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LEADING OFF Editor’s Letter Page 4 Emily Panter teaches Contributors Page 4 Structured English Powered by Orbitel Communications Immersion at Maricopa High PEOPLE School in classes funded by desegregation money. History photo looks at African-American cowboy. Page 5 Welcome to the Ultimate TV Experience A photo gallery captures events around town. Page 6 See the controversy and impact of MUSD desegregation funding. Page 8 Meet the teachers who teach English learners. Page 9 CERT is seeking volunteers for emergencies. Page 10 Take in a few tales of “haunted” Maricopa. Page 12 The all-new TiVo powered by ELECTION 8 Orbitel Communications lets you record your favorite cable TV Check out the list of mid-term candidates. Michelle Chance Page 14 FAMILY HOME programs and millions of options on the web in one easy system. Prepare for the General Election Town Hall. A gallery of youth activities. Page 24 Master Garden Wendi Gehrt gives tips on hot Page 16 Kaden Rogers creates magic and movie pots. Page 50 Voters to decide whether to retain judges. magic. Page 26 HomeSmart Success Realtor Dayv Morgan Your Favorite Apps — All in One Place! Page 17 shows fall market forecast. Page 51 Be Awesome’s Brandi Homan explains the What was the voter turnout in the primary? Most expensive home has quite a golf view. needs of special-needs kids. Page 30 Page 18 Page 52 Moms Club and a Boy Scout built “Little Free Find your voting precinct. Page 21 New home permits. Page 53 Libraries.” Page 36 Dig into the complicated ballot issues. Bernadette Russoniello expounds on the Popular Features Include: Page 20 benefits of CTE.Page 38 SENIOR LIVING Murray Siegel says girls are just as good as Joan Koczor says it’s time for seniors to get 6 Tuners - record up to 6 different shows at the same time, boys in math. Page 39 moving. Page 54 Ted Yocum sees a link between exercise and Store up to 1,000 hours of programming — up to 150 HD hours preventing cancer. Page 55 GOVERNMENT Shariolyn Curry says teamwork makes the Multi-room capabilities with TiVo minis, 31 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION New City Manager Rick Horst revisits his dream work. Page 56 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION first 100 days.Page 42 One Pass — Gather every episode of a series available anywhere, MUSDNEWS Maricopa sees development “red flags.” HEALTH THE PRIDE AND PROMISE OF Page 44 Longevity’s Aaron Gilbert explains plant- And, more! MARICOPA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT parents, students, teachers, By Dr. Tracey Lopeman classi ed employees, parents, Superintendent of the Maricopa Unifi ed School District #20 administrators, police personnel, based nutrition. elected city o cials, and board Page 58 or nearly six months, I have members will collaborate to had the pleasure to serve the Mayor’s focus on developing chart a course that prepares every as the superintendent of Maricopa as a Destination City those of the entire sta regarding child to graduate with the skills the Maricopa Uni ed re ect the pride and promise that the care and education of their and knowledge to succeed. We FSchool District. Initially, I worked compelled me to work here. children. believe every one of us has a role as a consultant, dividing my time As the superintendent, I While the highlights of MUSD in creating and supporting the BUSINESS between MUSD and my former listen to teachers, support sta far outweigh the de ciencies, schools we want for our children. district in Phoenix. On July 1, I and principals nearly every these conversations have also We invite everyone’s input began to serve here fulltime. day. Without exception, our revealed areas where we must and embrace the accountability  rough countless impromptu classrooms are lled with sta improve so that we can continue associated with the important THINGS TO DO conversations and formal who prepare and deliver intently to meet and exceed the standards promise we will make to our Business briefs include new developments meetings, I have learned about and care deeply about the well- for an excellent education for children, their parents, and our the values of our community. being and development of every every child. To that end, we have entire community. Together, A rich farming history, vibrant child. I seek opportunities to begun to articulate the hopes and we will achieve the vision of relationship with Ak-Chin, and listen to parents and it is clear to dreams we have for the precious Maricopa Uni ed School District, me that their expectations match children of Maricopa. a Premier Educational System, and licenses. Page 45 Check the calendar for Maricopa activities. Over 100 stakeholders — a Destination District in a Destination City. MHS AFJROTC Cadets ■ Page 60 Remember Senator John McCain Directory Page 46 Submitted by Lt. Col. Allen Kirksey – Jr. AFROTC Instructor

In October 2016, Maricopa High Teen debuts Trick-or-Eat for Halloween. School AFJROTC cadets posted the The mission of the colors, performed the POW/MIA Table Maricopa Unifi ed Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino debuts Spa. Ceremony, and had the opportunity to meet Senator John McCain in Casa School District is to Grande at the State Veterans of Foreign ensure all students Page 60 Wars meeting. What an honor! achieve excellence The Maricopa Unifi ed School District Page 49 along with the Nation mourns the loss by preparing of this great Arizonan and American. them to be ■ Sequoia Pathway plays up “Absurdity.” lifelong learners and responsible Which restaurants had excellent “I fell in love with my country when I was a prisoner in someone else’s” citizens who value Arizona Sen. John McCain (1936–2018) innovation and Page 61 global diversity. inspections? Page 49

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Illusions, eerie tales for October Publisher Farmer, laborer, rancher and all-around cowboy Samuel SCOTT BARTLE Craig Jr. passed away Sept. 10, in Toltec at 88 years old. ctober gets a little bizarre and fantastical inside the issue and talked to Maricopa teachers and He is pictured at age 20, already a husband and father, Editor PEOPLE and then in his 70s. Craig formerly was a property foreman around the world, and Maricopa has its students impacted by the funding. RAQUEL HENDRICKSON share of the unusual. New City Manager Rick Horst talks about in the Maricopa/Stanfield area and heavy-equipment O In this issue, with a tip of the hat to his first 100 days on the job. The city’s Planning Writers operator for the City of Coolidge. Craig, also known as National Magic Week, our cover subject, Department is looking at possibilities MASON CAJELLAS Junior, was born Jan. 12, 1930, in Crocket, Texas. In the teen magician Kaden Rogers, explains of “course correction” in residential and MICHELLE CHANCE 1950s, Craig Jr., his wife and young family moved with his how he creates his illusions, and not just commercial development tactics. RAQUEL HENDRICKSON parents to Arizona, eventually settling in the Maricopa/ JOAN KOCZOR for his magic show but also for filmmak- Be Awesome Youth Coalition’s Stanfield area. They pioneered the newly developed land BERNADETTE RUSSONIELLO for the Sellers ranch via Louis Johnson’s estate and met ing. In both fledgling careers, he likes to Brandi Homan talks about ways to MURRAY SIEGEL engineer a creative piece and then hide improve services to special-needs kids. Johnson’s partner, John Wayne. Craig became the foreman the biggest part of the work and let view- Murray Siegel dismisses the old spin Photographers of over 2,000 acres of land from Maricopa to Coolidge. ers try to figure out how it’s done. that girls aren’t as good in math as boys CHRISTINA BARCELLO His wife also worked on Johnson’s estate. His love for Another teen, Cash Riggle, wants to are. Educator Bernadette Russoniello MASON CALLEJAS horses landed him a great position as the head rancher turn Halloween into an opportunity for community explains how CTE is education’s best-kept secret. MICHELLE CHANCE at Sellers ranch in Valley Farms. By 1960, he was raising RAQUEL HENDRICKSON seven children while he performed numerous duties, service by starting a new “Trick-or-Eat” project. Realtor Dayv Morgan presents the expectations VICTOR MORENO On the topic of Halloween, Maricopa doesn’t have of the autumn housing market. New Master including picking cotton, driving tractors and herding many haunted spots, but that doesn’t prevent a few Gardener Wende Gehrt offers tips for container Designer cattle. Then he became involved in the rodeo circuit as Craig family “ghost” stories from becoming local lore. Some gardening in “hot pots.” And person trainer Aaron CARL BEZUIDENHOUT one of the first African-American cowboys in Pinal County current and former residents share eerie tales in this Gilbert returns to explain plant-based nutrition. to compete as a team roper, and he rode his horse Chip issue. These stories and much more are in this issue of Advertising Jr. in numerous rodeos and parades, winning ribbons SCOTT BARTLE If that’s not scary enough, the mid-term InMaricopa. Have a spookin’ good read. along the way. He had 13 children, 50 grandchildren, 124 VINCENT MANFREDI great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren. election is just around the corner. Read up on the TRISHA PAIGE Craig family ballot issues and check out who’s on the ballot for MICHELLE SORENSEN November’s General Election. Of course, there are more pragmatic pursuits Volume 13, Issue 10 at hand, too. Desegregation funding became tied RAQUEL HENDRICKSON | Editor InMaricopa QUALITY EYE CARE & to the state’s education budget talks. We looked [email protected] 44400 W. Honeycutt Road, Suite 101 Maricopa, AZ 85138 DISTINCTIVE EYE WEAR

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6 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 7 Teacher feature MUSD desegregation The faces of desegregation funding

Deborah Kohls teaches funding divisive issue English Language Learners in second grade at Maricopa PEOPLE By Michelle Chance Elementary School.

