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Two local legends

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Disability .......... 2

Paver added ..... 4

Safety ......................7

Movie Review .... 11

Editorial ..........14

Services ............15

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TECH continued on page 6

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New school programs take advantage of tech

Carefree, Cave Creek gear up for bike lanes

Two showbiz veterans who called the Valley home have died.

New River resident Cosmo Francis Allegretti, 86, known as “Gus” and as the talent behind many of the characters from the “Captain Kangaroo” television program, died July 26 from emphysema.

His death was followed Aug. 7 by 89-year-old Margaret Pellegrini’s death, a Phoenix resident who was one of the original Munchkins on the classic film “The Wizard of Oz.” Her death was the result of a stroke.

Allegretti’s death was confirmed by long-time friend and New York attorney John Munzel, who made arrangements for the actor’s cremation.

Munzel said that Allegretti had originally joined “Captain Kangaroo” as a set painter, but he became the show’s puppeteer after voluntarily replacing a poorly made puppet with one of his own creations.

Allegretti’s skill at puppetry served him well across his many years on “Captain Kangaroo.” He played characters such as Dancing Bear, Bunny Rabbit,

TARA AlATORRECarefree Town

Council agreed to partner with the town of Cave Creek in an i n t e r gove r n me nt a l agreement, splitting the costs required to secure a $320,000 grant that will fund the design of bike lanes in both towns. The decision was made during Carefree’s Aug. 6 town council meeting.

Gary Neiss, Care- free’s town admin-istrator, voiced his support for the measure.

“We have hundreds of cyclists that use our streets, but we do not have a dedicated bike lane,” Neiss said. “This will make the streets safer by dedicating a lane for those cyclists.”

The Maricopa Association of Governments awarded both towns the grants for designing and constructing

bike lanes earlier this year, with a stipulation that required a local match of more than $19,000 to be paid no later than Sept. 1. According to the intergovernmental agreement, both Carefree and Cave Creek will contribute equal amounts of more than $9,000 each.

The planned bike lanes will run along Cave Creek Road in both jurisdictions. Lanes will extend eastward to Pima Road, where they will then branch southward as far as Stagecoach Pass. Another offshoot will head slightly farther south on Tom Darlington Drive to approximately Leisure Lane.

Eventually, Scottsdale plans on constructing a bike lane on north Scottsdale Road, connecting with those on Tom Darlington Drive.

However, Cave Creek still needs to approve the i nte rgover n menta l agreement at its town council meeting on Aug. 19 before the bike lane project goes into effect. Once the agreement is approved by both town councils, Carefree will pay its share to Cave Creek, who will then immediately pay the full $19, 343 to the Arizona Department

of Transportation, which oversees and administers the grant funds.

Cave Creek’s planning director, Ian Cordwell, was optimistic about the project.

ERIC QUADEEDITOR

With wireless devices in abundance, schools are looking for more ways to integrate the technology into their routines. Two new programs in the Deer Valley Unified School District aim to do just that in different ways.

Text alert systemThe more wide-spread of the

two programs ushered in with the new school year is a district-wide text alert system.

Ashley Morris, com-munications specialist with Deer Valley schools, said that these text alerts were a feature already built into the Blackboard Connect software that school staff members regularly use, so there was no added cost to implement the program.

The text alert system idea came out of a committee assembled by the public relations office and filled with stakeholders such as parents, counselors, teachers and principals to address student safety issues and how to foster

better communication among these groups. Parents often can’t field personal phone calls or emails from the school district while busy at work, but quickly checking a text seemed a more compatible option, Morris said.

Prior to text alerts, school officials relied on regular emails and phone calls to contact students’ parents in case of an emergency. With the rise

in handheld wireless devices, however, the ability to make large-scale announcements instantly and discretely has gained favor.

Text alerts won’t knock phone calls and emails completely out of the picture, though, Morris said.

