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Oct. 12, 2006
The
Elwood Files by
Todd Elwood
Honesty? I approve this messge
My dad always tells me I
ought to go into politics.
His advice has zero to do
with me, though. He thinks
you ought to go into politics,
too.
He thinks everyone should
run for public office at least
once, if only to see things from
the other side of the political
fence.
His theory is, if you’ve
served in public office, you
have ample right to harp
about politicians.
I’ve thought about it. A
chance exists I someday might
try, but for now, I’m sitting it
out.
Election season always
dampens any spark I have
to jump into the fray. The
absolute
creepiness
of
American politics has a
special talent for keeping my
hat on my head, and clear of
the ring.
This criticism excludes,
for the most part, small town
elected officials. I know our
town’s elected officials and
candidates and most have
their hearts in the right
place.
But above that level – at
a point where staking big,
toothy pictures of yourself on
every Scottsdale street corner
to get votes – the creepy factor
gets ratcheted up 10 notches.
Seems job No. 1 for the lot
of current seat holders is to
keep their butts in the chair.
Re-election trumps everything
else.
But why?
For Arizona’s 90 legislators,
it can’t be money. For now,
they pull in $24,000 per year
(not including their per diem
reimbursements). Proposition
302 would boost that wage to
$36,000. So vote yes if you
think they deserve a raise.
Incumbents’
fervor
to
keep their seats on a federal
level might have more to do
with cashola (plus the hefty
benefits packages), but even
then, I think money isn’t the
major factor.
It seems the ambition to be
elected to high office, and to
keep a steely grip on it, has
more to do with ego.
If true, that’s where the
creepiness comes in.
Pundits blather on about
George W. Bush’s “legacy,” for
example. His legacy, and that
of any elected official, means
diddly squat to me.
Legacy talk says the
politicians
actually
are
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concerned about how they’ll
be perceived in 100 years.
That means politicians
take each step with measured
care, with the ultimate
goal of going with the flow
while appearing to be an
independent thinker.
At the heart of things, this
is why I’m not following my
old man’s advice, yet. If I were
elected and I did things they
way they’re done in Phoenix
or Washington D.C., I couldn’t
go an hour without want of a
good, hot shower.
If you think I’m being
overly critical, I’ll punch the
hottest political hot button,
immigration, and prove why
I’d make a lousy politician.
If we’re to believe the
commercials,
Republican
Senator Jon Kyl is tough on
immigration. But so is his
Democratic opponent, Jim
Pederson. So is Congressman
J.D. Hayworth. And, surprise,
so is his challenger, Harry
Mitchell.
The elephant in the room
none of them speaks of is
that Arizona’s mostly white
populous relies on the manual
labor provided by brown
immigrants.
If any one of these
candidates had a backbone,
he would say, “I can solve
immigration, but doing so will
increase the amount of money
you pay for almost everything.
Ready?”
Hear those crickets?
To stop the flow of illegal
immigrants, one simply has to
end the demand. (The GOPs
should know all about supply
and demand, right?) Which
means, give employers six
months to cut loose anyone in
his or her workforce who isn’t
here with legal documents,
and after that, it’s a $50,000
fine every time you’re caught
with
an
undocumented
worker.
When demand for illegal
labor evaporates, I guarantee
we won’t need a fence on the
border.
That plan is absolutely
crazy, though. The labor
shortage alone would toss our
economy in turmoil.
A good public servant
would plan for the aftermath,
though. Solve one problem
with atomic bomb efficiency,
but have a real strategy when
the fallout hits.
Maybe I ought to listen to
my dad, though. With honesty
like this, I’d never get elected
anyway.
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Oct. 12, 2006
The
Big
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Come to your senses
Details on five local events designed to
delight you. So, go already, will ya?
See Arizona’s living historians Oct. 14 in Tempe as
they show what life was like in the early days of our
state.
Local businesses showcased by Chamber
Find out about the new
businesses in town and get to
know the owners.
The Ninth Annual Business
Showcase, sponsored by the
Fountain Hills Chamber of
Commerce, is 3 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the
Community Center ballroom.
“We have a lot of new
businesses and a lot of new
people in town,” says Sharon
Morgan, events producer for
the Chamber.
“To me it’s a win-win for
everyone. It’s a win for the
citizens because they might
find something they didn’t
know was here and business
should
get
some
new
customers.”
The
theme
is
“Shop
Fountain Hills – It’s Your
Town!”
There will be more than
60 businesses ranging from
health related services to
jewelry and gifts as well as
Taste the delectable foods Fountain Hills has to offer
as area restaurants go on display at the Ninth Annual
Business Showcase Oct. 25 at the Fountain Hills
Community Center.
seven participants in the
Taste of Fountain Hills.
Food
vendors
are
participating in the People’s
Choice contest, part of the
Taste of Fountain Hills. People
can sample some food and
vote for their top choice. The
one with the most votes will
get a plaque.
In addition to sampling
food, many of the participating
businesses will have drawings
for prizes.
Smell the myriad of foods on a stick at the Arizona
State Fair, which opens Oct. 13.
Hear storytellers and musicians at the Valley’s
largest storytelling event in Mesa Oct. 27-28.
Feel the trains a coming at the annual Railfair in
Scottsdale Oct. 14-15.
FH resident has love affair with Railfair
S
cottsdale’s Railfair event
attracts all kinds of train
lovers each year, with its rare
railroad equipment displays
and opportunities for railroad
clubs from around the state
to come together and share
their passion for trains.
For
Steve
Gendler,
a
Fountain
Hills
train
enthusiast, Railfair is similar
to Christmas.
“Railfair provides me with
the perfect opportunity to
get together with friends that
I haven’t seen in awhile and
show and talk about our
trains,” says Gendler.
Gendler is part of the
McCormick-Stillman Railroad
Park’s Sun ‘N’ Sand Club.
Sun ‘N’ Sand is an Nscale model railroad club,
which operates a public fourhour session at Scottsdale’s
McCormick-Stillman Railroad
Park every Sunday.
The club helps set up its
portable NTRAK modules at
rail events in the Southwest,
and participates in the annual
Railfair.
As a member of Sun ‘N’
Sand Club, Gendler has an
important role teaching people
about model trains.
Gendler also says he will
help operate a G or Gardenscale model train at Railfair.
A Garden scale is the biggest
size of the four popular model
train lines and thus must
run outside, hence the name
Garden Scale.
Besides
talking
and
operating trains, Gendler says
he manages to get him self in
trouble every year. The culprit
– candy trains.
“You see, at Railfair we
have candy on some of our
model trains that are on
display. And there is always
a lot of kids running around
and their eyes light up when
they see candy riding around
on the train. So, I can’t help
but let the spoiling grandpa
part of me come out.”
Gendler admits he will stop
the train to offer kids some
candy, and sometimes parents
are not too happy with him.
Gendler adds, “I feel
sometimes parents will be a
little annoyed by my offering
because they just want to
calm down their children from
the excitement of the day, and
they might feel my offering
will add more chaos and
hyper activity to their already
wound up children.”
Despite the trouble he
might cause with some
parents, Gendler loves how
sights and sounds of Railfair
excite kids of all ages about
trains. Gendler says it’s the
same excitement he felt when
he started collecting models
around 50 years ago.
To learn more model trains,
get candy or talk to a model
train fanatic who knows his
stuff, visit Steve during his
Railfair shift 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
on Saturday, Oct. 14.
Train enthusiasts celebrate annual event
Scottsdale
is
climbing
aboard for its annual Railfair
event at McCormick-Stillman
Railroad Park Saturday, Oct.
14 and Sunday, Oct. 15.
“Railfair is a time for the
community to learn all about
railroads and trains. It also
provides a time for railroad
clubs to get together and
celebrate their passion for
trains,” says Recreational
Leader, Veronica Villarico.
Railroad clubs from all over
the state will participate in
Railfair, including McComickStillman’s own Scottsdale
Model Railroad Club, Paradise
and Pacific Tinplate Club and
Sun ‘N’ Sand Club.
Additionally,
Railfair
will display rare railroad
equipment and offer free
tours of the Roald Amundsen
In addition to the
usual train rides
at McCormickStillman
Park,
there will be
rare
railroad
equipment
at
Railfair Oct. 14-15.
Pullman
Car,
a
former
presidential car.
Train rides also will be
available on the Paradise and
Pacific Railroad, the park’s
own railroad for a $1 a ride.
Hand-dipped ice cream will
be sold and the park’s shops
will be open for souvenirs
shopping. And when guests
become tired from the day
they can relax on the spacious
grass areas or sit at one the
park’s picnic ramadas. In
addition, playgrounds will
be open all kinds of fun.
Admission to Railfair is free
and runs 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
McCormick-Stillman
Railroad Park is at 7301 E.
Indian Bend Rd.
For information visit www.
therailroadpark.com or call
(480) 312-2312.
National, youth storytellers
gather for two-day event
T
he
Valley’s
largest
storytelling event, the
Mesa Storytelling Festival
presents
a
weekend
of
stories, food, music and fun
for families.
National,
regional
and
youth talent will gather to
share a wide array of stories
from all over the globe 9 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27 and
9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
Oct. 28 on the lawn of the
Mesa Convention Center at
201 N. Center St.
The 2006 Mesa Storytelling
Festival is the fourth annual
event, following last year’s
event which drew thousands
of visitors to hear everything
from folk tales, tall tales,
ghost stories, myths, humor
and legends from America.
In addition to the wide
variety of storytelling events,
this festival features food
booths and entertainment
from local bands Mundo
Latino Mariachi Trio, Mys
Fiddlers, Oceans Apart, Los
Brisas Star Steelers and the
Sue Harris Duo.
Featuring some of the top
names among national and
regional storytellers, the Mesa
Storytelling Festival hosts
traditional telling throughout
the 2-day festival.
Storytelling events are
scheduled morning, afternoon
and evening on three stages/
tents
for
audiences
to
experience.
National
storytellers
participating in the festival
include
Jannine
Pasini
Beekman,
Milbre
Burch,
Donald Davis, Rex Ellis,
Angela Lloyd, Leeny Del
Seamonds, Andy Offutt Irwin
and Dan Keding.
Local
storytellers include Kindra
Gayle, Sean Buvala, Victor
McCraw, Marilyn Omifunke
Torres,
Dee
Strickland
Johnson (aka “Buckshot Dot”)
and Carol Knarr. In addition,
student tellers from various
elementary, high school and
community colleges will also
participate.
Newly added events to
this year’s festival include
celebrations for the Halloween
weekend with a Children’s
scary story Hour and Costume
Parade Saturday Oct. 28.
The Costume Parade and
Scary Stories for Children is
a free event in the Tent on
the Green and will be hosted
by Don Doyle and Lynn Ann
Wojciechowicz. Stories will be
appropriate for children 5-8
years of age.
Other new events for this
year’s festival include the
Early Bird Concert on Friday
Oct. 27 in the Tent on the
Green, and the After Hours
Receptions (Oct 27 and 28)
at the Phoenix Marriott Mesa
where the public can meet and
interact with the storytellers.
Additional special events
to round out the weekend’s
festivities include a Scary Story
Hour for Adults, a Story Swap
and a “Humor Us” concert.
Tickets are on sale through
the Mesa Arts Center box office
by calling (480) 644-6500 or
online at mesaartscenter.com.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the festival on the day of
Please see Storytellers on
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Oct. 12, 2006
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State Fair opens gates for 122nd year Friday, Oct. 13
T
his year marks 122 years
of fun for the Arizona
State Fair. The fair will open
its gates, Friday, Oct. 13 for
food fun, entertainment and
rides galore. But according to
fair history, it was not always
about fast rides, fried food
and hanging out with friends.
The fair began in November
1884, before statehood, when
a group of residents gathered
to have fun by showing off
their best crops and livestock
to each other.
Now, 2006 fairgoers can
except to be entertained in a
variety of ways.
Family attractions include
puppet and magic shows,
walking through a petting zoo
or playing in the Kid Zone. This
year’s Kid Zone will feature
interactive activities such as:
bracelet-making, PlasmaCar
rides, Toddler Games and
youth crafts.