Destinee Cruz Ducey and passed by the Legislature in May, and Gracila alleges secondary property taxes “levied Brambila pursuant to this subsection do not require spend four voter approval.” hours in MUSD could join in a lawsuit with Pima ensure small class sizes. Structured English County and Tucson Unified that would ask a “In order to have an SEI classroom, you have Immersion judge to rule on the legality of the state’s action to have 20 students within three grade levels, each day. to change the desegregation funding source which I’ve always had that, but not enough to without a vote of the people. make it two classes,” Panter said. Pinal County and the City of Maricopa Of Panter’s 26 students this year, 23 are have expressed solidarity with MUSD as news Hispanic. The biggest challenge in class, Panter of the tax source broke — going so far as to said, is the majority of students speak the same publish a seething press release in August, native language — and continue to prefer stating in part: “The State Legislature passed speaking it in class over English. a law that instituted a secondary property tax Last year, the SEI class at MHS was split Mason Callejas without putting it to a vote of those affected, between ability levels, with 20 basic English which we believe is illegal and unconstitutional. eborah Kohls teaches second-grade English Language Learners (ELL) four hours every learners in Panter’s morning class and six The City of Maricopa, the Maricopa Unified day at Maricopa Elementary School. intermediate level learners later in the day. Michelle Chance School District and Pinal County did not raise MES has four Structured English Immersion (SEI) classrooms that provide smaller “The afternoon class always did better estinee Cruz is a sophomore at Maricopa High School with a life like most teenagers. your local property taxes. The state Legislature Dclass sizes and more resources for children learning a new language. because it’s easier to separate them,” Panter said. She has a large circle of friends and is dedicated to her studies. and the Governor did.” Kohls said the program is vital to the community. Kohls said she had a message to political “If you’re going to have this structure, it really Born in Arizona, she moved with her family to Mexico at a young age and spent No matter the funding source, the program leaders who’d like to see the tax pulled. needs to be super small.” Dthe next 13 years immersed in the culture and language. remains active. And teachers in non-SEI classrooms who have ELL students said the “One of the things that I think our country differences from the SEI classes at lower grade How are students placed Cruz’s return to the States, her birthplace, instruct in Spanish. program is invaluable. was founded on was a free, public education for levels. in SEI classes? was met with obstacles inside the classroom, Maricopa Unified School District receives Desert Wind Middle School instrumental everyone, and it was to make things equal for Emily Panter, fluent in English and Spanish, Students are required to test in instances when like navigating favorite subjects in a different $1.29 million annually to assist English music teacher Roger Wagner criticized the everyone. And if you’re pulling resources and is the only SEI teacher at MHS and said she has their registration paperwork indicates they language. But the challenge doesn’t keep Cruz Language Learners like Cruz. view of some politicians that desegregation money from us you’re not making that possible trouble motivating older students to perform speak a second language at home, Panter said. from working toward her goal. That funding recently came under fire by funding should be ousted altogether. anymore,” Kohls said. well on tests, adding many of them feel more Other times, teachers will refer students to “I came back to study English,” she said. state politicians, arguing the tax that delivers “Beyond it being a tax issue, I think you The majority of ELL students in Kohls’ class comfortable with their friends in SEI and fear testing. Cruz and classmate Graciela Brambila desegregation dollars to school districts like may also have potentially a discrimination are Spanish speakers. The teacher instructs transitioning out. Based on results, students are labeled pre- take lessons on writing, reading, grammar MUSD should be killed. issue,” he said. only in English and said children usually show “I really explain to them how it’s to their emergent, basic, intermediate or proficient. The and listening and speaking in English. Panter’s The debate began as the state shifted Wagner, one of thousands of Arizona immense progress by second quarter. own benefit to put in the effort,” Panter said. first two categories require four hours of daily instruction includes lectures and lessons the funding responsibility from taxpayers teachers to support the #RedForEd movement “When they’re amongst other kids who are Additionally, she said the class often SEI study; intermediate requires two. through technology platforms. statewide to those in districts that receive earlier this year, expressed frustration with growing at their same rate, their confidence is has an isolating effect on her students, who Destiny Cruz and her classmate Graciela “For me, it was very hard the first day. desegregation money. The change resulted the governor and the Legislature, who have boosted,” Kohls said. are separated for half the school day from Brambila, 15, spend four hours every school It’s difficult because I don’t understand in increased secondary property taxes for touted increasing teacher salaries — while also mainstream classrooms. day under Panter’s instruction. For the everything,” Brambila said. Maricopans. working to shift the burden of desegregation SEI classrooms face And, though the program provides high past four years, Panter has developed the Brambila and Cruz help each other in their That tax funds the program and salaries of tax to the local level. challenges other than funding schoolers more technology resources, Panter curriculum based on state standards and what traditional studies, like math, outside of their 25 teachers who instruct ELL students. “You can’t light a house on fire and call 9-1- The program at MUSD’s high school has its said the state needs to change requirements to her students need to succeed. SEI classroom, where teachers usually do not Senate Bill 1529, signed by Gov. Doug 1 and be the hero,” Wagner said.

State Rep. Mark Finchem (R — LD 11): “This is not a new tax. It is a tax moved from State Rep. Vince Leach (R — LD 11): State Sen. Steve Smith (R — LD 11): one funding source to another, putting the responsibility for funding on “[Ducey’s teacher salary- “[Desegregation funding] the community that uses the school system, and not other communities that do raise plan] was on the table long is a bad tax that the local level not have a segregation compliance problem with the U.S. Department of Justice before the now very successful should eliminate and get rid of it Office of Civil Rights.” 20×2020 was finalized.” altogether.”

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bowels of a grand, abandoned house made of Ghost stories from wood in their neighborhood. Inside, a grand staircase arched upward to a second story, the ceiling polished with a dusty but still-glistening Maricopa’s past chandelier. “We went upstairs and all of a sudden that PEOPLE By Michelle Chance door shut, and the chandelier started going around,” Deck said. Suzie Smith in front of her The boys quickly left the home on their house that was south of the bicycles and later told the experience to a friend railroad tracks. She lived down the street. Come sundown, it was time for there until the mid-1950s. the Deck brothers to return home. “We started riding, and all of a sudden the lights come on in the house,” Deck said, adding there was no electric service running to the “The wash was running so we took it really estate. “Boy, you should have seen us tear them slow and as we got closer to the top, there was bikes up; we burned rubber.” a lady standing there and she was all in white,” The ‘ghost house,’ as residents called it, was Murphree said. later demolished. An unfamiliar face tends to stick out in rural towns. This fair-haired stranger shook Haunted homestead Do you dream of getting the psyches of the passengers who discovered south of the tracks her standing near the bank, drenched in water The 1950s in Maricopa were a simpler time, a good night’s sleep? from her feet to her thighs. according to Maricopa historian Patricia Brock Do you dream of getting Murphree thought she must be stranded, in her book “Reflections of a Desert Town.” lost or even hurt. His attempt to open the door However, it wasn’t without some aspect of Approximately 22 million Americans suffer from a disorder known as to assist her was met with immediate resistance paranormal terror. a good night’s sleep? sleep apnea. The sleep center at Banner Casa Grande diagnoses and from the driver, his friend, whose instinct was Many of Brock’s notes are archived by the Maricopa Historical Society to place foot to accelerator at the ghostly sight. Maricopa Historical Society. One describes an Approximatelytreats Obstructive 22 millionSleep Apnea Americans and other suffer sleep from disorders a disorder in children known aricopa’s history is chronicled well into the mid-19th century, when much of the “Her face was blank. She didn’t wave. There old adobe home that provided a thrill for many asand sleep adults. apnea. Fortunately, the sleep center at Banner Casa Grande American Southwest was still frontier land. was no reaction whatsoever,” Murphree said. school children. diagnoses and treats Obstructive Sleep Apnea and other sleep Most structures and relics from that period have been lost — whether from The teens had heard the legend of La The “Old Perry Williams and Dallas Smith disorders• Are you in tiredchildren and dozeand adults. off during the day? disaster, vandalism or purposeful destruction in the name of progress with new Llorona before, a woman in white who haunts House,” built in 1884, was a large, 10-room home M •• AreDo youyou snore? tired and doze off during the day? construction. The romanticized wild west, and the ghost stories that accompany it, however, the river where she killed her children and then that once stood south of where the business barn • Have you been told you stop breathing during sleep? live on. herself. But the Mexican folktale and others is today. Cactuses, shrubs and trees protected • Do you snore? • Do you have high blood pressure? like it never phased a skeptic like Murphree — otherwise unobstructed views of the homestead. • Have you been told you stop breathing during sleep? Woman in white until that night. However, curious kids did get a glimpse from • Is your neck size larger than 16 inches (for women) • Do you have high blood pressure? mourns in the wash Pierre Deck “That’s how I got really interested in the time to time. or 17 inches (for men)? A summer storm lingered above Maricopa as legend and doing a little bit of research on La “As we approached the house, we would • Is your neck size larger than 16 inches (for women) or 17 inches (for men)? a group of teenagers returned from church Llorona and the white lady,” Murphree said. gradually ease out toward the road so we did If so, it may be time to put your sleep problems to rest. We can examine camp one evening in 1974. The mystery of the woman in white hasn’t not disturb anyone or anything that might be Ifyour so, sleepit may issues be time at tohome put oryour with sleep an overnight problems sleep to rest. study We at can our examine center. Brent Murphree, who would later grow been solved, but Murphree said classmates beyond the sentinels. We knew it would be death your sleep issues at home or with an overnight sleep study at our up to become vice mayor, was 14 at the time claimed witness to other sightings of La before dawn if we did. One dare devil could not Ask your doctor if a sleep study is right for you or your child. when his mother stopped at Headquarters Llorona in other areas where washes run. leave well enough alone and just had to push center. Ask your doctor if a sleep study is right for you or your child. Café to drop off campers. Inside, Murphree the button. He took a quick peek through the reunited with two friends from school. He Mobile’s ‘Ghost House’ bushes, jumped back and screamed all the way SLEEP CENTER APPOINTMENTS: (520) 381-6423 waved his mother on for a chance to hang out Michelle Chance spooks neighbors to school. We never did find out what he saw,” Sleep Center Appointments: (520) 381-6423 with buddies. Spirits reportedly haunt many parts of the Brock’s note alleged. After dinner, a slow drizzle met the belonging to pecan groves lining each side. Maricopa area beyond the banks of its running The home was occupied by Maricopa teenagers outside; low-hanging clouds kept There was no bridge back then preventing waters. pioneer Susie Smith until the mid-1950s. the air damp and the August evening cool. Santa Rosa Wash from carving into the Longtime Maricopa resident Pierre Deck Brock’s book said Maricopa lost its ‘haunted “It’s a perfect setup for a scary story,” rural road. To continue to the other side, the spent most of his childhood living in Mobile, house’ in 1960 when two boys playing with Murphree recalled. “It was a dark and stormy geography forced motorists down a narrow, a neighboring community 14 miles west matches near the property accidentally set a night.” steep dip through the wash. of Maricopa. In the early 1960s, he and his blaze that brought the home down. The friends piled in a vehicle and headed This monsoon, different from the usual, brother entertained themselves by hunting east on Honeycutt Road. The unpaved quick-moving, violent storms of its kind, rabbits and exploring the desert. Have you experienced paranormal BannerHealth.com/CasaGrandeBannerHealth.com/CasaGrande path, illuminated only by headlight beams, produced a steady stream of runoff water that One day, the teenaged siblings took on a activity in Maricopa? 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12 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 13 VOTE State Senate District 11 2018 READY TO General Election Candidates VOTE?

U.S. Senate U.S. Congressional District 1 Last day to register to vote: Write-ins: Sheila Write-in: Bilyeu (Democrat), David Shock

Michael DeCarlo (independent) n Ralph Atchue n Venden Oct. 9 (independent), Robert n Mohammad Arif “Vince” Leach Early ballots mailed: Kay (Republican), Jonathan Ringham State House District 11 (other), Benjamin (vote for 2) Oct. 10 Wirtz (Republican) Early in-person n Kyrsten Sinema n Martha McSally n Tom O’Halleran* n Wendy Rogers voting at three n Angela Green Recorder’s Office locations begins: Governer Secretary of State Oct. 10 Write-ins: Arthur Ray Arvizu (other), ENDORSED BY James “Marvelman” Gibson II (other), n Hollace Lyon n Marcela Quiroz Deputies • Firefi ghters • Constables Christian Komor (independent), Patrick Masoya (independent) H REPUBLICAN H Arizona Native n David Garcia n Doug Ducey* n Katie Hobbs n Steve Gaynor H CONSERVATIVE H Community n Angel Torres H CONSTITUTIONAL Volunteer Attorney General State Treasurer Superintendent of Public Instruction H Endorsed by H GUN RIGHTS Community n Mark Finchem* n Bret Roberts H PRO-LIFE Leaders Clerk Of Pinal County Superior Court H LAW & ORDER H AZ Constable Association Trained H NRA LIFE MEMBER n Amanda Stanford* H SECURE OUR BORDERS Maricopa/Stanfield Justice of the Peace EXPERIENCED: n Lyle Riggs* • Active Law Enforcement • Pinal County Sheriff’s Offi ce n January Contreras n Mark Brnovich* n Mark Manoil n Kimberly Yee n Kathy Hobbs n Frank Riggs Maricopa/Stanfield Constable • AZPOST Certifi ed Field Training Offi cer Write-in: Matthew Harris (Democrat) • Law Enforcement Firearms/TASER Instructor • Skilled in Confl ict Resolution/De-Escalation Mine Inspector Corporation Commision (vote for 2) • Successful Small Business Owner • 30+ Years Corporate Management

