Scottsdale Airpark News - April 2019

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April 2019 contents FEATURES 22 | A Tasteful Future The Arizona Culinary Institute places students first 26 | Haute Home Cooking Chef William Turner offers delectable fine dining in client’s homes 28 | Iconic Return Scottsdale Culinary Festival is about more than food

SPOTLIGHT 16 | Meet Your Airpark Neighbor Preach! Steven Sheets carves career path in caring

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18 | Airpark Buzz Council to vote on proposed wash project in April 20 | 5 O'Clock in the Airpark Airpark’s O.S.H.O. Brewery now producing the harder stuff 32 | Fly-In Vacation Holiday in Healdsburg 35 | Making a Difference Nonprofit works to provide aero ambulances for children in need, Catholic Community Foundation’s Crozier Gala honors its roots

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40 | Shopping in the Airpark Tony Turchetta turns pen-collection hobby into a business 41 | Arts in the Airpark Calling the Spirits – Don Bluth brings Noel Coward’s spooky work to the stage 43 | Around the Airpark Fifth annual DogFest Phoenix, 44 | Remember When Culinary Classic Conjurer 48 | Airpark Events AZ wine and dine, Sippin’ Series and more 52 | Dining Destinations Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade, Social Tap Scottsdale, Tiki Oasis

COLUMNS 61 | What’s Cooking Ham and Egg Brunch Cups

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62 | Tourism Talk Tourism industry is making a difference

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64 | Insurance and Benefits Try a 412(a)(3) for the highest deductions and tax savings 6 | Business News 65 | Business Directory 68 | Advertiser Index

70 | Business Horoscopes 71 | Scottsdale Airpark Map

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On the cover: The Scottsdale Culinary Festival treats by Tim Fuchs

WINGS OF HUMANITY

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CBRE sells Raintree Office Center CBRE arranged the sale of Raintree Office Center, a two-building Class A office complex, located at the southeast corner of the Loop 101 and Raintree Drive in Scottsdale. The multitenant property sold for $16.38 million.

Glenn Smigiel, Bob Young, Steve Brabant and Rick Abraham along with Brad Anderson and Michael Strittmatter with CBRE’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer is Scottsdale

Raintree Office Center is 100 percent leased to three high-quality tenants—CVS Health, Dubuque Bank and Trust, and North Valley Surgery Center. (Photo courtesy CBRE)

Investment Management LLC, a real estate development and investment firm that focuses on Phoenix-area office and industrial properties.

Located at 8801 and 8901 E. Raintree Drive, the complex was completed in 2000 and comprises two freestanding buildings

totaling 110,914 square feet. The property is 100 percent leased to three high-quality tenants—CVS Health, Dubuque Bank and Trust, and North Valley Surgery Center.

Nearby retail and dining destinations include Scottsdale Promenade, Scottsdale Quarter and Kierland Commons.

Hall of Fame honorees announced The Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce and the Past Presidents Council has chosen a handful of notable folks for the Scottsdale History Hall of Fame.

They will be honored at 7 p.m. Thurs-

day, May 9, at The Scottsdale, 7700 E. McCormick Parkway, Scottsdale. For tickets, call 480-355-2708.

The inductees are: banking executive Ken Harder; Cactus League President

Promenade Self Storage will be located at 7550 E. Paradise Lane, Scottsdale. (Photo courtesy The Rodie Company)

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Jeff Meyer; philanthropists Bob and Renee Parsons; Arizona utility executive Jim Wellington; the Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community and the Sugar Bowl.

Scottsdale-based 1784 Capital Holdings LLC broke ground on the Scottsdale Promenade Self-Storage unit set to be complete in 2020. The building will have three stories above ground and one below ground and fully air-conditioned.

Chairman and CEO of 1784 Capital Holdings Shane Albers says, “These properties offer the finest amenities and services in the industry, replacing the old industrial image of self-storage with a boutique-type experience.”

Executive vice president of 1784 Capital Holdings Kelly McKone says new residential development and the high amounts of retail centers, “solidify the need for space and appeal for this high quality of service.”

The facility will be located at 7550 E. Paradise Lane; access will be available from Paradise Lane and 76th Street and Scottsdale Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. …continues on page 8

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Michael Phelps celebrates the reopening of OMEGA Boutique Olympic medalist Michael Phelps helped celebrate the grand reopening of the OMEGA Boutique in Scottsdale Fashion Square. Clients and watch collectors mingled with Phelps, an OMEGA ambassador since 2004. Meanwhile, clients could see the changes made to OMEGA. The interior design of the boutique is “contemporary and sophisticated,” with pendant lights, zebrawood and limestone floors and furniture with accents of red and gold.

The changes were made to provide “a deluxe and comfortable shopping experience for customers and underlines the attention to detail and quality for which OMEGA has long been known.”

OMEGA opened in 1848 and today, the brand is steadily growing every year.

The 28-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps celebrated the grand reopening of the OMEGA Boutique Scottsdale. (Photo courtesy OMEGA)

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Scottsdale Airport closed for several hours on March 2 On March 2, Scottsdale Airport closed for multiple hours after a plane made a belly landing and veered off of the runway. The Scottsdale Fire Department said there were no serious injuries.

The pilot of the Cessna 172 was the only person aboard and officials say the plane reported gear problems, forcing the belly landing.

The Monte Cristo Building, at 7434 E. Monte Cristo Avenue, is close to retail and hospitality.

(Photo courtesy The Rodi Company)

Scottsdale Airpark building sold for $4.6 million

Forbes honors Bruce Hosler of Hosler Wealth Management Bruce Hosler, a manager for Scottsdale-based wealth management firm Hosler Wealth Management, was named in Forbes’ Best in-State Wealth Advisors lists for 2019.

Hosler’s focus is advising retirees and widows to find ways to lower their taxes and save money.

Wayne Bloom, CEO of Commonwealth Financial Network, one of Hosler’s investors and partners, says, “Congratulations to Bruce on this welldeserved recognition by Forbes. It is wonderful to see a client-centric, independent advisor who is devoted to providing expert financial planning represented on the list.”

For the entire list, visit forbes.com.

Tempe investor Malck LLC purchased a building in the Scottsdale Airpark for $4.6 million. The space will be used for Precision Fleet Services auto showroom and administrative offices.

The building was built in 2001, has two levels of space, over 14,000 square feet of warehouse space and more than 6,000 square feet of office space. Malck will occupy the entirety of the space; the original owner was Western Properties Inc. of Seattle.

“This attractive, two-story structure offers incredible proximity within the Scottsdale Airpark,” says Jim Keeley,

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Scottsdale-based water company expands sales across the nation

The Perimeter Center’s office and health care building will contain approximately 47,322 square feet of space. (Photo courtesy Irgens)

Irgens breaks ground on Perimeter Center Irgens - Phoenix broke ground on its newest development, 17 Three Hundred at Perimeter Center, a two-story, Class A office building at 17300 N. Perimeter Drive. It is scheduled for completing in October.

“This project is the second building within the Irgens Perimeter Center project,” says Jason Meszaros, senior vice president and managing regional director of Irgens.

“The building is already attracting substantial tenant interest and we anticipate a fast lease-up.”

Irgens purchased an existing building and the acreage for this second structure in 2015. After leasing the first building, Irgens sold it to Wan Hai Lines in 2017.

“We are now eager to get this second phase out of the ground and available to the market. The Perimeter Center is recognized for offering the highest quality of space and the availability of sizable floor plates has

diminished. Pent up demand in the area is ready for some inventory to lease.”

The office and health care building will contain approximately 47,322 square feet of space. The building will offer extensive glass lines and contemporary horizontal window shades. Spacious balconies, operable windows and abundant, mature landscaping also will be featured.

“The Scottsdale Airpark submarket finished 2018 with a vacancy rate below 10 percent,” Meszaros says. “New construction in the area remains extremely limited and our project is poised to offer the Class A space for which this area of Scottsdale is recognized. The medical industry continues expanding in this area, looking to serve the increasing population moving to North Scottsdale. Traditional office users also will be attracted to this property because of its finishes and convenience.”

Scottsdale-based Alkaline Water Company, the leading producer of bottled water sold in Whole Foods in Arizona, is expanding into more Whole Foods across the United States.

“We are pleased to announce that 30 more Whole Foods stores will be carrying our 1-gallons size in Texas,” says Richard A. Wright, president and CEO of The Alkaline Water Company Inc. The 1-gallon size is available in 107 Whole Foods stores across the United States and is available in all Whole Foods stores in the Southwest.

Wright chalks up the success to new team member, Peri Gaddie. The company was founded in 2012, and is one of the fastestgrowing water bottle brands on the market and is expected to be in all Whole Foods stores by the end of the 2020 fiscal year.

Barron’s names Trevor Wilde among the state’s top advisers Wilde Wealth Management group, an independent financial firm providing retirement, investment, real estate, insurance, legal and tax planning, was recognized by Barron’s as one of the top advisers nationwide for the 11th consecutive year.

This year, the firm came in fourth overall in Arizona, and is among the top 1,200 nationwide. Trevor Wilde, managing principal of Wilde Wealth, says, “This honor comes in great part to our client relationships, something our entire firm focused on.”

Arizona Helping Hands breakfast benefit Arizona Helping Hands, a nonprofit organization providing basic needs for children in foster care, hosted a dedication breakfast on March 8 to celebrate the opening of the Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation Foster Family Resource Center.

More than 100 community leaders attended the breakfast like Diane Halle, Jerry Wissink from the BHHS Legacy Foundation, and Mary Jane Rynd from the Virginia G. Piper Foundation. They heard testimonials from a foster parent and from Cynthia Weiss, the

communications director for the Arizona Department of Child Safety.

Emcee Mac Watson of KTAR radio is a foster parent and shared his experiences and the challenges that come with fostering children. He highlighted the work of Arizona Helping Hands and how beneficial its work is for foster children.

Arizona Helping Hands is in the middle of a $3 million capital campaign to complete the purchase and renovation of a building on 3110 E. Thunderbird Road, Phoenix. …continues on page 14

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Sheila Zuieback, Dan Shufelt, Diane Halle, Kim Miller, and Charlie Smith attended the Arizona Helping Hands breakfast. (Special to Scottsdale Airpark News)

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Audra Koester Thomas honored at Elite Hangar Overseeing cattle operations on a family of new methods for MAG to help develop farm in Minnesota may seem far removed the plan that will build the regional transfrom leading efforts toward renewed trans- portation system for the next 30 years,” says portation funding in Arizona, but succeeding MAG Executive Director Eric Anderson.

“Knowing that this plan will in traditionally male-domibe based on comprehensive nated careers is nothing new input from the public makes for Audra Koester Thomas. us confident that we will Koester Thomas, transdevelop a system that best portation planning program serves the residents of our manager for the Maricopa region.”

Association of GovernWhile she is busy breakments, was recognized as ing through barriers in the WTS Phoenix Chapter’s her own capacity, Koester Woman of the Year during Thomas also is committed a March 23 ceremony at the to ensuring the success of Elite Hangar in Scottsdale. other women. She serves as The Phoenix chapter a WTS Mentor, in which she selected Koester Thomas provides professional advice for her innovative work and support to other women in prioritizing the future Audra Koester Thomas was honored in the transportation field. transportation needs of the by the Maricopa Associaton of WTS is an international Valley. She is in charge of a Governments. (Photo courtesy MAG) organization dedicated to study to identify the values and priorities for the region through a values the professional advancement of women in mapping project. Of notable focus is a public transportation. The acronym formally stands survey she is facilitating to identify what for Women’s Transportation Seminar, which common values drive Valley residents and was how it was named when it was founded how those values can be incorporated into in 1977, when women couldn’t get subsidized for association memberships unless they were future transportation planning.

“Audra is actively employing a number educational.

Real estate agent Christina Ramirez joins Platinum Living clients who are looking to Christina Ramirez has buy or sell their home.” joined Platinum Living “I love assisting people Realty, an independent in buying and selling luxury real estate brokertheir homes because I am age with four offices across helping people realize their Arizona. She is based out of dreams,” Ramirez adds.

Platinum Living Realty’s DC “I was drawn to Platinum Ranch office in Scottsdale, Living Realty because of Ramirez brings 10 years of their focus on marketing experience to assist those strategies and creating haplooking to buy or sell a home. piness for their agents and “We are pleased to clients. I know I’ll be able welcome Christina to Platinum Living Realty,” Christina Ramirez said she was drawn to build my business by says Michelle Macklin, co- to Platinum Living Realty because of implementing new systems which in turn will allow owner of Platinum Living their marketing strategies. (Platinum Living Realty) me to help more people Realty. “Christina’s integrity, exemplary customer service and strong achieve their dreams as part of the Platinum negotiation skills will be great assets for our Living Realty team.”

Bar association to discuss family law issues The Scottsdale Bar Association’s April 9 CLE program will focus on family law, as discussed by attorney Stacy Click. This month’s sponsor is Lindstrom Mediations.

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Registration for the program begins at 11:45 a.m. at Gainey Ranch Golf Club, 7600 Gainey Club Drive. Scottsdale. For more information, visit scottsdalebar.com.

Smash Bros. tourney hits the Airpark The double-elimination #AXOSMASH Smash Bros tournament hit AZ CoWork, 13835 N. Northsight Boulevard, Suite 100, Scottsdale, on March 29. Results were not available at deadline.

Players and spectators enjoyed pizza, snacks, beer and wine as they cheered or jeered the tech competitors on. Profits from the event benefited Axosoft’s #ItWasNeverADress scholarship fund, which supports women who are interested in learning new technical skills and leveling-up their careers.

Animal Welfare League raises $240K Arizona Animal Welfare League, the state’s oldest and largest no-kill shelter, in partnership with PetSmart Charities, hosted its annual Evening to Paws Gala on March 2 at the Omni Montelucia in Scottsdale, where it raised more than $240,000.

This year’s theme was “The Cat Pack is Back,” a play on the Rat Pack that recognized this year’s honorees – a group of volunteers and organizations who support the shelter during Arizona’s kitten season. In keeping with the theme, the night included dancing to crooners and big band music that harkened to Las Vegas in the ’70s.

Picklecon comes to the Airpark Scottsdale-based design company, Design Pickle, will host its first Picklecon, a three-day creative entrepreneur conference Wednesday, May 22, to Friday, May 24.

Hosted at Hotel Valley Ho, world-class creative entrepreneurs will lead business owners and partners through more than 20 sessions and six hands-on workshops based on real-world results. Each training session will focus on modern business topics, including building a business on Instagram, scaling your employees, building monthly recurring revenue and creating legacy inside your business.

