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This Week

NEWS............................... 6 Bond campaign fundraising goes gangbusters.

NEIGHBORS ......... 28 Plenty to see at Day of Dead fest.

Film Festival reels in major ﬂicks.

NEIGHBORS .........................18 BUSINESS .............................30

OPINION ..............................34

ARTS .....................................38 FOOD & DRINK....................41 CLASSIFIEDS .......................46

Sunday, October 27, 2019

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new campaign targeting a Scottsdalebased anti-LGBTQ group is taking aim at the city itself and reopened conversations about whether or not Scottsdale or Arizona should expand non-discrimination legislation. The Scottsdale Discriminates campaign includes a website, videos and billboards targeting Alliance Defending Freedom, or ADF, the conservative legal advocacy group recently represented art studio Brush and Nib before the Arizona Supreme Court in a successful lawsuit challenging a Phoenix antidiscrimination ordinance. The studio’s owners, Joanna Duka and Bre-

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SCOTTSDALE PROGRESS | WWW.SCOTTSDALE.ORG | OCTOBER 27, 2019

School district launches anti-vape campaign An edition of the East Valley Tribune Scottsdale Progress is published every Sunday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout Scottsdale. To find out where you can pick up a free copy of Scottsdale Progress, please visit www.Scottsdale.org. CONTACT INFORMATION Main number 480-898-6500 | Advertising 480-898-5624 Circulation service 480-898-5641 Scottsdale Progress 4301 N 75th St., Suite 201, Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Publisher Steve T. Strickbine Vice President Michael Hiatt ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Display Advertising 480-898-6309 Classifieds/Inside Sales Elaine Cota | 480-898-7926 | ecota@scottsdale.org TJ Higgins | 480-898-5902 | tjhiggins@scottsdale.org Advertising Office Manager Lori Dionisio | 480-898-6309 | ldionisio@scottsdale.org Director of National Advertising Zac Reynolds | 480-898-5603 | zac@scottsdale.org NEWS DEPARTMENT Executive Editor Paul Maryniak | 480-898-5647 | pmaryniak@scottsdale.org Managing Editor Wayne Schutsky | 480-898-6533 | wschutsky@scottsdale.org Copy Editor April Morganroth | 480-656-9667 | amorganroth@ timespublications.com Staff Writers Kristine Cannon | 480-898-9657 | kcannon@scottsdale.org Jim Walsh | 480-898-5639 | jwalsh@scottsdale.org Photographers Kimberly Carrillo | KCarrillo@scottsdale.org Pablo Robles | Probles@scottsdale.org Design Veronica Thurman | vthurman@scottsdale.org Production Coordinator Courtney Oldham | 480-898-5617 | production@scottsdale.org Circulation Director Aaron Kolodny | 480-898-5641 | customercare@scottsdale.org Marketing Director Lynette Carrington | 480-898-5621 Scottsdale Progress is distributed by AZ Integrated Media, a circulation service company owned by Times Media Group. The public is permitted one copy per reader. For further information regarding the circulation of this publication or others in the Times Media Group family of publications, and for subscription information, please contact AZ Integrated Media at circ@azintegratedmedia.com or 480-898-5641. For circulation services please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@azintegatedmedia.com.

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n the wake of warnings from local and federal health of�icials, the Scottsdale Uni�ied School District launched its own awareness campaign to combat vaping amongst its students. The district kicked off the 60-day social media campaign on Oct. 4. The district will use its social media channels and website to push out information for parents and students on the dangers vaping and e-cigarette use pose to young people’s development, according to the district. The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Oct. 4, directing people to stop using vaping products containing THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, or other vaping products bought off the street after reports that hundreds of lung injuries nationwide could be related to them. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said as of Oct. 15, 1,479 lung injury cases were associated with the use of e-cigarette or vaping nationwide. There are at least six suspected cases in Arizona, including �ive in Maricopa County. The CDC has con�irmed 33 deaths in 24 states, according to the agency. The Maricopa Integrated Health System and the Arizona Public Health Association issued their own vaping warning of the potential health risks and asked doctors to screen patients for vaping-related illnesses. Vaping is prevalent at Scottsdale high schools. “Vaping de�initely is a very big issue, and it’s problem at secondary schools nationwide and statewide,” said Dr. Steven Chestnut, SUSD executive director of Support Services. “We’re not exempt from that, so we’re seeing that and we’re working on it.” The FDA’s National Youth Tobacco Survey showed that cigarette use amongst middle and high school students has dropped steadily since 2011. However, e-cigarette use has risen from less than 5 percent in 2011, to over 25 percent in 2019. Shannon Cronn, clinical services coordinator at SUSD, told the Progress in 2018, that the district had seen a steady increase in tobacco-related referrals over the previous four years tied to vaping and that vaping was a leading cause of of�ice referrals at all �ive SUSD high schools. Scottsdale Police records also showed

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a spike in vaping-related violations at Scottsdale high schools throughout the city. In February, Scottsdale Police spokesman Of�icer Kevin Watts said the spike in drug-related calls for service to Scottsdale high schools was tied to e-cigarette use. According to police reports viewed by the Progress, Desert Mountain High in northern Scottsdale had 16 drug-related violations on campus in 2018, up from �ive in 2017. Bella Vista Prep, a private school in northern Scottsdale, also had �ive drugrelated violations on campus in 2017, and 17 violations in 2018. Drug-related violations at Coronado High School rose from eight in 2017, to 17 in 2018. There is some evidence the rise in violations in Scottsdale schools is speci�ically tied to the use of vaping and e-cigarette devices to use marijuana-related products containing THC – the ingredient at the center of the FDA’s warning. Between Jan. 1 and Feb. 12, 2019, all �ive drug-related violations at Desert Mountain High School and all six violations at Bella Vista Prep were related to use or possession of vaping or e-cigarette products containing THC, according to police department records. The SUSD social media campaign will include links to Arizona Department of Health Services and CDC resources. Through its social media campaign coincided with warnings from federal regulators, SUSD had already taken steps to educate students about the dangers of vaping and other harmful activities. Last month the district hosted a presentation at Saguaro High School on the dangers of vaping and opioids that was

open to all students and parents. Stephanie Siete, public information of�icer with Community Bridges Inc., hosted the talk. Chestnut said high school prevention coaches and social workers also shared information about the dangers of vaping through video announcements, open houses and other school gatherings. District assistant principals have also received training from Erika Mansur, an attorney with the Arizona Attorney General’s Tobacco Enforcement Unit. The district is also taking steps to reach younger students. Two middle schools will be pilot-testing a new LifeSkills Training Program on the topics of tobacco/vaping, alcohol and marijuana. The program targets the major psychosocial factors that promote the initiation of risky behaviors among teens and teaches personal self-management, social skills, and other resilience skills necessary to navigate the challenges of adolescence, Chestnut explained. November is the national Great American Smokeout campaign. SUSD high schools will be dedicating the entire month to vaping awareness and prevention. The district also has punitive measures in place in the event students are caught vaping on campus. Chestnut said students caught vaping could receive a short-term suspension because tobacco use is a violation of SUSD’s code of conduct. Students can have suspensions reduced by participating in Project Rewind, an early intervention program offered by the non-pro�it organization notMykid. Cases in which students are caught vaping marijuana could be referred to local law enforcement, according to police reports obtained by the Progress.

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Bond campaign support draws big bucks money to PACs and political parties, according to campaign contribution limits pubhe pro-bond For the Best Scottlished by the Arizona Secresdale campaign has already tary of State. raised more money than any of Last year, the Yes For Scottlast year’s City Council candidates, sdale Streets campaign took bringing in over $340,000 as of Sepin $134,308, with 96 percent tember 30. coming from corporations or The bond political action commitother PACs, according to camtee’s $340,416 haul is approaching paign finance reports. a total of $426,758 raised by all five The trend holds true statecandidates in last year’s City Council wide as well. election. In 2016, the campaign supIt’s also more than double the porting the ultimately suc$134,308 taken in last year’s Yes For cessful proposition to raise Scottsdale Streets campaign that supArizona’s minimum wage took ported the passage of a 0.10-percent in over $4 million and only sales tax to fund street projects. $595, or 0.0001 percent, came Campaign spokesman Jason Rose from individuals. of the Rose+Moser+Allyn public relaThe rest came from political tions firm said the amount of contricommittees and businesses, butions shows support is widespread according to finance records throughout the city. on file with the Arizona Secre“I think it shows that there’s a lot of tary of State. enthusiasm for the issue. I think it shows The pro-bond For the Best Scottsdale political action committee raised $340,416 as of Sept. Rose said he does not bethere’s a lot of Scottsdale patriotism,” 30, in support of the 3-question, $319-million bond request being considered by Scottsdale lieve the low individual donaRose said. “I attribute it to the fact that voters. (Special to the Progress) tion totals should worry bond infrastructure hasn’t been upgraded in supporters. Top donors to the campaign include proved by voters 20 years and there seems to be a high The street tax measure still the Arizona Association of Realtors IsBusinesses behind some of Scotts- passed in 2018, with 54 percent of level of awareness about the need.” The support is definitely there sues Mobilization Fund ($30,000), the dale’s largest developments in recent voters approving the measure versus among Scottsdale businesses and oth- Thunderbirds ($25,000) and Scotts- memory and proposed future develop- 45 percent against despite its low inment also gave heavily to the campaign. dividual contribution totals. er entities that do business in the city, dale Charros ($25,000). Businesses that could benefit from Those include entities associated campaign finance reports show. The circumstances will be different Nearly all of the contributions to the some of the proposed improvements with SkySong ($10,000), Southbridge this year as it is an off-year special elecPAC – $306,000, or 91 percent – have that would be funded by the bond also Two ($2,500), Sunday Goods dispen- tion where turnout is expected to be come from businesses and local in- opened their wallets, including Scott- sary ($5,000) and Gentry on the Green only a fraction of what it was in 2018. terest groups, according to the cam- sdale-based Barrett-Jackson Auto Co. ($5,000). Last year, the City Council race and ($25,000) and Waste Management Out-of-city donors, with ties to Proposition 420 controversy boosted paign’s most recent finance report. “The companies that have contribut- ($10,000) – the auction and the Waste Scottsdale, contributed, including the voter turnout to 71 percent – a record ed to this are some of the best brands in Management Phoenix Open could both San Francisco Giants ($10,000) and turnout for Scottsdale in a non-presithe city, some of the biggest employers take advantage of a proposed multi- Macerich ($25,000). dential election year. According to the latest finance rein the city and I think they understand use sports field/parking project that As of Sept. 30, the bond campaign would be built if Question 1 is ap- port, the pro-bond campaign took in had spent less than half of what it how acute the needs are,” Rose said. $31,700 from 19 individual donors. brought in. Records show 79 percent of those According to campaign finance reindividual donations – $25,000 – came ports, the campaign spent just over Saving a Life from a potential catastrophe EVERY 10 MINUTES from one person: billionaire GoDaddy $122,000, mostly on printing, signs, founder Bob Parsons. canvassing, polling and other marketEven with Parsons’ money, just over ing services. nine percent of the campaign’s total Rose + Moser + Allyn Public Relacontributions, so far, came from indi- tions, of which Rose is the founder, vidual donations. received $20,246.50 of the campaign’s It is not unusual for ballot measure disbursements thus far to run the but I’m never alone. campaigns to take in the lion’s share of campaign. I have Life Alert.® their contributions from corporations, Rose said the campaign will use the interest groups and other political or- remaining funds to promote the bond TV ganizations. in the days leading up to the Nov. 5 That’s because businesses are pro- election day, including placing spots hibited from donating to candidates on local television targeted at ScottsFor a FREE brochure call: but can give an unlimited amount of dale audiences. BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