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n DEMOCRAT n REPUBLICAN n GREEN PARTY PAID FOR BY MORRISON FOR CONSTABLE n n n William “Bill” Pierce n Joe Hart* n Sandra Kennedy n Kiana Maria Sears n Rodney Glassman n Justin Olson* Andre LaFond Glenn Morrison *incumbent Write-in: Neil DeSanti (Republican) 14 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 15 VOTE MEET THE CANDIATES VOTE 2018 JUDGES 2018 General election town hall to How do you like your judges? feature state, local candidates t the end of the General Election ballot, among attorneys in “judicial temperament,” for retention, and both received 27 votes of he InMaricopa.com General District 11. The afternoon block voters are asked whether to retain with Neal scoring 91 percent and Fuller scoring “meets the standards” and no votes of “does not Election Town Hall is set for starting at noon will have candidates some current Superior Court, Court 85 percent. On the other hand, Washburn meet standards.” Bolick had an average score Oct. 6 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for Arizona Corporation Commission, Aof Appeals and Supreme Court judges. scored 100 percent in judicial temperament, of 94 percent. His lowest score was in judicial T at Maricopa High School’s constable and more offices. The Judicial Performance Commission, getting and White 99 percent. temperament at 83 percent. Pelander’s average Performing Arts Center. The rules for candidates and feedback from attorneys, jurors, litigants and Washburn’s lowest marks came from score was 99.6. His lowest score was a 98 in State and local candidates will audience alike are simple: Be witnesses through surveys, found the four Pinal attorneys rating his communications skills at communication skills. discuss the issues with their opponents respectful, be succinct and stay on County Superior Court judges on the ballot 92 percent. White’s lowest score came from In Divisions I and II Court of Appeals, four In a survey of and take questions from the public topic. meet the standards. litigants/witnesses rating his integrity at 93 judges are up for retention. All were found to attendees after the ahead of the Nov. 6 election. The The town hall is in partnership Judges Delia Neal, Daniel Washburn and percent. His lowest mark among attorneys was meet the standards, and none received a ruling event is free to attend. RSVP at with Maricopa High School and Be Kevin White each received 27 votes of “meets also in integrity (96 percent). of “does not meet judicial standards.” Primary Election MaricopaEvents.com. Awesome Youth Coalition. judicial standards” and none against. Washburn and Neal scored 100 percent In Division I, Judge Peter Swann had an av- Town Hall, more “The opportunity for political Doors open at 9:45 a.m. A LEGO Judge Steven Fuller received 19 votes of across all categories with litigants and witnesses. erage score of 96.1. His lowest mark came in “le- than 90 percent candidates to engage with prospective pool supervised by Be Awesome “meets judicial standards” and four votes of gal ability” with 91 percent. In Division II, Peter voters about issues the voters care about ACC candidates Sandra Youth Coalition volunteers will be “does not meet judicial standards.” Six members Average survey ratings Eckerstrom averaged 97.25 percent. His lowest said the event is a priceless element of our democracy,” Kennedy and Kiana Sears available for children whose parents of the commission did not vote on Fuller. He Fuller – 97.75% mark was in “legal ability” at 84 percent. Philip affected the way InMaricopa Editor Raquel Hendrickson wish to attend. was the only judge up for affirmation in the state Neal – 98.3% Espinosa’s average was 92.7 percent. His lowest said. “So, we encourage voters and to receive more than one vote of “does not meet Washburn 98.1% mark, too, was in “legal ability” at 82 percent. they would vote. candidates to bring thoughtful The morning block starting at 10 520-568-0040 judicial standards.” However, his overall average White – 98% Christopher Staring scored 98.86 percent, with discussion points to help highlight the a.m. will have candidates for state [email protected] score was still a high 97.75 percent. Arizona Supreme Court judges Clint Bolick the lowest mark of 96 percent coming in “legal differences between the campaigns.” house and senate for Legislative MaricopaEvents.com. Fuller and Neal received their lowest marks and John Pelander III are also on the ballot ability” and “administrative performance.”

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16 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 17 VOTE VOTE 2018 PRIMARY ELCTIONS 2018 How Did You Vote?

In the Aug. 28 primary election, residents of Maricopa averaged a 25 percent voter turnout. That was boosted in large part by a nearly 33-percent turnout in Precinct 90, which includes Province and part of Homestead and The Lakes. The unincorporated precinct of Thunderbird Farms had a higher voter turnout (almost 30 percent) than any of the municipal precincts except Precinct 90. Statewide voting was 33 percent, a record for an August primary, despite serious technical voting problems in Maricopa County. Primary Election 2018 Voter Turnout Maricopa/Stanfield

REGISTERED PROVISIONAL PRECINCT VOTERS EARLY POLL BALLOTS % 30 Maricopa 2,734 459 179 30 24.4 31 Stanfield 469 81 17 2 21.3 54 Thunderbird Farms 1,614 322 142 18 29.9 WHERE TO VOTE 67 Hidden Valley 1,268 257 69 10 16.5 73 Santa Rosa 1,515 290 109 11 27.1 74 El Dorado 2,492 385 160 15 22.5 77 Ak-Chin 401 21 35 3 14.7 Voting Precincts 78 Maricopa Meadows 2,404 514 181 22 28.6 30 Maricopa 78 Maricopa Meadows 79 Maricopa Fiesta 2,724 451 215 34 25.7 Desert Wind Middle School Maricopa Community Church 80 Province 4,784 1,295 248 33 32.9 35565 W. Honeycutt Road 44977 W. Hathaway Ave. 90 Senita 2,297 343 103 28 20.6 100 Desert Cedars 2,106 295 141 12 21.3 31 Stanfield 79 Maricopa Fiesta First Baptist Church Villages at Rancho El Dorado 101 Alterra North 2,401 389 128 14 22.1 615 S. Stanfield Road 20991 N. Butterfield Parkway Maricopa total 102 Maricopa Wells 2,782 465 156 27 23.3 population (2017) TOTAL 29,991 5,567 1,883 259 54 Thunderbird Farms 80 Province Thunderbird Fire District Global Water Center 48,007 Community Building 22590 N. Powers Parkway 12356 N. Ralston Road Maricopa 90 Senita Precinct voting-age adults (est.) How You Voted for City Council (by precinct) 67 Hidden Valley Maricopa Unified School District Office Candidates elected outright in red Pinal County Public Works 44150 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Hwy. 34,421 Linette Vincent Bob Cynthia Paige Rich Henry 43910 W. Meadowview Road Caroselli Manfredi Marsh Morgan Richie Vitiello Wade Write-In 100 Desert Cedars 73 Santa Rosa First Baptist Church of Maricopa Maricopa 30 Maricopa 160 279 218 134 116 330 316 10 Santa Rosa Elementary School 18705 N. John Wayne Parkway registered voters 73 Santa Rosa 114 153 120 94 85 226 168 4 21400 N. Santa Rosa Drive 74 El Dorado 137 202 177 146 114 269 226 11 101 Alterra North 26,220 78 Maricopa Meadows 141 280 206 169 143 393 311 16 74 El Dorado Maricopa Wells Middle School Pima Butte Elementary School 45725 W. Honeycutt Ave. 79 Maricopa Fiesta 151 306 191 153 101 381 305 26 Maricopa 42202 W. Rancho El Dorado Parkway primary voters 80 Province 371 598 522 448 217 809 691 36 102 Maricopa Wells 90 Senita 146 208 117 114 83 241 193 5 77 Ak-Chin Community Legacy Traditional School 100 Desert Cedars 120 188 155 116 76 201 196 8 Ak-Chin Service Center 17760 N. Regent Drive 6,703 48227 W. Farrell Road 101 Alterra North 142 273 177 136 75 237 231 10

102 Maricopa Wells 172 244 208 151 97 348 265 13 Find your precinct at bit.ly/PrecinctPolls. TOTALS 1,654 2,731 2,091 1,661 1,107 3,435 2,902 139

18 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 19 or making Arizona a healthier place to live. In believer in the ESA program, Proposition 305 is Tempe: “Those in favor of Prop. 305 are VOTE ON THE BALLOT fact, study after study has shown that — not not well thought out. They could have written exploiting our children to crack open the 2018 only will this proposal do more harm than good the bill in a much more responsible way that funding door for private religious education. for the environment — it will also result in lost fixed existing flaws in the ESA program and Our children were paraded around as the Controversy abounds in jobs, cause irreparable economic damage and made accessing ESAs more just.” justification for a voucher expansion for those hurt hardworking Arizona families and business Susan Collins, Kingman: “Even if money seeking a private religious education. ESA 5 ballot propositions owners — including the industry men and is not taken directly from your local district benefits will not go away for children with women we represent. and charter schools (both publicly funded), disabilities if Prop. 305 is rejected.” rizona has five propositions on the ballot taxed as of Dec. 31, 2017, and prohibit the state, Backers include Clean Energy for a Healthy Victor Riches, president/CEO, Goldwater money is taken from the education budget on for the General Election. They range counties and cities or towns from imposing Arizona, Natural Resources Defense Council Institute, Phoenix: “The debate is not whether the state level. That effects every public dis- Prop 306 from solar power to education, and most new or increasing existing sales tax or any and Conservative Alliance for Solar Energy. we should or should not be looking to renewable trict, charter, school, teacher and student in This change to the Citizens Clean Elections Act are very divisive. transaction-based fee. energy for our state’s future — the issue is with the state of Arizona.” would prohibit clean-election candidates from A FOR Backers include Citizens for Fair Tax Policy, forcing Arizona’s taxpayers to implement a Susan Edwards, ESA Family Network, transferring any money from their campaign Prop 125 Arizona Real Estate. David Garcia, governor candidate Phoenix: program that is not fiscally sound.” The Arizona Constitution prohibits diminishing “The Clean Energy for A Healthy Arizona Vince Leach, State Representative LD 11, public retirement system benefits. Prop 125 FOR initiative will position Arizona as the solar SaddleBrooke: “The consequences of complying AZ would create an amendment to permit adjusting Holly Mabery, chair, Citizens for Fair Tax superpower it should be by increasing the with these unrealistic mandates would be cata- ouse benefits for retired corrections officers and Policy, Cottonwood: “Sales taxes hit low-and amount of our energy that comes from strophic to Arizona — electric bills would sky- H LD11 elected officials as an answer to underfunded middle-income families hardest. The Protect renewable sources to 50 percent by 2030. rocket, tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue pensions. The Legislature already passed Arizona Taxpayers Act protects those who are William Mundell, Paradise Valley, would be lost, thousands of jobs would go away.” Senate Bill 1442 and House Bill 2545 to permit least able to afford new taxes, including senior and Sandra Kennedy, Phoenix, former the adjustments; the proposition allows the citizens, the disabled and others on fixed Corporation Commissioners: “APS/Pinnacle Prop 305 legislation to go into practice and replace cost- incomes.” West has unethically spent millions of customer This proposition would enact Senate Bill of-living increase with a new, compounding Chad Heinrich, state director, National dollars to elect and control the Commission. 1431, expanding the eligibility for Education cost-of-living adjustment. The adjustment Federation of Independent Business: The result has been to fall behind other states in Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for cannot exceed 2 percent of the base benefit. “Imagine paying more for childcare services, the use of solar energy. Arizona should be the kindergarten through 12th grade and more rent, installations or repairs in your home, or Solar Capital of the world. funding for low-income students for tuition, FOR automotive service for your car. These are just Chris Herstam, former president of the textbooks, tutoring, educational therapies at a Public Safety Personnel Retirement System a few services provided by small businesses Arizona Board of Regents: “By using millions private or home-based school. Board of Trustees: “Proposition 125 also that could someday be taxed if we don’t act to in ratepayer money, APS has established Backers include The Bishops of the Arizona will shore up the state’s underfunded Elected prevent it… This proposition provides certainty complete control over the very regulatory body Catholic Conference and Arizona Free Officials’ Retirement Plan and the Corrections and a simple protection for Arizona citizens and established to keep them in check. Perhaps Enterprise Club. Officer Retirement Plan.” businesses against tax-and-spend politicians that is why only 6 percent of Arizona’s power Pinal County Supervisor Anthony Smith: and bureaucrats who may seek to extract a new comes from solar despite the fact that we are the FOR “High pension costs are burdening local tax from us.” sunniest state in the country.” Cathy Parisi, Tucson: “As Arizona’s population taxpayers and crowding out available resources Kris Mayes, former Arizona Corporation continues to grow, the few of us who choose for vital public health, criminal justice and road AGAINST Commissioner: “As a Republican former private schools provide a relief for growing maintenance responsibilities... These reforms Grand Canyon Institute: “Currently the state Arizona Corporation Commissioner, I support school districts, not a drain.” will help rein in costs and protect the taxpayer, foregoes about $12 billion by exempting services increasing the amount of renewable energy Matt Simon, former teacher, Tucson: “Prop while providing a sustainable benefit for existing from taxation. GCI does not advocate applying produced or purchased by our state’s utilities 305 has strong accountability and transparency retirees and a private sector-type defined sales taxes broadly to services, but Prop. 126 to 50 percent… By utilizing more solar, wind, requirements to ensure that these dollars are contribution program for future employees. would prevent consideration of possibly taxing biomass and landfill gas, Arizona will tap being spent in accordance with the law and select services, say advertising, at even a rate as into what is now the cheapest form of energy on the student. This is more transparency and AGAINST low as 1 percent.” available — this will reduce rates for utility accountability than exists for the traditional Eric Hahn, Tucson: “Corrections officers who Michael Shelton, retired Foreign Service customers by more than $4 billion. school system.” are retired fulfilled their employment agreement Officer, Tempe: “Our modern economy is Jason Bedrick, Phoenix: “Our public with their employer and the retirement plan. becoming a service-based economy. The AGAINST education system should be designed to They should get all the benefits that they Arizona Department of Revenue estimates that Cesar Chavez, Arizona House of meet the needs of children, not the other way were promised and successfully worked for. the value of services sold already exceeds the Representatives, Phoenix: “As a Democrat, around. Students are not mere funding units, The Arizona State legislature should not be value of goods sold in this state. If we started a I recognize my opposition to this initiative but individuals with varied aptitudes, interests proposing changes to retiree pensions after the sales tax on some of those transactions, it would puts me at odds with some of my colleagues. and preferences. Different children advance in fact. The Corrections Officer Retirement plan be possible to lower the state’s sales tax rate.” We all share a common goal of cleaner air and different subjects at difference paces, and some is the strongest in Arizona. No changes need to increased reliance on renewable energy, but it’s learn better in certain environments than others. be made except for the Arizona State Legislature Prop 127 important we do it the right way… This proposal ESAs empower families with greater access to a to stop raiding all the trust funds and using that A constitutional amendment would require is being forced on our voters by somebody who variety of learning options that best meet their money for other areas.” electric companies (but not government has no one’s interests in mind but his own. child’s unique needs.” utilities like Salt River Project) to sell increasing Bas Aja, executive vice president, Arizona Prop 126 amounts of renewable energy by increasing the Cattle Feeders’ Association, Phoenix: “Make AGAINST A proposed constitutional amendment would portion of their retail energy sales generated no mistake: this California-conceived energy Charles Siler, former external affairs manager, prohibit the taxation of any service that was not from renewable energy to 50 percent by 2030. initiative is not about improving our air quality Goldwater Institute, Scottsdale: “While I am a

