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Plane owners fume over grounded Scottsdale leases BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

NEIGHBORS............... 17 Council candidates to appear in live debate.

BUSINESS..................20 Pasta-Hawaiian restaurant owner endures trials.

ARTS................................25 Summer camps offer creative fun at Taliesin West.

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r. Chris Winterholler loves flying his Cirrus SR20 airplane. “I’d rather do this than anything else,” Winterholler said while checking the gauges on the plane as he prepares for takeoff. “I just think it’s a blast every time I go somewhere.” It’s not just about fun though. The Scottsdale dentist owns a practice here and another in Payson. “I’m the only dental office in Payson that can do advance dental procedures,” he said. So twice a week he flies to Payson to care for patients – a trip that takes him roughly 20 minutes as opposed to the approximately hour and a half in driving time. “If you think of the time I’ve saved since I owned this plane in terms of being able to do business and have a life, it’s substantial,” Win-

ago, but that’s about to change. He got an eviction notice Dec. 1 saying he would have to be out of the shaded tie-down where he stored his plane by April 1. Since then, he’s been tying down his plane in the airport’s transient parking while he waits for a parking spot at another local airport to open up. Scottsdale dentist Dr. Chris Winterholler lovers flying his airplane, He’s not alone. but now he has to find a new place to park it after he and 78 othAt least 78 plane er plane owners were evicted from Scottsdale Airport tie-downs. owners who park their (J. Graber/Progress Staff) aircraft at what was terholler said. known as the Greenway Shades area of the He’s been flying in and out of the Scottsdale Airport since he bought the plane 17 years see AVIATION page 12

Sustainability forum sparks big ideas from public BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

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Deadline coming for election forum questions PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

cottsdale citizens have until Thursday to submit a question for the seven candidates for Scottsdale City Council to answer during an Election 2022 public forum June 14. All seven Scottsdale City Council candidates in the Aug. 2 election will appear in person for the forum. HonorHealth is the Title Sponsor and Salt River Project is the Host Sponsor. Co-sponsors are Scottsdale United Methodist Church, the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce and the Scottsdale Progress The public is invited to attend the 90-minute forum, which begins at 6:30

p.m. June 14 at Scottsdale United Methodist Church, 4140 N. Miller Road. The forum will give voters a chance to hear the candidates’ views on issues of local importance and Scottsdale Progress readers are encouraged to submit the one question they would most like to hear the candidates answer. Send your question no later than May 26 to info@scottsdalechamber.com. The church and the chamber are asking their members to do the same thing. Candidates will not be given a preview of the questions. They will be provided an opportunity to make opening and closing remarks during the forum. Plans also are being

made to broadcast the debate live and archive it for later viewing. Those details will be announced in a few weeks. All five debate sponsors are committed to providing voters with as much information as possible before early voting begins in early July. Running for three seats on the sevenmember council are incumbents Kathy Littlefield and Solange Whitehead and newcomers Pamela Carter, Barry Graham, Daniel Ishac, Tim Stratton and Raoul Zubia. The Progress will be publishing the candidates’ answers to its questionnaire starting next Sunday as well as online at Scottsdale.org.

NAU sensor may help bikers on bumpy roads BY TROY HILL Cronkite News

team of Northern Arizona University engineering students and professors has created a sensor that connects to a bicycle to detect dips and jolts in pathways, identifying pavement and dirt in need of repair. The prototype, housed in two small black boxes attached above the bike’s rear wheel, sends the information to an app on the rider’s phone, which connects to a larger network that local municipalities can access to schedule repairs to bike paths and increase bike safety. The team hopes its Instrumented Bike project will lead to increased bicycle use across the United States, which isn’t known for widespread day-to-day bicycle transportation. “We kind of have this category of bicyclists that we call ‘interested but concerned,’ or maybe they’re interested in using a bike, but they don’t if they don’t feel safe,” said Brendan Russo, an associate professor of civil engineering at NAU who worked on the capstone project – meaning that for some team members, it’s the culminating project of their educational careers. The idea came about when members of the team, which is a mix of graduate and undergraduate students, noticed that cars and other vehicles have such sensor systems, and they wondered why one doesn’t exist for bicycles. For exam-

Joshua Garot examines the sensor of a prototype he and several other NAU students developed to make bicycling safer. This photo was taken inside an electrical engineering lab on the Northern Arizona University campus in Flagstaff. (Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

An Android and an Apple iPhone rest in phone mounts on a bike inside an electrical engineering lab on the Northern Arizona University campus. (Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

ple, Ford Motor Co., Detroit and the company Tactile Mobility are using tactile sensors to map city’s streets and locate potholes. “We thought that it would be a really good opportunity for us to start a project on how do we connect bicycles to build a network for cyclists,” said Chun-Hsing Jun Ho, a professor of civil engineering and the team’s leader. The team is researching ways to integrate the sensors into bike designs, and it’s looking for a company to manufacture the sensors.

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The .2% sales tax set to come off the books in 2025 can only be used for land acquisition for the Preserve. To use excess money from it for maintenance, council would first need to get approval from the voters. (Special to the Progress)

Councilwoman Linda Milhaven disagreed with her colleagues on some key points during the preserve tax discussion. (YouTube)

it while members of a citizen work group are chosen by city staff and report directly to city administration. Milhaven found herself the odd one out on the nature of the committee, too. “If we’re really going to be honest and say we want public input, then I think we have to take the politics out of this discussion,” she said. “I think if this task force is appointed by the council, it becomes much more of a political exercise than an honest, open dialogue of community members of what our needs might be.” She also liked the citizen work group model because she said it would be more

amenable to having non-resident business owners participate. Durham supported the task force model. He liked the idea of the committee reporting directly to the council, rather than to staff. “I think this is inevitably going to be a political issue by definition,” he said. City Treasurer Sonia Andrews recommended the task force model include seven members but councilwoman Betty Janik recommended making it be nine people in order to increase diversity on the group. Councilwoman Solange Whitehead requested the task force have three members from northern Scottsdale, three from the central region and three from southern Scottsdale. Janik and Mayor David Ortega voiced support for the idea. “I think that makes beautiful sense,” Ortega said. Durham said that while geography should be a consideration in appointing people to the task force, people with other qualifications should also be considered. “People with financial backgrounds,” he said. “People with historical knowledge of the preserve and so forth and so on.” Vice mayor Tammy Caputi took a different tack on the issue. “I’m under the impression there is a lot

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Parents, students get sneak peak of reopening school BY J. GRABER Progress Staff Writer

avapai Elementary School will officially be back open for business next August. That was the message at a barbecue dinner held at the school Wednesday to welcome families back to the remodeled school that was closed down this school year. Yavapai’s new principal Dr. David Priniski and staff cooked up some fun, and dinner, as families and students got to tour the new look school. Student musical performances were featured and students received free “Hear the Thunder” T-shirts to mark the school’s reopening. The school’s mascot is the Thunderbird. The $454,414.39 remodel of the school included fencing, upgrades to the heating and cooling system, paint and flooring. Yavapai students have been attending Hohokam Elementary School this year while the work was done.