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little over a year and a half after she was �ired from Scottsdale Uni�ied School District, embattled former Superintendent Denise Birdwell has resurfaced at a nearby charter school. Fountain Hills Charter School hired Birdwell to �ill a recently-vacated middle school teaching position. She will also have a leadership role at the school, the Progress found. “She is in an educational leadership role. She’ll work with the other teachers in their classrooms,’ said Doug Pike, a board member at Fountain Hills Charter School. Pike and fellow board member Bil Zeleny own The Charter Management Group, which runs the Fountain Hills school and two others, according to its website, including the recently-closed Arts Academy of Scottsdale.The hiring surprised some Scottsdale residents due to Birdwell’s alleged misconduct at SUSD. A post on the Respect Our Scottsdale Students Facebook page about the hiring generated over 60 comments from community members, including, “You’ve got to be kidding. You are kidding right?” posted by former Scottsdale Education Association President Julie Cieniawski. The SUSD Governing Board �ired Birdwell about 19 months ago over allegations that she violated a litany of district policies and accepted payments from an architect who later was awarded contracts with the district. The district hired Birdwell on an interim basis in 2016 before bringing her in 2017 at a base salary of $207,000. The statement of charges used to justify the �iring alleged that Hunt & Caraway Architects paid Birdwell, or a joint account she had access to, $30,000 in 2016. The district would go on to award consulting and architecture contracts to the company for projects related to the $229-million bond passed in 2016. The Arizona Attorney General’s Of�ice ultimately �iled a civil suit against the district, Hunt & Caraway and the architecture �irm’s president Brian Robichaux alleging violations of state procurement laws during bidding for the Cheyenne Traditional and Hohokam Elementary rebuilds. Both Robichaux and the district have since settled with the Attorney General.

Additionally, Laura Smith, SUSD’s CFO under Birdwell, is currently on trial on numerous criminal charges of fraud and con�lict of interest related to contracts handed out by the district to a consulting �irm run by Smith’s sister. Thus far, Birdwell has not faced any legal rami�ications from allegations of misconduct during her time at SUSD despite the fact that the board’s statement of charges includes a wide range of allegations. Those allegations include that she knew about Smith’s alleged con�lict of interest and never disclosed it and that Louis Hartwell, who was hired as COO on Birdwell’s recommendation, was related to the person she shared a bank account with. A spokesperson for the Arizona Attorney General’s Of�ice declined to comment on whether or not the of�ice was looking into Birdwell speci�ically, but con�irmed that investigations into allegations of misconduct within SUSD are ongoing. “SUSD investigations and matters related to allegations that took place within SUSD are ongoing, and we can’t comment further at this time,” spokesman Ryan Anderson said. Pike said he has read about the allegations against Birdwell but it does not concern him. “I read about the district issues in Scottsdale and I’m sorry for districts that have issues, but they’re not connected with either what I’m hiring for or what I’m talking to people about and has no concerns for our decision making,” Pike said. Pike said Birdwell is not principal. “You should know that it’s a very small school and there’s no principal’s of�ice where someone sits,” Polk said. “Everyone that we hire, we hire as a teacher.” The most recent report card from the Arizona Department of Education lists Martha Braly as the school’s principal, and Braly is quoted as such in a 2018 Fountain Hills Times story. According to the most state report card, the K-8 Fountain Hills charter, which has a D letter grade from the state, has 78 students – a fraction of the 20,000-plus students in the district Birdwell used to lead. Pike said Fountain Hills Charter School hired Birdwell to �ill a vacancy after a teacher left. “As you’re aware, there’s a teacher shortage,” Pike said. Pike said Birdwell will have no oversight over �inances at Fountain Hills Charter School.

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At the hearing, Commissioner Christian Serena asked Court Rich, an attorney for STR Ventures, how the company enforced the 35 percent rule. Rich stopped short of saying his client has been violating existing zoning but admitted he did not know if any steps were taken to comply with city rules. “I don’t know if from time to time the people that are living there are entering more or less than the 35 percent that they are allowed to,” Rich told the commission. Listings on Airbnb and the applicant’s website for the McKnight property make no mention of the 35 percent restriction or that renters are barred from certain portions of the property, the Progress found. Serena said the applicant knew the rules when it purchased the property and had shown “no good faith” by ignoring the 35 percent rule since June. Rich has said, “STR Ventures has always tried to operate compliantly and it was mischaracterized that there were any issues of compliance. In fact, they are involved in managing over 80 properties and have never had a code enforcement violation.” Rich said as a show of good faith, STR Ventures closed the operation of the homes in question while the topic is being considered by the city. If the Council follows the commission’s recommendation on the �irst application, the McKnight property could still operate short-term rentals, but under the 35 percent rule. Rich said if Council denies the application, STR Ventures would continue to operate the home as a rental and would construct a wall to separate the of�ice space from the allowable residential space. The company’s failure to construct that type of barrier when it �irst began operating the homes struck a nerve with Serena and Commissioner Larry Kush, both of whom voted against approval. “I’m having a lot of trouble with this,” Serena said. “The city is bending over backward to make this work for the applicant, and I don’t feel like the applicant has even attempted to try to make it work for a few months.” Rich said, “Whether or not it’s being strictly enforced right now, I think it’s just undeniable that this (proposal) will be better (for the community).” STR Ventures has agreed to some stipulations with the city and within a private agreement with neighboring

STR Ventures is a short-term rental company that owns 10 properties in Scottsdale, including eight in the neighborhood east of City Hall. (Google Maps)

property owner Steven Voss that are contingent on the zoning approval. Voss spent 10 years and $12 million developing the nearby Main Street Place condo and retail mixed-use development. “For example, if the rezoning is approved stipulations will require the owner to underground utilities in the area, improve the alleyway, institute a shared refuse plan, limit the height of the homes, beautify the current parking lot areas, and limit the number of units to one in each home,” Rich said. The company had also agreed to limit the height on the buildings to 26 feet. The requested C-2 zoning would theoretically allow heights up to 66 feet otherwise. STR Ventures also came to terms on a private agreement with Voss that would provide additional landscaping, require the use of noise detection technology, limit noise to maximum levels at the property line, require use of a professional management company with 24-hour access, Rich said. Voss would also be added as an additional insured party to the STR Ventures’ insurance policy. Voss, who initially had concerns about the project, told the commission he now supported it. “I do support the case assuming there is a stipulation for 26 feet, a restriction for one unit for this property along with the landscape stipulations that we discussed,” Voss said. However, Kush argued the city could not trust the property owner to abide by those guarantees. “If you’re a bad actor, you’re going to get called out for it; you’re not going to get rewarded for it,” Kush said. Both Serena and Kush argued the city

should not approve a zoning request just to accommodate short term rentals – which have been the subject of ire for many residents. “One thing I’ve never heard is ‘boy, I sure like having that Airbnb next to me’ – because they’re obnoxious and they’re a nuisance and there’s no way around it,” Kush said. Kush expressed some concern that the Airbnbs would take over the neighborhood south of the Civic Center and other downtown areas. Of STR Ventures 10 Scottsdale properties, 8 are located on either McKnight or 1st Street just east of the Civic Center. Rich, the property owner’s attorney, argued the Planning Commission is the wrong place for a debate over the merits of short-term rentals. “Given vacation rentals are permitted here the only question is if more than 35 percent of the ground �loor can be used and the City gets to stipulate a variety of things that will improve the overall neighborhood,” Rich said. Good Night Stay co-founder Jay McKee said his company, headquartered downtown, has a reputation as a “good actor” within the short-term rental community and that he has been personally invited by State Rep. John Kavanagh, R-23, to speak for the Arizona Legislature on the issue. “We believe there are ways to manage them responsibly, and we do,” Jay Mckee said, referring to his company as “the top operator” in the area. Rich said the company utilizes new technologies to monitor noise and other violations and to notify tenants if they are in violation. Kush cited multiple calls from neighbors to police regarding the property,

though Rich said some calls came from the short-term tenants themselves. Voss acknowledged residents from his project have called the police due to parties at the neighboring rentals in the past. Scottsdale Police records show �ive calls for service regarding the McKnight property between June 1 and Oct. 21. Rich said two calls came from the Good Night Stay renters to report a peeping tom and another came from a renter who thought they smelled a gas leak. Rich and Jay McKee both argued the zoning applications would bene�it the neighborhood because the company would make a major investment to beautify the properties, improve alleyways and underground utility lines. The company planned to invest around $1.5 million in home renovations alone for the McKnight property and three other properties on Main Street connected to the delayed second application, Jay McKee said. McKee said at least one of those properties was in poor shape with squatters living in it when his company bought the property. Planning Commissioner Ali Fakih said he supported the proposal with the height restriction in place. “I think having this private agreement and beautifying what’s there – I think this is de�initely positive…” Fakih said. Still, Serena argued many of the improvements agreed to by the applicant would ultimately be performed by any company redeveloping the property. “I appreciate (the improvements), but I just think it would probably be pretty consistent no matter what it was going to be,” Serena said of the improvements promised by STR Ventures.

