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May 7, 2014 • Vol. 12, No.25 Postal Patron Cave Creek

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Healing workshop for veterans returns

Vehicle fire closes I-17

Eric Quade photoChildhood classics — Guests at Monday’s concert held at Cactus Shadows High School were treated to performances by several different Cave Creek Unified School District bands. Pictured above, Jason See directs the fourth grade band on songs such as “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.”

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Paul Schickel photoFinal exam — Students in the Daisy Mountain Fire Department’s CERT program gathered April 24 in New River to complete their rescue training. Pictured above, students practice extricating victims.

ERIC QUADEEDITOR

Although all responding agen-cies don’t appear to be in agree-ment, a vehicle fire south of Cordes Junction on May 2 may be the most likely reason why northbound traffic on I-17 was at a near standstill as far south as Anthem that afternoon.

According to the Arizona De-partment of Transportation, a vehicle fire broke out near mile marker 258 in the northbound lanes of I-17. The vehicle had been towing a trailer, and the blaze led to the roadway’s closure.

As of 6:30 p.m. May 2, ADOT reported that traffic was backed up for more than 10 miles from the scene of the fire, and officials were unsure how long it would be before the roadway could be reopened for weekend traffic.

About 45 minutes later, ADOT reported that responding emer-gency personnel still had the right lane blocked off but one north-bound lane had been reopened.

ADOT did not comment on what might have led to the fire or whether there were any inju-ries. The agency, along with the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office, deferred to the Arizona Depart-ment of Public Safety to share further details on the incident.

A DPS PIO had no knowledge of a vehicle fire, however, and said there was only a small brush fire at about 1 p.m.

A world renowned Anglican pr ies t i s coming to the Franciscan Renewal Center in Paradise Valley May 16-18 to conduct a residential “Healing of Me mor ie s Work shop for Veterans.”

The program was created by the Rev. Michael Lapsley, an A ng l ican m iss ionar y priest, who in 1990 suffered the loss of his hands and the sight in one eye from a letter bomb that was sent to him in Zimbabwe.

After a long recovery from the bombing, Lapsley decided to dedicate his life to helping v i c t i m s o f e m o t i o n a l , psychological and spiritual wounds inf l ic ted by war, human rights abuses and other traumatic circumstances.

Veterans of any era may f ind out more about the workshop or register for the event by contacting the workshop program manager, Mike Wold, at 651-687-9767 or [email protected]. Space is limited to the first 24 veterans who register.

The free workshop is open only to veterans. All meals and two nights of lodging is included. Transportation will be provided to veterans who need it. The event begins with dinner at 6 p.m. on May 16 and ends at 2 p.m. on May 18.

“Hea l i ng of Memor ies Workshop for Veterans” has been conducted eight times for over 120 veterans in Minnesota and Arizona.

Partial funding has been provided by a grant from the Arizona Department of Veteran Services.

Donations in support of the workshop program may be made in two ways.

Make checks payable to “The Franciscan Renewal Center” with “Healing of Memories” written in the memo line and send to: The Franciscan Renewal Center, Healing of Memories for Veterans Workshop, 5802 E. Lincoln Dr., Paradise Valley, AZ 85253.

Donations via credit card may be placed by calling Amy at the Franciscan Renewal Center at 480-948-7460 x132.

The Daisy Mountain Fire De-partment held its last Community Emergency Response Team train-ing session of the season April 24, and more than a dozen students graduated this time around from the 8-week-long program.

In that final class last week, students had an opportunity to put the skills they had recently learned into practice by taking part in a disaster drill. The drill scenario mimicked the fallout from a severe, summertime mon-soon storm that had ravaged the Daisy Mountain Fire District communities of Anthem, Des-ert Hills and New River. The 21 students who had completed the CERT training were then tasked with the hypothetical role of as-sisting their local fire department in a time of overwhelming need.

Fire Chief Mark Nichols was on hand to observe the drill and issue course certificates to each student. Nichols also spoke with the graduating students about the close connection between DMFD and CERT volunteers.

Originally developed in Cali-fornia and adopted by FEMA as a national curriculum, the premise of CERT is to train residents to be better equipped to take care

of themselves and their family in the event of a disaster. Beyond that, volunteers who complete additional training and become affiliated with the fire depart-ment can assist the department during a disaster under certain

circumstances.CERT training is offered by

DMFD free of charge. The an-nual program starts in March. For more information, visit DMFDCC.org or contact Paul Schickel at [email protected].

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Boulder Creek Academic Decathlon team recently placed sixth in the nation and third for public schools during the Aca-demic Decathlon National Finals in Ho-nolulu, Hawaii.

As anticipated, the team was selected as “Rookie of the Year.” Eight individ-ual medals were also won by Chris Bal-zer, Nick Goettl, Cameron Moreno and Sean Wurr.

The competition’s quiz-like theme cen-tered on World War I and included ques-

tions relating to art, economics, literature, math, music, science and social science.

To help with the cost of the finals trip in Honolulu, the Arizona Academic Decath-lon Association loaned $10,000 to Boulder Creek’s team, and the local students have been fundraising to help pay off this loan. The team still needs around $3,000.

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Pianist wins Arizona Musicfest scholarship to attend Juilliard

Ponder Polynesia at archaeology talkThe Desert Foothills Chapter of the

Arizona Archaeology Society invites the public to attend its last meeting of the sea-son, which will feature one of the most remote islands in the world: Easter Island.

The program will begin at 7:30 p.m. May 14 at The Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Cave Creek.

Leading the evening’s presentation on Easter Island will be Britton Shepardson, the author of “Moai: a New Look at Old Faces.” Shepardson is an archaeologist and lecturer at Northern Arizona University. Over the past 14 years, his research has applied quantitative analysis and non-invasive methods to address a number of research topics on Easter Island and other Polynesian islands. His publications in academic journals, as well as mainstream

media in a variety of different countries around the world, addresses the mega-lithic statuary of Rapa Nui, prehistoric territoriality, and estimates prehistoric colonization dates for Pacific islands.

Shepardson is also the founder and direc-tor of Terevaka.net Archaeological Out-reach, an international volunteer program dedicated to educating and empowering local youths on Easter Island. TAO now integrates archaeological research with educational outreach and sustainable eco-nomic development.

