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NEWS ................................. 2 What 2021 could hold in store for Scottsdale.

BUSINESS ................... 18 Scottsdale woman babysits houses.

ARTS...............................20 Hall of Flame a Valley best-kept secret.

NEIGHBORS .......................................... 15 BUSINESS ...............................................18 SPORTS ...................................................19 ARTS ........................................................20 FOOD ........................................................22 CLASSIFIEDS ....................................... 23

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Progress story inspires generous benefactor BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

Coronado High School alumnus has committed to donate $1 million to help future graduates afford a college education. Rob Flick, Class of 1971, and his wife Jennifer decided to donate the money after chancing upon the Dec. 20 issue of the Scottsdale Progress that featured a cover story about the Coronado Foundation for the Future’s Promise Scholarship. The foundation currently offers scholarships to a handful of students each year but is working with the Scottsdale Charros to expand the program.

Coronado High School alumnus Rob Flick and his wife Jennifer have committed to donate $1 million over 10 years to help fund the Coronado Promise Scholarship for future graduates. (Courtesy of Jennifer Flick)

The new scholarship, when funded, would provide two years of community college or trade school tuition to all Coronado graduates who meet GPA and attendance requirements.

Flick said it is pure coincidence that he found out about the promise scholarship at all.

continue to surge. A city spokeswoman confirmed the city had 10 tournaments scheduled at city parks and other outdoor facilities in January and February. Some of the tournaments will include teams from out of state. Those types of tournaments with competition from teams from different geographic

areas are at the “highest risk” to spread COVID-19 of all youth sports activities, according to the CDC. Despite warnings from public health experts, city officials confirmed they will push forward with these tournaments, including those with out-of-state participants.

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Pandemic won’t halt big tourneys in Scottsdale BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

cottsdale will continue to host youth and amateur sports tournaments in January and February, potentially bringing thousands of players and spectators from around Arizona and other states to the city as coronavirus case numbers

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The City of Scottsdale reserved $3 million of the city’s $29.6-million federal pandemic relief money to fund services for the city’s most vulnerable citizens, including programs to provide food for residents in need. (Progress ﬁle photo)

Here are some issues facing Scottsdale this year BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

ere are some topics and storylines that are likely to dominate Scottsdale in the new year.

New Mayor and City Council With a new mayor and three freshmen council members, the new City Council will look dramatically different than the one that presided over the city for the better part of the last decade. Gone are Mayor Jim Lane and Councilwoman Suzanne Klapp, who each served three terms, and Councilmembers Virginia Korte and Guy Phillips, who each served two terms.

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In 2021, the City Council will include holdovers in Linda Milhaven, Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead alongside incoming Mayor David Ortega and newcomers Betty Janik, Tammy Caputi and Tom Durham. The new council will likely prove more skeptical of developers – and their requests for city concessions – than its predecessor Lane, Korte and Klapp were part of a four-vote council majority that voted in favor of controversial new developments like the Marquee office building, Southbridge Two and Scottsdale Collection. With those votes gone, Ortega, Janik and Durham are likely to join Littlefield and Whitehead to solidify a five-

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vote bloc that will be less willing to approve exemptions to city building standards and increases in height or density without substantial benefits to the city in return. Both Janik and Durham fought alongside Littlefield and Whitehead in the Prop 420 battle to prevent development in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve. And, more recently, Ortega, Janik and Durham all opposed the downtown Southbridge Two redevelopment. Council’s new bent is not a death knell for all developments, though. Both Littlefield and Whitehead have proven willing to vote in favor of some

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“We will continue to monitor the health conditions and work closely with each of the event directors as those dates get closer,” Assistant City Manager Bill Murphy said. Valley cities have adopted varying approaches to tournaments slated over the next few months. Phoenix has banned such events through March while Mesa cautiously gave them the go-ahead, requiring tournament organizers to observe a range of safety protocols or risk cancellation. Mesa officials initially had been inclined to follow Phoenix’s lead until the city’s tourism officials warned a ban could cost local hotels hundreds of thousands of dollars in bookings. A Progress analysis of publicly-available information about Scottsdale tournaments found that they could collectively bring hundreds of teams and thousands of players to area sports fields over the next two months. That worries Will Humble, executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, because state and county health officials are still in the process of vaccinat-

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ing high risk individuals. Humble, the former state health director, said even small tournaments should press pause in January and February to allow enough time for new vaccines to be administered to vulnerable populations and allow those people to build antibodies. “If that were the case, then I’d say ‘yeah, it’s going to cause some spread in the

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community, but it’s not going to cause deaths and it’s not going to cause a hospital crisis…” Humble said. “I’m not saying you have to wait forever, but geez, when it’s this close.” Scheduled events in Scottsdale include adult softball tournaments and multiple youth sports tournaments, including events moved to Arizona from other states. The tournaments range in size from a few teams to a few hundred. All World Softball is hosting two adult softball tournaments at Horizon Park. The first tournament had 19 teams registered to attend as of Dec. 23, according to the tournament website. The Surf Cup soccer tournament is typically held in San Diego every year but relocated to Arizona due to California’s restrictions on large gatherings, according to the tournament’s website. The Surf Cup held a tournament for younger players in late December and older players in early January at Scottsdale Sports Complex and other Valley sports fields. According to documents submitted to the city, the Surf Cup will have 500 to 800 attendees. Another huge soccer tournament scheduled at Scottsdale Sports Complex in February called the Max Shacknai Invitational typically attracts hundreds of teams each year. Representatives for the tournament, which is hosted by the Phoenix Rising’s youth organization, did not respond to questions about the expected turnout this year.

But, the tournament’s website says the event is expecting “close to 500 teams, including the more than 120 teams from other states, regions, and countries that participated in 2020.” The Progress reached out to tournament directors for all 10 events scheduled in January and February, but only two responded. Kyle Rogers, Arizona tournament director for Baseball Showcase America, shared dozens of safety measures mandated by the organization for its MLK Tournament in January, including following local mask mandates, abiding by social distancing and limiting spectators to immediate family members. Rogers said only six teams will play on one field in Scottsdale during the tournament. The tournament, which is spread across fields in Scottsdale, Chandler and Mesa, has also banned sunflower seeds and has cleaning plans in place for dugouts and restrooms. “Our only concern is for those who do not want to follow the rules,” Rogers said. “We have the rules to keep everyone safe. Anyone not abiding by the safety guidelines we put in place with the city will be asked to leave.” Nicole Fintell with the United States Tennis Association said the organization’s junior’s tournament, scheduled for January at Scottsdale Ranch Park, could include players from Nevada and southern California. Fintell said the tournament will limit attendance to no more than 50 people and implement safety protocols. “We only allow (player and a plus one) on-site, require mask-wearing, and only use up to 12 courts to abide by the no more than 50 people organized gathering,” Fintell said. Anyone not wearing a mask will be asked to leave, according to the USTA’s safety protocols. The decision by some cities to continue hosting tournaments has been criticized by some in the public health community, citing rising COVID-19 case numbers. Even tournaments held only with teams from the same geographical area are considered risky, according to the CDC. Humble said allowing youth sports tournaments, especially those with outof-state teams, is “grossly irresponsible”

