ELIZABETH MEDORA NEW RIVER – It was standing room only at the Daisy Mountain Fire Station #141 on May 20. The county supervisor’s monthly meeting with the New River/Desert Hills community attracted so much attention that the meeting had to be moved into the firehouse garage to accommodate the number of attendees. The main issue was the planned development at the intersection of New River Road and the I-17. In addition to Maricopa County District 3 Supervisor Andy Kunasek and New River/ Desert Hills Community Association president Alan Muller, officials from the Arizona Department of Transportation, the Maricopa County Department of Transportation, and Maricopa County Planning and Development were on-hand to answer residents’ questions. “Zoning is one of the most personal issues that affects your property and your property values,” said Kunasek, as he addressed residents’ concerns regarding the proposed development. Kunasek offered clarification as to what the development plans are. “It is not their intention to run a truck stop, as I’ve been told,” he said. He noted that the plans he had seen included a gas station, a Subway, and a small convenience store. Public commenters disagreed with this assessment of the development. “A truck stop is a truck stop,” yelled out one attendee. “Google the company,” added New River resident Terry Wild. “They do truck stops. Not gas stations.” At the heart of the issue is the matter of zoning. The property has been zoned commercial since 1969, according to information shared at the May 20 meeting. A site plan was approved in 1996; the amendments for the debated development were submitted recently. Since the site has been approved as commercial property and is classified as C2 May 28, 2014 • Vol. 12, No.28 Postal Patron Cave Creek Local teen chosen to sing anthem Veteran Paul Helvey graduates with CSHS class GIORDANO Planned development disputed at public meeting Inside: Letters ..................... 6 Williams ................. 7 Bluhm .................... 11 Robotics .............. 15 Editorial ............. 16 Services ................ 17 Crossword ........ 20 Classifieds.......... 21 TRUCK STOP continued on page 5 Libby Hall photo Residents opposed to the planned development at New River Road and the I-17 collected signatures against Barbara Hatch photo Veteran Paul Helvey holds his diploma from Cactus Shadows High School. He graduated with the class of 2014 on May 22. ECRWSS Carrier Route PreSorted Standard U.S. POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 371 Cave Creek, AZ • Anthem • Black Canyon City • Carefree • Cave Creek • Desert Hills • New River • North Phoenix • Tramonto FREE! The Largest Weeekly Newspaper in North Maricopa County! ANTHEM – Ali Giordano has been chosen to sing The Star Spangled Banner at the Diamondbacks v. Brewers game at Chase Field on Wednesday, June 18. This 14-year-old Anthem resident has performed all over the valley, as well as in New York, and she’s excited for this opportunity. Ali auditioned to sing the national anthem for the Diamondbacks back in March, and now she’s been chosen for the honor. She’s looking forward to her big day on the field representing Arizona! The Diamondbacks v. Brewers game starts at 6:40 p.m. on June 18 at Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson Street in Phoenix. Come to the game and cheer Ali and the D-backs on! For tickets, visit www.DBacks.com. CAVE CREEK – Veteran Paul Helvey is now an official high school graduate. Helvey left high school to join the Navy in the mid-1950s. A large military influence in his family motivated this Pinckneyville, Illinois boy to enlist at the age of 17 before he finished high school. Serving as a boiler tender on the USS Pittsburgh CA-72 and the USS Toledo, Helvey achieved the rank of Boiler Tender 2nd Class as his ship cruised the Asian coast near China after the Korean War. By the time he returned from service, he was “too old” to return to high school. On May 22, Helvey finally received that long-coveted diploma by a unanimous vote of Cactus Shadows’ Senior Class. The first graduate across stage, dressed in a blue business suit and service hat, a Class of 2014 medallion around his neck, Helvey shook the hands of Principal Bebee and Board member Susan Clancy. The entire class of 2014 gave him a standing ovation. As the graduates came on stage to receive their diplomas, students walked over to congratulate him. One young man walked over to Helvey to tell him he was also going into the Navy. Veterans Heritage Project, which started at Cactus Shadows High School in 2004, has published the stories of over 817 veterans in the past 10 years. Ten of its seniors graduated on Thursday. Connecting students with veterans – VHP’s mission – enabled these young people to meet a serviceman who had not had the opportunity to receive his diploma but had not given up on this goal. CSHS students were proud to share their day with this Navy man.
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ELIZABETH MEDORANEW RIVER – It was
standing room only at the Daisy Mountain Fire Station #141 on May 20. The county supervisor’s monthly meeting with the New River/Desert Hills community attracted so much attention that the meeting had to be moved into the firehouse garage to accommodate the number of attendees. The main issue was the planned development at the intersection of New River Road and the I-17.
In addition to Maricopa County District 3 Supervisor Andy Kunasek and New River/Deser t Hi l l s Communit y Association president Alan Muller, officials from the Arizona Department of Transportation, t h e M a r i c o p a C o u n t y Department of Transportation, and Maricopa County Planning and Development were on-hand to answer residents’ questions.
“Zoning is one of the most personal issues that affects your property and your property values,” said Kunasek, as he addressed residents’ concerns r ega rd i ng t he p roposed development.
Kunasek offered clarification as to what the development plans are.
“It is not their intention to run a truck stop, as I’ve been told,” he said. He noted that the plans he had seen included a gas station, a Subway, and a small
convenience store. Public commenters disagreed
with th i s a ssessment of the development.
“A truck stop is a truck stop,” yelled out one attendee.
“Google the company,” added New River resident Terry Wild.
“They do truck stops. Not gas stations.”
At the heart of the issue is the matter of zoning. The property has been zoned commercial since 1969, according to information shared at the May 20 meeting. A site plan was approved in 1996;
the amendments for the debated development were submitted recently. Since the site has been approved as commercial property and is classified as C2
May 28, 2014 • Vol. 12, No.28 Postal Patron Cave Creek
Local teen chosen to sing anthem
Veteran Paul Helvey graduates with CSHS class
GIORDANO
Planned development disputed at public meeting
Inside:
Letters .....................6
Williams .................7
Bluhm .................... 11
Robotics .............. 15
Editorial ............. 16
Services ................ 17
Crossword ........ 20
Classifieds.......... 21
TRUCK STOP continued on page 5
Libby Hall photoResidents opposed to the planned development at New River Road and the I-17 collected signatures against
Barbara Hatch photo Veteran Paul Helvey holds his diploma from Cactus Shadows High School. He graduated with the class of 2014 on May 22.
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ANTHEM – Ali Giordano has been chosen to sing The Star Spangled Banner at the Diamondbacks v. Brewers game at Chase Field on Wednesday, June 18. This 14-year-old Anthem resident has performed all over the valley, as well as in New York, and she’s excited for this opportunity.
A l i audit ioned to sing the national anthem for the Diamondbacks back in March, and now she’s been chosen for the honor. She’s looking forward to her big day on the f ield representing Arizona!