Easter Island, located 2,182 miles off the cost of central Chile, is known for its large statues, which are called moai and were created by the Rapa Nui people. The cataloged number of moai on the island or in museums is 887.

Arizona Musicfest recently announced Chandler pianist Anna Han as the newest recipient of its 2014/2015 scholarships.

Han said she will attend The Juilliard School at Lincoln Center for the Perform-ing Arts in New York City.

A frequent participant in Arizona Mu-sicfest competitions, Han recently won first place at the 2014 Arizona Musicfest Young Musician’s Competition for grades 11 and 12. She has previously performed as a solo-ist with the Chandler Symphony, West Val-ley Symphony, Verde Valley Sinfonietta, MusicaNova Symphony Orchestra, as well as twice with the Phoenix Symphony Or-chestra. Performances outside Arizona include appearances at the Phillips Col-lection in Washington D.C., SubCulture New York, New World Center in Miami and the Lied Center of Kansas. She has given solo performances at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in Chi-cago and for PianoWorks in New London, Conn. An alumnus of the National Public Radio show “From the Top,” she was also awarded a 2013 Silver Award by the Na-tional YoungArts Foundation.

The Arizona Musicfest Scholarship of $2,500 is awarded annually in May to young musicians who excel at their in-strument and are pursuing a college-level education with the goal of establishing a full or part-time career in classical music performance. Previous winners of the Ari-zona Musicfest Scholarship are eligible for annual scholarship renewals during their

college education. Renewing scholarship winners currently attend Arizona State University School of Music, USC’s Thorn-ton School of Music, Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School of Music. Including this year’s $12,500 in financial assistance, The Arizona Musicfest Scholar-ship has awarded a total of $32,500 since its inception in 2011.

Information on The Arizona Musicfest Scholarship 2015/2016 will be available in January 2015. Details and the applica-tion form will be posted on the Arizona Musicfest website at www.azmusicfest.org. Anyone with questions is encouraged to call Arizona Musicfest at 480-488-0806. The scholarship is open to all residents of Arizona.

Introducing Anna Han, 2014/2015 scholarship recipient:

Described by The Washington Post as “prodigiously gifted … a display of imagi-nation, taste and pianistic firepower far beyond her years,” 18-year-old Anna Han of Chandler started taking piano lessons with her current teacher, Fei Xu, at New Century Conservatory at age 5. When she was 11, she became the national first place winner of the 2007 Music Teach-ers National Association Junior Piano Competition. Since then, she has won a number of prestigious international piano competitions.

Han made her orchestral debut with the Chandler Symphony at age 11, performing Liszt’s “Piano Concerto No. 1.”


At the Cave Creek Unified School District’s first-ever award ceremony of its kind, held April 30 at the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, Natalie May of Horseshoe Trails Elementary was named the 2014 “Teacher of the Year.”

May teaches second grade at the CCUSD educational institu-tion. As part of the “Teacher of the Year” award, which was made possible by a donation from Dick and Barbara Gunderson, May re-ceived a $3,000 prize and will be the local school district’s nominee to receive a similar award at the state level.

Nominations for CCUSD Teacher of the Year were request-ed in August. Former state-level winners and ambassadors served on the selection committee. They followed the judging procedure used for the Arizona Teacher of the Year.

In addition to May receiving the top award, several honorees were also selected, including Cindy Puschak, music teacher at Desert Sun Academy; and Carrie McCulloch, kindergarten teacher at Lone Mountain Elementary. They both received an award of $1,000.

Other nominees from CCUSD included Sarah Caranza, Spanish teacher at Sonoran Trails Mid-dle School; Patty Egan, physi-

cal education teacher at Cactus Shadows High School; Angie Braude, seventh and eighth grade sci-tech teacher at Sonoran Trails Middle School; and Laurie Van Fleet, third grade teacher at Black Mountain Elementary School.

In addition to the awards, CCUSD and Cave Creek Unified

Education Foundation “Rock The District” students were on hand at the April 30 ceremony to perform, including Sonoran Trails Middle School’s Halle Ata-Abadi, Chance McLaughlin, Cristina Silbert and Sophie Louis and also Cactus Shadows High School sophomore Abby Walker.

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Submitted photoAwarded educator— Natalie May of Horseshoe Trails Elementary came away with this year’s “Teacher of the Year” award for CCUSD.

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The goa l: encourag ing conservation of the state’s finite water supply and, in turn, lowering the cities’ costs of obtaining and delivering water.

With supplies limited and growth expected, conservation is certain to be a big part of Arizona’s water future. But experts say making homes more water-efficient is driven primarily by government and utility i n c e n t i ve s r a t h e r t h a n homeowners simply trying to go green. They point to the relatively inexpensive cost of water as the reason.

Water costs in Phoenix are eighth-lowest on a list of 30 U.S. cities, at about $38.75 a month for an average family using 100 gallons per person per day, according to Circle of Blue, an organization dedicated to covering world resource issues.

While water might be cheap today, experts project that that won’t be the case in the future, so some local governments are using

incentives, such as rebates or city programs that help residents go green, to stay ahead of the curve.

Instead of providing a rebate, Phoenix tries to reduce the cost of water by retrofitting older houses and houses in low-income neighborhoods with more water-efficient appliances.

Gerard Silvani, principal planner for the city of Phoenix, said residents are naturally making the switch without the need for a rebate, but for those who can’t afford to do so, it makes more sense for the city to help out.

“To incentivize something that’s already happened wouldn’t be very fair to our customers,” he said. “We would change that policy perhaps if we felt we’re facing a shortage.”

C a r o l Wa r d - M o r r i s , program manager for Demand Management and Sustainability at the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, said that while incentives have proven to be successful Phoenix’s retrofit program, which has been going on for nearly 20 years, has proven successful.

“It’s just a different approach. Not everyone has the same menu of incentives, if any at all. It depends on how it fits into their mix,” Ward-Morris said.


ProMusica Arizona will be performing Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation” at 7:30 p.m. May 17 in the Boulder Creek High School Performing Arts Center in Anthem.