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considering the increase in COVID-19 cases in recent months that have pushed Valley hospitals to near-full capacity. He said the lion’s share of spread within the school system is connected to athletics. “I’ve talked to Maricopa County Public Health, and they said the contact tracing is pointing directly at club sports…” Humble said. Humble said that spread is not just due to children playing sports in close contact, but is also due to the behavior of parents and other spectators. Under orders issued by Governor Doug Ducey, events with crowds larger than 50 people are required to submit safety plans to cities, and the cities must publish those plans for the public. Beyond that, the responsibility falls on cities to decide whether or not to allow these events to continue. As the pandemic negatively impacts local economies nationwide, local sports has provided a welcomed source of revenue. Youth sports are a $19-billion industry nationally, and it’s growing, according to report by market research firm Wintergreen Research. Youth and amateur ports tournaments are big business in Scottsdale and other cities around the Valley. They not only generate facility rental revenue for cities but have an expanded economic impact by driving traffic to local restaurants and hotels, which, in turn, creates sales and bed tax revenues for cities. Right now, sports tournaments in Scottsdale are approved administratively by city staff and the safety plans required by the state are posted to the city’s website at scottsdaleaz.gov/special-events/safety-plans. However, it appears some incoming City Council members are concerned about continuing to host these tournaments. New Mayor David Ortega said spiking infection numbers and hospitals nearing full capacity “are of grave concern.” “Even if the statistics flatten they are intolerable,” he said. “There is no upside to holding tournaments in Scottsdale. January and February field sports events will likely be canceled countywide.” Ortega said he believes sports events in January and February will eventually be canceled countywide.

Councilwoman Betty Janik also said she would like to see tournaments postponed until the Spring, at which point the city can reevaluate the state of the pandemic. “No need to add to the current crisis,” Janik said. Councilwoman Tammy Caputi said she is concerned about hosting tournaments with out of state teams until the community has been vaccinated. But Caputi said she believes the city must prioritize public health as cases rises while also rebuilding the local economy by adopting health and safety best practices, citing the work city staff is already doing to mitigate spread at these events. “I support and will continue to promote solutions that achieve a successful balance for our community as we pull through this crisis together,” Caputi said. Each tournament scheduled in Scottsdale has agreed to abide by safety measures, including enforcement of social distancing, mask wearing for all staff and attendees and implementation of cleaning protocols for restrooms, high-touch areas and other surfaces. “All of these tournament organizers have agreed to abide by the ‘return to play’ protocols which include mitigation strategies, reduced number of available fields for the weekend and other public health best practices,” city spokeswoman Ann Porter said. But, Humble said he is not convinced cities and tournaments have the enforcement mechanisms or staffing in place to make sure players and spectators abide by those rules. The Surf Cup, for instance, told the city it will have six staff members on site for its tournament, which is expected to draw 500 to 800 people. “So the organizers produce a document that they throw in front of the city staff and say, ‘this is what we’re going to do’, but then you go out there and the reality is they’re not following any of them and there’s no enforcement,” Humble said. He said the relatively lax requirements imposed by Ducey’s office have given local governments cover to allow tournaments to continue. “And so elected officials take comfort, I think, in that when the blame comes to roost, people are going to point fingers at the governor, rightly, which gives council members a free pass to make bad decisions,” Humble said.

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developments, including those that have faced pushback from residents, if they believe the projects are in the best interest of the city, including Museum Square in 2019.

Police Chief In addition to new leadership, the city will welcome new top cop to run the city’s police department. Police Chief Alan Rodbell retired on Nov. 30 after 17 years at the helm in Scottsdale and 45 years in law enforcement. The city is not rushing to find his replacement and is currently in the midst of a nationwide search. The search, which began in November, is expected to take six to eight months, according to the city. In the meantime, former Assistant Chief Jeff Walther, who retired in 2018, was named interim police chief by City Manager Jim Thompson. Walther is not seeking the permanent position.

General Plan Scottsdale is scheduled to hold another election in 2021 to seek voter approval of a new General Plan.

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The plan is the overarching document guiding the long-term growth of a city. The city has a fraught history with general plans and has not received voter approval of a new one since 2001, despite a state law requiring voters to approve a new plan or re-authorize an existing plan every 10 years. Council approved a new General Plan in 2011 but voters shot down the update the next year, leading the city to readopt the 2001 plan with state-mandated additions. The city again attempted to craft a new General Plan 2035 a few years later, but that effort, the result of years of work by community members and city staff, was halted by Council in 2016 and never sent to voters following disputes over rural land use designations. In 2019, following an inquiry by the Progress, the Legislative Council at the state Legislature found the city likely violated provisions of general plan law by failing to gain voter approval, but that the law has no enforcement mechanism. The city has maintained that the failed 2011 process satisfied the state requirements. This time around, the city is seeking approval of an updated version of General Plan 2035 that incorporates new

legislative requirements and changes recommended by a citizen review committee made up of 12 representatives from city boards and commissions. City staff and the committee spent the better part of a year reviewing the plan and gathering community feedback before the committee adopted the draft plan on an 11-1 vote on Dec. 14. State law mandates the plan must now undergo a six-month public hearing process that will include public involvement and multiple presentations to the Scottsdale Planning Commission and City Council. Council will then vote on the plan in June or July, according to the city. If adopted by Council, the draft general plan will likely go before voters in November 2021.

sdale in April; the LG Twins of the Korean Baseball Organization will train in Scottsdale; the historic SmokeTree Resort will be renovated; Jet Aviation at Scottsdale Airport; ASU will host NCAA golf championships at Grayhawk Golf Course in 2021-2023; The San Francisco Giants will begin using a field in Papago Park for nongame Spring Training workouts (Giants’ games will continue to be played at a renovated Scottsdale Stadium); the Super Bowl returns to the Valley in 2023; the NCAA will bring its March Madness Final Four men’s basketball championship back to the Valley in 2024. Business: HonorHealth/Universal Health Behavioral Health Hospital on the SRPMIC and HonorHealth

Neurosciences Institute on Osborn; Mayo Clinic Phoenix Campus sevenstory patient tower under construction; Gainey Business Bank in Gainey Ranch; Scottsdale Community Bank. City: Bell Road Multi-use Sports Fields Complex; a trail at Fraesfield trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve named in honor of former Mayor Sam Campana; an amphitheater at the Gateway to the Preserve named in honor of former Mayor Mary Manross; The Pima-Dynamite trailhead of the Preserve; Scottsdale General Plan 2035 citizen review process ongoing; Scottsdale Civic Center facelift underway; extension to Raintree Drive in Scottsdale Airpark and an artist Phillip K. Smith III public art installation;

Tourism and Events The next 12 months will prove to be crucial for Scottsdale’s tourism and events industries, the main drivers of the local economy. The pandemic and associated business shutdowns and mitigation strategies decimated the local tourism industry in 2020 and forced the cancellation, postponement or reduction in scope of many major events like Spring Training baseball.

Occupancy at area hotels dropped as low as 10.5 percent in March but has since rebounded to around 42 percent at the beginning of December, still well below normal rates. With vaccines now beginning to circulate in Arizona, there is some hope that tourism will start the slow march towards recovery in 2021. Right now, it looks like the pandemic will continue to drastically reduce the impact of local events for at least the first few months of 2021. The Barrett-Jackson collector car auction already announced it is postponing its January auction at Westworld until March. The Waste Management Phoenix Open will push forward with its tournament in January and February, but plans to reduce admissions by as much as 96 percent. Only time will tell if the vaccine rollout will allow the city’s spring events to operate normally and generate something close to normal activity. Major League Baseball announced plans to begin Spring Training baseball on Feb. 27 and the league’s current schedule includes San Francisco Giants games at Scottsdale Stadium. That schedule is still subject to change.

