Cave Creek is remodeling, expanding town’s fire station
Perlman Architects of Arizona has been contracted to remodel Cave Creek Fire Station No. 1, located at 37402 N. Cave Creek Road, to create a safer and more efficient facility. (Town of Cave Creek/Submitted)
BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
Rusty’s Resale Boutique rescued by community volunteers
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“When we started this up, one of the biggest issues that the town had was we didn’t have any resources at all. We didn’t
Emilee Spear, founding president of Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary and owner of Rusty’s Resale Boutique, said the store was opened to help raise funds for the sanctuary, located in New River. Howev er, she was recently forced to temporar ily close the store when the store man ager abruptly resigned and no one was there to run it. Spear said she was un sure what to do with the Anthem store moving forward, but knew she didn’t want to close it down permanently.
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“There are many factors at play right now in trying to decide what to do with our little store that everyone loves so much,” she said in a message sent out to the community. “I would like to share these with our community in hopes of getting the feedback I need that will allow me to make the appropriate de cisions for the next chapter of the bou tique.”One of those factors was that the bou tique’s lease ends in October, and Spear said the landlord recently agreed to let her rent month-to-month. This was a re lief to not be locked in a year-long con tract.
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T he Cave Creek town council unan imously approved a contract with Perlman Architects of Arizona for the redesign, engineering, remodel and renovation of the town’s existing Fire Station No. 1 at a recent town council meeting.JimFord, director of community risk reduction, explained at the meeting why this renovation is necessary.
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According to Ford, the structure was initially built as a car wash in 1999 and was converted into a com munity service facility around 2005.
This July and August, Greenlight Communities partnered with Central Arizona Shelter Services in collecting cases of water and raising valuable funds for Arizona’s unhoused communityGreenlightmembers.Communities’ mission is to provide attainable and affordable hous ing to Arizonans and is committed to partnering with different charities each month to expand its community impact.
Central Arizona Shelter Services aims to prevent and end homelessness through out the Valley by providing supportive services including housing, medical and dental care, employment and legal ser vices.According to the organization’s web site, Central Arizona Shelter Services is Arizona’s largest and longest serving emergency shelter program for individ uals and families experiencing home lessness. In 2021, it served more than 5,000 individuals and provided more than 200,000 nights of shelter. The orga nization also served nearly 200 families in 2021 and nearly half of the children sheltered were under the age of five. In addition, almost a third of those served are seniors ages 55 and older. Through its Greenlight Gives initiative, Greenlight Communities supported Cen tral Arizona Shelter Services for its “Cool it!” heat relief drive, which helps vulner able individuals who are living outdoors in the unforgiving temperatures of the Arizona summer. have any trucks, any equipment and we didn’t own a station,” he said. “We went through the process of evaluating different options. The best option as chosen by the council was purchase the existing facility and then remodel and upgrade that facil ity, because it was previously a car wash that was turned into a quote, unquote, fire station. But there’s a whole lot of items that need to be ad dressed to make that a true fire sta tion for our safety items and what we need to do for the staffing and for the equipment
Perlman Architects of Arizona scored the highest with the selec tion committee. The firm worked with town staff to develop an official agreement outlining the costs, proj ect scope and services. The agree ment states that the project will not exceed an amount of $254,344.50.
of up to four dorms, support space and additional bays totaling approx imately 2,000 to 3,000 square feet of new construction.
Councilman Ron Sova commended Ford for his diligent work in narrow ing down and selecting a firm as well as putting together a clear presenta tion for council. Smith added that Ford has more than exceeded the town’s expecta tions.“When this process started out, we were talking about a fire station cost ing probably $5 million of something like that,” Smith said. “With a lot of effort, expenditure of time and ev erything, Jim and other staff were able to find a way to reduce the actu al cost of establishing a fire station by about $2 million. Good job.”
In May, the town started looking for architectural and design firms spe cifically with fire station experience that could give the facility the update it needed, according to Ford. Several proposals were submitted, and three finalists presented to a Cave Creek selection committee in July. All the presenting firms were scored inde pendently by the members of the selection committee using the fol lowing criteria: method of approach, special design considerations, and project/design experience.
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“Every one of them said, ‘It’s going to be very, very tight and very close,’” Ford said. “So, we’re going to have to manage this very closely, but we still think we can get it done.”
The project will include the evalua tion of the current site and structure, along with developing the plans and updated cost estimates to provide a safer and more efficient facility. This community asset will be better devel oped to meet the emergency equip ment, vehicle and staffing needs of this community, and to better sup port those that provide our local emergency fire and medical services.
At the meeting, Vice Mayor David Smith pointed out that the town orig inally budgeted $400,000 for the de sign aspect of the project. Ford said the money left over from that budget will be added to the $1 million budget for construction. He added that when interviewing the potential architects, he asked each of them if the budget amount was reasonable, given recent challenges with supplies and increas ing construction costs.
