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In less than a month the Boulder Creek Jaguars football team will host the 2011 season opener against the Cactus Shadows Falcons on Aug. 26 in the first matchup in the history of the North Valley programs.

For fans of both schools’ sports programs the 2011-2012 school year will have schedules dotted with new rivals.

Every two seasons the Arizona Interscholastic Association goes through a realignment process in which schools are placed based on their projected attendance figures for the upcoming year.

In the most drastic overhaul in recent memory Boulder Creek went from a 5A Div-II program in the Northwest Region to a

Division I program in Section III. Cactus Shadows went from a 4A Div-I program in the Desert Sky Region to a Division II program with their different sports being placed in any of the three different sections.

“Financially school districts across the state have less and less to work with in their budgets,” Cactus Shadows athletic director Rich Swearengin said. “Our sports programs at Cactus Shadows have to be self sufficient. We have an athletic participation fee because we don’t get any money from the district. When it came to athletics our input to the AIA was that cutting down on travel would make a lot of sense.”

For the last two years, the Cave Creek school, located at

5802 E. Dove Valley Road in Cave Creek, has been part of a Desert Sky Region, which included Apache Junction, Queen Creek, Campo Verde, which is located in Gilbert and Combs, which is located in the San Tan Valley along with Tempe McClintock and their closest region rival Scottsdale Saguaro.

“For us to take the football team, the band, the training staff and coaches to places like Combs and Poston Butte you’re looking at close to $3,000 in expense,” Swearengin said.

For the 2011-2012 school year Cactus Shadows, using football as an example, now resides in Division II, Section III where

Boulder Creek, Cactus Shadows prep for new sports landscape

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BULLScontinued on page 4

Wes Kar/Special for The Foothills FocusAfter a breakout sophomore season as both a defensive back and as a return man at Boulder Creek junior Isaiah Houston will be counted on for big things in 2011.

Submitted photoCave Creek will be the site of the 4th Running of the Bulls USA Festival Oct. 14 -15. Those interested can pay $25 to run a quarter mile course while being chased by 32 bulls weighing approximately 1,500 pounds each. There will be six opportunities to run during the course of Saturday’s event.


It’s an event that has drawn people to Pamplona, Spain for more than 400 years. In October, though, adrenaline junkies looking to get their fix will have the chance to experience the same thrill right in Cave Creek.

During the same week as the Taste of Cave Creek Festival, Cave Creek will host the 4th Running of the Bulls USA Festival Oct. 14-15.

“We’re looking to draw at least 5,000 people and hoping for 10,000,” event director Phil Immordino said.

Immordino, a Phoenix native, said the plan for Cave Creek to host the event has come together over the last couple months.

“We held the event in Mesquite, Nevada in 1998 and 1999 and then we had it in Scottsdale at Rawhide in 2002, but ever since then insurance became really expensive to put it on. I always knew we would put it on again, but we’ve just been waiting for the right opportunity.”

Cave Creek, which has labeled itself, ‘Perfectly Uncivilized’, will host a two-day festival on nine acres of land directly west

of the Buffalo Chip Saloon and Steakhouse, at 6811 E. Cave Creek Road.

Along with the bull runs there will be live music, exhibit booths, as well as food and drink vendors.

“We’re definitely marketing it as a family event, but we’re also promoting it to the college aged crowd,” Cori Harris, the event’s marketing director said.

Immordino said he anticipates the event drawing participants from all over the western United States.

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they are paired with the likes of Goldwater High School, Shadow Mountain, Notre Dame, Horizon and Sunnyslope, all in Phoenix, Prescott and Bradshaw Mountain, Scottsdale Chaparral, Deer Valley in Glendale, Kingman, Marcos de Niza and McClintock in Tempe and Perry High School in Chandler.

During the course of the

season the Falcons will play six teams from their section. Of their other four games, two were computer generated by the AIA with geography being the biggest contributing factor. Boulder Creek and Pinnacle, a pair of Div I programs were selected and then two games that Cactus Shadows chose on its own, a pair of Div III programs in Queen Creek and

Paradise Valley. In previous years, at least in football, a 4A team would never play a 5A team as school size was the primary consideration. The shift now has proximity trumping school size.

“We were talking about these things even before gas prices were more than $3 a gallon,” Boulder Creek athletic director Matt Kuffel said. “There were concerns about all the class time our student athletes are missing while travelling to compete. Priority number one for students is obviously academic success. If it was a problem for Valley schools you can only imagine what it’s like when you look at Kingman the Tucson schools, Yuma. For some of them they’re making trips to the Valley twice a week. That gets a little crazy. I don’t know how they do it as students.”

Because sectional teams don’t play every other team in their section there no longer will be a region champion crowned.