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Historymakers exhibit opens at Papago Park BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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This is what I do best,” former Arizona Secretary of State Betsey Bayless quipped with a pair of shears in her hands. After a short countdown, Bayless, surrounded by a few of her 2019 Arizona Historymakers cohort, cut the blue ribbon for the Arizona Historical League’s 2019 Arizona Historymakers Exhibit at the Arizona Heritage Center in Papago Park. The exhibit follows the 2019 Arizona Historymakers “Turquoise and Tuxedos” Gala that took place Feb. 23, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, where six distinguished Arizonans were recognized for their lasting contribution to the community in diverse areas, including the arts, education, healthcare, communications, community service, and philanthropy. This year’s Historymakers include the Bayless, who also served as Maricopa County Board supervisor and president and CEO for Maricopa Integrated Health System; Dr. Arthur DeCabooter, the late president of Scottsdale Community College (SCC); Alfredo Gutierrez, founder of

Vernon D. Swaback, Betsey Bayless, and Michael J. Fox are three of six 2019 Historymakers who loaned personal and professional items to the 2019 Arizona Historymakers Exhibit, now open at the Arizona Heritage Center. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

Arizona State University’s Mexican-American Student Organization; Merrill Mahaffey, a nationally recognized painter and icon within the Arizona and the Southwest arts scene; Vernon Swaback, renowned architect, planner and owner of Scotts-

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“It represents a lot of people who have been part of my life here in the state for a long time that have been part of those institutions that I’ve been privileged to help lead. “And so, I don’t look at it about me as much as I look at it about the extension out to a lot of people in the state who made wonderful contributions to the arts and to culture and to history and to the development maturation of institutions. It’s not about me; it’s about what I’ve been privileged to be able to do on behalf of other institutions.” The exhibition includes biographies, portraits, oral histories, photos, and memorabilia from each Historymaker. Fox loaned a boxing glove signed by Muhammed Ali, a woven basket gifted to the Fox family by the indigenous members of the Tarahumara Indians of Mexico’s northwest coast, a 1992 issue of the Arizona State University Law Journal, the “Director’s Chair Award” from the 1991 Western Museum Conference, and a miniature sculpture by Doug Hyde called “Tribute to the Code Talkers” from Fox’s private collection. Swaback loaned three items he designed, including bronze candle holders he designed, the 2009 ULA Arizona Smart Growth Award and a menu from the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa. Mahaffey loaned his 2019 painting “Details of the Inner Gorge,” his Hatch River Expedition cap and paintbrushes. Gutierrez loaned a printing block, two buttons from his political campaigns, a copy of the book he wrote in 2013, and a political sign used in his 1978 Arizona State Senate campaign. Bayless loaned a pair of riding boots, the Athena Award she won in 1999, a brochure for the Maricopa Medical Center printed during her reign, and a photo of herself in front of her college car. DeCabooter’s exhibit includes the Alex Simmons Lifetime Achievement Award he received in 2008, for his role in developing the SCC Culinary Arts Program.

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anna Koksi, argued the ordinance violated their artistic and religious freedoms by forcing them to make wedding invitations for LGBTQ couples. ADF defended other businesses before the U.S. Supreme Court, including the Michigan mortuary who �ired a funeral director after she informed the funeral parlor she was transitioning from male to female, according to The Detroit News. ADF senior counsel Jeremy Tedesco, in a statement provided to the Progress, said the organization is “the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech and the sanctity of life.” However, the Southern Poverty Law Center classi�ied Alliance Defending Freedom as a hate group, citing its support for anti-LGBTQ policies. The Scottsdale Discriminates campaign uses satire to make a similar argument. “Thank you ADF for defending Scottsdale’s freedom to discriminate,” said an actor in a video on the satirical website. Geoff Esposito with Creosote Partners, a spokesman for the campaign, said the goal is to inform people the ADF is operating in their backyard. Esposito said the ambition of the campaign “is to bring attention to the fact that these people are here and that they think Scottsdale is a great place to operate out of.” Tedesco decried the information on the campaign’s website as “utterly false and defamatory.” Esposito said the objective of the campaign is to focus on the group, Alliance Defending Freedom and to “give the people of Scottsdale the opportunity to say that doesn’t re�lect their values.” Esposito did not specify how the city or its residents could make that argument, he added it could come in the form of an antidiscrimination ordinance. “I think it really is up to the city how they want to respond,” Esposito said. “I think there are a lot of options that they could take to really show that the ADF doesn’t re�lect their values.” Scottsdale Mayor Jim Lane pushed back at the campaign, arguing it unfairly smears the city. “Obviously it re�lects poorly,” Lane said. “That’s what it’s intended to do by someone putting up a parody which amounts to nothing more than lies about our city.” Lane said the city and organization are not associated. “It’s patently unfair to associate the two and to draw any conclusions on an entire city and its population on the basis of a foundation or an organization that is in

A new campaign dubbed Scottsdale Discriminates is pushing back at anti-LGBTQ group Alliance Defending Freedom that is based in the city through a satirical website, video and billboards. (scottsdalediscriminates.org)

ber 2017, included support for “efforts to amend state laws to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.” The city’s support helped put the issue on the Arizona League of Cities and Towns’ list of priorities as well. For Korte, it marked some progress towards her goal, if only incrementally. “Did we get anywhere with it? We’re making baby steps,” Korte Councilwoman Virgina Korte tried several years said. ago to get Scottsdale a broader anti-discriminaSo, why did the 2015 city effort tion ordinance. (Progress ﬁle photo) stall out? Scottsdale,” Lane said. Lane, the mayor, said there Scottsdale Councilwoman Virginia were concerns in 2015 about how an orKorte agreed the association is unfair dinance would burden small businesses or and added, “but things in life are not al- affect an individual’s freedom of thought ways fair.” and expression. Korte said the city opened itself up to the According to Korte, there was support type of criticism promoted by the Scotts- on the Council for an ordinance that indale Discriminates campaign by failing to cluded added exceptions for small busiput an anti-discrimination ordinance in nesses with 15 employees or less. place, like the one Tucson. However, those exceptions would have Two decades ago Tucson closed gaps in neutered the ordinance, Korte said. federal law by prohibiting discrimination “Well, if you carve out a small businesses in housing, public accommodations and with 15 employees or less, you’re carving employment based on gender identity or out (about 95 percent) of the business in sexual orientation. Scottsdale. So, you know, how convenient Several other cities in Arizona, includ- is that?” Korte said. ing Phoenix, Flagstaff, Tempe and Sedona Korte, a former Scottsdale business passed similar non-discrimination ordi- owner herself, pushed back on the nonances. tion that an anti-discrimination ordinance Korte brought a proposal for an anti- would unduly burden businesses, noting discrimination ordinance before the Scott- that it had the support of the Scottsdale sdale City Council in 2015, but it ultimately Area Chamber of Commerce and numerfailed to move past early discussions. ous local hotels and businesses. In late 2017, the city opted to punt the Korte argued, at least in one instance, the discrimination issue to the State House. lack of an ordinance in Scottsdale cost the Scottsdale’s 2018 Legislative Agenda, city jobs when Northern Trust ultimately approved by the City Council in Novem- chose Tempe over Scottsdale to bring its

regional facility, and risks pushing other like-minded companies away. In February 2015, Northern Trust opened an operating center in Tempe and was expected to create 1,000 jobs, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. Korte said Northern Trust chose Tempe because it had Class A of�ice space available immediately and “two, they have a nondiscrimination ordinance and that’s what (Northern Trust) consider to be very important.” Northern Trust spokesperson Doug Holt declined to comment. There is also a religious argument often defended by the ADF; these ordinances could infringe on religious freedom. Lane said those religious concerns affected the Scottsdale conversation. “We were working through that issue when some of the issues came up in Houston…” Lane said. In 2014, Houston city of�icials subpoenaed sermons by area pastors who opposed an equal rights ordinance implemented by the city after a group of Christian residents sued the city, according to the Washington Post. However, Korte said protections – such as the Arizona’s 1999 Religious Freedom Restoration Act – are already in place to protect religious institutions and individuals. “So this belief that a non-discrimination ordinance will have a negative impact on religious organizations is simply false, because they’re already protected,” Korte said. At this point, Korte said it would likely take a change in representation at the State House to move the needle on a statewide ordinance. “I really believe it’s important and I think there’s 18 or 19 states that have passed a statewide ordinance and more need to follow that path,” Korte said.

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Tips helped police nab Scottsdale peeping Tom BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor

n mid-October, Scottsdale Police Department arrested an alleged peeping Tom who used Snapchat to locate teenage girls following an investigation that began back in Aug. 2018. According to the department, it arrested 34-year-old Steven Anthony Spoon Oct. 16, following multiple reports of a man entering yards and peering through windows “Through extensive investigation and anonymous tips, a person of interest, Steven Anthony Spoon, was developed. Further investigation of Spoon linked him as the suspect in several of the reported crimes,” according to a department release. A Scottsdale Police spokesman declined to comment further but court records shed some light on the investigation. The department later determined “the

common thread in the locations was that there were one or more teenage females” in the homes during the incidents, according to a probable cause statement. Spoon later admitted he posed as a teenage girl using a fake Snapchat account to contact girls and locate girls according to a police statement. Snapchat is a smartphone application popular with younger audiences. Scottsdale Police began receiving reports in Aug. 2018, according to court records. Surveillance video from one of the homes showed a man with something covering his face moving around the backyard near the owner’s 14-year-old daughter’s bathroom and bedroom windows. Police learned last July �ive teen girls told a mother they thought someone took a photo of them from outside, during a sleepover. Of�icers caught a break in July when a

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Scottsdale resident called to report a suspicious man entering a neighborhood. Police used license plate information from the call to track down Spoon, a Tempe resident and nurse at Honor Health’s

Osborn campus in Scottsdale. Of�icers later arrested Spoon after witnessing him jump a wall. Spoon allegedly told of�icers he was practicing parkour skills, but later admitted to using his parkour skills to look through windows at young girls, according to court records. Scottsdale Police arrested Spoon on 45 felony and misdemeanor charges, including criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and unlawful viewing. According to Scottsdale police, Spoon admitted to targeting teenage girls' homes to watch them change or shower. Court records show Spoon was released on a $20,000 bond and must wear an electronic monitoring device. The investigation is still ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Scottsdale Police Department at 480-312-5000.