20 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 21 funds to a political party or other tax-exempt aricopa Ace ardware organization that influences elections. 21542 N John Wayne Pkwy. Backers include Stop Taxpayer Money for Small Businesses Looking for Growth Find Home at Ak-Chin Maricopa, AZ 85139 Political Parties and Americans for Prosperity. 20 80 www.maricopaace.com FOR ive years ago, when Beth Mundell decided to find a brick and mortar location and local restaurants. Store ours: Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6 Henry Ritter, Scottsdale: “Of all the problems I was looking for a place to grow for their business. That’s when they With the Mesquite Building now have heard people complain about in Arizona, I Fher fledgling cheer and tumbling found Suite B in the Mesquite Building to fully occupied, the Ak-Chin Industrial have never once heard someone say the political business, she found the perfect home have the right combination of price and Park Board, who is responsible for parties need more money. That is why it is strange in Suite E of the Mesquite Building in location.”We do good quality work at an the development, marketing and that the Arizona Clean Elections Commission Ak-Chin’s industrial park, Santa Cruz affordable price, said Trivisonno, “and we management of the industrial properties voted to give government money — your money Commerce Center. A year ago, the think our new location is helping us attract in the Santa Cruz Commerce Center, has — to political parties so they could afford to send affordability of her suite in this multi- more business from Casa Grande.” begun discussions of a new multi-tenant you campaign advertisements and robo-calls.” tenant office/warehouse building and the Location and affordability were also building. In addition, there are new build- Mark Finchem, House of Representatives growth of her business enabled Mundell cited by Shelly Guilford of Liquidate AZ, to-suit projects in the planning. “It really is LD11, Oro Valley: “In 2016, it was discovered to expand with a move to Suite C, a larger who just recently moved her auction a great place to grow your business,” said Follow these steps: that several Clean Election candidates had space in the same building and to change business from Tempe to Suite E of the Board Chairman Charles Carlyle. contributed over $100,000 to the State Democrat her business name to Rockstar Arizona. Mesquite Building. A Maricopa resident, Party. This was an obvious abuse of the system Now Mundell is poised to expand again Guilford says her business is now To find out more about leasing and 1 Shop acehardware.com and opens up the possibility that both state parties and overtake the adjacent space in Suite just minutes from her house and her build-to-suit opportunities, visit could look to place candidates on the ballot for D. “For a new business starting out, the new location has greatly reduced her leaseakchin.com or call 520-568-3246. Check product availability the sole purpose of providing Clean Election price was affordable and the terms doable overhead. for us,” said Mundell. “We could not have Another start-up that has chosen Ak- at your Maricopa Ace. funds to the party. Even more interesting, 2 Clean Elections included language in the rule made this dream a reality anywhere else.” Chin for its home is Ibarra Family Farms. to permit participating candidates to contribute After outgrowing two garage The family-owned hydroponic operation Choose available for to 501(C) organizations. The practical effect of spaces and storage units, co-owners recently broke ground on a 16,000 SF pickup as early as today! this change is that a candidate is now allowed to Jeff Hamilton and Steve Trivisonno of greenhouse that will produce leafy 3 give money to a nonprofit (for example, a labor Advanced Performance Motorcycle Repair greens for farmers markets, supermarkets Sponsored Content union) that could use the money to support and We will email you when oppose candidates for office. This activity is far 4 your item(s) are confi rmed afield from the intentions of the voters to fund and ready for pickup. individual candidates, not political machines.” AGAINST Katie Hobbs, Senate minority leader, Phoenix: Ace Hardware “Clean Elections is an independent, bipartisan 21542 N John Wayne Pkwy. guardian for our elections. Its job is to protect Maricopa,Ace Hardware AZ 851398981 democracy for all of us, not just billionaires and RYAN RIECKS 21542 N(520) John 494-7805 Wayne Pkwy. AZ RY’S LANDSCAPING Maricopa,www.maricopaace.com AZ 851398981 greedy corporations. It’s part of what makes (520) 494-7805 Arizona great — most states don’t have anything www.maricopaace.comStore Hours: Advanced Performance offers custom Carlos Ibarra; Ann Marie Antone, Ak-Chin Council Rockstar Arizona, a Mesquite Building tenant Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6 like Clean Elections to hold their politicians performance engine building and motorcycle Member; Carlos Ibarra Jr. and Maria Hernandez, for 5 years, is expanding for a second time. Why we love shopping Store Hours: accountable. Prop 306 would put Clean Elections repair in Suite B of the Mesquite Building. Vice Chair, Ak-Chin Industrial Park Board; bend to Photo courtesy of Nice Creative, Inc. Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6 Ace Hardware under the control of a group of political insiders Photo courtesy of Nice Creative, Inc. plant seeds in celebration of the groundbreaking at Ace Hardware! of Ibarra Family Farm’s hydroponic operation at 21542 N John Wayne Pkwy. chosen by the governor. That’s a recipe for less Maricopa, AZ 851398981 Santa Cruz Commerce Center. transparency in our state government, and more Photo courtesy of the Ak-Chin O’odham Runner.  100% satisfi (520)ed with 494-7805 everythingwww.maricopaace.com Ace has to offer corruption.” State legislative contingent from LD26:  Has a wide rangeStore ofHours: Stihl “Arizona’s democracy is in trouble. We see it every Mon-Fri 7-7, Sat 7-7, Sun 8-6 day at the state Capitol. Lobbyists for greedy tools and other materials corporations get the special favors they want for my business from a political establishment that benefits from maintaining this unequal status quo. Meanwhile  Customer service is less like pleas from students, teachers and parents for employees; more like family well-funded schools go unheard, and working- class families struggle to find good-paying jobs in an economy whose rules are rigged in favor of the elite. Prop 306 is their latest trick to undermine Clean Elections. Don’t fall for it. 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24 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 25 Talent Kaden Rogers ‘Crazy creative’ teen entertains on stage, behind the camera

FA MILY By Raquel Hendrickson

agic or movie magic, imagining or engineering, Kaden Cruz Rogers has a side business as an Mentertainer, even a stage name, and a fledgling career in filmmaking. He’s also a high school freshman who turned 15 in July. As Kaden Cruz, he performs close-up magic shows for private, public and corporate gatherings. He received audition call-backs from “America’s Got Talent” and was a hair’s breadth from appearing on the show a season ago. As Kaden Rogers, he is director in a young crew of moviemakers with a film about to screen at the inaugural Show Low International Film Festival. He is also president and co- founder of the new film club at Maricopa High School. And he’s in band. And has been part of prize-winning Future City teams. His mother calls him “crazy creative.” Submitted “I think the reason I like magic and Kaden Cruz Rogers auditioned for filmmaking so much is because they both bring “America’s Got Talent” wonder,” Kaden said. “They take people out of during eighth grade and their everyday life and put them momentarily received a call-back. into some different reality.” He and his family have lived in The Villages for 12 years. The family includes parents Charlie and Amy Rogers, who own a karate business, and two younger siblings, Gracie and Mason. Kaden’s education has come through MHS Film Club films a Butterfield Elementary and Maricopa Wells promo at the football Middle School. field to invite more “From a young child he loved to just take students to get involved. Submitted things apart and look at all the pieces inside,” mom Amy Rogers said. “He’s always had that stopped in Las Vegas. They caught a magic He’s been building the act ever since and engineering kind of mind. I guess we never show by Alex Ramon and bought his CD of makes a point of fitting it to his personality. expected it to take this film course. We really magic tricks. For the rest of the trip, Kaden was “When you think of a magic trick or a thought he’s just going down this engineer locked into learning the new tricks and even magician or anything magical, you think of a kind of path.” uploaded a phone app that taught more tricks. top hat and a rabbit and a guy in a cape dancing “Everything that I like has to do with “And that’s all I was doing,” Kaden said. around on a stage,” Kaden said. “I think a creating something and then showing it,” he “Here’s this beautiful lake outside, and I’m 15-year-old wearing a cape and a hat doing all said. inside the hotel watching magic tricks.” these hocus-pocus things is just cheesy. Any Kaden discovered his knack for creating Soon he was not just “doing tricks” but other teenager wouldn’t do that. They wouldn’t magic after a trip to a magic shop at forming an act. He even performed for a go up on a stage and act like that. So, I do it Disneyland when he was 4 years old. The non-family audience for the first time during more to my age.” interest built and lapsed over the years but that trip when his uncle, then an activities After seeing a series of “America’s Got reignited when he was 11. coordinator at a Lake Tahoe dude ranch, Talent” magicians doing card tricks he already He was on a birthday trip with his convinced him to do a magic show for the knew, including season 9 winner Mat Franco, grandmother to Lake Tahoe when they guests. Kaden began to think he could do the same. Mason Callejas