Kids also can learn what
it is like to be a farmer first
hand at Unkle Kunkle’s
Farm. Unkle Kunkle’s farm is
Arizona State Fair’s premier
attraction,
which
allows
children of all ages to ride a
mini tractor, pick oranges;
harvest vegetables, collect
eggs, as well as go to market.
For the big kids the 2006
Arizona state Fair has more
than 50 rides. These rides
are meant to spin, twist and
slide fairgoers into fun. Just
some of the rides available:
bumper cars, Ferris wheels,
rollercoasters,
slides
and
much more.
In addition, there will be
tons of games to play for
prizes and an abundance of
fried food to eat.
Fair guests enjoy their corn
dogs and cheesecake on a
stick while they watch various
music artists perform. This
year’s fair concert series will
feature: Foo Fighters – Oct.
14, 7 p.m. Reserved seats:
$20.
Brooks & Dunn - Oct. 15, 7
p.m. Reserved seats: $30.
The view from the ferris wheel at the Arizona State Fair.
Jeff Foxworthy – Oct. 17, 7
p.m. Reserved seats: $20.
Gretchen Wilson – Oct. 21,
7 p.m.
Crown Royal Latin Kings
of Comedy, hosted by Paul
Rodriguez. Line up includes
Luke Torrez, Willie Barsena,
and Johnny Sanchez – Oct.
22, 5 p.m. Reserved seats:
$15.
Alan Jackson – Oct. 26, 7
p.m. Reserved seats: $30.
Big & Rich featuring Cowboy
Troy – Oct. 28 and 29, 7 p.m.
Reserved seats: $20.
Pet Shop Boys – Nov. 1, 7
p.m. Reserved seats: $20.
Old School Jam – Nov. 3, 8
p.m. Reserved seats: $15.
Steve Miller Band – Nov. 4,
7 p.m. Reserved seats: $30.
All concerts will be located
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
at the state fairgrounds.
History comes to life at Tempe rendezvous
The
Arizona
Historical
Society Museum presents the
Living History Rendezvous
Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
Papago Park in Tempe.
Some of Arizona’s living
historians from all corners
of the state, will set up
camp around the museum
grounds, tell their stories and
describe their role in Arizona’s
history.
Find out what a typical
day was like for mountain
men, an Arizona Ranger or a
Buffalo Soldier.
Venders will be on hand
with antique and reproduction
items, books, etc., and the
Changing Hands Bookstore
will have a selection of books,
both new and used, on Arizona
and Arizona history.
Kids can head over to he
Children’s Activity Pavilion,
where they will make crafts
that
reflect
on
Arizona
history.
Anybody wishing to become
a living historian can attend
workshops throughout the
event.
Admission is free.
The museum is at 1300
N. College Ave. For more
information
visit
www.
arizonahistoricalsociety.org or
call (480) 929 - 0292.
Fair admission is $10 for
adults, $5 for kids ages 5–13,
and $ 5 for seniors who are
55 and older. The fair will
run from Friday, Oct. 13 to
Sunday, Nov. 5. The fair is
located at 826 W. McDowell
Rd.
For more information on fair
hours and fair discounts visit
www.azstatefair.com or call
(602) 268 3247.
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All dressed up, Do Stuff boys frightful at Spirit
In each edition of Take 5,
co-publishers Greg Crawford
and Todd Elwood will do
stuff. Then, in this cleverly
named article, they’ll share
their experience in alternating
remarks.
For this “Greg and Todd Do
Stuff” article, the pair dons
silly get-ups at Spirit, in search
of the perfect Halloween
costume.
Todd Elwood, left, and Greg Crawford have some prehistoric fun as Barney
Rubble and Fred Flintstone.
Todd: To fill these two pages
every issue, Greg and I have
done a ton of stuff together.
(Shameless plug: you can read
all of our adventures at www.
GregandToddDoStuff.com.)
Up until this episode of Do
Stuff, I happily could proclaim
I’ve never seen him in a
dress.
How I wish that were still
true.
My eyes! My eyes! Someone
please gouge out my eyes!
Seriously, Greg is the
ugliest woman I’ve ever seen.
Yet his short time in drag
all was for good fun and Greg
and I searched for costumes
at Spirit Halloween store at
the Scottsdale Pavilions.
Greg: So I make for an ugly
woman, but I definitely make
for a pretty good guy with a
chicken on his head.
I’m also a dead ringer for
Fred Flintstone.
One thing is for sure,
however; Todd makes a great
horse’s ass.
I mean he really sold that
costume. I’m sure there are
a few people facilitating the
strategic planning process
that will agree.
Todd: Hey, hey. C’mon,
Greg. Do Stuff is a politicalfree zone.
Although, while wearing
a costume where my head
sticks out of the hind quarters
of a horse, I couldn’t help but
wonder what I’d tell people.
“Great costume, Todd. Who
are you supposed to be?”
“My head is poking out of a
horse’s butt. Isn’t it obvious?
I’m (insert politician’s name
here).”
The horse costume is one
of several inflatable suits
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Here she is, the Ugliest Girl in the Universe. Greg tiptoes along the other side
of the gender fence in this costume.
available this year. A small
battery-operated fan keeps
the getup blown up. As a side
benefit, the circulating air
keeps you cool.
Air-blown costumes are a far
cry from my Halloween outfits
as a kid. The most elaborate I
ever got was painting my face
as Gene Simmons from the
rock group Kiss.
Otherwise, I was your
stereotypical candy beggar
– cowboy, clown, vagabond,
etc.
Greg: This year one of
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D I S COV E R
. . .
how you can join with concerned neighbors
and local businesses in extending a helping
hand to others in need.
___CHECK into www.ehfb.org , then click
on Hunger Facts to learn about the people in
Arizona who could benefit from help.
___SEE how you can help, - “for free” , just
___CLICK on AZ TaxCredit. You will see
how to lend your hands through a check that
will cost you nothing, by allocating AZ Tax
money you would pay anyhow. You will be in
good company!
These suggestions were sponsored by the
Rotary Club of Fountain Hills.
We believe in Service above Self.
Oct. 12, 2006
Stuff continued from page 6
the most popular costumes
will be a pirate thanks to
the success of Pirates of the
Caribbean.
And to think when I was
a kid, I was a pirate several
Halloweens in a row. Who
knew eventually I would be
hip?
At the end of the pirate run,
I took a skeleton’s costume
from a previous year and I was
a pirate skeleton.
I was never Johnny Depp,
however.
In those days they didn’t
have costumes from 21 Jump
Street.
But Spirit offers everything
to spook and excite. They even
have a blood fountain.
Now that would be a great
feat for Fountain Hills on Oct.
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31.
Todd: Yes! Blood and
fish carcasses could rain
down upon Fountain Lake.
Ghoulish, indeed.
Back to costumes, though.
I tried on several different
outfits, but I’m still not sure
what I’ll decide upon. The
walking can of beer is a
tempting one.
Likely I’ll dress up as
Typo the Clown. He’s a good
standby. He’s the character
I usually take on Halloween
night.
Or I could put on a mask
in the likeness of (insert
politician’s name here).
Now that really would be
scary.
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Oct. 12, 2006
A woman’s call to rally the community for cancer patients
By Chaya Shapiro
December 10 at 5 a.m.,
Gina Calisesi will line up with
thousands of others to walk,
or run, a 26.2 mile course
in arguably one of the most
beautiful locations in the
United States. The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society’s annual
Honolulu Marathon draws
participants from all over the
world and helps make the
incredible work of the Society
possible.
Having only walked to get
“from point A to point B,”
Calisesi, a woman radiating
enthusiasm, is bypassing
baby steps and diving into the
deep end.
To help her prepare for the
marathon, she is part of a
Team in Training, a group of
qualified volunteers providing
coaching, a training regimen
and
nutritional
advice.
Calisesi trains five days a
week, consistently increasing
her
mileage
throughout
the
four–month
training
period.
She
cross–trains,
lifts weights and, of course,
walks. Calisesi also has been
introduced to the underbelly
of the marathon world … anti–
chafing products, goo and ice
baths.
But when she is straining
to contract her muscles for
that last crunch or gets that
I–can’t–do–this feeling, she
need only tell herself that
her discomfort and aches
are nothing compared to the
courage and pain of those
Gina Calisesi poses in her team shirt at Fountain Park, where she trains for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Honolulu Marathon taking place on Dec. 10.
battling cancer, and she finds (cancer patients in the valley) chances would be less than 50
renewed strength.
will be represented in the percent, a harrowing statistic
Though a life goal of race.
Fountain Hills, and for anyone.
Calisesi’s, she joined the the rest of the East Valley,
The Society funds research
marathon quite randomly … will be supporting Cameron and patient/family services
after receiving a notice in the Ward, a 7 year–old who has with money raised from events
mail. Her father passed from been battling leukemia since like the marathon, as well as
cancer when she was young, he was 2 and a half. Because from personal contributions.
but her underlying motivation of the research funded by the
Calisesi’s goal is to raise
is to simply help, to accomplish Leukemia and Lymphoma $5,000. She is almost at
something. And she wants to Society, he has an 80 percent $2,000, but time is running
get the whole town involved.
chance of survival. Without
Four honored teammates the help of the Society his
Dine Under the Stars, helps children survive
By Chaya Shapiro
Absolute poverty is growing
in the developing world at an
alarming rate.
Children, with nobody to
care for them, struggle to find
the most basic necessities
of food, water, shelter and
clothing.
Many don’t succeed. To
break the cycle of poverty,
it is essential even the most
impoverished child’s basic
needs are met. A monumental,
but not impossible task.
Gaia’s Lap Foundation,
Inc., a charitable non-profit
organization, and Rotary Club
of Tempe East are hosting the
Dinner Under the Stars silent
auction, an event to get people
involved in the fight against
out. By Halloween (Oct.31),
she needs to have the other
$3,000, and she is confident
that working as a community
can make this possible.
She views her participation
not as a solo effort but one
made on behalf of the town.
All she needs is for Fountain
Hills to rally behind her and
the lifesaving work of the
Leukemia and Lymphoma
Society.
Calisesi
distributes
newsletters on her progress
and has garnered the support
of some local businesses. But
she is still short of her goal.
To help encourage donations,
Calisesi is offering prizes.
For every $25 donation, the
donator earns an entry into
the prize contest. So the
more a person donates the
more entries they will receive.
But really, anybody who has
loved, held a vigil of hope, felt
the fear of irrevocable loss and
donned a suit of determination
everyday, needs no reason
other than the obvious to
contribute.
To become involved in
Calisesi’s effort visit her
webpage at www.active.com/
donate/tntdms/5000orbust.
To donate, or for other event
information, contact Calisesi
at (480) 837–7845
To find out more about the
vital work of the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society in saving
lives visit www.leukemialymphoma.org.
poverty and its devastating
effects on children. The auction
begins at 7 p.m., Nov. 11, at
The Buttes Marriott Resort in
Tempe, with a cocktail hour
and live entertainment. A
three-course dinner will follow
the silent bidding. Proceeds
will support the Gaia’s Lap
Foundation’s invaluable work
in providing for orphanages’
immediate needs.
Special
guest
Angela
Namatovu,
Director
and
Founder of Mercy Home for
Children in Uganda, will fly in
for the event. Her organization
is just one example of what
can be achieved with the
support of an organization
like the Foundation.
Tickets for the dinner and
auction cost $100 per person
or $1,000 to sponsor a table
of 10. Each sponsored table
will display the organization
or company’s name on a
placard, as well as receive
an honorable mention in the
program. And $45 of each
ticket is tax-deductible.
Products and services that
may appeal to bidders are
still needed for the event, so
donations or suggestions are
welcome.
For tickets or donation
information call (480) 816 –
9339 or email Lori Anu Lesch
at [email protected], and
for more information about
the organization visit www.
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Fat Man’s Pass leads to
Hidden Valley
By Greg Crawford
I
f the Fat Man allows you to pass, you may
enter the Hidden Valley.
And while it’s not really some mystical place,
there’s a serenity found here in the heart of
Phoenix’s South Mountain Park.
Until, that is, a large airplane flies overhead
and you’re reminded the big city is close.
Please see Into on page 10
(Above) Travelers must suck it in to get through Fat Man’s Pass at
South Mountain Park.