Expect these businesses, events in 2021 BY JOAN FUDALA Progress Contributor

estaurants: Cooper’s Hawk at The Promenade; The Herb Box on Shea; I Heart Mac & Cheese; popular Tucson area restaurant EeeGee’s. Tourism/recreation: Caesars Republic Scottsdale hotel at Scottsdale Fashion Square; Curio Hotel by Hilton (on the site of the former Don & Charlie’s on Camelback); Edition Hotel on Camelback Road; Winfield Hotel & Residences on Scottsdale Road; a Hilton hotel at Cavasson; Comfort Suites at The Pavilions at Talking Stick; The Ritz-Carlton Paradise Valley; Advocates Pro Golf Association will stage a golf tournament at TPC Scott-

improvements to Scottsdale Airport runway during summer 2021. Developments: Cavasson/Nationwide on Hayden at the 101; Revel Senior Living Community on Indian Bend Road; Museum Square; new Papago Plaza mixed-use development; Entrada on McDowell at 64th Street; The Palmeraie at Scottsdale and Indian Bend roads; Marquee on Scottsdale Road; senior living facility coming to the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus on Scottsdale Road; possible redevelopment of Seventh-day Adventist campus in the airpark; The Edge at Loop 101/90th Street; Axon campus at Crossroads East; Gentry on the Green multi-family residential development on Camelback; Story Rock residential.

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Mandatory COVID shots for teachers called possible BY CECILIA CHAN Progress Staff Writer

s teachers inch toward the head of the line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, it begs the question: can school districts mandate inoculations? According to the Arizona School Risk Retention Trust, yes. “School districts may require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of on-site work, subject to exemptions required by state and/or federal law,” read a legal memo prepared for the nonprofit Trust. The Trust, which provides public school districts and community colleges with property and liability insurance, also advised districts to consult with their own attorneys on legal issues related to any vaccination requirement. The first batches of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines arrived to Arizona in mid-December for dosing to those 16 and older. Healthcare workers and long-term care facility staff and residents are among the first to receive the vaccine, to be followed by teachers, law enforcement and other critical workers. Other groups of individuals are farther down the line. Scottsdale Unified officials did not return a request for comment. Sheila Uggetti, who sits on the Gilbert Public Schools Governing Board, said whether to make the vaccination mandatory for teachers has not been discussed at any level in the district and spokeswoman Dawn Antestenis said GPS at this time has no plans to make it mandatory for staff. GPS, the fifth largest school district in the state, is a member of the Trust – as is Scottsdale – and GPS Assistant Superintendent Bonnie Betz serves on the Trust’s Board of Directors. That said, Uggetti added, “I believe that we should follow whatever is required by the department of health.”

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Pandemic looms large in issues facing city in 2021 BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

rom COVID-19 to the new General Plan, no shortage of issues faces the new Scottsdale City Council in 2021. The council, with new Mayor David Ortega and three other new members, will have to navigate the pandemic’s economic and public health ramifications while dealing with the everyday business of city government. Ortega and Council members Solange Whitehead, Tammy Caputi, Betty Janik and Tom Durham all said the pandemic and its impact on residents and businesses is a top issue facing the city in 2021. Ortega said Council’s foremost responsibility in the New Year is ensuring community health in order to facilitate the recovery of normal life, stabilize hospitals and return children to schools. “Scottsdale is a sophisticated city, which can adhere to disciplined pandemic precautions so that the limited vaccination supplies can be effective,” he said. “We can act responsibly, knowing approved vaccinations, though voluntary, are vital for our full economic recovery by 2022.” Whitehead, entering her third year in office, also said protecting residents and businesses from the impact of COVID-19

is the top issue facing Scottsdale this year. “Ultimately, a safe and healthy Scottsdale is the only way to restore economic prosperity and retain our world class destination brand,” she said. New member Caputi said the biggest challenge will be balancing the city budget amid the pandemic while continuing to provide services expected by residents, noting the city gets 50 percent of its revenue from sales tax. “Scottsdale needs income from development fees, tourism, and sales taxes from a vibrant business community, or we must cut services and/or raise taxes,” Caputi said. The last Council approved a budget in June 2020 that included around $30 million in cuts due to COVID-19. As of October, city revenues and costs outperformed that budget as the city took in $15.9 million more than anticipated. However, it is unclear how long those revenues will continue as the city’s hospi-

tality industry and other businesses continue to feel the impact of the pandemic. “First and foremost, we need to control the spread of COVID-19, so our small businesses and tourism economy can thrive,” Caputi said. “We need to support outstanding projects and attract new businesses and knowledge workers, so our economy can continue to grow and diversify.” While the pandemic sucks much of the air out of the room, the council members noted there are a number of other pressing issues in 2021. Ortega, Janik and Durham all said the city’s push to pass a new General Plan this year should not be overlooked. Janik said the plan, which guides future development in the city, should represent

the citizen’s vision for the future of the city. That vision has not always been clear in recent years. “The last few years have shown that there are major disagreements among Scottsdale citizens about the pace and scale of development and the General Plan needs to set a tone and path forward for Scottsdale,” Durham said. “This will require hard work, citizen engagement, and compromise.” Passing a new plan may not be easy if recent history is any indication: the city has not received voter approval of a new plan since 2000 despite a state law requiring voter approval of a new or update

– including the decision to keep schools open to start the second semester – has divided the community. While some parents have applauded that decision, others and teachers have expressed concern that it unfairly exposed staff to unnecessary risks. Incoming board member Julie Cieniawski, a retired teacher, said disagreements over the district’s management of the situation have “weakened the fabric of our community.” “We all need to be dedicated to become a part of the solution and work to get things done to help, whatever that might be,” she said. Beckman, Cieniawski, and Greenburg all said the district must value input from teachers and staff as it determines how to

move forward. “All of our staff - from our bus drivers to our teachers to our administrators - have been working incredibly hard under extremely difficult circumstances to serve our students and provide them the best education possible,” Greenburg said. Cieniawski said the predicament provides the district the opportunity to reform its processes and that she supports a district-wide equity audit along with performance assessments. “Continuing to do things in the same old manner is not what is best for our community moving forward,” she said. “The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly identified our systemic weaknesses and our inequities, and requires that we manage and lead differently in the future. “

Incoming board member Zach Lindsay also said he would like to examine the organizational structure at the district. “The district received far less than expected from the state’s enrollment stabilization grant, which will make any organizational changes that much more important,” Lindsay said. SUSD was one of many districts around the state that received less than it expected from the grant, which was supposed to make up for budget shortfalls caused by declining enrollment during the pandemic and the disparity in reimbursement between in-class students and those who learn online. SUSD expected to receive about $16 mil-

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New SUSD board braces for challenging year BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

ddressing the pandemic’s impact on students and staff will be a main priority for the new Scottsdale Unified Governing Board in 2021. Returning members Patty Beckman and Jann-Michael Greenburg, both entering their third year on the board, said the district must focus on addressing learning gaps among students that have been exacerbated by the pandemic. “My focus for 2021 will be to identify learning gaps as a result of COVID-19, provide needed emotional and scholastic supports, align budget priorities to fund these support measures,” Beckman said. The district’s response to the pandemic

