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Autumnfest welcomes crafters, artists, vendors BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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Autumnfest will feature local vendors, crafters and artists in a combined event after the canceled 2020 Anthem Days. (Photo courtesy of Anthem Community Council)
Amazon invests more than $16B in Arizona since 2010 BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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30,000 jobs in Arizona in its operations, logistics, corporate and technology functions, and there are more on the way. The report also estimated that Amazon’s investments in the region led to the contribution of more than $13 billion to the economy over the last decade, demonstrating Amazon’s commitment to creating quality jobs and generating economic opportunity.
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ple that come, so it’s great exposure for people with their businesses or arts and crafts,” Northcutt said. “A lot of these folks do very small farmers markets and craft fairs or they have an online presence. This is a way to really build a following, because the folks who come to this event end up having favorite vendors who they then become loyal customers. They’ll start following them to craft fairs around the Valley or following them online and they become really good customers. It’s a great way for these vendors to build an audience.” Besides local businesses’ appearances, Autumnfest is primarily an arts and crafts festival. Debbie Pulido, special events manager, said crafters are welcome. In the past, Pulido said they have had woodworkers, metalworkers, quilters, candlemakers, glass blowers and jewelry makers. She said they have artists who come annually and new participants make for an ever-changing and interesting selection of items. Autumnfest’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23, and Sunday, Oct. 24, at the Anthem Community Park at 41703 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway. Crafters, artists or vendors looking to participate must submit a registration
Autumnfest will include the corn maze, carnival rides, inflatables, beer garden and live music throughout the weekend. (Photo courtesy of Anthem Community Council)
Autumnfest showcases woodworkers, metalworkers, quilters, candlemakers, glass blowers and jewelry makers. (Photo courtesy Anthem Community Council)
application. The early-bird deadline for registration is Friday, Aug. 27, and the final deadline is Friday, Sept. 24. Sponsors are also needed and can submit a sponsorship package until Friday, Aug. 27. For more information or to register, visit onlineatanthem.com. For those already looking forward to the pumpkin patch, corn maze, carnival rides, inflatables, beer garden, live music
The pumpkin patch and pumkin decorating contest will make a return to Autumnfest. (Photo courtesy of Anthem Community Council)
and pumpkin decorating contest, Northcutt said to check the Online at Anthem website frequently for updates as the event approaches. She said they are monitoring the COVID-19 situation and taking precautions. While things are subject to change, Northcutt said they are hoping to have the event to the fullest extent possible.
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MCCCD guides students to career success BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF
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ipeline AZ, an Arizona career development and job skills exploration platform, partnered with the Maricopa County Community College District to support students in achieving their career goals while developing qualified workers for Arizona’s many thriving industries. This partnership aligns MCCCD’s field of interest course curriculum with Pipeline AZ’s innovative career technology, resulting in improved opportunities for students to match their skills with their career path. With the conclusion of a successful year-long pilot program, Pipeline AZ will white-label its platform and services to act as the singular career exploration and talent pipeline infrastructure for all of MCCCD’s 10 unique colleges starting this fall. Every MCCCD student will have access to customized career exploration tools
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and support through the Pipeline AZ platform that brings together students seeking career opportunities and a wide range of eager employers across Arizona. Students will also learn from the platform’s advanced insights about the exact skills, education or certificates they need to reach their career goals. “The career journey can be an iterative and complicated process, and our priori-
ty is to help our students ultimately find success whether that be placement into a career or continued learning,” said Eric Leshinskie, interim provost at MCCCD. “Pipeline AZ will serve as the integrated technology tool for our entire district to be able to meet this priority for all students, no matter their background, skills, or career preferences.” With the official rollout of the MCCCD and Pipeline AZ partnership, students can complete a user profile at mcccd.pipelineaz.com where they will take a skills assessment and identify various fields of interest. Upon completion of their profile, students will then have access to a variety of career exploration opportunities and information, including job shadowing, service learning, field experience, research, apprenticeship, further education, and other opportunities that match the student’s career goals. “One of the largest gaps we have identi-