This woman shows it can be done as she slides through Fat Man’s
Pass.
page 10
Oct. 12, 2006
Into continued from page 9
With more than 16,000
acres South Mountain Park/
Preserve is one of the largest
municipal parks in the
country.
And with 51 miles of trails
it’s hard to get bored by the
landscape.
Even if you have hiked all
51 miles of trails, maybe you
haven’t mountain biked them
or gone by horseback.
But there’s one area only
hikers can get to and that’s
the Hidden Valley.
Fat Man’s Pass
After driving to Buena Vista
lookout, near the top of South
Mountain, I head east on
the National Trail toward Fat
Man’s Pass.
While it seems a short jaunt
on my map, the hike is 1.8
miles with a few steep, rocky
sections along the way.
The first part takes hikers
along the ridge dividing two
valleys, (neither one is hidden
here) with the path narrow
and rocky.
At one point there’s a view
of Ahwatukee between several
peaks to the south.
The trail climbs a short
distance before descending
deeper into the mountains
where hikers are shielded
from city views.
On a Saturday morning
there are more mountain
bikers along the trail than
hikers.
Their tires on the rocks
and sand warn me of their
approach, and I step aside to
give them room to pass.
Mountain biking this area
seems to me a treacherous
way to spend the weekend.
Once I get to the Hidden
Valley sign, I walk a short
(very short) distance down to
a very slim opening.
Fat man I’m not, but this
pass is definitely made for
skinny people.
I opt to climb over the Fat
Man, but a group of people
are able to slip through the
tinny tunnel.
Once through, you’re in
the Hidden Valley. The trail
follows the sandy bottom of a
wash.
A short distance up, there’s
a tunnel people can slide down
to finish the quarter of a mile
trail that reconnects with the
National Trail.
I opt to end my hike here
and head back, having already
been insulted by the Fat Man
not allowing me to pass.
Making my way underneath
several
boulders
doesn’t
appeal to me this day.
The rock formations on the
hike are intriguing, providing
their
own
architectural
beauty.
Some form large ledges,
others lean against each other
making shade for wildlife.
On the return trip one
of those mountain bikers
passes me for a second time
– overachiever.
The return hike is much
harder because more of the
trial is uphill.
Round trip from the Buena
Vista to the Natural Tunnel is
3.5 miles.
South
Mountain
offers
many other trails in the park,
including the National Trail
which runs the length of
South Mountain, 14.3 miles.
Park stats
Prominent local citizens,
with the help of Sen. Carl
Hayden, bought 13,000 acres
from the federal government
for $17,000 in 1924.
By 1935 the National Park
Service developed a master
plan for the park with riding
and hiking trails, picnic areas
and overlooks. The Civilian
Conservation Corps (CCC)
built many of the facilities in
the park. Visitation at the park
has gone from 3,000 a month
in 1924 to three million a year
today.
Dobbin’s Lookout, at 2,330
feet, is the highest point in the
park accessible by trail.
South Mountain Park is
south of Central Avenue and
Baseline Road, at 10919 S.
Central Ave. in Phoenix. For
more information visit www.
phoenix.gov/parks or call
(602) 534-6324.
Hikers make their way south along the National Trail just past the Hidden Valley
turnoff in South Mountain Park in Phoenix.
A millipede moves along the National Trail early in the morning at South Mountain Park.
A view from above Fat Man’s Pass, shows the narrow opening leading into Hidden Valley.
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Oct. 12, 2006
South Mountain Park becomes silent from city traffic Oct. 22
Ever imagined what it
would be like to explore the
roadways at South Mountain
in the absence of motor
vehicles?
Silent Sunday is set for Oct.
22. It’s a day bicyclists, tots
in strollers, in-line skaters
and wheelchair users are
among the people that will get
to call the roadways of South
Mountain Park/Preserve their
own.
The Phoenix Parks and
Recreation Department is
sponsoring “Silent Sunday”
at the preserve, which will
close the park’s main Central
Avenue-access roadways to
motor vehicles from 5 a.m.
to 11 p.m. The roads will be
reserved for the entire day for
all non-motorized uses.
Visitors also will be able to
visit a host of informational
displays and booths at the
Education Center on Silent
Sunday from 7 a.m. to 2
p.m. or join a park ranger-led
guided hike or interpretive
program from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m.
Valley Metro and area bike
retailers will be among the
organizations on hand with
informational booths.
The goals of the event
are to promote awareness
of alternative modes of
transportation and to give the
Park/Preserve a day of rest
from motor vehicle traffic.
All roads past the main
gatehouse at the Central
Avenue entrance, including
Storytellers continued from
page 4
event.
All access both days is
$35 for an adult and $20
per student. An all access
ticket for one day is $25 per
adult and $15 per student.
The early bird concert is $7
per person and Friday and
Saturday concert only is $10
per person.
Featured storytellers
Jeannine Pasini Beekman
Age-old tales are given
new life through the fresh
interpretations of Jeannine
Pasini
Beekman.
Her
numerous awards include
two Parents’ Choice Awards
for her recording work.
Milbre Burch
International
performer,
award-winning
recording
artist, published poet and
writer. Considered one of the
most important voices in the
American storytelling revival,
she is a Circle of Excellence
Award
recipient. Milbre
weaves gesture and language
into personal, literary and
The view from Dobbin’s Lookout shows downtown Phoenix in the distance. Oct. 22 people can leave the traffic behind as South Mountain Park will be closed to
motorized transportation and open just for bicyclists, in-line skaters, hikers and all other non-motorized transportation for Silent Sunday.
the Summit Road and San
Juan Road, will be closed to
motor vehicles for the event.
Visitors can head off into the
preserve from the main parking
lot adjacent to the South
Mountain
Environmental
Education Center.
Only
the
roadways
accessible from the preserve’s
Central Avenue entrance will
be closed for Silent Sunday.
All other access points and
parking areas in South
Mountain
Park/Preserve,
including trailheads at Pima
Canyon, Desert Foothills,
Beverly Canyon, and the
Mormon Trail, will remain
open during Silent Sunday.
traditional
stories
and
dramatic
monologues
to
create a whole new genre of
storytelling.
storyteller, musician, and
author; Keding grew up in a
household with his Croatian
grandmother where he learned
over 30 folktales handed down
through her family. He was
inducted into The National
Storytelling Network’s Circle
of Excellence in 2000.
Regional Tellers
Sean Buvala
Buvala
describes
the
collection of stories in his
head as “life and legend”
representing the mix of stories
from life experience, myth and
legend from many cultures
and sacred stories.
Dee Strickland Johnson
aka “Buckshot Dot”
A native Arizonan, she grew
up on the Navajo and Hualapai
reservations
at
Petrified
Forest.
An accomplished
artist in both cowboy poetry
and music, as “Buckshot
Dot” she was named Academy
of Western Artists’ Female
Cowboy Poet of the Year.
patrolman, Victor McGraw is
a police instructor who uses
storytelling in the classes
he
teaches.
A
Tacoma
Washington
native,
Vic
honed his storytelling skills
at our own South Mountain
Community College.
Donald Davis
Davis was born in a Southern
Appalachian mountain world
rich in stories. He recounts
tales learned from a family
of storytellers who have lived
on the same Western North
Carolina land since 1781.
Rex Ellis
Dr. Ellis has been a
storyteller for over 20 years
and is among the most popular
storytellers in the field. His
interest in storytelling began
while working at The Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation, in
Williamsburg Virginia.
Andy Offutt Irwin
Offutt Irwin’s performances
extend beyond any wacky
teller people have seen and
heard before. Using a guitar,
myriad voices and physical
shenanigans, he performs
a charming repertoire of
hilarious stories.
Dan Keding
Internationally
acclaimed
Angela Lloyd
Lloyd is a matchmaker of
spoken word and music. A
virtuoso on Washboard, her
performances are a whimsical
braid of poetry, story and song
played on autoharp, tenor
guitar, spoon and bell.
Leeny Del Seamonds
Seamonds
is
the
internationally
acclaimed
and multi award-winning
performer of Latino/Hispanic,
original and World tales
spiced
with
mime
and
characterizations.
Leeny
has been a headliner at the
National Storytelling Festival
and recipient of Parents’ Choice
Gold, Silver and Storytelling
World Winner awards. Leeny
stars in the PBS Television
and DVD series Ribert &
Robert’s
WonderWorld.
Carol Knarr
Knarr is a 6th grade
American history teacher
at Aprende Middle School
and adjunct faculty for The
Storytelling
Institute
at
South Mountain Community
College. She is director of
The Gecko Studio where she
offers classes in storytelling,
improvisation and puppetry
for all ages.
Victor McCraw
A
former
highway
Kindra Gayle
With a quarter-lifetime
of
hilarious
“tragedies,”
thwarting incidences and
delicate
triumphs,
fused
together with the ability
to laugh at herself, Kindra
Gayle creates one fiery
performance.
A
board
member
of
the
National
Storytelling
Network, Kindra is Director of
Marketing for Tempe’s Orenda
International.
Marilyn Omifunke Torres
President of the WestWinds
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cultural
respect,
human
tolerance and social awareness
among tribal nations.
She holds Chieftaincies for
the Village of Imota, Lagos,
Nigeria as the Chief Olumeto
Agbomola of Imota and Chief
Iyasale Egungun of Imota.
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Fountain Hills Youth Theatre opens with a classical twist
Place:
Fountain
Hills
Community Youth Theater,
11445 N. Saguaro Blvd.,
Fountain Hills.
Production: Larry Shue’s
My Emperor’s New Clothes
Plot: A spin on the classic
story by Hans Christian
Anderson, this version will
introduce you to new quirky
characters in the mythical
kingdom of Mango - Chutney.
Skreech and Clodney plot to
win the national treasure of
Mango-Chutney, the Princess
wonders if she will ever find
her true love, and the Emperor
learns a valuable lesson.
Players: From Fountain
Hills- Danie Beamish, Kim
Beamish, Richard Beamish,
Jenna Ciotta, Sarah Goodman,
Phillips Koss, Erica Deines
Schumacher, Maddie Slusher,
Rachel Strayer, Abrianna
Coons, and Tyler Wise. From
ScottsdaleCole Cuomo,
Lindsey
Garland,
Aimee
Graves, Mackenzie Johnson,
Rylee
Kercher,
Brittney
of
Late Nite Catechism
Saturdays, 5 p.m.
The original “classroom”
with Sister in charge plays.
Tickets cost $36.
Late Nite Catechism II
Saturdays, 8 p.m.
A follow-up to the original,
this time Sister has multimedia tools to help teach her
spiritual lessons. She still
believes that “sometimes we
feel guilty because we are
guilty.” Tickets cost $36.
Virginia G. Piper Concert
Series: Vladimir Feltsman
Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Feltsman’s vast repertoire
includes music from Baroque
to 20th-century composers.
He has recorded works of
J.S. Bach, Beethoven’s last
five piano sonatas, solo piano
works of Schubert, Chopin,
Liszt, Brahms and Messiaen,
and concerti by Bach, Chopin,
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff.
Tickets cost $22.
Desert Foothills
Theatre
From left to right: Anne Collins, Duncan Shuckerow, Jenna Ciotta, Mackenzie Johnson and Cole Cuomo play in My
Emperor’s New Clothes.
Peters,
Katrina
Peters,
Orly Schlesinger, Duncan
Shuckerow, Maggie Smith.
David Sedaris
October 25, 7:30 p.m.
Sedaris is a National Public
Radio humorist and the bestselling author of Me Talk
Pretty One Day. His sardonic
humor and incisive social
critique have made him one
of today’s most popular and
humorous
commentators.
His skills in slicing through
euphemisms and political
correctness demonstrate that
he is a master of satire. Call
the Center for tickets and
pricing.
L.A. Theatre Works: The
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Oct 29, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
This radio play, starring
Eric Stoltz and David Selby,
based on Herman Wouk’s
Pultizer prize-winning book
about a fictitious account
of the USS Caine, Captain
Queeg and the mutinous act
aboard a ship rocked by a
typhoon during WWII. Wouk’s
masterful courtroom drama
was unprecedented in its
harsh look at the “my country
right or wrong” standard of
military life. Tickets cost $58.
