There are no bad dogs, just bad owners BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist

er name was Maria Eliza Sebastian Ruiz, 77 years old. She was married for 60 years, a mother of five and a grandmother. She died early July 6 on her front porch in Phoenix, mauled by a pack of four hulking Staffordshire terrier mixes. Pit bulls, to use the common parlance. The dogs’ owner, Alejandro Hernandez, 33, is in jail charged with negligent homicide. It’s a class four felony that carries a minimum one year behind bars and threeyears, nine-months max. Personally, I hope Hernandez serves every last day, because the police report details negligence in the extreme. “(Hernandez) stated the dogs belong to him and are known to escape from his backyard,” the investigator wrote. “Def. admitted to multiple occasions where his dogs escaped from his backyard and would wander around the neighborhood. “Def. admitted to prior incidents of the

dogs biting other people at least two times. Def. knew the gate from which the dogs escaped from was faulty and needed to be repaired or reinforced in order to prevent the dogs from escaping. Def. stated he did not make any changes to the gate because he did not have time.” He’ll have plenty of time now. Hernandez’s pit bulls immediately were put down by Maricopa County Animal Control. Their euthanizing was a no-brainer. But the story of Maria Eliza’s killing raises a larger question: Should Arizona cities and towns allow people to own pit bulls at all? In 2016, the state Legislature passed Senate Bill 1248, which forbids breed-specific legislation like the pit bull bans passed by more than 900 cities nationwide. This could easily be reconsidered, in light of Maria Eliza’s death and the fact that in 2019 pit bulls accounted for 33 killings – 69% of the 48 dog bite fatalities reported nationwide. No other dog bites or kills so frequently. No other dog fills Maricopa County’s ani-

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ban, which means her chance of bringing home gold for being the fastest woman alive in the 100-meter race is finished. Then there is the case of Brianna McNeal, who won gold in 2016 Olympics in the 100-meter hurdles, who missed a mandatory drug test and then “tampered” with the results management process. OK, there is a ban for five years because she had changed the date of a medical procedure by one day. Why is this happening? Maybe it is the culmination of poor decision-making, human short-comings, bad luck and terrible consequences that can make or break careers. Athletes spend their time and life working to be the best. They do not train to just stay in shape (like we mere mortals). The motto of “higher, faster, stronger” is the drumbeat that they live by. And for some athletes, that path is filled with tears. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a comment or a story? Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.

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“So, sir, don’t mock me.” It isn’t only Daniel Hernandez. Leftists nationwide have long mocked “godless Communism,” insisting that those who are concerned are intent on reviving a “Red Scare.” Quang Nguyen knows better. Will we learn from his experience? If not, Gideon J. Tucker’s pronouncement

from the past will have to be amended. “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the Communists are in control!” J.D. Hayworth represented Arizona in the U.S. House from 1995-2007. He authored and sponsored the “Enforcement First Act,” legislation that would have mandated enforcement of Federal Immigration Law in the 109th Congress.

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ing up her face and hands and leaving her in critical condition. Last summer in Casa Grande, Lorenzo Hidalgo, 42, went to check on his grandmother, but was met instead by three loose pit bulls. The dogs reportedly lunged at his neck. Hidalgo was airlifted to a Valley hospital, where he was filled with stitches and staples. I could go on, but you get the idea: There’s a long roll call of the maimed and the dead. Yet on the other side of the argument stands canine experts like the ASPCA, who argue for nurture ahead of nature. “All dogs, including pit bulls, are individuals,” reads the official ASPCA position. “Treating them as such, providing them with the care, training and supervision

they require and judging them by their actions and not by their DNA or their physical appearance is the best way to ensure that dogs and people can continue to share safe and happy lives together.” Late into their sixties, my parents adopted a pit bull from the pound: Jake, a brindle behemoth who followed my mother everywhere. She was the dog’s big love in life, up there with dropped food and lying on “his couch.” Jake outlived my mom and my dad, and now resides with my brother. He’s a sweet boy, raised in a house full of love, treated with respect and care. It’s been 10 years and I’ve never heard Jake so much as growl. I view him as proof that Alejandro Hernandez deserves prison time. Because there are no inherently bad dogs, only bad owners.