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What he thought was an off-hand comment at dinner — “Why don’t we just sign up for the show” — turned into his mother signing him up to audition in Vegas. That was at the beginning of his eighth- grade year at Maricopa Wells Middle School. FA MILY With just a few weeks to come up with a big trick for television producers, he studied what had been done before. He worked out a routine that incorporated photos of all previous contestants and the judges on a deck of cards. The center of the trick is a missing piece that ends up somewhere unexpected. To audition, the Rogers family was in line at 5 a.m. at the Rio in Vegas, waiting their way Submitted “Kindness Equals Calm,” directed through two holding rooms. Then Kaden was Kaden Rogers by Kaden Rogers, had an acting crew ushered into a room where an AGT producer of (from left, front row) Joe Szoltysik, sat with a camera and camera operator Aubrey Pick, Kaden Rogers and Rori behind him. Gosiak; (back row) Thomas Abel, Zoie “He said, ‘Stand on the X, and you have Zimpleman and Joseph Abel. 90 seconds and good luck.’” The producer showed little reaction during the course of Kaden’s trick. end up seeing just this flat screen. But there’s “I finished the trick, and he just looked people with boom mics and lights and all this at me and said, ‘That was amazing. You just stuff happening in the background.” showed me the last 12 years of my life in a card Kaden wasn’t exactly smitten with making trick.’ That, to me, was just really cool. He said, movies at the start. In seventh grade in MUSD ‘Can you show it to my other producers?’” 20+1, teacher Joe Szoltysik gave Kaden and his I like the part After another hour in another holding classmates information video assignments for of making it my own — room, and filling out more paperwork, he language arts. was asked to have his picture taken in case “What’s interesting about Kaden’s evolution the creative part that he was cast. into film is at the beginning of seventh grade he no one else knows “And I said, ‘Wait, there’s a small chance ‘hated making videos,’” Szoltysik said. “Kaden about except for me.” you would cast me?’ The whole thing was just and the Abel twins [Joseph and Thomas] Mason Callejas —Kaden Rogers like shock. I don’t remember half of it, I was worked together and produced a video that so amped up on adrenalin. This time there’s One told him she liked the act, but it was was not technically sound, and I was certainly like five producers in a row. I did the trick obvious he had been rushed in creating new critical of it. That is when Kaden revealed his for them, and they pretty much had the same tricks. She said there were five spots left and disdain for making videos.” Mason Callejas reaction as the guy before: ‘Wow, this is really they were still “on the fence” about him. In the The disdain did not survive long after he Kaden exploded onto the scene.” He composed a lengthy email about the tech, design, computer graphics, music, even good. We are considering you.’” end, he was not selected. next co-directed The Fault. For the third time, Kaden and the Abel need for a film club and sent it to all MHS culinary. Weeks, months and the holidays went “I was still really amazed that I auditioned “I hadn’t before that even thought about brothers collaborated on a film with classmates staff. Administrative Assistant Danielle Byers “Kaden is doing an amazing job leading by before they received a call from casting twice in Vegas and then they called me back making movies at all,” Kaden said. “And we when the film class acquired better equipment. spoke to Amy Rogers about the situation and the club, learning what that role means, and producer Renee Massie. AGT wanted videos of in Arizona,” Kaden said. “Even though just made one in school. It didn’t compete in The production of Kindness Equals Calm was insistent on making the club happen. Reid is excellent at directing some really cool Kaden performing and wanted him to develop I didn’t make it on the show, the whole Copa Shorts [Film Fest], but they showed the extended well after they finished eighth grade. Martin, a RAM Academy teacher, emailed them experiences for his peers,” Martin said. bigger tricks for a large stage. He worked late to experience was crazy.” movies that everyone made in the class at the The full-length film is a comedy about a group back and said, ‘Let’s do it.’” Whether Kaden Rogers or Kaden Cruz, put together a documented video presentation He is considering trying out again. In film festival and when we went there, I realized, of young people on a weekend trip to Camp Most of the club’s 17 members were involved he continues to evolve his magic and balance to send in. That project kept him up until 3 the meantime, word of mouth has become ‘Oh my gosh, that’s amazing. Keep doing this.’” Shinebright. in the 20+1 filmmaking projects at MWMS and his other activities and school while educating a.m., and he had to get up at 5 a.m. to go to Facebook bookings for schools, libraries and He analyzed the experience and worked “One word to describe Kaden as a young Desert Wind Middle School. himself on the business end of the film festival the regional Future City competition for his businesses. He continues to use ancient magic out improvements in the whole filmmaking director would be ‘precise,’” Szoltysik said. “I’ve “I have been teaching and involved in high circuit and moviemaking. MWMS 20+1 Blended Learning program. books for his inspiration. process. worked as an actor on Kaden’s latest feature school culture for 17 years and never seen a “Through these filmmaking experiences, Then AGT added Phoenix as a last-minute “I like the part of making it my own — the “I remember him telling me ‘I think we film, and I will tell you, on set he is in charge; club so focused, energetic and excited about Kaden has not only developed a passion for audition location. Massie called Amy at 10 creative part that no one else knows about can do a lot better next time,’ and that is when respectful of course, but in charge.” what they are doing,” Martin said. “Primarily the filmmaking process,” Szoltysik said. “From a.m. the morning of those auditions and asked except for me. All they see is this finished I first saw his passion for filmmaking grow,” Kindness Equals Calm will appear multiple freshmen, I believe these students are going to be lighting, camera angles, and editing, it’s the if Kaden could come in that afternoon to see product, but they don’t know how many other Szoltysik said. “That passion grew throughout times in the Show Low Film Fest Oct. 11-14. doing some really cool things here in Maricopa, process that he loves and wants to share with more producers. Despite not having perfected tiny things go into it. I think that’s what I like, his eighth-grade year; his second film, The This fall, Kaden and the Abels came to MHS and for the rest of their lives.” others.” his new tricks, he decided to give it a shot. He coming up with this crazy plan and hiding it. Inverted, was shot in various locations in with the assumption there was a film club. They Kaden and the Abels envisioned a club that was sent to the head of the line and straight in That’s also like directing. There’s a ton of stuff Arizona, and won the student category of found not only was there no club but there was could bring together skills and talents from all Learn more about Kaden Rogers’ story front of producers. going on that you don’t see, and then you the 2018 Copa Shorts Film Fest. That’s when no longer a class or program of study for video. other campus programs — theater and theater online at InMaricopa.com.

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Our solution for this is long- classified employees, parents, We don’t just identify problems and to provide a fun experience where term, but we want to acquire our own office MARICOPA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT administrators, police personnel, complain and hope somebody does real connections can be made. Not a space with a place for a retail snack bar or elected city officials, and board something. We do something. We do night off for parents but a night out coffee shop that can help employ and provide members will collaborate to Brandi Homan By Dr. Tracey Lopeman it carefully and deliberately. We have a for them. our special needs teens opportunities for Superintendent of the Maricopa Unified School District #20 chart a course that prepares every plan. We have short- and long-term solutions. 2. Information. Awareness is one thing; entry-level work in an environment that child to graduate with the skills Here are three areas Maricopa falls short for its light your porch blue, that’s great. We are accepts and includes them. The model or nearly six months, I have the Mayor’s focus on developing those of the entire staff regarding and knowledge to succeed. We special-needs youth and solutions we are going ready for the next step. Providing a real already exists. Let’s replicate it here. had the pleasure to serve Maricopa as a Destination City the care and education of their believe every one of us has a role to implement. understanding of why my son and others If this mission resonates and you’re ready as the superintendent of reflect the pride and promise that children. in creating and supporting the 1. Recreation Opportunities. Too often our are behaving as they do in public is a whole to make a difference, contact me. The well- the Maricopa Unified compelled me to work here. While the highlights of MUSD schools we want for our children. kids with special needs don’t participate other discussion. We want to help inform meaning need not apply. FSchool District. Initially, I worked As the superintendent, I far outweigh the deficiencies, We invite everyone’s input in activities because they feel anxious, business owners and community members as a consultant, dividing my time listen to teachers, support staff these conversations have also and embrace the accountability and current youth-centric activities aren’t of the reasons special needs kids behave the 520-428-6633 between MUSD and my former and principals nearly every revealed areas where we must associated with the important set up to accommodate them. Other way they do so our community can react [email protected] district in Phoenix. On July 1, I day. Without exception, our improve so that we can continue promise we will make to our participants don’t understand. I can in an accommodating and caring manner. began to serve here fulltime. classrooms are filled with staff to meet and exceed the standards children, their parents, and our share some experiences, but my point is We are offering to use our Talk-O Tuesday Brandi Homan is a Be Awesome Youth Coalition Through countless impromptu who prepare and deliver intently for an excellent education for entire community. Together, my son and others like him just want to platform as a way to educate the community board member. conversations and formal and care deeply about the well- every child. To that end, we have we will achieve the vision of meetings, I have learned about being and development of every begun to articulate the hopes and Maricopa Unified School District, the values of our community. child. 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Pima Butte, Butterfield Back to School elementary schools The District began another exciting earn PBISAZ school year with a high-energy, all-staff convocation celebrating our past successes Achievement Awards and renewing our commitment to the Maricopa community for an exciting Pima Butte Elementary and Butterfield and rewarding new school year. District Elementary Schools in the Maricopa employees, Governing Board members, local Unified School District care about elected officials and community members providing a positive and safe learning participated in this 30 minute assembly that environment for their students and featured the following celebratory video. community. The https://www.youtube.com/ PBISaz Achievement watch?v=WwaLjUNZvqk&feature=youtu.be Award recognizes schools for successful implementation and outcomes with school-wide systems Show Low Film Festival Showcases of Positive Behavior Interventions and Support (PBIS). Maricopa Wells Student Film Award criteria required high scores on national fidelity and integrity Submitted by Blended Learning Instructor Joseph Szoltysik assessments and measurable student ug. 20, the inaugural Show Low (head writer), Joseph Abel (camera 1) and outcome data. Film Festival formally announced Aubrey Pick (actress, assistant to the director, Principals Mr. Randy Lazar and the films to be shown at its festival screenwriter). Mrs. Janel Hildick note that this award this fall. One of the films selected, The film is a comedy about a group of recognizes the dedication of school Kindness Equals Calm, was written and young people who embark on a weekend staff and our community to uphold A produced by students from Maricopa Wells journey to Camp Shinebright with their overly their school expectations every day: Middle School during the 2017-18 school year. enthusiastic therapist, played brilliantly by The film was completed in Mr. Joe Szoltysik's MUSD Butterfield Elementary teacher Liz PBIS EXPECTATIONS: film class. The class taught students all the Zimpleman. The film was submitted to the ü Be Responsible aspects of film making; including screenwriting, Show Low Film Fest as a full-length feature ü Be Respectful story-boarding, lighting, camera angles, film. The Show Low Film Fest is Oct. 11-14 ü Be Safe makeup, and editing. The culminating project and will feature various films, both local and was to produce a film for submission to the international. Together we are building a school Show Low Film Festival. Kindness Equals Calm will be shown culture that is more positive, proactive, The students who produced Kindness multiple times at the festival, and the students and supportive for all our students so Equals Calm are Kaden Rogers (director), Zoie will partake in a Q&A after each showing with that they can be successful citizens and Zimpleman (actress, screenwriter), Thomas the public and media outlets. Congratulations leaders of our nation. Our awards will Abel (actor, storyboard editor), Rori Gosiak to these students for their accomplishment! n proudly be displayed in our respective school offices and on our websites. Pima Butte Elementary is committed to excellence and Preparing MHS Band Joins High School, Desert Mountain High School, Students to Succeed in a Global Society Ironwood High School, Raymond S. Kellis Through the Use of Science, Technology Arizona Bands for High School and Rancho Solano Prep. 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The first will be mounted near a Parent group, Boy Scout playground at Lousandra Drive and Kristal Lane in Senita. Supplies will likely be donated to build ‘little free library’ from area hardware stores. His project will also include a book drive. Copple Copple, p.c. Other libraries could pop up in & By Michelle Chance Cobblestone and Alterra South before next FA MILY summer, given funding and approval from local group is thinking outside the homeowners associations, members said. box when it comes to traditional It’s the group’s goal to install more than 10 libraries. little libraries in Maricopa neighborhoods — A MOMS Club of Maricopa will three every year, Holmes said. Personal Injury utilize the help of a Boy Scout to construct Other funding will come directly from the three “little free libraries” in local subdivisions club. Members will monitor the libraries in Medical Malpractice by June. weekly rotations to ensure books are stocked The concept and design plan are inspired The book swap operates on an honor and clean. Members plan to host book drives from the non-profit organization of the same system, according to members. There is no to keep the supply steady. Wrongful Death name. sign-out list or time limit. A book should be The local moms’ group has been a charter The little library is a small, wooden returned or replaced by another. And it’s all of MOMS Club International since 2005. Insurance Bad Faith structure fixed atop a post. A hinged door done free to the reader. Members offer support to fellow mothers swings open to reveal books on shelves. A Club President Jessica Holmes said the through playdates for children from birth to latch secures the door and literature inside. project is not meant to replace the public school age. The club initiates several service The local group of stay-at-home moms library but provide children even more access projects every year and donates annually to considers it a way to build a sense of to books. local nonprofit organizations. community where “people come in and are A Boy Scout from Troop 993 will organize The charter has also recently launched able to give something and take something the construction and installation of the its Just Us Moms Play (JUMP) group which as well,” said MOMS Club Secretary Jomarie group’s first three libraries as part of his Eagle comprises of outings with stay-at-home Empathetic Bradt. Scout project. mothers of school-aged children. representation Grand Opening Special! with decades WE HONOR VETERANS of experience 30% OFF ALL SERVICES driving results