The Diamondbacks v. Brewers game starts at 6:40 p.m. on June 18 at Chase Field, 401 E. Jefferson Street in Phoenix. Come to the game and cheer Ali and the D-backs on! For tickets, visit www.DBacks.com.
CAVE CREEK – Veteran Paul Helvey is now an official high school graduate.
Helvey left high school to join the Navy in the mid-1950s. A large military influence in his family motivated this Pinckneyville, Illinois boy to enlist at the age of 17 before he finished high school.
Serving as a boiler tender on the USS Pittsburgh CA-72 and the USS Toledo, Helvey achieved the rank of Boiler Tender 2nd Class as his ship cruised the Asian coast near China after the Korean War. By the time he returned from service, he was “too old” to return to high school.
On May 22, Helvey finally received that long-coveted diploma by a unanimous vote of Cactus Shadows’ Senior Class. The first graduate across stage, dressed in a blue business suit and service hat, a Class of 2014 medallion around his neck, Helvey shook
the hands of Principal Bebee and Board member Susan Clancy. The entire class of 2014 gave him a standing ovation.
As the graduates came on stage to receive their diplomas, students walked over to congratulate him. One young man walked over to Helvey to tell him he was also going into the Navy.
Veterans Heritage Project, which s ta r ted at Cac t us Shadows High School in 2004, has published the stories of over 817 veterans in the past 10 years. Ten of its seniors graduated on Thursday. Connecting students with veterans – VHP’s mission – enabled these young people to meet a serviceman who had not had the opportunity to receive his diploma but had not given up on this goal.
CSHS students were proud to share their day with this Navy man.
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Phoenix on Jan. 25, 2014 has yielded mur-der charges for the driver.
Twenty-year-old Brittney Nolan alleg-edly struck and killed 19-year-old Jacob Rice last January in an accident near 27th Avenue and Westland Road in the early hours of the morning.
According to accident reports, Nolan said she was driving around trying to
find Rice after he got out of her vehicle and was using her cell phone to try to call him when she hit some-thing. Rice was later found by a pass-erby and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Nolan was originally charged with leav-ing the scene of an accident and held on a $10,000 bond. Evidence from the accident reconstruction has caused murder charges to be handed down against Nolan, as of April 29.
“This case went to Grand Jury a couple of weeks ago, after the accident recon-struction was complete,” reported Ser-geant Trent Crump of the Phoenix Police Department.
“When the case was presented and the driver’s speed was determined to be almost 70 miles an hour in a 35 mile an hour speed zone, the grand jury in-dicted the defendant on second degree murder charges.”
Specific intent on Nolan’s part is not being alleged; the murder charge stems from a basis of recklessness.
“Second degree murder contains an ele-ment of recklessness,” said Crump, noting that the police are not alleging that Nolan intended to hit Rice.
“Because of the indictment, we will let this play out in court from this point for-ward,” added Crump.
Nolan’s trial date has not been publicly announced.
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Multi-injury crash on New River Road
NEW RIVER – An accident near the 15th Avenue curve on New River Road injured five people.
A truck and sedan collided on New River Road on the afternoon of May 23, injuring five people. All five were transported to hospitals; three of the passengers were evacuated to trauma centers via helicopter.
The Daisy Mountain Fire Department had no immediate updates on the condition of the injured parties. Four of the five who were hurt suffered serious injuries in the crash.
File photoDespite Do Not Enter and Wrong Way signs like the ones pictured above, another driver entered the I-17 north of New River heading south in the northbound lanes.
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NEW RIVER – The fourth Phoenix wrong-way crash in two weeks sent three people to the hospital on Saturday night.
The accident occurred about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday night when a Jeep traveling southbound on the northbound I-17 about four miles north of the New River exit hit an oncoming truck. The driver of the truck and the driver and passenger of the Jeep were all injured in the crash, but they are expected to recover.
The cause of the crash is under investi-gation. It is not known exactly where the wrong-way driver entered the freeway, but reports of a vehicle traveling in the wrong
direction on the highway were received at milepost 239, about three miles away from where the crash occurred. Impairment has not been ruled out as a factor of the crash; it is still under investigation at this time.
Three other wrong-way crashes have been reported in the last two weeks. In each of those three crashes, there was at least one death resulting from the collision. Arizona public safety and transportation officers are searching for ways to end the streak of wrong-way collisions and are asking for the community to keep watch for wrong-way drivers and call 911 if they see someone driving the wrong way.
PHOENIX – HALO Animal Rescue has partnered with Pets for Patriots, Inc., a not-for-profit organization that connects rescued shelter pets with service men and women, to increase the adoption of at-risk homeless pets by members of the United States military.
HALO Animal Rescue saw the potential to place harder-to-adopt dogs and cats into loving, permanent homes with service members, while giving local veterans, service members, and their families the gift of a pet’s unconditional friendship and love.
“HALO adopted out over 7,000 pets into new homes last year,” says Leigh Carter, director of development for HALO Animal Rescue. “Through our partnership with Pets for Patriots, we hope to provide forever homes to even more loving animals with the many service members and veterans in our area.”
Individuals are welcome from all United States armed forces and at any stage of their careers. Eligible pets must meet one of three criteria: dog or cat two years or older, dog over 40 pounds regardless of age, or a special needs dog or cat.
Joining Pets for Patriots is entirely free to veterans, though they are responsible for HALO Animal Rescue’s adoption fee.
Pets for Patriots sends a $150 gift card upon proof of eligible adoption to help with food and other essentials, and provides access to local veterinary partners who
agree to offer ongoing discounted care.“Our goal is to help our adoption partners
re-home harder-to-place pets that still have years of love and life to give, while at the same time making it more affordable for military personnel to bring a pet into their lives,” says Beth Zimmerman, founder and executive director of Pets for Patriots. “We’re delighted to work with HALO Animal Rescue to give homeless pets a second chance at life and, in so doing, to enhance the lives of veterans in the community. Everybody wins.”
Individuals must first apply through Pets for Patriots and provide proof of their military service or honorable discharge. Approval typically takes one to two business days, after which they can visit HALO Animal Rescue for assistance in choosing their new best friend.
HALO Animal Rescue, located in Phoenix, is a private, non-profit 501(c)(3) no-kill animal rescue dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating and finding new homes for homeless dogs and cats throughout Maricopa County. For more information, visit www.halorescue.org.
Pets for Patriots, Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) charity that helps military members adopt adult and at-risk shelter pets. Its mission is to consistently give the gifts of fidelity, joy, and companionship to both pet and person. Visit www.petsforpatriots.org for more information.
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Cave Creek Robotics hosting summer camp
CAVE CREEK –Cave Creek Robotics and R4 Robotics is co-hosting a beginning robot-ics camp this summer, starting Aug. 4.
The three-day camp is an in-troduction to robotics using RC components and other consum-able supplies that one might find in their own garage. Working with their teammates, campers will utilize the Engineering De-sign Process as they build a robot to participate in a competition. Students will work in a team en-vironment, write an engineering manual, learn basic tool skills, and be exposed to a variety of im-portant engineering technologies.
