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>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

I AM TED SIMONS A NEW POLL FROM THE SIENNA COLLEGE AND THE NEW YORK TIMES SHOW INCUMBENTS MARK KELLY WITH A SIX-POINT LEAD OVER BLAKE MAST FORCE THE U.S. SENATE.

ABOUT 2 1/2 POINTS HIGHER FOR KELLY THAN RECENT POLLING AVERAGES.

INDEED, A NEW STATEWIDE SURVEY LIE HEADS OH PREDICTIVE INSIGHTS SHOWS KELLY'S LEAD OVER MASTERS AT 2 POINTS.

THAT SAME SURVEY LOOKED AT THREE OTHER STATEWIDE RACES AND FOUND THAT KARI LAKE HELD A TWO-POINT LEAD OVER KATIE HOBBS.

CHRIS MAY AHEAD BY THREE POINTS IN AND AID TRENCH UPONS AT THE A 6-POINT LEAD OVER MARK FINCHEM.

THAT 6-POINT LEAD FOR FONTES WAS THE ONLY RESULT OUTSIDE OF THE 4-POINT MARGIN OF AIR.

OTHER HEADLINES THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARD TWO CASES INVOLVING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND COLLEGE ADMISSION OPERATIONS IN ONE OF THE CASES THE UNIVERSITY NORTH CAROLINA RACE CON SHUN MISSION PROGRAM AND THE THOUGHT BEHIND IT DID NOT IMPRESS CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS.

>> I DON'T SEE HOW CAN SAY THAT THE PROGRAM WILL EVER END.

YOUR POSITION THAT RACE AS A MATTERS BECAUSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR DIVERSITY WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR THE EDUCATION THAT YOU WANT.

IT WILL NOT STOP MATTERING AT AND .. YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT RACE BECAUSE YOU SAY RACE MATTERS TO GIVE US THE NECESSARY DID I VERSE AT THIS.

>> BUT JUST CA TONIGHT JAY BROWN-JACKSON WONDERED IF ENDING AFFIRMATIVE ACTION WOULD MEAN THAT COLLEGE AM CAN'TS WOULD BE ABLE TO DESCRIBE THEMSELVES IN AND WAYS BUT NOT OTHERS.

>> WE ARE ENTERTAIN A RULE IN WHICH AND PEOPLE REQUEST SAY THE THINGS THEM ABOUT WHO THEY ARE AND HAVE THAT VALUED IN THE SYSTEM BUT OTHER PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO.

BECAUSE THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO REVEAL THAT THEY ARE LATINO OR AFRICAN AMERICAN OR WHATEVER.

I AM WORRIED THAT CREATES INEQUITY IN BEING ABLE TO SUPPRESS YOUR TEEN AND HAVE IT VALUED.

BY THE UNIVERSITY WHICH IT IS CONSIDERING THE GOAL OF BRINGING IN DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

>> A ROUGE AGAINST THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA COULD END AFFIRMATIVE ACTION NATIONWIDE IN ITS LAST MAJOR CASE THE COURT HELD THAT TAKING RACE IN TO ACCOUNT COULD BE ONE OF THE MANY FACTORS PERMISSIBLE TO ACHIEVE EDUCATION DIVERSITY.

>> THE STATE'S LATEST BUDGET INCLUDES MORE THAN $1.6 MILLION FOR AN INCREASE IN THE PAY RATE TO THOSE SUMMONED AND SELECTED TO SERVE ON A JURY.

FOR MORE ON THE INCREASE IN JUROR PAY, WE WELCOME ARIZONA'S SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERT.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HEAR, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> AN INCREASE IN -- HOW MUCH OF AN INCREASE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

>> TO THE AL PROP RAISE IS $1.6 MILLION.

THE WAY IT WORKS IS, ANY THAT SERVES ON A JURY GETS REIMBURSED FOR WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY OUT.

IF YOU ARE WORKING FOR 15-DOLLAR AN HOUR MINIMUM WAGE, YOU GET REIMBURSED THE AM THAT YOU ACTUALLY LOST BY HAVING TO SERVE ON THE JURY.

>> OKAY.

AND IT'S -- ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO $300 A DAY.

>> THE MINIMUM PAYMENT HAS GONE UP TO $40 FROM $12 AND IT'S UP TO $300 A DAY REIMBURSEMENT AGAIN FOR WHAT YOU ARE OUT HAVING TO SERVE ON A JURY.