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Currently,storage.”CaveCreek Fire Station No. 1, located at 37402 N. Cave Creek Road, is a one-story, 4,654-squarefoot building. It holds four firefight ers and two medics on a 24/7 basis, in addition to two command officers and two wildland brush personnel stationed there during the day.
“The goal of this project is to con duct a significant upgrade to the facility in order to provide a safer and more efficient Cave Creek Fire Station No. 1 that will be designed to meet the emergency equipment needs of this community and better support those that serve this commu nity,” Ford said.
According to preliminary docu ments from Perlman Architects of Arizona, the remodel and reconfigu ration of the interior of this existing facility will also include an addition
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“I just wanted to get the communi ty’s feedback on what they thought of the store, if they had shopped there, if they had donated items, and then their advice or opinion on ways we could improve,” Spear said. Within three days of sending out the survey, she received about 100 responses, with more than 20 peo ple saying they would be willing to volunteer at the store to help keep it open. That was the show of support she needed to feel confident Rusty’s Resale Boutique could remain open.
Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary is a non profit organization dedicated to pro viding a safe and caring environment for senior and special needs canines. Through rescue, foster, adoption, education and hospice, it creates se cure nurturing homes for these dogs to live out their twilight years. Spear founded the organization after she had what she said was a life changing experience with an older dog that no one else wanted.
“About 10 and a half years ago, I rescued a really old schnauzer named Rusty. At that point, I was a vet tech working at a no kill shelter… I fostered him for about two months and in that timeframe, I learned just how much of a train wreck he was,” she said.
On average, after expenses, Spear said the store was bringing about $750 a month back to the sanctuary, and that number is anticipated to go up now that there is no payroll.
“Everyone who adopts from us gets a bag full (of supplies). We set them up so they have everything they need including food, treats, bowls, leash, collar, bed, blankets, toys, a kennel — all of it. And we still had an abun dance. So that’s when the idea of a thrift store came up.” So, Rusty’s Resale Boutique opened in October 2019 as a way to give back some of those unused supplies while still benefiting the sanctuary. While the doors are still temporar ily closed, Spear said over the next RUSTY’S from page 1
“A lot of people are hesitant, be cause they focus on the imminent loss that could be soon,” she admit ted. “But once someone adopts a senior, what they realize is it’s life changing and very rewarding. The dog is absolutely thankful, and you can feel it. Typically, people who adopt from us come back and adopt again and again.”
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According to Spear, the biggest ex penses of the store are rent, the store manager’s payroll and utilities. How ever, with the store manager gone, Spear said she wondered if she could gather enough volunteers to keep the store running and cut out that expense.Asurvey was sent out to every one on the store and the sanctuary’s mailing list and it was also posted on the website and on social media.
“I thought, ‘nobody’s going to adopt this dog, he’s going to die alone in the shelter.’ So, I adopted him and he lived another two and a half years. In that time, I discovered my true call ing and what I’m supposed to be do ing with my life.” She said Rusty taught her that an imals deserve unconditional love to the very end. From that experience, Spear started jotting down ideas about creating a space for older dogs and ended up founding Rusty’s An gels Sanctuary in New River in 2014.
“When you run a rescue facility, more than anything, people donate supplies… What we found was that because our adoption numbers ar en’t what you’d see from a place with puppies, we had an abundance of supplies,” Spear explained.
This little store model is named Ruby Roo and she’s actually a Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary alumni who comes back to visit with her new owner. (Rusty’s Resale Boutique/Submitted) see RUSTY’S
A lot of the sanctuary’s dogs are adopted by people in their late 70s or early 80s who have actually been turned down by other rescue centers because of their age. Spear said that is “so unfortunate,” and for Rusty’s Angels, a senior dog is the perfect companion for an older adult. And, in those cases, the sanctuary requires the person to put something in their will that if something were to hap pen to them, the dog would go back to Rusty’s Angels for continued care. Spear said the support from the community has blown her away. In fact, people were so supportive that the sanctuary ended up with more than they knew what to do with.
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“We rescue dogs over the age of 10, all breeds, and we take care of all their medical needs. Then we look at their med ical, behavior and age and decide if they’re adoptable or not. If they are adoptable, we work really hard to find the perfect match. It’s our goal that the home we find is their last home, we don’t want them shuffling back and forth. If we decide they’re not adoptable for any reason, the sanctuary becomes their home for the rest of their life, whether it’s two week, two months or two years.” Now, in the eight a half years the sanctuary has been open, it has res cued 335 dogs and had 186 adop tions. Spear said while that number may seem miniscule compared to a shelter that rescues puppies, her fo cus has always been on quality over quantity. Because the dogs who ar en’t adopted stay at the sanctuary until the end of their life, a quick turnover isn’t exactly the goal. And, for the dogs who do get adopted, Spear said it takes time to find the rightAccordingmatch. to Spear, most of the rescues come to the sanctuary be cause their owner has passed away or has moved into a nursing home situation and the dog has nowhere to go. When starting the sanctuary, one of her fears was that people wouldn’t want to care for senior dogs, but, thankfully, that hasn’t been the case.