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Glencroft erases stigma of modern living centers BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor

hen Glencroft Center for Modern Living underwent physical and theoretical facelifts three years ago, CEO John Wenzlau didn’t realize the impact it would have on the senior housing market. “We did a reinvention,” said Wenzlau, who has worked there for eight years. “We needed to change our perspective of people who needed the services we provide.” Even in the late 2010s, the stigma of places like Glencroft Center for Modern Living was negative. Wenzlau and his staff turned it around. The “modest buy-in community that was struggling” turned into a continuum of care retirement community (CCRC) with amenities needed for an aging community. The well-rounded Glencroft Center for Modern Living was founded in the early 1960s by Sarah Ruth, a local pastor’s wife. The Glendale facility offers independent and assisted living, memory and long-term care, along with home health services. Residents remain in the same 40-acre community as their health care needs evolve. Glencroft Center for Modern Aging is Arizona’s CCRC. “They’re reluctant to move into a senior place for a variety of reasons,” he said. “They think it’s a last stop in their journey. That is not what we are about. I put together a program with a fellow I hired out of the hospitality industry. We wanted to create a place to come where people can thrive in the end years of their lives.” Glencroft provides standard services like meals, housekeeping and transportation, but activities are what makes the

center so great. “Everyone has a modified workout area,” he said. “But we needed to take it a step further and take a holistic approach.” In 2019, Wenzlau and Vice President of Operations Steve Heller created the faith-based ZoeLife, which helps Glencroft residents maintain a healthy, active lifestyle and achieve and preserve a higher quality of life. Whole person wellness helps people reshape themselves on multiple levels. Each area is extremely important and plays a key role in our overall well-being. “We use six pillars — spiritual wellness, emotional wellness, physical wellness, social wellness, intellectual wellness and vocational wellness — and we make it a complete approach to being well,” Wenzlau said. Residents learn about estate planning, coping with grief and anxiety, fall prevention, volunteer opportunities, medical benefits, nutrition, hearing loss, dementia, fitness, prayer and relaxation techniques, communication skills, and other areas relevant to their age and personal circumstances. Amenities include swimming, walking paths, massage and chiropractic services, a fully equipped performance (fitness) center, a smoothie bar, yearround events and activities, pastoral support, healthy food choices and fine dining as well as opportunities to give back to their community through volunteerism. The ZoeLife Parkinson’s Immersion Program (PIP) is tailored to maximize individual physical and cognitive capabilities and quality of life. Stroke survivors may participate in the ZoeLife Stroke Immersion Program

(SIP) to supplement physical, cognitive and speech rehabilitation efforts. A team of professionals, including therapists, dieticians, counselors, and program administrators, work together to develop tailored programs to meet individual goals and potential. “We offer fitness classes, worship services and even adult education classes at Glencroft University,” Wenzlau said. “We have five lectures this spring semester. We tackle subjects like depression, which so many 80- and 90-yearolds have. “ZoeLife and these classes have made a huge difference in perceiving their lifestyle, compared to maybe when they got here. We’re really excited about that. It’s been well received, and people are participating and noticing a difference.”

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Wenzlau is active in the senior living community at large. Fluent in German, French and English, Wenzlau has 40 years’ experience in U.S. senior living and housing industry. To spread positive words about the industry, he is the coproducer of “Successful Aging,” a Phoenix-based independent radio talk show. He strives to help adults ages 65 and older to maximize their quality of life. “Successful Aging” airs at 11 a.m. Tuesdays on Independent Talk KFNX 1100 AM. For more information, call 623-847-3047. “I hope to be a shining light for providing people access around the Valley to information they need,” Wenzlau said. “We’ve been running every Tuesday. We have guests from all over the country. Yesterday, we had a professor from Midwestern University talking

CEO of Glencroft Center for Modern Living, John Wenlau has 40 years worth of experience in U.S. senior living and housing industry. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

about Alzheimer’s. “We stream it live on Facebook every week at the same time. That’s giving back to the community, which we really, really like.” He is also an adjunct professor at the Keller Graduate School of Management in Phoenix and an adjunct instructor at Mesa Community College. Wenzlau worked as an executive director and regional director of Brookdale from June 2000 to April 2004. His experience also includes three years as executive director at Emeritus, and 10