While some coaches around the state have complained the elimination of regions takes away one of the defining measuring bars that teams use

for motivation, the opportunity to hang a region title banner in their gym, Boulder Creek athletic director Matt Kuffel said his coaches are largely supportive of the new setup.

“At Boulder Creek our coaches and our student athletes want to play the best teams in the state,” he said. “When you play half of your schedule against region teams you don’t have a say in that. You look at a lot of our programs and when they get out and play in different in-season tournaments they go to the ones that are hard as nails. They’re excited to make this transition.”

Swearengin is taking a wait and see approach.

“Change is hard,” he said. “When it comes to the new classifications it certainly makes reaching goals more difficult. We want to be able to recognize our outstanding student athletes, but now they’re competing in a much larger pond.”

Kuffel too says that Boulder Creek’s coaches are concerned about how to honor top athletes after the doing away with regions which had coaches vote on an All-Region team

including a Region player of the year. The thought is it would be tough to name All-Section teams considering that all the teams in the sections won’t play each other.

As for team accolades, the top three teams in each section will automatically qualify for the state tournament. Along with nine automatic bids there will be seven other teams that will earn their way into the postseason by their power rating, which takes into account a team’s won-loss record and their strength of schedule.

“It’s going to be interesting,” Swearengin said. “We’ve never established anything with Boulder Creek or Pinnacle because they’ve been bigger than us. So we’ll bring them in, but we’ll also try to reestablish rivalries with schools that we’ve been in regions with over the years like Notre Dame and Chaparral and we’ll keep our rivalry with Saguaro going strong.”

Boulder Creek and Cactus Shadows, like most football teams, will begin preparation for the 2011 season with the first day of practice on Monday.

sports Continued from page 1

Wes Kar/Special for The Foothills FocusCactus Shadows will take the field in 2011 under the leadership of new coach Greg Davis and led by the play of junior quarterback Bryce Kinsler. The Falcons open the season at 7 p.m., Aug. 26 at Boulder Creek High School.

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Submitted photoCave Creek will host the 4th Running of the Bulls USA Festival Oct. 14-15. The event was last held in 2002 at Rawhide, which was in Scottsdale at that time.

“It will be interesting to see how it shapes up,” he said. “I would love to have an Arizona home for this event,” he said. “Cave Creek seems like a real good fit.”

All told there will be six chances to run with 32 bulls over a .25 mile course.

“Why travel all the way to Spain when you can participate right here in Cave Creek,” Immordino said.

Participants that register in advance pay $25 for each run or $50 for an all-run pass. On the day of the event the cost is

$35 per run or $75 for an all-run pass. All runners receive an, “I ran with the bulls T-shirt.”

In order to run participants must sign a liability waiver, have their own medical insurance, be over 18 and not be deemed drunk or on drugs prior to the run.

Spectator tickets start at $20 for the Friday night party and concert and then $20 for Saturday. VIP seating costs $50.Children tickets are $5.

For information on the event go to runwiththebullsusa.com or call 1-855-480-4786.

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STAFF REPORT Starlight Community Theater

is looking for actors of all ages (7 and up) for their Fall Musical, Willy Wonka. This bigger-than-life show offers lots of roles for kids, teens, adults and seniors.

Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man, and his quest to find an heir, comes to life in this stage adaptation of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. The show features songs from the classic family film including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man,” “Cheer Up Charlie,” and “Oompa Loompa.”

Acting and voice auditions will take place from 10 a.m. – noon Saturday and Aug. 6 with dance auditions from 1 – 3 p.m. also on Saturday and Aug. 6. There will also be acting and voice auditions from 1 – 3 p.m.

on Sunday and Aug. 7 with 4 – 6 p.m. dance auditions on both days. Auditions will be in the Safeway Center located at 3655 W. Anthem Way in Suite B 119.

Audition Forms are available on the Starlight website at starlightcommunitytheater.org. Those participating are asked to print and complete the form before auditions. They also should be ready to sing 16 bars of an upbeat song and bring CD accompaniment, wear comfortable clothes and shoes for dancing and be ready to cold read or perform improvisation.

Those unavailable for auditions should call 480-785-6570 for an appointment. Performance dates for the show are Oct. 6 – 9. For information on the show go to starlightcommunitytheater.org. or email [email protected].

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Fredrick Martinez is a long way removed from his days as a college sprinter, but the Anthem resident’s drive to compete remains strong at the age of 39.

Despite fighting a shoulder injury Martinez returned from the Pan American Masters competition with a second place finish in the 35 – 39 age group on July 10. Five days later he took seventh in the National Championship, where he competed against athletes half his age.

Instead of sprinting, Martinez now competes as a weightlifter.

“Actually it’s not as big of a leap as you’d think,” Martinez explains. “I ran the 100 and 200 meters and just like you need explosiveness in sprinting it’s something you need in weightlifting. You need speed, flexibility and timing.”