Greasepaint Youtheatre at Stagebrush
Place: Greasepaint Youth
Theatre, Stagebrush Theatre,
7020 E. Second Street,
Scottsdale.
Production:
Legend of
Sleepy Hollow
Players: The Greasepaint
Youth Theatre Players.
Plot: An original musical
s
Theater
Scottsdale Center for the Arts
Located at 7380 E. Second
St., in downtown Scottsdale.
To order tickets, call (480)
994-2787, or see www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
on the Internet.
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based on Washington Irving’s
short story about the headless
horseman and the legendary
Ichabod Craine, intended for
children of all ages.
Particulars: Plays Oct. 20
– 29. For tickets call (480)
990 – 7405 or visit info@
stagebrush.org
Particulars: Plays Oct. 6 –
22. Performances are Fridays
at 7 p.m., Saturdays and
Sundays at 2 p.m. To order
tickets, call (480) 837-9661.
Copperstate Dinner Theatre
Place: Copperstate Dinner
Theater at Phoenix Greyhoud
Park, 3801 E. Washington,
in Phoenix.
Production: Greater Tuna
Plot: In this comedy, two
actors portray the entire
population of the town of
Tuna, Texas, including the
dogs!
Players: Peter J. Hill and
Jack Dwyer return to recreate
their award- winning roles.
Particulars: Plays through
Oct. 29. Performances are
Friday and Saturday, with
dinner at 6:30 p.m. and
curtain 8 p.m. Sunday shows
offer dinner at 5:30 p.m.
and curtain at 7 p.m. Cost
is $32.95 per person, which
includes dinner and the show
as well as tax and gratuity.
Call (602) 279-3129. Sitdown dinner with a choice
of four entrées, side dishes,
salad, rolls and butter. A full
bar is available.
Place: Desert Foothills
Theatre, 7211 E. Ho Rd. Ste.
24, in Carefree.
Production: A Grand Night
for Singing, a two time Tony
Award nominee.
Plot: Richard Rodgers &
Oscar Hammerstein – the
names are synonymous with
some of musical theater’s
most loved musicals including
The Sound of Music, South
Pacific, Carousel, Oklahoma,
Cinderella, The King and I and
more! And A Grand Night
for Singing features some
of the best-loved songs from
these musicals.
Players:
Emmy-AwardWinning choreographer and
director Dee Dee Wood directs
the Desert Hills Theatre
players.
Particulars: Plays Nov. 2 –
19. Show times are Thursday,
Fridays and Saturdays at
7:30 p.m., and Sundays at 2
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 2 tickets
are $14, Friday and Saturday
shows are $22 and Sunday
tickets run at $22. For more
information, tickets or to
subscribe to Desert Foothills
Theatre call (480) 488-1981.
Actor’s Café
Place: Actor’s Café inside
Desert Stages Theatre, 4720
N. Scottsdale Rd., downtown
Scottsdale.
Production: SUDS: The
Rocking 60s Musical Soap
Opera, created by Melinda
Gilb, Steve Gunderson and
Bryan Scott.
Plot: This is the musical
saga about a broken-hearted
girl
named
Cindy
who
works at the local Fluff and
Fold. Dumped by her pen-pal
boyfriend on her birthday,
she contemplates “suicide by
speed cycle.” Her hilarious
efforts are thwarted by the
appearance of three neatlypressed and freshly-ironed
singing and dancing guardian
angels, charged with teaching
poor Cindy the down and dirty
about the everlasting bubbly
foam of true love.
Players: Anny Franklin of
Phoenix is Cindy and Cassie
Davis of Scottsdale, Myles
Vann of Scottsdale and
Angela Yates of Mesa are the
Guardian Angels
Particulars: Plays through
Nov. 4. Performances Fridays
and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m.
Guardian angels sing their wisdom in the 60s musical SUDS.
Tickets cost $22 in advance
and $25 the day of the show.
To order tickets, call (480)
483-1664.
Oct. 12, 2006
Glam and glitz in A Chorus Line musical
A dancer gives it her all in the Broadway classic, A Chorus Line, playing now at the Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre in
Mesa.
Place: Broadway Palm Dinner
Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd.,
in Mesa.
Playing: A Chorus Line, the
popular musical originally
choreographed and directed
by the legendary Michael
Bennett.
Plot: The musical celebrates
the unsung heroes of the
American Musical Theater –
the chorus dancers. Through
song and dance, A Chorus
Line shares the hopes and
fears of professional dancers
as they audition for a new
Broadway show. It features
the classic songs One (Singular
Sensation), I Can Do That,
At The Ballet and What I Did
For Love, and closes with an
unforgettable sparkling finale
of gold.
Players: The cast of A
Chorus Line features Amy
Marie Arnold, Chris Boerner,
Suzanne Buczek, Jennifer
Cameron, Ian Catindig, Kelly
Cusimano, Gary Davis, CK
Edwards, Dustin Flores, Molly
Lajoie, Dawn Lebrecht, Ian
Liberto, Anthony Majewski,
Christopher Moyer, Kyleen
Riggs-Pritchett,
Brendon
Schaefer, Jackie Sizemore,
Lauran
Stanis,
Steven
Douglas Stewart, Rob Watson
and Katy Wood.
Scottsdale Community College
Performing Arts Center
Place: SCC Performing
Arts
Center,
9000
E.
Chaparral Rd. (at the 101
Freeway) in Scottsdale.
Production:
SubUrbia,
one of Eric Bogosian’s best
know plays.
Plot:
SubUrbia,
the
parking lot of a mini-mall
convenience store is the
private domain of three
men in their early 20s. They
talk trash, harass the store
owner, and revel in their highschool glory days. With the
arrival of an old high-school
chum, Pony, and his female
associate, Erica, fascination
with his success transforms
into jealousy, then flowers
into bitter anger.
Players: Larry Penunuri
as Miguel; Liz Rohe as Sooze;
Hillary Scott as Bee-Bee;
Micah Krueger as Buff - top
of ice machine; and, Ashley
Smith as Erica.
Particulars: Plays Oct. 20
- 28. Show times are Oct. 20,
21, 26, 27, 28, at 8 p.m., and
Oct. 28 at 2 p.m. Talk Backs
with the Cast to follow each
performance. Tickets are
$12 for general admission,
$10 for students and senior
citizens. To reserve tickets,
call the box office: (480) 4236359 (Box Office opens one
hour before curtain).
Desert Foothills
Theatrical
Place: Desert Foothills
Theatre, Matt & Meribeth
Reeves Residence
Production: Magnificent
Moments in Music
Players: Kevin Glenn and
Martha Lindsey
Plot: These two wellregarded performers will be
belting out Broadway show
tunes and old standards
in the intimate setting of a
home.
Particulars: Performance
is Oct. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
Given the nature of the
performance – a theatricale
– tickets are extremely
limited. $50 includes heavy
hors d’oeuvres and wine.
Members will get first dibs.
Particulars: The show plays
through Nov. 11. Adult ticket
prices range from $43 to $52
and include a gourmet buffet
meal. Tickets for children 12
and under are $20. Show
Only seats are available
for $25. Show times are
Wednesday through Saturday
evenings, with buffet at
6 p.m.; and Wednesday,
Thursday,
Saturday
and
Sunday matinees, with lunch
buffet beginning at 11:45 a.m.
Purchase tickets online at
www.broadwaypalmwest.com
or by calling the box office at
(480) 325-6700.
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North Valley Playhouse
Place:
North
Valley
Playhouse, 13043 N. Cave
Creek Rd., in Phoenix, in
the Pollack Tower Center.
Production: The Gin
Game, the 1978 Pulitzer
Prize winning play.
Plot: The Gin Game
focuses on the lives of Weller
Martin and Fonsia Dorsey,
residents of a nursing home
who use a
game of gin
rummy
to
reveal intimate
details. Soon
their secrets
b e c o m e
weapons used
against
one
another in a
game of life.
Players: It
stars Barbara
McGrath
as
Fonsia Dorsey
and
Bruce Barbara McGrath
Klefsted
as Game.
Weller Martin.
Particulars: Plays through
Oct. 21. Show times are
Thursday through Saturday
at 8 p.m., and Sunday at
2 p.m. Tickets online cost
$12 for evenings, $10 for
matinees, or $18 and $15
at the door. Call (602) 7651581 or visit online at www.
nvplayhouse.com.
(left) and Bruce Klefsted in The Gin
Photo by Laura Durant
Arizona Broadway Theatre
Place: Arizona Broadway
Theatre,7701 W. Paradise
Ln., in Peoria.
Production:
How
to
Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying, a Pulitzer Prizewinning satire of big business
and all it holds sacred.
Plot: How to Succeed is
guaranteed to appeal to
anyone who has ever worked
in an office. The catchy,
witty score includes musical
gems such as Coffee Break,
A Secretary is Not a Toy, and
The Company Way.
Players: It stars Lindsey
Clayton as Hedy La Rue;
Kenneth Bridges as Biggley:
Cydney Trent as Rosemary;
Whit Baldwin as J. Pierrepont
Finch; and Emily MulliganFerry as Smitty.
Particulars: plays through
Nov. 12. Show times are
Tuesday through Saturday at
8 p.m., Saturday at 2 p.m.,
Sunday at 1 and 7 p.m. Ticket
are $43 to $53 (price includes
dinner, show and tax). Call
the box office at (623) 7768400.
Desert Stages Theatre
Place:
Desert
Stages
Theatre, 4720 N. Scottsdale
Rd., downtown Scottsdale.
Production:
Gypsy,
directed
by
Antonio
Villarreal, and featuring
music by Jule Styne, lyrics
by Stephen Sondheim, and
book by Arthur Laurents.
Plot: Based on the reallife account of burlesque
stripper Gypsy Rose Lee
(1911-1970),
Gypsy
is
the story of her mother,
Rose, and her unflappable
desire to see her daughters
become stars. Fueled by
regrets of her own dreams
lost to motherhood and
fate,
Rose’s
destructive
obsession eventually drives
all the people who love her
away, including the one
man willing to accept her
for who she really is. This
epic musical covers more
than 15 years in the life of
Rose, her daughters Louise
and June, and the gripping
mania that drives them to
tour the country seeking
fame and fortune. It includes
the
songs
Everything’s
Coming Up Roses, Together,
Wherever We Go and Let Me
A story of seeking fame and fortune, Gypsy, plays through Oct. 15 at Desert
Stages Theatre in downtown Scottsdale.
Photo by Laura Kerrigan
Entertain You.
Players: KatiBelle Collins
of Phoenix is Mama Rose
and Amber Gildersleeve of
Phoenix is Gypsy Rose Lee
in this Broadway favorite.
Particulars:
Plays
through Oct. 15. Show times
are Fridays and Saturdays
at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturdays
and Sundays at 6 p.m.
Tickets cost $22 in advance;
or $25 at the door. To order
tickets, call (480) 4831664. For information, visit
Desertstages.com.
Oct. 12, 2006
page 16
Business News
3D photographer brings craft to Fountain Hills
Barry Rothstein will be
talking about and signing his
first book of phantograms (3D
photography) at Gridley’s of
Fountain Hills Saturday Oct.
28, from 2 – 4 p.m.
An amateur black & white
photographer for many years,
Rothstein happened into 3D
photography about four years
ago when he found an antique
stereoscope.
After spending a year
producing stereoscope cards
for his own amusement, he
went to a National Stereoscope
Association (NSA) convention
of
3D
photography
in
Portland, Ore., where he first
encountered phantograms.
Excited and enchanted by
them, he has been producing
Pup Scrub open; G.O. is Oct. 28
Dog owners have a new
place to keep their pooches
squeaky clean.
Pup Scrub recently opened
in Scottsdale, at 10593 N.
Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. It’s
a block north of Shea on FLW
Blvd.
Pup Scrub offers customers
convenient
waist-high
washing stations fully stocked
with a choice of shampoos and
soaps, as well as eye and ear
wipes, nail clippers, brushes,
slickers and combs.
Also available is a section of
doggie merchandise – collars,
bowls, beds, treats and more.
Operated by John and
Esther Medina, Pup Scrub is
celebrating its grand opening
Saturday, Oct. 28. The public
is invited to bring in their dogs
for free washes, chances to
win prizes and other goodies.