ProMusica Arizona’s artistic director, Adam Stich, said that his group’s final concert of the season celebrates the creation of the world as described in the biblical book of Genesis. The music in “The Creation” ranges from hushed passages to pow-erful crescendos as it portrays the evolution of the world and its inhabitants.

“It is exciting and full of life—you can hear (in the orchestra-tion) the running lions and leap-ing stallions, as well as the chaos

and the ‘Big Bang,” Stich said. The concert will feature not

only the entire orchestra and chorale, but also soloists and background artistry. Solo per-formers include Kirk Douglas as Archangel Raphael, Ryan Glover as Archangel Uriel, Anna-Lisa Hackett as Eve, Deirdre Pagani as Archangel Gabriel and Esmer-aldo Silva as Adam.

Tickets are $20 for adults, $17.50 for seniors and $12 for students.

And until May 16 at The Out-lets at Anthem, shoppers who spend $200 in same day receipts on merchandise will be entitled to a free ticket for the concert. While supplies last, tickets will be available at the customer service desk in the food pavilion.

Additional concert tickets can be purchased by going online to www.pmaz.org and clicking on the “buy tickets” link. Tickets are also available at Andrew Z Dia-monds and Fine Jewelry in An-them or by calling 623-326-5172.

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Starting May 14 and running every other Wednesday through October, Cartwright’s Sonoran Ranch House in Cave Creek will play host to the Arizona history dinner series featuring story spin-ners such as Marshall Trimble, Bob “Boze” Bell, Wyatt Earp, Dolan Ellis, Robin Sewell and Lance Polingyouma.

Arizona State Historian Mar-shall Trimble will launch the series on May 14 with a walk down the trails of Cave Creek’s past with his presentation, “The Historic Cartwright CC Ranch.” He’ll explore the legacy of Cart-wright Sonoran Ranch House’s namesake family, and guests can join in an adventure on horse-back, too.

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Have you read any good headlines lately? If you want a good chuckle, just pick up a few newspapers or magazines.

“Lingerie Shipment Hijacked – Thief Gives Police the Slip” appeared in a New Jersey paper.

“Q uee n M a r y H av i ng Bottom Scraped” was the naughty

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What was the Los An-geles Times t h i n k i n g when it print-ed, “Autos Killing Over

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Hey, I loved the headline, “Private Water Company Keeps Residents Thirsty for Truth.”

“Women’s Movement Has Become More Broad-Based” might have been a slip-of -the-tongue.

But surely the Italian newspaper that had a headline, “Prostitutes Appeal Strongly to the Pope,” was

going to have a lot of explaining to do.

A financial journal wrote that the “Diaper Market Has Bottomed-Out.”

And a medical journal’s header was, “Gunshot Victim at Death’s Door, But Surgeons Pull Him Through.” Gee, sounds sort of creepy.

And a Phoenix paper wrote, “Thieves Are Still Wanted.” Who wants a thief?

I also love road signs and bumper stickers. It makes driving more entertaining. I waved at the woman who had a bumper sticker saying, “CAUTION, Driver Legally Blond.” A man sitting in traffic on I-17 had “Boldly Going Nowhere” on the back of his truck. A lady in a black Mercedes talking on her cell phone seemed happy tooling around Anthem with a bumper sticker that said, “Don’t interrupt my phone call with your honking, turning, stopping or going. I need to concentrate!”

If you drive around our rural communities, all kinds of

interesting road signs appear. You could find out about yoga, welding, tax preparat ion, chi ldcare, weed removal, excavation, hay, tutor ing, saddle repair, doggy daycare, dieting and trim carpenters. These are all handmade signs! I especially like the one that reads, “Mule 4 Sale (not too smart but sturdy).

“Moving Sale” signs are becoming more creative. I passed one in Desert Hills that read, “Wife is Selling All Man Tools & Other Guy Stuff – Divorce Sale.” Hmm ... now that’s marketing.

Road signs that must have been installed by the state or county are also pretty funny. I love the one at a steep drop-off on a road in New River that screams, “Walk Your Horses.” Would anyone but a suicidal maniac ride down that hill? How about those creepy “Watch for Falling Rock” signs that are posted on mountainous roads and are nothing more than anxiety-producing reminders of lurking danger.

Is this supposed to somehow

make us more cautious? Yikes, are we to take our eyes off the road and start looking up at rocks?

When residents don’t think the county officials get it right, they make up their own signs. “Slow Down You Idiot” is a handmade gem in a New River community. “Not A Through Street” signs are posted up in front of cul-de-sacs. “Keep Out” and “No Public Access” signs are numerous all over the place. I loved the big painted sign suspended on ranch gates in front of a home in Cave Creek that used to read, “Now That You Are Here – Go Away.” It was taken down when the couple moved away, replaced by a simple “Welcome.”

Perhaps one of favor ite handmade signs is on a fence post that reads, “If you think you can run across this property in 10 seconds–don’t. My bull can do it 9.” This homeowner has few problems with trespassers.

I have a particular problem with the signs that read, “Slide

Area” that can be seen standing like menacing reminders of impending doom on the edge of winding roads. Does this mean that the huge boulders the size of cannon balls that are perched on the sides of mountains are about to slide? Or will the road become slick and maybe fall off into the valley below? I have an idea for a new sign that I have submitted to ADOT. It says, “Driving is dangerous so stay home.” I guess they didn’t like my suggestion because I have not heard back from them.

At the end of one of the roads in the Circle Mountain area that stops at the Tonto National Forest, there is a county sign that reads, “Dead End.” Someone scrawled in black paint underneath, “But Full of Life.” A Zen message may occur in the least expected places!

So, until next week, this is Judy Bluhm–signing off.

Judy Bluhm is a writer and realtor who lives in the Anthem area. Have a story or a comment? Email Judy at [email protected].


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FRIDAY‘Monsoon Madness’

Learn about monsoons—what they are, what causes them and how to prepare for them—at a May 9 educational session at Cave Creek Regional Park led by Paul Catanzariti of the county’s stormwater quality program. “Monsoon Madness” starts in the Nature Center at 7 p.m.Church rummage sale

Coolwater Christian Church will host an “Everything Under the Sun” rummage sale starting at 7 each morning May 9-10. The sale will run until noon and fea-ture clothing, furniture, tools, household goods, linens, toys, books and more. The church is located at 28181 N. 56th St. in Scottsdale (SE corner of 56th Street and Dynamite). There will also be a “Market on the Move” produce sale on May 10 in the parking lot of the church. For more information, contact Jessica at 480-734-1422.