The camp is coordinated by Dr. Shelly Gruenig, coach of the Award-Winning Rio Rancho Robo Runners of Rio Rancho, New Mexico and staffed by ex-perienced robotics students from her team, as well as students from Cave Creek Robotics.
This camp is designed for stu-dents 10-17, with older kids hav-ing the opportunity to assume leadership roles within their team. The camp runs Aug. 4-6, Monday and Tuesday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Wednesday 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at Light of the Desert Lu-theran Church, 33175 N Cave Creek Road in Cave Creek. Reg-istration is $125; to register, visit www.r4robotics.org. Anthem Pets hosting vaccination clinic
NEW RIVER – Anthem Pets is hosting a low-cost pet vaccination clinic on Saturday, June 14. This clinic will be talking walk-ins at Claws N’ Paws, located at 46639 N. Black Canyon Hwy. in New River (off the frontage road be-tween New River and Anthem).
Dogs and cats are welcome. Along with general vaccinations, the clinic will be providing rattle-snake vaccines and microchip-ping. Payments need to be made in cash. Services will be provided by Dr. Ratke with Academy West Animal Hospital. For more in-formation, call Anthem Pets at (480) 287-3542.
‘Walk for a Dog’ app benefits Foothills Animal Rescue
CAVE CREEK – Need some motivation to walk your dog?
‘Walk for a Dog’ is a Smart Phone application that promotes healthy pets and healthy humans, while raising money to support local animal shelters. Download the free app onto your phone, then take the phone with you when you walk your dog, press the start but-ton, and the app will keep track of your walks. For every mile walked, a donation is made to the animal shelter of your choice.
Funds are sent to participating shelters and rescues about three times per year. Donations are based on the number of people walking for an organization and the total miles walked. The amount per mile donated var-ies based on these factors. The last round of payments averaged about 25 cents per mile. The more walkers recruited, the more the pet charity earns – and walkers don’t need to live in the same area as the rescue.
To download the free app, visit www.wooftrax.com.Humane Society offering working cats
PHOENIX – Looking for a barn cat? The Arizona Humane Society is offering cats that are not suited for indoor domestic life as working cats. Since these cats aren’t adoptable as pets, they face euthanasia if they can’t find a place to work and live safely. Working cats come spayed/neutered, vaccinated, and mi-crochipped. If you take in two or more working cats, AHS will transport them to you, within a 100-mile radius. Supplies for the working cats, including enclo-sures, food, bedding, and litter boxes, will be provided. For more details, call (602) 997-7585 ext. 2156 or visit www.azhumane.org. Charity horse stable seeks volunteers
NEW RIVER – Stable Influ-ence Charity Programs is seeking volunteers for its Equine Assisted Activities program. This program
teaches riding techniques to in-dividuals challenged physically, mentally, and/or emotionally.
Stable Influence needs volun-teers for summer riding, begin-ning Tuesday, June 3. Volunteers help prepare the horses, the arena, and assist riders in achieving their goals. Volunteers help from 4:30 p.m. to approximately 7:15 p.m. each Tuesday during June and July. Stable Influence is a 501(c)(3) organization located near Shangri La Lane and New Riv-er Road. Contact Chris at (623) 465-0637 or email [email protected] of Phoenix kicks off summer heat relief efforts
PHOENIX – Triple-digit tem-peratures mean it’s time for the annual Summer Respite Pro-gram.
The City of Phoenix Human Services Department is asking employees and the public to do-nate unopened water bottles, sunscreen, new underwear, white socks, white T-shirts, insect repel-lent, and prepackaged snack items to be collected at the city’s family services centers. The items will be distributed to the homeless by experienced homeless outreach teams.
Tax-deductible donations can be dropped off to any of the city’s three family services cen-ters from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday:
• Travis L. Williams, 4732 S. Central Ave. (602-534-4732)
• John F. Long, 3454 N. 51st Ave. (602-262-6510)
• Sunnyslope, 914 W. Hatcher Road (602-495-5229)BLM Arizona receives grants to hire youth
PHOENIX – The Bureau of Land Management in Arizona is receiving three grants totaling $581,368 that will go to hire young people and veterans to work on public lands managed by the BLM Phoenix and Gila districts.
Projects are being funded through a competitive grant matching program launched in December 2011 in conjunction with the National Fish and Wild-life Foundation. In addition to providing work for youth, the grants facilitate volunteer op-portunities for youth and adult mentors.
Locally, BLM is hiring eight youth and two crew leaders for the BLM Phoenix District Field School, a 16-week program that educates and trains under-served youth, while the students earn oc-cupational certificates and college credit. The BLM recruits youth through its partners, the Maricopa County and Phoenix Workforce Boards and Arizona-Call-a-Youth-Teen-Resources. The project loca-tion is on public lands in the BLM Phoenix District.
For more information, call (602) 417-9200.
Follow-up to May 10 hit-and-runANTHEM – The Foothills Focus ran a story in the
May 14 issue regarding a hit-and-run accident. Our office received a follow-up note from Amy Hatcher, the driver who was hit.
“As a result of your article, the mother of the 17-year-old that hit me came forward,” Hatcher wrote. She added that the mother agreed to pay for damages.
“Just wanted to thank you again – makes Anthem feel like a small town and restores my faith in people a little!” said Hatcher.
zoning, a gas station or truck stop would fit within the site’s zoning regulations.
“T he s i te pla n i s a n administrative process. They have the zoning. At some point, they’re going to come in for building purposes,” said Darren Gerard of Maricopa County Planning and Development.
Legally, neither the county nor the residents can keep the proper ty f rom being developed commercially since it is zoned that way. Kunasek elaborated on this, noting that trying to force the owner to not develop the property would “deprive somebody of a use that they paid for.”
The only surefire way to control development of the land parcel would be to purchase it from the current owner; this option is, of course, cost-prohibitive.
Gerard noted that the proposed site plans had been sent to agencies (including the NR/DHCA) for courtesy reviews.
“T hey have a zon i ng entitlement,” Gerard explained. “It doesn’t go to public meeting.”
He added that the developer st i l l has to come in for construction permits.
“No permits have been applied for,” said Gerard.
While the zoning prevents residents or the county from
forcing the developer to change plans, residents are making their opinions known. Some are in favor of the development, noting that it will bring funds to the community and provide resources that aren’t currently available. Other residents are decidedly opposed. The New River Preservation Committee has started a petition to keep out a truck stop; signatures are being collected at the New River Mailbox.
The water situation still needs to be addressed. Since New River generally relies on wells for water, where the necessary water for new development wil l come from has been a point of contention.
“The developer still has to prove up that he has an adequate public water system before he can get occupancy,” Gerard noted. “There are also other construction issues they have to document.”
Another issue is increased traffic on the I-17, the New River freeway ramps, and New River Road itself.
“ADOT is interested in the project itself and will be working with the county,” said Rob Barnhart, ADOT. “We need to see further plans.”