After a serious knee injury ended his college career Martinez, upon rehabbing, decided to take up a new sport.

In 1997, at the encouragement of his brother, who was into weight lifting, Martinez eagerly followed suit.

“I made trying to get to the Olympics my goal,” he said. “If I get into something I go all out.”

But starting in his 20s Martinez knew he was way

behind his competition.“It’s a very technical sport,” he

said. “In a lot of the European countries they start very young to learn the technique.”

After having some initial success in local competitions Martinez decided he would test his skills against competitors from around the country.

While the 136-pound athlete, who competes in the 62 kilos weight class, never reached Olympic status he continues at a sport he calls a passion.

“I guess I like it most because it’s not something everybody can do,” he said.

Olympic weightlifting consists of two events. The first is the snatch, Martinez’s favorite event, which requires competitors to lift the barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. At the U.S. Nationals, which took place in Council Bluff, Iowa, Martinez had a lift of 87 kilos (192 pounds), missing out on medaling by four kilos.

The second event is the clean and jerk. In the clean and jerk the lifter takes the bar from the ground up above his waist to his chest. From there the jerk portion of the event requires the competitor to propel the barbell upwards above their head.

Martinez, who said he has been fortunate to work with and receive some good coaching along the way, currently trains four days a week in Mesa. There

he works with the same coach that trains one of the country’s top women lifters.

“We have a good group out there,” he said. “We all push each other.”

Martinez’s best effort in the snatch is 192 pounds while his best effort in clean and jerk is 224 pounds. His overall best score in a competition has been just under 400 pounds.

Still growing accustomed to competing in the national competitions, the software consultant said he wishes he could have started in the sport at an earlier age.

“For some reason if I do well in one event I struggle in the other,” he said. “I’m still looking to put it all together.”

Despite competing against much younger athletes, in many cases, Martinez doesn’t see himself stepping away from the sport any time soon. He said he already has the 2012 World Masters Game in Italy on his radar.

“It’s like the Olympics for old guys,” he said. “I’ve met a lot of good friend in competing around the country and don’t have a timetable for how long I’ll continue in the sport. I go out there and try to do my best and hopefully that’s good enough to medal.”

For information on the sport go to weightlifting.teamusa.org.

Submitted photoFrederick Martinez, an Anthem resident since 2000, competes nationally in various weightlifting events. Martinez travelled to Savannah, Georgia and to Council Bluff, Iowa for a pair of events earlier this month, finishing second and seventh respectively in the competitions.

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Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area hosts a variety of hikes each month. For a complete listing of hiking opportunities visit maricopa.gov/parks. Hats, plenty of water and proper hiking boots are recommended.

Listed below are some of the upcoming events scheduled for August.

Aug. 5: At 7 a.m. a 2.5 mile moderate hike will take participants on a 90 minute aerobic walk through a portion of the Conservation Area. Participants need not be tri-athletes, just ordinary folks who would like to begin or add diversity to their existing walking program.

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FOOD/DRINKCave Creek restaurant offers summer libations club

Cartwright’s Sonoran Ranch House in Cave Creek is offering a weekly class on the world of adult drinks from 6 – 7 p.m. every Thursday in July, Aug. and Sept.

The Summer Libations Club will include information on wine, food and wine pairings, beers of the world and liquor and mixology.

Cost is $15. Guests earn a $25 gift card for every five classes they attend. One original cocktail created in the mixology class will be the restaurant’s featured drink in October.

For details go to cartwrightssonoranranch.com.

BENEFIT/FUNDRAISERBar hosts benefit for Anthem Pets

Olé! Fiesta benefit for felines and fidos is set for Saturday at Skunk Creek Flats as a benefit for Anthem Pets rescue group. Mexican food buffet and discount Mexican beers and margaritas will be available from the cash bar.

A DJ will spin tunes along with a live mariachi band. Dunk tank, volleyball, horseshoes, face painting, palm reading, tattoo booth and cash prizes from the money booth, cash-stuffed piñatas, poker tables and raffles will all be part of the festivities. All ages are welcome, but pets aren’t allowed.

Skunk Creek Flats is located at 27201 N. Black Canyon Highway off the Jomax Exit on the frontage road. For directions call 623-582-3909.

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HEALTHLabyrinth walk caters to women

The Peaceful Spirit Center is offering a labyrinth walk for women at 7 p.m. Friday at their New River location.

The event will include insights and inspirational stories. Cost is $10.

The Peaceful Spirit Center is also offering an herbal healing salves workshop from 10 a.m. – noon on Saturday. The workshop will include information on all aspects of making salves, preparing the plants, making infused oils and creating the finished product. Each participant will create their own personalized salve to take home.