Three warrants out on Court strikes down cap Scottsdale ‘contractor’ on victim restitution PROGRESS NEWS STAFF

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he Arizona Registrar of Contractors has added a Scottsdale man posing as a contractor to its most-wanted list after a second felony warrant was issued for his arrest. Leo Andrew Wieck, 44 of Scottsdale, is accused of illegally charging $4,000 to a Phoenix homeowner’s credit card. Wieck does business under three different company names - EMConstruction, Solscape LLC and Desert Storm Contracting LLC. He claimed to be a licensed contractor in order to get $10,680 for landscaping work at the victim’s home, but then withdrew $4,000 from their account without permission, a county grand jury found. The arrest warrant issued this month is the second. In August, he was accused of fraudulent schemes and arti�ices for allegedly trying to take $30,000 from another homeowner for a new pool installation. Wieck started the project but disappeared before it was complete, the grand jury said. Wieck is also wanted on a warrant for failing to appear at a hearing in the Encanto Justice Court. In that case, he is charged with con-

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tracting without a license after a Phoenix homeowner paid him $53,539 for a new pool installation. Following concerns with the workmanship, the victim, in that case, discovered Wieck was not licensed to perform the work and �iled a complaint. AZ ROC frequently receives complaints where an unlicensed entity claims to be licensed. It reminds property owners to ask contractors for licenses and check licenses by using the contractor search at roc.az.gov or calling 1-877-692-9762.

tate lawmakers cannot limit how much errant drivers have to pay the people they kill or injure, the Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled. The judges voided a law �irst enacted in 2006 which requires those who are convicted of a traf�ic offense that causes serious physical injury or death to pay restitution but limited that payment to no more than $10,000. Judge Lawrence Winthrop, writing for the unanimous three-judge panel, said that limit runs afoul of the Victims’ Bill of Rights. Lawmakers last year increased that cap to $100,000. But the court concluded that any speci�ic dollar limit set by the Legislature – no matter how high – would be unconstitutional. The case involved Vivek Patel who was convicted of failing to yield when turning left, resulting in a crash that resulted in a serious injury to someone else. That also made Patel guilty of violating a separate law that makes it a criminal offense to break certain traf�ic laws if it results in an accident that injures or kills someone else. That, in turn, triggered the Victims’ Bill of Rights, a 1990 voter-approved

amendment to the Arizona Constitution. It entitles victims to seek “prompt restitution from the person or persons convicted of the criminal conduct that caused the victim’s loss or injury.’’ On behalf of the victim, who was not identi�ied in the ruling, the Phoenix city prosecutor sought restitution of $61,192, which the municipal judge awarded. That decision, however, was overturned by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Patricia Starr, who said that compensation is limited by the $10,000 cap which was in effect at the time of the accident. She accepted Patel’s argument that the language only ensures “prompt’’ compensation, contending that if voters had intended to require “full’’ restitution to victims they would have said so. Winthrop acknowledged that the constitutional provision does not de�ine “restitution.’’ But he pointed to dictionary de�initions which say that word means “restoring someone to a position he (or she) occupied before a particular event.’’ Put simply, Winthrop wrote, that means crime victims are entitled to seek restitution that, if collected, will restore them to their economic status before the crime.

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y day, Lynn Gustafson is a buyer for the City of Scottsdale. But on nights and weekends – and any other spare time she may have – she’s in her home studio creating countless fused glass art pieces. It’s a hobby and passion she picked up about 15 years ago, and her love for the art is the reason she and her husband purchased their home in southern Scottsdale neighborhood, Sherwood Heights nearly 11 years ago. “Part of the reason we bought this house is because of this room,” Gustafson, pointing to her studio. “What’s nice is this neighborhood has a bunch of working artists in it, so it gave us an opportunity,” she continued. “I’m one who loves to see other people’s workspaces, and I like to see how people organize their workspaces.” Gustafson soon learned she wasn’t the only curious neighbor. So, she and a handful of others organized the Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale. The free event, which enters its 11th year this year, takes place Nov. 1-3, and includes nine stops featuring a total of

purchase pieces directly from the artists. “We wanted to fill a void, which was a place for artists to show their work that wasn’t a gallery, and for people to realize that there is more. Scottsdale doesn’t just stop at Main Street, as far as art is concerned,” said Gustafson. While some artists are in a gallery, the Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale is the only time most of the participants show their work. “Or, it’s their biggest display of work,” Gustafson said, adding that the event attracts about 300 people over the three days. “We wanted to make Fused glass artist Lynn Gustafson is the organizer of the Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale. Her it small enough, so now southern Scottsdale home studio is Studio No. 3 on the tour. (Kimberly Carrillo/Progress contributor) I cut it off at 25 – except 26 artists ranging from metal art and different folks so that we’re not swamp- for this year because I didn’t count mygourd art to fiber clay, oil, watercolor, ing the market,” said Gustafson, now the self and we have 26 – but it has grown,” and acrylic paintings, and more. sole organizer of the event. �� CAMELBACK �� 22 “I try and make it different mediums, And at each studio, attendees can

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n a barren patch of Valley desert sits the remnants of one of the world’s most advanced nuclear submarines. You read that right. Fans of the USS Phoenix hope she sails again, at least symbolically. For now, what’s left of the Los Angeles Class attack sub rests in a dusty corner of the Papago military complex, awaiting the day enough funding is raised to create a monument at Phoenix’s Steele Indian School Park. “Most of the Cold War submarine history is unknown to the public,”

said Peter Lumianski, a retired Navy captain who’s spent more than 20 years working to salvage and preserve what’s left of the Phoenix. “You could make the case that the submarines were the main cause which helped us prevail in the Cold War.” That’s because the Soviet military was heavily vested in nuclear submarines. They were larger, faster and quieter than their U.S. counterparts – until advanced ships like the USS Phoenix

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she said. “What’s interesting is we get, every year, a few more people, and we have a lot of repeat people, which is fun.” Gustafson describes her fused glass art as “schizophrenic” and “functional.” She creates everything from earrings and keychains to catch-all dishes and framed pieces — many of which feature her favorite icon imagery, skulls. “I enjoy having my nuts or berries or whatever in art pieces,” she said. “I think glass is a very vibrant medium – just because it’s sparkly, and we’re all a bunch of crows. “There’s lots to learn, which I like that aspect of it. So, I don’t know if I could say I have a style because it’s pretty varied.” Gustafson’s home, which is Studio No.

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joined the fleet. The Phoenix spent 17 years patrolling the world’s oceans, keeping tabs on Soviet vessels and serving on our nation’s first line of defense. She was decommissioned in 1998, not because she was outdated but because her nuclear fuel was spent. In a cost-saving move, the Navy chose not to replace the fuel and the Phoenix went into storage. That’s when Lumianski, a Naval Academy grad and former helicopter pilot became involved. He and others wanted key components of the ship preserved and returned to its namesake city as a monument to the “silent service” of submarines and the Cold War. In 2016, the first step of that mission was completed. The sail, the diving planes and rudder were salvaged and arrived in Papago for storage. You can view them today, according to Lumianski. Take the south entrance on to the military complex, show the guard a valid driver’s license and take your first right. About a quarter-mile down the road, just before it dead ends, the dark gray appendages of the USS Phoenix rise from a lot on the right. It’s a forlorn resting place for a leg-

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3 on the Camelback Studio Tour, will feature five other artists: glass and metal jewelry artist Anita Farrah, Julie Gilbert Jewelry, fellow fused glass artist Anne Mello, oil painter Devon Meyer, and Fiona Purdy, who creates fine art portraits of cherished pets. “The Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale not only offers art enthusiasts a chance to mix and mingle with their favorite artists and see current works in their own studios, it is also a great chance to buy local art direct from the source for holiday gift-giving,” Gustafson said. Gustafson, for example, will have jewelry, bowls, and artwork for sale with prices starting at $10. “We are proud to host this event which serves as a way to promote lo-

cal artists and preserve their masterpieces,” she said. “I think Scottsdale would still like to be thought of as an art-driven community besides the Western stuff.” Seven of the nine stops are located within the Scottsdale neighborhood located between 54th Street and 60th Street and Oak Street and Thomas Road. The tour does include, however, two stops in Phoenix, just outside of the Scottsdale neighborhood. The two special stops include stops to artist Kevin Caron’s studio on 46th Place and The Shemer Art Center, which is hosting an art show the same weekend. Guests are welcome to start at any point during the self-guided, three-day tour, and a printable map is available on the event website.

In the accompanying photo, Marine Sgt. Braxton Roman from Scottsdale instructs a Royal Canadian clearance diver on breaching saw techniques during Exercise Hydracrab. (Special to the Progress)

endary Cold War warrior, but Lumianski and other project volunteers are working to change that. They envision a walkable monument that stretches nearly the length of the original 362-foot submarine. The Phoenix’s remnants would be displayed along with other artifacts and plaques that tell the submarine’s his-

tory and its role in our national defense. The monument would rise near the Phoenix VA hospital and an Arizona State Veterans Home. “We’re hoping the monument will appeal to veterans of all our services and civilians,” Lumianski said. “We feel it’s an important story to share.”

“The best part of it is you see where the people create, and you get to talk right to the artist and see how they do their art and what inspires them. And I think that a lot of people buy art because they like the artists,” Gustafson said.

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Camelback Studio Tour and Art Sale When: Nov. 1-2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Nov. 3, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Where: Various homes in southern Scottsdale and Phoenix Tickets: Free Website: camelbackstudiotour.com

A story that is still being written. Of the 62 Los Angeles Class subs built, 40 are still on active duty. To contribute to the USS Phoenix monument or to learn more, visit ussphoenixmonument.org. Some news of Scottsdale servicemen overseas: Marine Sgt. Braxton Roman, from Scottsdale, recently participated in Exercise Hydracrab, a joint training mission conducted by forces from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S. The exercise took place in the IndoPacific region. Roman is assigned to Force Reconnaissance Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force. An explosive ordinance disposal technician, he instructed counterparts from other nations on breaching saw techniques and other EOD skills to ensure an integrated and capable allied force. Navy Chief Operations Specialist Nicholas Mark from Scottsdale recently participated in Exercise Northern Edge. The exercise is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises that prepares joint forces to respond to a crisis in the region. Mark led a team that participated in replenishment-atsea missions aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd.