Frustration was frequently expressed at the meet ing because, as several residents sa id, they weren’t being given the opportunity to refuse the development.
“What I hear people saying is, ‘Why can’t our voice be heard?’” noted Mitch Wagner of MCDOT.
“America is a country of laws. Once laws are in place, we have to go by those laws. If we don’t allow the developer to develop the property as consistent with law, we as taxpayers will have to buy the property from the owner and pay for his damages.
The horse has already left the barn. It’s a situation that the zoning was already in place.”
Wagner added a caveat here regarding residents’ input.
“It would be prudent for the developer to try to provide as much information as possible. This promotes community support for a project.”
Supervisor Kunasek has commit ted to schedul ing a public meeting with the developer. This meeting will likely be held at either New River Elementary School or Boulder Creek High School, depending on the number of participants. The meeting date will be published in The Foothills Focus when it is available.
See Opinions on page 6 for residents’ input on the proposed gas station/truck stop.
The Foothills Focus welcomes reader input and letters to the editor. Share your opinion on this development by emailing us at [email protected].
No way can we say that healthier eating or better diet information isn’t out and talking to us loud and clear. You’ve got Dr. Hyman, Dr. Weil, and the First Lady. So how does one really know which diet is the best? Although this can be confusing for many people who aren’t trained in nutrition or understanding scientific research, simple steps can help get you on your way.
I’ve written about some of these steps and foods in past articles, but I want to reiterate a few points, as you might find yourself occasionally b e c o m i n g
frustrated not knowing which diet to do: Paleo/Caveman, vegetarian, vegan, Mediterranean, gluten-free, etc.
Of all the scientific studies and research available, most agree on the following:
• Refined processed sugar is bad
• Processed, refined, unnatural foods are bad
• Pest ic ides, addit ives, preservatives are bad
• Non-pastured, processed soy and grain-fed animal meat is bad
• High mercury levels in fish are bad
• Cow milk/dairy is bad (with the exception of organic/fermented yogurts and cheese for some)
• Wheat—the gliadin and glutenin in today’s form of wheat is bad
You can start to better your nutrition by first thinking—whole foods. Here are some more tips to get you on your way:
• Eat more fresh, green leafy vegetables (or just more vegetables in general) to help change your brain chemistry to stop
your sugar cravings• Don’t buy any white sugar,
brown sugar, Agave (yes Agave!) but buy raw, organic honey and use sparingly. I have many other tips for getting off sugar, but that’s an entirely huge topic to include in this short column
• Try your best to not buy anything in a can, frozen (except vegetables/preferably organic), or box.
• Buy organic, pasture-raised and finished meats (and eat less—way less/eat more vegetables)
• Buy only Wild Alaskan Salmon or Copper River Salmon (to try best to avoid mercury levels)
• Try almond milk instead of cow milk (make sure it does not have carrageenan in it)
• Try a variety of organic rice cakes in place of bread (make sure they aren’t loaded with sugars)
I realize that the above tips will not come easy for everyone. Tackle one at a time. Keep a diet diary and write everything down that you eat. Also write down how you feel—physical and emotional symptoms. You will find, over time, that your brain and body will be experiencing changes. You may start to detox and have flu-like symptoms, or you may just start feeling better right away. Changing the way we eat takes time. So take time, and enjoy the journey to better health.
Bonnie Crutcher is board certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners as a holistic health coach. Bonnie has created a weekly weight-loss program for women called, “A Regular Gal,” the Smart & Healthy Families Challenge, conducts workshops on health, and coaches clients one-on-one with her six-month program. Visit www.bonniecrutcher.com.
Disclaimer: The content of this column is not intended to be medical advice. Always seek the advice of your medical doctor before engaging in any diet program or exercise routine.
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Fatal crash at Carefree Highway intersection
CAVE CREEK – An accident at the Carefree Highway/Cave Creek Road intersection took the life of 28-year-old Brandon Fossum.
On May 21, about 7 a.m., Maricopa County Sheriff ’s deputies were called to the scene of a motorcycle/SUV accident. It is believed that while attempting to make a left turn, the driver of the SUV entered the traffic lane of the motorcycle driver, and the two
collided. The intersection was shut down for several hours that day as the crash was investigated.
MCSO repor ts that the investigation into the crash is ongoing but that there has been no indication that impairment was a factor in the accident.
Speed has not been ruled out as a factor for the crash on the part of either party. At this time, no criminal charges are pending.
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I at tended par t of the truck stop meeting at Fire Station #141 as announced in The Foothills Focus.
What an absolute disaster!At least 100 people were
present, but no microphones, too few chairs, and no attempt to run an orderly meeting. The result was a mil l ing crowd intent on shouting about the horrors that were about to usurp their sacrosanct back yards. Of course, darn few of those back yards are anywhere near the proposed truck stop.
The officials present came a c r o s s a s p u nc h - d r u n k f ighters dutifully absorbing another beating. None of them bothered to raise their voices enough to be heard, perhaps because they knew no one was paying attention. From ten feet away, I got almost nothing of what the official speakers had to say.
The crowd was mostly elderly,
raucous, and incensed. One old fellow yelled incoherently about taxes and then, without waiting for a reply, stormed out of the meeting to loud applause. Others from the crowd did only a little better. None of them had points to make beyond taxes, taxes, taxes, and traffic.
No one ment ioned the large amount of taxes a truck stop would pay. No one explained why sober truckers within a couple hundred yards of an off-ramp would be a worse traff ic problem than not- so -sober bar pat rons roaming all over the New River landscape.
No one ment ioned the convenience of buying a healthy sandwich at a reasonable price without going all the way to Anthem. No one spoke of buying gasoline and diesel close to home or of the beneficial effect on fuel prices brought about by increased competition. No one suggested that truck stops usually have a convenience store, of which
New River now has none, and sometimes a full-service, family style restaurant.
And, surprisingly, no one mentioned that New River is not exactly at full employment or that a truck stop brings jobs: construction jobs of all types while it’s being built, then permanent jobs as mechanics, managers, servers, accountants, and so on. A truck stop also needs the ongoing services of painters, plumbers, HVAC technicians, electricians, and a whole host of others.
If there were more jobs in New River, maybe some of the homes for sale would have buyers. Perhaps some wouldn’t need to be sold.
You see, I’d figured the citizens of New River would welcome convenience, competit ion, and work.
But no, all I heard was people yelling about taxes, taxes, taxes, and traffic.
Frank WellsNew River
I am writing in regards to the ‘Truck Stop’ that has been given a permit in New River. I oppose this and want to know how it was passed through without a word to the people who live right by where the Truck Stop is planned. Neither I nor any of my neigh-bors were asked our opinion if we were for or against. We are most defiantly AGAINST.
We do not oppose a regular gas station, fast food place or mini mart, but we do oppose a Truck Stop. It was stated at the meet-ing that was held on May 20 that there was a meeting with “the people who live right by the area where the truck stop would be located and they approved.” That
is NOT the truth. No one knocked on our door, the neighbor’s door, no one sent us flyers, or called us on the phone, or even posted a sign at the area where they want to build at New River Rd and I-17.