All materials and supplies are included for the $45 workshop. For information on either event call 623-465-5875 or go to peacefulspiritcenter.com/

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A cancer education and support forum is being offered at 10 a.m. Aug. 13 at Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Cave Creek.

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percent full). With a New Moon July 30, this is an excellent time to fish at night using submersible lights. Try frozen anchovies for striped bass off the main lake points, islands and reefs.

Nighttime anglers are catching stripers using anchovies with lights. For one group the bite started at 9:30 stopped right before the wind changed directions and became real strong. After the storm passed, they again started catching more stripers till they pulled in their desired amount. Another nighttime duo had their sights on fishing in mid lake but the wind made it impossible. They ended up catching 12 in a cove using anchovies with lights and left at midnight. Two anglers fished from 4:30 to 10:30 p.m. and caught 21 stripers and 4 largemouth bass with topwater lures. A father son duo employed the

drop shot technique and caught quite a few largemouth bass off points in 17 to 25 feet of water. They also noticed lots of small bass feeding heavily on shad in the backs of coves. One angler states the largemouth bass fishing is on fire right now. Off main points adjacent to deep water and secondary points is the habitat that is working for him. Wacky rigged Senkos, lucky craft Ghost minnows and drop shot with Roboworms are providing more than adequate bass enticement.

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ft, which is 52 percent full. Reservoir release is 150 cfs. One fisherman started around 6 a.m. and left the lake by 11 a.m. He had good luck with cranks and jerks around the Yellow Cliffs area and a couple in the main lake. Up river he caught about 17 between 8 and 11 inches, 2 over 2 pounds and one even 3 pounds. He noticed cranks worked better for the smaller fish and sencos were what the larger bass fell for.

A father and his two sons pulled an overnighter. They caught about 25 bluegills before dark to use as bait for their total of 10 bass, 6 channel cats and 2 flathead catfish.

An angler fish in the morning and caught about 15 bass using jigs and drop shot over and among the uneven substrate visible on his sonar.

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percent full. Two anglers fished from 7 p.m. pretty much all night with a little shut eye before resuming. They caught over 29 bass. No huge ones till the last one; it was fat. Most fish were caught using dropshot in about 15 feet of water.

One angler fished from safe light until nearly 10 a.m. Water clarity was about three feet. He caught 6 fish using topwater. Drop shot outfitted with Robo worms resulted in boating three more. Jigs also worked.

Catch any whoppers lately? Email photos of your recent catch to [email protected] with the name of the angler, the time, date, the name of the lake, where you are from, the kind of fish caught and weight and length if you know it along with the kind of bait/lure used to make the catch and you could see it on the newspaper’s Facebook page (facebook.com/TheFoothills.Focus)

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Chronic pain support group meets

American Chronic Pain Association, a group designed to help people in pain deal with their problems, has a local chapter that meets from 6 - 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at Azools Bar and Grill at 3134 W. Carefree Highway.

The Northern Phoenix group will cater toward veterans, but also is open to the general public. There is no cost to attend the meetings. Utilizing skills taught at ACPA meeting will allow members to become actively involved in their own recovery. The support members receive at group meeting will enable them to continue to make progress.

ACPA groups are meant to offer a support system to members, as well as teach skills, which will enable members to cope with the day-to-day situations.

For information contact Jerry Abrahamson at 602-741-8992.

Anthem Al-Anon group hosts meeting

Does someone’s drinking bother you? Al-Anon can help. Courage to Change Al-Anon group meets from 6 –7 p.m. Wednesdays at Cross of Christ. The church is located at 39808 N. Gavilan Peak Parkway, Anthem.

PERFORMANCESDesert Foothills Theater auditions for Charlie Brown

Desert Foothills Theater will conduct auditions from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Aug. 20 and Aug. 21 for the show You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown.

Callbacks for the show will be from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Aug. 24.

For information go to desertfoothillstheater.com.

RELIGIONNorthgate Church offers women’s Bible study

CBS is offering a get acquainted meeting for women at 10 a.m. Aug. 17 at their Desert Hills location for those interested in participating in a inter-denominational, Christ-centered, in depth Bible study. The study will recommence Sept. 21 with an examination of Amos and Isaiah.

The Aug. 17 meeting will include coffee and review materials, without any pressure to join. For information call

Lynn at 623-556-6336. To check the mission and history of CBS visit communitybiblestudy.org.

Northgate Church is located at 34835 N. 7th St. in Desert Hills.

HISTORYPioneer Village hosts tales about Arizona’s past

Pioneer will be open from 6 – 9 p.m. on Fridays throughout the summer offering attendees a chance to hear stories about the days before statehood in Arizona. Along with the stories by docents the evening’s festivities will include gunfights written especially to take advantage of the twilight and the evil denizens that haunt those bewitching hours.