The Picklecon team will provide actionable insights on how to be a successful creative entrepreneur. Speakers will include Russ Perry, CEO and founder of Design Pickle; Sam Parr, CEO and founder of The Hustle; Jeremy Tyler, former CMO of Wake Up Warrior; and Chris Ronzio, CEO and founder of Trainual.

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Morgan and Steven Sheets made their family's home in Scottsdale.

Preach!

Steven Sheets carves career path in caring

By Alison Bailin Batz

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y his teens, Valley native Steven Sheets knew what he would do when he grew up.

“I actually went to school to be in the ministry,” says Sheets, who worked toward a bachelor’s degree in Christian Studies at Grand Canyon University in the early 2000s.

However, during the tail end of his program, he began to realize it was not his path.

“I found myself at 22 with a degree in this very niche area of study and knowing I wanted to use it to help people, but wasn’t quite sure how to go about it if not as a minister,” Sheets says.

He happened upon Holland Boone, a local retail store in North Scottsdale, and took a job there while he decided his next step. Sheets spent the next four years in

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retail, eventually running operations for the business.

“While I enjoyed the business, it neither fed my soul nor gave me much time for a social life,” Sheets says.

He left the business in 2009. Finally, with some free time, Sheets made plans to ask his then-girlfriend, Morgan, to be his wife.

“When I asked Morgan’s father for his blessing, he said yes, but on the condition I got myself a new job quickly,” says Sheets, who – three weeks after getting engaged – did just that.

During a job fair, Sheets met with Southwest Network, which at the time was hiring for children’s case management positions.

“Their mission – creating partnerships, inspiring hope and changing lives – touched me,” Sheets says.

He interviewed and was offered a job on

the spot for a position with the organization despite having no formal background in counseling or social services. The interview changed the course of Sheets’ life.

“For the next four-and-a-half-years, I poured myself into providing quality services to members served while taking on more and more responsibility,” Sheets says.

He served as a case manager and team lead for the organization so he could help families experiencing behavioral and mental health challenges, including children living in foster care and group homes.

In 2013, a colleague spoke to him about moving forward.

“I set my sights on earning my master’s degree in professional counseling over the next two years,” Sheets says.

Sheets worked full time while in school and took on a time-intensive internship

as part of his master’s requirements. The 1,600-hour internship, where he primarily provided counseling and case management, was with Southwest Behavioral & Health Services (SB&H).

“SB&H is a leader in the development and delivery of services in the areas of housing, residential care, prevention services, outpatient services to children, autism spectrum disorder, school-based counseling, opioid replacement services, incarcerated persons and dually diagnosed adults,” Sheets says.

“Their aim is to continuously innovate to help people.”

The organization provides services throughout the Valley and rural Maricopa County as well as Gila, Mohave, Coconino and Yavapai counties.

With a master’s degree in hand, Sheets joined SB&H full time in 2013. Never one to rest on his laurels, Sheets also took on an adjunct faculty position at Phoenix College, helping students new to higher education best set themselves up for success.

By 2015, Sheets was named the program director for SB&H’s Broadway outpatient clinic in Phoenix, where he oversaw services for 700 individuals in any given month while

implementing new counseling programs, assisting medical professionals and providing counseling to adults and children so he could earn his independent counseling license. In his spare time, he worked at an SB&H crisis recovery unit completing assessments.

“In 2016, I took on my biggest challenge yet: overseeing our metro outpatient clinic,” he says. “There, we helped approximately 2,000 individuals each month. From there, I took on a vice president role in 2017, overseeing all outpatient services across Maricopa and Gila counties, and then a senior vice president role, overseeing all SB&H service offerings across those same areas including residential programming, inpatient treatment, opioid replacement services and school/community based treatment.”

Sheets is especially proud of the launch of Southwest Autism Center of Excellence (SACE) in 2017.

SACE is a collaborative effort of Southwest Behavioral & Health Services and Southwest Human Development. SACE’s philosophy of serving autism spectrum disorder members throughout their lifespan promotes high-quality community-based services that are tailored to each member

and family—delivering services in the most appropriate setting, in a timely fashion and in accordance with best practices, while respecting the members and family’s cultural heritage.

Sheets is also proud of SB&H’s four opioid replacement clinics throughout the state that are working tirelessly to save lives and help alleviate the statewide crisis.

“I am honored to today lead this organization of professionals who are so dedicated to the health and well-being of our community,” says Sheets, who was appointed chief executive officer of SB&H in December 2018.

“I will carry on the legacy of Jeff Jorde, who passed in 2018 and passionately led this organization for so many years.”

So, what’s next for Sheets?

Not sleep.

“In addition to my role at SB&H as well as my volunteer service – as a counseling advisory board member at GCU and member of the governance counsel at Equality Health Network, respectively – I am a new dad,” Sheets says. “My son, Nelson, turns 1 in August.”  For more, visit sbhservices.org.

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Scottsdale Floodplain Administrator C. Ashley Couch explains a proposed flood control project in northern Scottsdale treatment services for residents and businesses throughout the city. (Photo by Wayne Schutsky)

Curbing

FLOOD THREAT

Council to vote on proposed wash project in April

By Wayne Schutsky

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proposed wash project in northern Scottsdale around the Loop 101 freeway would protect thousands of properties and critical city infrastructure in the event of a 100-year flood.

The unfunded project is one of many being considered for inclusion in a potential bond election that the City Council is expected to vote on in April.

The project would protect against a flood that would have flows greater than that of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

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There is a 7.5-square-mile FEMAdesignated floodplain in Scottsdale that originates in the McDowell Mountains near Pinnacle Peak Road and extends south to Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard.

The flood plain encompasses 4,600 properties and the Scottsdale Water Campus, a critical piece of city infrastructure that provides both potable and reclaimed water treatment for a significant portion of the city.

The proposed Reata Wash Floodplain project would create a channel along the eastern end of the current floodplain and divert flows into that channel and away

from properties.

If approved, the city would only be on the hook for a fraction of the project’s total cost.

Couch says about 75 percent of the project has already been paid for by DC Ranch and Windgate Ranch communities and the city would split the remaining 25 percent with the Maricopa County Flood Control District through a grant awarded to the city.

The grant is contingent upon the city coming up with its portion of the funding, Couch says.

The project would cost the city $27.3 million with the county flood control district paying the same amount.

C. Ashley Couch, drainage and flood control manager and floodplain administrator for the City of Scottsdale, says the city estimated that in the event of a 100-year flood at least 1,000 properties in the plain would be flooded.

The designation “100-year flood” refers to a flood that has “has a 1 in 100 chance of being equaled or exceeded in any 1 year,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 100-year flood could happen multiple times in a given generation but there is a one percent chance it will happen in a given year.

Discussing the term “500-year flood,” Robert Holmes says “Essentially, I think as hydrologists, we’ve done ourselves a disservice by calling it a “500-year flood.” A lot of people think “OK, if I’ve had a 500-year flood now, this year, we’ve got 499 years.

We don’t have to worry about it again.” And that’s simply not the case,” according to the U.S. Geological Survey website.

He continued, “Essentially, a 500-year flood is just that quantity of water that has the 1 in 500 chance in happening in any one year.”

Even lesser weather events, such as the recent storms that brought substantial rain and even some snow to Scottsdale, can affect homes and properties in the floodplain.

Rains last month caused some road closures in the floodplain and threatened

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An overhead view of the Reata Wash Flood Plain in northern Scottsdale.

(Photo courtesy City of Scottsdale)

How would I make the most of these features? to flood some condominiums in the Tom’s Thumb area and “that was not even a fiveyear flood,” Couch says, adding that the wash program “would solve that problem.”

Some detractors have questioned why the entire city should be asked to pay for the flood control project instead of just the residents who live in the floodplain.

Couch says a bond is the appropriate approach because “there are major benefits to people living in the floodplain, but there are also benefits to people in greater Scottsdale.”

If the Water Campus were flooded or knocked off line, that would affect the city’s water supply.

Facilities at the Scottsdale Water Campus treat 70 percent of the city’s drinking water and 50 percent of the city’s recycled water, says Nicole Sherbert, spokeswoman for Scottsdale Water Department.

“The Scottsdale Water Campus is the hub of Scottsdale Water’s operation,” Sherbert says.

There are also public safety issues to consider as the floodplain is home to a Scottsdale Police station and a planned Scottsdale Fire station near Loop 101 and Hayden Road.

Couch says a 100-year flood would flood out roads in the area, which could affect the ability to respond to emergency situations.

For residents within the floodplain, the flood control project could also remove the federal requirement for flood insurance at a total savings of $1.8 million, a city report says.

City Records show that the City Council approved in March 2018 a contract for $667,424 with Wood Patel Associates for

When buying a new car, get in vehicle demonstrations of its safety features before you leave the lot. Ask questions about the features so you completely understand its function. Read the owners manual so you understand the car’s capabilities.

The foundation for Traffic Safety estimates that ADAS could prevent up to 40 percent of all vehicle crashes and nearly 30 percent of traffic deaths--if they are used properly. design services for the Reata Wash Project so that the city could submit a Conditional Letter of Map Revision, or CLOMR, to FEMA. Couch says that as long as the project is built according to a plan approved FEMA, he anticipates the floodplain would be revised and the insurance requirement removed.

“We are not going to build a project that FEMA won’t approve,” Couch says.

Couch says it would likely take at least a year after the project is built for FEMA to review the project and revise the floodplain.

At a recent community open house on bond projects hosted by the city, the floodplain project drew the interest of several residents.

Joe Janick listed it as one of his top priorities along with a proposed bridge on Thompson Peak Parkway over Reata Wash, city solar energy projects and projects to support the fire department.

Not everyone is a fan of the project.

Couch says some people are convinced that there is no flood danger.

Couch says some people may be lulled into a false sense of security because the city has not experienced a 100-year flood in the area since rain has been measured in the area around 30 years ago.

The largest flood to date was a 20-year flood on Sept. 8, 2014, Couch says. 

How do I take advantage of this technology?

These ADAS technologies are enhancements, not replacement for your own vigilance. Don’t totally rely on them. Blind spot warning systems can miss a passing car at a high speed.

Before you change lanes, you still need to look at your side view mirror and check your blind spot. Automatic emergency braking systems are less effective if their sensors are blocked by dirt, snow, or ice. Even when these systems are engaged, keep alert and be prepared to stop.

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Distillers Jeff Smith and Greg Arias are the team behind O.H.S.O.’s distilling program, which began in 2015. The company produces a dozen different varieties of alcohol, including flavored vodkas, gin and rum.

IN THE AIRPARK

A Stiff Drink

Airpark’s O.S.H.O. Brewery now producing the harder stuff

By Wayne Schutsky

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lready a longtime destination for craft beer lovers in the Valley, O.H.S.O. is now a hotspot for those that prefer a stiffer drink.

The brewery and restaurant chain – which got its start in the German Sausage Co. building in Arcadia in 2011 and now has four locations in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Gilbert – also features a distiller in the Scottsdale Airpark that has been creating craft liquors since late 2015.

O.H.S.O. produces a dozen offerings, ranging from horseradish vodka to a peachflavored whiskey. Other offerings include: citrus vodkas, jalapeno vodka, coffee vodka and its newest release, a one-year-aged bourbon. Creating that catalog has been over three years in the making, says distiller Jeff Smith.

In 2013, O.H.S.O. owner Jon Lane “wanted to go the distilling route, because you can only open up so many restaurants and

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breweries under one company,” Smith says.

Creating its own liquor also made sense from a business standpoint for O.H.S.O. because it could serve its own product in the restaurants, Smith says.

As it turns out, starting a distilling program from scratch is not the easiest thing in the world and there were some bumps in the road “to say the least,” distiller Greg Arias says.

Those issues included making sure the distillery and retail restaurant space were located in the proper areas to meet zoning requirements and ensuring all proper paperwork was filed with the federal government.

Before it made a drop of alcohol, O.H.S.O. had its federal permit suspended for failing to tell the government it was not producing any liquor.

“We were supposed to be filling out a form saying we aren’t producing anything,

The team has distilling down to a science, even using research papers to perfect their flavors.

but we are open and physically operating,” Arias says.

After clearing up those issues and reapplying for its federal permit, the distillers began experimenting in November 2015. By December of that year, they had their first batch of O.H.S.O.’s #Vodka, pronounced “Hashtag Vodka.”

The hashtag line, which now includes rum as well, was O.H.S.O.’s first line of liquor products.

Like some other small craft distillers, O.H.S.O. is not “grain to glass,” meaning they do not distill their own base spirits directly from the source plant material. Rather, the company sources its base spirit from a supplier and then goes to work in its small distillery in the back of the O.H.S.O. location near Hayden Road and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard.

“We don’t make the base spirit because it is very expensive and space restrictive,” Arias says.

The company’s output has increased steadily every year, Arias says, and O.H.S.O. now produces about 1,000 bottles a week.

There is still room for growth, though.

Arias says the company produced approximately 6,500 proof gallons last year.

Under Arizona law, craft distillers can produce up to 20,000 proof gallons per year.

The company has since branched out into more eccentric flavors like coffee and horseradish, though Arias does not see the company pursuing less natural flavors.

“We’re not going to do cotton candy or anything like that,” Arias says.

Creating the flavors in its current catalog was no easy task and has required trial and error on the part of the distillers.

In fact, Arias, who earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Arizona State University and a business card that reads “Disappointed

Scientist,” relied on his educational background to perfect the flavor in O.H.S.O.’s Arcadia Grapefruit Vodka. At the beginning of the process, the flavor was “coming up flat” and the team did not want to use grapefruit extracts to add additional flavor, Smith says.

Arias found a research paper on the composition of grapefruit and essentially used that to reconstruct the fruit from its components by adding in missing sugars and acids not in the fruit’s peel.

Arias says the method made sense because much of the grapefruit’s flavor comes from the flesh, not the peel.

“Once he figured out the exact ratios for those acids and sugars, we put it in the bottle and, bam, it came alive,” Smith says. “Once he figured that out, it opened up the door for all of the other citrus flavors.”

Since that time, the group has further experimented with flavors and expanded their offerings based on everything from pragmatism – they needed spicy vodka for Bloody Marys – to a request from Lane’s wife, who thought that rosemary would be an interesting vodka flavor.

Arias says he found the information that helped solve the grapefruit problem from a program at ASU “that tells you that you should look to nature to solve your problems.”

Looking to nature, or at least natural flavorings, has come in handy for the brewers.

Whether it’s using actual diced jalapenos or El Salvadoran coffee beans roasted by Tempe’s Infusion Coffee & Tea, the team relies on natural flavors when creating their liquors.

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A tasteful

future

The Arizona Culinary Institute offers students the opportunity to earn their degree at an accelarated rate.