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Beauty doesn’t necessarily have to be natural BY JUDY BLUHM Foothills Focus Columnist
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wear lipstick. And I dye my hair. There, I have said it. All the secrets are out. I am admitting to you, dear readers, that some of my “beauty” comes from a tube and a bottle. Guess I am not alone. But I have a grandson (who I hope is not reading this column) who believes that all chemicals are bad and only natural or organic will do. Of course, he is probably correct, and we are
killing ourselves with chemicals, sprays, cleaning and beauty products, GMOs in the foods we eat. The list goes on. My grandson has “gone green” and it better be “natural” or he won’t use it or eat it. When I told him some folks I know (me) like lipstick, mascara, gel nails and hair dye, he said, “No one needs any of that.” Ha! This is coming from a young man who might not recognize his grandmother if she went “natural!” Also, gluten and dairy are on his hit
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Americans forgotten in Afghan chaos BY J.D. HAYWORTH Foothills Focus Columnist
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ver 30 years have passed since “Clarissa Explains it All” premiered on the kids’ cable channel Nickelodeon. But recently a real-life Clarissa — Clarissa Ward, CNN’s chief international correspondent and a graduate of Yale — offered an eyewitness account from Afghanistan so incredible that it prompted both chuckles and the temptation to “upchuck.” Clad in a burqa to reflect the return of the Taliban to power, Ward described the collective disposition of the victorious jihadists for CNN’s dwindling audience: “They’re chanting ‘Death to America,’ but they seem friendly at the same time.” Her on-the-ground assessment prompted Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to tweet out an obvious question: “Is
there an enemy of America for whom CNN won’t cheerlead?” In Takhar province, a woman was shot and killed for not wearing a burqa when she went out in public. Meantime, the public “face” of the Taliban, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, held a press conference to insist that women’s rights would be honored in the newly renamed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, but he included a huge caveat. The Taliban, he said, is “committed to the rights of women under the system of Sharia law.” Sharia law? Guess that means it’s still OK to kill women not wearing burqas in public. In Washington, the burqaless and seemingly clueless White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, offered the Biden administration’s new definition of “American Exceptionalism,” which apparently now means that
the U.S. government places a priority on helping people leave Afghanistan — except those who are American citizens. When asked if the U.S. could offer “any guarantee” to Americans who might be stuck in Afghanistan past the administration’s withdrawal deadline of Aug. 31, Ms. Psaki responded “that is day by day, getting as many American citizens, as many SIV (special immigrant visa) applicants, as many members of vulnerable populations who are eligible to be evacuated, to the airport and out on planes.” Jen may have listed Americans first in her response, but in reality, the emphasis was on non-Americans. On Aug. 15, a U.S. Air Force C-17 was packed with 640 Afghan refugees, who escaped to Qatar. Three days later, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul issued this security alert:
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Remembering Arizona heroes in Afghanistan BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus Columnist
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he scroll of the dead contains 49 names: 48 men and a woman killed between April 2004 and December 2014 in Afghanistan. To my way of thinking, each of these Arizonans is a hero — a neighbor of ours, a defender of freedom, killed nearly 8,000 miles away in a fetid foreign hell. That sad war ended in a blitz of disgraceful images showing the Taliban taking hold and Afghan civilians opting to die now rather now than face the torture and mayhem sure to come. Pundits branded the war a stain on America not seen since Vietnam. I am not here to debate history. Instead, let’s take a moment to remember the dead. It is the very least we owe them in return for their epic sacrifice. Spec. Patrick D. Tillman and Staff
Sgt. Brian S. Hobbs died in 2004. Lance Corp. Kevin B. Joyce and Sgt. Kenneth G. Ross died in 2005. Chief Warrant Officer Hershel D. McCants Jr., Sgt. Charles R. Browning, Pfc. Mykiel F. Miller and Spec. Hugo V. Mendoza died in 2007. Pfc. Ara T. Deysie, Hospitalman Dustin K. Burnett, Lance Corp. Juan Castaneda-Lopez, Pvt. Joseph F. Gonzales and Corp. Charles P. Gaffney Jr. died in 2008. In 2009, we lost Master Sgt. David L. Hurt, Staff Sgt. Timothy L. Bowles, Spec. Adam J. Hardt, Staff Sgt. Eric J. Lindstrom, Capt. Cory J. Jenkins, Sgt. Thomas Rabjohn and Sgt. Justin Gallegos. The deadliest year was 2010. The killed included Spec. Robert Donevski, Lance Cpl. Alejandro J. Yazzie, Sfc. Glen J. Whetten, Spec. Christian Adams, Sgt. John M. Rogers, Sgt. Martin A. Lugo, Pfc. Barbara Vieyra, Sfc.