Rusty’s Resale Boutique was opened in october 2019 to bring revenue back into the sanctuary. (Rusty’s Resale Boutique/Submitted)
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“Greenlight Communities goes beyond building and providing attainable and affordable housing,” said Patricia Watts, co-founder and partner at Greenlight Communities.“CentralArizona Shelter Services is doing life-saving work and we’re here to support everything they do and the com munity in any way that we can and that includes assisting those who don’t have a home to go to when our temperatures hit unbearable highs.”
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Greenlight Communities supported Central Arizona Shelter Services to help vulnerable individuals living outdoors in the unforgiving temperatures of the Arizona summer. (Greenlight Communities/Submitted)
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This is the second year that Green light Communities has partnered with Central Arizona Shelter Services. Through its Greenlight Gives initiative, the company has also extended a hand to local charities and nonprofits includ ing The American Red Cross, Kids in Focus, The Arizona Builders Alliance Annual Backpack Drive and several others this year. To donate or find more information about Central Arizona Shelter Services’s “Cool it!” heat relief drive, visit cassaz. org/heat. few weeks, she is going to contact the volunteers and get them trained. The goal is to have a soft opening in the last week of September and then a grand reopening on the store’s third anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Once the doors open, Spear said the biggest thing people can do to help is just come in and shop. While it is technically a thrift store, most people don’t know that just walking in. Some of the items donated still have tags on and Spear said it really feels more like a boutique. In the meantime, she said the sur vey will remain up for people to offer their input, and people are encour aged to volunteer or donate.
Greenlight Communities donated dozens of cases of water and $6,000 to Central Arizona Shelter Services to help provide Arizonans experiencing home lessness with water, sunscreen, hats, air conditioning, shelters, financial assis tance and eviction prevention.
“However, heat-related deaths are preventable. Through the years, Central Arizona Shelter Services shelter and ser vices have played an integral role in de creasing heat-related deaths among the homeless. Community support to make our services possible is critical in saving the lives of our neighbors in need.”
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“As the temperatures soar to danger ous levels, the heat can be life-threaten ing for our Valley neighbors experienc ing homelessness,” said Lisa Glow, CEO of Central Arizona Shelter Services.
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Labor Day is coming, and August will soon be in our rearview mir ror. This is the one holiday to cel ebrate and honor the hard work that we all do. Every single day. Even if you are retired, you can feel proud of all those hours you logged in and celebrate your accomplishments.Originatedover100 years ago, it is one of the few national holidays that was cre ated for no person, war or religion, but for the common working stiff — you and me. When Labor Day originated with a parade in 1882, it was to recognize the backbreaking work, long hours and measly wages that many Americans en dured just to survive. The working con ditions were rough for the labor force, which included children, who were out there digging ditches, building bridges, railways, roads and schools. Maybe Labor Day is a holiday that cel ebrates the very thing that Americans do best. We work hard! In other countries, workers may take longer vacations, have shorter work weeks and see nothing wrong with closing up shops for months at a time. Germany has invoked a law that an employer cannot contact an em ployee about any job-related issues after 6 p.m. and never on weekends. It seems that folks in foreign countries might be pampered. Feeling stressed? In France, you might get to go to a 10-day spa in order to rejuvenate. Tax dollars pay for this. Hmm, so very un-American. Most folks think that Labor Day has lost its true meaning. It has become just another shallow three-day weekend and an excuse for more retail sales. Over the years, Labor Day represents the unoffi cial end of summer, start of football, be ginning of school and one last barbecue. An estimated 137 million Americans will travel this coming weekend. Proba bly half of them will be stuck in the park ing lot, better known as I-17. The other millions will be at airports trying to get from point A to B without a delay, can cellation or lost bag. Good luck! In other words, just going somewhere to relax can be very stressful. My girlfriend likes to write down every task she has done for the past year so that on Labor Day she can reflect. She calls it “work journaling.” OK, but is this really a good idea? When she realized that she made 330 dinners, washed 200 loads of clothes, had 300 Zoom meetings and mucked stalls for two horses 620 times, it seemed more like a horror movie flashing before her eyes. Never count all the tasks you have done in a year! This is not a way to “reflect” or enjoy a three-day weekend! This is the time when we consider au tumn, with the promise of cooler days, longer nights, pumpkin spice aromas and fewer weeds to cut. Oh, and go ahead, dare to relax every now and then. It is good for the body and soul. But please don’t think about all the hours you have toiled in your life since that could be upsetting. Hopefully you can enjoy the “fruits of your labor” all year long. Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Re altor. Have a comment or a story? Email her at judy@judybluhm.com.