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Masterfully prepared dishes, like this filet, are not the only offering on the campus; there are five or six job fairs each week featuring the likes of The Phoenician and The Princess.

Sara, a student at the Arizona Culinary Institute, works on a dish.

This crawfish plate is one dish students learn to prepare in the institute's programs, which focus on hands-on learning.

The Arizona Culinary Institute places students first

By Octavio Serrano

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rowing up in a household with four children and one parent, Robert Wilson was forced to cook at a young age.

“My father died in 1969, so my mother raised four kids and if you wanted to eat, you had to learn how to cook,” Wilson says.

Concurrently, his passion for the arts grew. With a background in graphic design, he knew he could bring something innovative to the restaurant industry.

After a lengthy career with food, Wilson co-founded the Arizona Culinary Institute in North Scottsdale in 2001 with former Gov. Fife Symington and Jerry Moyes.

The Arizona Culinary Institute offers students the opportunity to earn their degree at an accelerated rate while teaching the traditional and modern techniques.

Passion for teaching The Ohio native has had an impressive career.

He was the executive chef at the Sun City Country Club for 10 years. From there, he went on to work in a luxury retirement home where he hired a few

students from Scottsdale Culinary Institute.

“I was there for a short amount of time and I hired students from the Scottsdale Culinary Institute,” Wilson says. “One of them said to me, ‘You really need to go into teaching.’”

Wilson took their advice and landed a job with the Scottsdale Culinary Institute in 1994. Quickly, he realized he didn’t like the direction education was headed.

“I saw how education was moving where we don’t care about the students, but we care about the shareholder,” Wilson says.

But a life-changing offer came next. SCI student Symington invited Wilson to open his own school. The Arizona Culinary Institute broke ground in 2001 and, the following year, admitted its first 240 students.

Next generation of culinarians

Students learn basics, like how to make a hollandaise (right), traiditonal and modern techniques.

The Arizona Culinary Institute’s well-balanced program focuses on hands-on learning and textbook material or, in this case, cookbooks.

“There’s a lot of homework,” Wilson says. “We teach culinary math, we teach culinary French, and when we go into wines and spirits, that’s a whole other realm they learn.

So, there’s a lot of homework in the first six weeks; it’s almost like boot camp.”

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a nine-week program that is targeted for students who want to learn the basics of culinary; and the certificate in baking and pastry.

Tuition for the nine-week programs is roughly $10,000 and tuition for the diploma program is $27,850. With their tuition, students receive a set of knives.

The Arizona Culinary Institute offers financial aid to make the process seem less intimidating. Wilson says students who find the institute isn’t the right fit will have the remainder of their tuition refunded.

Graduates, Wilson says, may take additional classes for free to help them improve their skills.

“They might be working in a place and say, ‘Oh, there’s a job opening over there, but I don’t know how to decorate that cake.’ They could go back and we’ll train them so they can get that job,” Wilson said.

Arizona Culinary Institute’s career placement program has been a rousing success. Each week, there are five or six job fairs on campus with participation from the likes of The Phoenician, The Buttes’ Top of the Rock and The Princess, Wilson says. Career services personnel are busy setting up job interviews as well.

“I have more jobs available to them than I have students to

put them in,” Wilson says. “All of the seniors that are going out in a couple weeks are all placed in a job already.”

The placement rate is 98 percent at the school, which boasts nearly 2,000 graduates.

Wilson chalks up the graduates’ success to the Arizona Culinary Institute’s restaurant Du Jour, which requires reservations. While working there, prospective chefs learn American, French and tableside service.

Wilson says reservations are required to control the number of customers. He doesn’t want to put excessive pressure on the students. Du Jour isn’t meant to raise money.

“People can come here and get a four-course meal and a white tablecloth for 15 bucks,” Wilson says. “Why do we charge so little? Because our students have to be able to serve people and they have to be able to cook for people and I think it’s a fair price if we just covered the food and we are not paying the employees.”

Du Jour ’s menu changes daily, which makes the experience an interesting surprise.

Chef Maccherola (right) demonstrates how to prepare fish.

Giving back The Arizona Culinary Institute works to give back to the community as much as it can, Wilson says. Eight times a year, 20 veterans are invited to

Jenni puts the finishing touches on a cake. A certificate in baking and pastry is among the school's programs.

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participate in cooking classes on Saturdays. They are taught basic cooking skills and encouraged to bring partners.

“We invite 20 veterans who are returning from deployment and they need to be readjusted into society,” Wilson says. “We hold free classes for them.

We pay for the food and the instructors.”

To further support the c o m m u n i t y, t h e A r i z o n a Culinary Institute saves the food it doesn’t consume and uses it to feed the homeless, Wilson says.

Wilson says he has truly developed a passion for the Arizona Culinary Institute and its students. He says he makes sure to always have the students’ best interests at hand.

Being a privately owned school, Arizona Culinary Institute has more freedom to help students. “l can make all of the decisions here and if somebody has an idea and bring it down here, the first thing out of my mouth is, ‘How does it benefit the students?’ and if it doesn’t benefit the students, I am not open to it,” Wilson says.

Wilson says the Arizona Culinary Institute has students with diverse backgrounds, rather than just culinarydriven individuals.

“We take all walks of life here,” Wilson says. “I’ve had former governors and we just put through one of the top vascular surgeons in Scottsdale.”

Watching students improve

and grow has been satisfying to Wilson. He likes new students who can be molded.

“My passion is to be able to mold a student into someone who has a palate, knows how different things taste, and can either do a banquet or party, and make them employable,” Wilson says.

The Arizona Culinary Institute is up for its third School of Excellence Award.

“If we win it again, we would be called the school of Students work at Du distinction, which is the highest Jour, the institute's reservation-only level that you can achieve as an restaurant, to apply the accredited school,” Wilson says. skills they've learned.

“No arts institute or Le Cordon Bleu has ever been a school of excellence.”

His goal is to expand the and if they’re interested in coming to Arizona Culinary Institute and its list of school, the programs are great.” graduates.

The Arizona Culinary Institute will “I would like to see us maybe have a continue to train its students so they can second campus in another state like Austin, contribute and impact the restaurant inTexas, Seattle or Utah,” Wilson says. dustry, which is in high demand. Whether Wilson says he wants people to know, a person wants to take the eight-month “We are the only institute here. They can diploma course or a nine-week certificate, come in for lunch at our student restaurant they are sure to find the right program.

The restaurant business is a strenuous industry and Wilson says he enjoys playing the drums when he gets home to “take the edge off,” but he makes sure to be ready the following day to do what he does best.  Arizona Culinary Institute 10585 N. 114th Street, Scottsdale 1-866-294-2433, azculinary.edu

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Haute

Home Cooking Chef William Turner offers delectable fine dining in clients’ homes

By Lila Baltman

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iring a personal chef may sound like a lavish extravagance to some, but for Suzanne Muchin of Chicago, it’s proven to be the winning, key ingredient to her large family’s vacation success.

Whenever she and her husband, their five kids, plus daughter-in-law travel to their Scottsdale vacation home, the daily highlight is sitting around their dining room table and enjoying gourmet meals prepared by private chef William Turner.

While other families in Scottsdale make dinner reservations, the Muchin family is very happy to dine in.

“I’m normally the cook in my home, but

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when we’re all in Arizona, I want to relax and take a break, too,” Muchin says.

“Having chef Turner help me with the daily meal planning, food shopping and cooking is the much-needed break I need.

We actually alternate with the cooking on a daily basis. One day he’ll cook us a beautiful, casual brunch and then I’m in charge of dinner that night. And the next day, I’ll take care of brunch and then he’ll come over and prepare us an amazing dinner. It’s become a great arrangement.”

Known for his warm and friendly demeanor, charming Southern accent, everpresent backward black baseball cap and black chef’s coat, Turner lives in Gilbert but cooks for clients in Scottsdale and Paradise Valley. All of

The Muchins noted Turner quickly learned how to prepare and cook appropriate meals for their kosher household.

Recently, Turner created a casual, poolside barbecue dinner for a bachelorette party.

Turner admits he prefers being a private chef and working in residential kitchens and is happy when asked to cook for milestone occassions.

Chef Turner says his "dinners are very wide-ranging in scope and price point."

his clients quickly discover he’s able to cook a wide variety of food styles and will gladly prepare any specific dishes. You name it and Turner will cook it.

The Muchins, for example, keep a kosher home and Muchin says Turner quickly learned how to prepare and cook appropriate meals.

“He now makes a matzo ball soup that my kids adore and the kosher steaks that he grills on our backyard grill, my sons say are the best steaks they’ve ever had,” she says.

A self-proclaimed master of the grill and meat expert, Turner proudly says, “I’ll cook you the best steak you’ve ever had in your life.”

A native of South Carolina and trained as an executive banquet chef and lead chef for

upscale restaurants and country clubs, Turner admits he prefers being a private chef and working in residential kitchens.

Turner is hired to cook for a wide variety of special occasions. Some may be formal dinner parties with plated, coursed meals.

Other events might be casual like a backyard barbecue for golf buddies visiting Scottsdale.

Recently, Turner created a casual, poolside barbecue dinner at a private home for a bevy of bridesmaids at a bachelorette party who chose to do a “spa day” theme. Because the ladies were in a private home, the bridesmaids opted to dine in their bathing suits along with fluffy white bathrobes for dinner. Flip-flops were optional.

“My dinners are very wide-ranging in scope and price point and although I love bringing the formal Southern fine dining experience to Scottsdale homes, I also enjoy setting up casual, poolside barbecues where formalities and formal attire go right out the

window,” Turner says.

“Fun is the focus of the night. My goal is to provide my clients with whatever type of dinner party they want. I’m extremely flexible.

For example, if a client wants to incorporate a cooking lesson while I’m cooking and setting up for the event, I’m more than happy to do that. My clients love to watch me cook in their kitchen and I always welcome that.”

What really makes Turner happy is when he’s asked to cook for a milestone occasion at a private home. Those could be parties that are formal, or those celebrating a birthday, anniversary, engagement or graduation.

Small wedding receptions, and bridal or baby showers are frequent, too.

“Knowing I’m creating incredible meals and lasting memories for people in their own homes is very rewarding and meaningful to me,” Turner says.

His charge begins at $75 per person and goes up from there, depending on the menu and level of service. He’s also available for destination needs.

Turner says he also loves that dinner, brunch or luncheon parties do not have specific closing times. From start to finish, set-up to clean-up, Turner will do all the work and occasionally, when he needs the extra help, he has a highly qualified team of servers and bartenders ready at a moment’s notice.

“This is a people-pleasing business and you can’t be successful at it unless you love people,” Turner says. “For me, my first love is people, and food is the way I express that love in a tangible way.”  Chef William Turner can be reached at chefwilliamturner.com.

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‘ICONIC’

Return

Scottsdale Culinary Festival is about more than food

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By Kristine Cannon

he buzz generated around Scottsdale Culinary Festival’s 40-year anniversary last year was infectious.

So, can the Scottsdale League for the Arts (SLA), a nonprofit organization that organizes the Scottsdale Culinary Festival every year, possibly top the success of last year’s event at this year’s festival, slated to take place on Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, at the Scottsdale Civic Center?

The short answer from SLA President Glenn Azzari is a confident “yes.”

“It’s become an iconic Scottsdale event,” he says. “Everybody wants to go there, they want to be seen there, and everyone loves to see their favorite restaurants showcased at the festival.”

It’s a word used to describe the annual culinary event often by Azzari – “iconic” – and he isn’t wrong.

The Scottsdale Culinary Festival started in 1978 when the SLA, which supports and raises funds for the arts and arts education programs, was formed.

It remains one of the largest culinary festivals in the nation.

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“It was started 41 years ago by a group of gentlemen who were just trying to create a fundraiser to help capital improvements for the [Scottsdale] Center for the Performing Arts,” Azzari says. “It just kind of caught on from there, and it grew and grew and grew into what it is today.”

In addition to the Scottsdale Culinary Festival, SLA hosts other food-centric events: the Brunch Club, Cooks + Corks, the Four Peaks Burger Battle and the Cocktail Society.

One-hundred percent of net event proceeds from these events go directly to nonprofit arts organizations throughout Maricopa County.

Since year one, the festival that attracts nearly 30,000 attendees has donated $5 million to the arts.

The Scottsdale Culinary Festival, specifically, accounts for about 60 to 70 percent of the money raised each year by SLA. “Last year, we raised just over $100,000 for our grant program,” Azzari says.

Twenty-four organizations benefited from last year’s net proceeds; 2018 grant recipients included Ballet Arizona, East Valley Children’s Theatre, Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Heard Museum.

This year’s Scottsdale Culinary festival will feature the staples attendees have grown to know and love over the decades, including three stages of live music from more than 20 bands with Orange County, California-based, new wave band Berlin headlining on Saturday, with The Black Moods opening; the Four Peaks beer garden, a wine garden and spirits lounge; two days of culinary demonstrations; a VIP area and – the real stars of the show – around 35 participating restaurants.

New to the Scottsdale Culinary Festival is an arts section featuring posters from all 41 years of the festival.

“Because of what we have going on with the construction, we’ve had to create some interesting activations in areas within the Civic Center to get around that,” Azzari says.

“There are two bridges that allow you to get past the construction area, but those bridges are going to be covered with posters.”

Construction on the Drinkwater Bridge and Underpass started this past winter.

“We’re trying to make the best of that,” he adds.

But let’s talk about the food.

Two mainstays of the festival include Roka Akor and Sushi Roku.

“Roka Akor is what is one our diehards.

They’re always, always packed,” Azzari says.

“But those are two that have been coming to the festival for quite a few years.”

Also on the lineup are Aioli’s Gourmet Burgers, Four Peaks, Pokitrition, Honey Bear’s BBQ, Social Hall and The Crepe Club.

Nailing down the food lineup each year is difficult for SLA, as it strives to maintain a balance of established, popular restaurants and up-and-comers to the culinary scene.

“We do our very, very best to find those restaurants that really need to get exposure and try and help them get a boost at our festival,” Azzari says. “Does it work out every time? No, but there are plenty of times when it does work out, and people had the opportunity to really showcase what they have to offer.”

During its 15 years, the Scottsdale Culinary Festival has never dipped below 300 volunteers and has had as many as 500.

“From a management and logistics standpoint, it’s a massive job by itself, and we have a whole team that deals with our volunteers,” he explains.

That said, “We’re always looking for great volunteers to help with the festival with all our events,” he adds.

SLA’s long-term vision for the Scottsdale Culinary Festival involves continuing to raise the bar in terms of entertainment, the quality of participating restaurants and attendance.