Also, collections will be
taken for Gabriel’s Angels, a
group providing pet therapy for
abused and at-risk children.
For information, call (480)
767-3330 or go to www.
pupscrubonline.com.
immediately received high
praise from the national
and
international
stereo
photography
communities,
and over the past two years
it has worked its way into
an increasing number of
independent
bookstores,
museum shops, and eclectic
gift stores, spreading steadily
from his base in southern
California.
Rothstein has gone on
to conduct workshops in
his techniques at the past
two NSA conventions and is
currently working on creating
children’s books.
Appreciated
by
photographers
for
the
technique, his images receive
nearly universal admiration
Barry Rothstein
from all new viewers.
Gridleys is at 16830 Avenue
of the Fountains in Fountain
Hills. For more information call
(480) 837-1090.
to a
Esther Medina gives Max a scrub.
Volunteers sought for bike race Oct. 15
Peaks Fitness will be
sponsoring an aid station
again this year for the Tour de
Scottsdale Oct. 15.
Peaks needs volunteers
phantograms ever since, and
has been the first to bring this
amazing new style of imagery
to the general public.
His first book, Phantoms
from Nature, Western USA,
is a first-of-its-kind showcase
publication of phantogram
images.
From forests to deserts
to beaches and tidepools,
the book contains thirty-two
images of nature’s splendor in
a large coffee-table format.
He also provides technical
information on his method
to produce these images.
His style turns the common
uncommon, giving nature
photography an entirely new
look.
Phantoms from Nature
from 8 a.m. to noon as the
cycling event runs through
Fountain Hills.
To volunteer call (480) 6507138.
It’s coming!
And thiss is something
to get
Jazzed
about!
Get the details now!
G
Call Jeri Ann Kelly
Independent Travel Consultant for
California Seller of Travel License #2019108-10
(480) 837-6334
www.LuxuryTravelConnection.com
Taste of
Fountain Hills
Part of the
9th Annual Business Showcase
Taste delicious foods!
Give Aways!
Raffles!
Prizes!
Meet your business neighbors!
Wednesday, Oct. 25 From 3 to 7 p.m.
Fountain Hills Community Center
LaMontana & Avenue of the Fountains
Free Admission!
Free Parking
Call (480) 837-1654 for full details
or see www.fountainhillschamber.com
“Shop Fountain Hills,
It’s Your Town!”
Oct. 12, 2006
page 17
Hayworth calls border security No. 1 national priority
In a 45-minute speech
before the Fountain Hills
Rotary Club Oct. 10, U.S. Rep.
J.D. Hayworth quoted George
Washington, John Kennedy,
Ronald Reagan, Mark Twain,
Sen. John McCain and the
United States Constitution.
Despite the cast of characters
Hayworth referenced, the
congressman’s message was,
for the most part, singular.
“Border security is national
security,” he said.
Last September, Hayworth
introduced H.R. 3938, called
the Enforcement First bill.
Currently the bill sits in
committee.
Among
other
things,
Hayworth’s bill calls for
increasing fines and jail time
for employers who knowingly
hire illegal immigrants.
Hayworth said he has
“polite disagreements” with
President George W. Bush’s
“Comprehensive Immigration
Reform.” Offering amnesty
to guest workers has been
done before, Hayworth said,
referring to the SimpsonMazzoli Act of 1986. That
law, signed by Reagan,
opened a floodgate of “special
agricultural workers” seeking
amnesty.
Bush’s plan is similar,
Hayworth said, and faces the
same threat of abuse.
“It’s simple,” he said. “Let’s
enforce our existing laws and
let’s close the loopholes. We
need to enforce our borders,
get tough on employers who
knowingly hire illegals, and
enact English as our official
language,” he said.
The issue is an immediate
threat to America’s safety,
Hayworth said, and congress
should act on it immediately.
Despite his opposition to
Bush’s plan for immigration
reform, Hayworth said he
proudly stood with Bush as
the president recently signed
the $34 billion Department
of
Homeland
Security
Appropriations Act. Bush
signed the legislation in
Arizona Oct. 4.
“The president is a friend
of mine,” Hayworth said. “We
disagree on this issue, but
incremental steps are being
made.”
U.S. Rep J.D. Hayworth speaks to members of the Fountain Hills Rotary Club Oct. 10. The congressman emphasized
his desire for tighter control over the U.S. - Mexican border.
Lights to be turned on for first
time on Avenue of the Fountains
School Board candidates debate issues Oct. 17
The lights will be turned on
for the $1.58 million Avenue of
the Fountains Enhancement
Project at 4 p.m. Oct. 26.
The
“Welcome
Home”
celebration will include a
ribbon cutting ceremony, to
dedicate the completion of the
project, as well as an official
turning on of the Avenue
lights.
The project began May 15
to improve the aesthetic and
functional characteristics of
the Avenue of the Fountains.
Phase I was to improve the
north side of Avenue of the
Fountains from La Montana
to Saguaro and in front of
A school board candidate’s
night is Tuesday, Oct. 17, from
6:30-8 p.m. in the Fountain
Hills High School lecture hall.
Sponsored by the Fountain
Hills Civic Association the goal
is to make this as informative
for voters as possible and
provide the greatest chance
for residents to represent
their views.
Each
board
member
candidate will be given
four minutes to introduce
themselves.
Two minutes will be given
for each candidate to answer
two canned questions (known
ahead of time) same question
for all; and two minutes for
each candidate to answer
questions from the Civic
Association
submitted
in
writing during first 30 minutes
of meeting)
Town Hall.
The
project
included
expanding and accentuating
the planters by adding more
vegetation and up-lights on the
palms, staining the sidewalks
and sandblasting a design
into the concrete, adding a
complete lighting package
with street lights and doublesided banners, installation of
two large shade structures at
each mid-block location with
ample seating under them,
and installation of benches,
trash receptacles and bike
racks along the length of the
Avenue.
Pat Green is running
unopposed for a 2-year
seat and six candidates are
running for three seats, each
a 4-year term.
Candidates include Helen
Howard, Melanie Anderelli,
Dennis Contino, CT Wright,
Bruce Tominello and Kimberly
Lipps.
Tell It!
Issues? concerns? questions?
E-mail [email protected]
Take 5 invites letters and e-mails from concerned residents
on various topics. But instead of printing the letter on its
own, this newspaper attempts to find answers.
If you have an issue you want covered, send an e-mail
to [email protected], or a letter to 16810 Avenue of the
Fountains, suite 113, Fountain Hills, 85268.
Take 5 cannot guarantee a response to all
correspondences.
Have you washed your doggy lately?
Waist-high tubs, fully stocked washing stations
Join us for our Grand Opening
Saturday, Oct 28!
Free doggy washes all day! Plus prizes and raffles.
We’re taking donations for Gabriel’s Angels, a group
providing pet therapy for abused and at-risk kids.
A rendering shows one of two shade structures installed on Avenue of the
Fountains in Fountain Hills.
10953 N. Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd., Scottsdale
www.pupscrubonline.com (480) 767-3330
Mon. - Fri., 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sat., 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
N!
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P
O
NOW
Sun., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Oct. 12, 2006
Take5
What to See
hear
taste
touch
and smell
Statewide Events Guide
Come to y
Calendar
information
is compiled from the
Arizona Guide and other
communication outlets.
While Take 5 strives
to include the latest
information, some events
are subject to change or
cancellation, so call before
checking out any of the
items in the calendar.
To submit items for the
calender e-mail greg@
take5.ws.
Hear it:
Music
Old-Time Fiddler’s Jam
Session
Oct. 18, 1 p.m.
Community Center,
Pine
Old time fiddlers and other
musicians gather for a jam
session of old time music &
singing. Free. (928) 476 3547 or www.pinestrawhs.
org
Cliburn
Competition
Winner
Oct. 19 - 21
Symphony Hall
Phoenix
With
musical
director
Michael Christie and the
Phoenix Symphony, and gold
winner Alexander Kobrin.
$18 - 67. (602) 495 - 1999 or
www.phoenixsymphony.org
Music in the Garden Fall
Concert Series
Oct. 20, 7 p.m.
Desert Botanical Garden,
Phoenix
Different
bands,
reservations, $10 - 16. (480)
941 - 1225 or www.dbg.org
Phoenix Girls Chorus
Oct. 21
Center for the Arts
Chandler
(480) 782 - 2680 or www.
chandleraz.gov
Michael Bolton
Oct. 21, 8 p.m.
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa
$45 - 65. (480) 644 - 6500
or www.mesaartscenter.com
Coffee House Music Series
& Morning Hike
Oct. 21, 8 a.m.
North
Mountain
Visitors
Center
Phoenix
Ranger - led interpretive
hike. Then relax with coffee
donated by Starbucks and
enjoy live music. Free. (602)
495 - 5540 or http://phoenix.
gov/PARKS/nmvc.html
Joan Baez
Oct. 21, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts
Scottsdale
Legendary musician, folk
singer and political activist.
$62. (480) 994 - 2787 or www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
Orli Shaham
Oct. 22, 2:30 p.m.
St. John Vianncy Church
Sedona
Part
of
the
Chamber
Music
Sedona
Season.
(928) 204 - 2415 or www.
ChamberMusicSedona.org
Joe Corral
Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m.
ASU
Herberger
College
MainStage, Katzin Music Hall
Tempe
Jazz flutist joins the ASU
Concert Jazz Band, he is a
frequent soloist with Doc
Severinsen and the Phoenix
Symphony. $7 - 18. www.
herbergercollege.asu.edu
Coffee at Kerr
Oct. 25, 10 a.m.
Kerr Cultural Center
Scottsdale
An
informal
free
performance and discussion
with invited guests, this week
Ken Taylor, jazz artist, bring
a can of food for the Vista Del
Camino Food Bank, Coffee
at 10 a.m., concert at 10:30.
RSVP required. (480) 596 2660 or www.asukerr.com
MercyMe – Coming Up to
Breathe Tour
Oct. 27, 8 p.m.
Dodge Theatre
Phoenix
Along
with
Audio
Adrenaline.
$22.50 - 42.50. (480) 784 4444 or www.ticketmaster.
com or www.dodgetheatre.
com
A Halloween Spectacular
Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Gammage
Tempe
ASU Symphony Orchestra
with ASU Choral Union
– music from John Williams’
Harry
Potter
and
the
Sorcerer’s Stone sets the
spooky mood that includes
works by Johann Strauss and
more. Free. (480) 965 - TUNE
or
http://herbergercollege.
asu.edu/calendar
Hitchcock for Halloween
Oct. 27 – 29, 2 & 8 p.m.
Symphony Hall
Phoenix
John Goberman brings
this hair-raising program
complete with clips projected
on a big screen and the
Phoenix Symphony. $18 -67.
(602) 495 - 1999 or www.
phoenixsymphony.org
Chills, Thrills and Trills
Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m.
Symphony Hall
Phoenix
Frighteningly good music
and spine-tingling favorites
with the Phoenix Symphony,
freaky festivities include a
costume contest. $10 - 18.
(602) 495 – 1999 or www.
phoenixsymphony.org
Wind Ensemble and Wind
Symphony
Oct.
31,
7:30
p.m.
Gammage
Tempe
Halloween
favorites
including Bach’s Toccata and
Fugue in D Minor, Berloiz’s
March to the Scaffold and
Dukas’ Sorcerer’s Apprentice,
create
a
creep
show,
costumes encouraged. Free.
(480) 965 - TUNE or http://
herbergercollege.asu.edu/
calendar
7th Annual Tucson Bluegrass
Festival
Oct. 28 – 29
Pima County Fairgrounds
Tuscon
Old-time traditional music,
food. (520) 296 - 1231 or www.
desertbluegrass.org
See it:
Art
The Mythic Image Arts
Through Oct.14
Prescott Cooperative Gallery
Prescott
A show of symbolic images
from private and shared
dreams, rendered in beads
and sequins, mounted on
clothing, vibrant color woven
into elegant designs inspired
by the New Orleans tradition
of
decorating
garments
with symbols of spiritual
resonance. (928) 776-7717.