>> YOU THAT $12 A DAY THERE'S FOR A LONG TIME, WASN'T IT?

>> 50 YEARS.

>> MY GOODNESS, WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS TO GETTING IT CHANGED?

>> A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ORALLY WE STARTED TAKING A LOOK AT -- FROM A RACIAL JUSTICE VIEWPOINT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE GETTING A FAIR CROSS-SECTION OF JURORS AND STARTED LOOKING IN TO THE DATA ON THAT.

AND THERE IS NOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DATA ON THAT EITHER IN ARIZONA OR ANY PLACE ELSE IN THE NATION.

A PRIMARY BARRIER TO PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO SERVE ON JUROR IS HIS SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS, THAT IS, COULD YOU AFFORD TO SERVE ON A JURY.

A LOT PEOPLE WORKING FOR BIG CORPORATIONS IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

THOSE CORPORATIONS ARE CIVIC MINDED AND WILL REIMBURSE PEOPLE FOR SERVE ON THE GROUND A JURY.

A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND IF IT'S BETWEEN FEEDING YOUR FAMILY OR SERVE AGO ON EYE JURY.

WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK FOR IDEAS HOW WE COULD ADDRESS THAT INEQUITY.

>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE.

>> WE HAD A COMMITTEE AND ARIZONA HAS BEEN A LEADER IN JURY REFORM SINCE AT LEAST THE 90s, AND NATIONWIDE LEADER IN JURY REFORM, MAKING JURY SERVICE BETTER FOR CITIZENS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RECOMMENDED WAS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THE PAY INEQUITY.

WE WENT TO THE LEGISLATURE WITH THAT AND WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF LEGISLATORS TOOK THIS ON AND THOUGHT AFTER THE A GOOD IDEA AND I THINK THEY PASSED PASSED IT UNANIMOUSLY.

>> WAS THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS?

>> THERE REALLY WAS NOT.

>> YEAH.

AND, AGAIN, THIS WORKS IN THE SENSE OF YOU HAVE TO SERVE AFTER FIVE DAYS, WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME HERE?

>> WELL, IT USED TO BE WHAT'S CALLED THE LENGTHY TRIAL FUND IF YOU SERVE THE FIVE DAYS ON A JURY, AFTER THAT WE WOULD REIMBURSE YOU FOR WHAT YOU WERE OUT.

BUT MOST JURY TRIALS DON'T GO THAT LONG, AND SAYING THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO EARN YOUR REGULAR INCOME FROM FIVE DAYS WAS UNREASONABLE TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SIMPLY SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT DO.

NOW IT'S FROM THE DAY YOU ARE CHOSEN SO FROM DAY ONE, WE REIMBURSE YOU.

>> YOU MENTIONED DIVERSITY AND GETTING A BETTER CROSS-SECTION.

BUT IN TERMS OF GETTING IMPARTIAL JURORS, DOES THIS MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE?

>> I THINK IT DOES.

I MEAN, YOU WANT A JURY OF YOUR PIERCE, YOU WANT A JURY THAT IS A FAIR CROSS-SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY AND SAYING WE ARE ONLY GOING TO TAKE PEOPLE WHO CAN AFFORD TO SERVE REALLY I THINK HURTS THAT.

>> INTERESTING, INTERESTING.

>> AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SERVE ON JURIES.

JURIES SERVE A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN OUR SOCIETY WITH REGARD TO RESOLVING DISPUTES FOR PARTIES BUT AS THE FOUNDING FATHERS SAID THEY ALSO SERVE A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION IN TERMS OF EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.

REALLY VOTING AND SERVICE ON THE JURY IS THE TWO CONTEXT THAT PEOPLE ARE MOST GOING TO HAVE WITH THEIR GOVERNMENT.

IT'S TREMENDOUSLY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE GET TO EXERCISE THAT CONSTITUTIONALITY THE RIGHT.

>> INDEED, BUT YOU KNOW AS WELL AS ANYONE THAT VERY PEOPLE HAVE A PARTY WHEN ANY GET A SUMMONS AND GET EXCITE BILLION DOLLAR IT.

>> FAIR ENOUGH.

>> HOW DO YOU CHANGE THAT?

>> THIS IS ONE BIG WAY TO CHANGE ITIT.