Trolley rides to all of the Village’s buildings will also be available. Cameras and flashlights are recommended.

Pioneer Living History Museum is located off I-17 at Pioneer exit 225. Regular hours during the summer are 7 a.m. – noon, Wednesday – Sunday. Entrance fees are $7 for adults, $5 for students ages 5 – 17 and $6 for seniors 60 and over. Children under the age of 5 are free. For information go to pioneeraz.org or call 623-465-1052.

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Gary and Ronnie Knisely have been searching for the perfect location and setup to open their own business for the last three years.

The couple, which moved to Arizona from California in 2008, believe the Desert Hills Adult Care Home will provide that perfect setting for seniors, requiring care, as they enjoy their twilight years.

For Ronnie, who has been a care provider for approximately 20 years, the couple’s current facility is setup to provide the best possible experience.

“I’ve worked in big homes and we’ve toured plenty of facilities and I feel as though the smaller ones are able to offer better care,” she said. “I want to make sure people aren’t lonely.”

The new facility, which obtained its licensing and certification in June, is located at 38414 N. 12th St. Located on 1.25 acres, the 3,700 square foot home can accommodate up to 10 residents.

“I really believe if people come and see this home they’ll be sold,” Gary said. “It’s quiet, spacious, has nice views, and they’ll love the way they’re treated.”

Gary will be in charge of cooking and said clients will have plenty of options to choose

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“You work your whole life to create a level of comfort, a level of independence and then you feel as though both are sliding away,” she said. “It’s really easy for people to want to be depressed or angry, but I’m confident with the setup we’ve created here and the kind of care

we’ll provide that our clients will enjoy being here.”

Gary explained that potential clients go through a medical evaluation to determine what level of care they need. The range starts at the lowest end with a supervisory role.

“They’re in a bit of a limbo area,” Gary said. “They’ve still got cognitive levels to where they’re kind of independent. They can do a lot of things on there own, but maybe just need somebody to make sure

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Marc Buckhout/The Foothills FocusThe Desert Hills Adult Care Home is run by Gary and Ronnie Knisely. Ronnie has 20 years of professional experiences working in the adult care industry. The couple owns a 3,700 square foot home where they plan to care for up to 10 seniors.

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Marc Buckhout/The Foothills FocusThe Desert Hills Adult Care Home is run by Gary and Ronnie Knisely. Ronnie has 20 years of professional experiences working in the adult care industry. The couple owns a 3,700 square foot home where they plan to care for up to 10 seniors.

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The Foothills Community Foundation (FCF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing resources for education, community service and cultural enrichment, has appointed Karen Mackiewich as the organization’s new acting executive director, effective Monday.

This staffing change results from the recent departure of FCF’s former executive director, Breanne Ulecwicz, who, it was recently discovered by FCF, had misappropriated FCF funds. Ulecwicz confessed to the theft, resigned earlier this month, and provided full restitution to FCF for the funds she had mishandled.

“We have navigated the worst of this difficult situation,” said

FCF Board President Tom Lankford. “FCF now emerges with a renewed commitment to its work and anticipates that in this transition our work within our community will be strengthened.”

Mackiewich, who has been a part-time member of FCF’s accounting staff for the past 18 months, is a resident of Cave Creek. Mackiewich has more than 20 years of business experience, primarily in accounting, purchasing, payroll management and sales promotion. Mackiewich will serve as FCF’s acting executive director for at least the next six months, during which time the organization will conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.

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I found this reference rather interesting especially since Michelle Obama grows snap peas in her vegetable garden there at the White House.

What was his statement all about - does the President not like peas? After giving it some thought (about a nanosecond) my feeling is that the one who needs to eat his peas is Barack.

After all, a recent government report reveals that the federal debt has shot up from 40 percent of the economy at the end of 2008 to 70 percent at the end of 2010. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) went on to state that the debt would exceed the size of the entire economy within 10 years. Moreover, our debt is now bigger than China’s entire economy. That is scary.

President Obama also tried to scare the American people into thinking that if the debt ceiling is not raised then it would be the Republicans fault when the world falls back into a recession that would throw “millions of more people out of work.”

What the President has conveniently forgotten is that the Democrats took control of both houses of Congress in 2006, two years before the end of George Bush’s second term. Additionally, Democrats controlled both houses of Congress from 2008-2010, as well as the White House. Furthermore, they still control the U.S. Senate and the White House. It is impossible to ignore the fact that the Democrats controlled Congress during the period of the greatest deficit spending in the history of the world. Remember too, that only Congress can initiate spending. Of course, the Presidents had to approve all of the massive budget bills, which clearly he did (so did Bush II).