“It’s an additional layer of communication for us to be able to reach out to our

parents,” she said.Those parents can expect to

soon receive a preliminary text alert from the school district, notifying them that they’ve been automatically enrolled in the service. The notice will give families an opportunity to unsubscribe from the text alerts

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business, Raymond Joy’s answers are not what a person might expect from a business owner. They boiled down to three things: running his facility like a school, not letting money dictate everything and making sure his Christian values reflect in his work.

“One thing we didn’t want is we didn’t want it to look institutionalized,” he said. “We wanted it to be nice, you know? We’re very big on cleanliness … We want it to feel home-like, … comfortable, and we want [our clients] to come in and have some fun, as well as learn some stuff.”

Joy is the owner of Advanced Developmental Disabilities Services in Tramonto. The ADDS facility has been open off of 27th Drive for a little more than 2 years, although its programming has moved from its original building to a larger one at the same address to accommodate a growing clientele base.

As its name suggests, ADDS takes in adults who have a documented developmental disability. Joy said that these clients often display the cognitive ability of children, so they require a much higher level of direction than other adults. Everyday living skills that

Photo by Eric QuadeRecess is best — Although class is important, too, Raymond Joy shows off one of his clients’ favorite areas in the ADDS facility—the game room.

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“The whole goal of this is to help our folks become more independent,” he said. “So, basically, living skills are an extremely big thing we work on because we want people to be more independent at home so they can take some of the burden off their families.”

For example, Monday classes at ADDS are centered around food. Clients are taught how to make a shopping list, go to the grocery store, review nutritional values, compare prices, use coupons and perform budgeting. Once these preparations are complete, the cooking class itself can begin.

Joy said that the developmentally disabled are traditionally divided into two categories: higher and lower functioning individuals. ADDS focuses on educating the higher functioning group, which has allowed his organization to also offer a work program. To that end, ADDS has partnered with Rock Springs Café in Black Canyon City, where clients help prepare silverware for the restaurant three times per week. The arrangement is greatly appreciated, especially by Joy’s clients, he said.

“It’s [about] working, feeling good about themselves and earning a little

money for themselves, as well,” he said.While the weekly schedule at ADDS is

very structured, packed with educational programming, assigned cleaning chores and other serious tasks, there are times allotted for fun, too. The facility features its own game room, complete with air hockey and ping pong tables, exercise equipment and even a vintage “Ms. Pac-Man” video arcade game console.

Despite cuts in state aid, Joy said that ADDS has been determined to keep all of its programming and staffing in place. Outings, in particular, are expenses that have remarkably endured the budgetary climate. Sometimes the target destinations make it easier by offering a discount to his clients, such as Harkins Theaters does over the summer months and as some local restaurants do, too. But these developmentally disabled adults do much more than watch movies and dine out. Local parks, zoos and even hikes in Sedona and Prescott are all on the table for day trips.

Joy thanks a higher power for ADDS’ continued success in the face of lost state aid.

“We took the cuts,” he said,” I didn’t cut any of our employees’ pay. We just took it and said, ‘You know what? We’ll make it up by sheer numbers.’ And the Lord’s been good to us, truly.”

Photo by Eric QuadeWorking classroom — ADDS in Tramonto replicates a home environment to teach living skills with a working kitchen, laundry area and more.


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MCSO officer, retired Marine honored in AnthemMaricopa County Sheriff’s

Office Sgt. Phillip Fortner had a surprise at work Monday morning—the good kind.

The retired Marine was honored at Anthem Veterans Memorial with an anonymous donation of a paver bearing his name and placed among the other commemorative pavers adorning the site.

One speaker at the event was Liz Turner, a volunteer from the Anthem Veterans Memorial Support Team.

“Officer Fortner, on behalf of the Anthem Veterans Memorial Support Team, we thank you for your service to our nation and your continued service to this community,” she said.