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Another tool in the ZoeLife arsenal BY STEVE HELLER

hronic pain can be debilitating, taking a toll mentally and physically. It is a hurdle we must overcome as we age. For this reason, we have introduced the electro stimulation (acuscope/myopulse machine) to Glencroft’s ZoeLife program. Haloe Health brought its pain management technology called the electro-acuscope and electro myopulse to the campus. While the technology they use for pain has been around a long time, it has primarily been available to professional athletes. During the first phase with the Haloe

Health team, Glencroft staff saw potential in combining this state-of-the-art technology with the ZoeLife model of successful aging. Half of those enrolled in the program received sessions on the device during the first beta group, and the other half did not. The data was convincing; the residents receiving the sessions with the device showed significantly more improvement than their counterparts not receiving sessions. With these positive results, the staff knew it had to get the equipment on campus. Finally, the pain management equipment is on the campus permanently. Glencroft has begun working with its

Myths of pregnancy BY DESERT WEST OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Whether it’s the myth that eating peanuts can make your baby allergic to them (they can’t), morning sickness only hapare is the prenatal visit that doesn’t pens in the morning (it doesn’t), or that address the questions of worried moms-to-be should be eating for two parents-to-be. Myths handed down (an extra 200 to 350 additional healthy from generation to generation — or from calories per day is plenty), it’s important inaccurate information found on the in- to separate fact from fiction. “There is so much information for ternet— can give even the most savvy inus to share,” Tilden said. “We make use dividuals concern as to what they should of every minute of our prenatal visits, or shouldn’t do or expect during the ever-important nine months. which go from monthly to twice monthly “I tell my patients that I would much and then weekly until delivery.” rather they share with me something One of the biggest myths of carrying a they’ve heard or read than to be too child is the presence of that happy glow. “Pregnancy is a journey we take with embarrassed,” said Dr. Hannah Tilden our patients,” said Dr. Rebecca Ludwig at Desert West Obstetrics & Gynecology at the Desert West Anthem office. “Even Arrowhead. “There’s a lot of information for those for whom pregnancy is a lifeto absorb and open communication with long dream, there are emotional highs your provider is absolutely essential.” and lows thanks to hormones, coping with tiredness and all the physical changes. It can be pretty overwhelming. I remind my patients that if they’re not feeling the glow, they’re not alone. And if their mood, or worries, are getting in the way of daily life, talk to us. That’s what we’re here for.” Desert West OB/GYN has five Dr. Rebecca Ludwig Dr. Hannah Tilden locations in the West and far (Photo courtesy of Desert (Photo courtesy of Desert North Valley. Learn more at West OB/GYN) West OB/GYN) desertwestobgyn.com.

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Glencroft Center for Modern Aging’s Steve Heller prepares to use pain management equipment on the campus. (Photo courtesy of Glencroft Center for Modern Aging)

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Pet Butler does the dog owners’ dirty work BY ALEX GALLAGHER Foothills Focus Staff Writer

et Butler has expanded its franchise and its plans are to keep growing. Cesar Jimenez has only been a franchise owner for a few months, but he has already witnessed the growth of dog waste services. Pet Butler prides itself on being “No. 1 in the No. 2 business” and offers more than a simple scooping service for its clients’ pets. “We’re a professional business doing the dirty business,” Jimenez said. Owning a Pet Butler franchise was a

natural fit for Jimenez and his wife, Rachel. As the owners of three dogs, they realized they spent a lot of time picking up after their animals. “My wife and I are both from the east coast and when we first moved here, we realized that the poop out here petrifies so we had to go out to our yard multiple times a week to scoop it,” Jimenez said. While visiting his parents in Georgia, Jimenez saw something that intrigued him. He saw another pet waste removal company’s truck driving around the neighborhood and thought that it could be an interesting business venture.

Jimenez looked into this concept. He then received a letter in the mail from Pet Butler stating it had opportunities to own a franchise. Cesar and Rachel jumped at the opportunity. “We got into this because it’s in the pet industry, which is something we both enjoy,” Jimenez said. Jimenez said he also believes his franchise best exemplifies the direction modern businesses are heading. “We believe that the future of business is in something that provides a service, a convenience or time back to do what you would like to do,” Jimenez said.

Once the franchise was purchased, Jimenez wanted to take it to the next level. “With the expanding real estate market and the increase in pet ownership during the pandemic, we thought this would be a good opportunity to buy into this business and take it to the next level,” Jimenez said. Jimenez’s three trucks cover the Valley north of the Salt River and has techs. They service about 75 residences a day, five days a week, and have more than 300 clients. Jimenez still wants to see his franchise grow.