Todd M. Harris, Lance Corp. Matthew J. Broehm, Lance Corp. Randy R. Braggs and Sgt. Aaron B. Cruttenden. In 2011, Pfc. Dustin J. Feldhaus, Pfc. John C. Johnson, Staff Sgt. Martin R. Apolinar, Staff Sgt. Donald V. Stacy, Spec. Michael D. Elm and Sfc. Johnathan B. McCain died. In 2012, Corp. Phillip D. McGeath, First Lt. Alejo R. Thompson, Sfc. Barrett W. McNabb, Staff Sgt. Carl E. Hammar, Staff Sgt. Richard L. Berry, Staff Sgt. Orion N. Sparks and Sfc. Ryan J. Savard died. The bloodshed ebbed in 2013. The dead: Staff Sgt. Jonathan D. Davis, Second Lt. Justin L. Sisson; First Lt. Jonam Russell and CWO Joshua B. Silverman. Operation Enduring Freedom ended on the last day of 2014, but not before the death of Spec. Wyatt J. Martin, a 22-year-old from Mesa killed two weeks before Christmas.
These 49 obituaries are full of details about these heroes: how Kevin Joyce, 19 when he died, was the guy his fellow Marines turned to when they’d been dealt a lousy MRE for dinner. Joyce kept extras in his locker and was always happy to trade. Corp. Gaffney, 42 and a father of two, told a family friend he re-enlisted “for the women of Afghanistan.” Gaffney said, “The women of Afghanistan are so mistreated, they’re not really people like we are in this country.” Sgt. 1st Class McNabb hailed from Chino Valley. He went by the nickname “Bear.” Martin Apolinar attended Trevor Browne High School, where his fellow seniors voted him “Prettiest Eyes.” He enlisted in the Army in 2004
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marks would placate the population, Mr. Biden had returned to politicizing the pandemic by midweek. But there is no vaccine for the collective vexation of American voters. Independents who watched the speech reacted by giving it an “F.” An “F-word” is undoubtedly on the minds of the Americans stranded in Afghanistan: forgotten.
mated by an improvised explosive device. He died at 29, leaving behind a wife and a son. In a perfect world, we would never have lost this war. In a better world, each of us would remember forever the 49 Arizonans who never came home from hell.
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Construction inspires LGE CFO Stafford BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
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ike Stafford was born to be in a construction-related �ield. He spent Decatur, Illinois’ humid summers and harsh winters framing houses with his father. “My dad wanted to bring me out to the job sites when I was younger to get hands-on labor experience,” Stafford said. “That certainly helped me get laser focused at ASU. I made sure I was paying attention in class. You spend enough summer and winters working outside and doing manual labor and you de�initely learn lessons, like my father was trying to teach me. He does it to this day.” Now he’s working as the chief �inancial of�icer of LGE Design Build, which designs and constructs buildings. The Phoenix company’s portfolio encompasses more than 1,200 completed projects. “Our goal is to design and build the most beautiful buildings around,” he said. “We take a lot of pride in the aesthetics, the quality and the construction of the buildings — on the design side of the fence, too.” The North Phoenix resident manages all the �inancial operations across LGE’s architecture and construction entities. He joined LGE as a controller in 2017 and, shortly thereafter, tightened the monthly close process to under a week and overhauling payroll, company bene�its and numerous accounting systems. Stafford has been with LGE for a little over four years. He started at a subsidiary under Pinnacle West, APS Energy Services. The company was bought by global �irm Ameresco Inc. and he continued with it.
Mike Stafford moved to Arizona at age 18 to attend ASU. (Photo courtesy of LGE Design Build) “Spending the amount of time that I spent working for a publicly traded company, there are a lot of things you can’t do,” Stafford said. “In the private realm, there is a lot more freedom to interact with the community. There is a lot of flexibility of how you structure things. Since joining, I think the ownership team is very open to restructuring and focusing on culture.” Stafford said he’s in a service-based business as a construction general contractor. The company is “all about the people.” “We really pride ourselves in trying to create unique job opportunities and taking care of the people who work for us. Our headcount has grown quite signi�icantly. “We’ve jumped into other states. We’re predominantly commercial, but we’ve opened a custom homes division here in the Valley. I really enjoy getting to do something different every day. This
job gives a lot of �lexibility.” LGE has also added an architecture and interior design �irm, as well as a development company that owns and operates the buildings it builds. “After spending time in a large publicly traded corporation, Mike decided his talents were better served in the private business space,” said President and CEO David E. Sellers “Mike �irmly believes in people over pro�it — a rare philosophy for a successful �inance professional.” Stafford grew up in central Illinois, in Decatur, a small farm town where the major employers are Caterpillar and Ar-
cher Daniels Midland Company. “They employ the lion’s share of the people in the city,” he said. “It was fun and very humbling, the grind of the small town and industry life.” He moved to Arizona at age 18 to escape the cold weather and to attend ASU. He said he’s had plenty of opportunities to return but declined. His wife and three kids have since put down roots in the North Valley. Stafford and his family enjoy outdoor activities like hiking, mountain biking and camping. He coaches basketball and participates in Spartan and Ironman races.