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And, at the top, what most nutri tionists in the early ’90s considered the “bottom feeders” among consum ables: fats, sweets and oils… with the admonition to “use sparingly.” Critics were unsparing in their scorn.The most common complaint dealt with style as well as substance. Amer icans associate success with the top… not the bottom. Accordingly, the ad vice of the agriculture department was to “invert the pyramid.” (Sound familiar?) Adding “fat to the fire” was a failure to recognize research extolling the benefits of unsaturated fats in weight loss, as well the lowering of blood sug ar and cholesterol levels. But blood pressure levels increased on the banks of the Potomac with ac cusations of “lactose tolerance” — al legations that the dairy lobby “milked” the benefits of the pyramid with larg er visuals that made their products easier to recognize. USDA bureaucrats recognized they had created problems with the pyra mid, but like most government work ers, they were slow to embrace need ed changes. Finally, in 2011, the pyr amid transmogrified into a “personal izedNow,plate.”“My Plate” offers official feder al food guidance… and has for over a decade.Despite this, everyday Americans
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The USDA was all about inclusion at the base of the pyramid, grouping bread, cereal, rice and pasta together, suggesting six to 11 daily servings. On the next level, vegetables and fruits shared elevated status, with guidance of three to five servings of veggies and two to four helpings of fruit.
Baby boomers can be forgiven if they carry a vague recollection of this dietary diagram from the scratchy, sprocket threaded, 16 millimeter monochromatic motion pictures fea tured during their school days so long ago.Actually, official recognition of the food pyramid did not occur until 1992. That’s when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) introduced its own version, alternatively called the “Food Guide Pyramid” or the “Eating Right Pyramid.”
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12 THE FOOTHILLS FOCUS | THEFOOTHILLSFOCUS.COM | AUGUST 31, 2022OPINION •• seem to encounter new “nutrition al studies” — well, everyday. That includes one from the University of Michigan that was curiously released one month after Independence Day. Did you enjoy a hot dog on July Fourth? An article in the Aug. 4 edition of The US Sun claims you might have cut more than a half-hour from your life span for indulging. Researchers in Ann Arbor claim that summertime staple may put nails in your coffin 36.3 minutes sooner than a non-hot dog eater. Scientists conducting the study said they calculated the direct influence of 6,000 various meals, snacks and drinks. They claim that if someone who eats beef and processed pork products would exchange just 10% of their caloric intake for plant-based food, those “enlightened eaters” could gain an extra 48 minutes of life per day.No word on who financed the study, but it sounds as if the U of M has en gaged in dubious scholarship to pro mote its school colors: “Eat maize so you won’t turn blue!” Rightly skeptical folks could re flexively suggest that the research is flawed, since it compares apples to or anges, in a manner of speaking. Either way, “wrong eating” Egyptol
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Navy veteran Anthony Calderon and Lacey Rank, who served in the Phoenix Police De partment, founded Desert Dogs to provide veterans employment, housing and a longterm opportunity to work and grow with a company that understands that the transition from military to civilian life can be difficult. Calderon and Rank worked together at a company with a similar vision. When that company went under, Calderon and Rank opened Desert Dogs to continue that mission.
While continuing to work with the Phoe nix VA, Desert Dogs recently expanded to Prescott and the Prescott Valley VA. It also partners with U.S. Vets, a nonprofit organi zation that runs homeless shelters for veter ans, to find veterans looking for work. Desert Dogs offers more than jobs. Veterans are of fered a place to stay. “We can put them in our home and charge them rent — a low rent — but they are able to build up their credit. Then by working with us, they make money, and they usually stay in our house around six to eight months before they’re able to save up enough mon ey and improve their credit enough to get an apartment on their own,” Calderon said. “And then they continue working with us and obviously hopefully continue to build that life back. So, that’s kind of our goal, not just to employ them, but if they need housing then to provide them housing and help them get back on their feet.”
Desert Dogs was founded by Anthony Calderon, a Navy veteran, and Lacey Rank, who served in the Phoe nix Police Department, to provide veterans employment, housing and support. (Desert Dogs/Submitted) Desert Dogs was founded in 2020 and has grown from about four people and a single truck to over 60 employed veterans and 22 trucks. (Desert Dogs/Submitted)
Desert Dogs provides jobs, housing for veterans
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Veterans started as an idea be tween two colleagues who saw a way to fill a need. Also known as Desert Dogs, the concept was simple — people need to get rid of their junk and veterans who have a hard time adjusting need work. Why not put them together?
“We work with the Phoenix Veterans Ad ministration to hire veterans who are dis placed, who are coming home and having a hard time transitioning,” Calderon said. “Many of these that we work with have had prior drug offenses or other felonies that have precluded them from getting other jobs. But our motto is that we care about who you are today, not who you were yesterday.” Desert Dogs launched in January 2020, and Calderon said it was an immediate suc cess. The company, located just south of Des ert Ridge, landed contracts with local home builders to do cleanup and compliance. Since then, Desert Dogs has expanded in ev ery way — its employees, its services and its coverage area. “We began with one truck and about four people,” Calderon said. “Today, we have 64 employees and 22 trucks.”
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The goal is to help veterans get back on their feet and set them up for success. Even within the company, Calderon said there is a lot of opportunity for growth. Most people start on a truck doing junk removal for $16 an hour, but they can do training to move up to more skilled labor services, where they can make $23 to $25 an hour. In fact, the human resources, operations and skilled labor directors all started on the ground level and grew into management po sitions.Once the employees get training and ex perience under their belt, Calderon said it’s common for them to get job offers from oth er companies. Some choose to stay with Des ert Dogs — even with lower pay.