SATURDAYLobsterfest

From 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. May 10, the Kiwanis Club of New River will offer its 18th annual Lob-sterfest fundraising event, tak-ing place this year at the New River Kiwanis Community Park, 48606 N. 17th Ave. in New River. Proceeds of the event will ben-efit the park. All dinners will be presold. To reserve tickets, call 623-465-0229.MONDAYSoccer club tryouts

Anthem Soccer Club will conduct tryouts May 12-15 for the upcoming 2014-2015 season. Teams are orga-nized by players’ ages as of Aug. 1. The tryout schedule includes U-10 boys and girls teams on May 12, U-11 and U-12 boys and girls teams on May 13, U-13 and U-14 boys and girls teams on May 14 and all teams from U-15 up to U-18 on May 15. All participants must sign in at field No. 1 along Gavilan Peak Parkway, and each group’s tryout session is expected to last about 90 minutes, starting at 7 p.m. Players are asked to wear appropriate gear, such as soccer shoes and shin guards, and to bring drinking water. For more information, contact Mark Ker-lin at 623-582-2413, markkerlin@ hotmail.com.

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The May 13 New River Desert Hills Community Association meeting will include a presenta-tion by Jim Walkington about how to keep pets away from snakes and Horst and Gigi Kraus will be providing ice cream for the event. For younger children, there will be reading of the Southwest-ern tale “The Gum Chewing Rat-tler,” written by Joe Hayes. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Daisy Mountain Fire Station Administration Building, located at 43814 N. New River Rd.

WEDNESDAYLessons of the Himalayas

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From 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 14, the Desert Foothills YMCA, Foothills Community Founda-tion, and the Paradise Valley Community College Black Moun-tain will be hosting the Carefree Cave Creek Chamber of Com-merce’s latest networking event. Mix and mingle with other men and women of the business com-munity. More info available at 480-488-3381 and www.carefree-cavecreek.org.

LATER THIS MONTHJob search

Career Connectors, a nonprofit specializing in matching job seek-ers with employers, will hold a meeting from 9 a.m. to noon May 15 featuring hiring companies including Yodle, Pridestaff and Education Management Corpora-tion. The meeting will take place at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd, in Scottsdale.WEEKLYScottsdale North Rotary

The public is invited to the Scottsdale North Rotary Club’s weekly dinner meetings, held Wednesdays at 5:45 p.m. at the Hacienda Mexican Grill, 32527 N. Scottsdale Rd. Rotary is a global humanitarian organization made up of men and women who are business, professional and com-munity leaders. The club’s top priority is the eradication of polio.Stories in Cave Creek

From 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. every Thursday, Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek hosts “Lit-tle Ones Story Time.” The pro-gram is geared toward newborns and children up to 36 months in age. The library also has a story time program for toddlers, which is held every Tuesday from 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.Networking group

AmSpirit Business Connec-tions is national organization consisting of sales representa-tives, entrepreneurs, and profes-sionals which provides a forum for its members to exchange qual-ified referrals with others in the group. The Greater Scottsdale Chapter of AmSpirit meets every Wednesday 8 a.m.-9:15 a.m. at the offices of Homeowners Financial Group located at 16427 N. Scotts-dale Road, No. 280 in Scottsdale.

Prospective new members and visitors are welcome to attend.Crafting

Adults wishing to knit, crochet, tat, macramé or do just about anything that has to do with fi-ber are invited to North Valley Regional Library’s “Made by Hand” program every Thursday at 1 p.m. Bring projects, books and patterns, accomplishments and knowledge to share with oth-ers. Learn something new about your own craft, or pick up another craft (or stitch) that has piqued your interest. Or come and spend a couple of leisurely hours do-ing something you love to do or would like to learn and, in the process, make new friendships.Friday night meals

The Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post 1796 in Black Canyon City is serving up meals every Friday night. The public is welcome to attend.Homework help

Teen volunteers are available Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Desert Broom Library to help elementary school-aged children with homework assignments and study skills.

MONTHLYAlzheimer support group

An Alzheimer support group is held the fourth Saturday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., at the Anthem Civic Building, 3701 W. Anthem Way. Meet other area caregivers, share feelings, concerns, information and useful tools at this free gathering. For information, call 623-910-6072.Asthma class

A free, introductory class for parents regarding asthma man-agement is offered the second Monday of each month, 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m., in Room 400 at the John C. Lincoln Medical Office Building 1, 19841 N. 27th Ave. in Phoenix. The class educates parents on asthma “triggers,” medications and more. For more information, call 623-879-5452 or email [email protected] Mountain Rock Club

Residents of New River, Desert hills, Anthem and Tramonto who are geology fans are invited to the Anthem Civic Building the first Tuesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for Daisy Mountain Rock Club meetings. Attendees may bring in rocks for identification, and the club features field trips and guest speakers.Grief support group

Hospice of the Valley offers a free, drop-in grief support group from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month through June 3 at the An-them Civic Building. The support groups are open to adults 18 and

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events from page 7ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT1616 WEST ADAMS STREETPHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE NO. 16-115118-00-001PERPETUAL RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT

Pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37, notice is hereby given that the state of Arizona through its Arizona State Land Department (herein called ASLD), will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 W. Adams, Room 434B, Phoenix, Arizona, a perpetual right of way easement for the purpose of a Public Road Drainage situated in Maricopa County to wit:

TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, G&SRB&M, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA

PARCEL: M&B THRU TRACT 6 IN STATE PLAT 55, 2ND AMD., SECTION 27. CONTAINING 0.02 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.PARCEL: M&B THRU TRACT 4, BLK 3 IN STATE PLAT 36, SECTION 28. CONTAINING 0.11 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.BENEFICIARY: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMNITY SELECTIONS)

For a complete legal description of the land, prospective bidders are advised to examine the right of way application file as well as all pertinent files of ASLD.

Said right of way easement has been valued at $56,109.00 and consists of 0.13 acres, more or less.