I can’t even imagine coming home, taking the New River exit, and having a semi truck right on my bumper. Who thought it would be a good idea to have school buses, local residents, and semi truck drivers using the same exit that is narrow, short in length, has a slight curve, and a blind spot at the stop sign. This is insane. NO Truck Stop!
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Be nice to the court clerksJUDGE GERALD A. WILLIAMSNORTH VALLEy JUSTICE OF
THE PEACEDo you want a judge to do
something in your case that is an exception to a general rule? If so, it is perhaps useful informa-
tion to know the one thing that is almost guaranteed to make your position un-sympathetic. If you want a judge, any judge, to im-m e d i a t e l y
dislike you, all you have to do is be rude to any member of the court’s staff.
At times, the lobbies of our courts could better be described as emergency rooms where many of life’s aff lictions are triaged. Court clerks serve as customer service representatives, navigators of government systems, experts on procedure, cashiers, data entry specialists,
telephone operators, counselors, consultants for referral agencies, and even parental figures at times. They insulate themselves from the political nature of dealing with elected officials and de-esca late d i f f icu lt situations.
Court staff may not be able to recite associated statute numbers, rule numbers, and policy titles, but their actions, duties, and responsibilities are outlined in a number of publications that if stacked on top of one another would be several feet high. If you think they have an easy job, you are mistaken.
Even a short line of three people can be misleading. Perhaps the first person is upset that he received a photo enforcement ticket in another court, heard on the news that he did not have to pay it, and cannot understand why he has a criminal charge in this court for driving on a suspended license.
Perhaps the next person will be homeless next week because he is
facing an eviction. Perhaps the next person has been a victim of domestic violence for years, but today, and maybe for just today, she has mustered enough courage to seek help.
Many people entering a courtroom have problems that can be fairly described as being self-inflicted. Others, however, have things happen to them that are obviously well beyond their control.
Judges often deal with a variety of difficult litigants, but we do not see everyone who enters a courthouse. Court clerks have no such filter. If you are talking to one, be nice to them, if only for these two obvious reasons: First, your problem is not their fault. Second, if you are rude, the judge will know about your misconduct in a matter of seconds.
Judge Gerald Williams is the Justice
of the Peace for the North Valley Justice Court. His column appears monthly in The Foothills Focus.
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OpinionARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT1616 WEST ADAMS STREETPHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007
PUBLIC AUCTION SALE NO. 16-115118-00-001PERPETUAL RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT
Pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37, notice is hereby given that the state of Arizona through its Arizona State Land Department (herein called ASLD), will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 W. Adams, Room 434B, Phoenix, Arizona, a perpetual right of way easement for the purpose of a Public Road Drainage situated in Maricopa County to wit:
TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, G&SRB&M, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA
PARCEL: M&B THRU TRACT 6 IN STATE PLAT 55, 2ND AMD., SECTION 27. CONTAINING 0.02 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.PARCEL: M&B THRU TRACT 4, BLK 3 IN STATE PLAT 36, SECTION 28. CONTAINING 0.11 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.BENEFICIARY: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMNITY SELECTIONS)
For a complete legal description of the land, prospective bidders are advised to examine the right of way application file as well as all pertinent files of ASLD.
Said right of way easement has been valued at $56,109.00 and consists of 0.13 acres, more or less.
Additional requirements and conditions of this right of way are available and may be viewed at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
The complete file associated with the described land is open to public inspection at the ASLD, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., exclusive of holidays and weekends. Please direct any questions regarding this Public Auction to the Rights of Way Section of the Real Estate Division of ASLD at (602) 542-4098. This auction notice is available on the ASLD’s web site at www.azland.gov.
Each potential bidder must show ASLD’s representative a cashier’s check made payable to the Arizona State Land Department in the amount specified under Terms of Sale Paragraph (A) below.
TERMS OF SALE:
(A) At the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The value of the right of way, which is $56,109.00; (2) A Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the value of the right of way, which is $1,683.00; (3) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00; (4) Reimbursable Appraisal Fee, which is $3,000.00. The total amount due at the time of sale is $63,292.00 (less $5,500.00 and less $9,477.00 for Advance Deposit into suspense if the successful bidder is the applicant for a total amount due of $48,315.00).
(B) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder must pay the full balance of the amount bid for the right of way and pay a Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the purchase price for the right of way less the amount paid under (A) (2) above.
(C) No Selling and Administrative Fee shall be collected by ASLD if the successful bidder at auction is the beneficiary of the land trust.
(D) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder shall be required to pay the actual legal advertising cost, less the amount paid under (A)(3) above.
BIDDING INFORMATION:
(A) The time of sale shall be deemed to be the time of declaration of the highest and best bidder. The bidding will begin at the total value of the right of way. A bid for less than the value of the right of way easement or by a party who has not inspected the right of way and/or the associated files and records of ASLD will not be considered.
(B) All bidders must sign an affidavit stating that they have undertaken due diligence in preparation for the auction and that their representative is authorized to bid and bind the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the records of local jurisdictions and public agencies regarding this property.
(C) Pursuant to A.R.S. §37-240.B, the successful bidder must be authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona no later than three (3) business days after the auction. The successful bidder must sign an affidavit stating it is the successful bidder and sign a Certification Statement pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37 and the Rules of ASLD.
(D) If the successful bidder fails to complete the payment as stated in the auction notice together with the additional required fees within 30 days from the auction date, all amounts paid at the time of auction by the successful bidder will be forfeited.
(E) In the event of forfeiture, the ASLD Commissioner may declare that the bid placed before the final bid accepted is the highest bid, and that the bidder has five (5) days after notification by ASLD to pay by cashier’s check all amounts due.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The ASLD may cancel this auction in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid.
A protest to this sale must be filed within 30 days after the first day of publication of this announcement and in accordance with A.R.S. §37-301.
Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.Ruben Ojeda(for) Vanessa HickmanState Land CommissionerApril 4, 2014
Freedom and responsibility must be connected
I am baffled by the numerous times the subject of freedom of speech has been mentioned this past week by citizens (including myself) and elected officials in Cave Creek regarding signage and freedom of speech.
I have reflected seriously this week and remembered thoughts I shared with readers in the past that bear repeating today. It’s about the promises and the pit-falls of freedom and the men and women of our armed forces to whom we owe our freedoms.
What is freedom though? Free-dom to have a say in government? Freedom to do what I want to do? Freedom to have no government? Freedom to take what other peo-ple are unable to keep me from getting? Freedom to travel where I want using whatever means I want? Freedom to act in a way that may be dangerous to myself or others? Freedom to take more for myself than others can have? Freedom to buy what I need? Freedom to buy more than I need? Freedom to use more than I need? Freedom to use for myself what others need? Freedom to blame? Freedom to enslave? Freedom to misrepresent the truth for my own ends? Freedom to hurt or kill?