Students and parents sampled some barbecue as they check out the newly renovated Yavapai Elementary School on May 18. The school will reopen this fall after being closed during renovations and classes relocated to Hohokam Elementary. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

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An interactive workshop on the Scottsdale Sustainability Plan was held May 16 at the Community Design Studio. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

Mark Roseland, professor and past director of the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University, guides the workshop audience throw a discussion. (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

“All of the Valley receives its water from either the Colorado River, the Salt River Project or the ground water and aquifers. They’re all inter-related. If somebody decides to live in Tempe

instead of Scottsdale, it’s doesn’t save the Valley water. In fact, Scottsdale is actually quite good at it’s reclamation, recycling and it’s replenishment of it’s water tables. We can’t stop people

from coming to the Valley, so it’s kind of short-sighted to tell them not to come to Scottsdale.” Raoul Zubia, who is also running for council, also attended the meeting. “I’m guilty of not really paying that close attention to (sustainability) in my everyday life,” Zubia said. “With the new sustainability director, I wanted to see what Scottsdale has planned for the future and how it can affect all of us.” He added that he wanted to make sure a sustainability plan moves forward if he is elected to council. “Everybody knows about recycling, everybody knows we’re in a drought situation, they know that stuff but I don’t think everybody understands how everyday living affects sustainability,” Zubia said. He pointed to a list of problems identified by the group at the start of the meeting – such as water shortages, heat islands and community divisiveness – and said those issues partly arise from the lack of sustainability plan. Councilwoman Solange Whitehead, who is up for re-election, liked what she heard May 16. “I hear a lot of support for the priorities that are already in place, a lot of support for more parks, support for protecting and expanding the preserve and a lot of support for connectivity so people can get to those,” she said. Whitehead said she heard a lot about the need for affordable housing. “Affordability isn’t just the rent,” she said. “It’s how much is your utility bill and do you have access to get to work without spending a lot of time and money in a car. So our green construction building codes that we’re considering adopting, that is about affordability and it’s about reducing urban heat and it’s about protecting water resources. It’s not just a sustainability goal.”

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Shades, so the city stands to make substantially more money from jets using that property, Winterholler said. Airport and city officials are not commenting on the suit or the plane owners’ complaints. “The City has not seen any complaint so we can’t really comment on it,” Airport spokeswoman Sarah Ferrara said. Dalli called the situation unfortunate and said the company is working with displaced pilots to help them relocate their planes. “Some examples include reserving six box hangars to accommodate some 18-20 aircraft, providing extra notice period to allow alternative plans to be made, allowing customers to terminate leases early without penalty or typical notice, and not charging rent upon formal termination notice,” she said. “As shared, it is regrettable that this development entailed demolition but we are committed to working closely with the impacted customers.” City officials like to brag that Scottsdale currently has the fourth busiest airport in the world for business departures. “WingX, which tracks business aviation flight activity globally, shows Scottsdale Airport just below Palm Beach International, Teterboro and Miami-Opa Locka executive airports through Feb. 14, outshining 2021 numbers by 39 percent,” the airport’s web site boasts. Winterholler suggests such boasts point to a fundamental shift in the airport’s operation as general aviation pilots like him are getting pushed out to make room for more lucrative business jets. He doesn’t blame Jet Aviation or the airport for expanding their business. “I’m an ultra capitalist,” Winterholler said. He just wishes they made accommodations for the general aviation pilots too. Save Scottsdale General Aviation is also planning on filing a complaint against the airport with the Federal Aviation Administration on the basis of a $15.5 million grant the airport received for runway improvements. In doing so, airport officials must to keep the nature of the airport intact, according to Winterholler, and by eliminating general aviation, the airport’s mission as stated in the grant application fundamentally changed. The airport either needs to give the money back or make space for general aviation, he said.

airport got eviction notices. Jet Aviation, a fixed base operator at the airport that owned the leases, canceled them and demolished the site to make room for new facilities, including 30,000 square feet of hangar space, 13,000 square feet of office and lobby space and 200,000 square feet of private ramp. Jet Aviation is building what it calls a “customer flagship facility” in Scottsdale. “This is part of our commitment to Scottsdale: to continue to grow and invest in this key market, expanding our offering to better serve our customers here and around the world,” said company spokeswoman Elouise Dalli. Founded in 1967, Jet Aviation provides business aviation services in 50 countries around the world. The Basel, Switzerlandbased company is a subsidiary of General Dynamics. Its lease cancellations have angered many of the displaced plane owners, who formed a group called Save Scottsdale General Aviation, hired an attorney and sued the airport and Jet Aviation. At the crux of their complaint is the claim that the city violated the state’s gift clause, which says governmental agencies in Arizona cannot “give or loan its credit in the aid of, or make any donation or grant, by subsidy or otherwise, to any individual, association, or corporation.” In other words, taxpayer assets cannot be used to profit a private individual or organization. By allowing Jet Aviation to terminate the leases for the 78 plane storage units early, the city gave Jet Aviation what amounts to a gift, according to the lawsuit. The city claims the situation does not constitute a breach of the gift clause for several reasons, according to court documents. First, the lease Jet Aviation has for the property was preliminary in nature and subject to change. Second, the city did not spend any money as the T hangars and shaded tie downs in Greenway Shades were past their age of usefulness. Finally, the city is getting far more in return for the new lease agreement than what it’s giving away. In return for the outdated T hangars and shaded tie downs, the city is getting a new conventional hangar, auxiliary terminal building, automobile parking, and apron that provides an off-site value to the City

Dr. Chris Winterholler has owned his plane for 17 years. (J.Graber/Progress Staff)

Jet Aviation is one of Scottsdale Airport’s fixed base operators. (Special to the Progress)

in terms of an access easement valued at approximately $647,000. It also provides paving and other improvements to the taxiways valued at $2.6 million, the city’s response to the suit states. In the meantime, according to court documents, Jet Aviation is claiming the gift clause is irrelevant because taxpayer money is not used at the airport. The airport runs on user fees, not taxpayer money, Jet Aviation asserts. It also supports the city’s argument Scottsdale spent nothing in the transaction of granting the land to Jet Aviation be-

cause the T hangars and shaded tie downs are past their date of usefulness. John Washington, a spokesman for the Save Scottsdale General Aviation, figures the city simply does not want to deal with 78 different plane owners and decided to simply streamline the process. Winterholler, on the other hand, figures the reason the city is allowing Jet Aviation to terminate the leases is financial. The airport gets $.10 per gallon of fuel dispensed at the airport in what’s called a “flowage charge.” Jets use more fuel than the piston powered planes stored at the Greenway

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Arizona traffic fatalities hit 15-year high in 2021 BY MORGAN FISCHER Cronkite News

rizona traffic fatalities hit their highest level in 15 years in 2021, when the state saw a 6.5% increase in highway deaths that experts blame in part on bad driving habits made worse during the pandemic. The 1,212 deaths on state roads last year were the most since 2006 and the latest in a steady increase since 2010, when deaths in Arizona bottomed out at 759. “We have had more fatalities because there are more people driving faster, speed is a major, major factor” that only got worse during the pandemic, said Alberto Gutier, executive director of the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety. “People are not following the rules of the road and putting themselves and others in danger.” Despite the “tragic and sad” rise, however, Arizona was still well below the U.S. increase of 10.5% for 2021, and its final numbers were sharp slowdown from earlier in the year, when highway deaths

The above chart shows how the increase in traffic fatalities from 2020 to 2021 broken down by region. (NHTSA)

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of money left over from this tax, something around $70 million,” she said. “We’ve accomplished our goal of acquiring this amazing preserve that we have. “Since there are sufficient funds collected and everyone seems to be in agreement that we want to set up the ability of our preserve to be maintained in perpetuity, why couldn’t we just repurpose the funds to maintenance, ask the citizens to switch the use from acquisition to maintenance and call it a day?” The .2% sales tax set to come off the books in 2025 can only be used for land acquisition for the Preserve. To use excess money from it for maintenance, council would first need to get approval from the voters. “I’m just feeling we’re making this way more complicated than we need to: 13 people, nine people, six people, tasks forces, work groups, when we really just want to maintain our preserve and we have the money to do it,” Caputi said. “I’m just not a huge fan of increasing and extending taxes when there isn’t a definite use for it. “And I agree with councilman Durham, this is going to become super political. If