Fortner’s paver had the distinction of being the first one given through the “Honor a Veteran” sponsorship program. The new program allows the public to show their patriotism even if they don’t personally know a veteran. With every $150 donation made to the program, organizers select a veteran whose name, rank/

rate, service branch and years in service will be inscribed on a paver.

Fortner entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1977 and retired from it 22 years later as a master sergeant. He then began a second career with the MCSO.

The officer was kept out of the loop regarding the donation until Monday when he was asked to respond to the Anthem Veterans Memorial. When he

arrived, a surprise ceremony was waiting for him. Among those in attendance were numerous fellow MCSO officers, Anthem Community Council members, Daisy Mt. Veterans members and Fortner’s family. Also in attendance was Jim Martin, the iconic memorial site’s engineer.

To participate in the “Honor a Veteran” program, visit onlineatanthem.com/anthem-veterans-memorial and click on “Donate/Pavers.”

Submitted photoDedication ceremony — Phillip Fortner was the guest of honor at a surprise ceremony Monday in Anthem.

Submitted photoShow of support — Commemorative pavers at Anthem Veterans Memorial pay tribute to personnel who served in any of the military’s five branches.


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The girls trained once a week during the school year with the Arizona Twirling Athletes, a non-profit youth organization, and then attended a 4-day twirling camp in Prescott, commencing with daily practices in the gym from noon to 4 p.m. during June and July. The rigorous schedule paid off when the team came home with 42 medals for individual events, which placed the girls among the top 10 in the country and included a “World National” title in the senior small twirling Submitted photo

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Tramonto boy runs at nationalsThe Tramonto seventh

grader who holds Sunset Ridge Elementary’s school record for the mile recently ran in a national track championship.

Josh Peterson, 12, competed in the 3,000 meter and 1,500 meter runs in late July at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic National Championships, held in Greensboro, N.C.

At nationals, the 12-year-old placed 14th out of 40 in the 3,000 meter race and 26th out of 41 in the 1,500 meter.

The boy credited his teachers at Sunset Ridge Elementary for encouraging him to pursue

Anthem woman joins all-girl public schoolDebra Skinner of Anthem

was announced Monday as the new chief academic officer at the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona, the only all-girls public high school in the state.

Skinner brings more than 21 years of experience in local education and academic leadership to GLAAZ. She is a certified principal and teacher with ESL (English as a Second Language) and reading endorsements. Skinner is also a certified trainer for Common Core State Standards and Structured English Immersion through the Arizona

Department of Education. The newly appointed CAO

expressed enthusiasm for the school and its students.

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opportunities for academic and community leadership that these students have because of their participation in a gender specific school,” Skinner said. “I look forward to moving the mission and vision of this incredible high school forward.”

Most recently, Skinner served as a principal and field specialist for the Maricopa County Regional School District—a position she held for 3 years. She earned her doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Capella University and serves as an adjunct professor for Ashford University.

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The famed actor also had experience in film. He appeared in “Prince of the City” and “Author Author.” He also appeared on stage in “Requiem for a Heavyweight” as a fight manager.

Margaret Pellegrini was known not only as a film actress, but also as a classroom staple. She often visited local schools, telling children about her experiences as a Munchkin.

In her public appearances, Pellegrini often assumed the role of her film character, mimicking Munchkins in both dress and speech.

The 89-year-old had most recently resided at a Phoenix retirement community called Beatitudes Campus.

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to allow the general student population to warn school administrators or others about danger they encounter. Only principals, communications personnel and the like will have permission to issue alerts.

While the text alerts can be sent out across the entire district, they can also be sent to a more specific audience. For example, if a school went into lockdown status due to a safety concern for that surrounding community only, then only parents of students from that particular school would be notified via text.

Personal electronics in classThe other, more exclusive,

program being unveiled at a local school this year involves a test project at Sandra Day O’Connor High School.

“Bring Your Own Device” is a pilot program slated to begin during second semester, which will allow students to use their portable wireless devices, such as smart phones, tablets and readers, as part of their classroom instruction.