Additional requirements and conditions of this right of way are available and may be viewed at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

The complete file associated with the described land is open to public inspection at the ASLD, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., exclusive of holidays and weekends. Please direct any questions regarding this Public Auction to the Rights of Way Section of the Real Estate Division of ASLD at (602) 542-4098. This auction notice is available on the ASLD’s web site at www.azland.gov.

Each potential bidder must show ASLD’s representative a cashier’s check made payable to the Arizona State Land Department in the amount specified under Terms of Sale Paragraph (A) below.

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(A) At the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The value of the right of way, which is $56,109.00; (2) A Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the value of the right of way, which is $1,683.00; (3) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00; (4) Reimbursable Appraisal Fee, which is $3,000.00. The total amount due at the time of sale is $63,292.00 (less $5,500.00 and less $9,477.00 for Advance Deposit into suspense if the successful bidder is the applicant for a total amount due of $48,315.00).

(B) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder must pay the full balance of the amount bid for the right of way and pay a Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the purchase price for the right of way less the amount paid under (A) (2) above.

(C) No Selling and Administrative Fee shall be collected by ASLD if the successful bidder at auction is the beneficiary of the land trust.

(D) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder shall be required to pay the actual legal advertising cost, less the amount paid under (A)(3) above.

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(A) The time of sale shall be deemed to be the time of declaration of the highest and best bidder. The bidding will begin at the total value of the right of way. A bid for less than the value of the right of way easement or by a party who has not inspected the right of way and/or the associated files and records of ASLD will not be considered.

(B) All bidders must sign an affidavit stating that they have undertaken due diligence in preparation for the auction and that their representative is authorized to bid and bind the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the records of local jurisdictions and public agencies regarding this property.

(C) Pursuant to A.R.S. §37-240.B, the successful bidder must be authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona no later than three (3) business days after the auction. The successful bidder must sign an affidavit stating it is the successful bidder and sign a Certification Statement pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37 and the Rules of ASLD.

(D) If the successful bidder fails to complete the payment as stated in the auction notice together with the additional required fees within 30 days from the auction date, all amounts paid at the time of auction by the successful bidder will be forfeited.

(E) In the event of forfeiture, the ASLD Commissioner may declare that the bid placed before the final bid accepted is the highest bid, and that the bidder has five (5) days after notification by ASLD to pay by cashier’s check all amounts due.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The ASLD may cancel this auction in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid.

A protest to this sale must be filed within 30 days after the first day of publication of this announcement and in accordance with A.R.S. §37-301.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.Ruben Ojeda(for) Vanessa HickmanState Land CommissionerApril 4, 2014

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The Foothills Caring Corps, a volunteer-based nonprofit with the primary mission of assisting the elderly so they may live inde-pendently at their homes, holds a volunteer orientation session the second Thursday of each month starting at 9 a.m. at 7275 E. Easy St., Ste. B103 in Carefree. To RSVP or find out more, call 480-488-1105.New River Kiwanis

The first and third Wednesday of every month, New River Ki-wanis hold their regular meet-ings at 7 p.m. at the New River Kiwanis Community Park, 48606 N. 17th Ave. The civic organi-zation is geared toward helping children and is always looking for new members to get involved.Music at DesertBroom Library

The second Saturday of every month, Desert Broom Library invites musicians to come and perform live acoustic numbers between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Music should be family friendly. Bring f liers or other means to adver-tise your group. If interested in performing, email Kimberly at [email protected] or talk to a librarian for more info.Cards, boardgames social

The third Tuesday each month at Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek is designated for a cards and board games social for adults from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The library has lots of games to choose from including cards, Scrabble, chess, checkers, back-gammon, Trivial Pursuit, Crib-bage, Yahtzee and more. Games and refreshments brought from home are welcome, too. Coffee available for purchase. No regis-tration needed.NRA gun safety

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Desert Hills/New River Food Swap, a newly formed group ca-tering to gardeners, foodies and others, meets the third Monday of every month at 7 p.m. at North-Gate Church, 7th Street and Carefree Highway.

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C a r ee r Con nec to r s , a nonprofit organization that helps professionals manage and maximize their job search efforts, has launched a web-based career management system.

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Karen began her journey into the formal study of art while at-tending Allegheny Community College in southwestern Penn-sylvania in the 1970s and went on to receive bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the University of Chicago in 1977.

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To learn new skills, build a re-sume, meet new friends and make a difference in the community, apply for a volunteering oppor-tunity by visiting JCL.com/vol-unteer online and submitting an application to the North Moun-tain campus or by contacting the volunteer office at 602-331-5729.

other natural objects to create un-usual and unique textures.

Karen came to the Faberge style eggs while working at the Cave Creek Museum. She found herself taking a class, taught by co-worker Fran Hunold, and fell in love with the process.

She entered the White House Easter Egg Competition in 2008 with her second attempt in egg decorating. Her piece, entitled “Monument Valley in an Egg,” then won the privilege to repre-sent Arizona at the White House. Subsequently, she was rewarded with a tour of the White House and a picture with First Lady Laura Bush. Karen’s entry be-came part of the White House collection and now resides at the Bush Presidential Library.

In 2009, Karen entered a Fa-berge egg entitled “1870 Western Street Scene” in the White House Easter Egg Competition. Once again, she was asked to represent Arizona at the White House. Her winning egg is currently on dis-play at the White House Visitor’s Center in Washington D.C. dur-ing the Obama administration.

Karen is active with her fel-low artisans in the Sonoran Arts League, Southwest Gourd Asso-ciation and the New River Gourd Path. She chaired the Sonoran Arts League’s Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour in 2010 and 2011. In 2012, Karen took a lead posi-tion in sponsoring a local “judges training session” for gourd art with the Southwest Gourd As-sociation. She said that this led to a greater awareness in the overall judging process at the Annual Wuertz Gourd Festival Competi-tion held in Casa Grande. Over 12,000 visitors attend the Festival in Casa Grand each year, contrib-uting to its reputation as one of the best artistic gourd events in the United States.

To see Karen’s work locally, visit the Cave Creek Museum Gift Shop and Desert Foothills Library where she has two piec-es on exhibit. She will have five pieces on display at the Kernville Cultural and Art Center in Texas from May 22 to June 22. Also, visit her website at soaringspir-itstudio.com. Karen can be con-tacted by email at [email protected] or by phone at 623-465-0096.