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we go with an advisory task force it’s just going to look like agendas. I would feel much more comfortable with a citizen work group but again, I don’t understand why we need to make it this complicated.” Littlefield agreed a little with Caputi about the funding mechanism. She recommended using excess money from the .2% sales tax that is set to expire in 2025 and the .15% sales tax set to expire in 2034 (which can be used for land acquisition and maintenance) to pay for maintenance of the preserve the Indian Bend Wash and other parks. She proposed, with approval from the voters, putting that money in an annuity, and use the annual interest to pay for maintenance. She estimated that could bring in between $300,000 and $600,000 annually for maintenance. “One of the things I want the task force to be looking at is … what are the actual, estimated real costs going forward every year and do we even need another source of income.” Ortega said that would not generate enough revenue though, recalling an estimate of $2.5 million annually necessary to prevent fires and eliminate invasive species in the preserve. Scottsdale’s total sales tax is 8.05% of which, 1.75% goes to the city. The rest goes to the state and county, according to Andrews. Alex McLaren was the lone public speak-

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“Increase our reach, increase our brand expansion and continue to get in with our underage drinking program in advance.” Joe Sullivan, manager of victim services for MADD Arizona, attributed the decline in Arizona deaths toward the end of the year to the state’s relatively strict drunken-driving laws. A first offense for driving under the influence in Arizona carries a minimum jail time of 10 days and a fine, while a second conviction has a 90-day minimum sentence. Arizona was also one of the first states to adopt ignition interlock laws for drivers convicted of a DUI. The devices, which are connected to a car’s ignition system, require a breath test and will not allow the car to start if the driver’s blood-alcohol content exceeds the legal limit. “I think measures like that (ignition interlock devices), as well as some others

er on the issue. He supported the formation of a task force. “I think appointing a committee is a great idea,” McLaren said. In other business, the council: • Appointed the following people to various boards and commissions. • Board of Adjustment – Gary Donahoe. • Human Services Commission – Patrick Dodds, Mary Jung and Stuart Turgel. • Library Board – Marna McLendon. • McDowell Sonoran Preserve Commission – Savannah Engelking. • Parks and Recreation Commission – Maryann McAllen. • Planning Commission – Renee Higgs and Diana Kaminski. • Tourism Development Commission Scottsdale Hotelier Position – Steve Jung. • Tourism Development Commission Scottsdale Industry Position – Jeanne Alspaugh. • Held a public hearing on proposed city rates fees for fiscal year 2022/23 and passed them. Those rates include increases in water, sewer and solid waste fees. Water rates will go up 3.4%, effective Nov. 1. Sewer rates will go up 4.7%, which will take effect July 1. Solid waste rates are going up 15% for residential users and 7% for commercial users. That will take effect July 1 as well. There was no public comment on the rates and fees increases. • Held a public hearing on the $2.112 bilthat we have taken, are proving to be effective against drunk driving,” Sullivan said. Still, the problem of traffic fatalities has been increasing since before the pandemic, both in Arizona and the U.S. Nationally, highway deaths fell to 32,479 in 2011 but have climbed almost 32% since then. In Arizona, the rise has been even sharper, growing more than 46% in the same period. “That’s horrific,” Harkey said. “We’ve been in this epidemic of traffic fatalities for a very long time.” In releasing the new data, NHTSA pointed to new programs under last year’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that it said will improve highway safety. The program invests $6 billion over the next five years to reduce crashes and fatalities in local communities through the Safe Street and Roads for All program, which opened its first round of applications this week. The U.S. Department of Transportation

lion city budget proposed for fiscal year 2022-23, which will be up for final adoption June 7. The budget includes a modest property tax rate reduction of 10 cents per $100 of assessed valuation, an operating budget of $658.8 million, $29.5 million for grants and special districts, roughly $1.1 billion for capital projects and $356.6 in reserves and contingencies. It calls for 33.4 new full-time-equivalent positions that would bring the city’s work force to 2,588.9 positions as well as a 5% pay increase for existing staff and 3% merit raises. The proposed budget also includes funding for various items such as a short-term rental unit in the police department, Super Bowl preparations, increases in water cost and other inflation-related cost increases. The proposed capital budget of about $1.1 billion represents a 29.9% increase over the current year. The General Fund portion of the capital improvement budget is $121.9 million. That includes $19.1 million in cost increases for existing projects, $30.7 million for new projects, $17 million to improve park connectivity downtown, $16.8 million for bond-funded project shortfalls and $5 million in inflation contingencies. There were no public comments on the proposed budget. • The abandonment of the west 10-feet of the existing 85-foot-wide public right of way for N. 68 Street along the eastern boundary of 6750 E. Exeter Boulevard.

said Arizona is expected to get about $5.3 billion over five years to fund highways and bridges, and another $36 million for highway safety and traffic programs. The infrastructure bill also includes programs to decrease drunken driving through technology that could include monitoring systems outside or inside a vehicle, as well as alcohol detection systems. MADD advocated for this legislation. “It’s going to do wonders,” Sullivan said. “Essentially it would eliminate the ability for someone to drive drunk.” But Harkey said it will take a widespread effort for the nation to break the rising trend of traffic fatalities. “The real key here is that it takes partnerships,” Harkey said. “It takes engineers, the law enforcement community, the policy makers and legislators, the judiciary, public health professionals. Everybody has to be on board, everybody has a role to play.”

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Area teen suicides, fatal ODs spark alarm BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor

t least six Valley teens have lost their lives to suicide or unexplained drug overdoses since March and the trend has alarmed an educator who has been a longtime advocate for the mental and emotional health of Arizona youth. At least three of the deaths are confirmed suicides and Katey McPherson says that trend underscores the need for parents, schools and government at all levels to pay more attention to the growing number of young people in crisis – a plea she has made for more than five years. The deaths also underscore a warning from Teen Lifeline, the nonprofit teen suicide prevention hotline and service, that parents of Arizona teenagers must be particularly vigilant about their children’s mental health at this time of year. More young people tend to get depressed as they either lose daily contact with

Teen Lifeline Clinical Director Nikki Kontz said teens tend to get especially depressed when the school year ends. (YouTube)

classmates, experience anxiety over their grades or for other reasons related to the end of the school year. “In the summer of 2017, we lost four students to suicide in 90 days in a neighboring school community” said advocate

Katey McPherson, referring to Higley and Queen Creek school districts. “This is known as an 'echo cluster’ that if not addressed using prevention science, can lead to contagion. “In May of 2021, two CUSD students – during this very same week of the school year – died, one by suicide in a public venue and the other overdosed on fetanyl,” she said. ”Vigils were held. Thoughts and prayers were said. And here we all are, still whistling by the graveyard. “It’s as if kids dying is now normalized,” an angry and frustrated McPherson said. She said recent student vigils and protests underscore that “the kids are tired of the lack of care and concern for their well-being." Students planned a protest at Chandler City Hall today, May 22, circulating social media posts that said they are specifically targeting “bullying in schools and issues concerning minorities.” Additionally, a vigil was scheduled at Chandler City Hall last Friday in the wake of a Hamilton High student’s death. The student appears to

have recently transferred to Valley Christian. That death May 16, as well as that of a Chandler High sophomore who died by suicide last weekend, followed by a few weeks the deaths of two Brophy College Prep students, one by suicide and the other an overdose. A Deer Valley high school student also died by suicide within the last month. And an Arcadia High student died by suicide in March at age 16 in his home. McPherson criticized efforts to address teen mental health issues – even as countless studies have raised the alarm about the pandemic’s impact on young lives in a wide variety of ways. “Our efforts to locally, collectively, and collaboratively get in front of this ever growing epidemic and suicide contagion have been weak at best,” McPherson said. “There are a number of people working in silos and not letting the subject matter experts in to do the work they are trained