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“I’m not sure if it’s a military thing or just personal, but there’s a lot of pride in who you work for and a lot of devotion for those who have shown you the type of respect that maybe other people didn’t,” he said. More so, Calderon said a lot of the veter ans just appreciate being around like-mind ed people who are going through similar struggles. According to Calderon, about half of the employees don’t have a driver’s li cense, so every morning, they are picked up in the truck and ride to work together. They have a lot of time to talk, and Calderon said a lot of them find it therapeutic.
“Our goal is to celebrate them any chance we get,” Calderon said. “So, if there’s a reason to have a party, we have a party.”
“We do random drug tests, and if they don’t pass the drug test then we will put them through rehab,” Calderon said. “If they refuse rehab, we have to let them go just for legal reasons, but if they go to rehab and they get better, their job is there for them when they get back. We understand that it’s not al ways the first time you quit that you actually quit for good… Those that want to be helped, we absolutely do it.”
Co-owner Anthony Calderon said the company is a “second chance” employer, understanding that life is a rollercoaster. (Desert Dogs/Submitted)
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Seeing how successful the company has been with jobs and in its mission of helping veterans, Calderon said they are looking to replicate that success within and beyond Arizona. Desert Dogs plans to have a Tucson location open by the end of the year. On a bigger scale, Calderon said VA offices in Portland and Eugene, Oregon, have pro posed partnerships. Calderon said he hopes to move into other areas where the compa ny can partner with the Veterans Adminis tration.
In addition, Desert Dogs has Thanksgiv ing and Christmas feasts every year. It also provides fun outings like bowling and ax throwing just to remind everyone that they are valued and appreciated.
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F or many, abortion as a form of birth control should be con sidered a homicide. For others, any restriction on a woman’s abili ty to control whether she delivers a baby is a sexist violation of a basic human right. As we attempt to have an ongo ing national discussion on these is sues, it is impossible to do so unless everyone has a common reference point. Most of the people who argue passionately about Roe v. Wade has likely never read the case. Many, if not most, misunderstand what it ac tually said. By way of background, in 1965, the Supreme Court established a consti tutional right to privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut. The court did not rely on the actual text of the Constitution. Instead, it held that the guarantees listed in the Bill of Rights created penumbras. In short, the spirit of the Constitution established a constitu tional right to privacy without any need to amend the Constitution’s ac tual language.
In 1973, the Supreme Court ex tended this right to privacy to invali date state restrictions on abortion in Roe v. Wade. However, Roe v. Wade did not hold that women have an unlimited constitutional right to an abortion.InRoev. Wade, the Supreme Court divided a pregnancy into trimesters and held that the right of a woman to have an abortion varied depending on the amount of time she has been pregnant. During the first trimester, a state government could not reg ulate abortion. During the second, the state could impose restrictions. During the last trimester, the state could regulate abortions and could even prohibit them entirely.
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If you strongly support our consti tutional structure of separation of powers, and if you believe it defeats the purpose of having a written con stitution if the words do not mean what they say, then you may view the Dobbs decision as being correct and logical. People who hold such a view may support the Roe trimester frame work as a statute, even if they oppose it being announced in case law. How ever, that does not end the analysis. Bioethics issues surrounding abor tion often generate difficult discus sions. For example, there are preg nancy related conditions that cannot produce a baby, such as ectopic or molar pregnancies. Women under going fertility treatment may seek embryo reduction in order to pre vent unhealthy multiple births. What if the mother needs to be treated for cancer? Should treating any of these medical conditions be considered an abortion?Ifyouget your information from something other than cable news or social media, you will discover that most people do not have absolute views on abortion. Some pro-choice advocates tend to use examples of students becoming pregnant after a rape. Some pro-life advocates tend to use examples of women ending their pregnancies after eight months. However, those cases are compara tively rare, which is why most people are either pro-life with exceptions or pro-choice with limits. Although it is possible to perform a Google search and to find women who claim to be proud of their abor tion, I have never heard anyone say, “I think abortions are a great idea. I think all women should have at least three.”While a unanimous consensus on abortion is a practical impossibili ty, perhaps everyone could agree to seek ways to make abortions rare. Judge Gerald A. Williams is the jus tice of the peace for the North Valley Justice Court. That court’s jurisdic tion includes Glendale, Phoenix, An them, and Desert Hills. In prior posi tions, he served as an attorney repre sentative to medical center bioethics committees.
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and held there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. Nothing in the Dobbs decision prohibits abortions. But now, a state government can restrict, or even prohibit, abortions as long as the state has a rational basis for believing that the restric tion serves a legitimate government interest. In the Dobbs case, the Su preme Court applied this rational basis test to a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks (except for medical emergency or se vere fetal abnormality) and found it to be constitutional.