In fact, SLA’s three-year goal is to grow

Terri Nunn: Fulfilled

Berlin’s singer is begging to be part of ‘Top Gun’ sequel

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erlin singer Terri Nunn has everything she wants at age 57.

She has two of her founding members—bassist John Crawford and keyboardist David Diamond—are back in the fold, and together, they’re recording new music.

One thing she really wants, though, is another turn at “Top Gun,” as Berlin and Giorgio Moroder scored their biggest hit, “Take My Breath Away,” for the film’s first incarnation.

“We’re begging them,” Nunn says with a laugh. “I would love to do another song with Giorgio. He’s back on the scene as a hot DJ. I just love him. We stayed friends over the years. He’s a great, wonderful man and a great talent.”

Nunn says the Moroder-penned “Take My Breath Away” still resonates and it’s “amazing.”

“I love the song and Giorgio,” he says.

“He could have farted and I would have sung it. Seriously, the timing was right. I have good range and I guess my fearless-

ness about it is what made it work.”

Nunn describes Moroder ’s original version as “robotic, not romantic.” She dared to change the melody and elongate it to make it “flowy.”

“I just sang it as I wanted to sing it and it sounded good,” she says. “It was a fluke and I got the job.”

These days, Berlin is recording new music. Crawford’s return was miraculous, Nunn says.

“A couple years ago, he came back into my life,” Nunn says. “He was getting a divorce and he needed a friend. As someone who’s been through it—I’ve been through it once—I know he needed a shoulder to cry on. That’s what brought us together.

“The creativity started to spark, the music flowed, and we got a record deal. I didn’t expect it. Life is miraculous, the way things come together. It never ceases to amaze me. I like that about getting older. It gets far better. I’m just leaving my 50s and they were great. It was my favorite decade so far.” 

the event by 6,000 to 8,000 attendees.

“It’s distinctly possible we definitely can raise the overall attendance,” Azzari says, adding he hopes to make the festival a regional event, not just a state event.

“We’re trying to take it to a new level when it comes to people coming from California, from Nevada, from Utah and Colorado, from New Mexico and bringing the entire region,” he says. “And when something like that happens, everybody

benefits: obviously our charity benefits, city of Scottsdale benefits and everybody, in general; it’s a win-win situation.”  Scottsdale Culinary Festival Scottsdale Civic Center, 7380 E. Second Street, Scottsdale, 480.945.7193, scottsdalefest.org, various times Saturday, April 13, and Sunday, April 14, $12-$125.

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Two Medieval Times Knights duel it out during a sword fight demonstration at the topping-out ceremony on Feb. 20.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Progress Staff Photographer)

Going Medieval

Knights and horses likely to be this eatery’s main draw

By Kristine Cannon

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uzzah! The Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament is well on its way to completing construction on the 80,000-square-foot, 11th century-style castle.

Medieval Times Scottsdale will offer the same menu as the other castles across the country.

That includes a four-course, utensil-free meal, comprised of garlic bread, tomato bisque soup, roasted chicken, sweet buttered corn, herb potatoes, the dessert of the castle, coffee and two rounds of select beverages.

Diners may also opt for the vegetarian meal, which includes hummus, pita bread, carrot and celery sticks, three-bean stew with fire-roasted tomato and brown rice, fresh fruit or Italian ice, coffee and two rounds of select beverages.

Scottsdale’s castle can seat a maximum of 1,050 guests. According to General Manager Kevin Gadbery, who has worked at Medieval Times for 18 years, they plan to hire starting in May 50 to 60 servers and a kitchen crew of about 10 people.

“It’s years, years, years and years of practice,” Gadbery says. “We can cook 360 chickens at a time in the oven.”

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The kitchen will have four ovens, and the servers can carry out 30 chickens at a time to the noble guests.

It takes the servers almost no time at all to set up the tables for guests: 15 minutes.

“Once they’ve trained and they’re ready to rock ‘n’ roll and they know what they’re doing, we can do it really quick,” Gadbery says.

For Tim Baker, Medieval Times’ director of stunts, choreography and equestrian programs, though, the real star of Medieval Times isn’t the food, the knights or even Queen Maria Isabella.

It’s the horses.

“As a company, we love our horses,” he says. “After all this time, we still look at each other and we’ll be doing a fight or working on something and we’ll say, man, this is just so cool.”

At the topping-out ceremony held on the 10-acre lot adjacent to the Salt River Fields recently, attendees bore witness to the final piece of steel raised and placed for the castle.

Guests were also treated to a swordfight demonstration by the Medieval Times’ Knights of the Realm.

Following the ceremony, Medieval Times

Dinner & Tournament hosted an open casting call for individuals interested in training to be a Knight of the Realm.

The knights will not only compete in games, jousting and sword fighting – both on foot and horseback – but they will also work closely with the Medieval Times’ head horse trainer and stable team to help care for and train with the horses.

“We have really good retention level. I have guys that have been knights for 20 years, 25 years, 15 years, 10 years,” Baker says. “There are knights who are general managers, there are the knights who are in operations. The company loves to promote from within. We’re family.”

While Medieval Times team plans to hire 10 to 12 different knights – six perform each show – nine fully trained knights will transfer from other Medieval Times facilities in the country.

Baker was a knight himself for 35 years and head knight for 28 years.

“It’s the horses. I love the horses. Some of my best friends are horses,” he says.

He also collaborates with the creative director, helps write the shows, choreograph the combat and designs all of the weapons and body armor.

“All the fall techniques and the stunt techniques, nobody does what we do, so we kind of have to design our own systems,” he says. “The evolution of the product over the years has been pretty interesting. We have everything dialed in pretty well.”

Though the position of a knight does not require prior horseback, weaponry or combat experience or skills – because they’ll go through an extensive training program – Baker says it doesn’t hurt to have at least some experience in organized sports or martial arts.

“About 80 percent of our knights have never ridden before, and we’re using Andalusians and Friesians – huge, powerful animals with a mind of their own,” he says. “I teach the Knight candidates to stay calm and relaxed, and the horses get their confidence from their rider.”

Baker, who estimates he’s had 10,000 joust falls in his life and done 30,000 jousts, from training and shows combined, says it’ll take him 300-plus hours, on average, to teach a knight how to use one weapon.

“If someone takes five-times longer, we’re going to stick with them that they don’t quit. We don’t give up on someone as long as they don’t give up,” he says. “Weapons, while being difficult, is nothing compared to the horsemanship skills from as soon as you learn to ride. I’m going to teach you to fall off on purpose.”

All knight applicants must travel to Medieval Times’ 230-acre Chapel Creek Ranch in Sanger, Texas, from March through June for training.

On the ranch, the candidates learn a

variety of skills, including horse care, how to ride a horse, performance and choreography, weapon training, nutrition and physical conditioning, and social responsibility.

“It’s like being a gymnast. If you’re going to go out and do this a minute-and-a-half, amazing routine, you have to develop a level of fitness that takes a lot of daily dedication,” Baker says.

Medieval Times uses Andalusian horses, also known as Pure Spanish Horses. They are known for their elevation, intelligence and long manes.

Before they perform their first show, all Andalusian horses spend their first three years at the ranch.

Here, they’re cared for by the ranch team, and then spend a minimum of two years trained using the classical dressage method of training, also known as Doma Classica or “horse ballet.” So, when you see a horse trot, jump, dance, bow on one knee, run and more, this is a result of says training.

As for Baker, he rode the same horse, Sheikh, six days a week for 15 years.

“When I was on that horse, I was like centaur man; his legs were my legs,” he says.

“We were connected. It’s pretty amazing.”

He says the knights’ cues are so subtle, diners and show-goers can’t see what they’re doing.

“It’s like playing an instrument on their side, telling them different things to do and

Medieval Times’ show manager Jim Collins, director of show Leigh Cordner and Tim Baker, director of stunts, choreography and equestrian programs, visit construction of the new Scottsdale facility on East Vía de Ventura.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Progress Staff Photographer)

to turn,” he says.

The climate-controlled, state-of-the-art stable at the Scottsdale facility will have 24 stalls – so 24 total horses.

All the stalls are padded with rubber underneath. The shavings on the floor are changed out twice a day.

The horses are bathed and brushed every day.

“Our horses, by comparison, enjoy excellent care and comfort,” Baker says. “They get human interaction; they get the best veterinary care. This facility and all of our facilities have turnouts where they get to go out and get light

and just be a horse.”

In discussions for the Scottsdale location is a possible opportunity for people to come to the stable to interact with the horses, outside of the shows.

“The good thing about Arizona is the weather and we’re going to have a big turnout and we want to have a dual perimeter so you can come up and see the horses and take pictures,” Baker says.

Medieval Times is expected to open this summer.  Information: medievaltimes.com

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View? What view? Oh, this…a standard view on any day of the week in Healdsburg.

HOLIDAY IN

Healdsburg The quintessential guide to the Northern California gem

By Alison Bailin Batz

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ith world-class dining, wineries and places to rest one’s head, Healdsburg is darn near heaven on Earth.

But with hundreds of options – many within walking distance of each other – how is one supposed to even start planning a trip?

Let us do it!

STAY

The Grape Leaf Inn, just off the main drag in the heart of Healdsburg and walking distance to nearly a dozen wineries, award-winning restaurants and other attractions, is not only charming, but

You would never know it by looking, but hiding under this cozy lobby at the Grape Leaf Inn is a full speakeasy!

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sneaky cool. In addition to rooms and suites – including a guest house off the main property with its own patio and indoor/ outdoor shower – the inn boasts a speakeasy for guests, which is accessible through a secret door hidden behind a bookcase! And while the nearby restaurants are delicious, do not miss Grape Leaf for breakfast.

Their lauded chef makes everything from scratch daily and even visits your table to personally help you choose you own culinary adventure.

Healdsburg's FerrariCarano is a world-wide leading producer of world-class, nationallyacclaimed wines.

SIP

Cast Wines is a newer vineyard and tasting room to the area, but it cast its spell on visitors and locals quickly (so it is clearly named well!). A chief reason: Its terrace boasts one of the most expansive views of the region, or of any wine region in the country. They also have a festive atmosphere with champagne sabering on the patio and lively Pétanque games (a cousin of bocce) on a custom-built court.

Of course, their wine is also exceptional, especially their takes on Sauvignon Blanc and Old Vine Zinfandel. Opt for a seated tasting or a full vineyard walking tour to get the full experience.

Mazzocco Winery has similarly mindblowing Zinfandel, and a garden patio

ZO Wines acts like a family and are known for “adopting” their guests as family as well.

The sign says exactly what folks do when they leave Bravas…Brava!

While newer to Healdsburg, Cast Wines are already making their mark.

(Cast Wines)

perfect for spring and summer tastings. A member of the Wilson family of wineries in the region, another option is to book their VIP tour, where you’re whisked away to four of their wineries over the course of six hours with full transportation and an expert guide.

Now, if you can’t make it a full day, definitely visit Mazzocco’s sister winery, Wilson Winery, if you can. Not only is it run by a female winemaker, but it is an area landmark, and not only for its wine and historic barn building. On the lawn, you would be hardpressed to miss the 26-foot-tall steel coyote, which the owners bought from an artist who

Bed and breakfasts are a hallmark – and heavenly – in Healdsburg.

had it on display at Burning Man. And yes, you can climb it for the photo opp of a lifetime.

For those seeking photo opps with both feet still safely on the ground, head over to Dry Creek Vineyard, a family-owned vineyard founded by California wine pioneer David Stare known as the birthplace of Fume Blanc. They offer wine blending classes by reservation, where guests can not only taste wine, but blend their own bottle of custom wine as well.

ZO Wines, like Dry Creek, offers tastings. And like Dry Creek, they also offer something extra special: a tasting wheel!

Rather than simply savor a flight of wines, your wine guide will take you on an adventure in tasting using a ZO colorful tasting wheel, where you are able to use your own senses to determine the flavors you personally taste in each glass (not what sometime tells you that you should taste). The interactive experience makes novices wine lovers feel comfortable, and it challenges veteran tasters to come up with new ways to describe each sip, smell and swirl in each glass.

And then there is Ferrari-Carano. Yes, that Ferrari-Carano, which owns 1,600 total acres of vineyards across 24 ranches. Most people don’t realize the wine giant, which was founded by a husband-and-wife team of Italian descent, is located in the heart of Healdsburg. The estate is something out of a movie, complete with overflowing gardens, a full Tuscan villa, fountains, statues and tasting experiences for the ages. Certainly, their terrace tasting is special, but if available, splurge on the private wine tasting April 2019 Scottsdale Airpark News |

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in their Prevail Room, deep in the heart of their winemaking facility in a VIP room fit for a king.

DINE

Beyond being known for its wine, Healdsburg is one of the true birthplaces of the farm-to-table movement, and nearly every restaurant in the area puts the concept into action is some delicious way.

This is perhaps no more evident than at Zazu Kitchen + Farm, which grows almost all of its own produce onsite and at its sister farm down the street. As such, menus change not only with the seasons, but with the daily fresh harvest. Its chef and co-owner Duskie Estes gained national acclaim when she competed on “The Next Iron Chef” on the Food Network in recent years. She has since appeared on the channel several more times, on various programs. Insider tip: order anything on her menu with bacon, including the bacon-infused cocktail.

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The only thing that rivals the wine in Healdsburg…the food!

For a far different experience, but something otherworldly while in Healdsburg, also try Bravas, a tapas bar where it is almost impossible to stop ordering small bites. Hailed by Travel + Leisure as “one of the top 20 tapas restaurants in the U.S.,” Bravas serves up traditional Spanish and modern tapas-style dining in Wine Country by James Beard nominees Mark and Terri Stark.

And then there is Valette. Over a glass of wine nearly two decades ago,

two brothers dreamt of a restaurant that would provide a canvas for Sonoma County farmers, winemakers and artisans to showcase their crafts. The restaurant is in Downtown Healdsburg, the heart of Sonoma County and the location where their great-grandfather operated bakeries.

They opened Valette in 2015, realizing their dream.  For more, visit wineroad.com.

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Michael Long has been flying for most of his life and is the director of aviation for Wings of Humanity, a nonprofit organization that yearns to provide children in need with aeromedical transportation.

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Nonprofit works to provide aero ambulances for children in need

By Octavio Serrano

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s a corporate pilot, Michael Long spent 17,000 hours shuttling guests around the world.

Now he’s devoting his time to children of need with medical issues.

Long is the director of aviation for Wings of Humanity, a Scottsdale Airpark-based nonprofit that provides children with aeromedical transportation from remote areas to hospital where they can get the best care possible.