The President has also forgotten that one of the underlying causes of the crisis was President Clinton’s initiatives that required Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to make mortgage loans to people with no credit

or bad credit. As we all now know, this policy led to massive foreclosures, the banking crisis, the Great Recession and to the devaluation of home prices the likes of which no one has ever seen. And it is a fact that when the Republicans, who were in the minority at the time, warned that Freddie and Fannie were leading us into a disaster, they were ignored by Democrats like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd who defended the agencies.

Furthermore, I think the President has forgotten his own words. Case in point is when, as a Senator in March of 2006, he stood on the Senate floor stating the following: “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies.”

He went on to declare that the trillions of dollars of debt “is money that we have borrowed from the Social Security trust fund, borrowed from China and Japan, borrowed from American taxpayers.” He continued his rant with “Numbers that large are sometimes hard to understand. Some people may wonder why they matter. Here is why: This year (2006) the Federal Government will spend $220 billion on interest. That is more money to pay interest on our national debt than we’ll spend on Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Programs. That is more money than we will spend on education, homeland security, transportation, and veterans benefits combined.” He then added, “This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and States of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees; robbing our families and our children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on.” At the end of his speech, he left us with this jewel. “Every dollar

we pay in interest is a dollar that is not going to investment in America’s priorities.”

Well, Mr. President, I could not have said it better myself. However, as has been the case over the last 2.5 years, President Obama is much better at making speeches than he is at backing up his rhetoric. Fact is that when he took office on Jan. 20, 2009, the total public debt at the time was $10.6 trillion while the US economy (GDP) was $14.2 trillion. Today the total public debt is $14.3 trillion, and the current US economy (GDP) is $14.8 trillion.

Look, I am not here trying to just bash on Obama. In fact, as those of you who read this column know, I’m an equal opportunity basher of all politicians who just BS their

way through office. Don’t get me wrong--I know it’s not just Obama or the Democrats, or for that matter, the Fed who have failed the American people. No, the problem is with the Republicans too. They talk tough, but at the end of the day, they haven’t managed to do anything to stop the crazy spending or put Americans back to work. After all, it was the hundreds of billions of dollars spent by President George Bush that put us on this path of no return.

The problem that I do have with President Obama is when he now stands in his Ivory Tower telling others it is time to take your medicine or “eat your peas.” Come on, this sort of rhetoric is absurd when it comes from a President that has

run up the highest debt known to mankind, and whose policies have bailed out Wall Street brokers, big banks and anyone else who happens to be politically connected. Meanwhile, these same policies have crippled the U.S. economy and left this country bankrupt. All the while, the American people fear for their jobs, lose their homes, and have a rapidly increasing grocery and gas bill.

As I pointed out a couple of weeks ago, we have taken a round trip to nowhere. The stimulus stimulated nothing but Wall Street and the CEO’s of the big banks. Was it supposed to stimulate the economy? Weren’t we all told that the massive

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Fall registration is available for classes at Paradise Valley Community College atBlack Mountain, a neighborhood hub for higher education, personal development and career exploration in the northeast Valley.

PVCC at Black Mountain goes beyond offering English and math courses needed to earn a degree or computer classes that helps improve job skills. The college offers many credit and non-credit classes that nurture lifelong learners.

“Learning is experiential, experimental and enlightening through courses in art, astronomy and digital photography; criminal justice and philosophy of religion; Tai Chi or food and nutrition,” said Loretta Mondragon, Black Mountain site coordinator.

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learners of all ages, including Early College and dual enrollment programs for high school students, with the latest technology for academic instruction.

The fall 2011 class schedule is online at www.paradisevalley.edu/sc. Register for classes in person at the Black Mountain Campus, 34250 N. 60th St., or register online. Visit the college website at www.paradisevalley.edu/blackmountain or call 602-493-2600 for information about advising, placement testing and new student orientation.

PVCC at Black Mountain partnered with the Foothills Community Foundation and the Desert Foothills YMCA to provide convenient, affordable and lifelong educational and wellness opportunities for residents of Cave Creek, Carefree, north Scottsdale, northeast Phoenix, New River and Anthem.

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Boulder Creek High School will have its annual “Jaguar Jump Back Days” Aug. 3 – 5 as students prepare for the 2011-2012 school year.

The event is an opportunity for students to pick up textbooks, order a yearbook, purchase spirit and P.E. apparel, purchase athletic passes, create a lunch account, turn in immunization records, meet a transportation representative, pose for their student I.D., obtain parking passes, sign up to donate blood, pay their designated activity fee, and obtain their class schedule.

Students from each class are asked to come to campus on a designated day.

Sophomore are asked to report to campus on Aug. 8. From 8 – 9 a.m. those with last names beginning with the letters A-G are asked to report, followed by those with last names starting with H-O from 9 – 10 a.m., and P-Z from 10 – 11 a.m.

Juniors also will register on Aug. 3 with A-G reporting between noon – 1 p.m., H-O reporting between 1 – 2 p.m. and P-Z from 2 – 3 p.m.