Gayle Galligan, an associate superintendent for the Deer Valley Unified School District, said that the idea of incorporating personal electronics into the classroom learning environment has been gaining momentum.

“Actually, we initially started this as a one-to-one e-textbook initiative, and then it opened wider,” she said. “So the impetus for implementing this was really to ensure that we are moving our kids and education more toward 21 century learning and beginning to utilize resources that are readily available, that you can’t typically do with hardback

books that go out of date.”The one-to-one e-textbook

initiative uses free, online instruction materials to teach different subject areas. The school district has opted to purchase Apple-compliant devices to access that downloaded content, and the BYOD program complements it by giving students the option to use their own equipment instead. The feasibility of allowing students to also use wireless devices with alternative operating systems, such as Android, will be part of the variables the pilot program will gauge.

Galligan said that select courses at Sandra Day O’Connor High School, including a broad spectrum of subjects ranging from math and science to English and social studies, will test out the BYOD pilot program starting in January, and it could expand from there.

“This is our pre-imple-mentation year to work out the challenges and ensure that we have our processes in place,” she said, “so that when we roll out full-school at O’Conner, as well as additional high schools, we have worked through all of those challengers and come up with procedures, processes, goals and objectives that are going to work for us for a successful implementation.”

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August is “Drowning Impact Awareness Month,” and the Black Canyon Fire Department, in partnership with Phoenix Children’s Hospital has been alerting the public to the danger that remains prevalent despite a desert environment.

Nearly 300 children younger than age 5 drown in swimming pools and spas on a yearly average, and more than 3,200 children in the same age bracket make emergency room visits due to submersion injuries.

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Pinnacle Peak Patio Steakhouse in Scottsdale will continue its “Cool Summer Nights” free concert series Aug. 16. The James Parker Band will perform from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse is a privately owned western restaurant and entertainment venue located at 10426 E. Jomax Rd. Call 480-615-1113 for more information.

SATURDAYFilming at museum

Mission Bell Entertainment will be out at Pioneer Living History Museum Aug. 17

7 a.m.-11 a.m. filming a trailer for the upcoming feature film, “Jessica James.” The Official Arizona Centennial Legacy Buffalo Soldiers and Ladies and Gentlemen of the Regiment will also be in attendance.

Admission into the park is $9 for adults, children under 18 are $7 and children under 5 are free.

The museum, complete with a historical village from the 1800s, is located in North Phoenix, just north of the Carefree Hwy.

TUESDAYFull Moon Labyrinth Walk

Peaceful Spirit Enrichment Center in New River has scheduled a “Full Moon Labyrinth Walk” to take place onsite at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 20. A journey to the center of the Labyrinth is unique for everyone. Whether new to the Labyrinth, or an experienced walker, the public is invited to share in the special walks held under the beautiful desert full moon. A “Love Offering” of $10 to $20 is suggested. For more information, contact Melanie Dunlap at 623-465-5875, visit PeacefulSpriritCenter.com/calendar online or email [email protected].

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Bible studyThere will be an informational

“coffee” Bible study at 10 a.m. Aug. 21 at the Crossroads Church. The church is located at 42201 N. 41st Dr. in Anthem.

LATER THIS MONTHTriathlon in Anthem

Tribe Multisport presents the Anthem Sprint Triathlon Aug. 24 at 6 a.m. The reverse order sprint triathlon is geared toward both adults and children and involves a 5 km run, a fast 20 km bike course and a 400 m swim. The event is hosted in conjunction with Team Anthem Multisport Club. Adult registration costs $79 through 6 p.m. Aug. 23; late registration is $90. Registration rates for kids (ages 5 to 15) are $49 through 6 p.m. Aug. 23 and go up to $60 for late registration. All kids who finish the event receive a medal. Packet pickup and early registration starts at 4 p.m. Aug. 23 at Tribe Multisport, 7624 East Indian School Road No. 101 in Scottsdale. Late registration and packet pickup start at 5 a.m. Aug. 24 at the Anthem Community Center.