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Any guidance from health officials, however, may be a long time coming. A county spokesman said the issue isn’t on the agenda any time soon for the Board of Supervisors to consider. “Local school boards generally have governing jurisdiction over their schools,” said Ron Coleman, adding the county follows guidelines set by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Spokeswoman Heidi Vega of the Arizona School Boards Association, agreed that it is up to individual districts to decide. “We believe currently it is a local district decision whether to require teachers and/or staff be vaccinated as a condition of working, so long as exceptions are made for medical reasons and accommodations under the ADA,” Vega said. “We would represent the interests of ASBA at the Legislature to keep this local authority,” she added. School districts that choose to require mandatory vaccinations must first create a process for employees to seek an exemption based on an ADA disability or a sincere religious belief, barring undue hardship to a district, according to the memo. And if a district cannot exempt an employee or there are no possible reasonable accommodations – such as working from home for those who claim a disability or religious belief – “it would be lawful for the employer to exclude the employee from the workplace,” the Trust advises. However, “this doesn’t mean the employer may automatically terminate the worker,” the memo stated. “Employers will need to determine if any other rights apply under the Equal Employment Op-

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plan every 10 years. The new draft is about to undergo six months of public review and could go before Scottsdale voters in November. “I encourage robust participation from our citizens,” Janik said. In addition to the General Plan update, Ortega set out an ambitious agenda for his first year. He said he would like the city to take another look at City Council districting, an issue he has advocated for since his time as a councilman in the early 2000s. Scottsdale currently operates under

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portunity laws or other federal, state and local authorities.” The December memo also weighed in on mandatory vaccination for students, advising that districts should first seek guidance from the Arizona Department of Health Services before moving forward on that. “It is unclear whether a school district may require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 without specific authorization from ADHS or a local health department,” the memo said. “State law indicates that ADHS, in conjunction with the superintendent of public instruction, is responsible for developing documentary proof standards for evidence of vaccination.” The memo also noted that at this time, the state health department has indicated no plans to revise the regulations regarding required immunizations for students. And because none of the available vaccines are approved for children 16 and younger, it may be some time before schools would need to consider whether to require all students to be immunized, according to the memo. Asked if the state Health Services Department will make a COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for students once a vaccine becomes available for them, spokeswoman Holly Poynter said her department “will continue to monitor the recommendations issued by" the CDC. The Arizona Department of Education for now has no position on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for students like for measles and mumps before enrolling in school, according to spokesman Richie Taylor, who said “To my knowledge, the vaccines being administered now have not been approved for use in children."

an at-large system, meaning each council member is elected by the whole city and not residents of specific districts. Scottsdale is the second largest Arizona city to use an at-large system, behind only Chandler. Phoenix, Mesa and Tucson elect mayors at-large but use district systems to elect council members. When Scottsdale last put a district model before voters in 2004, only 39 percent supported the concept. Ortega has long said the current atlarge system has negatively impacted residents of southern Scottsdale. “In 2020, Scottsdale set new voting

Maricopa County School Superintendent Steve Watson, left, swears in new Scottsdale Uniﬁed Governing Board members, from left, Julie Cieniawski, Zach Lindsay and Dr. Libby Hart-Wells. (Courtesy of Patty Beckman)

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lion from the state, but only saw $9.6 million. Lindsay pointed out the board will also have several important non-pandemic issues to consider this year, including the hiring of a new chief financial officer and general counsel. Interim CFO Jeff Gadd retired in 2020, and General Counsel Michelle Marshall tendered her resignation in December. “These decisions will all have a major effect on the district moving forward,” Lindsay said. Both Lindsay and Greenburg said the potential hiring of an internal auditor at the district should also take priority in 2021.

records, however, in the last five council at-large general elections, no council person was elected who resides south of Shea (Boulevard),” he said. “I would have the same concern if none were elected north of Shea.” A switch from an at-large to a district system would require years-long review process and a voter-approved amendment to the City Charter. Council would first have to direct city staff to form a Charter Review Committee to study the issue and report back to the Council, which could then put the issue before voters in 2022, Ortega said. Additionally, the new mayor said he

Greenburg has pushed for the district to hire an auditor for much of his two-year tenure at the district with little success, though those conversations appeared to progress near the end of 2020. In December, Superintendent Scott Menzel told the board he met with Scottsdale City Manager Jim Thompson and the City Auditor Sharron Walker late last year. Menzel, who has expressed concern about how much it would cost the district to hire its own auditor, said SUSD, could contract with the city for its auditing needs. In addition to hiring an auditor, Greenburg said the district needs to focus on crafting its new strategic plan, the document that outlines long-term goals and priorities for the district.

would also like Council to consider a non-discrimination ordinance in 2021. A proposed ordinance could potentially expand on federal and state nondiscrimination protections to members of the LGBTQ community by banning discrimination in employment, housing or public accommodations on the basis of sexual preference or gender identity. Former Councilmember Virginia Korte, who left office at the end of December, pushed for non-discrimination ordinances in 2015 and 2020 but both efforts stalled out due to a lack of support form a majority of her colleagues.

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The Flicks, who split their time between Arizona and Puerto Rico, spotted the story on a newsstand outside an Eggstasy restaurant in Scottsdale while grabbing breakfast last month. “While we were here, we had a breakfast and I saw the article…I haven’t seen a Scottsdale Progress for probably 10 or 15 or maybe 20 years,” Flick said. That coincidence was a fortuitous one as the couple recently founded the Flick Family Foundation and was already looking for ways to give back to the community, and Coronado High School specifically. “And then a couple of months ago, I started talking to (Jennifer), bringing up the fact that I always want to do something for Coronado as far as a scholarship program,” Flick said. After reading the article, he contacted the Coronado Foundation for the Future through its website and eventually reached Executive Director Karen Beckvar, a former SUSD Governing Board member. “I was a little blown away,” Beckvar said of the donation. Before committing to the donation,

the Flicks wanted to find out more about Coronado today and where the money would be going. So, Beckvar quickly organized a tour of the Coronado campus with Principal Amy Palatucci and former superintendent Duane Sheldon, who is also the Coronado Foundation’s president. Flick said the school has changed tremendously since he was on campus 50 years ago and he was impressed with Palatucci, Beckvar and Sheldon. “They just seem to have such passion for what they’re doing,” he said. After the tour, the Flicks committed to donate a total of $1 million over 10 years to the program through the Flick Family Foundation. The Flicks also set up a program for matching fund donations and will work with the foundation to attract additional donations. Rob Flick said he is happy to be a part of a program that will give back to a school that meant so much to him. During his time at the school, he was involved in dozens of clubs and teams. “I lettered in multiple sports; I was allstate in football, played in the band, National Honor Society, French club… I was

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During his time at Coronado High School,, Rob Flick was an active participant in dozens of clubs and teams. In 1970, the Progress reported Flick was the star running back on the playoff-bound football team. (Progress archives)

very, very involved,” he said. After high school, Flick went on to the Naval Academy in Annapolis and then served in the U.S. Navy. Flick then worked in commercial real estate and did well for himself until a battle with cancer left him bankrupt. That cancer diagnosis also led to a financial epiphany of sorts. “Years ago, I lost everything and went bankrupt and I determined that I was going to develop a passive income stream that would cover expenses,” Flick said. “I didn’t care about being rich; I just wanted to have a hundred bucks a month more Rob and Jennifer Flick created the Flick Family Founthan it costs me to live full dation to facilitate their desire to give back to the time.” community. Flick ended up exceeding those expectations. Now, the Flicks want to give back and He made his money in residential real they started the Flick Family Foundation estate, first working with Keller Williams to do just that. before moving on to eXp Realty after a “And when I saw (the article) it was brief retirement. like…I can’t believe how perfect that fits With both companies, he built that pas- in with what we want to do, because our sive income by recruiting other agents Flick Family Foundation…our sort of tagand taking advantage of profit-sharing line is providing housing and education programs offered by the companies. for those in need.” At an eXp event in 2019, Flick told atThe Coronado Promise Scholarship is tendees he earned close to $1 million in the recipient but Flick said they are look10 weeks. ing for other causes to support.