“I’ve been involved with this type of ambulance operation going back to the mid ’70s,” says Long, who formerly worked as a dispatcher for Samaritan Health Services Air EVAC. He now also serves as the director of aircraft sales for Wings of Humanity’s parent company, Global Jet Partners.

Long founded Wings of Humanity roughly a year ago and his team recently finalized the legal paperwork for the nonprofit status. He hopes to be fully operational in less than 90 days, barring a partnership with a sponsor. Wings of Humanity will focus on helping individuals under the age of 18 to avoid competing with other relevant companies.

“We’re primarily focused on helping children receive specialized medical treatment that they would otherwise not get,” Long says. “It keeps our flight operations more focused and we are not trying to compete with the other for-profit aero ambulance companies that are around.”

Wings of Humanity will employ its own pilots and stand-by nurses, as well as their own jets to make sure teams are always ready. The organization will mostly work directly with hospitals and their social workers to reach those children who most need help, Long says.

“The social (workers) have lots of children who need medical treatment, surgeries and any number of different types of treatment and don’t have the money or the insurance to get it,” Long says.

“For those children, they will, lots of times, provide treatment at no cost for the family, but then the child is too sick to ride on the airlines or they need to be on a stretcher or need medical attention.

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Wings of Humanity 15000 N. Airport Drive, Suite 102 Aviation Business CenterScottsdale Airport Scottsdale 480-703-6698 wingsofhumanity.org

They would call us, and we would provide that transportation. There will be times when the child is critical and needs to get there right away and we will do that at no cost.”

In other situations, children may be too sick to fly and need surgery immediately. It can be difficult for surgical teams to reach outlying hospitals and Wings of Humanity wants to make sure those teams reach their patients.

“We will donate the surgery, the surgeon’s time and the equipment, and we’ll fly them there,” Long says.

To keep the patients comfortable, Wings of Humanity will work with their families to accommodate them in any way possible.

Normally, only one or two family members will be able to travel with the patient on the plane, but Wings of Humanity will help those family members who can’t fly by providing them airline tickets, Long says.

Once Wings of Humanity is more established, it will work on reaching patients in other countries in Latin America; perhaps even farther.

“I can see us flying children out of Mexico up here as we grow and do more throughout Latin America,” Long says. “It’s going to be beneficial to all.” 

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Bishop Eduardo Nevares, Gov. Doug Ducey, Angela Ducey and Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted prepare to enter the Crozier Gala.

Cindy McCain, left, poses with Joe Garagiola and Sharon Harper at a previous year's Crozier Gala.

(Photos courtesy of Catholic Community Foundation)

‘Remembrance’ Catholic Community Foundation’s Crozier Gala honors its roots

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski

Former Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner addresses guests at the Crozier Gala.

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atholic Community Foundation welcomed or ho no re d gue s ts like To ny LaRussa, Derrick Hall and Erma Bombeck at its annual Crozier Gala in the last 30 years.

This year, for the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Phoenix, the Crozier Gala’s theme is “Remembrance.”

The gala, set for Saturday, April 27, at The Phoenician Resort, will celebrate the generations of families, businesses and organizations who live their faith by supporting the ministries that serve the Diocese of Phoenix.

“The Crozier Gala is an opportunity for the Catholics in our community to get together and celebrate all the great work we’re doing,” says chairman Trish Stark.

The Crozier Gala’s proceeds will go toward creating a perpetual endowment to support spiritual and corporal works of mercy. The other half of the gala’s

proceeds tend to the foundation’s immediate programmatic needs, including the Crozier Catholic School Scholarship Program for children of Catholic school employees.

“Some teachers in the Catholic school system, who provide a wonderful education, can’t afford to send their own children to Catholic schools,” Stark says.

The Catholic Community Foundation has granted millions of dollars to the Catholic community through its annual grants program. Its annual grants program has awarded more than $2 million in Catholic high school scholarships.

The Catholic Community Foundation manages endowment funds for more than 150 agencies, including over 85 parishes, 41 schools, Catholic agencies.

In 2003, the foundation became a separate 501(c)3 charitable foundation so it could offer additional services to

makingadifference Legendary baseball manager Tony LaRussa and ex-Diamondbacks pitcher J.J. Putz answer questions from D-backs' CEO Derrick Hall, not pictured.

Tony LaRussa enjoy dinner with Kathleen and Tom Harris.

better support Catholics in the Diocese of Phoenix. Today, assets surpass $65 million.

Silent auction The Crozier Gala will feature a silent auction and a raffle, according to Stark.

“We have some fun things,” she says.

“We have about six packages. We’re not doing a large silent auction. We will be selling 200 tickets for $100 a piece, and the recipient will win a trip to Santa Fe that will be led by a local Catholic priest who has deep roots in Santa Fe and Taos.”

The winners will explore their Catholic heritage in Santa Fe, which is important because it houses one of the country’s first missions.

Stark says, as of March 24, the keynote speakers were being finalized.

“Basically, we’re going to recognize the key people in the Diocese who have contributed to its growth over the last 50 years,” she says. “We’re going to be doing a video montage that recognizes these folks.

“We want folks to enjoy the event and we want to get the information out there.”

The evening will wrap with dancing to the tunes of Lucky Devils.

“We want it to be a celebration of all the great work the Catholic Diocese Catholic Community Foundation and all of its agencies have done.”

Lessons learned Jim Bruner has seen the Catholic Community Foundation grow, as he was

Entertainment and dancing are big parts of the Crozier Gala.

the foundation’s first board director. He was approached by then-Bishop Thomas O’Brien in 1988 to do so.

“I was taught never to turn the bishop down,” he says with a laugh. “I learned that in religion class.”

The first Crozier Gala was held in 1989, when Cardinal John O’Connor, archbishop of New York, addressed the audience.

“We had a small crowd—200, 250 people—and O’Connor had a powerful speech. You could hear a pin drop. O’Brien said it was quiet because it was boring, and everyone was sleeping. Bishop O’Brien had a great sense of humor,” Bruner says.

Bombeck spoke at the following year’s gala. Bob Newhart and other entertainers followed.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and football great Kurt Warner chat during the Crozier Gala.

Throughout the 30 years, the mission has stayed the same with the Crozier Gala.

“I’m proud the bishop asked me to get it off the ground,” says Bruner, who is now the trustee emeritus. “We worked very hard over the years to do amazing things.”  Catholic Community Foundation’s Crozier Gala 5 to 10 p.m. Saturday, April 27 The Phoenician Resort, 6000 E. Camelback Road, Scottsdale $125 to $50,000 ccfphx.org April 2019 Scottsdale Airpark News |

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Anthony Turchetta creates his own shaving brushes to offer customers.

WE STARTED SELLING MEN’S SHAVING PRODUCTS BECAUSE I GOT BORED OF MAKING PENS AND STARTED MAKING SHAVING BRUSHES.

(Photo by Octavio Serrano)

BLADE RUNNER

Tony Turchetta turns pen-collecting hobby into a business

By Octavio Serrano

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arefree resident, Tony Turchetta, had a successful insurance career for 30 years, when he gave it up to follow his passion: pens.

“I collected pens and, about 20 years ago, I started making pens and then I started making pens under my own brand

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name,” Turchetta says.

The move made sense. Turchetta loved to collect nice pens when he worked in insurance. After three decades, he was ready to elevate his hobby and profit from it.

“It’s a hobby that got out of hand,” Turchetta says with a laugh.

Eight years ago, he founded Penchetta Pen & Knife, located in The Promenade.

Pens sell anywhere from $4 to $5,000.

His favorite is the Pilot Vanishing Point, a “perfect fountain pen” with an 18-carat gold nib.

“We try to get most people involved with fountain pens because it’s the easiest thing to write with,” Turchetta says.

Most of his pens are discounted. After a while, the pen-obsessed Turchetta developed a knife collection.

“We expanded our knife collection because we found our pen customers loved knives, and I collect knives as well,” Turchetta says.

Penchetta Pen & Knife’s knife collection ranges in price and style; collectibles, throwing knives and heavy duty are included. Through the years, he expanded further by selling his shaving brushes, razors and kits.

“We started selling men’s shaving products because I got bored of making pens and started making shaving brushes,” Turchetta says.

In addition, Penchetta Pen & Knife offers a wide collection of air guns and rifles. Its collection includes air guns from Sweden, England, Germany and Austria.

The pellet rifles, Turchetta says, are perfect for competitive shooting.

Turchetta describes Penchetta Pen & Knife as the “ultimate men’s store.”

“If you’re looking for a gift for a man, no matter what you buy in here, they will love it,” Turchetta says.

Eventually, however, Turchetta would like to retire and spend time with his family.

“I’ve played with pens and knives for 20 years and I want to play with my grandkids now,” Turchetta says.  Penchetta Pen & Knife 16211 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite A3, Scottsdale 480-575-0729, penchetta.com

artsintheairpark Left, Jack White and Priscilla Bertling star as Dr. and Mrs. Bradman. Below, Tom Koelbel and Joy Bingham Strimple as Charles Condomine and Madame Arcati.

Joy Bingham Strimple plays Madame Arcati and Tom Koelbel portrays Charles Condomine in “Blithe Spirit.”

CALLING THE Spirits

Don Bluth brings Noel Coward’s spooky work to the stage

By Laura Latzko

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hows exploring the other world and séances are often presented in a spooky way. In Noel Coward’s play “Blithe Spirit,” conjuring up spirits ensues in hilarity.

The Don Bluth Front Row Theatre will present the show through Saturday, May 4.

The company produced the show six years in the living room of Don Bluth, the theater’s founder, director and producer.

Bluth was a Disney animator, best known for his work on films such as “The Secret of

NIMH,” “Pete’s Dragon,” “The Rescuers,” “Anastasia” and “All Dogs Go to Heaven.”

In “Blithe Spirit,” author Charles Condomine and his wife Ruth host a dinner party and séance as part of his research for a novel on a homicidal medium. They are joined

by Edith, the maid, and Doctor and Mrs. Bradman.

The séance, run by eccentric clairvoyant Madame Arcati, results in an unexpected visitor.

Directed by Janis Webb, the show stars Tom

Koelbel as leading man Charles Condomine.

The production’s cast is small, seven people. This is Webb’s second time directing with the company and Koelbel’s first acting in a company production. Koelbel regularly performs with Theatre Artists Studio in shows such as “Inherit the Wind” and “I Never Sang for My Father.” Webb recently directed Mesa Encore Theatre’s production of “The Lion in Winter.”

Set in an upper-class home in 1940s England, the farcical comedy “Blithe Spirit” was meant to take audiences away from the daily realities of the war.

“It was very popular back then, séances and the other world. People who had a lot of money would hold séances for fun after dinner. There was just a lot of interest in the other world. And it was a time when in England, there was a lot of sacrificing going on and a lot of pain and suffering with the war.

So, he wanted to write a play that was funny and would lift people’s spirits and yet delve into the afterlife, too,” Webb says.

Webb says the show’s humor comes through in the dialogue. Koelbel has found the show’s lofty language to be the most difficult aspect of the role.

“The dialogue has been quite a challenge.

It’s very, very British, and apparently Noel Coward never met an adjective he hasn’t used,” Koelbel says. “I always try to do things that challenge me in one way or another, and that’s my challenge with the show is trying to make some of this verbose language seem April 2019 Scottsdale Airpark News |

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artsintheairpark natural coming out of my mouth.”

During the show, Koelbel must quickly change costumes between scenes. The part of Charles was originally written for Coward, who often acted in his own shows.

“His high comedies are all pretty much the same. He wrote them so he could star in them. So, the lead person is always a similar person to Charles, and the wife is similar to the wife in this … He was a 1940s Woody Allen,” Webb says.

In the show, the even-keeled, debonair Charles represents a direct contrast to the over-the-top Madame Arcati, who is portrayed by Joy Bingham Strimple.

The production has been scaled down to accommodate the theater’s small size, with minimal props such as a rotary phone added to evoke the spirit of the 1940s. The play’s clothing and hairstyles, which include victory curls, pocket watches and gloves, also fit with the time period.

Sound and lighting effects help bring audiences into the séance scenes. Webb says she had to remove elements such as slamming doors because within the space, curtains

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in the glasses. You have to be sure there’s food on the trays.”

The actors have to play to different sides of the room and move constantly. Koelbel says the close proximity promotes a greater interplay between the actors and audience.

“They are there with you, and you can feed off of them a little more easily,” Koelbel says. “You have some audiences that enjoy the show tremendously, but they’re just not a ‘ha, ha, ha’ kind of audience. But if you’re two feet away from them, you can see them enjoying themselves.

You get that same kind of feeling as if they were laughing out loud.”  act as doors.

Inside the theater, audience members are close to the auction onstage.

Webb says putting on the show in such an intimate space requires that certain details look realistic.

“It is so wonderful to have your audience so close to you, but then the flip side of that is they see absolutely everything,” Webb says. “So, you have to be sure there’s liquid

Don Bluth Front Row Theatre’s “Blithe Spirit” Various times, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through May 4 Don Bluth Front Row Theatre, 8670 E. Shea Boulevard, Suite 103, Scottsdale $27 More info: 480-314-0841. donbluthfrontrowtheatre.com

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riends, families and dogs headed to the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall for the fifth annual DogFest Phoenix, a community-based festival that brings dog lovers together for a cause. 

“Stormin' Norman,” the American Christian University mascot, visits with Sarah Crank and Susan Burley.

Kylie checks out the scene under the DogFest sign.

Peanut stylishly sports a turquoise bandana.

DogFest is a popular event in Scottsdale.

Run Buddy owner Shaunie Loretz meets Sunny, who attempted to run the treadmills.

DogFest’s mascot entertains Evan Justice.

Hanna Perry and Tyson hung out for the afternoon.

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CULINARY CLASSICS CONJURE

cherished memories

By Joan Fudala

Lulu Belle on Main Street (Scottsdale Historical Society photo)

Pink Pony at Main and Scottsdale roads; later moved a block south (Scottsdale Historical Society photo)

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cottsdale is shedding a collective tear this month as the beloved Chicago-style sports bar/supper club Don & Charlie’s closes. We’re all hoping hoping for an encore. This milestone is our town’s restaurant history brings to mind other favorite restaurants that we still miss and will ever remember.

Here’s are a few classics we fondly remember:  Lulu Belle, a Gay-Nineties-themed cocktail bar and restaurant, opened at 7212 E. Main Street – the epicenter

of downtown Scottsdale – in 1954.

Hotelier Bobby Foehl (Jokaka Inn, Hotel Valley Ho) bought the former Saguaro Bar as a wedding gift for his wife Evelyn, who transformed the space into a popular gathering place for residents, visitors, civic groups and celebrities. Robert Wagner and Natalie Woods had dinner there following their wedding; even the Duke and Duchess of Windsor stopped by during a visit to the Valley in the 1950s.