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“We want to grow the territory as much as possible when it comes to the commercial and residential scooping services,” Jimenez said. “Our goal is to make this as convenient as possible for the pet owner.” Jimenez sends his techs into clients’ yards with pockets full of treats and says they play with dogs and give them belly rubs, which increases job and client satisfaction. The techs do not just scoop up pet waste, Pet Butler also places an enzyme-based odor eliminator on yard surfaces monthly. The product is pet friendly and has a citrus-like scent that works best on harder surfaces like artificial turf and concrete. For clients who have trouble removing waste stains from their patios or harder surfaces, Pet Butler will spray and scrub them as well. Pet Butler also disposes of all waste offsite, so clients do not have to worry about their garbage cans being filled with more waste.

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The service provides customers with the peace of mind of knowing that all tools are disinfected with a kennel cleaner that eliminates the five major

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Feel the ‘Red Effect’ with new infrared fitness studio BY ANNIKA TOMLIN Foothills Focus Staff Writer

rittany Wise loved the Michigan-based Red Effect Infrared Fitness company so much that when she prepared to move west, she opened one in the Shops of Norterra. “I was a member of the Red Effect group fitness in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and I fell in love with the product while walking in and having options of classes to take and I felt comfortable as a community,” Wise said. “It didn’t feel like I didn’t belong, it just felt like a family.” Wise and her family moved into the Fireside Norterra community and opened Red Effect in the Shops of Norterra on Jan. 6 — the day before her birthday. What sets Red Effect apart from other fitness studios is the infrared technology that is used during every class and in the personal saunas. “All of our classes and all of our workouts are under infrared, which helps

with recovery and anti-aging,” Wise said. “A lot of our members would like the option to burn an extra 100 calories per class with infrared and really just taking advantage of that.” Infrared is a colorless light that “warms the core” making it possible to burn extra calories while working out in a room set at “78 to 79 degrees.” Red Effect uses red lights in its fitness room “because it’s fun,” according to Wise. “We offer hour-long interval training classes with heart rate monitoring,” Wise said. “We have barre studio-type classes and we also have yoga classes — five different types of yoga. Then we also have the personal infrared saunas.” Membership is available on a monthly basis without a commitment. Memberships start at $99 per month for eight sessions a month to $159 per month for unlimited interval training, barre, yoga and infrared saunas. “A lot of people take a sauna after class to help with recovery,” Wise said.

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Barre classes, interval training and five types of yoga classes are available under infrared at Red Effect within the Shops of Norterra. (Photo courtesy of Brittany Wise)

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“A lot of people will take saunas in lieu of classes just to burn a few extra hundred calories or if it’s a recovery day for them they’ll just go to the sauna. “For the hour-long classes, the first 28 minutes or so are spent on the treadmill and the last half of the class is spent on the water rower and doing the synergy floor work,” she said. Red Effect is similar to Orangetheory Fitness, but the Norterra facility has additional weights, battle ropes and other fitness equipment that can be used during the interval classes, according to Wise. Most of the saunas are on the second floor. Members can use them when needed. “It’s a three-person sauna but only one person is there at a time,” Wise said. “It just gives them plenty of space if they want to do meditation or yoga or just stretch out. They all have Bluetooth so that people can listen to their favorite playlists (podcasts or watch Netflix),” she said. Each sauna includes a “sanctuary box” that houses members’ technology like iPads to watch TV shows or guided

their equipment after use and employees take the time to mop and further disinfect the room after a class. Classes are available at 100% capacity and just last month the studio stopped “staggering treadmills” to help socially distance the members during class. After receiving community feedback that members felt “OK being closer together,” Wise made the switch. “As an owner, I love seeing and meeting everybody every day,” Wise said. “I like seeing how they grow. We have people who go from walkers to runners to people who swore they would never be able to do a barre class and now they are doing three or four a week. I love just seeing them every week.”

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Home and landscape show blooming with ideas BY TYLER WEGLEITNER Foothills Focus Staff Writer

he Maricopa County Home and Landscape Show is coming to State Farm Stadium in Glendale from July 16 to July 18. The Home and Landscape Show provides a place for people to come shop local businesses and attend seminars and workshops. Katie Jones, show director for Maricopa County Home Shows, said ther home shows provide “an opportunity for consumers to come to one central location and shop a bunch of exhibitor booths.”