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Scottsdale church helps kids cross digital divide reach out to businesses to help provide high-speed internet service for the recipients. “As far as Scottsdale schools, none of the superintendents contacted answered that they had a need, so we focused on the City of Phoenix schools that submitted needs and are partnering with the City of Phoenix to meet all those needs,” said church spokeswoman Jill Hoekstra. The church has partnered with local schools each December over the past 10 years to help meet various needs. It partnered with local nonpro�it School Connect to develop a strategy that would address the digital divide

BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

cottsdale Bible Church and the City of Phoenix partnered for the “Bridging the Digital Divide” initiative to raise $1 million last month for more than 5,200 laptops for students in need. As of Dec. 28, the campaign reached 80 percent of its donations from the congregation as well as local partners and businesses. “This is the �irst time a local church has collaborated with the City of Phoenix and a local nonpro�it to meet a real need for kids in our city and in our schools,” said Senior Pastor Jamie Rasmussen. “And we are excited to provide the laptops to students in early 2021.” The goal is to purchase 5,265 laptops at $190 each for students in every Phoenix school that reported a need. Phoenix will purchase the additional 4,375 laptops needed through federal pandemic relief funding. Scottsdale Bible Church hopes to distribute the laptops by March 1 and will

among students, which was exacerbated by the pandemic. “This fall, we began talking about what it would be like to solve a real need in our public schools that has become more critical during COVID-19. We learned about the ‘Digital Divide’ crisis that exists between kids who have technology at home to do their schoolwork and those who don’t,” Rasmussen said. According to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau statistics by USAFacts, a nonpartisan data site, 4.4 million U.S. households with school-aged children did not have consistent access to a com-

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Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School student, Gabriel Carbajal, 9, was one of several students who received a $190 laptop via Scottsdale Bible Church and the City of Phoenix’s “Bridging the Digital Divide” initiative, which aims to provide more than 5,200 laptops for City of Phoenix students who need them. (Scottsdale Bible Church)

100+ Women Who Care defy pandemic to help others BY KIM TARNOPOLSKI Progress Contributor

OVID-19 has drastically affected nonpro�its and individuals across the county. As social distancing became a daily reality, annual fundraising events were put on hold, recon�igured to be held virtually or ultimately cancelled. Fortunately, giving circles like 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun were able to step up and rapidly respond to the

needs of our community using their combined dollars and advocacy efforts. Giving circles are de�ined as a group of people who pool charitable donations and collectively decide where to allocate their money. Members leverage their dollars to do something bigger – and perhaps better – than they could on their own. This model of philanthropy brings people together to accomplish some serious

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good in a joyful way. Philanthropists are often drawn to global problems, leading them to invest in the well-being and empowerment of people living thousands of miles away. Giving circles are one of the best vehicles to make an impact on a local community. Members who nominate a charity advocate for the mission and current needs of the nonpro�it. When the members vote on which charity to support, they know exactly how their money is going to impact the organization. 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun members typically meet, in person, four times per year. The chapter has three sister groups – Ahwatukee, Scottsdale and East Valley. The groups were able to meet in person for their �irst quarter meetings. After COVID-19 began to spread in our community, the chapter leaned into technology and utilized Zoom to continue meeting virtually for the remainder of the year. “We didn’t skip a beat,” shared Stephanie Millner, chief charity of�icer for 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun. “Canceling our giving circles was never a consideration for us. We knew the need in the

A New Leaf leaders Joe Dulin, chief philanthrophy ofﬁcer, and Laura Bode, community and civic engagement director, display a check the nonproﬁt received from 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun. (Special to the Progress)

community was signi�icant and we knew we could help.” Aside from adjusting their meeting format, the chapter made concessions for members who needed to skip a donation

or contribute less due to personal circumstances. Distributing money quickly is a major bene�it of the giving circle model. Within one month of the members meeting, thou-

sands of dollars can be in the hands of the selected charity. The charity recipient is noti�ied immediately so they know when to expect the money. Now more than ever, it is crucial that nonpro�its receive funds timely to continue funding their programs. In 2020, 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun members donated over $115,000 spread across twelve charities. The East Valley group donated to Aris Foundation, a Gilbert organization that helps homeless people in a variety of ways; the Arizona Chapter Paralyzed Veterans of America, which helps veterans suffering spinal cord injury or other disabilities; Maggie’s Place, which provides help and support for pregnant and parenting women; and Empowerment Through Sports, which builds and maintains a support mechanism for young athletes. Since the chapter’s inception in 2015, almost $700,000 has been given to local charities. This group of women have learned that giving back is better together. To learn more about 100+ Women Who Care Valley of the Sun or register for an upcoming giving circle: 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org or facebook. com/100WWCValleyOfTheSun.

Local doc performs �irst robotic knee replacement

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eff Gordon shattered his kneecap and tore his ACL in a skiing accident his sophomore year at UCLA 38 years ago. But, even after multiple surgeries, the 59-year-old man has never had full range of motion in his knee – until now. After his accident he had a routine ACL repair surgery followed by 10 days in the hospital, six months of intense therapy and two more arthroscopic cleanups. He has done everything from physical therapy to stem cell injections, but nothing made his knee feel like it did before the accident. Eight months ago, he explained, his knee “really started acting up,” so he decided to visit Dr. James Chow. Chow, an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee and hip surgeries at Abrazo Scottsdale Campus, helped design and develop a new robotic surgical system using CORI, the newest robot on the market.

Dr. James Chow is an orthopedic surgeon specializing in knee and hip surgeries at Abrazo Scottsdale Campus (Courtesy of Abrazo)

Chow has been trained in medicine and engineering and has been involved in designing and trailing robotic technology in orthopedics for the last 10 years. According to Chow, Phoenix has the single largest orthopedic robotics market in the world. On top of that, Abrazo Scottsdale Campus has the most robots in the Valley and now offers �ive types of surgical robots allowing minimally invasive techniques and adds precision and accuracy to the surgeon’s movements. Chow said all surgeons at the Abrazo Scottsdale Campus is trained in robotics and contributes to the education and design of the robots as well. He was instrumental in the design and development of the CORI Surgical System for the last four and a half years. The system uses arti�icial intelligence that helps surgeons more accurately and ef�iciently place and size implants.