The Foothills Focus encourages submissions from the public for the editorial page. Respond to the columnists, fellow letter writers, or let us know about something all together different making an impact in your community. Submissions should be kept to less than 400 words. Send letters to [email protected]. If e-mail is unavailable, fax to 623-465-1363 or send them by mail to 46641 N Black Canyon Hwy, New River, AZ 85087. Include your name, your city and a phone number where you can be reached.

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Recent racist comments hard to stomach, yet are free speech

Top-down education style can hamper children

A kindergarten in New York has canceled its end-of-the-year kiddie show in order to devote more time to college and career prep. In a letter to p a r e n t s , t h e t e a c h e r s explained:

“ T h e rea son for el iminating t h e kindergarten s h o w i s s i m p l e . W e a r e responsible for preparing children for

college and career with valuable lifelong skills and know that we can best do that by having them become strong readers, writers, coworkers, and problem solvers. Please ... know that we are making these decisions with the interests of all children in mind.”

Now, I don’t doubt that t he s e t e a c he r s t ho u g h t they were making the best possible decision. But having just read the mind-blowing book “Free to Learn,” by Peter Gray — a research professor at Boston College, as well as author of the standard college textbook “Psychology” — I think the school is giving its poor prepped-out kids the very least of what they need the most: free time.

Free time to do what looks like absolutely Dartmouth-be-damned nothing: playing house, running around, feeding an animal — the stuff kids do when no one’s teaching them that “diploma begins with D. Can you draw a D?”

The thing about playing is that it’s not separate from learning. It is learning. In fact, if young kids aren’t playing, chances are they are getting a fraction of the knowledge they would get if they were “just” goofing around. This will sound strange, but instructing kids may actually backfire.

Consider one scene Gray describes in his book. Two kindergarteners are looking at some Popsicle sticks with riddles on them. They’re trying their very hardest to decipher them because they are so eager to get the jokes.

The teacher conf iscates the sticks so the kids can concentrate on the lesson she’s teach i ng ... about the alphabet.

Do you honestly think they’ll learn more when they return their attention to the lesson?

Here’s another example from Gray’s book: A researcher conducted an experiment on some 4- and 5-year-olds. She had a toy that you could make do four different things — squeak, light up, buzz ... whatever. She took a third of the kids into a room (one by one) and demonstrated how to make the toy squeak: You press this button here.

The second group she sort of ignored while she “played” with the toy and made it squeak, seemingly for her own fun.

The third group she simply handed the toy.

Later on, the second and third groups had discovered how to make the toy produce more effects than the kids in the first group had.

Why? The kids in the first group were following instructions; they did what the teacher had shown them. The other groups played.

Gray’s point: By “teaching” children the traditional way — sitting them down and spoon-feeding them information — we are actually making them less cur ious, more passive and, finally, less educated because all that gets into them is what the teacher tells them. Or at least a little bit of it. We are shutting down their natural inquisitiveness.

But unleashed from lesson plans, kids are on f ire to learn. Need proof ? They all learn how to speak! No classes required! Nowadays, k ids also learn how to type. My sons, like their peers, type at lightning speed despite their having no keyboarding lessons. Their desire to communicate and have fun means they taught themselves. It was ... child’s play!

Eventually, kids who are curious will want to learn from books, from teachers, from tech. But substituting top-down “education” for free play isn’t preparing little kids for college or careers.

It’s preparing them to check out.

To find out more about Lenore Skenazy and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at creators.com.

Cliven Bundy should be happy for the public revelation of the private comments of fellow racist Donald Sterling; the latter has replaced the former as the person Americans most love to hate.

These two bigots recently spewed racial hatred: Bun-dy suggesting that African-Amer icans might do well to consider slavery over f r e e d o m , and Sterling offering dis-

jointed comments that reveal his evident beliefs in white su-premacy.

Bundy is a Nevada rancher who became a hero to the right for standing up to the heavy hand of federal suppression of property rights in the West. He and his family had been grazing their cattle on land they believed was theirs or the state of Nevada’s for more than 100 years, when along came the federal Bureau of Land Management, which claimed the land and assessed Bundy for his use of it. A federal judge upheld the claims and the million-dollar assessment; yet Bundy refused to pay. Instead of filing the judg-ment in a courthouse, as you and I would do if we had a judgment against Bundy, the feds showed

up with 200 camouf lage-clad machine gun-bearing federal agents determined to steal Bun-dy’s cattle.

Soon, thousands of Nevadans showed up to support Bundy, whereupon the feds enacted a “free speech zone.” They ordered the protesters either to remain silent, or to enter the zone and protest there. The zone was a 25-square-yard patch of earth in the Nevada desert, three miles from the Bundy/BLM confron-tation site.

Sterling is a billionaire who owns the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Asso-ciation and was a hero to the left for his public support of liberal causes. He has given generously to the Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP and to the Democratic Party in California. He is white, married and apparently enjoys the company of a biracial girl-friend. Recordings of his several wild, weird, disjointed rants di-rected to the girlfriend and ut-tered in the privacy of his own home have been played publicly. In them, Sterling directs his girl-friend not to attend Clipper games in the company of her African-American friends.

Both of these men used hate-ful and hurtful words that were animated by truly condemnable attitudes about race. No moral person credibly could suggest that

slavery is preferable to freedom, and no moral person credibly could suggest that whites are su-perior to blacks in any respect. Those were attitudes advanced by antebellum slave owners and 20th-century supporters of laws that used the machinery of gov-ernment to harm blacks during the 100 years following the Civil War.

All rational people, under-standing the colorblindness of the natural law, have a moral obligation — but not a legal one — publicly to treat persons of dif-ferent races with equal dignity and respect.

I can morally prefer a friend or a mate who is of my race, but I cannot morally hate a potential friend or mate just because the person is not of my race. I do not know what is in their hearts, but Bundy and Sterling are appar-ently haters.

What to do with them because of their speech? Nothing. I mean nothing. Racially hateful speech is protected from government in-terference by the First Amend-ment, which largely was written to protect hateful speech. Neither Bundy nor Sterling has been ac-cused in these instances of ra-cially motivated conduct — just speech animated by hatred.