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sports medicine and technical theatre. CTE: Skills pay the bills Additionally, MHS students have access Girls are good at math, too By Bernadette Russoniello to additional CTE programs through Central By Murray Siegel Arizona Valley Institute of Technology. areer and Technical Education, Statistically, CTE produces results. CAVIT courses provide certifications and known as CTE, is education’s best- Graduation rates for CTE concentrators dual enrollment credits from CAC. These here is no question understanding in mathematics. it, even if you do have natural ability. You FA MILY FA MILY kept secret. (students who complete a two-year program) opportunities include cosmetology, dental and utilizing technology are vital Parents of daughters must be concerned can begin to avoid practicing it, because C CTE programs across the state exceed 98 percent compared to 68 percent for assisting, fire science, law enforcement, tools for a successful career. Those about their children’s mathematical to your mind that practice is more painful and country focus on preparing students all Arizona students. There’s also an alarming massage therapy, medical assisting, nurse Tconsidering the social sciences, the development. Research results show boys than learning what comes more easily. Not with a combination of academic knowledge, trend of disconnected youth — young adults assisting and veterinary assisting. financial industry or the arts for one’s and girls have similar abilities in practicing, in turn, transforms what started technical skills and work-based learning that with no career or educational goals — At MHS, students who complete at least vocation must be able to function with mathematics, while girls generally out as a mere aversion into a genuine lack of prepares students for the next step accounting for nearly 11 percent of two years of Air Force JROTC enlist at higher technology, and it is helpful to have a outperform boys in reading and competence. Unfortunately, the way math in their career and education plan. adults ages 18-24. CTE programs rank in the U.S. armed forces. Automotive strong background in science. writing. Many girls believe they are is generally taught in the United States — CTE focuses on “soft skills” that help connect with these students students earn student ASE (Automotive An article in the Aug. 7 edition better in language arts than in math which often downplays practice in favor of industry and employers require and before they leave public education Service Excellence) certifications. Computer of New York Times (page A23 and translate this into a belief that emphasizing conceptual understanding — find lacking in many high school and without a plan. repair and networking students complete “Make Your Daughter Practice they are really not good in math. can make this vicious circle even worse for college graduates. Maricopa High School offers the CISCO Academy and A+ Certification. Math) highlighted a researcher Murray Siegel This leads to a lack of effort in math girls.” All CTE programs must be students a variety of Career and Culinary Art students become ServSafe food who is concerned about preparing lessons. The basis for this behavior What is the professor’s advice for parents primarily work-based; these Bernadette Technical Education options. managers in addition to recipients of the young female students for a world where is false since girls can excel in mathematics of girls? She emphasizes, “Do your daughter requirements make the courses highly Russoniello Many courses are state and standard Food Handler card. Graphic Design competence in STEM (science, technology, the same as boys. a favor — give her a little extra math practice interactive and engaging for students national award-winning programs, students work to become Adobe-certified engineering, mathematics) is a requirement. Mathematics is the language of science, each day, even if she finds it painful. In the while providing authentic experiences for modeling innovative strategies and learning associates. Marketing students utilize Google Barbara Oakley, the author of the article, engineering and technology, and as a long run, she’ll thank you for it. (And, by the school, community and industry-involved experiences for students. Programs Ad Words and Google Analytics certification is an engineering professor at Oakland language it is acquired using in-depth way: the same applies to your son.)” learning. Additionally, all CTE programs must offered at MHS include Air Force ROTC, in addition to regular work hours and sales University in Rochester, Michigan, and practice. lead to industry-recognized certifications or automotive technologies, computer repair experience through their student-based authored the book “Learning How to Learn.” Professor Oakley writes, “Unfortunately, Murray Siegel, Ph.D., has 42 years of teaching ex- an industry-identified skill set to give students and networking, culinary arts, digital enterprise. Sports Medicine students certify Oakley is convinced research demonstrates thinking you’re not very good at something perience. He is a volunteer teacher of advanced a boost in applying for and landing jobs. photography, graphic design, marketing, in CPR and First Aid as well as Emergency the key to STEM success is a solid foundation can be a quick path to disliking and avoiding math classes at Butterfield Elementary School. Medical Responder. Maricopa High School CTE programs seek the participation and involvement of local business and industry to advise program focus. If you have questions about the Affi liated Cardiologists programs or would like to offer your expertise of Arizona and guidance on program advisory boards, please reach out .

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The restaurant was also • Saddleback Elementary Suite B-9 dinged for a shortage of date markings and • Santa Rosa Elementary 520-568-8890 OrbitelCom.com BY HEALTH INSPECTOR a rice acidification log not being maintained. • Sequoia Pathway Academy K-6 Denny’s also had a cold-holding • Sequoia Pathway Academy Maricopa Unifi ed School District #20 WEDDINGS Getting CHAD CHADDERTON BROKER/OWNER 44150 W. Maricopa-Casa Grande Hwy. Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Out of 20 Maricopa food establishments issue on the day of inspection. Some — Secondary 520-568-5100 • MaricopaUSD.org 48456 W. SR 238 inspected by Pinal County’s health food items in the prep table were at • True Grit Tavern to 520-568-2000 KNOW AHWATUKEE REALTY Maricopa Wells AkChinSouthernDunes.com department Aug. 16-Sept. 15, all but 44 to 47 degrees instead of 41 and Middle School Maricopan since: 2001 45725 W. Honeycutt Ave. three received perfect scores. were rearranged to allow for better air SATISFACTORY [Violations 520-568-7100 Neighboring eateries Yogurt Jungle flow. Liquid eggs were discarded. corrected during inspection] Hometown: West Hempstead, NY MWMS.MaricopaUSD.org and Say Sushi were inspected the same • Denny’s Occupation: Broker/Owner WEDDINGS • PARTIES • CONFERENCES Pima Butte 25 to 350 guests day, and both had a cold-holding issue. EXCELLENT [No violations found] • Say Sushi Family: Daughter Kelly & her husband JD, Elementary School Indoor and outdoor space grandchildren Gillian, Caylie & Dillon 42202 W. Rancho El Dorado Yogurt Jungle reportedly had pistachio • Butterfield Elementary • Yogurt Jungle Parkway 16000 N. Maricopa Road yogurt measured at 45 degrees instead • CAC — Culinary Pet peeve: Selfi sh and inconsiderate people 520-568-7150 520-233-2459 Like most about Maricopa: Still has small PBES.MaricopaUSD.org UltraStarAkChin.com/Elements of the required 41 degrees or below. • Children’s Learning Adventure NEEDS IMPROVEMENT [Critical town feel Say Sushi had a prep table that was not • Desert Wind Middle School items noted during inspection RAM Academy WINDOW TREATMENT 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. keeping food at 41 degrees or below. Food • Francisco’s Mexican Food cannot be corrected immediately FAVORITE … 520-568-8100 items were measured with temperatures • Leading Edge Academy requiring follow-up inspection] MHS.MaricopaUSD.org Charity: United Blood Services between 56 and 60 degrees. A tray of ice • Legacy Traditional School No Book: Daily Refl ections Saddleback was holding food at the correct temperature • Li’s Garden Elementary School but was not approved refrigeration • Maricopa Head Start UNACCEPTABLE [Gross, unsanitary Musician: Cat Stevens 18600 N. Porter Road ✺ We do any size window 520-568-6110 ✺ We offer decorative films equipment. Items were placed in a walk-in • Maricopa High School — Concessions conditions necessitating the Team: Arizona Cardinals SES.MaricopaUSD.org Website: AhwatukeeRealty.com ✺ We tint windows in your home/business unit. The inspector also noted teriyaki sauce • Maricopa High School — Culinary discontinuation of service] Santa Cruz (520) 252-9922 at 119 degrees when it should have been • Pima Butte Elementary None Quote: “Lead, follow or get out of the way” Elementary School 19845 N. Costa del Sol Learn more about Chad at InMaricopa.com/Getting-To-Know 520-568-5170 SCES.MaricopaUSD.org 48 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 Gardening Real Estate Fall trend in Maricopa 2017 Active Listings HOME housing market is flat HOME By Dayv Morgan