WEEKLYLittle Ones Story Time

From 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. every Thursday, Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek hosts “Little Ones Story Time with Ms. Sharon.” The program is geared toward newborns and children up to 36 months in age.Eating disorder class meets in Anthem

A 12-step eating disorder meeting will take place at 6:30 p.m., on Wednesdays at 42104 N. Venture Dr. Ste. D126.

For further information call 602-828-9959.Toddler Time

Toddlers, accompanied by a favorite adult are invited to enjoy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage emerging language skills every Wednesday at Desert Broom Library. The program starts

at 11:30 a.m. and is aimed at children aged 24 to 36 months.Family Storytime

Children of all ages, with an adult in tow, are welcome Thursdays at Desert Broom Library to share books, stories, songs and rhymes in a fun, interactive program that builds early literacy skills. The library is located at Cave Creek Road and Tatum Boulevard.Babytime Fridays

Babies up to 24 months in age, accompanied by an adult, can explore pre-literacy skills through songs and stories at Desert Broom Library. The 20-minute program is followed by an unstructured 30-minute playtime.Crafting

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

Kudalini Yoga classes combined with Gong Therapy from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. every Thursday in New River. The class is offered to both men and women. The class offers an opportunity to explore, celebrate, heal, feel good, while ensuring a safe sacred environment. The class welcomes beginners and intermediate students. Those interested in attending are asked to wear comfy clothing and bring a yoga mat and blanket.

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

PARCEL: M&B THRU TRACT 4, BLOCK 6 IN STATE PLAT 36, SECTION 29, CONTAINING 2.67 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

BENEFICIARY: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMNITY SELECTIONS)

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

Said right of way easement has been valued at $2,400.00 and consists of 2.67 acres, more or less.

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

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

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

TERMS OF SALE:

(A) At the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The value of the right of way, which is $2,400.00; (2) A Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the value of the right of way, which is $72.00; (3) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00. The total amount due at the time of sale is $4,972.00 (less $2,500.00 if the successful bidder is the applicant for a total amount due of $2,472.00).

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

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

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

BIDDING INFORMATION:

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

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

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

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

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

GENERAL INFORMATION:

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

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

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.Ruben Ojeda(for) Vanessa HickmanState Land CommissionerJuly 3, 2013

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MONTE YAZZIESPECIAl FOR

THE FOOTHIllS FOCUSDirector Neill Blomkamp composed

one of science fiction’s better films with his socially conscious, visually stunning 2009 film “District 9.” Blomkamp’s portrait of the future was bleak and grimy. Earth was a planet on the brink of extinction. “District 9” established this world with an alien arrival; the treatment of the aliens and structure of the society reflecting the South African apartheid was intelligent and worthy of an Oscar best picture nomination.

“Elysium” cultivated a separate story with a far heavier hand on social commentary aiming at the topics of immigration and healthcare. And, while more gruesome and straightforward than “District 9,” Blomkamp designed another visually impressive film that narrates a simplistic tale with the entertainment of a well-designed action film.

In the year 2154, the world is divided into the have and the have-nots. Those that are privileged enough live on an orbiting city called Elysium. This society lives without illness, being able to jump into healing machines for nearly any cure. On Earth, specifically Los Angeles, society functions for pure survival. Crime is high, living conditions are dire, and medical services are under staffed and overpopulated with sickness. Max (Matt Damon) is an ex-con, working in a factory that manufactures law-enforcing robots. Max is permanently injured on the job

and dismissed by the large company he works for, a company controlled by the government on Elysium. Working with limited time, Max joins a local gang in hopes of jumping on a shuttle to Elysium in order to heal his sickness. On his mission, Max is inadvertently

forced into a position that makes him humanity’s hope for survival.