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to do.” Calling the deaths part of “a public health issue that is a lethal hazard to the safety of our schools and community,” McPherson voiced frustration that drove her about five years ago to carefully track the teen suicides in the East Valley that she has become aware of. That total exceeds five dozen. “I am still waiting five years later for parents, city, state, faith, and district leadership to truly stand up, rise up, and champion youth mental health with policy, funding, and true compassion and conviction for our youth,” she said. In 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics declared a state of emergency after its studies showed “suicide-risk screenings have yielded higher positive rates than during the pre-pandemic period.” In a study of teen death rates in 14 states, the journal JAMA Pediatric on April 25 wrote, “The proportion of overall suicides among adolescents increased during the pandemic. No other pandemicperiod changes in adolescent outcomes were statistically significant.” The National Alliance of Mental Illness

last September noted that teen suicide rates are higher than the national average in Arizona, where 17% of high school students said they’ve seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. As school districts pull the curtain down on the 2021-22 school year – the second consecutive year of disruptions in campus and home life by COVID-19 – Teen Lifeline asked parents to pay close attention to their kids’ behavior. Both Chandler High and Hamilton High administrators emailed students and parents in the wake of the deaths, offering the services of counselors and the district Crisis Response Team. The mother of the Arcadia High student posted a heart-wrenching description of finding her son’s lifeless body at home and discovering that despite 11 social media posts in one day from a private Instagram chat group shortly before his death that stated he was going to take his life and “not one peer took action.” “We are not about blaming of others or shaming others,” she wrote on seeandsay.live. “This is about looking at social media, dismissing statements of suicide, minimizing statements of suicide, glorifying statements of suicide, and the lack of

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accountability of a person who clearly is told that a person is going to commit suicide... and their lack of action. What has happened to our humanity?" Teen Lifeline volunteer suicide prevention peer counselors have seen an annual 10% increase in calls during the last two months of a school year. A study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at the beginning of April showed more than 44% of high school students in the United States reported feeling sad or hopeless every day for two weeks or longer since the start of the pandemic. Disruption in normal activities, the loss of a close relative, isolation brought on by social distancing protocols and campus closures have all contributed to higher levels of anxiety and depression among young people, numerous experts have warned in the past year. The study also revealed nearly one in 10 teens made a suicide attempt and nearly one in five seriously considered attempting suicide. In Arizona, Teen Lifeline said it has experienced a rapid growth in calls to its teen crisis hotline the past two years, including a 20% increase in calls and texts from 2020 to 2021 and a 50% increase in calls and texts since the beginning of pandemic began in 2020. “Regular conversations about mental health could save your child’s life,” said Nikki Kontz, clinical director at Teen Lifeline. “It’s been a rough couple years for everyone. Check in with your teen and ask how they’re feeling, if they’re worried about anything or if they have any concerns about the end of the school year,” she added. Kontz encourages parents to be on the lookout for signs their teen may be having thoughts of suicide. These include: • Major changes in sleeping or eating habits • Feeling depressed, sad or hopeless for two weeks or longer • Extreme mood swings • Isolating themselves or withdrawing from friends, school or social activities • Talking or writing about death, wanting to die or feelings of falling apart “If you notice any of these signs, don’t be afraid to ask your teen if they have had thoughts about suicide,” Kontz said. “Research shows asking the question won’t plant ideas in a child’s head and it may give your child the opportunity to share

their struggles.” Even if you haven’t noticed any of these suicide warning signs, Kontz says it’s still important to talk to your teen about their mental health and how they are feeling going into the end of the school year. “Ask open ended questions that encourage them to talk about school, friends and life in general,” she counsels. “Then take the time to really listen.” Kontz provides the following four tips for talking with teens: Be genuine. Acknowledge how your teen is feeling in a real way. You can tell when other people are faking it, and your teen can, too. Avoid using slang terms you don’t usually use in an effort to connect with your teen. While it might be well intentioned, using slang terms is likely to make both you and your teen feel more awkward. Be present. Choose a time to talk with your teen when you will be free from distractions and able to focus on what they’re saying. Listen carefully to what your teen says. Sometimes talking while completing a task or activity that requires little eye contact, like walking the dog, doing the dishes or driving, can make conversations more comfortable. Be quiet. It can take time for a teen to formulate what they want to say or to work up the courage to tell you something important. While the silence might feel a little uncomfortable, it gives your teen time to think and respond. Resist the urge to interrupt a silent moment and be especially careful not to interrupt while your teen is talking. Be empathetic. Teens don’t have the benefit of prior life experience like you do. Be sure to take your teen’s concerns seriously. While something like missing prom, losing a sporting event, a bad grade or even just an argument with a friend, may seem insignificant to you, it can feel immensely overwhelming to a teenager. Teens who are struggling with thoughts of suicide, depression, anxiety or who just need someone to talk with are encouraged to call the Teen Lifeline hotline at 602-248-TEEN (8336) or 800-248-TEEN. The 24/7/365 service is staffed by teen peer counselors daily from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. daily, including holidays. Trained counselors are available at all other times. Teens can also text the hotline at 602248-8336, between noon and 9 p.m. on weekdays; weekends 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. Information: TeenLifeline.org.

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Kasai to tee off inaugural charity golf tourney BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

asai Japanese Steakhouse owner Mike Russello has always loved golf and giving back to charities and wanted to create an event where he could do both. “I like golf and I like having a lot of golfers coming in,” Russello said. “I think it’s a good way to do charity events.” Russello spent countless hours sifting through charities that worked with children and had the pool shrunk down to five charities when one jumped out at him. Arizonans For Children — a 501 (c) (3) that facilitates opportunities that provide effective solutions to alleviate hardships and improve the fragile lives of the abused, abandoned and neglected children in foster care.

Kasai Japanese Steakhouse is hosting its first-ever charity golf tournament on June 6 at Silverado Golf Club to benefit Arizonans for Children. The deadline to register for the tournament is Monday May 23. (Special to the Progress)

“We definitely rely very heavily on community support, whether that’s individual volunteers or organizational partners,” said Arizonans for Children mentor supervisor Monique Quinones. “This is a great opportunity for us to help support another organization and help get our name out there.” Although the mission was an important factor to Russello, he also considered how the funds would be used by the organization. “Our funding goes straight to the programs with the main one being our visitation centers,” Quinones said. The funds will also go towards keeping its buildings funded, hosting classes for children that benefit from Arizonans for Children and funding its mentor program

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l Dunning moved to Arizona in 1958 from Chicago when he was a little boy and Scottsdale was a very different world. “When I moved here, Scottsdale was known as the ‘westmost western town,’” said the owner of Al Dunning Training Stable Inc. and Almosta Ranch. “I used to keep my horses at Miller and Indian School roads.” He recalls riding on down Indian School Road – “which was all dirt, – and tie up his horse at Ranch House Hamburgers on the corner of Scottsdale and Indian School roads, where, “you could buy five hamburgers for $1.” His sisters’ involvement with horses led him to follow suit.

Al Dunning of Scottsdale is a long-time trainer of horses and the people who ride them professionally. (Special to the Progress)

“In 1970, I decided to become a professional horse trainer after many years of working as an assistant trainer after school for several different trainers,” said Dunning. “I moved into the Almosta Ranch. It was on the canal bank at Before becoming a professional trainer, Dunning showed horses in every event. “In Western classes and English classes, I roped and reined and did working cow horse, trail at every event,” he said. “When I became a professional, I continued doing those events for other people where someone would come and ride with me and I’d buy them or sell them a horse. Then we’d go to shows together.