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27 Trunk or treating

The North United Methodist Church is hosting its 21st annual Trunk or Treat Festival from 4 to 6 p.m. in the parking lot, 11735 N. Scottsdale Road Attendees will enjoy carnival games, snow cones, food trucks, a costume parade and bouncers. Participants are encouraged to donate a package of diapers for the AZ Helping Hands foster care support program, which will be collected at the event.

In Your Face

Appreciate bold, brave, colorful self-portraits on display from 1 to 5 p.m. in the front lobby Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Community drumming

Join the Scottsdale Neighborhood Arts Place drumming circle with drum facilitator Anita Kerr from 4 to 6 p.m. at Scottsdale Congregational UCC, 4425 N. Granite Reef Road Cost is $5. All are welcome over the age of 12. Children should be accompanied by an adult. Participants may bring a personal drum or check out a new drum.

Monday

28 New Faces AA meeting

Find recovery from alcohol addiction alongside this support group at 7:45 a.m. at North Scottsdale Fellowship Club, 10427 N. Scottsdale Road Club membership is not required to attend meetings.

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joy a delicious gourmet breakfast 9 a.m. Mondays at Brunch Café, 15507 N. Scottsdale Road. Families will meet in the large, private dining room and will receive complimentary coffee and a chocolate-covered strawberry with the purchase of any meal. Grandparents are also welcome to join in on the dining, socializing and read-aloud storytime. Information: 480-398-7174.

Tiny tot time

Develop babies’ literacy with songs, rhymes, movement and board books from 11 to 11:20 a.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-3127323.

Homework help

Students 8 to 18 can stop by the Arabian Library at 10215 E. McDowell Mountain Ranch Road for help on any subject from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Information: 480-312-7323.

Tail waggin’ tales

Children 6 to 10 can practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480-312-7323.

Fido Frisbee Meals

Treat your dog to a delicious outdoor breakfast, brunch or lunch. The Brunch Cafe at 15507 N. Scottsdale Road is serving $5 Fido Frisbee meals to all well-behaved dogs on their patio from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Dogs are served two scrambled eggs on a frisbee and owners get to keep the frisbee. Information: www.brunchcafe. com.

Tuesday

29 Let’s knit

Learn or practice knitting with others from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N.

Scottsdale Road Free. Information: 480-483-7121.

HR resource series

Join the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce and Employers Council for a series focused on Human Resources from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Employers Council, 7975 N. Hayden Road Each seminar will have a different topic ranging from hiring practices, social media, legal issues today and more. This program has been pre-approved for 1.25 SHRM PDCs and 1.25 HRCI Recertification Credits. Cost is $20. Information: www.scottsdalechamber.com.

Basic pistol class

Those 12 years and older can learn the basics of using pistols safely from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Gun Club, 14860 N. Northsight Blvd. Cost is $119 and includes a gun rental. Information 480-348-1111.

Saluting our veterans

Honor American veterans from 11 a.m. to noon at Holland Community Center, Black Mountain Campus, 34250 N. 60th St., Building B. Information: www. azfcf.org.

Wednesday

30 Speedy bridge

Join others in a fast round of bridge at 10:30 a.m. at Via Linda Senior Center, 10440 E. Via Linda. Registration is required. Information: 480-312-5810.

Walkin’ Wednesdays

Make friends while exercising during a brisk 1.5-mile walk through The J neighborhood from 9 to 10 a.m. at Valley of the Sun JCC, 12701 N. Scottsdale Road Bring water and walking shoes and meet at the campus’ flagpole. Strollers, dogs and all walking paces are welcomed. Information: 480481-1797.

Every Wednesday and Friday morning from 9 to 9:30 a.m. parents and grandparents are invited to bring in their babies, ages 6 months to 18 months, and enjoy a free dropin baby gym class at the Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics and Dance Center, 15801 N. 32nd St., Phoenix. The class builds strength, balance and coordination with tumbling mats, balance beams, parallel bars and trampolines. Information: 602-992-5790.

Books 2 boogie

Children up to 5 and their caregivers are invited to participate in music, movement and song from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Family storytime

Children up to 5 and their caregivers can listen to stories and music and participate in rhyming activities from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480312-7323.

Thursday

31 Tai Chi

Everyone is welcome to join a class that focuses on gentle and controlled movements that center the mind, body and spirit for health benefits from 3 to 3:45 p.m. at Ironwood Cancer and Research Centers, 8880 E. Desert Cove Ave. Information: 480314-6660.

Little libros

Children up to 5 can learn fun songs, stories and rhymes in English and Spanish from 10 to 10:30 a.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

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1 In stitches knitters

Gather with other knitters to work on individual projects, share advice and talk with others from 1 to 3 p.m. at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Advanced beginner bridge

Join others in playing a fun game of bridge from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Appaloosa Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Drive Information: 480-3127323.

Chair pilates

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Mustang writers

Practice writing exercises and share writing in a pressure-free and supportive group from 10 a.m. to noon at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: gpaulson4@gmail.com.

Stay and play

Give children up to 5 an opportunity to explore, create and investigate with a playbased learning environment program from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. While children play, caregivers can learn about a variety of early childhood topics from local resource professionals. Information: 480-312-7323.

Saturday

2 Día de los Muertos

Celebrate the Day of the Dead from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Rodeo Museum, 3806 N. Brown Ave. Festival attendees can enjoy never-before-seen artifacts from Scottsdale Rodeo’s rich cultural history including artwork, bull ropes, saddles and much more from world-famous rodeo champions. Family activities include live performances from local musicians, indigenous and modern folkloric dance, art and altar displays. Information: 480-990-3179.

Scottsdale festival

This free festival will feature fine art sculptures, installations, altars, mural paintings, family activities, music, storytelling, live painting, dance, food and more from 9 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. at Old Adobe Mission, 3817 N. Brown Ave.

Citizenship workshop

This workshop provides an opportunity to study for the civics portion of the USCIS Naturalization Test from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

Sunday

3 Story stop

Build children’s literacy with a free picture book program from 2 to 2:15 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-3127323.

Tail waggin’ tales

Children up to 5 can practice their reading skills with a certified therapy dog from 2 to 2:45 p.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480-312-7323.

Monday

4 Business energizer

Learn about setting weekly goals and generate business ideas with fellow business owners from 9 to 10 a.m. This group meets virtually. To join, meet the group online through the “Monday Business Energizer” group LinkedIn page. Free. Information: edgar@compasscbs.com.

ESL class

All conversation levels are encouraged to practice the English language with experienced teachers and other students from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St. Information: 480-312-7323.

Film series: ‘Yesterday’

Enjoy the drama fantasy, “Yesterday,” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library, 3839 N. Drinkwater Blvd. Information: 480-312-7323.

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he Hangar Food and Spir- Scottsdal e its has become a Scottsdale institution in the short five years Karoline Munger has owned it. Munger recognizes her clients, frequently wins “best-of ” awards and will now embark on a new journey. The Hangar Food and Spirits is launching a food truck in honor of its fifth anniversary. “The Hangar has award-winning wings, and these will definitely be featured,” Munger says. “It’s a converted airport shuttle bus, so it is really going to be in line with The Hangar concept. “The truck will have our signature wings—smoked wings,” she says. “We’ll also have another signature sandwich but, but I’m going to hold off announcing that yet. I think it will be unique to the market when we launch it.” Three wings are featured on the menu: smoked ($15), “flightless” wings ($9) and traditional wings ($11) in gold and bold; coconut Thai; XXX hot; garlic parmesan; buffalo; sriracha honey; honey hot; spicy teriyaki; chipotle barbecue and boulder. The grilled, Hangar-style wings cost $1 more. “For the smoked wings, we have a smoker and we do them in-house for about five hours and they’re fantastic,” Munger says. “It’s definitely something different. I don’t see them on a lot of menus.” Also launching is BYOB Events, which Karoline Munger acquired The Hangar Food and Spirits five years ago and added an aviation flair to it to reflect those who have inspired her. (Kimberly Carrillo/Progress Contributor) extends the brand to events and catering by featuring a for-rent converted horse trailer with full bar capabilities and live edge bar top. Clients can then host their own events. A restored Ford Ranchero is being fashioned into a margarita truck, while a golf cart will be outfitted with beverage taps, too. Those are just a few of Munger’s innovative touches. The most prominent one was giving the 30-year-old bar an aviation facelift when she acquired it five years ago. “It ties to the Airpark for sure,” she says. “I’ve had different people in my life who were pilots or in aviation. Plus, we’re right at the end of the runway so the planes go right over us.” Yummy tacos and other comfort food abound on the menu at The Hangar Food The centerpiece of The Hangar Food & Spirits. (Special to the Progress) and Spirits is the food. Among the fa-