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automated conveyor tunnel. Amenities offered include free microfiber towels and vacuums. This location marks Super Star’s 34th overall, and the 27th in Arizona. More washes are under construction in Arizona and California. “We’re thrilled to be able to expand
our presence in North Phoenix with this new location. We’ve been a part of the Phoenix community for a long time and are always happy to make a bigger impact on our hometown,” said Vice President of Sales and Marketing Jonathan Kierman. The company is involved in the communities it serves, giving back to charitable causes and organizations such as Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Big Brothers Big Sisters and The Society of St. Vincent de Paul.
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Jubilate shares the language of music BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Foothills Focus Executive Editor
on communication. Jubilate teaches the fundamentals of music theory and reading music as well as performance techniques. “We started out in one of the local churches,” she said. “I kept looking for a space that is truly community, so everyone knows that they’re all welcome. “The library is a beautiful location. Coming out of COVID, we were looking around for a spot. This is our first semester at Desert Foothills Library.” Classes are also online, as listed on the nonprofit music program’s website. “When COVID hit, it threw a wrench
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aya Field just wants to share her love of music. The multi-instrumentalist does so through the Jubilate Conservatory of Music, which holds classes at Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek starting Tuesday, Sept. 7. “I’m 68,” Field said. “I started teaching formally in my early 30s. I taught kindergarten through sixth grade and then started making progress in my singing. “I started getting operatic roles in the 1980s. Teaching, especially in the classroom, is really hard on the voice. I taught privately here and there.” A retired musician, Field volunteered at Christ Anglican Church in Carefree in 2007. Her mission was to start a children’s choir that would sing at services once a month. Soon, she realized the lack of musical instruction for children in the community. “I started formally teaching in my 30s,” she said. “I taught private lessons. It wasn’t until an odd thing happened that I decided to teach more — I retired from music. I was going to have quite a life. I ended up getting married. My husband took me to the family church. “I had been a musician at churches, weddings and funerals. I was very comfortable there. The priest started asking if someone could help with a music program. I thought it was too much work, but I had to do it.” She started a children’s choir and she was surprised at the musical level. “No one could match pitch,” she said. “The kids didn’t seem to know what it was to sing together.” That inspired her to do something about it.
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“I started thinking, ‘Wow. This is a problem,’” she said. “I took a couple jobs to feel things out in Cave Creek. I taught music in two schools for a couple of years, to get a feel of what was going on. We really needed to do something to help the music teachers. A music teacher at a high school is expected to do so much. How can they have a choir or orchestra if the children don’t learn to match pitch?” With the help of friends and fellow musicians, Field arranged a music program to support the community. Jubilate Conservatory of Music was born. The Jubilate program began with a few students learning to match pitch on Saturdays. The program has expanded to include classes in music theory, The Jubilate Violin Orchestra, advanced string orchestra, The Jubilate Chorus, violin, voice, viola, cello, piano and Summer Performing Arts Workshop. The classes are traditional, she said. Recitals are small and intimate with a focus
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in the plans,” Field said. “But I cannot tell you how proud I am of these children. They took private lessons (during COVID-19). We did a couple of rehearsals at the Sanderson Lincoln Pavilion for outdoor classes. I was amazed at how hard they worked and improved.” Not only are the classes teaching the children about music, but they’re learning about fostering musical relationships and friendships. “If you’re a violinist, it’s nice to have a friend who’s a violist,” she said. “They learn a language and they can speak it with one another.” The classes require tuition. (See sidebar for information.) Music is in Field’s blood. Her mother was, too, a church musician, working as an organist when she was pregnant with Field. While she was performing, Field slept in a basket under the organ. “I grew up with a pipe organ,” she said with a laugh. “I grew up with music. It seems to be what I do.” Music instilled confidence in Field and
All classes are taught by Laya Field and held at Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek. For more information, visit jubilateconservatoryofmusic.org or email jubilateconservatoryofmusic@gmail.com.