The end of summer typically brings with it the way this autumn, too. Though a stagnant sluggishness of the Maricopa housing market housing market is often a buyer’s market, for the cooler months. Last year, for instance, families looking for new homes usually search the median price for a closed/sold home was toward the end of the school year, so they can $190,000 in September and stayed the move over the summer. 382 411 429 Submitted same in December. And while October is “snowbird” TYou can also expect fewer homes season and visitors from the Midwest Oct Nov Dec To attract butterflies, choose blue going under contract when the and Northeast return, Canadians Hot pot gardening: Look for mist flower, lantana or desert milkweed. market is flat. do not seem to be having the same and available specs right now, nine more were Hummingbirds are attracted to autumn In 2017, Maricopa had 157 homes impact on the housing market as they started in September and 22 spec homes are thrillers, fillers and spillers sage, scarlet creeper and velvet honeysuckle. that went under contract in October. once did. Canadian ownership is now scheduled to start by the end of November. To attract birds, select ocotillo, hesperaloe That dropped to 134 in November under 5 percent, according to Empire By Wende Gehrt or southwest coral bean. If you prefer cacti and then 106 in December, according Dayv Morgan West Title Company. Dayv Morgan is a Maricopa Realtor and owner and succulent plants, keep them together to to Multiple Listing Service (MLS). The exception to the flat fall market is of HomeSmart Success. Gardening in containers, or hot pots, can be a The filler is the main focal flowering plant, avoid overwatering or feeding. Succulents As sales slow, the number of homes on Province, which is expected to see an upswing great deal of fun and affords the gardener ac- and chrysanthemums, salvias, nasturtiums, and cacti do need water, but only when the the market increases. That coincides with in activity, as they do get a lot of buyers who 844-811-7653 cessibility, opportunities for creativ- petunias and zinnias are all good soil is very dry. an increase in active homes in the Maricopa are in Maricopa only during the cooler [email protected] ity, and relative ease in terms of daily choices. market during the fall months. months. Meritage Homes at Province is chores. 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50 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 51 Home Sales Permits MOST EXPENSIVE Single-Family Residence Building Permits HOME SOLD 2016-2018 2016 HOME 2017 2018

111 • Plumbing 105 107 • In-line Video Camera Service 98 98 100 98 92 • Leak Detection • Backfl ow Testing & Installation 87 80 • Drain Cleaning 77 76 90 74 78 81 67 • Re-pipe of Water Lines 59 73 • Repairs/Remodeling 57 *56 • Hydrojetting 60 • Gas Line Installation 42 51 40 • Electrical 34 46 42* • FINANCING AVAILABLE 36 29 28 31 23 1. 42443 W. Bravo Drive, Rancho El Dorado 19 Raquel Hendrickson 520-836-5802 The most expensive home sold in Maricopa Aug. 16-Sept. 15 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec www.Brutinel.com LEAST was a two-story, five-bedroom home in the middle of Rancho ROC 068025 ROC 074815 EXPENSIVE El Dorado with a backyard pool and a master-suite balcony Source: City of Maricopa *Sept. 1-20 ROC 067458 ROC 067457 HOME SOLD overlooking the golf course. It also sports a three-car garage, loft, fireplace and lots of space. Listed at just under $400,000, it sold for $5,000 under the asking price. That was $69,000 more than its selling price four and a half months earlier.

Sold: Sept. 1 Features: Large diving pool with Purchase price: $394,000 new tile, great views, master Square footage: 3,890 suite with walkout, new carpet Price per square foot: $101.29 and paint, multiple ovens, Maricopa’s Days on market: 130 walk-in pantry, covered patio 1. 46108 W. Long Way, Maricopa Meadows Builder: Hacienda Listing Agent: Heather #1 Realtor Year built: 2004 Schmidt, The Maricopa Bedrooms: 5 Real Estate Company Over 500 Homes The least expensive home sold in Maricopa Aug. 16-Sept. 15 was Bathrooms: 3 Selling Agent: Bobby Johns, 24 Hour Emergency Service Sold in 5 years a 13-year-old starter home in Maricopa Meadows. The home lost Community: Rancho El Dorado Realty Pointe LLC Dayv Morgan nearly 25 percent of its value since the last time it sold in 2005. Residential & Commercial ABR, CDPE, CSSPE Newly carpeted and painted inside, the home served as a rental. OWNER, REALTOR� 2. 22026 N. Cline Court, Rancho El Dorado...... $375,000 • Install, Service & Repair Sold: Sept. 14 Features: New tile in kitchen, 3. 21954 N. Olson Court, Rancho El Dorado...... $373,000 Purchase price: $155,000 bathrooms and laundry room, • Immediate Response 4. 40358 W. Dennis Lane, Smith Farms...... $275,000 Square footage: 1,447 new toilets, lots of ceiling fans, • Scheduled Appointment Times Price per square foot: $107.11 dual-pane windows, sheltered 5. 42166 W. Santa Fe St., Glennwilde...... $260,455 • Exact Price Upon Arrival Days on market: 39 entry, two-car garage. • Clean, Courteous Service Professionals Builder: Elite Listing Agent: Mary Almaguer, Year built: 2005 Apache Gold Realty Bedrooms: 4 Selling Agent: Charles D. Powell, Bathrooms: 2 Realty Executives Tucson Elite (520) 216-5648 Community: Maricopa Meadows

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52 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 53 Health Exercise Seniors: Get moving! Exercise a valuable tool By Joan Koczor in fight against cancer

When the temperature reaches 100-plus, our active. There are a lot of activities and events By Ted Yocum first inclination is to crank up the a/c and you can participate in. Is there something just stay inside. With the end of the monsoon you always wanted to know more about? A “If we could turn the benefits of exercise into a pill, it season we can (hopefully) say goodbye to place you always wanted to travel to? Learn a would be demanded by patients and subsidized by those excessive temperatures and all the crazy new language, take dance lessons, crafts, low government — it would be seen as a major breakthrough weather the monsoon season brings. Time to impact sports, water aerobics. Or just walking. game, etc. Playing bingo is similar; you can sit, in cancer treatment.” Wget out there and get moving. Whatever interests you — go for it. be comfortable and socialize. So says Professor Prue Cormic, chair of the Dr. C. Jon Beecroft Dr. Kelvin Crezee Dr. Alex Stewart Being home all the time can It is necessary for seniors to be Join a club that shares your interest. Clinical Oncology Society of Australia, who helped increase the effects of aging and active on a daily basis to maintain Dinner clubs, book clubs, movie clubs to Iformulate a position paper based on data gathered Ted Yocum make people feel depressed. This is good health. name a few. Dancing is a popular activity for worldwide from 20 health organizations as quoted in • Ingrown Toenails especially true for people who live by Unable to do physical exercise? senior citizens. Many seniors may remember the Arizona Republic. SENIOR LIVING SENIOR themselves. Getting out of the house is Have difficulty walking? Playing going dancing every week. You have the time, There is overwhelming evidence that exercise for cancer patients • Sprains & Fractures also good for your emotional health. games is a cost-effective method of now take the opportunity to do what you have contributes to longer life and less recurrence. What does exercise do for Joan Koczor • Athletic Injuries For mental, physical and social entertainment and it keeps your always wanted to do. Most of all enjoy every cancer patients? reasons, being active is very good mind and body active and encourages day. • Lowers the risk of heart disease. • Warts for everyone, most especially senior citizens. socialization. Consider playing cards. You can There are several websites that offer ideas It can help overcome the stress of The Maricopa Multi • Plantar Fasciitis Shut off the television. Take advantage of the sit and be comfortable. Card games are also and suggestions on how to be more active, chemotherapy and radiation on the Cultural Consortium fall season and the cooler temperatures. Get good for improving cognitive skills. Shuffling, more involved. cardiovascular system. (MMCC) will present • Varicose Veins Treatment out and participate in activities like sports, dealing, and moving the cards around exercises Information is out there — just ask. • Lessens the risk of osteoporosis and another educational • Ankle & Foot Surgery dancing, walking, etc. Craft fairs are popular at their fingers and hands. They also have to use diabetes. program for seniors and this time, find one that interests you. their judgment skills to decide if they want Joan Koczor is a senior advocate and a member of • Improves your mood—lowers the risk their families Oct. 25, • Bunions & Bone Spurs Our age should not stop us from being another card or to discard a card, stay in the the Age-Friendly Maricopa Advisory Committee. of being anxious and depressed. 2-4 p.m., at the Maricopa • Helps with fatigue and tiredness. Police Department • Lessens nausea. Community Conference • Contributes to higher self-esteem and Room (adjacent to Copper helps improve your ability to keep Sky). The topic will be social contacts. “Benefits, Entitlements • Greater bone and muscle strength, less and Advocacy for Senior weight gain, leaner body mass. Citizens,” presented by • Stress reduction. To quote the National Jane Jones and Jean Carr, Cancer Institute, “Evidence from benefit specialists from Two convenient locations experimental studies does suggest the Pinal-Gila Council for that psychological stress can affect a Senior citizens (PGCSC), tumor’s ability to grow and spread.” a part of the State Region Maricopa Foot & The list goes on. V Area Agency on Aging. General factors that may affect your Al Brandenburg, Ankle Center ability to exercise include the type and 315-427-5507 (520) 494-1090 stage of your cancer, your treatment regimen, and your overall endurance, strength and fitness level. MFAAC.com Generally, The American Cancer Society recommends “at least 30 to 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity at least three times 21300 N. John Wayne Parkway, Suite 126 a week.” However, as with any exercise program, it is important to first Just south of ACE Hardware consult with your oncologist, get a physical examination, then discuss what is right for you considering your own abilities, stamina, limitations, frequency. Also, cancer patients may be at slightly higher risk for heart Ahwatukee Foot & problems, which should be discussed with your doctor(s). Ankle Center Finally, even if the cancer is advanced, or has spread to other places and is not responding to treatment, it might still benefit from exercise at (480) 893-1090 some level to improve quality of life. But, the situation can change quickly. It is essential to base physical activity on continued close contact with AHWFAC.com your doctor along with your ongoing and changing goals and abilities. 15810 S. 45th St., Suite190

Just south of Chandler Blvd. Ted Yocum is a member of the Maricopa Multi Cultural Consortium and the Copa Seniors. 54 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 55 Ask the Expert Opiods