Jones said the show boasts a variety of vendors and companies for visitors to peruse. “There’s everything from home decor, home goods, home design, there’s remodeling companies, there’s landscapers, seminars, gardening,” she said. “It’s so much revolving exclusively and specifically around home improvement and home and garden.” The upcoming show at State Farm Stadium will host several special events, including demonstrations, shows and seminars. Among these are a beginner-level glass etching class, beeswax candle-making and dog training demonstrations. Jones

said there will be two stages at the show. One will be dedicated to remodeling and home improvement. Guests can meet with experts there and learn more about home improvement projects. The other stage hosts gardening and landscaping and will be taught by the UA’s Master Gardener’s Program. Successful features will return this year. “We also have our Handmade Headquarters back by popular demand, and that is our crafting workshop station where you can come

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companies that will discuss projects and services in a “very safe and controlled, screened environment.” “They get to talk with reputable, licensed, screened contractors,” Jones said. “We ensure that they’re licensed properly through the Arizona Registrar of Contractors. That way when you come to the show, you can shop with confidence.” Local artisans will sell their crafts and wares as well. Many of them rely on the show for business. “They rely on the leads that are generated from the home shows to keep their employees on payroll,” she said. “Then the companies are able to grow and retain those employees.” By hosting five home shows throughout the year at locations in Phoenix, Glendale and Scottsdale, it also provides these companies with new opportunities. “It gives the companies opportuni-

ties to exhibit and meet people from areas of the Valley that don’t necessarily travel over to them, which expands their growth as well,” Jones said. She said because companies from all over the Valley travel to these shows, they also give the public an easier way of finding companies to do business with. “Now they’re being exposed to these companies across the Valley who are not readily available, or you don’t have to pull them up online and do research on your own,” Jones said “You can come and spend an hour or two at the Home Show and you get it all done in such a short amount of time.” Maricopa County Home and Landscape Show

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 16, to Sunday, July 18 WHERE: State Farm Stadium, 1 Cardinals Drive, Glendale COST: Tickets start at $8 for adults INFO: mchomeshows.com.

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he Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse has offered entertainment every night of the week for over 20 years and remains a staple in Cave Creek. From its award-winning barbecue to hosting bull riding to giving folks an Old West experience, The Buffalo Chip has it all. “Our customers are always looking for an old west experience and we’ve got it,” said owner Larry Wendt. Before becoming the Buffalo Chip, it was a shop called The Bartlett Beer and Bait, a small shop for customers to buy goods before heading off to the Bartlett Dam. It wasn’t until the 1970s when former NFL Player Max McGee, who scored the first touchdown in the first Super Bowl,

purchased the business that would become The Buffalo Chip. The Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse changed in 1998 when Wendt purchased the restaurant and grew it to what it is today. “I had always been interested in western cooking, so when I retired from law enforcement in 1998, I decided to purchase what I thought would be a hobby,” Wendt said. “I thought this would be a great hobby, but now that we have more than 121 employees, it’s been a bit more than that.” “It has grown from 800 square feet and making $40,000 a month to 10,000 square feet on 10 acres with indoor and outdoor venues for bull riding and music that makes around $4 to $8 million a year,” Wendt said. The Buffalo Chip had a major scare in

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2015 when its original facility burned down and was closed for nearly two months. However, The Buffalo Chip has not only built back, but it built back stronger than ever and is one of the most unique buildings on Cave Creek road. “The whole building is built out of rusted timbers, sawmill, tin and saw blades. It’s an incredibly unique building,” Wendt said. Inside the custom redwood building are antique insulators used as lights and tables sawed out of 6-inch-thick logs where customers can enjoy its award-winning barbecue. “We’re really proud of our food, we go through about 10,000 pounds of beef, pork and chicken a week and 600 cases of beer, so we must be doing something right,” Wendt said with a laugh. The Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse prides itself on its award-winning brisket, which is smoked between 14 and 16 hours over mesquite, and ribs, as well as its selection of more than 30 beers and 60 other alcoholic beverages. “I’d doubt there’s much you could ask

for that we don’t have on tap or in bottles,” Wendt said. It is outside of the dining room where The Buffalo Chip really comes alive, however. The Buffalo Chip has a large bull riding arena that can hold up to 500 spectators and houses both amateur and professional bull riders on Wednesdays and Fridays. Spectators can purchase tickets on the restaurant’s website as these events generally sell out quickly. All riders are required to make a reservation online and sign a waiver before riding. Bull riding not your thing? The Buffalo Chip also has live music and line dancing throughout the week. For people who do not call Cave Creek home, The Buffalo Chip’s events are a fun way for customers to escape the Valley’s oppressive heat. “We’re fortunate in that Cave Creek is generally 10 degrees cooler than the Valley and we’re right up against the Black Mountain and get cool air flowing,” Wendt said. “We’ve also got huge fans and misters indoors and out every-