On Aug. 4 freshman with last names A-D need to report between 8 – 9 a.m., E-I between 9 – 10 a.m., J-M between 10 – 11 a.m., N-Q between noon – 1 p.m., R-V between 1 – 2 p.m. and W-Z between 2 – 3 p.m.

On Aug. 5 seniors with last names A-G will report between 8 – 9 a.m., H-O will report from 9 – 10 a.m. and P-Z will report between 10 – 11 a.m.

Boulder Creek administration stresses that students follow their schedule and all purchases are to be made via check or cash.

Following the registration event is “Jaguar Cat Camp”, which is available to all new students to Boulder Creek from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Aug. 9 in the main auditorium. The fee is $25 which includes activities, ice breakers, lunch and a spirit shirt.

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$800-billion-plus economic stimulus program would shrink unemployment dramatically? Well as a point of reference, when Obama was elected, the unemployment rate stood at 6.6 percent. Two and a half years under Obama’s policies, it is 9.2 percent.

So as unemployment continues to rise and the economy heads back into recession, the President and Congress argue like fifth graders. Meanwhile, the obvious answer to the U.S. debt problem is a no brainer--we must cut the spending now—but will any of them do it? I doubt it.

Worse yet, Big Ben (just as I predicted two months ago), recently announced the possibility of a third round of QE, even though rounds 1 and 2 did nothing for the average American.

No matter how much the President, the Democrats and the Republicans talk about fixing the problem, none of them grasp the simple, indisputable nature of this crisis. Quite simply--we as a country have borrowed and spent far beyond our means for far too long. Every economic

issue we face can be traced back to too much borrowing—too much debt and too many self-serving cowards running around D.C.

Sadly, as many Americans are now figuring out the hard way, one cannot leverage his or herself to prosperity. Well I got news for you – neither can the U.S. Government.

If our government does not stop spending, then a collapse is inevitable. And if you think it is tough now, just look to Europe to see the coming attractions.

Folks, there is no easy way out! Even Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is finally speaking the truth when he stated a few days ago: “It’s going to feel very hard, harder than anything they’ve experienced in their lifetime now, for a long time to come.” Notice he kept saying “they” not “we.” However, I guess he is just being honest, since he and the elite will not feel the pain like you and me.

But do you know why Little Timmy is coming clean now? He knows what is ahead. The French, the Russians, and the Chinese along with 40-plus

economies that are pegged to the U.S. dollar are all pushing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to remove the U.S. dollar as the World Reserve Currency, and if that should happen, then hold on to your hat as your standard of living will change dramatically (and not for the better) overnight.

As a reminder--Global Reserve Currencies don’t last forever. Anyone remember the Sterling?

Utopia has a price tag and U.S. Government can’t afford it any longer. Unfortunately, because of the cowards in D.C., you and I will be eating our peas for a long time--like it or not.

And for those that do not see the seriousness of the situation, then read your history and some basic economics. It’s all happened before and the outcome is predictable. And when it comes time to vote, remember the words of John Kennedy: “The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.”

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T h e m o m e n t C a s e y A n t h o n y walked out of jail in F l o r i d a , A m e r i c a b e c a m e

a poorer place. This woman’s negligence and apathy toward her precious 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, eliminate her as a responsible citizen. She’s simply another barbarian who couldn’t even be bothered to protect her baby.

Debate Anthony’s acquittal on murder charges all you want, the woman is not innocent. She should not be walking free. Therefore, another adjustment must be made to serve justice in America and to protect the kids: Caylee’s Law.

At this point, 18 states are pursuing new laws that would make it a felony not to report a missing child within a couple of days. Each state is deciding the timeframe. The intent of the law is to compel derelict parents like Anthony to alert authorities should something bad happen to their children. You may remember that Anthony told no one her daughter was missing for 31 days. If Caylee’s Law had been in place, Anthony would be going to prison right now.

There are Americans who object to any new laws, believing the states already have enough power. But when it comes to protecting defenseless kids, that point of view doesn’t wash. A few years ago, 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford was murdered by convicted child sex offender John Couey, who never should have been walking free. After that horrible crime, 44 states passed a version of Jessica’s Law mandating long prison terms for convicted child rapists. The result: No longer is much of America plagued by misguided judges giving heinous child predators light sentences.

You have to wonder why Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, Vermont, Idaho and Colorado have failed to pass Jessica’s law. You also have to question why anyone would oppose Caylee’s Law. There is simply no excuse for any parent or guardian not to alert authorities when a child under the age of 12 goes missing. And 12 is the age most states are targeting for the new law.