AT LEAST MAKE IT AFFORDABLE TO SERVE.

IF YOU ARE RETIRED YOU GET THE $40 A DAY NOW.

IF YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYED.

IF YOU ARE NOT EMPLOYED YOU CAN STILL GET THE $40.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE WEAH A SVEUMING THEASSUAGING THE FACT THAT ENTER TAKING YOUR TAME.

IT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF SERVING ON A JURY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMIT CAME UP IT'S FAIR BECAUSE YOU WERE THERE.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY TRUE.

IT NEEDS GOOD PEOPLE TO SIT ON THESE CASES TO MAKE A FAIR DETERMINATION.

WE TRADE TO MAKE THE EXPERIENCE BETTER FOR PEOPLE ALSO.

ONE OF THE THINGS ARIZONA DID RECENTLY, WE ARE A NATIONWIDE LEADER IN THIS AS WELL IS GET RID OF PREEMPTORY CHALLENGE.

THEY CAN'T STRIKE YOU BECAUSE THEY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH YOU.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE CAUSE TO STRIKE YOU FROM A JURY IN ARIZONA NOW.

THAT MEANS WE SUMMON FEWER JURORS.

IT MEANS THAT THE CHANCE OF YOU SERVING ON A JURY IS INCREASED.

SO HOPEFULLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO GET AWAY FROM IS THAT YOU HAVE TO SIT THERE ALL DAY.

>> I WAS GOING SAY, ANYONE -- MOST -- I THINK MOST OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE BEEN SUMMONED AND THE VAST MAJORITY I WOULD IMAGINE HAVE HAD A SITUATION WHERE YOU SIT THERE AND YOU WAIT AND YOU WAIT AND THEN YOU ARE TOLD TO GO HOME.

AND THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO SPEND A DAY I SUPPOSE.

BUT STILL, YOU ARE SAYING THAT IF YOU ARE CALLED NOW, THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE THAT YOU WILL WIND ENOUGH A JURY?

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE I TALK TO, IN FACT ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO WHO HAVE ACTUALLY SERVE ODD A JURY, FOUND THE EXPERIENCE WORTHWHILE AND FOUND IT INTERESTING.

WHAT THEY DAWNED FIND WORTHWHILE IS SITTING AROUND ALL DAY AND THEN BEING SENT HOME.

>> MILEAGE, IS THAT STILL A FACTOR HERE?

>> WE SILL PAY MILEAGE.

>> HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY?

FORTY-FOUR CENTS A GALLON -- 44 CREPT AS FILE OR SOMETHING LIKE.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED?

>> NO.

WHEN WILL THIS GO IN TO EFFECT?

>> IT WENT IN TO EFFECT WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF ALL LEGISLATION WHICH WAS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND I CAN'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC DATE.

>> OKAY, YEAH, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW?

>> IT IS IN EFFECT RIGHT NOW.

>> ARE YOU GETTING ANY REACTION?

>> WE ARE.

WE ARE GETTING REQUESTS TO BE REIMBURSED.

THE COMMENTS WE HAVE GOTTEN ARE POSITIVE AND IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO SERVE.

>> NOT CITY COURT, NOT JUST BUT SUPERIOR COURT.

>> JUST SUPERIOR COURT.

>> I THINK WE COVERED IF ALL.

THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

BECAUSE THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN SUM UPPED AND WHO WILL BE SUMMONED WILL PROBABLY SAY, WELL, OKAY.

BRING IT O.

>> WE ARE THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO DO THIS.

AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE!

TRUE FOR APPROPRIATING THE MONEY.

>> CHIEF JUSTICE ARIZONA SUPREME COURT THINK GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET.

UP NEXT ON CLAIRE ARIZONA HOR TRY UNITED STATES "A REPORT ON THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY.

>> A NEW REPORT LOOKS AT THE ANYTHING AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY.

THE STUDY LOOKED AT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE GRADUATION RATES AND NUMBER OF FAMILIES STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURITY.

JOINING US NOW IS MARSHA, THE PRESIDENT AND CE OFF.

OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR JOIN US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> BEFORE WE GO FURTHER WHAT IS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY.

>> BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY IS AN ORGANIZATION IN 30 LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT MARICOPA COUNTY AND NOW IN YUMA THAT PROVIDES NOT ONLY AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMMING BUT ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOOD INSECURITY SUPPORT, SPORTS LEAGUES, CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR KIDS FROM BEGIN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.

>> WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE OFFERED?

A VARIETY.

PEOPLE THINK.

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB THEY THINK OF PLAYING SPORTS IN THE GYM.

BUT WE ARE MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

BESIDES HAVING A SAFE PLAYS PLACE FOR KIDS TO GO AFTER SCHOOL IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, EVERY CLUB THE POWER HOUR, WHAT DO YOU GET AFTER SCHOOL.

GET YOUR HOME ONE DONE, HAVE A SNACK, PLAY ENGAGE IN SOMETHING ACADEMICALLY ENRICHING.

ESPECIALLY AFTER COVID WE ARE AMERICA SURE OUR KIDS ARE REALLY HITTING THAT LEARNING LOSS GAP.

>> ALL RIGHT WORK THAT IN MIND, WE HAVE AN ASU STUD OUT ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.

THIS WAS KIND OF LIKE, WHAT, A SOCIAL RETURN ON INVESTMENT KIND OF A DEAL HERE?

>> EXACTLY RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, WHY SHOULD PEOPLE CARE ABOUT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS HAVING ONE IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR SUPPORTING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS.

WE ARE TRYING TO DEMONSTRATE HOW IMPORTANT IFS TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB SO THEY KNOW THERE IS A RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT AND WE ARE ALSO HELPING THE STATE WHETHER IT'S WORKERS, PARENTS WHO ARE WORKERS, THE EMPLOYERS AND THE WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE SOCIAL RETURN.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT RETURN ON INNING INVESTMENT, EVERY DOLLAR INVESTED DELIVERS $15, MORE THAN $15 IN BENEFITS.

>> YEAH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT ANNUALLY, THE ESTIMATED BENEFIT IS OVER $237 MILLION EACH YEAR TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA.

SO WHAT THAT BOILS DOWN TO IS FOR EVERY DOLLAR YOU INVEST, THERE IS A $15.60 CREPT ROUND YOUR INVESTMENT.

>> FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES HERE IN MARICOPA COUNT ANY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> HOW DO YOU COME ONE THAT?

HOW DO WE FIGURE THAT OUT?

>> WE WATCHED WITH A RESEARCH TINES TOOT THROUGH ASU AND STAKE OUR DATA, OUR STUDIES AND EVEN MEET WITH PARENT AND FOCUS GROUPS AND LOOK AT THE COUNTY DATA.

THE STATE DATE I, DATA TO COME UP WHAT IS THE REAL COST.

HOW DO WE QUANTIFY WHAT OUR COST IS.

>> YOU LOOK AT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES.

TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS THERE.

BUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO WHAT WE FOUND OUT IS THAT THE TEENS WHO GOES TO BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB ON AVERAGE THE ESTIMATED GRADUATE RATE IS ABOUT 95%.

WHERE IT'S 6.5% HIGHER THAN TEENS WHO DON'T GO TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES, BUT WHAT THAT DOES TO THE STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN ARIZONA IS THAT OVER THEIR LIFETIME, THAT EQUATES FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, OVER $10 MILLION OF LIFETIME POTENTIAL EARNINGS.

>> OVER 40 YEARS.

ECONOMIC GAIN OF $10 MILLION HERE.

>> EXACTLY.

>> SO IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

>> MAKES A DIFFERENCE AND YOU GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL YOU GET A BETTER JOB, BETTER PAY AND THAT HELPS THE ARIZONA ECONOMY AS WELL.

>> REDUCTION IN TEEN PREGNANCIES AS WELL.

>> REDUCTION IN TEEN PREGNANCIES, USE OF DRUGS, UNDER AGED DRINKING.

ALL OF THAT EQUATES TO REAL DOLLARS FOR OUR STATE.

>> AND A IF YOU ARE A FAMILY STRUGGLING WITH FOOD INSECURE A HOW IS THAT MEASURED AND WHAT ARE REALLY TALKING ABOUT?

>> WE HAVE 20,000 YOUTH THAT WE SERVE WE ARE LARGER THAN AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS EVERY DAY THEY GET A HOT MEAL FOR DINNER AND A SNACK AND IN THE SUMMER THEY GET BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.

WE SERVE OVER 800,000 SNACKS AND MEALS EACH YEAR.

THAT IS ALMOST A $9 MILLION BENEFIT TO A REDUCTION IN FOOD INSECURITY FOR YOU ARE OUR MEMBERS.

>> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, A LOT OF FAMILIES RELY ON THOSE MEALS.

AND THE FACT THAT THOSE KIDS ARE BEING ACTIVE.

WHEN YOU GOT WORKING FAMILIES AND YOU HAVE OTHER THINGS GOING ON.

>> YEAH.

SO OVER 90% OF OUR FAMILIES SAY HAVING BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ENABLES THEM TO KEEP THEIR JOB.

IF YOU ARE A WORKING PARENT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GREAT CHILDCARE.

BUT THAT VALUE, THAT ESTIMATED VALUE IS $166 MILLION TO THE STATE OF ARIZONA BECAUSE OUR PARENTS CAN KEEP THEIR JOB.

>> I KNOW IT SOUND LIKE THIS ALAINS AS A HEALTHY PEOPLE INITIATIVE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES HERE.

HEALTHY LIFESTYLES THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

DID THE RESULT -- THEY SEEM TO ALIGN WITH THAT STUDY, TRUE?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, WE ALL KNOW -- YOU KNOW, ANECDOTALLY.

YOU HAVE TO MOVE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE SPORTS AND FITNESS AND JUST MOVING AND WE ARE MEETING ALL OF THOSE BENCHMARKS THAT THE STATE HAS.

AND THAT'S SUPERSEDING THEM BECAUSE OUR PROGRAMS.

>> CAREER PATHWAY, WORKFORCE READINESS THOSE THINGS MEASURED AS WELL.

WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONSS THAT FOCUS ON WORKFORCE READINESS FOR 16-19 YEAR OLDS.

REALLY MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A PATHWAY UPON HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION TO ENTER THE WORKFORCE WITH THE SKILLS THEY NEED AND THAT WILL INCREASE THEIR LIFETIME EARNING POTENTIALS OVER $200,000 FOR THE TEENS THAT COMPLETE OUR PROGRAM.

>> THE IDEA OF GOOD CHARACTER AND LEADERSHIP IN THESE THINGS BEING ENHANCED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, IS THAT GETTING OUT THERE TO THE FAMILIES.

I MEAN, AGAIN, WE THINK OF THE BOYS -- ROLL OUT A BASKETBALL AND EVEN STARTS PLAYING.

THE AS OOH SUSPECT IS THAT INFORMATION GET OUT?

>> I HOPE IT IS.

AND BEING HERE I HOPE HELPS THAT THE SPORTS LEAGUES ARE PROBABLY ONE OF OUR SMALLEST PROGRAMS.

>> INTERESTING.

>> THAT WE HAVE.

OUR KIDS HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT NEEDS TODAY IN TERMS OF SOCIALIZATION, ACADEMIC SUCCESS, AND EVEN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WE ARE FOCUSING ON ALL THINGS, THE WHOLE CHILD APPROACH IS REALLY OUR METHOD.

>> LAST QUESTION.

OBVIOUSLY THE STUDY SHOWS THAT THERE IS QUITE A RETURN ON INVESTMENT AS FAR AS THE CLUBS ARE CONCERNED.

WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS ARE CONCERNED?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL OF OUR KIDS HAVE SUFFERED AFTER COVID AND WE ARE SEEING IT FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR TEENS KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A PLACE TO BELONG TO.

THIS IS A SAFE PLACE TO BE TO CONNECT.

AND HAVE HUMAN INTERACTION.

NOT ONLY THROUGH A SCREEN, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT EVERY KID THAT COME IN THE DOOR HAS HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY.

>> NOW THAT COVID HAS SUBSIDED, WE HOPE IT STAYS, DID YOU SEE A RUSH OF KIDS?

>> THIS SUMMER WE HAD 6,000 KIDS COME THROUGH OUR CLUBS IN EIGHT WEEKS.

>> OH, BOY.

>> IT WAS UP SANE, BUT WE WELCOME THEM.

WE WANTED TO GET KIDS BACK IN PERSON.

IN THE CLUBS, AND REMEMBER, WE ARE ONE OF THE FEW ORGANIZATIONS WE DID NOT CLOSE DURING COVID.

WE MADE SURE THAT HE HAVE FAMILY HAD A PLACE TO GO ESPECIALLY OUR HEALTHCARE AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS.