SouthwestNET: painting
Through Jan. 28, 2007
Scottsdale
Museum
of
Contemporary Art
Scottsdale
Includes works that have
been meticulously constructed
juxtaposed with works whose
makers have allowed chance
and intuition to guide their
creative process. (480) 9942787 or www.smoca.org
The Border Film Project:
El
proyecto
fronterizo
fotografico
Through Jan. 28, 2007
Scottsdale
Museum
of
ContemporaryArt
Examines the volatile issue
of immigration from two
different perspectives; that
of the migrants and of the
Minutemen. (480) 994-2787
or www.smoca.org
Paul Stankard: A Floating
World
Through Nov. 19, 10 a.m. – 5
p.m.
Desert Botanical Gardens
Phoenix
On loan from the Museum
of Arts & Design in New York
City, this exhibition features
sculptural glass by the worldrenowned glass artist. (480)
941-1225 or www.dbg.org
Art Quilts XI – Stages, Cycles
& Fits
Oct. 20 – Dec. 30
Chandler Center for the Arts
Chandler
An annual, international
juried exhibition of art quilts
from established and emerging
artists. Free. (480) 917 - 6859
or
www.members.aol.com/
sdihowell/artquilts.htm
Annual Western ArtWalk
Oct. 19, 7 – 9 p.m.
Scottsdale Art District
Top
western
artists
featured at dozens of famous
galleries, opening receptions,
demonstrations, live westernthemed music, sponsored by
Scottsdale Gallery Association.
Free. (480) 990 - 3939 or www.
scottsdalegalleries.com
9th Annual Fall ArtFest of
5th Avenue
Oct. 20 – 22, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Scottsdale
A collage of fine artist tents
coupled with unique shops,
fine art, entertainment, food,
shopping. Free. (480) 9685353 or 1-888-Art-Fest or
www.888artfest.com
41st
Annual
Cowboy
Artists of America Sale &
Exhibition
Oct. 21 – Nov. 19
Phoenix Art Museum
Phoenix
100+ new works, never
before viewed by the public,
by members of the Cowboy
Artists of America, some of
the art works sells in the
six figures, one of the most
prestigious in the country,
(602) 257 - 1880 or (602) 257
- 8382 or www.phxart.org or
www.caashow.com
Arts in the Park
Oct. 22, 4 – 6 p.m.
Wigwam Resort
Litchfield Park
Outdoor concert series,
featuring Cold Shot and
Hurricane Horns, R&B, blues,
soul and jazz. Free. www.
litchfield-park.org
Annual Bon Appetit ArtWalk
Oct. 26, 7 - 9 p.m.
Scottsdale Arts District
Scottsdale
Opening
receptions,
demonstrations, live music,
sponsored
by
Scottsdale
Gallery Association. Free.
(480) 990 - 3939 or www.
scottsdalegalleries.com
22nd Annual The Best and
the Brightest Fine Art Show
& Sale
Oct. 26 – Nov. 22
Scottsdale Artists’ School,
Scottsdale
Featuring
paintings,
drawings
and
sculpture
from professional as well as
undiscovered artists, annual
juried show, opening reception
on Oct. 26 from 7 - 9 p.m.
during Bon Appetit ArtWalk.
Free. (480) 990 - 1422 or
www.ScottsdaleArtSchool.org
7th Annual Dia de los
Muertos Festival Exhibit
Oct. 26 – Jan. 16
ASU
Museum
of
Anthropology
Tempe
Brings together prominent
local
Chicana/o
artists,
community members and ASU
students in the creation of
highly inventive and elaborate
altarpieces, reflecting a broad
array of individual styles,
personal
meanings
and
socially shared concerns.
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Oct. 12, 2006
Statewide Events Guide, cont.
What to See
Free. (480) 965 - 6224 or
www.ArteEsAmor.com
See it:
Special Events
20th Annual Young’s Farm
Pumpkin Festival
Through 31, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.
weekends
Dewey
Pumpkin patch to pick your
own pumpkin, corn maze,
fun barn, food, crafts, tractor
rides, fresh produce. Cost:
$2. (928) 632-7272 or www.
youngsfarminc.com
11th Annual Schnepf Farms
Pumpkin & Chili Party
Through Oct. 31, Thu.- Sun.
Queen Creek
Hillbilly Bob’s pig races,
Dana Smith’s comedy show,
spooky train rides, carousel
rides, country road rally
pedal cars, 4-acre maize and
Celebrity 10-acre maize, bon
fires, pumpkin patch, hayride,
corn maze, pig races. Cost:
$10-12. (480) 987-3100 or
www.pumpkinandchiliparty.
com
Nightfall: Resurrection
Through Oct. 31, 5 p.m.
Old Tucson Studios
Tucson
Annual
Halloween
celebration. (520) 883-0100
or www.nightfallaz.com
Pumpkin Days & Fall Maze
Through Nov. 26
Tolmachoff Farms
Glendale
Great Big Pumpkin Patch,
7-acre corn maze, train ride,
petting zoo, other children’s
activities. Mon.-Thu. 9 a.m. 8 p.m., Fri -Sat. 9 a.m. – 10
p.m., Sun. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Cost: $2 admission, (623)
386-1301 or www.tolmachofffarms.com
Alien
Extreme
Haunted
Adventure & 9th Annual
Corn Maze
Through Oct. 31, 7-10 p.m.
Mesa
The three walk-through
attractions feature the unique
theme of a UFO crash landing
and the chaos that follows,
high-tech special effects and
live actors (not recommended
for younger children). www.
AlienExtreme.com
24th
Annual
Native
American Recognition Days
‘06
Through Nov. 16
Phoenix
More than 35 events
including
a
parade
in
hear
downtown
Phoenix,
Miss
Indian Arizona Pageant, arts
evening,
social
powwow,
Indian market, Gourd Dance
&
community
potluck,
fashion show. (602) 495-0901
or www.aznard.com
122nd Annual Arizona State
Fair
Oct. 13- Nov. 5, Tues.-Sun.
Phoenix
Family
entertainment,
animals, food, rides, top-notch
concerts, exhibits, motorized
events, rodeo & more. Cost:
$5-10. (602) 268-FAIR or
www.azstatefair.com
Railfair ‘06
Oct. 14–15, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.
McCormick Stillman Railroad
Park
Scottsdale
For railroad enthusiasts,
railroading
displays,
demonstrations,
live
entertainment, concessions.
Free. (480) 312-2312 or www.
therailroadpark.com
Park of Four Waters Tour
Oct. 28, 10 a.m.
Pueblo Grande Museum
Phoenix
A tour through undeveloped,
natural desert to the ruins
of some of the Hohokam
people’s canal systems, from
approximately
450AD
to
1450AD. (602) 495 - 0901 or
www.pueblogrande.com
8th Annual Ghostwalk
Oct. 28, hourly walks, show
from 6 – 9 p.m.
Sharlot Hall Museum
Prescott
Hourly
Guided
walks
through Museum buildings
where costumed storytellers
will relate eerie tales of
Prescott’s spirits past and
present, also an Old Time
(Live) Radio Show will be
performed, $6 for ghost walk,
$5. (928) 445 - 3122 or www.
sharlot.org
Roosevelt Historic District
TourFest
Oct. 21, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Phoenix
Walking
tour
of
architecturally unique historic
homes in the Valley’s first
residential neighborhood, also
arts & crafts, food & antique
booths. Free for event, $15 for
tours. (602) 799 - 7720 or www.
roosevelthistorictourfest.com
Petroglyph Discovery Hike
Oct. 29, 8 a.m.
Hieroglyphic Canyon, South
Mountains,
Phoenix
Guided hike to explore rock
unique gifts and more. www.
girlsnightoutaz.com
taste
touch
art created hundreds of years
ago, three-mile trail, difficult.
$5. Advance registration and
payment required. (602) 495
- 0901 or www.pueblogrande.
com
Annual Home Showcase
Oct. 21
Phippen Museum
Prescott
Retour some of Prescott’s
most
beautiful
homes
via luxury motor coach.
(928) 778 - 1385 or www.
phippenartmuseum.org
Kokopelli Krush Festival
Oct. 20 – 22
Bistro@Kokopelli Winery
Chandler
Jump barefoot into a barrel
of grapes and squish them
between your toes, special
entertainment, art display,
wine tasting, teams will
compete to see who can stomp
out the most grape juice in two
minutes. (480) 792 - 9256 or
www.kokopelliwinery.com
African Festival
Oct. 21, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Heritage Square
Phoenix
Entertainment
&
attractions
are
African
village
and
marketplace,
performance of live Congolese
band,
African/Caribbean
music and dancers, African
traditional
story
telling,
vendors of African arts, crafts,
books and cosmetics. Free.
(480) 217 - 6996 or (602) 262
- 5071 or www.afasa.org
3rd Annual Native American
Farmers Market
Oct. 21, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Pueblo Grande Museum and
Archaeological Park
Phoenix
Shop for produce, visit the
pumpkin patch, watermelon
eating and seed spitting
contests,
artisans
and
craftsmen sell their wares,
gourd artists, saguaro jewelry,
herbal
products,
pottery,
kids arts and crafts area,
demonstrations,
frybread,
cooking demonstration. Free.
(602) 495 - 0301 or www.
pueblogrande.com
Annual Cocopah Cultural
Celebration Day
Oct. 21, 12 – 4 p.m.
Tribal Complex on the west
reservation
Somerton
Traditional foods, multicultural dance performances,
activities
for
the
kids,
informational booths, visit the
Cocopah Museum, drawings,
bird singing and dance, craft
and smell
vendors. Free. (928) 627 1992 or www.cocopah.com
Thai Cultural Days
Oct. 21 - 22, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Heritage and Science Park
Phoenix
Thai food, crafts and
entertainment.
(602)
614
2622
or
www.
thaiamericanfriendship.org
Arizona Irish Festival
Oct. 28
Irish Cultural Center
Phoenix
(602) 392 - 7850 or www.
azirish.com
Fall Harvest Festival/Halo
Win Celebration
Oct. 29, 11 a.m.
Avalon Gardens
Sedona
Hosted by the Aquarian
Concepts
Community
an
EcoVillage, dress in costume
and bring the family, food,
live music by Global Change
Music record label artists, tour
the sacred Avalon Garden, $3
- 8. (928) 282 - 9139 or www.
avalongardens.org
Old West Oktoberfest
Oct. 21, 1 – 6 p.m.
Gurley Street
Prescott
Beer
tasting,
music,
entertainment. (928) 443 - 5220
or
www.prescottdowntown.
com
Orionid Meteor Shower
Oct. 20, 7:30 p.m.
Lowell Observatory
Flagstaff
Indoor programs focus on
meteor showers such as the
upcoming Orionids, telescopes
set up for viewing throughout
the Lowell campus. (928) 233
- 3211 or www.lowell.edu
Astronomy Open House
Oct. 27, 8 – 10 p.m.
Roof of the Bateman Physical
Sciences Bldg. H Wing
Tempe
Learn about the moon &
planets. Free. (480) 965 7652 or http://eagle.la.asu.
edu/openhouse
Girl’s Night Out Shopping
Extravaganza
Oct. 19
WestWorld
Scottsdale
More than 70 exhibitors to
ultra-pamper yourself with the
utmost in super-fab finds in
beauty & fashion, find fashion
forward
apparel,
fashion
accessories, handbags, belts,
exquisite jewelry, cosmetics,
skin care, hair care, bath,
body
&
spa
products,
Scottsdale
Fall
Preview
Hunter Jumper Show
Oct. 19 - 22
WestWorld,
Scottsdale
(480) 312 - 6802 or
www.scottsdaleaz.gov/
westworld or www.cepshows.
com
4-H Horse Show
Oct. 20 - 22
WestWorld
Scottsdale
(602) 252 - 6771 or (480) 312
- 6802 or www.scottsdaleaz.
gov/westworld
Saddlebred Futurity Horse
Show
Oct. 27 - 29
WestWorld
Scottsdale
(480) 221 - 6430 or (480) 312
- 6802 or www.scottsdaleaz.
gov/westworld
Show Circuit All Breed Horse
Show
Oct. 28
WestWorld
Scottsdale
(602) 252 - 6771 or (480) 312
- 6802 or www.scottsdaleaz.
gov/westworld
Phoenix Golf, Travel &
Leisure Expo
Oct. 28 - 29
Cardinals Stadium
Glendale
Golf
related
exhibits,
displays
and
interactive
features as well as demo bays
and instructional seminars.
www.PhoenixGolfExpo.com
8th
Annual
Tire
Pros
Truckin’ & 4X4 National
Oct. 21 - 22
Firebird
International
Raceway,
Chandler
Includes show & shine,
burn-off, truck racing, monster
trucks, off-road course, &
ride & drive, music, beauty
contest. $20. (602) 268 - 0200
or www.firebirdraceway.com
Copperstate Mustang Club
Annual Fall Show
Oct. 21 - 22
Holiday Inn
Mesa
Mustang
Monsoon
Madness
–
car
cruise,
judged
show,
trophies
awarded to class winners.