Teamwork makes the dream work! Sun Life: Managing

By Sherioly Curry, CSA the opioid crisis locally of motion exercises? Are they a fall risk? The caregiver’s role is to carry out the plan HEALTH HEALTH This is usually done at the first meeting — of care for the client. In doing so, they are to By Dr. Matthew Bertsch, PharmD. and Dr. Chinwe Chukwurah, M.D., TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM WORK the Assessment or Intake. We send a Care be courteous and maintain the client’s dignity. Sun Life Family Health Center is on a poster in our Comfort Keepers Office. Coordinator to the client’s home to meet They interact and engage the client whether To those of us who work there, it’s not just with the client and the family. We try to find while cooking, playing cards, doing a puzzle or a poster but it’s how we work at out not only what the client’s needs looking at old photos, to help clients maintain The opioid crisis has had an effect on many Comfort Keepers! are but also their personality and happy, independent lives. people around Arizona, and around the TYou see, it takes the agency, the preferences in the person they will In summary, Comfort Keepers provides country. Although the problem with opiates is caregiver, the family and the client have caring for them. in-home care that makes a difference in the not a new one, it certainly has developed much all working together towards our We take finding the right lives of their clients and other adults. For traction recently. With governors, legislators, common goal — what’s best for our caregiver very serious. To do this, more than a decade, clients in Maricopa have our national congressional representatives, client. We become a team. If each we may have to go through a couple entrusted their care to us. We offer the care Tour senators and even our president talking member does their part, it’s a win before we settle on the best fit. This and support that improves clients’ quality of about the issue, it has garnered a lot of Rev. Sheriolyn for all. Curry takes honest feedback from the life and enables them to continue living at mainstream attention. Opiates/opioids, often The agency’s role is to assess the client and family. We need to hear home. TEAMWORK MAKES THE DREAM used interchangeably, are not new, and neither client’s daily needs and along with the family what goes good and not so good. We not only WORK! is drug abuse. However, the attention on the write a plan of care. Do they need full help need to know our client’s needs but also their crisis has made health care challenging, even with a bath or shower or just the confidence desires. For example, how they want to be Sheriolyn Curry is a certified senior advisor and to Sun Life Family Health Center. Integrated Behavioral Health and a Family to know that someone is nearby while they helped out of the chair, what they like to eat owner of Comfort Keepers of Maricopa. Practice Provider collaborate on patient care. shower? Companionship? Help with range and how they like that food cooked, etc. Sponsored Content Patient education It really is not all about the opiates Dr. Chukwurah and Dr. Bertsch consult though. Drug abuse, legal and illegal, has run Sun Life about Pain Management at Sun Life Family rampant for decades. People who abuse have At Sun Life Family Health Center, we Health Center in Casa Grande. abused promethazine with codeine for its practice pain management responsibly. While Work in pleasurable and sedative effect; have abused our primary care providers have autonomy in Sun Life’s community pharmacists assist dextromethorphan for its mild euphoria or pain management, their decisions are guided in the process by providing a thorough review Maricopa! extreme hallucinations depending on dose; by policy and proper clinical judgment using of the prescriptions sent by the providers to and have abused other medications meant to guideline-based therapy. one of our six pharmacies. Although this is • Bank Teller treat neuropathic pain for its marijuana-like What makes us unique, however, is our not different from how other pharmacies Home Auto Business • Communication Dispatcher effects. Drug abuse is not new. integrated approach to pain management. We should operate, Sun Life pharmacies have the • Dual Panes (Insulated Glass) • Window Replacement • Mirrors • Communication Specialist The laws and technology in our state have a team of integrated behavioral health advantage of being in close proximity to the • Fogged Windows • Windshield Repair • Transaction Windows • End-Dump Driver have changed, and there is now an Arizona specialists who work with our patients, as clinical pharmacy team, the behavioral health • Single Pane Windows • RVs • Desk Tops • Groundskeeper Controlled Substances Prescription many times symptoms can be managed at a team and the primary care provider. • Window Repairs/Replacements • Luxury Vehicles • Display Cabinets • Lifeguard Monitoring Program for the safety of behavioral level as opposed to prescribing Pain management is a complicated subject. • Window Retrofi ts • Heavy Equipment • Entrance Doors • Maintenance Specialist patients. Prescribers are now required to a medication. This is where our Mindful We have seen that with this collaborative, • Custom Shower Doors/Enclosures • Insurance Accepted • Mail Slots • Multimedia Specialist check the prescription monitoring program. Alternative Pain Program comes into play. interdisciplinary approach, medication use is Prescribers will also be required to prescribe MAPP is a series of classes that focus on decreasing, and there is an overall decreased • Multi-Slide Patio Doors • Mobile Service • Store Fronts • Park Maintenance • Enclosed Patios addictive medications electronically. alternative and natural ways to cope with risk for medication-related problems. Patients • Police Officer • Table Tops Continuing education will be required for issues associated with pain. benefit when health care providers set an • Pool Cleaner • Shelves Over providers as a part of maintaining their Clinical pharmacy has made a huge impact example and work together to ensure proper • Recreation Aide • Mirrors 25 years license. Prescription doses will also be limited on the approach to pain management within care of our patients who are in need. Service At A Higher Level experience • Reporter/Photographer and new opioid packaging requirements have Sun Life. Clinical pharmacy has teamed up • Sales Professional been implemented. with primary care providers to review dosing Matthew Bertsch, PharmD., is the director of • Teachers The scrutiny around opiate prescribing of pain medications of the patients we serve. pharmacy and Chinwe Chukwurah, M.D., is the • Technology Support has led to opioid refugees, those who Clinical pharmacists also provide education to medical director at Sun Life Family Health Center. • Technology Technician have had to abandon their addictions to patients about opiates, discuss pain goals with prescription opiates and have turned to patients, check dangerous drug interactions Let us • Volunteers SHOW YOU illegal street drugs. 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56 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 57 Nutrition

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58 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 59 OCT NOV 31 Things to do Things to do 2 OCTOBER “Cabaret” 15 7 p.m., Leading Edge Academy Shutter Shots Photo Contest 1 18700 N. Porter Road 12 a.m.-11:59 p.m., Various MHS Girls’ Golf vs. locations within Maricopa Apache Junction 11 3 p.m., The Duke at MHS Swimming vs. Poston Butte 16 Rancho El Dorado 4 p.m., Copper Sky City Council/MUSD 42660 W. Rancho El Aquatic Center Joint Meeting Dorado Parkway 44345 W. Martin Luther 5:30 p.m., City Hall King Jr. Blvd. 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza Cultural Heritage Management 5:30 p.m., Maricopa Public Library Explore the Works of Frida Kahlo City Council Regular Meeting 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road 5 p.m., Maricopa Public Library 7 p.m., City Hall 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza Raquel Hendrickson 2 Alissandra Juarez (left) and Dana Couts rehearse for “Absurdity.” City Council Work Session “Cabaret” Submitted 17 6 p.m., City Hall 7 p.m., Leading Edge Academy Business Speed Networking Cash Riggle has Halloween plans for the community. 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza 18700 N. Porter Road 6:30 p.m., City Hall Student actors get 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza 23 Teen to debut Trick-or-Eat to City Council Regular Meeting 12 MHS Volleyball vs. weird in ‘Absurdity’ 7 p.m., City Hall “Cabaret” 18 Gilbert (Senior Night) help others on Halloween 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza 2 p.m., Leading Edge Academy Zonta Club of Maricopa 6 p.m., Maricopa High School By Raquel Hendrickson 18700 N. Porter Road 5:30 p.m., Honeycutt Coffee 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. By Fran Lyons 5 44400 W. Honeycutt Ask kids to delve into the “weird and absurd,” and you never know what 8-Bits video gaming Road, Suite 109 24 you’re going to get. The inaugural “Trick or Eat” Halloween event will be Oct. 31. All 4 p.m., Maricopa Public Library State of the City Address In his second year of teaching at Sequoia Pathway Academy and his neighborhoods in Maricopa are invited to participate by donating and 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road MHS Volleyball vs. Casteel 6 p.m., City Hall first year of teaching acting, Christopher Goodrum is getting his students volunteering. 6 p.m., Maricopa High School 39700 W. Civic Center Plaza to do just that in a collection of one-act plays to be performed Nov. 2-3 High school freshman Cash Riggle came up with the idea last year. 6 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. at 7 p.m. He was introduced to a program for high schoolers that requires them InMaricopa.com General MUSD Governing Board The show is called “Absurdity.” to accumulate 100 hours of community service to graduate. He became Election Town Hall 19 6:30 p.m., Maricopa Goodrum, often seen with Maricopa Community Theatre, said he inspired and started planning. 10 a.m., Maricopa High School 8-Bits video gaming Unified School District wanted to give Maricopans “a taste of what we can do.” Where could kids have fun, gather service hours and benefit those in Performing Arts Center 13 4 p.m., Maricopa Public Library 44150 W. Maricopa- What they will do is an adaptation of Goodrum’s own published need? Halloween was a perfect choice. How about collecting food while 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. Maricopa Mud Run 41600 W. Smith-Enke Road Casa Grande Hwy. work, “Two Souls, One Door.” Two individuals are trapped together trick-or-treating? Oh, yes. 7 a.m., Copper Sky Regional Park playing cards for an eon in an unending room, waiting for the door that This year’s event is a food drive that will benefit F.O.R. Maricopa food Bark for Life 44345 W. Martin Luther King Blvd. MHS Football vs. Casteel 26 can take only one of them. “I love the confusion and wondering,” said bank and is focused on “making sure that nobody goes hungry for the 10 a.m., Copper Sky Regional Park 7 p.m., Maricopa High School MHS Football v. Gilbert Camryn Janssen, who plays Bilbee. “There are so many questions. It’s holidays,” Cash said. “Our goal is to get as many kids that need service 55345 W. Martin Luther 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. (Senior Night) keeping me intrigued. hours to participate and to make sure that people in need can have a good, King Jr. Blvd. 7 p.m., Maricopa High School Another two-person one-act is “A Matter of Husbands.” It takes place in fulfilling holiday season.” Sequoia Pathway Football 45012 W. Honeycutt Ave. the dressing room of a famous actress when she is confronted by a woman The event is 5:30—9 p.m. on Halloween night. Forty students are being All-Maricopa Poetry Slam vs. Canyon State who suspects her husband is having an affair with the actress. “I love the recruited to collect donations — canned goods and nonperishables — all 6 p.m., Honeycutt Coffee 7 p.m., Pacana Park twist at the end,” said sophomore Dana Couts, who plays the actress. across Maricopa. They’ll do this while trick-or-treating, in costume or not. 44400 W. Honeycutt 19000 N. Porter Road “The Mad Tea Party” is taken from “Alice’s Adventures in Students will be in groups of two or more and will collect five community Road, Suite 109 Wonderland.” Sixth grader Kayla Sherman plays the dormouse in the service hours for their participation. Coffee with the Chief 20 four-person play full of illogical madness. “I think I fit the part because In addition to food donations, 40 wagons are needed to hold the 10 8 a.m., Copper Sky Friends of the Maricopa I’m small and because of my voice,” she said. food. The wagons will be returned to the owners the next day. Volunteers MUSD Governing Board Police Substation Public Library Book Sale Carter Johnson takes the lead in “The Actor’s Nightmare” as an in the neighborhoods willing to be drop locations for wagons overnight 6:30 p.m., Maricopa 17985 N. Greythorne Drive 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Maricopa apparent accountant who is mistaken for an understudy and forced on are also needed. Contact Kirsten Stodghill, Cash’s mom, know if you can Unified School District Public Library stage without knowing any lines or even the plot as it shifts from play to contribute. 44150 W. Maricopa- “Cabaret” 41600 W. Smith-Enke 31 play. “He thinks he’s in a nightmare,” Carter said. “Anything that you can donate will be appreciated and will help Casa Grande Hwy. 7 p.m., Leading Edge Academy Road, Building 10 Halloween Trick-or-Eat “Treat or Treat” will be performed by the sixth grade-students. “I had someone in need here in Maricopa,” Stodghill said. 18700 N. Porter Road 5:30-9 p.m., various been searching for a Halloween story for years,” Goodrum said. Trick-or- locations in Maricopa treaters are led to a haunted house. Among them is Elise Densmore, who 480-369-3838 said she is the twist in the story. [email protected] Goodrum said the production is a jumping-off point to build a For details on these and other local events — and to list For details on these and other local events — and to list 8 your own — visit InMaricopa.com/Calendar. 8 your own — visit InMaricopa.com/Calendar. thriving theater environment at SPA.

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Kitchen Open: 11am-11pm; Lounge: 11am-2am and live music. The day will include the survivors/caregivers walk and the luminaria ceremony. 520-568-6077 [email protected], [email protected] For details on these and other local events — and to list NativeGrillAndWings.com 8 your own — visit InMaricopa.com/Calendar. Trisha Paige is an employee of InMaricopa. 62 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 63 ADVERTISER INDEX

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