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Handyman helper needed tile, cement, cabinets, many different things. leave message at 602-326-1946 or 602-374-9303.

Independent Advertising Sales Executives! We are looking for experienced, hard-working Print Advertising sales executives to join our Professional Sales team in the North valley. A successful candidate will be an experienced outside sales professional , preferably in print media, an excellent communicator, verbally and in writing, passionate about details, honest and have the willingness to prospect and make cold calls. Must have current computer skills. Please email resume to: [email protected] Springs Café is hiring!! All positions. Apply in person. ADVERTISE YOUR JOB Opening in 82 AZ newspapers. Reach over 2 million readers for ONLY $330! Call this newspaper or visit: www.classifiedarizona.com. (AzCAN) CDL A Truck Drivers Needed. Up to $5,000 Sign-On-Bonus & $0.54 CPM. Solos & Team. Excellent Hometime. Great Miles, Benefits, 401K, EOE. Call 7 days/wk! 866-837-5997. GordonTrucking.com. (AzCAN)

INSTRUCTIONMEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES needed! Train to become a Medical Office Assistant. No experience needed! Online training at SC Train gets you Job Ready! HS Diploma/GED & PC/Internet needed! 1-888-926-6058. (AzCAN)

LIvESTOCk & SUPPLIESTRIPLE R HORSE RESCUE is a 501(c)3 non profit organization. We rehabilitate and adopt out local horses that have been abused, neglected or rescued from slaughter We are in need of donations and sponsors to help with feed and vet care. Volunteer opportunities are also available. For further info, please call 602-396-8726.Free delivery of shavings, cow & horse mixture great for arenas or fertilizer 480-595-0211V O L U N T E E R - S P O N S O R -ADOPT! Dreamchaser Horse Rescue offers a myriad of volunteer opportunities. Please consider joining our Dreamchaser family! We need animal lovers who are willing to help with everything from ranch chores to fundraising! We have sanctuary horses who need sponsors, and horses available for adoption.Come see us: www.dreamchaserhorserescue.org or Susan at 623-910-6530

Saddle & Tack Repairs. Western & English plus Racing saddle too. 30 years exp. Buy-Sell-Trade. 23yrs same location. Circle Mtn Rd & 18th St. 623-465-7286

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Classic Spinet Piano: Story & Clark, ivory keys, excellent condition, valued at $1200. Price $400/negotiable: Local transportation assistance. 480-353-6648

18ft equipment trailer with ramps, diamond plate deck. 14,000 GVW. $2000. 623-742-0369 / 602-214-5692Complete cutting torch set with full bottles and dolly. $375 obo. 602-214-5692/623-742-0369Cactus. 5 gallon & 36in box. Perfect for landscape. Great price for all. 623-742-0369Craftman truck box. $50. 623-742-0369/602-214-5692 For Sale: 40ft shipping container w/ 2 skylights, 2 whirrly birds, 4x4 sliding glass window, interior 3/8 OSB skinned, 60 amp electrical panel w/ 4 gang plugs every 8ft. Asking $6500. In excellent condition. A must See. Call Gary or Allie at 623-465-2801 for more info. NO calls after 7pm please!! Free delivery of shavings, cow & horse mixture-great for arenas or fertilizer 480-595-0211

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HOME WATCH & CONCIERGE FOR PART-TIME RESIDENTSLeave this summer knowing that Your property is being cared for. Local, Reliable, Bonded & Insured www.northvalleyhomeservices.com 480-567-6029

D & G Scrapping. Old washers, dryers, hot water heaters, etc. We will recycle your left over yard sale items. Moving? We will take your trash to NR refuse for cash. Call 602-920-4989

Hello I’m Jeff McCormick, your computer support professional. I fix all types of computer problems on-site: virus & popups, slow computers, WinXP upgrade to Win7 or Win8, network setup, memory and disk upgrades, software installs, etc. I’m local, I own the business AND I do the work, so I care about your satisfaction. References available. Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android. Browse www.get-sirius.com or call 602-571-5456

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ROOMMATE WANTEDRoommate wanted to share home in BCC. Mountain Views. Extras available. $400mo. 623-374-5447 ask for Beverly

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RENTALS1 bdrm guest house, $600/mo no pets, New River 602-527-3171

Rv PARk SPACE--NICE! Small Quiet Park. Green Trees. Clean Air. Free Storage Sheds & WiFi. Nice Neighbors. 55+. $270 Monthly. North of Anthem on I-17. GreenNLush.com 623-374-9123

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39 ACRE SELF SUFFICIENCY RANCH, $193 month. Secluded quiet 6,100’ northern AZ ranch. Evergreen trees, meadowland blend. Sweeping ridge top mountain/valley views. Borders 640 acres of Federal woodlands. Free well access, loam garden soil, mild climate, camping, RV ok. $19,900, $1,990 dn. Guaranteed financing. Pics, maps, weather, area info. 1st United 800-966-6690. (AzCAN)

NEW MEXICO LAND LIQUIDATION. 20 acre lots $14,000. 40 acres - $26,000. 68 acres - $44,200. Nicely treed, views, over 7000’ elevation, abundant wildlife, financing. NMWP 575-773-4996. (AzCAN)

New River Land Sale. 360 degree views, 2200ft elevation, underground electric and water. 1 to 19 acres available. Located at the base of Gavilan Peak. Call 623-680-1017

4 ACRES with views of majestic Bradshaw Mountains. Situated at the end of road. Area of custom site built homes. Area of 30 gallon a minute wells. Property does have its own well and electric. Close proximity to Agua Fria river bed. Just south of Prescott. Easy commute to Prescott, Flagstaff or Phoenix. Rural living yet close to shopping, hospital, schools, colleges and other amenities. Priced to sell quickly at $160,000. Call kay 928-710-4193

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Pixie, a 1-year-old Shih Tzu mix puppy, is a 12-pound cuddle partner that’s super sweet, mellow and quiet. She loves to play outside, go for car rides, take naps in the sun and play with her foster dog friends. She is house trained and a very quick learner. Pixie has had all her vaccinations and will be spayed and microchipped at the time of adoption. Call Anthem Pets at 480-287-3542 for more information about Pixie or other dogs and cats currently available for adoption.