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“I’ve had some remarkably wonderful success. I have about 50 world reserved champions and that includes open youth and amateur and all kinds of events.” Dunning said there are many major associations for elite million-dollar winners. “I’ve won over a million dollars in many events, in many associations like cutting, reining, working cow horse and from the American Quarter Horse Association,” Dunning said. “I’ve done about everything. I’ve raised horses. I’ve trained horses. I’ve sold horses. I’ve bought horses for people. I’ve sold horses for people.” Dunning now focuses on cutting in

the National Cutting Horse Association. Cutting is a western-style equestrian competition where the rider and horse work together to demonstrate the horse’s athleticism and ability to handle cattle. Dunning also does roping and gives lessons in branding and working cow horses. While the profession isn’t for everyone, Dunning said you can’t beat the lifestyle. “We work outdoors,” he said. “We get to be around wonderful people. We get to be around horses and animals all the time. You live a Western lifestyle, ranching. If the average Joe wanted to try and do this, the best thing to do is to get with another professional, somebody you want to emulate, some-

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Donald A. A.marriage, Donald Nordal they lived in Atlanta, GA where Nordal, 89, Don attended Georgia Tech. graduating Donald A. marriage, they lived in Atlanta, GA where long-time resi- with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Nordal, 89, Don attended Georgia Tech. graduating dent of Scotts- They moved to South Bend, IN where he long-time resi- with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. dale, AZ passed worked for the Bendix Corporation. dent of Scotts- They moved to South Bend, IN where he away on FriIn 1961 the family moved to Scottsdale, AZ passed worked for the Bendix Corporation. day, May 13, dale, AZ where Don accepted a position In 1961 the family moved to Scottsaway on Fri2022. He spent at AiResearch. He was then able to earn day, May 13, dale, AZ where Don accepted a position the majority of an MBA from ASU while going to night 2022. He spent at AiResearch. He was then able to earn his life in Ari- school, working full time and raising a the majority of an MBA from ASU while going to night zona but moved family. Quite an achievement! his life in Ari- school, working full time and raising a to Virginia in 2017 where he fought a couDon retired at the age of 62 and was able zona but moved family. Quite an achievement! rageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. to enjoy many years of traveling and life Don retired at the age of 62 and was able to Virginia in 2017 where he fought a couHe is now finally free of the disease and experiences with his friends and family. rageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. to enjoy many years of traveling and life resting in peace with Margaret, his wife of Golf was his passion and he was lucky He is now finally free of the disease and experiences with his friends and family. 53 years. enough to be able to attend several Masresting in peace with Margaret, his wife of Golf was his passion and he was lucky Don will be greatly missed and is survived ter’s Tournaments. His daughters were able enough to be able to attend several Mas53 years. by his daughters Julie Hopkins (husband to accompany him to the Masters in 2015 Don will be greatly missed and is survived ter’s Tournaments. His daughters were able Michael) and Karen Willmore (husband and it was an experience that will be cherby his daughters Julie Hopkins (husband to accompany him to the Masters in 2015 Mark), his four grandchildren Christo- ished forever. Michael) and Karen Willmore (husband and it was an experience that will be cherpher, Brian, Matthew (wife Nicole), JefDon was absolutely a social butterfly and Mark), his four grandchildren Christo- ished forever. frey (wife Mina) three great-grandchildren loved his conversations with all he met. pher, Brian, Matthew (wife Nicole), JefDon was absolutely a social butterfly and Bella, Jewelien, and Noa, and his brother His cheerful manner and constant smile frey (wife Mina) three great-grandchildren loved his conversations with all he met. Terry (wife Ruth). will be missed by all who knew him. There Bella, Jewelien, and Noa, and his brother His cheerful manner and constant smile His wife, Margaret, preceded him in are no services planned. will be missed by all who knew him. There Terry (wife Ruth). death in 2008. Celebrate Don’s life by donating to the His wife, Margaret, preceded him in are no services planned. Don was born on September 16, 1932 Alzheimer’s Association in his name (AlzCelebrate Don’s life by donating to the death in 2008. and raised in Freeport, IL. He met his wife heimer’s Association | Donate to Fight AlzDon was born on September 16, 1932 Alzheimer’s Association in his name (AlzMargaret in 1952 while they were both heimer’s Disease).06-11 at Larkin Sunset and raised in Freeport, IL. He met his wife heimer’s Association | Donate to Fight Alzworking at the Fairbanks Company and Gardens Funeral Home, 1950 E 10600 S, Margaret in 1952 while they were both heimer’s Disease).06-11 at Larkin Sunset they wed in 1955. In the early years of their Sandy, UT 84092, USA. working at the Fairbanks Company and Gardens Funeral Home, 1950 E 10600 S, they wed in 1955. In the early years of their Sandy, UT 84092, USA.

Al Dunning still enjoys working cow horses even though he is busy with multiple horse-related enterprises. (Special to the Progress)

body who’s going to mentor you along the way and teach you.” “I have a multi-faceted business,” he said. “That’s the interesting part. Besides training, I buy and sell horses for people. I have an AD Tack business. I have an online business called Team AD where you can send in videos from anywhere in the world and I do a voice-over critique of them. “If you want to be accredited by me, you go through 54 of these skills and pass or fail. If you pass the whole thing and pass the coming in here and riding with me for a period of time, you become an Al Dunning-accredited trainer.” He also owns Dunning Consulting LLC. “Some people want to develop a piece of property into an equine facility and I can consult on that,” explained Dunning. “So many people want to get into the horse business so I can consult on that.” Dunning admits it’s a very expensive sport with performance horses being at an all-time high. “It used to be you could get a decent horseback in the day for $500,” he said. “Now our bottom-end horses go for between $15,000-$25,000. I sold a stud (top-end breeding horse) years back for $5 million. Most people want hobby horses. That means they don’t want to make money. They want to

have fun. They want to enjoy the sport. Those horses you can’t expect to make money on.” For those who want to have a horse for fun, Dunning refers them to someone else since he focuses on competitive training. Dunning’s son pursued a real estate career in California but his daughter and her husband live on the ranch along with their two daughters. His son-in-law is also a professional horse trainer, working with cow horses. Dunning’s daughter is a National Hall of Famer in the National Cutting Horse Association. She’s a world champion in cutting just like her father. Dunning’s wife used to show and now she announces horse shows. He feels fortunate to have remarkable men and women work for him over the years who’ve learned from him and have gone on to successful careers. “A couple of them have become Hall of Famers in their divisions,” Dunning said. “I mentored them along. They started pretty green in what they were doing but they rode well, they had a lot of talent, they wanted to work hard and they learned what I do. Most of the successful ones stayed with me for around 10 years before they moved on and became professionals themselves.” Information: aldunning.com.