Good science fiction most always interweaves elements of reflective advisory; whether individual or societal, the underlying emphasis is supported by the elaborate superficial elements. On the surface, “Elysium” resembles the lesser-known “Johnny Mnemonic.” The narrative undertones feel more acquainted to H.G. Wells’ “Things To Come,” though not as intelligent as the classic film.

In lieu of deeper exploration into the intriguing initial narrative concepts, Blomkamp instead focuses the remainder of the film on elaborate gadgetry and stylistic action. While this isn’t a bad decision considering the skillful design of the supporting elements, it would have been interesting to see where this film would have gone if the premise

would have continued with the fitting questions pointed at our current society.

Matt Damon does a great job of holding the film together. His character Max must compose a quality that is both selfish and selfless, all while being somewhat hostile and aggressive. Damon has a likable trait, and he shines in the lead of this film. Sharlto Copley is Kruger, a cartoonish combative bounty hunter to Elysium’s government. His snarling bad guy is over-the-top but Copley is great in the role, the complete opposite of his “District 9” character. Jodie Foster plays a homeland security

director named Delacourt with an unfortunate forced coldness and poor accent. The scenes for the award-winning actress come across more awkward than accommodating.

“Elysium” was an enjoyable science fiction film. There were elements that felt unique even though they’ve been done before, but Blomkamp is accomplished at implementing them appropriately into his story. Though it doesn’t have the depth or emotion of “District 9,” the design is creative and the result is a positive effort amongst recent science fiction films.

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Eric Quade photoJoin the party — Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek was in the midst of its Independent Film Festival Friday morning. The program, hosted by volunteer Annette Barnard of North Scottsdale, has three more showings left for the month. The public is invited to enjoy free flicks and refreshments.

lawman with a penchant for being quick on the trigger. The two quickly uncover a plan that threatens the balance established by heaven and must band together to stop it.

The film was based off the Dark Horse comic created by Peter M. Lenkov. The story displayed a promising premise, a supernatural twist on the buddy cop comedy, though the execution from the very beginning of this film was rushed. The characters are introduced point blankly, to the extent that it’s hard to care about any of them when they are put in dangers path. The narrative was filled with forced comedy such as the sight gag of Roy and Nick’s earthly personas, a hot woman and an old Chinese

man, which is overused quickly after an initial laugh.

Ryan Reynolds is a skilled actor—his performance in the Rodrigo Cortes film “Buried” being a particular standout. Unfortunately in this film, Reynolds wasn’t given the opportunity to develop the character. Instead, he was tasked with minimal amounts of emotional content that were plugged into the story to heighten the romantic aspects with his wife (Stephanie Szostak). Jeff Bridges is always interesting to watch, and for a moment it was amusing to see him play an over-exaggerated, comic version of his True Grit character Rooster Cogburn. But even the talents of Mr. Bridges weren’t enough

to battle the onslaught of poorly composed CGI monsters amidst a trouble- some narrative.

There were some interesting and promising elements in the early part of “R.I.P.D.” that were overshadowed by the emphasis on the surface concept instead of the important aspect of continuing development. While the film attempted to create a popcorn film suited for mass appeal, it might have found firmer footing by focusing the design and narrative on the comic book/horror demographic. Instead, “R.I.P.D.” can be filed into the familiar category that more comic book adaptations are falling into: the section labeled “missed opportunity.”

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

Opinions and Letters

GOP of two minds on immigrationOn immigration, the

Republican Party is trapped in two trains of thought, each speeding along the wrong track. At the tea party end, there’s absolute resistance to normalizing the status of illegal immigrants. On the cheap-labor side, there’s this big push to admit as many unskilled immigrants as possible.

The first view, that putting m i l l i o n s of illegal immigrants on the path to cit izenship r e w a r d s lawbreakers, is unhelpful. It is true that they broke the law by

taking jobs in the United States. It is also true that their employers broke the law in hiring them. An honest gathering of all the lawbreakers would make for an interesting roundup.