>> CONTINUES SUCCESS, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE VALLEY, GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> IT'S TIME FOR CANAL CONVERGENCE THE WATERFRONT EVENT IN SCOUTS SCOTTSDALE IS CELEBRATING 10 YEARS OF WATER, ART, AND LIGHT.

BY FEATURING LIGHT-BASED SCULPTORS AND VICTORIES AS WELL AS FOOD.

NATALIE MARSH IS DIRECTOR OF SCOTTSDALE EARNING AND INNING SO SAY, WELCOME TO "ARIZONA HORIZON."

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

DID.

>> GIVE ME A GOOD DEFINITION OF CANAL CONVERGENCE.

>> I AM GOOD YOU ASKED.

THAT'S THE QUESTION I GUEST THE MOST.

IT'S LIKE A MUSEUM AND MUSIC FESTIVAL IF THEY CAME TOGETHER YOU SEE ART, ENGAGE, TAKE PICTURES AND PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS, YOU SEE AND MUSIC.

HIT THE FOOD AND THE BEER AND BINE GARDEN.

IT'S REALLY -- AND IT'S FREE.

RIGHT?

WHEN PEOPLE COME, THEY ARE LIKE, THIS IS ALSO FREE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

IT'S REALLY JUST A CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER, GET OUTSIDE, AND SEE AND ART.

>> WHERE EXACTLY IS IT LOCATED?

>> SO IT'S AT THE SCOTTSDALE WATERFRONT.

JUST BETWEEN GOLDWATER AT WOMEN'S AND KIND OF CAM -- AT ONE END AND CAMEL BACK AT THE OTHER.

WITH THE MARSHALL WAY BRIDGE CUTTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> RIGHT ALONG CANAL.

>> YES.

>> IT'S ALWAYS BEEN IN THAT GENERAL AREA BUT YOU NEVER KNOW -- YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO SCOTTSDALE AND THE GNAT IT'S IT CUTS DIAGONAL AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

>> THEY ARE NOT NORTH AND SOUTH.

>> NEW YORK IT'S NOT -- NO, IT'S NOT ON GRID.

>> SOUTH OF FASHION SQUARE MALL NORTH OF OLD TOWN.

>> 10-DAY HE INVESTMENT ARE THERE HOURS OF OPERATIONS?

>> YES, WEEKEND 6:00 P.M. UNTIL 10.

AND WEEKDAYS WE GO FROM 6:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS WE ALSO CLOSE AT NINE.

>> AND YOU WANT TO GO AT NIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S -- >> WHEN THE LIGHT HAPPENS.

>> YES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> CELEBRATING 10 YEARS HERE, THESE SCULPT TO YOUS, BEFORE WE TAKE A LACK AT AND OF THEM, DESCRIBE WHAT PEOPLE CAN EXPECT.

>> THEY ARE TRIER PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS.

SO THEY ARE LIGHT UP, LARGE, AND OFTEN OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO ENGAGE WITH IT OR TO HAVE THEM ENLIVEN AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE EVENING.

THEY ARE ADDRESSING THE THEMES OF THE EVENT, WHICH IS ART, WATER, LIGHT, WITH AN UNDERCURRENT OF SUSTAINABILITY.

BECAUSE, OF COURSER WE ARE RIGHT OTTAWA KNOWLEDGE.

RIGHT ON OUR WATER SYSTEM.

>> YES.

>> AND OPINION OF THE ART WORKS ARE ALSO ADDRESSING THAT SORT OF THEME OF HOW DO WE CARE FOR OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT TO REMAIN SUSTAINABLE.

>> LET'S LOOK AT PREVIOUS THINGS THAT WERE AT THE CONVERGENCE, ONE WAS FLUME IT WAS A WATER LILY SCULPTURE THAT SPITS FAIR.

>> IT DOES.

>> HOLY LOOK AT THIS THING.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> FLUME IS BY A LOCAL ART CALM CALLED WALTER PRODUCTIONS, WE WOULD BE REMISS WHEN WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 10 YEARS TO NOT HAVE THE FIRE SHOW BACK.

THEY REIMAGINING THIS THROUGH A NEW ORDER WORK IT WILL BE OR,S THEY WILL BE FLOAT AGO LONG THE WATERFRONT STARTING AT 60:30 AND RUN THE HALF AN HOUR, THEY WILL SHOOT FIRE TO MUSIC.

>> SO THERE IS A METHOD TO THIS MADNESS?