Jubilate Conservatory of Music teaches children how to communicate via music. (Photo courtesy of Jubilate Conservatory of Music)
she’s hoping to share the same. “My main focus is children and teaching them to be confident and love music,” Field said. “I view music as a language. It’s important to teach people how to interact musically. There’s a beauty there that we don’t want to lose. We need to bring that back into our culture.”
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Unmet expectations minus real reality equals? CHURCH COMMUNITY CONNECTION
Pastor Ed Delph Foothills Focus Columnist
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e live in a success-driven world that generally believes and endorses an awkward value. That awkward value is success. Everyone will be impressed if we are the king of the hill, top dog, No. 1 or the sage on the stage. We strive to be or have the “latest, the greatest, the biggest, the best,” which means success. That success, size and the resulting admiration validate our effort, prove our significance, making us happy. Here’s an example. A Texan farmer goes to Australia for a vacation. There he meets an Aussie farmer, and they get to talking. The Aussie shows off his big wheat field, and the Texan says, “Oh! We have wheat fields that are at least twice as large as this in Texas.” Then they walk around the ranch a little more, and the Aussie shows off his herd of cattle. The Texan immediately says, “We have longhorns that are at least twice as large as your cows.” The conversation has almost died when the Texan sees a herd of kangaroos hopping through the field. “And what are those?” The Aussie replies with an incredulous look, “Don’t you have any grasshoppers in Texas?” Lesson: Having been to Australia more than 30 times, I’ve learned
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never to try to outdo an Aussie verbally. We live in a culture where “failure” (either our opinion or others) can disqualify us for the future we are meant to have. Have you noticed who is on the front cover of the national magazines or who is on television? Those people, entities, or things are the “the latest, the greatest, the biggest, the best.” But what about that 95% of the business owners, pastors, influencers, dreamers, leaders and regular people who never quite realize their dreams, visions, hopes, goals or desires? What about the people who are doing the best they can with what they have but still have a sizeable gap between where they thought they would be at this time in their lives and where they are now in status, career path or finances? Most people hate the gap between what they expected and where they are. Why? Our culture has adopted the “size or success equals happiness” lie. We idolize and emulate the 5% who somehow arrive on the front page of the magazine. Here’s the re-
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ed, fearful, threatened, disconnected, isolated. We are screaming for life and energy but can’t get to it. What do many people do then? They either give up or give in or act out. They try to stimulate or awaken their area of deadness. People “medicate” to soften their hurt or areas of deadness. The result? How about divorce, adultery, pornography, drugs, alcohol, anger, becoming a control addict (putting up walls based on the fear of losing more), over-eating or overbuying? Most people will do anything to get away from the “deadness” or pain that they feel. And where does all of the above come from? Aiming for the wrong, elusive misbelief: “My happiness and significance depends on my expectations being realized (or fantasized) in the way I expected they would be.” That’s not living. That’s performing. It’s a game of Trivial Pursuit. I have a Bible verse for those of us battling with this issue. “The Lord has much more to give you than this.” 2Chronicles 25:9. Next week, how can we come to terms with the gap between our expectations and reality? Let’s get back into the game of life. It’s one thing to be wounded or lost on the battlefield. It’s another to be captured by the enemy or surrendered to the enemy. Let’s turn our emotional mess into a message. We might even get that Texan back on his horse again.” Ed Delph is a native of Phoenix who lives in the North Valley. Since 1980, he has pastored three churches in the Valley. He is a noted author of 10 books, weekly columnist in several local and worldwide newspapers, teacher, business owner and speaker. Delph has been to or ministered in over 100 countries. He is president of a worldwide ministry, NationStrategy. To learn more about Pastor Ed Delph, the Church-Community Connection and Nation strategy, call 623-376-6757, email nationstrategy@ cs.com or visit nationstrategy.com.