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that pairs a volunteer with a child in foster care so they can create a fruitful kinship with the children. With a charity locked in, Russello’s next step was finding a course to host the tournament that was affordable and not too challenging for less experienced golfers. That was when he looked to a regular customer at Kasai Japanese Steakhouse that works at Silverado Golf Club to connect him with the individuals that manage the course. Fortunately, the team at Silverado Golf Clubliked the idea and Russello locked in an affordable rate for the tournament that is set to tee off at 7:30 a.m. on Monday June 6. Russello didn’t just want to stop at a golf tournament, however. He decided to expand the event to his restaurant by offering a sushi and wok dish luncheon where a raffle of between 50 and 75 items will be sold to raise additional funds for the cause. So far 60 golfers have committed to swinging their way through the course but Russello hopes to have a total of 144 golfers sign up for the tournament so that

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each hole will have two foursomes at it. He also hopes to be able to cut a check ranging from $15,000 to 20,000 to Arizonans for Children. Quinones is eager for the opportunity to spread the message about what her organization does. “I do think it’s important to remind people that these are children that are right here in our community and that by donating, they’re really making an imme-

diate difference in their community, right here throughout Phoenix to people that are a part of their lives as well,” Quinones said. She also hopes that this event spurs people to want to aid the organization in its future efforts. “We are always looking for different kinds of partnerships. If someone thinks that they can make a difference for child and foster care, there is a way to do it, no

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Patty Hocchaus of Maui Pasta, Thursday, May 5, 2022, in Scottsdale, Arizona. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

Paint, love and pasta: Local chef carries on BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

t all started as an idea to raise money to send her daughter on a school trip to Europe a decade ago. Patricia Hochhaus had learned how to make homemade pasta while studying abroad in Italy while pursuing a bachelor’s and master’s degree in architecture from Rhode Island University and concocted a filling recipe. The concept for Maui Pasta was born in 2012 when she began selling her homemade pasta that was made from Durham semolina flour infused with fresh Maui herbs out of her driveway and before she knew it, her pasta had left the driveway to appear at farmer’s markets before speeding off to grocery store shelves. Nearly three years after first selling their first noodles out of her driveway,

Patricia and then-husband Ron Inman decided to open up a shop called Maui Pasta where they could bring the tastes of Italy that Patricia fell in love with while studying in Italy to the big island of Maui. The two were enthralled to have the space open for business and it became all they ever thought about. “It was our passion and we spent every minute of the day talking about Maui Pasta and how to build it up,” Patricia said. Nearly nine months into their business, tragedy struck as Ron was diagnosed with late-stage cancer. Before his passing two months after his diagnosis, Ron gave his wife a piece of advice that she has carried with her since. “One of the things my husband told

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r. Julie Wendt has had her private practice in Scottsdale for over a decade and a half and has just about seen it all when it comes to treating patients with allergies. However, she has become worried about the influx of pollen in the environment. Experts believe climate change and increasing gas emissions will drive pollen counts and could double current levels by the end of the century. Changes in phenology and temperature are increasing pollen emission anywhere between 16% and 40% according to a Nature Communications study. Dr. Julie Wendt has witnessed an influx of patients as Wendt is already see- pollen levels have begun rising. (Special to the Progress) ing an increase in the number of patients with a facetious laugh. “I also always flocking to her waiting room dealing say April Fool’s Day is particularly spewith environmental allergies. cial because we have mesquite come “The most common type of allergy out at the same time as Palo Verde, as we typically see is environmental al- well as some of our weeds.” lergies, especially with this type of Since this year has also seen an upyear, it’s very bad allergies,” Wendt tick in pollen, there has been an insaid. crease in patients aiming to receive Additionally, desert allergens like either a scratch test. In that test, small Bermuda and Rye grass as well as Mes- amounts of allergens are placed on the quite, Palo Verde and Mulberry trees. skin, which is lightly scratched so that “Bermuda pollinates twice a year see ALLERGY page 23 here, so we’re really lucky,” Wendt said

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me before he passes was that I could run this by myself,” Patricia said. However, it proved to be a bigger challenge than she anticipated. Not only did she have to learn how to take on the marketing, administrative and front-ofhouse responsibilities of the business, but she also had to learn how to do so while nursing a grieving, broken heart. To cope with her husband’s passing, Patricia joined an online grief support group where she met Stephen Hochhaus, who had lived in Scottsdale his whole life, is the owner of Portfolio Picture Framing, Inc. and had lost his wife in 2011. A friendship began to brew between the two after they began chatting online. “He became my best friend in my grief and everything I was going through,” Patricia said.

A painting breaks the ice

In addition to learning how to make delicious pasta during her studies abroad, Patricia had also fallen in love with Italian art and began to take up painting. As Stephen and Patricia kept convers-

ing, Stephen floated an idea he had been working on to host an art gallery in his shop and donate the proceeds from the sales of art to Hospice — since he felt indebted to Hospice for the care it had provided his wife with before her passing. Patricia loved the idea and brought one of her favorite paintings with her — a painting titled “The Shadow of Nature”

“When I bought that painting, I thought that she was going to get it back one day since it was so important to her.”

— which portrayed a woman ominously gawking at a hibiscus bush. The painting caught Stephen’s eye and he knew upon first glance he had to purchase it. “I was so drawn to that painting that I had to buy it,” Stephen said. He also bought it with the intention of the painting making it back into Patricia’s possession again someday.

“When I bought that painting, I thought that she was going to get it back one day since it was so important to her,” Stephen said. The painting would come back as the two would tie the knot in 2017.

Bringing Maui Pasta to the desert

Patricia admits that she had never had any intention of ever leaving Maui, but after marrying Stephen her business began to run into some turmoil. Maui Pasta began having lease issues and even a severe electrical fire. Although Patricia had tried to find a new space on the island, she ultimately conceded to packing up her kitchen in a pod and joining her husband in the west’s most western town. After moving to Scottsdale, Patricia spent two months hunting for the best space to set up shop when she found the perfect space in The Shops at Gainey Ranch. “The property had gone through a transition and this place was the right size,” Patricia said. The space was also a short drive from the residence she shared with her new spouse.

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“We wanted to be kind of close to where we live because, frankly, we go back and forth more than once a day,” Stephen said. “My business is 8-minutes south of where we live and her business is 8-minutes north of where we live.”

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Nearly three years after opening its Scottsdale shop, it appeared that Patricia was about to turn a profit for the first time in her new space when her business came to a screeching halt — along with the rest of the world. “We had a really strong lunch before the pandemic and the pandemic hurt us in a lot of ways,” Patricia said. “One of the things we loved about this space is it’s surrounded by office spaces and one level out there are residences. We thought it was perfect because all of the offices could come in for lunch and all the residents could come in for dinner or takeout.” Looking for a way to re-ignite her business, Patricia decided to gamble by adding the other food she was most familiar with and felt passionate about.

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the allergen is introduced beneath the surface. From there, patients will generally wait nearly 15 minutes and their skin will react to the allergen by swelling to roughly the size of a mosquito bite, indicating that the individual is allergic to the allergen. However, for patients who may not enjoy having their skin tested for allergens, an alternative is having their blood drawn so allergens can be later added to the sample. From there, immunoglobulin — an antibody — If the blood contains immunoglobin to dust mite, for example, the two substances will bind together and stay attached. An enzyme is then added, which may cause the reaction to change color. If the sample changes color, the lab can determine the amount of immunoglobin present to a person’s level of allergic reaction to the antigen. From there, Wendt partners with patients to devise a solution for patients, depending on their allergy levels. “One aspect of care is to teach them how to live with allergies, or live with a lower burden and avoid it,” Wendt said. “The second aspect is trying medications, teach them how to properly use maintenance medications or medications that work on an everyday basis. Wendt generally recommends things

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“Pasta is very heavy and we have a lot of hot months, whereas Hawaiian food is food to eat when you’re hot and it’s hot outside,” Patricia said. “I thought that’s the perfect thing to add for when pasta is too heavy for the hot months.” Because of that, she launched Aloha Hawaiian Plate Lunch. However, the plates became so popular that people wanted to eat that food for dinner. Because of that, pasta and Hawaiian lunches are now served on two separate menus simultaneously. Patricia also began to offer catering packages that serve anywhere from 12 to 200 people to combat the loss of business she endured when the offices sent employees to work at home.