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Let me introduce you to a couple you may have heard about from your Sunday school days. The couple was once the king and queen of Israel. Their names were Ahab and Jezebel.Most likely, you have heard about Je zebel. You wouldn’t have wanted to get on her wrong side. She was large and in charge even though her husband, Ahab, was the king of Israel. Jezebel means brazen, shameless or morally unrestrained without cohabitation. Her calling card would say, “Whether right or wrong, I get what I want.” Here’s an incident that happened years ago. King Ahab, prone to childlike tantrums and coveting, saw a vineyard he wanted for a vegetable garden near his palace. Ahab’s problem was the vineyard was owned by a citizen named Naboth. So Ahab offered to buy the vineyard. But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid I should give you the inheritance of my Ahabancestors.”wenthome angry, sulking, re fusing to eat. Jezebel asked Ahab why he was in a bad mood. Ahab told her what had happened. Jezebel responded, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.” And get the vineyard, Jezebel did. Je zebel hired two “scoundrels” to lie and testify Naboth had cursed God and the king. So, the hired hands took Naboth outside the city and stoned him to death. Notice the pattern; lies, false wit nesses, hired crowds and taking away property. I guess whatever “Lola wants, Lola gets” — for a while. There’s a fundamental difference be tween weakness and wickedness. Ahab had fleshly ego-driven weaknesses. Je zebel was wicked. Ahab had an issue of the head. Jezeb el had an issue of the heart. Ahab was clueless and spoiled. Jezebel was inten tional and diabolical. Note that Ahabs and Jezebels are a type, not a gender. This example isn’t a male-female issue. There were heaps of Jezebel kings in Israel’s past. In this case, Ahab’s weak ness was Jezebel’s passport into con trolling a nation. Jezebel types look for weak people like Ahab to influence and control. You can’t be a puppeteer if you don’t have a puppet. In one sense, each one empow ered the other. Ahab’s self-absorption, spoiled childish ways and slothfulness created space for Jezebel’s hubris and ambition. The wickedness in her ruled Israel through Ahab’s weakness. Ahab gave his authority or right to govern to Jezebel, and Jezebel gladly took it. Together, they ruled Israel for years. God is patient, even with weak kings and wicked queens for a while. God gave them, as he gives us, every chance to make a turn and change for the bet ter. But just because God is patient doesn’t mean God condones intentional dysfunctional behavior forever. At the appointed time, God sent a prophet named Elijah to make the king and queen aware their actions have consequences. Why did God prophet ically warn them? Because the king and queen’s issues were hurting them selves, their people and the nation. That’s called love in action. King Ahab got upset (again) that God’s message through Elijah was stop ping him from getting his way all the time. Jezebel flew into a rage (again). How dare Elijah or God curtail Ahab and Jezebel’s ambitions? You don’t challenge the actions and attitudes of people like Jezebel without creating ramifications of rage. Jezebel types don’t get even. They get revenge. Pup peteers and people “without cohabita tion” don’t like it when someone upsets theirSometimespuppet. we think someone is wicked when they have a weakness. We see this in the play called “Wick ed.” Conversely, we assume someone is weak when they are cruel. Don’t be too quick to judge. Learn to discern. Watch their example. Watch who is attracted to them and who is repelled by them. Is what they do primarily for your good or theirThedesire?problem with any nation, society or community is it takes an Ahab to cre ate a Jezebel. The character of the king or queen permeates the kingdom. Is rael languished and mourned because of Ahab’s head and Jezebel’s heart for a while. But people like Ahab and Je zebel generally don’t end very well. These two “experts” eventually became ex-spurts… shooting stars that were bright for a moment and then quickly burnt up. Let me quote a Bible verse about Je zebel that will surprise you. It’s Jesus talking about Jezebel. “And I gave her time to change directions, but she has no intention of changing directions…”
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Revelation 2:19. That’s love. Consider this, leaders and people aren’t punished for their mis takes. Leaders and people are punished by their mistakes. I’m not being harsh or hardhearted here. On the contrary, this article is ex hortation and encouragement. I’m just trying to make us aware of real life. We all have weaknesses, but some have just a bit more weaknesses than others. That could be dangerous, whoever we are. Why? Because the more weakness es we have, the more desirable we are for weak or even wicked people who need more vulnerable people to ad vance their agenda. Don’t run from God to the perpetra tor of weakness or wickedness. Instead, run to God, the provider of wellness. Transform your weakness or your wickedness into wellness. Be empow ered for life abundantly. God loves you, and he approved this message.
Ed Delph is a noted author of 10 books, as well as a pastor, teacher, former business owner and speaker. Ed has traveled extensively, having been to more than 100 countries. He is president of NationStrategy, a nonprofit organization involved in uplifting and transforming communities worldwide. For more information, see nationstrategy.com. Ed may be contacted nationstrategy@cs.com.at
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Crafternoon – Unsupervised FRIDAYS Kids from the ages of 2 to 18 can craft to their heart’s content in the Imagination Lab. With no staff to act as supervision, all kids must be accompanied by an adult. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., free admission, 480-488-2286, dfla.org
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The Foothills Focus publishes on Wednesday. The weekly calendar — a listing of entertainment events such as concerts, theatrical performances, events for schools, churches, county parks and nonprofit groups — runs every issue. Events must be open to the public to be considered and generally must be held within the Foothills Focus coverage area. Events such as concerts and theatrical performances that fall outside the Foothills Focus cir culation area will be considered because there are no concert halls or theater venues within our boundaries.