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North Phoenix woman competing for Mrs. Arizona America BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF
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ocal cardiology physician assistant Joy Lorelle LaForte will represent North Phoenix in competing for the title of Mrs. Arizona America on Sunday, Aug. 29, at the Herberger Theater Center in Downtown Phoenix. LaForte works as a full-time medical professional at the Phoenix VA, taking care of local veterans, while also raising her two sons. Both she and her older son, Hunter, are autistic and also battle anxiety. By competing in this pageant, LaForte hopes to show not only her family, but the neurodivergent community, that they can compete in things like pageants, sports and other activities that require nonverbal communica- Local cardiology physician assistant Joy Lorelle LaForte is tion. In doing so, she hopes to autistic and suffers from anxiety. But she will overcome her anxiety to compete in Mrs. Arizona America on connect with Arizona commu- Sunday, Aug. 29. (Photo courtesy Joy Lorelle LaForte) nities, schools and businesses to advocate and discuss the importance of neurodiversity for these individ- it still is a very difficult path for most.” uals and society as a whole. LaForte is also an accomplished piNeurodiversity refers to variation in anist. When she was 14 years old, she the human brain regarding sociabili- shadowed a trauma emergency room ty, learning, attention, mood and other doctor and realized that medicine, esmental functions in a nonpathological pecially trauma-related specialties, was sense. It was coined in 1998 by sociolo- her calling. gist Judy Singer, who helped popularize LaForte and her husband Craig have the concept along with journalist Harvey two sons — Hunter, 9, and Ryker, 6. She Blume. also enjoys meeting new people, trav“I feel it is my duty as a mother to both eling, hiking, yoga, dance and making my typical and atypical children to show memories with her family. LaForte will that autistic people can do hard things compete in three categories for Mrs. Arand succeed,” LaForte said. izona America title: personal interview, “Even though we’re often told we can’t swimsuit and evening gown. do things that require nonverbal comThe Mrs. Arizona winner receives prizmunication, I believe we can do any- es and will represent America’s married thing we put our minds to, and I want to women through appearances throughdemonstrate that by competing for the out the year of her reign. For more inforMrs. Arizona crown. It should not be a mation, visit mrsarizonaamerica.com. difficult and painful path to get a proper For sponsorship or ticket information, diagnosis and resources to help foster go to teamarizonaamerica@gmail.com our passions and talents. Unfortunately, or call 602-703-1466.
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New art gallery opening in Cave Creek BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF
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ith closed galleries and few art sales during the pandemic, a group of Arizona artists is launching The Finer Arts Gallery at 6137 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek. Slated to open to the public Sept. 1, the artist-owned gallery will exhibit the work of 36 fine artists in mediums including jewelry, glass, fiber sculpture, ceramics, bronze, gourds, textile, photographers, metal sculpture, wood live edge, graphite, acrylic, pastel and oil. “We are thrilled to be able to represent some of Arizona’s most accomplished contemporary artists in our gallery,” said Linda Lindus, an acrylic painter and one of the gallery managers. “The art transcends the rustic past with today’s contemporary fine art, yet still pays tribute to its history by including art with a Western flair.” Meet the artists at the grand opening
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dventurefuls treats will join the nationwide lineup for the 2022 Girl Scout Cookie season. A brownie-inspired cookie with caramel-�lavored crème and a hint of sea salt, Adventurefuls will be offered along with favorites like Thin Mints and Samoas. The Girl Scout Cookie Program, which will take place across central and northern Arizona from Jan. 17 to Feb. 27, helps girls develop skills in �ive areas: goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics. These are essential skills needed to successfully navigate life — whether
working on a high school science project team, running a household, becoming a project manager or a company CEO. “Every purchase of Adventurefuls, and the whole portfolio of iconic cookies, during cookie season, fuels local Girl Scouts’ adventures throughout the year: exploring what interests them, discovering their passions, and taking action on issues they care about,” said Tamara Woodbury, chief executive of�icer of the Girl Scouts-Arizona Cactus-Pine Council. “Whether they’re using their STEM skills to solve a problem, changing a law to help their community, having a courageous outdoor experience, or starting an innovative nonpro�it, Girl Scouts build a bet-
ter future for themselves and the world.” Also new this year are Cookie Business badges that help girls think like entrepreneurs as they run their own
cookie businesses and incorporate online sales via the Digital Cookie platform. The badges progress from goal setting and effective sales pitching in person and online to market research, creating business plans and implementing digital marketing campaigns. Consumers can visit girlscoutcookies.org to sign up to be noti�ied as soon as cookies are available in the area and can visit girlscouts. org/join to join the scouts Adventurefuls are brownie-inspired cookies with caramel-fla- as a member, volunteer or vored crème and a hint of sea salt. (Photo courtesy of the Girl Scouts) troop leader.
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