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In addition to an expanded footprint But, at the core of the festiand the addition of a brand-new stage, val, Ramirez is committed to the fest features three-times the number educate and inform all genof fine-art installations, as well as more erations and people of all live dance and music performances. backgrounds and cultures of “In Mexico, people usually go to these the true meaning of Dia de festivals to appreciate art and music; and los Muertos. I have found that a lot of festivals that are “Sitting down and watchpopping up around the United States are ing a son with her mom or forgetting about them and basically not a daughter was her dad just focusing on the way this celebration is sitting down and writing a all about homage, all about dancing, all note about someone who Phoenix-based muralist and co-curator of the Arizona Collective, Lucretia Torva, is one of 14 artabout the arts,” said LORE Media & Arts ists taking part in this year’s Scottsdale Dia de los Muertos Festival at Old Adobe Mission in Old passed away and putting an Founder Robert Ramirez. altar: That in and of itself is a Town on Nov. 2. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer) The festival is organized by Los Anmonumental shift in cultural Panels created last year by artists Rafa- and a performance of traditional Mexican geles-based event production company understanding, especially LORE Media & Arts, in partnership with el Navarro and Veronica Verdugo-Lomeli Chileno and Aztec dancing. when that child is not of Mexican descent. will be featured at this year’s festival, as “That’s the mixture of the bloodlines That creates bonds and creates a sense of the City of Scottsdale. we’re celebrating,” Ramirez said of the ‘we’re all together,’” Ramirez said. “Over the past few years, the quantity well. Artists at this year’s festival also include varied lineup. “It just tells you the reality of people that have come have required A fourth-generation Mexican Amerius to basically triple the footprint and Chris Sanchez, Tato Caraveo, Marisa Hall of the beauty and the complexity of our can, Ramirez discovered Dia de los bring the stage now,” Ramirez said, add- Valdez, Maggie Keane, Darrin Armijo- culture.” Muertos through research and traveling Wardle, Lucinda Yrene, Tara Sharpe, AzAlso taking part in the Day of the Dead to Mexico. ing: “So, I’m bringing a 24-by-20 stage to tec Smurf, Diego Perez, and David Mor- festivities is the Scottsdale Rodeo Muse“It’s celebrating death and dying, comum, which also offers free admission. the event and all of this is part of a game gan. ing together through harmony, and re“These artists are a cross-collective, At Scottsdale Rodeo Museum, attend- ally, really celebrating all the different plan. We wanted to have it grow holistically, where it brings people from within eclectic representation of the Scottsdale- ees can view never-before-seen artifacts ways that Dia de los Muertos allows you Phoenix area. In other words, I refer to from world-famous rodeo champions, in- to have a safe circle to talk about people the city and outside together.” The festival features a new collection of them as some of the pillars of the arts cluding artwork, bull ropes, saddles, and who have passed away, but also have fun more. mural art panels painted by local artists community,” Ramirez said. and enjoy it,” he said. Altars were also designed by members Family activities include live perforwithin the newly expanded Arizona ColFor Torva, Dia de los Muertos is a time lective, co-curated by Phoenix-based mu- of the community, including local fami- mances from local musicians, indigenous to celebrate the love, happiness, and aclies, Our Lady of Perpetual members, and and modern folkloric dance, art, and altar complishments of our ancestors. ralist and painter Lucretia Torva. “The Collective was established last members of the Boys & Girls Clubs of displays. “This celebration offers us the chance “I’ve lived my whole life in Scottsdale to face death and the cycle of life with year for the second SDDLM with the art- Greater Scottsdale. SDDLM also features family activities, and seeing the town grow from its hum- art, music, dancing, and food. I know my ists that felt drawn to create a panel to express their interpretation of ancestral storytelling, live painting, face painting, ble beginnings to what it is today has departed family would want me to be been a truly remarkable experience,” said happy, not sad,” she said. stories of Dia de los Muertos,” Torva said. crafts, and food. Taking the new stage are Folklorico General Manager Dave Alford. This year, the Collective includes 14 art“And now, to have a whole celebration ists, who have collectively created more dancers Grandeza Mexicana Troupe, mariachis and traditional Aztec dancers, and that honors our Mexican community and than 20 new art panels for the festival. their roots is something really special,” The panels pay homage to the Aztec musical ensemble Eternal Mercy. Theater artist Olivia Trevino will also Alford said. “What’s more, living here in god of death, Mictlantecuhtli, and the MeScottsdale Dia de los Muertos soamerican spiritual symbol of the hum- give historical lectures and performances the Southwest, I think it’s really imporFestival of Aztec myths, accompanied by the Me- tant that people learn the culture that has mingbird. When: Nov. 2, 9 a.m.-10:30 p.m. The festival will also feature a large- soamerican instrumentation of Juan Car- helped shape where we live.” Where: Old Adobe Mission, 3817 Added Ramirez: “It’s a great opportuscale collection of skulls painted by Phoe- los Morales. N. Brown Ave. Rounding out the festival is a community to let people know around the Southnix-based muralist Lalo Cota and fatherCost: Free nity procession led by local art leaders west about the beauty of Scottsdale. We and-son team Such and Champ Styles. BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

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White Castle hoopla continues after opening BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

onning crowns, wearing White Castle jerseys - armed with a plastic shield and battle-ax, Jamie West and Drew Schmitt were not only among the first to charge into the newly opened White Castle near Scottsdale a little after 8 a.m. Oct. 23, but were also invited up by White Castle Vice President Jamie Richardson to cut the ribbon at the grand opening ceremony. It was an impromptu moment neither West nor Schmitt expected – and one they would likely never forget. “We both remember growing up on White Castle,” said West, who, along with Schmitt, spent four days camped out front of White Castle leading up to its opening. “White Castle’s definitely going to help bring everybody together through their childhood.” Arizona’s first White Castle – and the first White Castle west of the Mississippi – officially opened on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, to a crowd of around 100 to 200 people lined up just outside the fast-food restaurant’s front doors. The first few people in line spent anywhere from two to four days camped in the White Castle parking lot. Including Fountain Hills residents West and Schmitt, who were there since Saturday, Oct. 19. Gilbert resident Chris Lewis arrived 8 a.m., Monday, Oct. 21, while Mesa residents David Lefland and Joseph M. Usuch set up camp 11:30 a.m., Oct. 21 and 7 p.m., Oct. 21, respectively. “I haven’t had White Castle since I was 12 years old back in New York,” said Lefland, who’s originally from Queens, New York. “They have the best burgers: the way they steam them and the flavor. Through high school and college, that’s where we used to go on Saturday nights after we were out.” Arizona’s first White Castle is unique, not only in location but in other ways. For starters, the Arizona Castle is the largest White Castle location in the world, at more than 4,500 square feet. It’s open 24 hours a day, seven days a

Gilbert resident Chris Lewis (right) camped outside of White Castle near Scottsdale for two days leading up to its grand opening on Oct. 23. He said he camped in honor of his late father (left), who passed away in 2018. Lewis took this photo with his father at Phoenix International Raceway in 2008. (Chris Lewis/Special to the Progress)

After camping out for five days, Fountain Hills residents Jamie West and Drew Schmitt were invited to help cut the ribbong for the opening of the new White Castle in Scottsdale. (Pablo Robles/Progress Photographer)

week and only one of two locations offering table service, the other located in Columbus, Ohio. And, according to a press release, the Arizona Castle hired 130 team members and managers to support the restaurant – far surpassing its initial esti-

mate in August 2018, of bringing 50 to 75 new jobs to the area. “We are eager to become a member of the Scottsdale community and to share our Crave-able menu items and quality service with Arizonians all day, every day,” Richardson said.

The entire menu, including breakfast items like breakfast sliders, are available 24/7. In addition to its Original Slider burger, made with 2-by-2” beef patties, Arizona’s White Castle also features the rare 1921 Slider on its menu. What makes the 1921 Slider special - it’s made with a fresh, thicker beef patty and served with cheese, lettuce and tomato. “I ordered two Crave cases: cheeseburgers with extra pickle. And then I did 15 doubles with extra pickle. And then I’m going to try four of those new 1921 sliders,” said Usuch, who added the first 10 or so people in line were able to place their orders ahead of the opening and merely paid at the counter opening day. “We’re all hanging out at [West and Schmitt’s] trailer, and [White Castle employees] took our orders and that was really nice,” Usuch said. “We ordered everything.” “I ordered 210 cheeseburgers, and I’m bringing them to work,” Lefland added. “I’m bringing them to my wife’s job because she couldn’t be here.” The Arizona Castle is only one of three locations serving its 1921 Slider. “It took us 98 years to get here, so we’re going back to something that started in our early beginning days,” Orlondo Lopez, the restaurant’s Operating Partner, said of the slider. “We wanted to introduce that to Arizona.” Lopez has worked at White Castle for 19 years, but his White Castle memories date further back. “When I was little, my uncles and aunts would bring us on the weekends and we would get our own sliders after church,” recalled Lopez, who grew up in the Chicago area of Indiana. Usuch also grew up near Chicago – in Harvey, Indiana. “We lived on White Castle as kids,” Usuch said. “We went there all the time and grew up there.” Lewis, the third person in line, also grew up on White Castle while living in

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Detroit, and in July 2014, he was inducted into the Cravers Hall of Fame as a member of the “Craver in Extremis” category, which recognizes public figures who are quite vocal of love for White Castle. “Being inducted into the Cravers Hall of Fame will go down as one of my all-time favorite honors,” said Cooper during the groundbreaking event. “They promised me a Castle close by but I never thought they would do it. This is going to be epic.” In addition to walk-in and drive-through, customers can place orders online for pick-up and through Uber Eats, Door Dash and GrubHub for delivery. “I’m in big trouble,” Usuch admitted with a laugh. “I’m going to be here every day.”

Ohio, near Cincinnati. He camped outside of the Arizona Castle in honor of his father, who passed away in February 2018, at the age of 59. “This was something that we shared, that we enjoyed together,” said Lewis, who is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and moved to Arizona in 1987. “This is just something that we would have done together. It’s just something that I can share with him. There’s no way in a million years I would be out here for just food; there’s more to it.” Lewis and his father made trips to White Castle often, but when their family left for Arizona in 1987, getting their hands on the chain’s iconic slider proved difficult. “It was usually me bringing them back because I would travel for different things and then I would buy about 100 at a time – or 200 – and I would fly home with them,” Lewis said. When he flew his father back to Ohio to watch a race at the Portsmouth Raceway Park, the first thing they did once they got off the plane was – “Go to a White Castle,” Lewis said. At Arizona Castle, patrons can also order beer and wine when they dine in;

Bilal Abdul-Rahmann and Lekitha Johnson place an automated order for their Sliders and such. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

the Arizona White Castle is one of only three in the country serving alcohol. The fast-food chain also boasts a rare double-lane, high-clearance drive-thru, a re-designed kitchen allowing staff to make 240 sliders at one time, digital ordering kiosks, a 1,000-square-foot pa-

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Why I struggled in deciding SUSD override vote BY ERIC KURLAND Progress Guest Writer

fter a quarter of a century in the classrooms of Scottsdale Uni�ied School District, I decided to run for the State Legislature in 2018. It should come as no surprise that the de�ining issue for my campaign is our woefully underfunded schools. What may come as a surprise is that I have wrestled with my vote on the SUSD override. In my 25 years in education, we have moved from 32nd in state funding down to 49th. It’s been a steady descent to the bottom of the barrel. Education funding is not only a moral necessity but an economic imperative. Teaching is truly a calling, a vocation. Across our state, these professionals – the lowest paid in the nation – dedicate their working careers to helping students reach their full potential. Nearly a quarter of Arizona’s children

are growing up in poverty. For our state to thrive we must produce an educated workforce. We need these students to grow up to contribute to the communities around us, not just by creating a source of tax revenue that sustains our retirees but that, also, draws new business. As a state, we have failed to invest in our future. For far too long our Legislature has slashed funding to our schools, our community colleges, and our public universities. Now we are starting to see the shameful dividends of the divestment in our children. Arizona is headed for economic calamity, an unfortunate result of our education policies. This couldn’t come at a worse time as Arizona has the third-highest unemployment of any state (Bureau of Labor Statistics). We have children exiting school and entering the job market with no technical training or clear pathway to college, leaving them competing with experienced people already looking for work.