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However, the woes have continued as Maui Pasta attempts to recover from the pandemic. “I always wanted to be open seven days a week all day long so people could always get our food but there’s a cost to that with employees and it’s been about six months where I’ve had to change our hours,” Patricia said. “We won’t stay open for dinner service because we do so much catering for lunch that I have to have two chefs here and I would become too much.” Maui Pasta is currently open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the cafe and pasta shop and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. for the eatery, takeout and delivery. Info: Maui Pasta is located at 7704 E. Doubletree Ranch Rd, mauipasta.com

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OrthoArizona's Brewer offering top-notch service BY ZACH ALVIRA Progress Sports Editor

live Brewer has spent the last 25 years traveling around the globe servicing professional athletes sports conditioning, athlete development, applied sports and rehabbing injuries. He’s helped Olympians, tennis stars at Wimbledon and has worked with numerous professional football and basketball players in the states. But he admits traveling has taken its toll. So, when he was looking for somewhere to settle down and not be on the road as much, he looked no further than OrthoArizona. That is where he has been providing the same level of care to local residents and athletes from the high school level and up since February. “After 25 years in the pros I was looking to base myself somewhere where I wasn’t following the athletes around, I could get them to come to me,” Brewer said. “As I was doing my research, I came across the work OrthoArizona was doing. When I sat with them, I wasn’t looking for a position I was doing it for research. But the more we talked we realized there was a synergy between what OrthoArizona wants to achieve and what I’ve been doing. “It was a perfect match.” Brewer spent �ive years training professional baseball players in the MLB. He also spent time with some of the biggest names in the English Premier League and Major League Soccer. He advised Wimbledon tennis stars for 20 years and did the same for Olympic athletes from 2000-21. Since joining OrthoArizona as the Director of Athletic Performance in February, Brewer has already started working with local athletes out of the North East Scottsdale Therapy & Athletic Performance of�ice located at Bell Road and 101. One of the athletes he has serviced is Pinnacle junior basketball player Jack Treasure, who came

ter on the court, �ield, in the pool or on the track. And he hopes to continue doing that through his of�ice in Scottsdale, other OrthoArizona of�ices or through the training clinics and speed camps he plans to hold at West World in June and July. “It’s a real opportunity for athletes – we are looking at 14 and upwards – to come in and get quicker,” Brewer said. “Sports are about solving problems in time Clive Brewer spent the last 25 years working with professional Brewer has started working with and space. The best way athletes traveling the globe. Now, he has settled down with Otho- local residents and athletes in the to solve that is developArizona out of its North East Scottsdale location where athletes Scottsdale ofﬁce, helping with pain ing movement. The vollike Pinnacle basketball player Jack Treasure and non-athletes management and becoming stron- leyball is aimed at some alike can come to him for a variety of services, including develop- ger and faster on the court, ﬁeld or in of the higher-level athment and physical therapy. (Courtesy OrthoArizona) the pool through different speed exercises and movement-based drills. letes, end of high school to Brewer only being able to squat 130 body and how it per- He will also host a speed and train- going into college. pounds. forms has been with ing camp in June and July at West “The hockey program Brewer worked with Treasure on his mo- him since a young age World. (Courtesy OrthoArizona) we’ve called MVP, movebility and technique with a bar on his shoul- growing up in the Unitment, velocity and powders to increase range of motion and pre- ed Kingdom. That is where he became ac- er. Be the MVP on the ice.” vent injury. Within four weeks, Treasure’s credited by the UK Strength and ConditionBrewer’s time with OrthoArizona, while squat increased to 285 pounds. ing Association, the National Strength and short, has been special to him. He enjoys Treasure, in a press release, called Brewer Conditioning Association and the British working for a company that values his expea “magician.” Brewer said simply that’s part Association of Sport and Exercise Sciences. rience and is open to any suggestions he has of his role with OrthoArizona and he aims He found a path for himself that allowed to better serve athletes and non-athletes on to provide the same level of service to other him to become recognized around the a daily basis. high school athletes, especially those who world. To this day, even though he plans to He hopes to continue to grow his list of aim to become major recruits to the next settle down in Scottsdale, he still travels on clients that he trains and aims to help high level. contracts for sports leagues, organizations school athletes reach their full athletic po“I look at it like what does it take to build and even the military. tential to move on to the next level. an elite level athlete from the youth level Looking back at the last 25 years, it can “With great people you can do great up,” Brewer said. “So, it isn’t a new process be hard at times for Brewer to fathom all he things,” Brewer said. “That’s the key here. in terms of how I approach them compared has gone through. He’s lived out his dream We’ve got people who can see the bene�it to the pro level. I’ve spent time with the from a young age helping athletes prepare and the opportunity and the company cares NCAA level, and I know what the demands at a high level for their respective seasons. about the people that come through the are at that level so I look at what I have to He’s helped them rehab from injury, both door. do to make sure they are ready for that level minor and severe. He’s helped high school “Everything you do is about making the and ready to go to the next stage.” athletes like Treasure gain strength and athletes better. OrthoArizona has the same Brewer’s fascination with the human con�idence in their body to make them bet- philosophy.”

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Camp Taliesin angles kids on ‘Wright’ path BY ALEX GALLAGHER Progress Staff Writer

bbie Wilson had just landed a dream job in December 2020 with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, where she would get to work at the famous architect’s winter home, Taliesin West. As excited as she was about her job, she was confronted with the tall task of creating one of the most exciting young engineering and architecture camps in the Valley under the veil of the pandemic. Wilson’s most daunting task was devising an online version of Camp Taliesin West for kids that captured the same fun and creativity that the camp conventionally offers. She was able to find a way to utilize google classroom to provide instructions on how to create crafts, partake in activi-

Abbie Wilson, education manager and Jenna Green, senior museum educator, work for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation (David Minton/Progress Staff Photographer)

ties and ask all the questions they wanted. While the in-person camp proceeded with patrons masked up indoors, the online camp became a sensation as kids from countries like Puerto Rico and Ecuador signed up for the closest visit possible to Wright’s winter quarters that a screen could offer. The online camp was such a hit that this year’s camp will be offered in-person with no restrictions as well as virtually again. “In light of everything that has happened over the last couple of years, my big belief is that kids need to do hands-on things,” Wilson, who currently operates as the education manager for the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation said. Because of this, each summer camp will kick off with an expansive tour of the campus’ historic areas where kids are wowed

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hoenix Fan Fusion convention director Matt Solberg likens his upcoming event to a legendary tourist destination. “It’s really like Disneyland for geeks to come to our show,” he said. After a multiple-year pandemic-dictated break, Phoenix Fan Fusion will make its return to the Phoenix Convention Center Friday, May 27, to Sunday, May 29. Solberg assures that only minor changes were made to the 20-year event. It’s still a one-stop shop for actors, comic book creators, authors, cosplayers, costume groups, vendors, artists, creators, dealers and publishers. “We are bringing badges back, which has been a long-standing attendee re-

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quest, given their collectible nature,” Solberg adds. “We are expanding gaming that we do into its own hall within the convention center. We are also really focusing our efforts within the exhibitor hall. I’m creating great energy within the hall by having the actors, the costuming groups, the exhibitors, authors, artists, creators all in one space on the lower level of our exhibitor hall.” Anticipated guests include actors Doug Jones (“Hellboy,” “Star Trek: Discovery”) and Felicia Day (“Supernatural,” “The Magicians”), along with authors Erin Jade Lange (“Mere Mortals”) and Lisa McMann (“The Unwanteds”), comic book creators Fabian Nicieza (co-creator of “Deadpool”) and Tony Parker (co-creator of “Mayday”) along with various cosplayers and cos-

tume groups. “We’re bringing three full days of the exhibitor hall, panels of events, a full lineup of celebrities, comic creators, authors, costume groups, after dark parties, theatrical events,” Solberg said. “For our attendees, it should be no different than when they’ve attended our shows in the past. We’re bringing back everything they have come to love and expect.”