With the Supreme Court legalizing virtual child pornography, and the Internet providing child predators with the most powerful, perverse tool they’ve ever had, society must come to grips with the danger presented to all children

Anthony is a narcissistic sociopath who got away with the death of her daughter. Whatever happened, she bears an enormous responsibility. There is no way this woman should be walking free, and all Americans should shun her.

The larger question of protecting kids remains frustrating. This week, 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky was walking home from day camp in a secure Brooklyn neighborhood. Authorities later found the little boy’s dismembered body. Police believe the man responsible will be convicted of murder.

But that’s what many of us believed about Casey Anthony. It didn’t happen. So we must provide even more protection for the children of this country. Pass Caylee’s Law now.

Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.” To find out more about Bill O’Reilly, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com. This column originates on the website www.billoreilly.com.

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New River man frustrated by road upgrade

I would like to know who the genius was that decided that putting in a single lane in each direction with a center turning lane on 7th Street from Carefree Highway to Desert Hills Drive would be an “upgrade”. It used to be that when getting behind the many huge dump trucks, water trucks, horse trailers, backhoes, etc., you could pass them and get around these beasts, but no more. Now with this wonderful center turn lane, it’s now illegal to do that.

Some will go ahead and use the center turn lane as a passing lane out of frustration, but most of us will not and will instead have to settle for the 25 to 35 mph that these folks can manage all of the way up or down the road. My belief is that this change has made the road less safe rather than safer. And my recommendation would be to restripe this new section of pavement to two lanes each way minus the center turn lane. That way if someone wants to turn left, you can simply

change lanes to the right and get around them with minimal delay as well as easily get around all of these slow trucks, horse trailers and construction equipment that seem to be so prevalent in our area. So how about it, MCDOT? Can you work some common sense into our road plans?

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In what is almost c e r t a i n l y not news to anyone, m o r e A m e r i c a n voters than ever — some

63 percent of them — now tell the Washington Post-ABCNews Poll that rather than “vote to re-elect (their) representative in Congress” in the 2012 election, they instead “are inclined to look around for someone else to vote for.”

Sadly, this Congress does seem to have cornered the world’s known reserves of bile. Consider the recent “debate” between two South Florida House members, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz — who doubles as the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee — and freshman Republican and tea party favorite, Rep. Allen West.

In a statement on the House floor — when West was not present — Wasserman Schultz characterized West’s support of the GOP plan to cut federal funding for Medicare “unbelievable,” when he “represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I ...”

Rejecting any advice to turn the other cheek, Republican West, by e-mail and in statements, called Democrat Wasserman Schultz “vile, unprofessional, despicable” and “characterless.”

Washington has not always been this poisonous. There was a time, not that long ago, when fierce political opponents could still be personal friends.

In 1986, House Speaker

Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill had announced he would retire from the Congress. Friends and supporters planned a testimonial dinner to honor the nation’s longest-serving speaker and to raise money for his beloved alma mater, Boston College.

o chair the event. With Ford on board, the next call was to Mike Deaver in President Reagan’s White House. Yes, the Republican president would attend the dinner honoring his political nemesis, the Democratic speaker.

It was one of Washington’s grandest evenings. A paid crowd of 2,200 (at $1,000 a ticket) filled the Washington Hilton ballroom to hear Ronald Reagan observe: “To be honest, I’ve always know Tip was behind me — even if it was only at the State of the Union Address. As I made each proposal, I could hear Tip whispering to (Vice President) George Bush: ‘Forget it. No way. Fat chance.’” He continued, “Mr. Speaker, I am grateful you have permitted me in the past, and I hope in the future, the singular honor of calling you my friend.”

But the man who made the memorable evening was Ford. Both men were total strangers to self-importance. Neither man had even a trace of hate in him. They wasted no time at all worrying about what the media were saying about them.

President Ford and Speaker O’Neill, great political adversaries and great personal friends in a Washington, D.C., I really miss.

To find out more about Mark Shields and read his past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at creators.com.

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Free Clean fill dirt wanted, near New River & Circle Mtn Roads. Some rocks OK. 847-738-1194

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I will clean your home. 14yrs local experience. $12 hour your supplies. Good References. 623-434-8125

Home Decor and Furnishings for ANY budget! Michelle 623-670-3544 www.allaboutthedeal.org

PETS & SUPPLIESRattlesnake proof your dog now. Snake proofing for all breeds of dogs. New River location. 480-215-1776 www.vipervoidance.com

2 Young cats about 4 months old, both black males. Raised outside. Must find home. Good barn cats. 602-568-1044

PUPPIES: Rescued from the desert, large lab mix. 10 Weeks. Melissa, Cave Creek 480-220-8987

REMEMBER TO ADOPT Maricopa County Animal Care and Control 602- 506-PETS. www.pets.maricopa.gov

Sheltie & Collie rescue have beautiful dogs for adoption. 480-488-5711 [email protected]

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