(480) 833 - 4277 or www.
copperstatemustangclub.com
Fun Ford Weekend
Oct. 28 - 29
Firebird
International
Raceway
Chandler
(602) 268 - 0200 or www.
firebirdraceway.com
Scottsdale Home & Interior
Design Show
Oct. 27 – 29, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
WestWorld
Oct. 12, 2006
Scottsdale
Emphasizes
the
latest
trends in interior design, the
latest design products, trends
and ideas. $7 - 8, under 12
free.
See it:
Theater
Gypsy
Through Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale
Desert
Stages
Theatre
Scottsdale
The showbiz musical about
an ambitious, unstoppable
stage mother who pushes
her awkward daughter into
burlesque, one of Broadway’s
best stories about fame
stripper Gypsy Rose Lee and
her struggles with a mother
who’s obsessed with finding
fame and fortune, suitable
for school-age and older,
reservations recommended,
presented
by
Scottsdale
Desert Stages Theatre. Cost:
$22-25. (480) 483-1664.
Desert
Dance
Theatre
presents On The Move
Oct. 19, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the Arts,
Virginia G. Piper Theater
Featuring
Eisenhower
Dance
Ensemble
from
Rochester,
Mich.
Each
company will premiere new
works along with a variety
of works from its eclectic
repertory.
Cost:
General
seating $15 adults, $12
seniors, $10 students and
$8 for groups of 10 or more.
(480) 994-ARTS or www.
Scottsdaleperformingarts.
org. For more information call
Desert Dance Theatre, 480962-4584.
Suds, The Rocking 60s
Musical Soap Opera
Through Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale
Desert
Stages
Theatre
Tells the saga of a lonely
laundromat lass and the
guardian angels who help her
find love, suitable for all ages,
reservations recommended,
presented
by
Scottsdale
Desert Stages Actor’s Café.
Cost: $22-25. (480) 483-1664
or www.desertstages.com
Chicago
Oct. 17 - 22, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
ASU Gammage
Tempe
Broadway’s most popular
musical – a razzle - dazzle tale
of sin and celebrity. (480) 965
- 3434 or (480) 784 - 4444 or
www.asugammage.com
Journeys of the Heart
Oct. 19 - 22, 2 & 7:30 p.m.
Herberger Theater Center
Stage West
Phoenix
By Center Dance Ensemble,
featuring
quilters,
the
emotional and courageous
journey of the pioneer women
who traveled the Oregon Trail,
as depicted in the beauty of
the quilt, guest performances
by CONDER/dance, Footwork
Dance
Project,
Instinct
Dancecorps, The Movement
Source Dance Company and
Physical Graffiti. $9 - 21.
(602) 252 - 8497 or (480) 784
- 4444 or www.centerdance.
com
The Mystical Arts of Tibet:
Sacred Music Sacred Dance
Oct. 20, 8 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts
Scottsdale
Dressed in magnificent
costumes
and
playing
traditional
Tibetan
instruments, the monks of
India’s
Drepung
Loseling
monastery perform ancient
temple music and dance for
world healing. Cost: $38.
(480) 994 - 2787 or www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
2 Pianos 4 Hands
Oct. 20 - 29
Mesa Arts Center
Mesa
By
Arizona
Theatre
Company,
two
virtuoso
pianists share their musical
lives in this hilarious opus of
kids at their first lesson, the
obsessive parents who drive
them and the instructors who
make them crazy. (602) 256 6995 or www.arizonatheater.
org
Jailhouse Rocks
Oct. 21, 5 p.m.
Old Historic Jail & Sheriffs
Office
Globe
Fundraiser for the Cobre
Valley Center for the Arts. A
theatrical performance by the
Copper Cities Community
Players at the courthouse
theater, then serve your
“sentence” with an evening
of music and fun rocking
to golden oldies music.
Free. (928) 425 - 9340 or
www.globemiamichamber.
com
or
www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
David Sedaris
Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts
Scottsdale
Sardonic
wit
and
incisive social criticism has
made David one of public
radio’s most popular and
humorous
commentators,
a true master of satire. $47.
(480) 994 - 2787 or www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
L.A. Theatre Works: The
Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts
Scottsdale
Starring Eric Stoltz and
David Selby, Susan Albert
Loewenberg, this radio play
is based on Herman Wouk’s
Pulitzer prize-winning book,
a fictitious account of the
USS Caine, a minesweeper
patrolling
the
dangerous
waters of the Pacific during
WWII, the story brilliantly
dramatizes
the
conflicts
within the primary characters,
showing us the uncertainty of
war and the fine line between
sanity and insanity. $58.
(480) 994 - 2787 or www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org
Hello Jerry!
Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m.
ASU Herberger College Main
Stage
Tempe
Lyric
Opera
Theatre
presents– Evelyn Smith Music
Hall, special engagement
celebrating songs and lyrics
of Broadway legend Jerry
Herman as performed by some
of today’s biggest Broadway
stars including Jason Graae,
Karen Morrow, Paige O’Hara
and Jerry himself, call for
pricing. (480) 965 - 6447 or
www.herbergercollege.asu.
edu
Feel it:
Run/Walk/Bike
Light the Night West Side
Walk
Oct. 20, 6 p.m. registration
Saguaro Ranch Park
Glendale
Benefits
Leukemia
&
Lymphoma Society. (602)
788 - 8622 ext 16 or www.
lightthenight.org/dm
Talk, Walk & Run
Oct. 28, 8 a.m.
Williams Gateway Airport
Mesa
8K run, 5K fun run/walk,
1 mile fun run/walk. (602)
277 - 4333 or www.getsetaz.
com
7th Annual Buddy Walk
Oct. 28, 8 a.m.
Pera Park
MESA:
For
Sharing
Down
Syndrome Arizona. (480) 926
- 6500 or www.sharingds.org
Arthritis Walk
Oct. 28
Arizona Spine and Joint
Hospital
Mesa
(602) 212 - 9900 or www.
arthritis.org
16th Annual Tour de Farm
Bicycle Ride
Oct. 28
Schnepf Farms
Queen Creek
Benefits many Arizona
non-profit
organizations.
(602) 271 - 0734 or www.
tourdefarm.com
21st Annual 2006 Discount
Tire MS150 Best Dam Bike
Tour
Oct. 28 - 29
Phoenix/ Parker
page 20
A two day, one way
bike tour, 180-miles, fully
supported ride, rest stops
every 10 - 15 miles, meals,
transportation back, $75
registration & $250 pledges,
www.nationalmssociety.org
4th
Annual
Scottsdale
Halloween Adult & Youth
Sprint
Oct. 29, 6:45 a.m.
Eldorado Aquatic & Fitness
Center
Scottsdale
Children: 150m swim, 3
mile bike, 1 mile run Duathlon,
Tri: 300m swim, 12 mile bike,
3 mile run Triathlon, DU: 3
mile run, 12 mile bike, 1 mile
run Duathlon. www.getsetaz.
com
SOMA Half Iron Man Arizona
Oct. 29, 6:30 a.m.
Tempe Town Lake
Tempe
Swim 1.2 miles, bike
56 miles, run 13.1 miles,
Quarter Ironman- swim .6
miles, bike 28 miles, run 6.5
miles. (480) 226 - 4729 or
www.redrocktriathlon.com or
www.arizonaroadracers.com
Lymphomathon
Nov. 5, 7 a.m.
Phoenix Zoo
Walkers needed for the
5K Lymphomathon. Funds
raised
benefit
lymphoma
research
and
education.
Call (480) 650-8479, or visit
www.lymphomthon.org/
Arizona2006.
See it:
Tour
Trolley Through Time &
Territorial Brass Band
Oct. 14, noon - 1:30 p.m. (First
trolley leaves at noon. Last
trolley leaves at 1:30 p.m.)
Mesa Southwest Museum
Take a tour through historic
Mesa on an old-fashioned
trolley. Tour guides will
share some interesting facts
about Mesa on this nostalgic
journey. As an added bonus,
the Sirrine House will be open
for tours.
Join us at 2 p.m. for an
upbeat live music performance
by Mesa’s own Territorial
Brass Band.While the band
plays, a slide show of historic
Mesa will be shown. Take
a trip down “Memory Lane’
while listening to the music
and watching the slides. (480)
644-5662.
Feel it:
Sports
FHHS Homecoming Tailgate
Party
Oct. 13, 5-7 p.m.
Golden Eagle Park, Saguaro
Ramada
Fountain Hills
The Town of Fountain Hills
Parks and Recreation and the
Fountain Hills Boys and Girls
Club would like to welcome
all High School students, as
well as all residents, to the
Homecoming Tailgate Party.
Come join the fun before the
big game against Chino Valley.
The event will feature music,
games, school spirit face
painting, raffles prizes, food
and drinks and more. The
Town of Fountain Hills Parks
and Recreation will be serving
two hot dogs and a soda for $2.
For more information, contact
Jennifer Brinar, Recreation
Coordinator at (480) 8165170 or [email protected].
My
Celebrity
Circle
promotion
Oct. 17, 5-7 p.m.
Alltel Wireless
Tolleson
Arizona Cardinals’ wide
receiver Larry Fitzgerald will
make an appearance at the
Alltel Wireless store at 2735
S. 99th Ave in Tolleson as part
of Alltel’s “My Celebrity Circle”
promotion.
Fitzgerald will be recording
“Wireless
Autographs,”
personalized
voicemail
greetings,
for
Phoenixarea wireless users. For
more traditional autograph
seekers, Fitzgerald will also
be autographing Cardinals
merchandise. The event is
free and open to the public.
For more information, and to
listen to Fitzgerald’s weekly
podcast, visit www.alltelcircle.
com/11.
ASU Sun Devils vs. Stanford
Oct. 21
Sun Devil Stadium,
Tempe
Homecoming,
www.
Find out what it’s like to
be a 911 Operator
The Desert Sleuth Chapter
of Sisters in Crime will present
Ericka Wilson, Director of the
Mesa 911 office.
Wilson will explain in detail
how the system works and will
share tapes of actual calls.
The general public is invited
to attend this very informative
evening 7 p.m. Oct. 18 at Café
Carumba at 7303 E. Indian
School Rd.
Sisters in Crime is an
international organization of
mystery/suspense
writers,
readers and fans.
The local chapter is open
to both women and men
interested in the mystery
genre.
For
more
information,
please go to the website at
angelfire.com/az2/sinc
or
call (602) 485-4640.
page 21
Oct. 12, 2006
Sensory
Get Real
by
Brooke Bessesen
Fall fashions have
hipsters talking shop
I’m no Fashion Queen. As
a modern American trendsetter, I rank just above
Bart Simpson. Like him, my
look is fairly consistent and
undeniably casual. But at
least I have more than one
outfit.
When I traded in my fourinch stilettos for a pair of
Merrells, I swore I never would
go back and, at this point, I
suspect comfort is as much a
habit as a choice.
While
designer
mood
swings seem distant as the
moon for many adults, we are
still influenced by their lunar
pull and subsequent tides of
change.
Whether it’s the cut of
jeans or the hottest fabrics,
teenagers always ride onto
Style Beach atop the biggest
waves, hooting and hollering.
The rest of us may wash
up months later, waterlogged
and barely breathing, but we
do arrive.
One might presume people
follow fads just to appear
savvy. But I believe a chemical
alteration in the human brain
causes us eventually to accept
the emerging styles no matter
how ridiculous they initially
appear.