Unless it is tied to personal responsibility and the concept of the brotherhood of mankind, freedom can be dangerous. Is it possible to have freedom without responsibility?
What is responsibility? To tell the truth. To keep informed. To make accurate judgments about information. To live in harmony with my neighbors. To understand other people on the planet. To live in harmony with the planet.
To accept the same freedoms for others that I covet for myself. To accept the equality and worth of all peoples. To bring no harm to other people. To leave this ‘camp-ground’ (our planet) better than we found it. We need to think of freedom of speech as a right, not a tool to achieve an end. Freedom that is synonymous with greed will destroy us as a society. But freedom closely aligned with re-sponsibility can be our salvation.
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Local participating Denny’s location include 4121 W Anthem Way in Anthem, 2525 W. Deer Valley Road in Phoenix, and 3160 W. Carefree Highway in Tramonto. For a complete list of participating Denny’s, see www.dennys.com.
Denny’s fourth annual Cook-ies for Kids’ Cancer fundraising campaign takes place through-out June with the goal of rais-ing $350,000 through the sale of paper “cookies,” which serve as a symbol of support for the non-profit organization. Diners can purchase paper cookies for $1, $5,
$10, or a donation of their choice and sign their name, the name of a loved one or a personalized message on each paper cookie before it is hung on the walls of participating diners.
Since 2011, Denny’s has r a i s e d nearly
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Cookies for Kids’ Cancer was founded in 2008 by the mother of a young boy named Liam who was diagnosed with cancer as a toddler. Sadly, Liam lost his battle with the disease in 2011 at the age of six. The organization generates the major-ity of its funds each year through grassroots events like bake sales held across the country.
Pediatric cancer claims the lives of more children annu-ally than any other disease – more than asthma, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, and AIDS combined. Cook-
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Around the Bluhmin’ Town: Freedom is never free Did you enjoy this past Memo-
rial Day weekend? This was the weekend that signifies the begin-ning of summer, the end of spring, the remembrance of those who wear and wore uniforms on our behalf, so that we could have the remarkable freedoms that we en-joy. Flags flying, parades, memo-rials, picnics, family gatherings, three-day weekends, bagpipes playing… what better way to start off the summer! That’s right, I said “bagpipes playing,” because
nothing quite evokes such deep emotion and dignity, than listen-ing to a group of pipers play at a Memo-r i a l D a y Ceremony.
I was able to thrill to the special sounds and heartfelt tribute of the Veterans Memorial Pipers Corps who were playing in Prescott at the Citizens Cemetery. This talented group, started in 2013, consists of three firefighters, three retired police officers, one active duty police officer and two civilians. They are very devoted, with the mis-sion of providing our Military, Police Officers, Fire Fighters and other families a piper(s) for funer-
als, memorials, or special events. Their motto is, “We honor them and their families.”
So where did the bagpipes orig-inate? Scotland? Not even close! It seems these bags of winds have been around since over 4 , 0 0 0 years ago in Egypt! Eventual-ly the pipes t r a v e l e d to Greece and then Rome. The Roman Army went on to take the pipes to the countries of the west as they invaded them. The use of the instru-ment was soon spread throughout Europe.
It is believed that the Irish introduced the bagpipes to the Scots, a little known fact that my husband (who was born and raised in Scotland) strongly disputes. Well, legend has it that an Irishman handed a Scotsman a bagpipe and the rest is history.
The Scots have improved the mu-
sic and perfected the instrument, claiming the bagpipes as their National Instrument.
Why the bagpipes at American funerals? In the 1800s, Irish im-migrants were often employed
i n t h e
d a n g e r o u s jobs of fireman and po-
lice officers in the big east coast cities. At the funeral of
a fallen comrade, the bagpipes were always played and this be-came the traditional ritual for a hero’s final goodbye. During the 1970s the Scots Guard was on tour in the USA and started play-ing “Amazing Grace,” and it since has become the most popular and requested tune to be played at me-morials by pipers.
The Memorial Day weekend is too important to not go out and pay tribute to those who serve their country and communi-ties. This holiday represents the larger portrait of Americana; the reminder that freedom is never free and that as far as sacrifices go, some gave all. I recall going to
the Veterans Cemetery as a child, standing be-
fore a sea of tiny flags that waved briskly in the
b reeze, e a c h s t a n d -i n g a t
attention at the base of a f lat
gravestone. I would run
around and try and read as many names as I could, wondering how they died, figuring out how old the soldier was, reading the words scrawled on the headstones. Fresh cut f lowers or round wreaths, looking like sad, little life pre-servers, were placed lovingly on numerous graves, making the cemetery come alive with color.
Then there would be the lady who could be seen sitting in a lawn chair on her son’s grave, or the child who would bring hand-drawn pictures to a gravesite,
bravely saluting a father he might never had known. Parents and friends gather, children run or skip on grassy knolls, bag pipers and a drummer in the distance playing a solemn hymn. The stark contrast of the hope of a spring day, with flowers bloom-ing, birds singing and flags fly-ing, set against the backdrop of a broken heart and a piper playing is the poignant snapshot of the day.
Memorial Day weekend re-minds us to remember. It causes us to pause out of our busy sched-ule of barbecuing with friends and family, having a leisurely three-day get-away, to recall those fallen comrades and all that they stood for . . .and left behind.
Summer is officially here – ushered in by a very memorable weekend. It helps us put every-thing in perspective, allows us to ponder the bigger world issues at hand, makes us rethink our choices, and appreciate all that we take for granted. Dear Readers, it’s good not to forget.
You may contact the Veterans Memorial Pipers Corps by calling Don Mansfield at (928) 277-1408.
Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local realtor who lives in the Anthem area. Have a story or a comment? Email Judy at [email protected].
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SHEA STANFIELDCAVE CREEK – Imagine
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color brilliantly illuminates the space, bouncing off every surface it touches. Without realizing it, you are drawn into a world created by local artist Barbara Bowman of B.H. Bowman Studios.
Barbara has worked in the arts
in one form or another throughout her career. The awakening into what she expresses on canvas today is the culmination of two decades of honing her skills in drawing, painting, composition, and design. She “fell into Abstract Expressionism,” which is her current focus.
Barbara met her first client requesting a painting done in the style of Abstract Expressionism about nine years ago. He was looking for a specific “statement piece” to display in his home. Barbara accepted the challenge. She was confident in her skills in launching the project; the rest would be researched along the way. Upon completing an extensive search of genre, its characteristics and the artists, Barbara was ready to begin. She was so successful in completing just the right “look” for the piece that her client requested a second work for his office conference room. It wasn’t long before Barbara began receiving commission requests from her client’s business colleagues, as well. A career was born.
Over the years, Barbara has nurtured her creative career,
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Photo courtesy of Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentBear encounters are increasing throughout the state.
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Arizona Game and Fish Department officials are asking people to ‘Be Bear Aware.’ Homeowners and recreationists should take precautions to minimize potential conflicts with bears and other wildlife.