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puter as of Sept. 28 and 3.7 million did not have regular internet access. In Phoenix, Census �igures show that nearly 10 percent of the nearly 1.7 million households did not have a computer as of July 2019 and nearly 20 percent lacked broadband internet access. “We recognize the strain on local students and on their teachers, especially during this season of more online learning. Teachers have worked so many hours to adapt,” Rasmussen said, adding: “They are often meeting with students in the evenings when a parent gets home from work so that the student can use their mom or dad’s cell phone. And a cell phone or tablet does not always have the needed applications for distance learning and homework submission.” “Students are falling further and further behind in basic studies. We believe every student deserves and has a right to an education and needs technology to stay engaged in their studies,” Rasmussen continued. Some students have already received the School Connect laptops. The laptops, which are delivered directly to the school districts, will be owned by the schools. Students and their parents will then check them out and return them at the

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“I map out the knee so the computer can see the entire knee, I kind of draw the knee and it shows up on the computer screen,” Chow said. “And then the computer has in its database, all the different sizes, shapes, and designs, of knee replacement implants. And then you can theoretically put those in.” The arti�icial intelligence program allows the surgeon to see exactly how the new knee will perform allowing adjustments to be made before the procedure. The �inal part of the surgery includes the handheld robot. “It extends and retracts to autocorrect, what I’m doing with my hands,” Chow explains. “It takes all of the stuff that I prepare on the computer and allows that to translate to real time in real space.”

end of the school year. This allows school districts to install security updates and provide tech support, church leaders said. Phoenix resident Desiree Cano, who has seven children under the age of 18, said she struggled to �ind laptops for all of the kids. “Jumping from divide to device was hard for them so they lost time at school because they couldn’t complete things they didn’t know how to complete,” Cano said. “When a student doesn’t have access to those laptops that are initially making their education happen, they fall behind in every category at school,” she added. “We used to think of technology as being almost supplemental. It was an enrichment activity that you did in school. It’s gone past enrichment,” aid Corby Naylor, Scott Libby Elementary School principal. “Technology is literally the way that they access the right to a free and public education. It’s been a really dif�icult obstacle to overcome for families.” The church interviewed families, students and teachers and found the greatest need among Phoenix schools. “There is a long-term impact from what has taken place over the last 10 months and we take this very seriously,” Rasmussen said. Information: scottsdalebible.com. Chow performed the �irst surgery using CORI after it was approved for hospital use on July 10. He performed an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) preserving total knee replacement on Gordon. The surgery works to spare every ligament in the knee, including the ACL. “Now I don’t walk with a limp,” Gordon said. “Still going to therapy twice a week, but I’m getting very, very good range of motion. I already have better extension than I have ever had since the �irst injury 30 years ago, so I’m thrilled with it.” Chow explains the surgery he performed on Gordon was much less invasive than a traditional knee replacement surgery and he has received the bene�its of a shorter recovery because of this. “I walked out of there with a walker that day and really was off all major pain meds within a week and off the walker in about 10 days, Gordon said.”

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Scottsdale service 'babysits' homes for owners BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

hen Jennifer Lyons moved to Scottsdale two years ago, she observed one highly sought-after need among her neighbors, especially among those who owned second homes: personalized, reliable services, like home watching and pet sitting. “The homes around me were vacant because they were second homes, and I just thought, ‘Who’s watching their home? What if there’s a leak?’” Lyons said. “I thought, ‘That could be a business.’” And a business it became – in the midst of the pandemic, no less. Lyons launched Always Home last month and already is attracting clients. “I realize this is not the perfect time to launch a new business due to COVID and the challenges it continues to present all of us. But if not now, when?” Lyons said. Always Home is an all-encompassing concierge resource that provides both full- and part-time northern Scottsdale residents a “�irst-class service” that aims to maintain and protect a home while providing services that include running errands, planning parties, travel booking and recommendations of Scottsdale-area businesses. “All errands and any drop-offs follow COVID protocols,” Lyons wrote on her website. “I always wear a mask, car is wiped down several times a day, and social distancing is followed.” These concierge services make Lyons believe will draw clients. “So many people don’t want to leave their homes during COVID,” Lyons said. “So, if they are looking for somebody to pick up their groceries for them or take them to a doctor’s appointment or watch or walk their dogs, I think that those are going to be a lot of the services that peo-

Jennifer Lyons is the owner of Always Home, a newly launched all-encompassing concierge business that provides personalized services, including home watch, pet sitting and concierge services. (Jennifer Lyons)

ple might be looking for.” Currently, Lyons has three clients, one of whom will be away from their northern Scottsdale home for three years. As part of the personalized home-watch service, Lyons performs thorough exterior and interior checks on the house, works with pool service and/or landscapers, waters houseplants, ensure the cars are safe, checks the mail and much more. Pictures are sent to the homeowner after each visit, which can take place weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, along with a checklist of completed duties. “They’ve just said that it’s so nice to have somebody that they trust watching their home,” Lyons said of her client, who had to move out of the country for work. Lyons’ neighbors consist of secondhome homeowners originally from coast-

al and cooler states who stay here for the winter and leave in summer. “I’m from Ohio, so that was not anything that I had ever experienced before,” Lyons said. “There are a lot of homes that are left vacant [in the summer].” According to Rented.com’s �ifth annual “100 Best Places to Buy a Vacation Rental” report, the Phoenix metropolitan area ranked No. 6, behind central Texas, the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, the Poconos in Pennsylvania, the south Jersey Shore in New Jersey, and the Florida Panhandle at No. 1. Scottsdale ranked No. 13 in “Business Insider” and Zillow’s most popular U.S. cities for vacation homes report last year stated that Scottsdale has more than 14,000 vacation homes, making up nearly 11 percent of the city’s total number of

single-family residences. While many vacation homeowners and snowbirds have yet to leave Scottsdale, Lyons anticipates increased demand in her service come spring and summer. Always Home’s concierge services, however, will be more year-round, Lyons predicts. Lyons performs most services personally and if she can’t, then one of her two other team members will. “I want to make sure that the people that I bring on board also have that same background and the same wanting to offer red carpet service and wanting to be responsible and reliable and trustworthy. That is really what I’m looking to have stand out about Always Home,” Lyons said. She takes pride in her list of quali�ied and vetted suppliers, as well as her petsitting service – something she has more than 20 years of experience providing as the previous owner of Doggie Day Care. Lyons was also a marketing and facilities professional who traveled extensively and was frequently in need of homewatching and pet-sitting services. “I got to experience the good – and the bad,” Lyons said. “When your home is an investment as much as your pets are, you need to have trust that everything is being cared for and loved as if you were there. I needed Always Home.” Depending on the clients’ needs and the size of their home, Always Home can cost anywhere from $100 to $175 a month. Always Home is also licensed, insured, background checked, and bonded. “We are a registered LLC and carry extensive insurance of $2 million in general liability and $4 million aggregate. We are also covered to drive vehicles since we have clients that need their cars exercised,” the website states. Information: always-home.org

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AIA pushes start of winter sports to Jan. 18 BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

he Arizona Interscholastic Association is pushing back the winter sports season for a second time, moving from a Jan. 5 to Jan. 18 start. The decision comes amid a continuing surge in COVID-19 that has forced many school districts in the state to begin the second semester this week with virtual learning for all students. “Our focus continues to be on keeping students in school and on the playing �ield safely,” Associate Executive Director Joe Paddock said in the release. “We believe this decision will help us preserve the winter sports season.”