Join Elizabeth Boisson in an intermediate-level course of Yoga Fusion at the Desert Foothills Library from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays. The class will start with breathing exercises and then go through different types of stretching movements and then into Vinyasa or flow yoga. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, noon to 1 p.m., $10 cash per class, dfla.org Friday Night Bull Riding & Mutton Bustin’ FRIDAYS Come watch riders rodeo on the back of a mighty bull. For children ages 3 to 6, sheep are available to ride alongside them. Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse, 6823 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, 8 p.m. to 11:45 p.m., $10 tickets $20 to ride a bull, buffalochipsaloon.com
J. David Sloan at Mountain View Pub SEPT. 11 Listen to classic country singers and songwriters Pat rick James, W Alan Hall and Jason Hal at the Mountain View Pub for quality music and quality times. The Mountain View Pub, 7033 E. Cave Creek Rd, Cave Creek, 5 to 9 p.m., free admission, 480-575-7782, mountainviewpub.pub
NIGHTLY Come listen to live music every night at Janey’s Coffeehouse, performed by a variety of talented local artists. The venue has over a dozen unique performers each month, and for those looking to perform, new talent is encouraged to come by and sign up. This week, check out Juke Box Repair Co., Chris Grieve, Scandalous Hands, Glade Wilson, and Jay Allan. Janey’s Coffeehouse, 6602 E. Cave Creek Road, Cave Creek, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., ca vecreekazmusic.com
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SEPT. 2 Find new and interesting puzzles to solve, and help others find something for themselves. Drop off gently used puzzles and come exchange the old for the new all day at the library. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. School house Road, Cave Creek, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., 480-488-2286, dfla.org Art, Coffee, and Conversation
Exercise Over 50 SEPT. 2 Take the necessary steps to leading a healthy lifestyle over the age of 50. Discuss pain and discomfort, and figure out steps to regain mobility, reduce pain and realign the body. Discuss balance, strength, and bodily functions with expert Karen Cimaglia. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 11 a.m. to noon, $10 admission, ajohnson@dfla.org
WEDNESDAYS Death Café is a discussion about death and dying, meant as a way for people to come together and talk about a topic that is often seen as taboo. Rather than a support group, Death Café is meant as a way for anyone at any station to appreciate the time they have left. To date, over 12,000 Death Cafés have opened up worldwide in 78 different countries. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. School house Road, Cave Creek, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., free admission, 480-488-2286, dfla.org Yoga Fusion
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SEPT. 6 Come to Black Canyon City for a ladies bible study and pleasant lunch at Jeanie Glover’s home. Call Joni Corby or Sue Pielage for more details. 19315 E. Scenic Loop, Black Canyon City, 10 to 11:30 a.m., 602-478-7654, 623-680-7382
SEPT. 2 This fall, Art, Coffee, and Conversation opens up for a new season. Event coordinator Nicolette Bonnstet ter has been preparing a number of topics meant to captivate and fascinate. Come by for a hot drink and cool conversation. Foothills Community Foundation, 34250 N. 60th St. Building B, Scottsdale, 10 a.m. to noon, hollandcenter.org
Those who knit or crochet are invited to the Desert Foothills Library for Craft N Chat. New and experi enced crafters are welcome to join. Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. School house Road, Cave Creek, 1 to 3 p.m., free, dfla.org Death Café
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“From a basketball standpoint, and just improving the game, I think it’s very ben eficial,” Ramirez said. “It translates to the next level where everyone has a shot clock on the collegiate stage. If that’s what we want to prepare our guys for, then it’s fan tastic.”Some hold the opinion that the addition of the shot clock is unnecessary because, according to NCAA research, only 3.4% of high school basketball players go on to play any level of college basketball. But Stinson disagrees.
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Talk about a game-changer. After years of overwhelming support, the Arizona Interscholas tic Association will add a 35-second shot clock to Arizona high school basketball in the 6A through 3A conferences. This will be the first time a shot clock will be used for AIA-sanctioned high school basketball in the state. Although a vast majority of coaches, players and fans approve of the change, financial and lo gistical issues have long strained schools acrossDuringArizona.the2021-22 school year, each conference voted on whether to adopt rules outlined by the National Federation of High School Athletics that include a 35-second shot clock on each end of the court, and detailed rules for the officials and clock operators. The 6A through 3A conferences voted to adopt the rules; 2A and 1A did not.