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by the buildings’ unique geometry and the combinations of shapes the facility’s furniture displays. One stop on the tour wows students virtually and in person. “They love seeing the garden room, which is Frank Lloyd Wright’s living room, and I think that’s true for both kiddos onsite and over zoom,” Wilson said. “When they see it, all of a sudden, he becomes a real person with a family who had a living room and not just a historic figure. Then also seeing the historic furniture makes it more real to them.” After the tour, the students are introduced to the theme of the camp and delve into their instruction and activities. “We have one entire camp that’s interior-design based. …We show them a lot of furniture and textiles and stuff like that,” Wilson said. “Whereas when it’s more of the architecture kind of camp, we talk more about form and layouts, and stuff

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ing her book “Cryers Cross.” The story was inspired by Kennedy’s OCD and her acting. “She (Kennedy) came along with me to Phoenix Fan Fusion, and we did a little panel with the two of us,” Lisa said. “She spoke about her mental illnesses, with her OCD, and I spoke about the plot of the story and how Kennedy influenced it.” Kennedy shared her local theater experiences and how that helped calm her. Appearing as Nancy Drew in the CW show of the same name, Kennedy followed her dreams and controls her OCD. Lisa and Matt have been asked to return to talk about her series “The Unwanteds,” which recently ended its 14-book series with “The Unwanteds Quests: Dragon Fury,” among other books. The event generally falls around their wedding anniversary in May. “What a better place to hang out with a bunch of people dressed up like fantasy characters,” Lisa said. Matt adds, “I think it’s such a blast and love seeing all the cosplay and meeting all

like that.” However, most camps culminate in the kids creating grand models out of recycled materials. “Some of the projects that we’re hoping to do for this year are based on Frank Lloyd Wright’s designs and some of his types of activities,” said Jenna Green, Taliesin West senior museum education manager. “Being able to bring their drawings, whether they’re in full scale, or just kind of more of a sketch design to the 3D space and being able to build the models,” Green said. “Oftentimes letting students decorate them is probably one of the biggest highlights for them.” Although the students are given a creative range with their designs, they are also taught about skills like scale – a mathintensive skill – while using tools that actual architects use to create models like Exacto knives, hot glue guns and foam core. Although these tasks may seem rigorous, the goal is to help the kids explore the various careers that exist within the archi-

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tecture and engineering fields. “Teaching kids about design, whether that is architectural design, interior design or just artistic design, about the math, the science and the art that goes into the design and then about the careers that they could explore through those things,” Wilson said. “I think it just opens up a whole world for them that maybe they didn’t think about before because they were unfamiliar with all these concepts.” Camp Taliesin West will host five camps this summer discussing topics like city design, interior design, architecture and photography. No matter which class kids gravitate towards, Wilson is eager to welcome kids back to Taliesin West this summer. “People are just so happy to have the inperson option available for their kiddos,” Wilson said. “It’s been a rough couple of years for kids and they’re eager to do real things in real life with friends and new friends and old friends.”

the authors. It’s exciting for me to return this year to serve as a moderator on some of the author panels.” At the event, Lisa will speak about “Map of Flames,” the first of the “The Forgotten Five” series. “It’s about five supernatural kids who were born and raised in a deserted hideout, a secret criminal hideout. Now they’re between the ages of 10 to 13 and their parents have disappeared and the last one who stayed with them passed away,” Lisa said. Devoid of modern amenities like electricity and flushing toilets, the kids are left with a flaming map to Estero, their parents’ city of residence. Via the map, the children are tasked with finding one of their mothers. Consequently, they are trust into a new environment where their powers are criminal. The next book in the series is set for a November release. Among the other attendees is comic book, graphic novel creator and storyteller Tony Parker who has attended Fan Fusion since 2008, when it was held in Mesa. He

Camp Taliesen info The camps and dates are: • Shaping a city camp: ages 11-15. June 20-24 • Dream in color: ages 11-15. July 11-15 Two-Week Virtual Architecture and • Design Camp: Ages 7 – 12. July 11 – 22 • Design Your Dream Space: Advanced: Ages 12 – 15. June 13 – 17, July 25 – 29. • Photographing Wright: Ages 12-16. June 6 – 10, June 27 – July 1 Enrollment fees range from $50 to $350 per session and spots are expected to ﬁll quickly. Scholarships are available for qualifying individuals through the Foundation’s Community Access Program. To apply or learn more about ﬁnancial assistance, campers and parents can contact Education@FrankLloydWright.org. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation members also receive a 10% discount. Info: Franklloydwright.org/camp

will appear all days of the convention. Formerly of Phoenix, Parker is looking forward to returning and seeing everyone. “It’s not just the fans and friends I get to see year in and year out,” he said. “There are new people who come by and talk to me. It’s such a ‘people’ show and is a great family show as well. You can see people of all ages enjoying themselves and enjoying what they see around them.” Solberg agrees. “There is really something for everybody at the show, given our interests,” Solberg said. “It’s a great chance just to people watch. We always have attendees who come out in amazing costumes, and everybody is just in a good mood.”

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Public Notices NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, will hold a public hearing on June 7, 2022, at 5:00 P.M in the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, Scottsdale, Arizona, for the purpose of hearing all persons who wish to comment on the following: 8-ZN-2021 (FLW Storage) Request by owner for a Zoning District Map Amendment from Single-family Residential (R1-35) to Highway Commercial (C-3) zoning on a +/- 3.38-acre site located at APN 215-51026, which is generally located north of E Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and west of the Loop 101, backing to the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Neil Feaser, 602-955-3900. 16-UP-2021 (FLW Storage) Request by owner for a Conditional Use Permit for Vehicle Storage on a +/3.38-acre site with Highway Commercial (C-3) zoning on a +/- 3.38-acre site located at APN 215-51-026, which is generally located north of E Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and west of the Loop 101, backing to the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal. Staff contact person is Jeff Barnes, 480-312-2376. Applicant contact person is Neil Feaser, 602-955-3900. 7-UP-2017#2 (Crown Castle BU 821516/Verizon Wireless PHO Fields) Request by owner for renewal of a Conditional Use Permit (7-UP-2017) for an existing Type 4 Wireless Communication Facility (WCF) located on a 62-foot, 6-inch artificial palm tree, with Multiple-family Residential, Planned Community District (R-5 PCD) zoning located at 7330 N. Pima Road. Staff contact person is Omar Smailbegovic, 480312-3087. Applicant contact person is Todd Daoust, (602) 549-9054. For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov search "Scottsdale Planning Case Files" or in your URL search bar you can type in https://eservices.scottsdaleaz.gov/bldgresources/Cases/ A COPY OF A FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND ANY MEETING LOCATION UPDATES, IS AVAILABLE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT THE FOLLOWING: Online at: https://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/council/meeting-information/agendas-minutes CHAIRMAN Attest LORRAINE CASTRO For additional information visit our web site at www.scottsdaleaz.gov PERSONS WITH A DISABILITY MAY REQUEST A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION BY CONTACTING THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). REQUESTS SHOULD BE MADE 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE, OR AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO ALLOW TIME TO ARRANGE ACCOMMODATION. FOR TTY USERS, THE ARIZONA RELAY SERVICE (1-800-367-8939) MAY CONTACT THE CLERK'S OFFICE AT (480-312-7620). Published: The Scottsdale Progress, May 22, 2022 / 46735

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