The AIA Executive Board said the delay would also allow teams to practice for two weeks after winter break. The same guidelines and recommendations from the AIA’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee that governed fall sports will remain in place once the winter season begins. With those recommendations, the winter sports season will not stop once it begins unless state health or government of�icials order all extracurricular activities to suspend operations. The recommendations allow teams to begin competition on Jan. 18 regardless of what key COVID-19 metrics used to determine the start of fall sports show. The metrics will only be used to determine whether fans are able to

attend competitions. At this time, the metrics call for empty stands. The AIA said conferences will be given the opportunity to decide the total number of weeks of competitions for winter teams. That decision will be made in the next couple of weeks, according to the AIA. The winter sports season will conclude on March 5, with the spring season beginning March 1. Conferences will have the ability to modify the length of the spring season. “These measures will allow us to start the season and I hope, that as we see hospitalizations go down, some of the restrictions regarding spectators, be lifted,” Executive Director David Hines said in the release. First-year Saguaro boys basketball coach

Lucas Ramirez said he and his program support the AIA’s decision to further delay the season. He knows it is with the best interest of everyone in mind. “We are supportive of the AIA’s decision as we believe they have had out student-athletes best interest in mind from the beginning,” Ramirez said. “We will continue to practice as safe as possible as a program and look forward to any and all opportunities of a season.” Mountain Pointe basketball coach Kaimarr Price he accepts the two-week delay as long as it means the season will be able to get started at some point this winter: “We just need to focus on what we can control. Two more weeks of practice de�initely won’t hurt us. It’s a time to bond and get better as a team."

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Hall of Flame one of area’s best-kept secrets BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Progress Staff Writer

hicago-area industrialist George F. Getz Jr. and his wife, Olive Atwater Getz, were driving through Wilmette, Illinois, when they saw a broken-down fire truck on the side of the road. George casually remarked he would like the 1924, Type 12 American La France fire engine. Considering the Globe Corp. chairman had everything, Olive surprised him with the old fire engine for Christmas in 1955. The gift led to a hobby on his part of collecting antique and historic firefighting equipment. This resulted in his creating the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting, now located in Phoenix, in 1961. It houses the world’s largest collection of firefighting equipment and memorabilia.

Mack not only made semis, but firetrucks as well. (Courtesy the Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting)

“Somehow they kept it a secret from him,” said Mark Moorhead of the Hall of Flame Museum about George’s present. “It was really, basically, intended as a gag gift, but he went nuts. He loved it. He gave the neighborhood kids rides in it. He just really became enamored of firetrucks. He started to collect more and more and more of them.” He organized the National Historical Fire Foundation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization to promote the museum’s programs. The Hall of Flame Museum of Firefighting is one of the Valley’s best-kept secrets. After a stint in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, it opened its present building in Phoenix’s Papago Park in 1974. The hall has grown from its original single gallery to five exhibit galleries, the Na-

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ristin Atwell Ford knows Castle Hot Springs Resort well. Not only is Arizona’s first luxury resort a place of deep history in Arizona, it touches her family as well. “My mother (Sherri Chessen of ‘Romper Room’) was one of the first owners of the resort after ASU sold it in the 1980s. The resort was definitely aged at that point,” said Ford, who runs Quantum Leap Productions in Scottsdale. “It wasn’t in the full glory it is now. The Palm House, the main hotel, had burned down. It brought my family together because we would go out there and swim, hike, play tennis, sing on the porch and play guitars. My sister got married there.” A Scottsdale resident, Ford recalls the re-

The restored Castle Hot Springs Resort in Arizona is the subject of a documentary by a Scottsdale filmmaker. (Special to The Progress)

sort’s history in her 37-minute documentary “Castle Hot Springs: Oasis of Time,” which won the 2020 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award for Best Historical Documentary. It is now available on Apple TV and Amazon. During the research phase of her documentary, she learned other families have multigenerational connections to Castle Hot Springs, including Mike and Cindy Watts, who restored the resort to its grandeur. They reopened the Morristown resort in 2018. “There are places that echo through the years and places that hold our memory and imagination,” Ford said. “For me, and Arizonans and people around the world, Castle Hot Springs is one of those places. To see it come back after such utter loss – it was lost to the elements for the 46 years it was

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tional Firefighting Hall of Heroes, the museum store, a theater, a restoration shop, a collection storage building, and administrative offices. In its 70,000-square-foot space are 130 wheeled pieces and thousands of smaller artifacts. “We’re the largest historical firefighting museum in the world,” Moorhead said. “There are around 200 firefighting museums in the United States and quite a few in other countries as well. We have items from all over the world, really, to trace the social and technological history of firefighting.” The museum tells the story from the bucket brigade to the 21st century. “It’s like you see in the Western movies, when the church is on fire, for example,” he said about the bucket brigade. “You have the famous bucket brigade, where they pass up and down the line and the last person gets as close as he can to the fire, which usually isn’t very close. He tries to throw the bucket of water on it.

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closed – shows good things can happen. “For those of us who were involved with the resort in its fallow period, it’s a miracle to see it come back to life. To me, personally, it’s like seeing my grandmother come back to life. It’s a place of deep nourishment and meaning. The job that the Watts family has done with it is exceptional. It feels the same.” Ford was born in Arizona to Chessen and Arcadia High School history teacher Bob Finkbine. She grew up performing in theaters and writing. “He would take us backpacking and river running,” she said. “My parents were polar opposites. He was lost in the world outside in the wilderness and my mom was into the theater, which is a world of artifice.” Her love of nature is echoed in the documentary, which tells the story of “taking the waters,” as the indigenous people of the land favored the area’s hot, therapeutic waters. As settlers came to the Arizona Territory, mining magnate Frank Murphy and his brother, Territorial Gov. Nathan Oakes Murphy, saw the seeds of a new economy born of water, sunshine and leisure travel drive the region toward statehood. The documentary features drone work by Bill Davis, director of photography, and narration by veteran Hollywood ac-

“It’s a terrible way to fight a fire, but it was all they had. As civilization developed and towns and cities got bigger, they had a lot of incentive to find a better way to fight fires in a more technological way.” The oldest piece in the museum is from 1725—seven years before George Washington was born. “This one is so old that it doesn’t have a good hose,” Moorhead said. “Instead of the last guy in line feebly throwing his bucket of water on the fire, he would pour it into a tub that held about 80 gallons of water. “You’d have the crew guys on either side pumping it out, up and down.” The water sprayed out of a rigid, brass pipe—a branch pipe—and it angled up so the firefighters didn’t have to get right on top of the fire. They could arc it through a front door or, perhaps, a porch window. They could also hose down trees, bushes and the neighbors’ houses. “It wasn’t just your house that would burn,” Moorhead said. “Three or four of your neighbors’ houses could burn, or the whole city block. Whole towns were known to burn.

tor, Peter Coyote. The film has a lively soundtrack by Dolan Ellis, Arizona’s official state balladeer, and Pearl Django. Featured in the documentary is Cecil B. DeMille who filmed his first movie, “The Squaw Man,” in 1931 in the area. “It’s a horribly racist title at this point,” Ford adds. “He recognized this was a cinematic location. The winter of 1901, 1902, (American painter) Maxfield Parrish stayed at Castle Hot Springs for two reasons—he had TB and was seeking a mineral cure for his respiratory ailments. “Mineral cures were popular at the turn of the century for respiratory ailments. The Castle Hot Springs landscape is the blue skies he’s been known for. He discovered all that in Arizona.” Olaf Wieghorst, painter of the American west, was inspired by the area as well. Ford said there are plenty of reasons for making the documentary. Primarily, it’s because Castle Hot Springs played a significant role in the state’s development. “When you look at Castle Hot Springs, it’s a microcosm of the history of the state,” she said. “The area was opened up when gold was discovered, the prospectors and then the settlers. The area had a lot of ranching; the men who originally developed the resort