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“The shot clock is going to change the game,” said De’Rahn Stinson, coach of Raymond S. Kellis High School in Glen dale. “It’s going to make games faster and be more Stinsonhigh-scoring.”andothershot clock support ers are excited because coaches will be forced to scheme differently. Teams no longer will be able to run out the game clock with a motion offense, and deci sions on each offensive possession will have to be quicker. Stinson also believes the shot clock gives an advantage to teams that play great de fense. Teams with a strong defense when possession length was controlled by the offense should experience even higher levels of success with possessions limited to 35 Coachseconds.Lucas Ramirez of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale sees the installation of shot clocks helping to prepare his play ers for the next level.
“It’s true that not everyone will play col lege, but everybody should want to strive to be better than what they are right now,” Stinson said. “That should be everyone’s goal. Shot
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“My biggest concern is going to be find ing someone who understands the rules,” Standerfer said. “And not just in Snowflake but anywhere you go, there’s going to be a learning curve over the next few years.”
Kevin Standerfer, the athletic director at Snowflake High School in Snowflake, said his coaches are all for the new rule. They are excited to see how the rule change af fects game pace and scoring. He related the rule change to the addi tion of the three-point line in 1987 and how many opposed to shot clocks are bringing up the same hypotheticals that were used back then.
Saguaro athletic director Matt Harris has high school and college basketball coaching experience, most recently as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ari zona Christian University in Glendale. At the college level, Harris remembers stop pages in almost every game as the refer ee checked the scorer’s table to adjust or sync the shot clock.
“(The shot clock) adds to the atmo sphere and makes it feel like you’re in the NBA for some kids,” Stinson said. “Because this is the highest level some kids will ever play. (Varsity) high school basketball is theirForNBA.”more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.
A majority of issues with the new rules come from the production, delivery and installation of the shot clocks. Standerfer said Snowflake High handled the cost of the clocks, but he has heard that other northern Arizona schools have had issues getting the necessary funding. Some schools have outdated main score boards, which would not integrate with a shot clock and would require a replace ment of the entire scoreboard system.
A 35-second shot clock will be part of the 202223 basketball season for 6A to 3A Arizona high schools. Although most coaches embrace the ad dition, they caution that shot clocks will require a learning curve. Sports North/Submitted)
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“It adds a new dimension for the refer ees to focus on and another dimension for the scorer’s table,” Harris said. “But I be lieve it will be figured out in time.”
“I just think if we’re all kind of on the same page and parallel, it’s just going to help our game out so there’s no confu sion,” Portela said.
The addition of a shot clock will un doubtedly change Arizona high school basketball, most believe for the better.
Schools operate financially between July 1 and June 30, and we were told it would be in and up by June 30,” Standerfer said. “But because of manufacturing issues, the product will not be in until the end of July, and we still need to schedule a crew to come up here and install it.”
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Coach Ray Portela of Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix believes the change is a step in the right direction toward estab lishing consistency with high school bas ketball rules across the country.
Standerfer also expressed a concern held by many athletic departments across the state: Will they be able to find quali fied people to operate the shot clocks?
“I just think it’s one of the rule changes that we’re going to have to adapt to sooner or later,” Portela said. “Everyone wants to have the same experience. No one wants to feel that they’re any lower than anyone else.”Portela spoke about how his teams have played in many out-of-state tournaments, some with a shot clock and some without. He believes that a more consistent set of rules between states would be beneficial for the game overall.
“Did (the three-point line) affect the game some? I would say it did,” Stander fer said. “At the start of a possession, you would try to inch closer and closer to take the closest shot possible. Now, players learn to stay back 18 to 20 feet so they can step into their three-point shot. There was a learning curve, but we adapted.”
Snowflake High’s shot clock issues, however, stem from uncontrollable sup ply-chain issues.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Secretary of the Interior to extend the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6493, as extended by PLO No. 7474, for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 6493, which as extended by PLO 7474 will currently expire on December 23, 2023, withdrew 70 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, and reserved the land for use by the BOP for support facilities at the Federal Correctional Institution–Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona. This notice provides for the public to comment and request a public meeting for the 20-year withdrawal extension application.
Notice is hereby given that comments or request for an opportunity for a public meeting is afforded in connection with this withdrawal extension. All interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on the requested withdrawal extension must submit a written request to the State Director, BLM Arizona State Office at the address in the ADDRESSES section by November 15, 2022. If the BLM authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the date, time, and place will be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meetBeforeing. including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask BLM in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Notice of Application for Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Federal Correctional Institution – Phoenix, Arizona AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of application.
A decision of the Secretary of the Interior to extend a withdrawal as requested is subject to compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The BLM established a categorical exclusion (CX), developed pursuant to NEPA, and found at 516 Departmental Manual 11.9(E)(1), that addresses extensions such as the one requested, which consists merely of an extension of time, without any other changes. The BLM anticipates reliance on the referenced CX, subject to extraordinary circumstances review, should the Secretary elect to extend the withdrawal, and anticipates that neither preparation of an environmental impact statement nor an environmental assessment will be necessary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Ouellett, Realty Specialist, BL M Arizona State Office, 1 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, telephone: (602) 417-9561, email: mouellett@blm.gov; or you may contact the BLM office at the address listed above. Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United SUPPLEMENTARYStates.
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