I developed my hypothesis
in seventh grade following
a transition from longstrapped purses to small
clasp handbags. I remember
seeing those little clutches
for the first time and being
disgusted.
I thought the new designs
were so horrific – so ugly,
inconvenient and tasteless
– I seriously feared for the life
of anyone foolish enough to
carry one.
Don’t chortle. Perhaps
you forget that committing
a fashion faux-pas was
punishable by execution in
accordance with Junior High
Law A6-924.
One might face the Guillotine
of Excommunication, the
Electric Chair of Criticism or
a more discreet but equally
lethal injection of Behind-theBack Gossip.
No matter the means,
socially you were dead meat.
Much to my shock and
chagrin, those tiny satchels
became all the rage. And,
here’s the really weird part,
I soon found myself liking
them, too.
No … loving them!
Thus, only months after
swearing my allegiance to longstrapped purses, I ditched
my clumsy old shoulder sack
Delights
for a fabulous brown leather
clutch with an oh-so-stylish
bamboo handle.
Since then, I have gathered
years of analogous data
to support my Theory of
Chemically Driven Fashion
Compliance,
which
also
states, “The speed that any
given individual transitions
to the latest trends is in
correlation with how much
time they spend shopping.”
Alas, that is the crux of my
problem. I don’t shop much
anymore.
Years ago, my best friend
and I spent hours perusing
stores. Our weekends were
defined by vagrant days in the
mall, soft pretzels smothered
in cheese and hours of
scintillating
conversation
between dressing rooms.
Given our young age and
concentrated exposure to
mutating marketing rays we
were, by magazine standards,
stylin’ – adopting outfits that
best suited our tastes and
experimenting with designs
au courant to create chic getups all our own.
Then life got more hectic,
jobs
more
demanding.
Discretionary days became
scarce and ultimately our
shopping era ended.
Somewhere between then
and now, the mall went from
fun to functional, and so did
my clothing.
Like a collage of assorted
catalog
clippings
glued
haphazardly together, my
wardrobe is now a veritable
hodge-podge of styles, a funky
mix of Vickie Secret, REI and
Classic Lauren.
It’s not that I don’t want
to be hip. Apparel just isn’t
as important to me as other
necessities of life. Like food,
for example, or sleep. If only
it were easier to deck-out in
fabulous attire.
I need Garanimals for
grown-ups. I’d give good
money to turn my closet into
a virtual Noah’s Ark, having
apparel color-coordinated in
clever pairs of hippos, tigers
and giraffes.
My bohemian girlfriend
says Garanimals strangle
individuality, but I say they
give little non-conformists
endless
opportunities
to
thumb their noses at The
Establishment.
A socially charged six-yearold can simply wear a platypus
with a polar bear. Ha! Take
that, stuffy traditionalists!
Perhaps upscale adult
lines like Bebe, Max Mara and
Cache could match up their
chichi outfits by luxury cars
or wines. Put any two merlots
together for a perfect evening
ensemble.
I’m telling you, it’s a
goldmine!
Until then, I seem destined
to flounder amidst the shifting
sands of the vogue landscape
– to ride the caboose on the
Fashion Train.
That, or make time for
some
serious
shopping.
Perhaps a mindless day at
the mall would do me good …
eating soft pretzels covered in
cheese and sharing council
with my old friend.
Just so long as I can wear
my Merrells.
Scottsdale resident Brooke
Bessesen is the author and
illustrator of the children’s
book Look Who Lives in the
Desert!,
a
humorous-buteducational look at desert
wildlife. It’s available at
all book retailers, including
Gridleys of Fountain Hills.
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Monday, Oct. 23
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Oct. 12, 2006
World renowned Ballet Folklórico comes to Mesa
With
dances
that
encompass
pre-Hispanic
rituals and dramatic events
from Mexico’s past, Ballet
Folklórico de México de Amalia
Hernández comes to perform at
Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda
Theater Oct. 27 and 28, at
8 p.m. at 1 E. Main St. in
Downtown Mesa. The show is a
celebration of life in movement
and draws from the repertoire
of Amalia Hernández, Latin
America’s most important
choreographer.
Ballet Folklórico de México
is a vivid and colorful evening
showcasing the dances of
Mexico. This is an intensely
visual and musical display of
the country’s rich and diverse
style of dance, from the Mexican
Hat Dance with a multitude
of swirling and flourishing
skirts, to the drumbeats of the
primitive “Deer Dance” from
the ancient Aztec culture.
About
the
Company:
Having embarked at a very
early age on a never-ending
quest to rescue the dance
traditions of Mexico, dancer
and choreographer Amalia
Hernández founded the Ballet
Folklórico de México in 1952.
After forming the company,
Amalia’s early works began
to garner recognition as a
cultural representative of
Mexico. In these works, the
present fades and a journey
into the past begins. Thirty
different
cultures
that
blossomed in centuries past
leave behind a trail of color
and tradition that inspired
The Ballet Folklórico de México de Amalia Hernández company presents the diverse styles of dance in Mexico.
Amalia Hernández to create rigor, elaborate costuming de
Mexico
have
been
the Ballet Folklórico de México. and Amalia’s choreography distinguished with more than
in these works have created 200 awards recognizing their
A weekly program on Mexican a singular character, defining artistic merits.
television sponsored by the the Ballet Folklórico de Mexico.
It
now
enjoys
an
government aired the Ballet’s Since 1959, the company has international reputation as
initial performances. During been permanently housed at the premiere folklorico group
these first few years, the the Palace of Fine Arts, the in the world and is a lasting
company achieved a degree foremost stage for the arts in tribute to its founder Amalia
of international success that Mexico City. The institution Hernández who passed away
has been maintained for over has
two
main
artistic on November 4, 2000.
fifty years and has succeeded companies; The First Company
Tickets are $21 - $41 and
in disseminating the rich and the Resident Company. are available only at the Mesa
traditions and folklore of Both companies alternate Arts Center Box Office. Tickets
Mexico all over the world. tours
and
performances are available by phone at
Amalia Hernández and Ballet in
Mexico
and
abroad. (480) 644 - 6500, by walk-up
Folklórico de México has The company has currently (Mon. – Sat., 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.,
created over forty ballets given over 5000 performances, Sun. 12 – 4 p.m.) or online at
for upwards of seventy and both Amalia Hernández www.mesaartscenter.com.
dancers. The music, technical and the Ballet Folklórico
The funny side of politics in an evening with Kate Clinton
Scottsdale Center for the
Performing Arts will present
political
comedian
Kate
Clinton performing her onewoman show It’s Come to
This! as part of her 50-city,
25th-anniversary tour on Nov.
2, at 7:30 p.m.
Kate Clinton is a faith-based,
tax-paying,
America-loving,
political humorist and family
entertainer. She has worked
through economic booms
and busts, Disneyfication
and
Walmartization,
gay
movements and gay markets,
lesbian chic and queer
eyes and ten presidential
inaugurals. She still believes
that humor gets us through
peacetime,
wartime
and
scoundrel time.
As an actress, humorist,
panelist and host, Clinton has
worked with some of the great
writers and performers of our
time. Clinton has performed
nationally since 1981, from
Joe’s Pub in New York to
the Park West in Chicago to
the Herbst Theater in San
Francisco and back to New
York for several off-Broadway
runs, with hundreds of
comedy club dates in between.
She has been featured at
comedy festivals including
Just for Laughs in Montreal,
the Toyota Comedy Festival
in New York, and Marshall’s
Women in Comedy Festival.
Clinton writes monthly
columns for The Progressive
and The Advocate in which
she waxes by turns comical
and philosophical about the
state of our nation and those
who have put us in such a
state. She has written for
The New York Times and
George
magazine
among
others. Currently in its fourth
printing, Clinton’s second
book, What the L?, has been
nominated in the humor
category for the prestigious
2005 Lambda Literary Award,
considered to be the highest
accolade for a book from the
LGBT community.
A respected and soughtafter commentator, Clinton
has appeared on numerous
news and talk shows including
Good
Morning
America,
Nightline.
Entertainment
Tonight and C-Span. She is
one of four lesbian comics
featured
in
Laughing
Matters, an award-winning
documentary produced by
Andrea Meyerson.
She performed at the 2001
V-Day celebration of The
Vagina Monologues in a soldout Madison Square Garden
benefit to end violence against
women. And in 2002, she
appeared for six weeks in the
New York production of The
Vagina Monologues.
Clinton has been volunteer
emcee
for
hundreds
of
fundraising dinners and events
that have raised millions
of dollars for The National
Center for Lesbian Rights,
the Ms. Foundation, the New
York City LGBT Community
Center, the Gill Foundation
and the Gina Gibney Dance
Company, to name a few.
In 1999, she received a
Lifetime Achievement Award
from the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force. Previous
recipients included Coretta
Scott King, Edward Kennedy
and Jocelyn Elders.
The Virginia G. Piper Theater
at the Scottsdale Center for
the Performing Arts is at 7380
E. Second St. in downtown
Scottsdale. Tickets are $42.
SMo C A’s
f all
seaso n begin s
The Scottsdale Museum
of
Contemporary
Art
(SMoCA), at 7374 E.
Second St., presents a
special opening reception
on Friday, Oct. 13, from 7 8 p.m. The event marks the
Museum’s newly opened
exhibitions Threshold: Byron
Kim 1990-2004, The Border
Film Project: El Proyecto
Fronterizo
Fotográfico,
southwestNET: painting and
Recent Acquisitions, Part II.
In
addition
to
the
curators, the exhibiting
artists including Byron
Kim, along with Border Film
Project artists Rudy Adler,
Victoria Criado and Brett
Huneycutt, and painting
artists Linda Besemer, Jane
Callister, Stan Kaplan,
Henry Schoebel, Lisa Marie
Sipe and Thomas Walsh,
will all be in attendance
for the event. Guests will
also be the first to preview
the newly commissioned
artwork by Byron Kim
where he created a new
painting directly on the
gallery wall especially for
the SMoCA exhibition. The
painting is based on Kim’s
careful observation of the
Arizona night sky during his
extended stay at Arcosanti.
Free parking is available
in the public parking garage
and directly behind Los
Olivos restaurant on Wells
Fargo Avenue.
For more information call
(480) 874 – 4666 or visit
www.smoca.org
Students with a valid ID get
half off.
Call
(480)
994-ARTS
(2787) or online visit www.
scottsdaleperformingarts.org.
Kate Clinton comes to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on Nov.
2 at 7:30 p.m.
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Oct. 12, 2006
Movies
Music
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1. Justin Timberlake
– Sexy Back
2. Ludacris featuring
Pharrell – Money
Maker
3. Hinder - Lips of an
Angel
4. The Fray – How to
Save a Life
5. Snow Patrol – Chasing
Cars
Top 5 Albums
1. Ludacris – Release
Therapy
2. Janet Jackson – 20
Y.O.
3. Tony Bennett – Duets:
An American Classic
4. Alan Jackson – Like
Red on a Rose
5. Justin Timberlake
– FutureSex/
LoveSounds
Top 5 Country Albums
1. Alan Jackson – Like
Red on a Rose
2. Kenny Chesney – Live:
Live Those Songs
Again
3. Rascal Flatts – Me
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4. Jerry Lee Lewis – Last
Man Standing: The
Duets
5. Carrie Underwood –
Some Hearts
Top 5 Modern Rock Singles
1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
– Tell me Baby
2. The Killers – When
you were Young
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Stone Sour – Through
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Breaking Benjamin
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2. Daniel Powter – Bad
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3. Nick Lachey – What’s
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Saints Row (XBOX 360)
NCAA Football ’07 (PS2)
Madden NFL ’07 (X360)
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Top 5 Hardcover Fiction
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3. Under Orders by Dick
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The Book of Fate by
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Top 5 Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Culture Warrior by Bill
O’Reilly
2. State of Denial by Bob
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3. The Greatest Story
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4. Saving Graces by
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5. I Feel bad About my
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3. You: The Owner’s
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by Joyce Mayer
5. Cesar’s Way by Cesar
Millan
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1. Is There Really a
Human Race? by
Jamie Lee Curtis
2. Mommy? by Maurice
Sendak
3. Sheetzucacapoopoo by
Joy Behr
4. The Kissing Hand by
Audrey Penn
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O’Connor
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