“It seems really primitive, but it was this huge leap forward over the bucket brigade. It’s essentially just a giant squirt gun, but it’s a pretty powerful squirt gun.” From the old news to recent news—the Granite Mountain Hotshots are remembered in the museum. They were killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire, the sixth-deadliest American firefighter disaster, and the state’s deadliest wildfire. The museum houses one of two ambulances used to transport the hotshots on the last day of their lives. “This is one of the few pieces that’s here that we don’t own,” Moorhead said. “This one belongs to the Los Angeles County Fire Museum. The vice president of that museum’s son died (in Yarnell). “The vehicles sat in a city garage up in Prescott for a number of years. Then, they took them out to be in that movie (‘Only the Brave’). Finally, Prescott said they were going to sell it as surplus city property. This guy in LA didn’t want to see this stuff sold. “So, he got an anonymous donor, who turned out to be the actor Randolph Man-

Kristin Atwell Ford remembers well the Castle Hot Springs Resort and has brought it to life in a new documentary. (Special to The Progress)

into a luxury property. It really established the tourism economy that’s been so crucial to our state.” Ford admits she didn’t fully appreciate the experiences she had at Castle Hot Springs when she was younger. “We had it when I was in high school,” she

tooth to donate $25,000. He put up a single bid of $25,000. We’ve had it for years and we’ll probably have it for years more. If they ever build a museum of a facility of some kind in Prescott that would accommodate this, they’ll probably get it.” Mantooth starred in the 1970s medical drama, “Emergency!” The Granite Mountain Hotshots exhibit is part of the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes, which opened in 1998. Other American firefighters who died in the line of duty are remembered, including those from 9/11. (Somber fact: “Saturday Night Live” comedian Pete Davidson’s father is pictured on a wall of 9/11 casualties.) “We think we’re a real world-class facility,” Moorhead said. “The building isn’t fancy at all. It’s just a big warehouse, really.” But what’s in it is worth the trip. Hall of Flame Museum of Fireﬁghting 6101 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix 602-275-3473, hallofﬂame.org

said. “I wish we had it in college. I would have perceived it a little differently. I would have realized earlier how special it was. “My memories there are just about the feeling of wonder.” She felt the same way when she returned to film the documentary, for which she interviewed Steven Talley, whose parents owned the resort in the 1970s. They were also behind the Arizona Biltmore and the aerospace engineering firm Talley Industries. On Dec. 11, 1976, a fire destroyed the historical Palm House. Chessen purchased Castle Hot Springs in 1982. “He talks about rounding the corner and seeing the palm trees and the main lodge with its yellow siding and red roof,” she recalls. “Certain places hold happy memories. Castle Hot Springs heightens the senses. There’s the wonder of water gushing out of the ground in the desert. When you immerse yourself in that water, it changes you. You’re more relaxed and energized. All of your senses are enlightened now that they have this amazing farm garden program.” She’s pleased she was awarded for sharing her feelings about Castle Hot Springs. “It’s such an honor to win the Rocky Mountain Emmy Award,” she said. “It’s the only award in TV judged by our peers. It’s always a special award to win.”

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he Arizona Craft Brewers Guild, which hosts popular signature events and supports local breweries, is in danger of closing because of the pandemic. To help keep the organization alive, brewery-goers can purchase the guild’s RECOUPON AZ Beers booklet for $35 and get $750 worth of coupons and discounts at 57 craft breweries throughout the state that and can be used anytime this year. Discounts range from free growler �ills and buy-one-get-one free six packs, to free swag bags and $1 pints. Since Thanksgiving weekend, the guild has sold more than 2,000 booklets of their 3,000 goal and it will continue selling them through January. The money raised will go toward keeping both the guild, local breweries and their employees a�loat. “The goal beyond it all is to have our breweries sell more beer,” said guild Executive Director Rob Fullmer. “Since the pandemic, all of our services have been directly to breweries and their survival.” In addition to raising about $20,000 via their virtual beer festival in April, the guild was also responsible for making to-go beer possible. “The guild is the backbone that supplied us all with updated info and worked with the governor’s of�ice to allow us to do to-go on all beverages,” said O.H.S.O. Owner Jon Lane. “I am very grateful to our communities and our guild.” The guild hosts a slew of annual craft beer events throughout the state, including Arizona Strong Beer Festival and Arizona Beer Week, raising money that helps support the nearly 100 breweries and more than 1,200 workers. “Traditionally our organization has been fully funded. It is the main entree between

the consumer and the brewery. It has been live events, beer festivals, educational pieces. We also have a conference. And those have all gone away,” Fullmer said. Without its in-person events, the guild has lost an estimated 85 percent of their revenue amid the pandemic. That has left the guild struggling to ful�ill an important piece of their mission: to educate their members of legal and legislative issues relevant to the craft brewing industry and take action. “These events help us gain the �inancial piece to assist in changing laws, developing safety standards and educating our brewers through guild meeting, conferences and industry technical group meetings,” Lane said. Added Fullmer: “It’s the reason why we don’t take the statement that we are in jeopardy without that very lightly.” Lane said that without the guild, breweries would lose events, educational resources and funds, legislative drive and assistance and communication resources. “It would immensely hurt our growth and stability as small businesses if we had no one watching our proverbial back,” he said. “Without them, we would not have had the information, drive or carry through to get the to-go beverage sales through the governor’s of�ice [and] relay all the necessary info needed to all breweries to operate.” Fate Brewing Company has helped grow over the past eight years with the guild’s help. “It is extremely important to keep AZCBG alive as they support all local breweries with legislation and have been instrumental in providing us with necessary information during the pandemic,” said Fate Brewing spokeswoman Jessica Colby. Had it not been for the guild, many breweries would already have fallen to the pandemic, said Huss Brewing Company sales director Chip Mulala. “Rob and the Guild were our voice in the

The Arizona Craft Brewers Guild has already sold more than 2,000 of their RECOUPON AZ Beers booklet, which provides $750 worth of coupons and discounts at 57 Arizona breweries through Dec. 31. (Arizona Craft Brewers Guild)

rooms that counted when the big decisions were being made,” Mulala said. “We would have been left on the sidelines and potentially suffered the same fate as other hospitality sectors, which would have been devastating.” Currently, the guild is helping breweries expand Huss’ premises by extending its patios. “Traditionally, we do things at the state level: state laws, state policy. More and more, we’re doing things at the county level, the city level. We’re helping with zoning,” Fullmer said. One brewery that received the go-ahead last month to expand its patio, allowing for an additional 30 to 35 seats, is Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company. “We are grateful to have been lended the help from the Town of Gilbert to expand our patio at our Gilbert Brewpub,” said AZ Wilderness Company Coordinator Carly Jones. “Otherwise, we still feel the weight

of the pandemic in sales versus last year’s holiday season and hope to see a more rewarding trend into the new year.” While Fullmer stresses that “all breweries are not the same,” all four breweries interviewed all emphasized the importance of keeping the guild alive. “The guild is an integral part of keeping Arizona’s local breweries alive and our people employed,” Mulala said. “We believe it is important, more than ever now, to unify the support to all of us during these times of uncertainty and agree that this RECOUPON Booklet can be the key to our 2021 rejuvenation!” Jones added. For a list of 35 participating locations and/or to purchase the booklet: ChooseAZBrews.com. “If you want to attend another Arizona Strong Beer Festival; Real, Wild & Woody; or any of our other signature events when it is safe to do so, we need your support,” Fullmer said.

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