An early manager, Dale Anderson, went on to open several other popular restaurants here in his own name.

It’s 1950’s bill of fare listed escargots en coquille for $2, shrimp cocktail for $1.75, veal Oscar béarnaise for $4.95, breast of capon with black bing cherry sauce for $3.95, tenderloin of beef brochette with wild rice for $3.75 and lobster tail and petite filet combo for $6.95 (all entrees included relish dish, soup or salad, potatoes and hot rolls), plus an array of desserts baked on the premises than ranged in price from 40 to 85 cents. A favorite dessert was brandy ice; the Red Garter was its signature cocktail. Lulu Belle closed in the early 1990s; part of the Lulu Belle space is still used as a restaurant.  Pink Pony. Charlie Briley, bartender at Ping Bell’s place, Ping’s, on the southeast corner of Main Street and Scottsdale Road in the late 1940s bought out the owner and renamed the bar/restaurant the Pink Pony in 1950. Artist Lew Davis, who had a studio just down Main Street at the Arizona Craftsmen, designed the

A 1960s view of Pinnacle Peak Patio, which included a Blakely’s gas station.

(Scottsdale Historical Society photo)

distinctive pink logo. Artist Don Barclay created caricatures of sports figures and celebrities that graced the walls. It is said that the idea for building a baseball stadium and attracting a spring training team to Scottsdale started over lunch at the Pony.

Logically, then, it became the hangout place for players, coaches and sportswriters

A 1970s Chez Louis on the west side of Civic Center Mall (Scottsdale Historical Society photo)

meeting attendees there for a rootin’ tootin’ time. Pinnacle Peak Patio was known for cutting off the necktie of any city slicker who dared wear one; thousands of tie fragments hung from the patio’s ceiling. The Cavalliere family owned and operated Reata Pass, which had a resident rattlesnake behind glass in the interior and featured Western bands on an outdoor stage. In the mid1970s, Doc Cavalliere opened Greasewood Flat adjacent to Reata Pass, with all outdoor dining, music, fragrant fires in oil drums and a perimeter filled with Western ranch implements and other antiques. All three restaurants closed in the 2010s to make way during Spring Training in the 1950s through for upscale developments. the 1970s. The restaurant moved a block  In 1960, Paul Shank’s French Quarter at south on Scottsdale Road in 1970, changed the Safari Resort opened, with Continentalowners twice in the 2000s and finally closed style gourmet food often cooked tableside, a few years ago. often prepared by Shank himself. The  Two way-stations in the Pinnacle nightclub featured headliners like RosePeak area, where picnickers and boaters mary Clooney and had a house band on stopped en route to Bartlett Lake, opened stage for dancing. The Safari’s 24-hour as rustic restaurants in the coffee shop and its Swedish pancakes were late 1950s – Pinnacle Peak also legendary until the resort on Scottsdale Patio and Reata Pass.

Pass Both Road just north of Camelback Road was featured indoor and outdoor torn down in 1998. dining, huge cowboy steaks  Trader Vic’s on Fifth Avenue became and beans and a true the place to celebrate a special occasion – Western ambiance. Tour engagements, anniversaries, promotions buses brought thousands of or impressive first dates. The Polynesianthemed restaurant, part of Victor Bergeron’s international chain, opened here in March 1962. One of the first celebrities to dine there was John Wayne, who was in town to premiere his movie Circa 1962 Trader Vic’s on “Hatari” at the Kachina Fifth Avenue. (Scottsdale Theater as a benefit to the Historical Society photo) then-new Phoenix Zoo. The drinks menu was legendary, featuring the Fog Cutter and a volcanic concoction that steamed with dry ice. Trader Vic’s closed its Fifth Avenue location in 1990. In 2006, a re-created Trader Vic’s opened on the groups of the renovated Hotel Valley Ho, operating there for several years before closing.  Dale Anderson began his long run as a Scottsdale restaurateur as manager of the Lulu Belle in the late 1950s. Anderson went on April 2019 Scottsdale Airpark News |

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to open Dale Anderson’s on Marshall Way, the Buckboard at Frontier Plaza (Thomas and Scottsdale roads), The Other Place on Lincoln and The Quilted Bear at Lincoln and Scottsdale. All of his places were known as great places to eat as well as meet friends at the bar. Many civic groups met at Dale Anderson’s. He was a charter member of the Scottsdale Charros in 1961, and hosted countless Charro gatherings at his restaurants.  Louis Germaine opened Chez Louis on Brown Avenue in the 1960s. It featured French cuisine and fine dining, a new concept in the West’s Most Western Town. When the west side of Scottsdale

Los Olivos has been operated by the Corral family since the 1950s. (Joan Fudala photo)

Civic Center Mall was completed in the late 1970s, he moved into a distinctively Frenchlooking place (that later housed Pepin Spanish restaurant).  Mag’s Ham Bun opened in the 1960s on First Street. A group of men began meeting there for breakfast and named themselves Mag’s Ham Bun Paul Shank’s French Quarter and the 24-hour Bunch. The casual coffee shop at the Safari Resort on Scottsdale spot was popular with Road (Scottsdale Historical Society photo) downtown workers.

During the late 1980s whose family ran the Chicago-based Carthrough the early 2000s the site was Pischke’s, run by Chris son’s Ribs restaurants, created a ChicagoPischke, and again cultivated “regulars” for style supper club, then began decorating lunch from City Hall and downtown busi- it with his extensive and ever-expanding nesses. A second Mag’s Ham Bun opened sports memorabilia collection. It didn’t at Scottsdale and Shea; both have long take long for Don & Charlie’s to become since closed, but are fondly remembered, Scottsdale’s premier sports hangout – sports especially by “The Bunch.”  Scottsdale High graduate Don Carson opened Don & Charlie’s on Camelback Road in the 1981, in the same restaurant space that his father, Chris, had operated a Black Angus in the early 1960s. Don,

Don & Charlie’s on Camelback Road (Joan Fudala photo)

A 1992 view of Reata Pass near Pinnacle Peak, run by the Cavalliere family. (Joan Fudala photo)

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Sugar Bowl opened in 1958 by Jack Huntress; his nephew Carroll Huntress continues to operate it today. (Joan Fudala photo)

stars, sports management, sports fans and just plain good sports. Diners at Don & Charlie’s have long enjoyed ribs, prime rib, frog legs, liver pate and athlete-sized desserts. It is scheduled to close April 10, but there’s a glimmer of hope it will be reprised within the hotel that will be built on the site.

Hey, Don, thanks for the memories!

 We’re also still waxing poetic about classics like Mancuso’s at The Borgata, the Palm Court at the Scottsdale Conference Resort, May Elaine’s at The Phoenician and others for fine dining; and the more casual Garcia’s of Scottsdale on Indian School Road, Bobby McGee’s at Papago Plaza and on Shea, Lunt Avenue Marble Club (where Trader Joe’s is now just south of Lincoln), Luby’s at Los Arcos Mall, and, most recently, Cowboy Ciao on Stetson Drive.

Lest we think that the best restaurants have faded into “history,” there are so many classics – those who have been in the restaurant biz for at least 30 years— yet to enjoy: Los Olivos, Sugar Bowl, El Chorro, the Rusty Spur, Malee’s on Main, and more. And it seems like every day a new dining spot opens. Who knows which will become the next culinary classic in Scottsdale?

Cheers! 

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6 to 9 p.m. Scottsdale Quarter, 15279 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. azwineanddine.com, $80.

RUN THE RUNWAY APRIL 6 “Fly” down the runway at the Scottsdale Airport. This one-of-a-kin run benefits

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SIPPIN’ SERIES: BEER 101 APRIL 6 Expand your mind and the culinary arts through this event at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Learn about varied, regional spirits and treats, and how to dazzle guests by exploring different types of beers.

7 p.m. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second Street, Scottsdale.

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APRIL 7 For more than 30 years, Sunday A’Fair has given families the chance to hang out outside and enjoy a pop-up art market and live entertainment.

Noon to 4 p.m. Scottsdale Civic Center, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale.

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SPRING BUSS BREAKFAST APRIL 10 This event’s stakeholder panel includes Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane; Scottsdale Community College President Chris Haines; and Scottsdale Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Milissa Sackos.

7:30 to 9 a.m. SkySong 3, Room-Synergy, 1365 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Visit scottsdalechamber.chambermaster.com for pricing.

GAME OF THROWS: 50/50 CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT APRIL 13 Play cornhole for a great cause. Teams are $250 or $150, while those who wish to play alone are $10 for four throws. The winner gets 50 percent of the pot, while the other 50 percent is donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

11 a.m. WestWorld of Scottsdale, 16601 N. Pima Road, Scottsdale. 480-312-6802, gameofthrows.splashthat.com. $10.

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APRIL 18 Interact with like-minded people at this mixer. Experience the mesmerizing display of Electric Desert: A Light & Sound Experience by Klip Collective while meeting young professionals.

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This program has been pre-approved for 1.25 SHRM PDCs and 1.25 HRCI recertification credits.

7:30 to 9 a.m. Employers Council, 7975 N. Hayden Road, Suite D280, Scottsdale. 480-355-2712. $20.

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Hawaiian Lemonade’s spring flavors are inspired by color

By Thalia M. España

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pring has sprung and so have new seasonal flavors at Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade.

CEO and co-founder Todd Casselberry says he and his wife, Chloe, created the new flavors inspired by the season’s colors to supply something fresh, creative and inspiring.

The new items include: Desert Vibes Lemonade, Desert Vibes Smoothie Bowl, Blue Hawaii Toast, Paleo Mint Chip Smoothie, Pea Flower Lemonade, Adaptogen Cold Brew and a Breakfast Cold Brew Smoothie. Adaptogens are plants that help the body reduce stress.

The Desert Vibes Lemonade is raw— without artificial sweeteners—and cold pressed as a mango strawberry

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lemonade mixed with a hint of fresh turmeric.

Like the lemonade, the Desert Vibes Smoothie Bowl is flavored with tropical coconut and a hint of sparkling kombuDesert Vibes Lemonade (mango, strawberry lemoncha. Both have an ombre, ade) is mixed with a hint of three-colored tone, acfresh turmeric. The ombré cording to Casselberry, yellow, orange, red color reminiscent of the colorful and they are inspired desert sunsets.

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The Paleo Mint Chip Smoothie is a Reverting to the ocean, the Blue Hawaii Toast is topped with “pastel twist on the fan-favorite drink.” blue spirulina, housemade cashew Perfect for one with a sweet tooth, the cheese, kiwi, blueberry, organic coconut Paleo Mint Chip Smoothie implements nutritional aspects. The smoothie uses flakes and locally sourced honey.

Wow Wow Hawaiian Lemonade brings a Hawaiian vibe to the Airpark.

quality of life, the importance of family and community, and honoring the land.

“We want (our customers) to taste something in a unique way that they may not have had before,” Casselberry says. “Food should be healthy for you because we depend upon food for nutrition for strengthening our bodies and our immune systems.

We want to provide something that tastes really good, it’s refreshing, and it’s really good for you, too.”  Wow Wow Lemonade 6501 E. Greenway Parkway, Suite 152, Scottsdale 480-508-6036, wowwowhawaiianlemonade.com

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The Pea Flower Lemonade is also inspired by natural surroundings. It is served raw and cold pressed; its purple color comes from the Butterfly Pea Flower, which turns a pink lavender when fully mixed into the mojito lemonade with sprigs of mint and a hint of lime and adaptogens.

Wow Wow Lemonade is innovative, as shown with its Adaptogen Cold Brew and the Breakfast Cold Brew Smoothie. Using four of nature’s best adaptogen mushrooms, its health benefits include immunity support, hormone balance, energy boost and many diseasefighting benefits.

“It’s great for healing in different areas of the body,” Casselberry says. “We’re trying to the combine the value of it tasting really good with the value of something that is really great for you.”

The Cold Brew Smoothie, he says, is an all-in-one smoothie that combines one’s desire for coffee and breakfast with almond butter, adaptogens, raw cacao, MCT oil, and paleo grain-free organic vegan protein.

The Adaptogen Cold Brew is a cold brew mixed with the new adaptogen blend and coconut cream.

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Old Town

Oasis

Social Tap Scottsdale enjoys being different

By Kristine Cannon

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he restaurant bar that sits on the corner of Brown Avenue and Drinkwater Boulevard in Old Town has been known by a few different names over the years, from Firehouse Scottsdale to Hangover Grill and Bar. But for the past three years, happy hour-goers and sports spectators have known it as Social Tap Scottsdale.

“We’re not your typical Old Town bar,” says Social Tap Owner Steve McDonald.

“The music’s not blaring, and we don’t have a DJ. We don’t have girls standing on the bar in tutus blowing whistles. That’s what sets us apart.”

Social Tap’s mission is to offer an extensive menu of elevated, yet affordable bar food and drinks, and foster an environment where people can gather and socialize in a low-key setting.

But recently, Social Tap has officially broadened its demographic.

The sports bar opened its 1,900-squarefoot rooftop patio and bar – a project that has been in the works since 2016.

“We had renderings done three years ago,” McDonald says. “It was in our original build-out plans when we opened this; the patio was designed to have a second deck on it.”

The rooftop patio and bar, called Balcony Bar Rooftop Lounge, has a bar and bar seating, booth lounge seating,

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high tops, a fire pit, outdoor televisions and speakers and plenty of standing room.

The patio can accommodate 85 to 100 people.

“We’re trying to brand it upstairs with a different name, but only to just give it a little bit of an identity because we’re really looking forward to doing private events up there, but also open it up to the public as much as we can as well on the weekends,” McDonald says.

With the opening of the rooftop patio – what McDonald describes as the completion of phase two of Social Tap – McDonald aims to cater to a different crowd: the late-night, post-11 p.m. nightlife.

“We’re still trying to carry the social tap brand upstairs, but we’re trying to give a little bit more of a nightlife vibe to it, draw a later crowd,” he says. “We hang our hat on our food – we’re a restaurant bar – but upstairs is going to be more cocktail lounge.”

McDonald says he wasn’t in a rush to open the rooftop lounge.

After much back and forth between McDonald and the city, the addition of the rooftop was approved at a city council meeting on March 20, 2018.

“It’s actually worked out better this way I feel because it rejuvenates it again, gives it a new, little boost,” he says.

Unbeknownst to many, the Social Tap brand didn’t start in California; it started

in Scottsdale’s Entertainment District around 2012.

Located in the space El Chameleon now occupies, then-called Social Tap Pub and Grill was thrown together spur of the moment.

