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www.InMaricopa.com October 2018 EDUCATION THINGS TO DO Deseg funds Trick-or-Eat prove divisive to debut GOVERNMENT Magic 100 days of new city Time manager Kaden Rogers creates his own world of wonder Election+ Guide GIVE YOUR TASTE BUDS SOME EYE CANDY. Breakfast spreads. Midnight snacks. Popping corks and cheers. The choices are endless, whether you’re grabbing a quick bite or sharing plates with friends. Sip, savor and forever run toward a bigger playground. Quality Service at a Fair Price SAVE (520) 213-5021 EVEN MORE WITH GROUP RATES! Call for more info! 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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 October 2018 | InMaricopa.com 37 520-568-8890 Relay for Life has a busy calendar. Page 63 www.orbitelcom.com ON THE COVER: At 15, Kaden Rogers has a burgeoning career as a magician and is also pursuing filmmaking.Photo by Mason Callejas *Minimum 50M Internet service required. 1,000 storage hours based on standard definition 2 InMaricopa.com | October 2018 Orbitel_Tivo_email_FullPage.indd 1 8/30/2018 2:40:06 PM History Letter FROM THE EDITOR One more cowboy rides away 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.