This sets the conditions for a dangerous spiral where young adults lack the skills and education to secure prosperous jobs, which in turn will force a higher percentage of them to rely on public assistance, and thus leaving fewer tax dollars to fund those last resort programs. Businesses will choose to locate here in our community because of the educated workforce we can and should provide, not because they’ve been bought by some back-room tax incentive deal. Our community has supported overrides in the past which tells me our neighbors value education and understand its economic implications. And, yet, voters return the same politicians to of�ice who keep putting our children behind the eight ball. Part of me wonders if a “yes” vote on the override gives voters a false sense that our money problems are solved. But, make no mistake, this is no way to properly fund education. Forcing each district to go hat in hand to the community every �ive years for “more porridge please, sir.”

And yet in spite of all that, I will vote YES on the budget renewal. And I am asking that you join me in voting YES. Our community and our children cannot afford to have a budget cut. We cannot afford to sacri�ice any child’s education to make a point, however valid. But here is my pledge. I will work with every �iber in my body to change this system; to get appropriate long-term funding to our schools. Then, maybe, we can get rid of this rigged system where the haves and havenots get further and further apart; where we fundamentally change how we fund education in a way that is sustainable, equitable and economical. Until we elect people to change the rules, these are the ones we play. Please join me in voting “Yes” on the SUSD override and then join me in 2020 as we unapologetically move our schools and Arizona businesses into the future where we can all compete. –Eric Kurland is a candidate for the Arizona House of Representatives from District 23

it and our community’s prosperity in the future. We all support all three questions. The seven of us don’t agree on much, but we do on this need and these questions. You can see all the projects here: scottsdaleaz.gov/elections/bond2019-project-list. The bonds will boost public safety. New �ire stations will be built at 90th Street and Via Linda as well as the Hayden Road and the Loop 101. Police stations will get bulletproof glass. The City Jail, downtown public safety facilities as well as the Via Linda and Foothills police stations will get much-needed renovations. Training facilities for our �irst responders will be modernized. Questions 1, 2 and 3 will also help Scottsdale’s seniors, families and kids in all parts of our city. Among other items, Granite Reef and

Via Linda Senior Centers will be renovated and expanded. The Granite Reef center will get new adult care services to help families needing care and assistance for their loved ones. A new 17-acre park will be built in the Whisper Rock area. Thompson Peak Park will get a new dog park. The Paiute Neighborhood Center in the southern part of the city will get much-needed improvements so it can continue to offer critical community and social services including Head Start, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Scottsdale and support for those escaping domestic violence. Scottsdale voters have not approved a major bond campaign since 2000. Questions 1, 2 and 3 invest in some overdue infrastructure repairs including �ixing leaks and crumbling infrastructure at the southern end of Indian Bend Wash and restoring Civic Center Plaza so it can

host events after the emergency closure of Drinkwater Boulevard because of the crumbling bridge. Many of the 58 infrastructure investments and repairs will not get done at all without voters’ approval in November. If passed, the new bonds will replace the old bonds from 2000 that are being paid down. As a result, there will be little impact on our second property taxes that fund the bonds. The City Treasurer’s Of�ice expects second property taxes to go down even if Questions 1, 2 and 3 all pass. That is yet another reason to vote Yes on all three questions. The bonds make �inancial sense for taxpayers and will have a big impact on Scottsdale’s quality of life now and brighten our community’s future. I hope you will join me and countless others throughout the city in voting yes.

‘Yes’ on city bond questions makes �inancial sense BY LINDA MILHAVEN Progress Guest Writer

cottsdale is a wonderful place to live, visit, work, raise a family and retire. You know that. We all do. We enjoy our beautiful city thanks in large part to investments made in the past. Now, it is our turn. And we must be the ones to continue to invest in our community’s quality of life. Voting Yes on Questions 1, 2 and 3 on the Nov. 5 ballot is the best way to secure Scottsdale’s present needs and future through a 58-project, $319 million infrastructure investment program. For the �irst time in a long time, all seven Scottsdale City Council members agree that investment is needed to maintain our quality of life and enhance

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Repairs will keep Scottsdale a great place to live BY REBECCA GROSSMAN Progress Guest Writer

e know Scottsdale is one of the most livable cities in the country. We also know our city needs to invest in its future to maintain and enhance Scottsdale’s quality of life and keep it a premier place to live, work and visit. Just like a home, our community needs

to make some repairs and upgrades to keep it a great place to live. That is why the Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors strongly supports a ‘YES’ vote on Questions 1, 2 and 3 on their mailin ballots. The three bond questions fund 58 projects totaling $319 million. These measures will repair infrastructure, enhance community spaces, bolster public safety and expand parks and senior centers across Scottsdale. All the projects can be viewed here:

scottsdaleaz.gov/elections/bond2019-project-list. Secondary property taxes, which fund the city bonds, are not expected to increase even if voters approve all three questions. That analysis comes straight from the City Treasurer’s Of�ice, which expects secondary property taxes to go down because of the retirement of Scottsdale’s last major bond program and higher property values. Our association takes great pride in promoting Scottsdale as a �irst-class com-

munity; our city has wonderful neighborhoods and amenities. Questions 1, 2 and 3 invest in all those including the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Pinnacle Peak Park, Indian Bend Wash, Cactus Pool and Appaloosa Library. The Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors is asking its members and all voters to show their support by voting ‘Yes’ on Questions 1, 2, and 3 on the Nov. 5 ballot. –Rebecca Grossman is CEO of the Scottsdale Area Association of Realtors.

Scottsdale’s long-term capital infrastructure needs are more acute and the 58 investments in Questions 1, 2 and 3 will help us maintain and improve our community’s quality of life. Acting responsibly as one community we can with a democratic vote on Nov. 5, authorize the city to fund the needed $319 million worth of projects in the three questions. The consequences of voters approving the questions along with the scheduled retirement of old bond obligations will have the effect of a net reduction of secondary property taxes that fund the bonds. These city bonds will not impact

the primary property tax. There was an extensive and inclusive public process to come up with the infrastructure repairs and community investments in the three bond questions. The infrastructure investments are in all areas of Scottsdale. Senior centers, �ire and police stations, the City Jail, parks as well as the Eldorado and Cactus Pools will all get needed upgrades. The southern end of Indian Bend Wash and Civic Center Plaza will get needed infrastructure repairs. Numerous public meetings were held, and the three questions were put on the ballot by a unanimous

Scottsdale City Council. The entire council endorses all three questions. That is no small accomplishment. Scottsdale’s Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee is also in place to provide oversight and transparency for bond projects. The seven-member Bond Oversight Committee gauges the city’s progress in implementing voter-approved bond programs, reviews the status of projects and makes sure our money is being spent efficiently and properly. For all these reasons I am proud to support 2019 Bond Questions 1, 2 and 3.

projects. They would be of no bene�it to me or my neighbors. Well, OK, there are some projects you don’t want. But the ones you don’t want, other people in Scottsdale actually do need them. The list of 58 proposed projects was pulled together from a much larger list. Several months ago, the city drafted a list of 148 different projects that would cost $723 million. Everyone knew that was too aggressive, but it was a starting point. Seven community meetings were held, and the public – thousands of Scottsdale residents opted to participate – voted on the ones they considered important. 56 projects polled greater than 50 percent and made the �inal list, along with two others the Council included – one had received votes by 43 percent and would expand a senior center; the other would increase sports capacity at Westworld (which is a revenue source for the city). It’s true, not everyone will enjoy every project. But remember we live in a large community, and

I have to accept someone else’s project if I expect them to accept mine. Because it’s not all about me (or you!). It’s about us – all of us. And that’s how we came together on 58 projects that will bene�it the entire city of Scottsdale. The price tags on these projects make no sense to me. And I just don’t trust some of the people running the show. Multi-million-dollar project prices do send sticker shock. But construction typically costs more than we expect – even having your home remodeled gets expensive. These city projects were carefully estimated and each cost was veri�ied. Still, if you don’t trust the estimators and their bosses, it’s hard to believe them. Just be aware that there are, and will continue to be, lots of different people keeping tabs on these projects and their development. Staff, councilmembers, a volunteer citizens’ bond oversight committee, and of course any number of community activists all will be watching

progress and expenditures. You will trust some and doubt others, but the ones you trust should be able to alert you to any causes for concern should they arise. Given the level of scrutiny, we can expect to get what we pay for. Scottsdale is a vibrant and dynamic city. It’s a place we love to live. We need to keep it that way, and that requires civic enhancements and infrastructural repairs. As Mayor Jim Lane said, “Scottsdale’s long-term capital infrastructure needs are more acute and the 58 investments in Bond Questions 1, 2 and 3 will help us maintain and improve our community’s quality of life.” While any request for big expenditures should raise questions, I believe the objections have been appropriately addressed. I’m voting YES on all three bond questions and, if you’ve not done so already, I strongly urge you to vote yes as well. –George Ertel, 32-year Scottsdale resident

This �iscal conservative backs bond vote BY JIM LANE Progress Guest Writer

believe I have demonstrated throughout the more than 10 years as Scottsdale Mayor to be a conscientious �iscal conservative. I understand past public votes to defer some long-term capital infrastructure and improvement needs including during dif�icult economic times. Scottsdale has not approved a new bond program since 2000 (19 years ago). We have delayed long enough.