Anthem Pets is a nonprofit organization aiming to find forever homes for abandoned animals and return wayward pets to owners.

Pet of the Weeksuppress speech by keeping it three miles away from them. Free speech, assembly and the right to petition the government would become empty and meaningless if the governmental targets of the speech and assembly could not hear it. The First Amendment will condone outlawing the use of a bullhorn by protesters in front of a hospital at 3 o’clock in the morning. But it will not condone free speech zones for the sake of government convenience. The entire United States of America is a free speech zone.

In Sterling’s case, is it fair to punish someone for speech uttered in the privacy of his home? It would be exquisitely unfair for the government to do so, but the NBA is not the government. When Sterling bought his basketball team, he agreed to accept punishment for conduct unbecoming a team owner or conduct detrimental to the sport. Is speech conduct? For constitu-tional purposes, it is not; the Constitution does not restrain the NBA. It is free to pull the trigger of punishment to which Sterling consented.

But it needn’t do so.Hateful and hurtful words have natu-

ral and probable consequences where the

people are free to counter them. The gov-ernment has no business cleansing the public marketplace of hateful ideas. The most effective equalizer for hatred is the free market. It will remedy Sterling’s ha-tred far more effectively than the NBA can. As advertisers and sponsors and fans desert Sterling-owned properties, he will be forced to sell them, lest his financial losses become catastrophic. And it has removed Bundy from the public stage altogether.

But don’t hold your breath waiting for the forces of freedom to nullify hatred. Soon the forces of darkness will attempt to do so as creative prosecutors and hungry litigators bring the government into the fray. I hope they stay home and follow the natural law principle of subsidiarity, which mandates that public problems be solved using the minimum force necessary, not the maximum force possible — and no force at all where peaceful measures are just as effective.

I would not invite Bundy or Sterling into my home, nor would I befriend them. But I will defend with zeal and diligence their constitutional freedoms.

To find out more about Andrew P. Napolitano and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com.

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Dear Foothills Focus Readers,I have been in the home care industry for over 20 years and it is sucha rewarding career. Everyday I go to work I get to help someone. ResCare employees say they love their jobs because they can reach out to their communities and make a real difference in people’s lives.

Recently ResCare HomeCare has expanded our in-home care and support services into your area. We are actively seeking care attendants to join our team. If you have a desire to give back to the community, looking to earn extra money, have life experience caring for loved ones and/or Professional Caregiving skills, caring and compassionate, then I encourage you to consider learning more about our Caregiving opportunities. Our open positions are part-time with flexible hours and all training is provided for free.Please call me if you have any questions about employment with ResCare HomeCare, or if you would like to learn about how our in-home care and support services could benefit you and your loved-ones. You can reach me at 480-435-9939.Sincerely, Rebecca Rangel

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ridden over the death of Gwen’s father (Dennis Leary), so much that he envisions his disapproving figure. Peter is also a teenager beginning to realize the stress of growing up, albeit one that is life threatening.

New York City is at odds with the protective role of Spider-Man, but that doesn’t divert dedicated fans like the underappreciated Max Dillion (Jamie Foxx), an Oscorp employee who has an altering accident. Manipulation abounds in Oscorp, and Peter must protect the city, and the people he cares for, from a slew of threats.

Relationship was a central theme with “The Amazing Spi-der-Man 2.” Webb has a talent for making his characters come alive with conversation, especially with scenes between the two leads and their complicated kinship.

The success of Webb’s first film rested with the character building quality, and while initially the tone felt delightfully reminiscent, things began to get cluttered with additional characters and predict-able framework storytelling.

Webb continued the excellent action flourishes felt in the first installment—the swinging and leaping Spiderman scenes felt like a perfect match for the 3-D element employed. Unfortunately, there were distracting tangents and sug-gestions that served only a small purpose within the present story being told and also related more specifically to the extended future of the Spider-Man franchise and the never-ending unfolding arc.

The introduction was lengthy, though the examination of Peter’s remorse and subsequent guilt for the death of Gwen Stacy’s father, and the unraveling mystery of Peter’s parent’s abandonment, was rather interesting. Still, in the first hour, there was also the

transformation of a mild man-nered man into electricity con-trolling villain, the reemergence of Peter’s childhood friend Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) and the growing complications of Peter’s relationship with Gwen. That was a significant amount of develop-ment even for a film with a run-ning time of 142 minutes.

While the film may have been packed to the brim with story, the chemistry between Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield was great and kept the film interest-ing. Dane DeHaan was a pleasant surprise, crafting a menacing at-titude as the heir of the conniv-ing Oscorp that made him a le-gitimate, formidable force against Spider-Man. Jamie Foxx came off a bit cartoonish, though the franchise and comic was known for over-the-top character flour-ishes. But there were brief mo-ments were his villain was al-lowed ample screen time to let Foxx’s performance come to life.

“The Amazing Spider-Man 2” was entertaining for a fun sum-mer blockbuster, but it didn’t offer much more than being an introduction to later films in the expanding franchise.

NVSO features Copland, Hanson

Mike Spinelli photoNorth Valley Symphony Orchestra music director Kevin Kozacek

North Valley Symphony Or-chestra and its maestro, Kevin Kozacek, will perform American masterpieces at its final concert of the season on May 17.

The concert will take place at 7 p.m. at the North Canyon High School Center of Perform-ing Arts, 1700 E. Union Hills Dr. Tickets may be purchased at www.northvalleysymphony.org.

May 17 concert will celebrate two of America’s most revered and popular 20th century composers: Aaron Copland and Howard Han-son. The orchestra’s performance will include Copland’s “Appala-chian Spring Suite” and Hanson’s “2nd Symphony.” Additionally, the winner of the annual Sum-merford Violin Competition will perform the audition piece, Bach’s “Violin Concerto in A Minor.”

NVSO includes musicians from around the Valley, including north Phoenix, Tramonto, Anthem, Desert Hills, Scottsdale, Glen-dale, Peoria, Sun City and New River. NVSO’s mission is to build community through music, and it continues to honor its audience members with ticket prices at $5 to help attract families and audience members that might be new to at-tending live music events.

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