“When I had Revolver at that time, the space next door to me came available … so I signed the lease,” McDonald says.

“All I wanted to do was open up a small little pub, put some lipstick on it, clean it up and play some great music and see where it went.”

At the time, McDonald also owned beachfront property in Ventura, California, so he decided to move the Social Tap brand to the coast.

“We went from a tiny little hub to this restaurant bar right off the beach in Ventura,” he says. “They were so opposite of each other.”

McDonald decided to close the Social Tap Pub and Grill in Scottsdale to focus on the Ventura location’s business model, which was more successful.

The pub and grill in Scottsdale was then turned into Cowboy Whiskey Saloon, which closed in October 2014.

From there, McDonald added a technically third Social Tap location in San Diego, and in 2016, Social Tap came back to Scottsdale.

“We took this small model and just blew it up into a really cool concept that

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Social Tap owner Steve McDonald takes in the view of Drinkwater Boulevard and Brown Avenue from the restaurant bar’s newly opened rooftop lounge, Balcony Bar Rooftop Lounge.

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was food-driven, and it was successful.

And we were like, let’s not try to recreate the wheel,” McDonald says.

Since its rebirth in Scottsdale, McDonald says business has improved.

“Every year it gets a little better,” he says. “You come out strong out of the gate and then establish who you are and then you try to grow and make yourself consistent.”

He says what also makes Social Tap successful is its competitive menu prices.

For example, tacos are $4.50 each, burritos and bowls range from $11 to $13, sandwiches are $13 or $14, and burgers are $13 to $15.

“I just want people to come here because it’s a great value, and I’d rather have them come here three days a week instead of coming once every other

week because that’s all they can afford,” McDonald says.

Social Tap Scottsdale’s most popular menu items include the wings and nachos appetizers and the filet mignon truffle tacos.

The restaurant bar has specials nearly every day of the week, too, with the most stand-out specials including $1 wings on Thursdays and $2.50 tacos on Tuesdays.

Happy hour runs from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., and patrons can choose from one of 24 craft drafts, 16 of which are local.

According to McDonald, Social Tap Scottsdale’s No. 1 seller is its Social Tap IPA and Social Tap Blonde brews, which are brewed from Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles, California.

“We pride ourselves on being a restaurant bar that serves great cocktails and has

a great beer list,” McDonald says. “All food is made from scratch.”

As of 2017, all three Social Tap locations serve over 35,000 customers each week.

Looking ahead, McDonald says he plans to fine tune the Scottsdale location and continue to grow the brand to different cities, but not right away.

“I have a house up in Flagstaff and I’d love to do something up there someday,” he says.

His wish list also includes valet.

“Eventually what I’d like to do is be able to valet here. That’s the biggest thing,” McDonald says.  Social Tap, 4312 N. Brown Avenue, Scottsdale, socialtapeatery.com.

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Learn about the tiki culture at the Hotel Valley Ho

By Octavio Serrano

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he tiki culture is in the blood of Otto and Baby Doe von Stroheim.

“It’s in our blood for sure,” Otto says. “I grew up in Torrance (California) and every house that was made in the ’50s and ’60s had tropical landscapes. I didn’t realize until I grew up and left that area, that the whole world wasn’t like that.”

Still, they are spreading their message by bringing the tiki culture and AZTO (Arizona Tiki Oasis) to the historic Hotel Valley Ho from Friday, April 12, and Sunday, April 14.

The weekend kicks off with the TikiTiki Ho-Ho Luau, a stylish luau at Hotel Valley Ho’s OH Pool, complete with a traditional pig roast, fresh poke bowl station, grilled options including crispy cola-marinated short ribs, Hawaiianthemed desserts, and an array of tiki cocktails.

The Tiki festivities continue with a marketplace featuring more than 60 curated artisans. For those who really want to be engrained in the tiki culture, there are more than 20 educational seminars with topics ranging from tropical cocktail mixology, to the history of tiki in the Southwest.

A pop-up art show will feature international tiki artists including Japan’s

Mookie Sato and Josh Agle (a.k.a. Shag) from Los Angeles, and Scottsdale’s Fashion by Robert Black will be doing a poolside fashion show. Authors Sven Kirsten (“The Book of Tiki” and “Tiki Pop”), Beachbum Berry (“Grog Log and Sippin’ Safari”) and Shannon Mustipher (“Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails”) will also make appearances at weekend seminars. Evenings will be filled with rooftop parties, cocktail-lounge-style

People can learn during the day through seminars at Tiki Oasis and share their experiences over cocktails at night.

dinners and a suite open to those with the evening resort pass.

Family affair The von Stroheims founded Tiki Oasis 18 years ago when they tried to revive the mid-century Palm Springs Caliente Tropics Motel, which attracted a small gathering of tikiphiles.

“They were under new management and they were thinking about changing

Tiki Oasis educates eventgoers about the history of Tiki culture while having a lifestyle party filled with vendors and seminars. (Photos Courtesy Tiki Oasis)

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Arizona Tiki Oasis seminars FRIDAY, APRIL 12 10 to 11:30 a.m.: Wild West Tiki in the Valley of Fire w/ Mike Skinner 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.: Hotel Valley Ho Magical History Tour Noon to 1 p.m.: EXOTICA: The story of the sound of Tiki, on a platter w/Brother Cleve 1 to 2:30 p.m., 3 to 4:30 p.m.: Tiki’s Big Bang: Planter’s Punch w/Jeff “BeachBum” Berry 1 to 3 p.m.: The Good, the Bad, and the Tiki w/Marshall Shore 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Adventureland, Trader Sam, and two shots of Rum w/ Trader Brandon

SATURDAY, APRIL 13 The festival includes a marketplace featuring over 60 vendors and curated artisans.

the style of the hotel from ‘tiki’ to ‘southwestern,’” he says. “We threw our event there and convinced them that tiki was big and popular.”

Eventually, Tiki Oasis outgrew The Tropics and moved to the Crowne Plaza in San Diego in 2006. Since then, it has grown to include two locations, three hotels and well over 3,000 attendees.

The inaugural AZTO will welcome nearly 2,000 attendees.

“We were looking to expand Tiki Oasis and we were looking for a location that would have the correct vibe for us,” Baby says. “Funny, playful and something potentially historic and we were really pleased when we found the Hotel Valley Ho because that is a historic hotel that was built in the 1950s.”

Baby says Tiki Oasis is having a free marketplace with Tiki art, jewelry, clothing and collectible ceramics.

“We have artists who will be coming from all over the country to sell their wares in our marketplace, which is free and open to the public,” Baby says.

Tiki seminars are the anchor of the weekend, Baby says.

“They are all about a variety of topics including historic preservation, the history of tiki in the Southwest, cocktails and mixology and mid-century art,” Baby says.

Those with an evening resort pass will have access to the Tiki Oasis nightclub, Baby says.

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Although the duo founded Tiki Oasis in San Diego, she says the Scottsdale event is different.

“This is less of a large-scale music festival and there will be opportunities to hang out and get to know people.

It has a more intimate setting,” Baby says.

“You learn during the day and you have cocktail parties at night where you can hopefully discuss and share what you’ve learned,” Otto adds.

Like their previous efforts, AZTO is for charity.

“Arizona Preservation Restoration Foundation is a great partner for us at this event because they care about keeping and holding onto history in Arizona and they want to make sure these things are preserved for future generations,” Baby says.

The streamline the cause, Otto and Baby say their passion is to preserve the history of tiki and its culture.

Historic sites and architecture fuel their desires.

“We really want to try and preserve what’s left of tiki architecture so people can go and experience it again,” Otto says.  Arizona Tiki Oasis (AZTO), Hotel Valley Ho, 6850 E. Main Street, Scottsdale, aztikioasis.com, various times Friday, April 12, to Sunday, April 14, various pricing.

10 to 11:30 a.m.: In Search of Tiki in the Sunshine States w/ Sven Kirsten 10 to 11 a.m.: Vintage Hair Styling w/ Lauren and Severely Mame 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Hotel Valley Ho Magical History Tour 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: On the Road: Visiting East Coast Tiki and Mid-Century Modernism w/ Darren Bradley and Sam Lubell Noon to 1:30 p.m.: New Traditionalists w/ Garret Richard Noon to 1 p.m.: The Art of Trader Vic’s w/ Eve Bergeron 1 to 4 p.m.: Modern Phoenix: The Three Hour Tour w/ Alison King 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Ukulele Jam & Singalong w/ Steve Conrad and Kehau Kuhi 2 to 3:30 p.m.: Create a World of Tiki in your Home w/ Pam Kueber 2 to 3:30 p.m.: Kon-Tiki Book Club w/ Karen Finlay 3 to 4:30 p.m.: Catch The Wave: Women Leading Rum w/ host Shannon Mustipher 3 to 4:30 p.m.: “Bosko and the Rebirth of Tiki,” with Bosko Hrnjak and special guests 5 to 6 p.m.: House Industries: From Sub to Pop Culture w/Andy Cruz

SUNDAY, APRIL 14 10 to 11 a.m.: The Birth of Disneyland’s Jungle Cruise 11 a.m. to noon: Where Cantilever Meets Coyote: Postwar Architecture in Phoenix w/ Alison King 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Arizona Tiki Oasis Book Signing 1 to 2:30 p.m.: Arizona Tiki Oasis Bartender Battle

BREAKFAST/BRUNCH Hash Kitchen Restaurateur Joey Maggiore opened this brunch and Bloody Mary restaurant in 2017, and each season, he incorporates new dishes. The menu has included items like cannoli pancakes, shrimp Oscar hash, and a bacon and rosemary potato frittata.

A mainstay is the build-your-own Bloody Mary bar with more than 50 topping options.

14838 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale 480-947-3214, hashkitchen.com Café Allegro’s dishes utilize farm-fresh, local ingredients.

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AMERICAN Café Allegro Executive Chef Chris Lenza and his staff serve creative dishes made from farmfresh Arizona ingredients at this bright café embedded in the Musical Instrument Museum. Portions of the menu change daily; the fixtures, including Arizona grass-fed burgers and Schreiner ’s hot dogs, are found at the grill station.

4725 E. Mayo Blvd., Phoenix 480-478-6000, mim.org Phil’s Grill Meaty wings and man-size meals are par for the course at Grayhawk’s masculine eatery named after Grayhawk PGA ambassador Phil “Lefty” Mickelson. The menu is a hit list of comfort classics paired with Southwestern favorites such as

chicken enchiladas, quesadillas and tacos.

8 6 2 0 E . T h o m p s o n P e a k P k w y. , Scottsdale 480-502-1700, grayhawk.com/dining/ phils-grill Weft & Warp Art Bar + Kitchen This restaurant, embedded in Andaz Scottsdale Resort & Spa, keeps the ambience artsy (bookshelves lined with actual books, and TV screens showing reruns of the Bob Ross show The Joy of Painting), and the food local (ingredients are sourced from Arizona purveyors, including produce from McClendon’s Select and Peddler’s Son Produce, and Arizona Hatch chili powder).

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Snooze an A.M. Eatery This bustling and bright breakfast joint has a retro-futuristic aesthetic and a colossal menu packed with flavor, from traditional bacon and eggs to six styles of eggs Benedict, including versions with grilled corn, prosciutto and salmon.

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BURGERS/BARBECUE Lush Burger Located at DC Ranch Crossing/AJ Center, Lush Burger serves 11 flamboyantly named variations, ranging from the classic build-your-own to the “Hello…?!?!? Can

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Avocado toast at Weft & Warp Art Bar + Kitchen (Photo courtesy Weft & Warp Art Bar + Kitchen)

Thai Chili 2 Go Located in The Promenade, Thai Chili 2 Go boasts nearly 70 menu choices, including starters such as spring rolls, dumplings, and two varieties of Thai hot and sour soup. Main entrée dishes include pad prig pao, spicy eggplant and red curry.

16203 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-653-9158, tc2go.com

Lush Burger owner Sammy Panice (Photo by Kimberly Carrillo)

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Anyone Get Me a Bacon Cheeseburger Around Here?!?” Mushroom lovers will dig “Jay Does ‘Shrooms,” while pizza fanatics can order the Pepperoni Burger.

18251 N. Pima Rd., Scottsdale 480-686-8908, lushburgeraz.com

CONFECTIONS/ DESSERT Donut Bar This small chain pushes the limits of the sweet snack, serving a cornucopia of creative flavors that are as aesthetically appealing as they are appetizing. Modern lighting fixtures and pink neon signs make for great photo ops, youngsters will drool over the colorful Cookie Monster and Unicorn donuts and the 21-and-over crowd will appreciate the fact that yes, Donut Bar does have an actual bar.

The cake batter donut at Donut Bar. (Photo by Madison Rutherford)

Donut Bar 16205 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale 480-656-5754, donutbar.com

EUROPEAN/GLOBAL KOVO Modern Mediterranean KOVO serves carved-to-order rotisserie meats in its pitas, salads, signature entrees and specialty pizzas. The menu features a medley of authentic plates that highlight the traditional flavors of the Mediterranean with a trendy twist, like pan-seared sea bass in garlic and white butter, and the creamy Greek custard bougatsa.

The Pan Seared Sea Bass at KOVO Modern Mediterranean (Photo by Madison Rutherford)

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10625 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix 602-237-5872, kovomedi.com

13802 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-443-2556, freshmint.us.com

Tanzy The menu at this stylish restaurant in Scottsdale Quarter is modest in size but mighty in flavor: hot and cold Italian sandwiches, tableside house-made mozzarella, meatball and calamari starters, seafood and steak. In addition to the expected egg dishes, the innovative global brunch menu includes truffles and caviar.

15257 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-483-3255, tanzyrestaurant.com

ITALIAN

FINE DINING Dominick’s Steakhouse The food at Dominick’s Steakhouse is, unsurprisingly, focused on meat.

Selections include filet mignon, jumbo scallops, steak and caramelized onions (with gorgonzola and creamy horseradish), and highly regarded bone-in KC strip and rib-eye steaks. The bar area and dining room are dark and chic, and the shallow indoor pool attracts many diners to Dominick’s rooftop.

15169 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-272-7271, dominickssteakhouse.com Hearth ‘61 Mountain Shadows Resort’s premier dining establishment, Hearth ’61 serves from a menu focused on locally sourced and organic ingredients, beautiful plate presentation and prolific fresh fish dishes.

Entrees include specialties such as Georges Bank scallops and charred eggplant with ancient grains, and a “Roast of the Day.” 5445 E. Lincoln Dr., Paradise Valley 480-624-5400, mountainshadows.com

North Italia This lively trattoria in Kierland Commons serves classic and contemporary Italian dishes.