The root cause of any human-wildlife encounter is typically food. Keep a clean camp. AZGFD recommends cooking and eating food 100 yards away from your sleeping area.
AZGFD bear safety tips:• Never intentionally feed
wildlife. Even bird feeders can become attractants if they are not placed out of reach of bears and set up properly to prevent spillage.
• Don’t camp near hiking trails, water, or berry patches.
• Secure all garbage. To do so, use bear-resistant containers, hang garbage from a tree (garbage should be 10-15 feet high and 4 feet from its hanging surface) or keep garbage in a vehicle.
• Keep tent and sleeping area clear of any food and other scented items such as deodorant, lotion, and toothpaste.
• Walk or jog in groups. Pay attention to your surroundings when hiking, jogging or bicycling.
• Supervise your children (especially toddlers) and keep them in sight at all times.
• Keep your pets on a leash – don’t allow them to be free roaming. Free roaming pets can be a cause of adverse human/bear encounters, especially dogs chasing female bears with cubs.
• Don’t leave pet food out where bears and other wild animals become habituated to it.
• Manage the vegetation around your home to eliminate hiding and daybed use cover for bears and wildlife.
• Remember that the majority of standard coolers are not effective at keeping a bear from breaking in and stealing its contents. There are companies that specialize in bear-resistant containers.
If you encounter a bear, consider these suggestions:
• Never get between a female bear and her cubs. Do not try to
intervene with a bear chasing your dog back to you. Let the bear focus its attention on your dog and not switch its aggression towards you.
• Stay calm.• If a bear has not noticed you,
do not get its attention. Continue facing it, and slowly back away.
• If a bear has noticed you, make loud noises by clanging pans, using air horns, or whatever is available.
• If attacked, fight back. Bear and mountain lion attacks are predation events and you are considered the prey.
• If a bear has noticed you, don’t run unless it is dangerously close. Get inside of a vehicle or building. Running elicits what is called a predator-prey response – if you run, the animal might instinctively want to chase and catch you. Despite their imposing size, bears are quick and can reach speeds of 40 mph.
• Make yourself look as big and imposing as possible.
• Speak loudly or yell – let it know you are human.
For more information and safety tips, visit www.azgfd.gov.
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Cole and Jude Brauer of Team Automata won the 2014 VEX Robotic World Championship Innovate Award for their unique Shifting X Drive.
They also won a Create Award in their division for exhibiting a creative solution to this year’s game challenges. M a r k M a c l u s k i e , a k a Robodude, earned a Design Award in his division for having an amazing engineering design notebook that thoroughly d o c u m e n t e d h i s r o b o t design process.
Their qualifying spots in the world championship event were earned at the Arizona State Championship, where Cole was awarded the Excellence Award, the highest award given at a VEX Robotics Competition, Jude earned a Tournament Champion Award, and Mark earned a Design Award.
Mark competed in Anaheim with his robot, the Vexinator 4, while the two brothers joined forces to compete as a team implementing a 2-driver system on their robot the Toucan.
Cole was also the recipient of a $5,000 scholarship offered by Autodesk and the Robotics Education & Competit ion Foundation, two sponsors of the 2014 VEX Robotic Wo r l d C h a m p i o n s h i p , for his robot design work using the Autodesk suite of CAD products.
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Competition is the largest and fastest growing middle and high school robotics program globally with more than 10,000 teams from 32 countries.
Each year, an excit ing eng ineer ing cha l lenge i s presented in the form of a game.
Students build innovative robots and compete year-round in competitions. The VRC prepares students to become future innovators i n s c ie nce , t e c h nolog y, e n g i ne e r i n g , a nd m a t h related careers.
A l l t h ree Cave Creek winners are excited for the challenges of the new game, which was announced at the A n a h e i m e v e n t a n d are already brainstorming and prototyping robot ideas f o r t h e 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 VRC season.
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Don’t Privatize the Veterans Hospitals
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WASHINGTON — As I reflect on the “inevitable” presidential candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton, I try to put it in historic context. She lacks the shifty eyes, darting hither and yon at her audience and the assembled press corps. Her brow betrays no beads of sweat. Nor is there any noticeable perspiration on her upper lip. She has never exactly said, “I’m not a crook.”
Though she has certainly s l ipped up wit h plen-ty of other m a l a d r o i t p r onu nc i a -mentos, from her famous 1992 boast, “I suppose I could have stayed home
and baked cookies,” to her more recent rant before a Congres-sional committee investigating Benghazi: “What difference at this point does it make?” Let me hasten to answer that it does indeed make a difference how violence originates in a faraway land where four Americans were about to be murdered.
Yet, curiously enough, by now she is the Democrats’ closest approximation to President Richard Milhous Nixon. In fact, she and her husband probably
trail behind them more baggage than even Nixon did. He resigned before being impeached. The Clintons brazened it through before Bill was finally impeached. He was not convicted, however, and — almost miraculously if you can remember what even Democrats were saying about them — the Clintons continued their amazing political lives. Though they acquired still more baggage.
There was in 1968 a New Nixon. There was even a New New Nixon in the years ahead. Once in retirement, when he turned to being an elder statesman, there was a New New New Nixon. It was a Nixon seasoned by experience, and he became a counselor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, to President Ronald Reagan and to others.
Now, with all her baggage trailing behind her, it is only a matter of time before Hillary is forced to rebrand herself. All those years, dating back to Arkansas politics, will prove too much. Actually, they began even before Arkansas, way back in 1974 when she served on the House Judiciary Impeachment Inquiry, inquiring into, well, Richard Nixon. When it was all over, the Democratic counsel to the committee, Jerome Zeifman, wrote in his personal evaluation of Hillary that he
“could not recommend her for any future position of public or private trust,” so “ethically f lawed” and deceitful was her service to Congress.
Hi l lary’s scandals have continued apace for 40 years, and Bill’s, too! So perhaps you will understand when I say that in comparison with Nixon the Clintons come off rather the worse.
There have been campaign finance violations from their Arkansas days right up to the present when a Hillary supporter, Sant Chatwal, pled guilty to witness tampering and to using straw donors to funnel money into her 2008 campaign. There have been appearances before grand juries. There have been tricky real estate deals, payoffs from friends such as Jim Blair, missing billing records, exorbitant speaker fees, foundation funny business, extensive use of private investigators, endless lies. Friends have even gone off to jail.
So you will forgive me if I suggest to a person who has already given me so many pleasant memories, that she is ripe for a rebranding. It would be artless to suggest the “New Hillary.” That would be too
President Obama can do him-self a big political favor this month by saying simply this: “I will not privatize the VA hospitals.”
That’s the bottom line for the current right-wing crusade mixing pa-triotic pos-turing with loathing of government in genera l and Obama specifically. We speak of a l legat ions
that a Phoenix hospital (and perhaps others) run by the De-partment of Veterans Affairs hid deadly delays for treatment by using secret waiting lists.
The theme is government can’t do anything right. And if you’re Rush Limbaugh, it’s also running death panels for veterans.