The building of this 11-million-strong population of undocumented workers had another player — the federal government. Until Barack Obama assumed office, no president took enforcing the ban on hiring illegal workers very seriously. Also making the job difficult is the loophole letting employers accept any reasonably good-looking Social Security card as proof of right to work here. Social Security cards are often stolen, and plausible ones are easy to counterfeit.

The proposed reforms would end all that. Companies would have to send the information to a central database confirming a prospective hire’s right to work here. Tougher sanctions, meanwhile, would motivate employers to follow the law.

Without passage of the immigration reforms, none of this will occur. The Swiss cheese system by which undocumented workers and their employers slip through the law will remain. If you really want to end illegal immigration, the reforms offer the only reliable route. And politically they won’t happen if there’s no path to citizenship.

The other Republican track wants lots and lots of legal, low-skilled workers to ensure that restaurants, hotels and other service businesses need never raise their wages.

Though the hourly pay of cooks and hotel maids is actually falling, there can never be “low-enough” for the cheap-labor rump of the Republican Party.

The bill that passed the Senate provides for a new class of visas for up to 200,000 low-skilled workers. That number was reached through a delicate compromise with labor, which understandably doesn’t like the idea.

Sympathy goes to that minority of Republicans who understand what it takes to get immigration reform passed and the stakes in not succeeding. They include Arizona Sen. John McCain and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham. Under assault by their party’s radical wings, these lawmakers deserve an extra star for bravery.

Of course, demonizing Latinos while ignoring the economic interests of all blue-collar workers is also not great politics. A Republican Party unable to change these directions is chugging into oblivion.

To find out more about Froma Harrop, and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators webpage at www.creators.com.

How is it that the government can charge Edward Snowden with espionage for telling a journalist that the feds have been spying on all Americans and many of our allies, but the NSA itself, in a public relations campaign intended to win support for its lawlessness, can reveal secrets and do so with impunity?

S i n c e Snowde n’s June 6 revelat ions a b o u t m a s s i v e NSA spying, we have l e a r n e d that all Amer icans

who communicate via telephone or the Internet have had all of their communications swept up by the federal government for two-plus years. The government initially claimed that the NSA has gathered only telephone numbers and billing data. Now we know that the NSA has captured and stored the content of trillions of telephone conversations, texts and emails, and can access that content at the press of a few computer keys. All of this happened in the dark, with the permission of President Obama, with the knowledge and consent of fewer than 20 members of Congress who were forbidden from doing anything about it by the laws they themselves had written, and based on secret legal arguments accepted by a secret court that keeps its records secret even from the judges who sit on the court.

This massive spying — metadata gathering, as the NSA calls it — was also done notwithstanding statements NSA officials made in public under oath and in secret classified briefings to Congress, which effectively denied it. The denials were, in one case, admitted to — “least untruthful,” as the director of

national intelligence later called his own testimony. Then, when even members of Congress who usually support a muscular national security apparatus realized that they, too, had been lied to by the NSA, the NSA responded with its own leaks.

It has leaked, for example, that as a consequence of its spying it has prevented at least 50 foreign-originated plots from harming Americans. It eventually backed off that number and declined to reveal with specificity what it independently learned and how that knowledge foiled the plots. But we do know that its colleagues in the FBI were participants in many of those plots, which means they weren’t real plots at all — just government stings going after dopes and dupes.

The NSA leaked that it captured actionable intelligence of grave and imminent danger to our embassies in the Middle East. The implication it wants you to draw here is that because it caught al-Qaida operatives talking in code in Yemen about deadly deeds they plan to perpetrate in the Arabian Peninsula, somehow the NSA’s spying on 300 million innocent Americans is constitutional, lawful, effective and therefore worth the loss of freedom.

We also learned that other federal agencies of alphabet nomenclature — the DHS, the DoJ, the DoD, the DEA, the CIA, the IRS, the FBI — all want access to the NSA’s database, and it has shared some of it with most of them.