No reason to oppose city bonds Some Scottsdale voters are still undecided because of objections they’ve not resolved. Let’s look at some objections: We pay enough in taxes, and the city’s disclosure says these new bonds will increase taxes by $100. Actually, the disclosure says the new bonds will cost a taxpayer with a property assessed at $250,00 about $72 while a taxpayer with a $100,000 assessment would pay $28. The taxes would not be combined unless you had two properties with those valuations. But what the disclosure does not say is the new cost replaces the cost of the existing bonds, which will be paid off by the time the new bonds start. So there would be no increase in taxes. I see no reason at all for some of these

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Film festival offers plenty to discuss BY CONNOR DZIAWURA Progress Staff Writer

my Ettinger sees a problem with film audiences today: Indie gems aren’t as popular as they perhaps should be. “I wish I could say that the smaller, undiscovered films were as attractive to new audiences as they should be, but people are a little bit myopic or tunnel vision,” explained Ettinger, the executive director of the Scottsdale International Film Festival. “It’s not meant to be a slam, but there are whole demos out there who are perfectly willing to sit in a movie theater and text and write emails while they’re watching a film, which drives us crazy, but then say they can’t read subtitles on a film.” Perhaps the SIFF is the answer, at least in the Valley. For this year’s festival, Nov. 1-10, the programming team tapped a diverse selection of more than 55 films from around the world - ranging from comedies to dramas, documentaries, thrillers and more. When considering films, Ettinger said

Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” a divorce drama starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, will open this year’s Scottsdale International Film Festival. (Photo courtesy Netflix/Wilson Webb)

the 19-year festival keeps an eye on notable films and sends scouts to various esteemed festivals, like Venice, Sundance,

Telluride and Toronto. All films selected must ultimately have a purpose, she said. “There’s a lot of great films out there, but

it has to be a great film that will make an impact on the Scottsdale landscape,” Ettinger said. Though she calls this year’s line-up a more accessible bunch than in previous years, with more humorous fare added due to audience feedback, serious audiences will get their share, too. The SIFF kicks off with Noah Baumbach’s highly anticipated divorce drama “Marriage Story,” starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, at 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 1, at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. Prior to the screening, the SIFF will host a catered dessert reception with live entertainment from the Scottsdale Philharmonic at 7 p.m. Opening-night tickets cost $25 online in advance and increase to $28 at the door. “A lot of what we do is try to meld our interest in satisfying a very large and loyal base of patrons who have been following us for years—thousands and thousands of people—as well as luring new people to

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New SMoCA exhibit features performance art BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

cottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art’s year-long 20th-anniversary celebration continues with a new, milestone fall exhibition. SMoCA is hosting its first large-scale group exhibition, called “Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from the 1970s – Now.” It marks the first time in the museum’s history its galleries are dedicated solely to performance art. Through Jan. 19, “Counter-Landscapes” features the work of 24 artists spanning generations from the 1970s to now. All artists bring about new ways of seeing and interacting with the environment. The multi-gallery exhibition focuses on methods of female artists in the ‘70s and ‘80s, including Agnes Denes, Rebecca

Horn, Suzanne Lacy, Adrian Piper, and Bonnie Ora Sherk and how those methods are still used today. “Counter-Landscapes’” tells a new story about how women artists were groundbreaking in the 1970s and ’80s and how relevant and timely the work remains,” said Jennifer McCabe, SMoCA’s director and chief curator. According to McCabe, “Counter-Landscapes” pairs important historical works – some on loan from the Tate in London – with new works, including four large-scale installations by contemporary artists, one performance commission and a series of public programs “to deepen the understanding of the works on view.” Younger artists include those whose work addresses social, environmental and personal transformation.

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Antonia Wright is one of 24 artists featured in SMoCA’s “Counter-Landscapes: Performative Actions from the 1970s – Now” exhibition. Attendees can watch Wright’s 2017 video titled “Under the Water Was Sand, The Rocks, Miles of Rocks, Then Fire.” (Courtesy of Antonia Wright and Locust Projects)

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the festival,” Ettinger said, adding: “‘Marriage Story’ was the top of our list for what we thought would be straddling the fence perfectly with satisfying our built-in audience and bringing new people to the festival.” The SIFF movs to Harkins Shea 14 on Nov. 2-3, then Harkins Camelview at Fashion Square from Nov. 4-7, before returning to Harkins Shea 14 from Nov. 8-10. During that timeframe, centerpiece films will include “Honey Boy,” a semi-autobiographical film starring Shia LaBeouf and Lucas Hedges as fictionalized versions of LaBeouf’s father and LaBeouf, respectively; Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out,” a whodunit with an ensemble cast. Also on tap are: “The Report,” a post9/11 drama starring Driver and Annette Bening; Cannes Award winner “Portrait of a Lady on Fire;” Sundance Award winner “Waves;” “Clemency,” starring Alfre Woodard; “The Song of Names,” starring Tim Roth and Clive Owen; “The Two Popes,” starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce; and “The Truth,” starring Catherine Deneuve and Juliette Binoche. The festival will close with “Ford

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v Ferrari,” starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale. Unlike other film festivals, awards will be presented on SIFF’s opening night to allow audiences to customize their watch lists based on results. Winners are determined by the Phoenix Film Critics Society, Ettinger said. And she adds that moviegoers will determine an Audience Award via ballots. “It’s funny, they oftentimes are pretty close to prognosticating the Oscars, because we usually have some of the films that are up for various categories in the February award season,” Ettinger said. Though Ettinger said the SIFF’s focus is screening “the best film we can find for every given season,” the impact of those films is necessary, too. Because some films warrant discussion, she said the festival will host guests like directors and ASU professors. “The festival’s job is not only to entertain or to educate but to reveal. And, many of our films are just as staggering in their narrative fiction way that this is in its documentary way. We are absolutely committed to peeling back the layers and finding just the most stimulating content for our program as available,” Ettinger said. Information: scottsdale�ilmfestival. com

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Phoenix-Scottsdale artist Saskia Jordá, for example, will present some of the works in her new project series, “Disputed Territories - Disputed Bodies,” in the SMoCA exhibition. “I’m thrilled that some of the works in ‘Disputed Territories - Disputed Bodies’ project will be included in ‘Counter-Landscapes,’” Jordá told the “Progress.” According to Jordá, “Disputed Territories” builds upon the themes of place and cultural identity. It explores place identity through the metaphor of the mapping of territorial disputes, interpreting the female body as the actual territory in dispute. The exhibit pulls from her previous works that use mapping as the main visual language. "'Disputed Territories – Disputed Bodies’ derives from my personal experience of assimilation and is amplified in the current ongoing border issues and body-rights politics,” Jordá said. “Living in a border state and as a female worrying about policies that will affect our bodies for generations, this project series takes on an additional sense of urgency,” she added. Maria Hupfield, a Toronto-based artist

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and member of the Anishinaabe Nation at Wasauksing First Nation in Ontario, also takes part in the exhibition. The rest of the participating artists include Marina Abramović, Allora & Calzadilla, Francis Alÿs, Eleanor Antin, Agnes Denes, Angela Ellsworth, Valie Export, Ana Teresa Fernández, Rebecca Horn, Leslie Labowitz, Suzanne Lacy, Ana Mendieta, Christian Philipp Müller, Adrian Piper, Pope.L, Lotty Rosenfeld, Bonnie Ora Sherk, Sarah Cameron Sunde, Beth Ames Swartz, Zhou Tao, Mierle Laderman Ukeles and Antonia Wright. As part of the “Counter-Landscapes” exhibition, attendees will see a wide range of artwork, from photography, video and performance - to sculpture and installation. Additionally, the exhibition will be accompanied by a four-color, 150-page catalog designed by Fernando Espinosa. The catalog, which will be available January 2020, features extensive research as well as essays by McCabe and scholars Dr. Natasha Boas and Dr. Jolene Rickard. Exhibition support was provided by the Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation, the Diane and Bruce Halle Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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These beers help protect the environment BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer

ueblo Vienna Lager, a Mexican-style amber lager brewed by Fate Brewery; 3 Arrows, a hoppy blonde by Outrageous Homebrewer's Social Outpost; and Americano, a pale ale by Walter Station. These new brews may vary in beer type and flavor, but they all have one very unique ingredient in common: recycled water. The public is invited to try these new craft beers – and seven others brewed by local breweries – at the world’s first beer festival featuring only craft beers brewed with recycled water, the One Water Brewing Showcase at Canal Convergence. The showcase is the collective brainchild of Scottsdale Water and Scottsdale Public Art, event organizers for the annual, 10day Canal Convergence. “We were approached by the City of Scottsdale Water Resources department about a year and a half ago,” said Scottsdale Public Art Operations Manager Gina

Adam Schmeichel is the head brewer at Fate Brewing Company in Scottsdale. Fate is one of 11 Valley breweries taking part in the world’s first beer festival, the One Water Brewing Showcase at Canal Convergence in southern Scottsdale, featuring only craft beers brewed with recycled water. (Pablo Robles/Progress Staff Photographer)

Azima. Azima and Nicole Sherbert, Scottsdale Water public information officer, brainstormed a signature event to educate the public on recycled water.

“Up until January of 2018, there was a prohibition in state regulations that stated you could not use recycled water for direct human consumption. And in 2018, they removed that prohibition,” Sherbert ex-

plained. Scottsdale Water then worked with the state to receive its first facility permit to allow serving recycled water. The next obstacle for Scottsdale Water, though? Public perception. “We started looking at how we can address the public perception issue as well,” Sherbert said, “getting people to understand that this is an absolutely safe and sustainable water supply.” “The major thing for us is removing that stigma away from purified, recycled water,” Azima said. “We figured a great way to do that is by creating a beer.” Scottsdale Water conducted a tour of the facility with interested local breweries, and, according to Azima, the brewers were quick to sign up for the event. “They just wanted to be more educated on the water,” Azima said. “They were provided a report and all kinds of other information.” As part of the tour, brewers were informed of the entire recycled water pro-

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Stakes are high for the Mastro family

BY ALISON BAILIN BATZ Progress Contributor

he Valley, particularly Scottsdale, has New Jersey and classical music to thank for the emergence of one of its heavy hitters to hit the culinary scene 40 years ago. Dennis Mastro – patriarch of the Mastro family, those behind Steak 44, Mastro’s and Dominick’s – is a New Jersey native. “While in college, I worked at a radio station as a late-night disc jockey playing classical music,” Dennis said. While Dennis eventually purchased a piece of the station, he was selling advertising primarily to restaurants. It helped him mine his second love: the restaurants themselves. So much so, he and his family, which eventually included four children with wife Jane, moved to Las Vegas in the 1970s,

so he could immerse himself in an industry hotspot. The Mastro family has been heavy hitters in the restaurant business since. Its Steak 44 was recently named one of OpenTable’s 2019 List of the 100 Best Restaurants in America for a Big Night Out. It was joined in the list by sister restaurant, Steak 48 in Houston. Dennis admits learning the restaurant business in Vegas was great, but raising kids was hard. “So, we made our way to Scottsdale in 1976, eventually opening our first concept—What’s Your Beef—in 1978,” Dennis said. The steakhouse became a legendary hotspot throughout the 1970s and ’80s. Its success inspired the family to open Barnacle Bill’s, which combined two restaurant

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The Mastros comprise one happy and talented family of restaurateurs. (Special to the Progress)

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