“There’s nobody that has any real-world, private-sector experi-ence running anything to do with health care or medical treatment or medical care,” El Rushbo de-clared from happy orbit.
Actual veterans could not dis-agree more.
“We’re against privatizing the VA system,” Joe Davis, national spokesman for Veterans of For-eign Wars, told me in no uncertain terms. “To privatize the VA puts us on a waiting list with everyone else out in the United States.”
You see, getting medical care can be rougher outside govern-ment-run programs than inside them, as contented veterans and Medicare beneficiaries repeatedly tell pollsters.
A 2004 RAND study deter-mined that the VA system de-livered higher-quality care than private hospitals on all measures except acute care. (They were even on acute care.) And the American Customer Satisfaction Index, run by the University of Michigan, found 85 percent of patients in VA hospitals satisfied with their care, versus 77 percent in private hospitals.
“The people who receive VA care by and large rave about it,” the VFW’s Davis said.
But that’s no reason not to mess with it, right? In 2010, Ken Buck, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Colorado, said privatiza-tion would make the hospitals “bet-ter run.” Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney wanted to
give veterans vouchers to shop for care in the private sector.
(Both later backed away from their proposals when veterans loudly objected.)
Now, the latest allegations — that the Phoenix VA Health Care System covered up long wait times by manipulating the waiting list — are serious. But they’re still allegations. And so are reports that 40 or more vet-erans died as a result.
“The story has taken on its own truth,” Davis said with exaspera-tion in his voice.
Many in the media are taking the death toll number as gospel truth, but at least one probing reporter, Brian Skoloff of The Associated Press, probed into the sources of it. One was Dr. Samuel Foote, who, before re-tiring from the Phoenix hospi-tal, was repeatedly reprimanded for taking Fridays off. Another employee raising the concerns had been fired last year and has a pending wrongful termination suit against the hospital.
“What we want is the (VA Of-fice of Inspector General) report, and we know it won’t come out until August,” said Davis. “Do you want it good, or do you want it now?”
The hospital’s administrators vehemently deny the allegations. Director Sharon Helman is now under police protection after re-ceiving numerous death threats.
No surprise, given such hysteri-cal and uncorroborated headlines as this one by CNN: “Veterans languish and die on a VA hospi-tal’s secret list.”
Here’s a sturdy spark to send the fringe right’s manic hatred of government into high boil once again. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent and chairman of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Com-mittee, summed up the situation nicely when he said:
“What I don’t want to see is this issue politicized by these same folks who don’t like Social Se-curity, they don’t like Medicare, they don’t like Medicaid, they don’t like the Postal Service.”
Too late, Bernie. Too late.
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SCOTTSDALE – Foothills Animal Rescue is being featured at a two-day free pet adoption event on Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1.
The fifth annual Maddie’s® Adoption Days is a two-day event offering free pet adoptions to qualified homes. They aim to place 10,000 dogs and cats across the country in loving forever homes.
Maddie’s Fund®, a family foundation inspired by a Miniature Schnauzer named Maddie, is financing and organizing this event to find homes for 10,000 animals across the country. More than 200 shelters and rescue groups in Alabama, Arizona,
California, Florida, New York, Nevada, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin will participate, including Foothills Animal Rescue and 13 other rescue organizations in Maricopa County.
To date, Maddie’s Fund has awarded $11.4 million to participating shelters and rescue groups to treat and rehabilitate senior pets and those with minor medical conditions – animals who most likely otherwise would have been euthanized.
For more information, call Foothills Animal Rescue at (480) 488-9890 or visit adopt.maddiesfund.org.
Foothills Animal Rescue adoption event, May 31-June 1
Choice pet market, 20511 N. Hayden road – 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Choice pet market, 15681 N. Hayden road – 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, June 1:
Foothills animal rescue, 23030 N. pima road – 12-5 p.m.
petsmart, Desert ridge marketplace, 21001 N. Tatum boulevard –
12-4 p.m.
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close to the New Nixon or the New New Nixon, but how about the “Novel Hillary” or “Hillary 2.0”? In this forthcoming campaign, there will be questions about Benghazi and other foreign policy disasters when under her tenure at State.
I can hear it now. A candidate, borrowing her taunt of Barack Obama in 2008, will ask where was she on Sept. 12, 2012 at 3:00 a.m. She (and the president, too) surely should have been in the situation room, no? And two weeks ago, Monica made an appearance. In the forthcoming campaign, there will be questions also about Paula Corbin Jones, Kathleen Willey, Gennifer Flowers, Juanita Broaddrick, and legions more. Also questions were raised about her health last week.
On the campaign trail she will be questioned about her blood pressure, her heart rate, her blood sugar levels. What does she do in her weekly workout? Bill said last week she works out once a week. It must be a pretty amazing workout.
Yes, I can see the need for a rebranding. I rather favor “Hillary 2.0.” It is so au courant. Call it my contribution to Hillary’s inevitable candidacy.
R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. is founder and editor-in-chief of The American Spectator. He is a Senior Fellow at the London Center for Policy Research and the author most recently of “The Death of Liberalism,” published by Thomas Nelson, Inc. To find out more about R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
Dear Foothills Focus Readers,I have been in the home care industry for over 20 years and it is sucha rewarding career. Everyday I go to work I get to help someone. ResCare employees say they love their jobs because they can reach out to their communities and make a real difference in people’s lives.
Recently ResCare HomeCare has expanded our in-home care and support services into your area. We are actively seeking care attendants to join our team. If you have a desire to give back to the community, looking to earn extra money, have life experience caring for loved ones and/or Professional Caregiving skills, caring and compassionate, then I encourage you to consider learning more about our Caregiving opportunities. Our open positions are part-time with flexible hours and all training is provided for free.Please call me if you have any questions about employment with ResCare HomeCare, or if you would like to learn about how our in-home care and support services could benefit you and your loved-ones. You can reach me at 480-435-9939.Sincerely, Rebecca Rangel
Rebecca Rangel Branch Manager
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Meet Buddy, a very energetic Australian Cattle dog ready to be your exercise companion. He loves to hike, run, or walk with you in addition to going on car rides. Australian Cattle Dogs are very high-energy and extremely intelligent, so they need a job such as herding, obedience, or agility to keep them happy. They are not the kind of dog to lie around the house or back-yard with only a short daily walk. They bond well with their family and their smooth, short coat requires minimal brushing and bathing. Buddy is 3-4 years old and has been fully vetted, neutered, and micro chipped. He does great with other dogs and cats and loves to play with tennis balls, stuffed animals, and bones. To find out more about Buddy contact Anthem Pets at 480-287-3542 or [email protected]
Anthem Pets is a 501-c-3 nonprofit serving the North Valley since 2005. For information on other great animals looking for their forever homes, contact anthempets.org or facebook.com/anthempetsaz.
Bonus Pet of the Week - Buddy
Woody Woods & Bonnie Burns ~ The Woods TeamYour eyes in New River, Desert Hills, Anthem & Phoenix areas