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Starlight dances into summer with iconic musical BY BRIDGETTE M. REDMAN Foothills Focus Contributing Writer

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where.” The Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse is excited to have events going on inside and outside of its restaurant and hopes to see an influx of customers this summer. “There’s always something going on,

we’ve got some type of entertainment every night,” Wendt said.

grieving community sometimes responds in unusual ways — ways that break connections rather than forming it. It’s the story of the pandemic world and of the iconic musical, “Footloose,” which hits the Starlight Community Theater stage from July 23 to Aug. 8. Created in 1998, the musical was

based on the 1984 film in which a small, conservative community bans dancing after four teens were killed in a drunken driving accident following a night of dancing. Ren, an outsider who transfers to the community’s high school from Chicago, shakes things up. “There is a lot more depth to this show than people sometimes think about,” Director Meribeth Reeves said.

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“Often it is seen as just a great dance show, but there is really a lot more to the story. It is about people’s different ways of dealing with grief and forgiveness and connection and perspective.” Active in Valley community theaters, Reeves is the Scottsdale Center for the Arts’ managing director. “Footloose” is dear to her, as her son once played Ren in an 11,000seat theater in St. Louis. She said “Footloose” can promote healing. “In this time, when we’re not talking and listening to each other and not trying to find connections with each other, this is a piece that does that,” Reeves said. “People are able to overcome their challenges, find common ground and deal with some difficult issues, really having to admit they’ve done something wrong and move on.” Reeves, who has worked with some of Starlight’s board members, had been talking with the theater pre-COVID about doing “Footloose.” They were just waiting for the right time to make it happen. Reeves’ first show “back” was this past November, leading “All Shook Up” with Pinnacle Creative Arts, responding to parents who said they were worried about their children not having any creative outlets during the pandemic.

Smaller cast “Footloose” started rehearsals in early June with a small cast of 26, due to the stage size. “We kept the cast size smaller than it might be done on a bigger stage,” Reeves said. “It has been a bit challenging in that sometimes you have moments where you’ve got a choir and then a bunch of teens. (Other shows) will have 30 teens and 20 choir members. We can’t do that so we’re just looking at that creatively and how to make it work.” The Starlight show features Logan Holmes as Ren; Abby Golden as his mother; Bella Quinn as Ariel; Braiden Lee as the minister, Shaw; Sofia Lind-

say as his wife, Vi, and Devon Breese as Ren’s friend, Willard. There are six members in the ensemble. Holmes has played Ren before and has been working on a slightly different take to the character for this show. Other actors have come from all over the Valley. For some, it is their first show with Starlight, others have been in many. “I think everyone is going to be really impressed,” Reeves said. “People who may not have had the opportunity to see a lot of youth theater will be shocked at the level of quality of the performance and training these kids have had and the work they put into it.” She said they are approaching the show cinematically, making sure the smaller moments and stories are told in an effective and engaging manner. “We’ve been really theatrical — that’s how I work as a director,” Reeves said. “One of the great things of theater is you don’t have to show every little detail. We can imagine it in our minds.”

While many of the teens in this show have seen the movie, Reeves emphasizes that they are not recreating the film. The stage version tells its own story. They have, however, pulled out yearbooks from the 1980s and shared them with the teens and explained how iconic it was at the time, one of the stories of a generation. “It’s music from the ’80s and a great, really strong story,” Reeves said. “It’s about dealing with grief and finding connection and all these wonderful things. You can really get into the characters and enjoy the story and great music.” Team fosters connection among actors The former Desert Foothills Theater executive director, Reeves said she enjoys working with a variety of Valley theaters, especially those that involve young people. Many of the “Footloose” actors grew up with her at Desert Foothills. “I love working with teens and teen actors,” Reeves said. “I work with

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