>> THERE IS MUSIC, YES.

SO WE PICK DIFFERENT FUN POPPY SONGS FROM ALL DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS AND THEY SORT OF PLAY ALONG WITH THAT.

>> THAT SAME -- THAT STUDIO HAS TO FIGURE IT OUT, DON'T THEY?

>> THEY ARE A BLAST TO WORK WITH.

AND THE PUN WAS INTEND THERE HAD.

>> I GOT IT.

LET'S DO ANOTHER ONE, THE TUNNEL.

WHAT IS THIS ONE ALL ABOUT?

>> TUNNEL IS BY AN ARTIST COLLECTIVE CALLED BIG ART, BASED OUT OF CALGARY.

THIS IS A NEW INSTALLATION FOR US.

IT'S ACTUALLY BOTH TO BE ON ON THE BRIDGE.

WHICH WILL WELCOMING PEOPLE IN THE EVENT ACROSS THE BRIDGE AND RIGHT IN TO THE FOOD, WINE, AND MUSIC SPACE THAT WE HAVE THERE.

GREAT SELFIE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT I THINK.

>> IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT -- THERE IS NO TRICKERY GOING ON THERE?

>> NO, THERE IS A CHANGING LIGHTS AND COLORS AS YOU WALK THROUGH IT.

>> OKAY.

THE THIRD 11 IS A DOOR IT OPENS TO AN ALTERNATIVE REALITY.

>> THERE IS TRICKERY WITH THIS ONE.

>> A DOOR PERCEPTION, WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR, EACH TIME YOU OPEN IT TRANS POTS TO YOUTRANSPORTS YOUTO A DIFFERENT SPACE THAT'S HALF THE FUN OPENING THE DOOR AND FINDING OUT WHERE YOUR DESTINY WILL TAKE U THIS YEAR WE'LL SAY DOOR AT THE FASHION SQUARE MALL WHICH IS A FABULOUS PARTNER OF OURS AND PEOPLE AT THE MALL WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND SEE IN TO THE CANAL CONVERGENCE EVENT.

>> SIGH E FOR THESE FOLKS LOOKING THERE, THIS IS NOT LIKE AND SORT OF POLTERGEIST THING WHERE YOU WALK THROUGH THE SCREEN AND YOU ARE SAYING IT'S POSSIBLE?

>> YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR CHANCES.

IT IS HALLOWEEN WE WON'T GO THERE.

>> YOU JUST OPEN AND WHATEVER HAPPENS HAPPENS?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

MAKES FOR GREAT PHOTOS.

THIS IS SUCH A PHOTO EVENT.

>> IT IS, HOW IS IT CURATED.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS WILL WORK AND MAYBE WE'LL PASS ON THAT?

>> IT'S REALLY A TOUGH EXPERIENCE.

WE DO IT THROUGH -- WE INVITE ARTISTS FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.

WE GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE JURY PROCESS.

THIS YEAR WAS REALLY FUN BECAUSE WE GOT TO LOOK BACK AT THE 10 YEARS OF THIS EVENT AND SAY, WHERE HAVE THEY GONE?

AND WENT ON TO BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL WHICH IS FABULOUS BUT IT MAKES THEM HARD TO COME HEAR BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BUSY THINK SO WE DO A MIX OF WHERE WENT THERE TO BE PAR PA PORE PARTICIPATORY EXPERIENCES GREAT PLACES TO TAKE A PHOTO.

BEAUTIFUL CONVICTION AND THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE IS REALLY PARTNER.

>> WHERE DO YOU PARK?

>> OKAY, I LIKE -- MY SECRET SPOT IS THE NORDSTROM PARKING LOT JUST SOUTH OF FASHION SQUARE.

IT'S VERY CLOSE TO OUR INNOVATION ZONE AND COMMUNITY ROUNDABOUT WHEN YOU POP IN, DO ACTIVITIES AND LOOK AT THE ART AND THEN GRAB AND FOOD AND DRINK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU GOTTA DO AND SHOPPING TO GET THAT DONE AS WELL.

>> START EARLY FOR YOUR CHRISTMAS.

>> NATIONALLY MARSH, SCOTTSDALE ARTS LEARNING AND INNOVATION, CONGRATULATIONS, 10 YEARS OF CANAL CONVERGENCE.

>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YOU BET.

NOW IT THAT IS FOR NOW.

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