The whole NSA spying apparatus was sold to Congress as a limited mechanism for combating foreign terrorists. How putting the intimate thoughts of all Americans who use telephones and the Internet under the federal microscope helps to fight foreign terrorists has never been explained in a public court — only in

a secret one. But using this extra-constitutional means to fight crime brings us closer to a Soviet-style and value-free police state.

The Constitution inten-tionally has placed values in the path of law enforcement and national security so as to maintain our natural rights. Those values are generally articulated throughout the Constitution and specifically addressed in the Fourth Amendment. The linchpin of those values is the natural right to be left alone. All persons — even bad guys — have that inalienable right, and the government may only invade that right when it can identify a bad guy and articulate the probable cause it has to believe he is committing criminal acts. The rest of us — those for whom there is no probable cause of criminal acts — retain that right, and it cannot be taken away from us by the supine acquiescence of Congress or an unnamed judge in a secret court.

Now comes Obama, who is quarterbacking the most massive end run around the Constitution in modern times by invading everyone’s right to be left alone in the name of national security, but in reality for any governmental purpose the government wishes.

It is painfully obvious that the government is not troubled by its own violation of the Constitution. The people in the government who have done this are far more concerned with their retention of power than they are with protecting our personal liberties. That explains their perverse view that when Snowden frustrates them with a whistle-blowing leak, he can be prosecuted, but when they rebut him with their own leaks, they are to be lauded. That is not the rule of law in a free society.

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

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Let the sun shine on APS solar plansI don’t understand why APS

wants to mess with a solar cash cow by implementing new charges on solar customers, like me, that essentially produce free energy for them. Well not actually free … They pay me 0.03 cents/kw and turn around and sell it for 0.18 cents/kw on peak. A 600 percent

markup!And by the way, I am not

getting a free ride on their grid. Currently more than 25 percent ($70) of my bill goes to pay for “infrastructure.” They don’t pay me a penny for the infrastructure I have on my roof. Maybe I’ll just take my panels down so they can

build a new power plant. How much will that cost Arizonans? Or make them pay a 600 percent surcharge on the energy I produce.

Oh wait. I forgot. I’m not a monopoly.

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“We are looking forward to getting this done to connect the two communities,” said Cordwell, speaking at Carefree’s town council meeting on Tuesday.

Once ADOT receives the funds from both towns, the framework study will start an aerial evaluation on the roads and sidewalks from 20,000 feet. The study will focus on finding obstructions for removal and areas where asphalt will need to be added to keep bike lanes compliant with federal standards. The study is scheduled to be done before October 2014, and construction is set for the fiscal year 2015.

Other items approved by Carefree Town Council:

• Special liquor licenses for the Thunderbird Art and Wine Festivals on Nov. 1-3, Jan. 17-19, 2014, and Feb.28-March 2, 2014

• Thunderbird Wine Fair license for Arizona Stronghold Vineyards approved for November

• Next Town Council Meeting to be held on the second Tuesday of the month on Sept. 10 at 5 p.m. due to Labor Day

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team category.The experience was new

for three of 13 members of the Phoenix Superstar Twirling Team, but not for their coaches. Becky Hewitt has been coaching and taking Arizona twirlers to compete for the past 38 years. Her assistant coach, Sarah Ewart, has shared in the experience not only in her current advisory capacity, but also as a former baton twirler who had been active with her team since the age of 6.

Hewitt will begin a program for interested beginning

twirling students between the ages of 6 and 16 in September in five different local school districts. For registration information call 602-997-0522.

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running as a sport. He is a member of Arizona Puma Track and Field and also trained with Anthem Track.

Peterson qualified to compete at the national championship after placing first at a regional meet in Mesa in the 3,000 meter run and placing third in the 1,500 run.

His parents are David and Susan Peterson of Tramonto.

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