15024 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-948-2055, northitaliarestaurant.com Rinaldi’s Italian Deli Rinaldi’s made-to-order sandwiches are crafted only with Boar’s Head premium cold cuts. There are also several salads on the menu, in addition to traditional Italian favorites like lasagna and eggplant parmesan. This neighborhood mainstay also offers breakfast and brunch options like breakfast burritos and omelets. Catering available.

16211 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-607-3354, rinaldisdeli.com Tomaso’s When In Rome The latest dining destination from Tomaso Maggiore, Tomaso’s When In Rome is a trattoria specializing in Roman-style pasta including rigatone and cavatelli. There’s also an extensive wine list featuring vinos from various regions of Italy.

23655 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale 480-404-6085, tomasoswheninrome.com

MEXICAN Casa Amigos Mexican flair meets Scottsdale style at this eatery, which pours a plethora of margaritas from its collection of 52 tequilas and serves a slew of Mexican-American favorites, from street corn and nachos to

HEALTHFUL/ VEGETARIAN Flower Child This green/eco-conscious eatery with a menu of salads and wraps is located a little outside the Airpark area, but worth the wander. There’s also a location at Desert Ridge.

10460 N. 90th St., Scottsdale 480-240-4400, iamaflowerchild.com Fresh Mint Fresh Mint does vegetarian cuisine right.

This is, as Chef Mai Ly describes it, “vegetarian food with a Vietnamese twist.”

Though there are a handful of dishes prepared with faux soy-based meats, many of Chef Mai’s signature dishes put veggies, fungi and legumes center stage.

Casa Amigo tacos: Baja tacos at Casa Amigos (Photo special to Airpark News)

tacos and enchiladas.

7320 E. Indian Plaza, Scottsdale 623-900-4353, casaamigosaz.com Old Town Tortilla Factory Homemade tortillas are the stars of the Southwestern cuisine-focused Old Town Tortilla Factory, which also serves vaunted margaritas and boasts a beautiful patio.

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What’s Cooking

With JAN D’ATRI

Ham and Egg Brunch Cups

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hey’re easy enough for kids to make and yet elegant enough to serve at your next fancy brunch. They’re called ham and egg brunch cups, but you can also make them with sliced turkey or salmon. I love this recipe because it’s so

Ham and Egg Brunch Cups (Serves 4) Ingredients: 4 slices deli-style ham, turkey or smoked salmon 4 large eggs 4 teaspoons milk or cream 4 tablespoons shredded or sliced cheese Salt and pepper to taste Herbs like thyme or chives for garnish Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray cupcake tin or ramekins with nonstick cooking spray or grease with butter. Line each cup with a piece of ham, turkey, or several pieces of smoked salmon.

Ham, turkey or salmon should cover the bottom and sides of the cup. Break an egg into each cup. Pour 1 teaspoon of milk or cream on top of each egg. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.

Bake for about 12 minutes or until egg whites are opaque and eggs are done. Remove egg cups from oven. Sprinkle with tablespoon of shredded cheese or a piece of sliced cheese. Garnish with herbs. Serve immediately.

simple and looks gorgeous on a plate. I’ve included a fantastic recipe for crispy hash browns and a simple way to “fancy up” store-bought refrigerated cinnamon rolls.

These delicious brunch cups are my new favorite way to say good morning.

Cinnamon Roll Pull-a-Parts Here’s a great way to fancy up refrigerated cinnamon rolls.

Remove the dough from one canister of Pillsbury cinnamon rolls.

On a cutting board, gently push the slices together and with your hands, roll them into one continuous log until there are no visible seams in the dough. With scissors, snip the top part of dough to about three quarters of the way down.

Arrange the cut sections so that each section leans on opposite or alternating sides. Spread the pieces apart, alternating sides.

When rolls are done, drizzle with icing and serve.

Crispy on the Outside Hash Browns (Serves 4) (The secret to these perfectly crispy hash browns is letting them cook without disturbing them! I know the tendency is to keep flipping, but don’t! Trust me!)

Ingredients 1 large russet potato, peeled and shredded

2 teaspoons olive oil, divided Salt & pepper to taste Directions: Roll shredded potato up several paper towels and squeeze tightly to draw out the moisture.

Repeat with fresh paper towels if needed.

Place shredded potato in a bowl. Toss with salt & pepper.

Preheat a large fry pan (preferably nonstick) to medium-high.

Place oil in the hot pan and swirl around.

Make four patties of potatoes and place in hot skillet, patting them slightly to flatten.

Reduce heat to medium-low and cook undisturbed and uncovered for 15 minutes.

When bottom is crisp, turn potatoes over. Cook until crisp. Serve immediately.

Watch My How-To Video for Ham and Egg Cups here: https://jandatri.com/recipe/ham-and-eggcup/

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tourismtalk The OH Pool at the Valley Ho is a vacationer’s treat.

The Embassy Suites offers luxury at an affordable price.

Tourism industry is making a difference

By Rachel Sacco, President and CEO, Experience Scottsdale

W

hen Experience Scottsdale discusses the benefits of Scottsdale’s tourism industry, we often focus on the statistics – an industry that supports 21,000 jobs, welcomes 9 million visitors, generates 22 percent of all privilege taxes, and leaves behind an economic impact of $2.4 billion.

But this industry is more than just a numbers game. The benefits of Scottsdale’s tourism industry extend well

beyond the economy. That’s because at many of the hospitality businesses in Scottsdale, there are compassionate individuals looking for ways to support the community where they live, work and play.

There are 50 hotels and resorts within Scottsdale city limits, with several more in the pipeline. And while these hotels and resorts certainly contribute to Scottsdale’s tax coffers, many find additional ways to give back,

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especially to the community’s most vulnerable.

Since 2011, The Saguaro has partnered with Scottsdale Training and Rehabilitation Services (STARS), a Scottsdale-based nonprofit devoted to improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities. One dollar from every night of a guest’s stay at The Saguaro is donated to STARS. Those donations are put toward programs and resources for teens and adults with developmental and cognitive disabilities, serving as a lifetime support system for participants and their families.

Hotel Valley Ho works closely with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona, which serves as a home away from home for families with children facing medical challenges. With families staying overnight at three campuses between Phoenix and Mesa, Ronald McDonald House is always in need of soaps, shampoos and lotions; Hotel Valley Ho donates these supplies in bulk several times throughout the year. In recent years, hotel staff have increased their engagement with the charity, from cooking meals for the families to renovating rooms, organizing the kitchens, and fixing electrical issues.

Embassy Suites by Hilton Scottsdale Resort has a “Make a Difference Committee” that

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plans and coordinates volunteer events and community-wide outreach efforts throughout the year. Recently, the committee’s efforts have focused on the Vista del Camino Community Center, which provides services allowing Scottsdale residents to maintain self-sufficiency when facing issues such as homelessness, economic crisis or emotional stress.

Hotel staff donate nonperishable goods to the Vista del Camino Food Bank and school supplies to the back-to-school program. Last July, Embassy Suites staff volunteered for the city of Scottsdale’s back-to-school event at Scottsdale Stadium, helping children select their school supplies for the year.

Embassy Suites also partners with Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, which provides emergency shelter, counseling and employment assistance to families facing homelessness. Embassy Suites is a

recruiting resource for the Scottsdale-based nonprofit, connecting adults to entry-level positions in the hotel.

These are just a few examples of the charitable efforts undertaken by Scottsdale hotels and resorts. Whether a business, employee or resident, we all have a stake in the health and wellbeing of Scottsdale.

Next time you hear the statistics, keep in mind the humanity behind Scottsdale’s tourism industry as well, and the very real ways those in hospitality give back to the community we all treasure.  Editor’s note: Rachel Sacco is the president and CEO of Experience Scottsdale, which is responsible for promoting the Scottsdale area as a premier travel and meetings destination to national and international leisure visitors, travel agents, tour operators, meeting planners and media.

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Try a 412(e)(3) for the highest deductions and tax savings

By Paul Breslau, Breslau Insurance & Benefits Inc.

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re you or someone you know a professional or small business owner without employees or with just a few? Do you make $300,000 or more filing jointly or $150,000+ filing singly? Then you may be losing important Qualified Business Income or QBI tax deductions that could be avoided. Even if not earning that much or losing the QBI deduction you should investigate implementing a 412(e) (3) retirement plan, or at least a defined benefit plan.

There is a hierarchy of possible retirement plans for small business owners and professionals. For example, in 2019 a SIMPLE Salary Deferral plan allows a $12,500 deduction. The 401k deduction limit is $19,000 or $56,000 with profit sharing. These plans have an extra allowance for older people. A SEP IRA plan also allows $56,000 without an age boost option. These are defined contribution plans.

There are many employer considerations, such as the business match percentage and the inclusion of loan provisions. Another is post-tax Roth contributions verses pretax contributions.

A safe harbor 401k plan will offer protection from discrimination testing. Work through these issues with a retirement plan adviser.

There is another angle called nonqualified deferred compensation plans. These are often regarded as a great benefit for C Corps or key executives of a pass-through entity. Nonqualified means taxes have been paid and many of the rules and regulations on qualified funds can be avoided.

The hierarchy moves on to defined benefit plans, which are less common, however favorable for small business owners. These plans allow older business owners to save significantly more in a short period of time. These include cash balance plans with limits over $60,000, which can be combined with a 401k Plan for an extra boost.

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Near the top of the hierarchy is the 412(e)(3). For example, this plan allows a high contribution amount of $354,000 for someone age 55 and wants to retire at age 62. Larger contributions for older participants are part of the plan. However, changes resulting from the “2018 Tax Cuts & Jobs Act” are what make these 412(e)(3) plans most compelling. The costly impact of the qualified business income or QBI tax rules can be greatly reduced or avoided.

Ideal 412(e)(3) candidates are professionals and small business owners with five or fewer employees. Also necessary are high and stable profits with an older owner and younger employees. Finally, the ability to make ongoing contributions for at least a five-year period is recommended.

One big take away is that the options and alternatives; the pros and cons; the regulations and requirements are all incredibly complex. These frequently change over time. Working with a team of seasoned and experienced professionals in tax and retirement plan fields is imperative. The 412(e)(3) defined benefit

retirement plan is only invested in a life or annuity policy.

Consult with your tax adviser or CPA. Then if considering for defined contribution or defined contribution plan, seek out a retirement plan specialist or contact me for some names of those I know and trust.

For a 412(e)(3) plan, seek out your own financial adviser who is also a specialized insurance agent or contact me to be connected to ones who are pioneers in this strategy. Another alternative is to refer your tax or investment adviser to me for initial discussions.

I am partnering with leading local experts in all lines of insurance and business services. Reach out to me at 602692-6832 or paul@hraz.com for an initial conversation, evaluation, or referral.  Paul Breslau, registered health underwriter, registered employee benefit consultant, chartered life underwriter, chartered financial consultant, chartered adviser for senior living, is president of Breslau Insurance & Benefits Inc. Contact: 602-692-6832; hraz.com; paul@ hraz.com.

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ROOFING

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APRIL 2019 Business Horoscopes

By Weiss Kelly, PMAFA Professional Member of the American Federation of Astrologers ARIES (March 21-April 20) Happy Birthday Aries! The month starts off chaotically and stays so until midmonth.

This year is all about you. If work-related issues haven’t been worked out by the 19th, let them go. Circle the week of the 22nd as the most successful. Spend carefully. Don’t take on too much the 11th to the 30th.

TAURUS (April 21 to May 20) Happy Birthday Taurus! Your professional career could make an unexpected move. The planet of expansion slows down

a bit until August. Pay attention to your finances from the 5th to the 19th. You can accomplish a lot more on your own. The pace picks up the week of the 22nd. Don’t get so comfy; expect the unexpected.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Return to last month’s projects that you didn’t finish. Blame it on Mercury, as it was moving forward. The new moon on the 5th is a good time to cold call or take a fresh approach. The third week of April you’ll reach an agreement. Sales, advertising and marketing are favored this month. Circle the week of the 17th. Workwise, one can be talented and well educated, but it means little if you don’t communicate.

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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is another busy month for Cancer, when the main emphasis is on your work area. You could be presented with new opportunities. Others may be seeking a new job or location. Your friendly computer can be your best friend. April is a good month for sales, agreements and personal contacts.

Be practical with your finances.

LEO (July 23 to August 21) The New Moon makes you motivated and anxious to get things started. By the 10th, you will begin. Good news arrives around the 19th when you finalize a plan. Be prepared to compromise.

April’s showers (complexities) will have little effect on you, including personal enjoyments. You’ll be working hard for your money. Less can be more sometimes.

VIRGO (August 22 to September 23) This can be a very progressive year, starting with the Sun going into another Earth sign later in the month. You are not one to sit back and wait things out, however, you must be patient this month. Avoid becoming overly obsessed with details. All work and no play can prove to be counterproductive the 1st to the 16th. Work out financial issues by the end of the month.

LIBRA (September 24 to October 23) Welcome to one of the more eventful months of the year. Be prepared for a six-month interval of addressing positive work-related transformations within the next three weeks. This year is one of transformation in world affairs, economy, climate politics and culture. Businesses related to beauty, fashion, style, décor and the arts come into their own this month.

Work relationships and social affiliations are important. Money will matter the last week.

SCORPIO (October 24 to November 22) Slow down a bit, and try not to react

to any financial issue. Associations may be unreliable or apt to change. The third week is more favorable for addressing offers or interacting with others. Prepare to make much-needed financial compromises.

Watch your spending; stick to a budget the 13th to the 30th, so at the end of the month you can have some reserve.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 to December 21) April may bring a job offer, before the 10th, or before Lady Luck steps away until August. Be prepared for travel or litigious challenges. Expect new restrictions/laws to be announced. They may have an indirect effect on your work. Keep alert and learn.

Underline the week of the 20th, when you have time for personal pursuits.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Capricorn, you love a challenge and that’s what you may encounter as you start out the month. It’s the money game that is in full play from the 6th to the 28th. Last month’s change in the rules may require a new perspective when it comes to your work. Four planets in Earth signs this month brings a touch of reality. Week of the 22nd is fast-paced and most competitive.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You’ll find clarity midmonth. You need a change in job direction. Make those calls, get reconnected. Network and money opportunities will come your way when the Sun enters Taurus on the 20th.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Money may stress you out early in the month because of last month’s excessive spending. Start a project on the New Moon (April 5) and finish it around the Full Moon.

On April 19, you’ll finalize a project. You’ll be motivated through the 16th. Enjoy the chance to spend the rest of the month attending cultural or creative events.  For inquires or readings by email or on CD contact Weiss at weissastro@aol.com

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