TED: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON: A LOOK AT PROP-316, WHICH WOULD LIMIT LOCAL TAX RATES ON GROCERIES.

ALSO TONIGHT, WE'LL HEAR HOW LIFESTYLE FACTORS CAN HELP WITH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE.

AND, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A UNIQUE ARTS PROGRAM AT A SENIOR LIVING CENTER.

THOSE STORIES AND MORE NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

AMONG THE PROPOSED MEASURES ON NOVEMBER'S GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT IS PROPOSITION-316, WHICH LOOKS TO RESTRICT TAXES ON GROCERIES.

JOINING US NOW IS STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEO BIASIUCCI, WHO SUPPORTS THE PROPOSITION.

WE SHOULD NOTE THAT WE INVITED PROP-316 "OPPONENTS" TO JOIN THE DISCUSSION, BUT THOSE INVITATIONS WERE DECLINED.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

TED: WHAT DOES IT CALL FOR?

>> I THINK EVERYONE CAN AGREE GROCERY PRICES HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ROOF.

THEY HAVE BEEN FOR AWHILE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY KIND OF RELIEF.

SO THIS BILL WAS FIRST TRYING TO BRING RELIEF TO FAMILIES THAT ARE TRYING TO BUY GROCERIES AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

THIS BILL ONLY APPLIES TO ESSENTIAL FOODS.

YOU TO GO THE GROCERY STORE.

BREAD, MILK, EGGS.

I DON'T BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE A TAX ON SOMETHING LIKE EYE SENTION GROCERIES ON THOSE FOODS, SO IT DOESN'T TOUCH FAST-FOOD.

IT DOESN'T TOUCH RESTAURANTS.

THIS IS FOOD YOU ARE GOING TO GET FROM THE GROCERY STORE.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SAYING, LOOK, WE ARE GOING TO PUT A STOP TO THIS.

THE STATE OF ARIZONA WE WE REMOVE THIS AS A STATE.

OF COURSE, THE TONS GOT CREATIVE.

THEY STARTED TO ADD THE TAX AT A LOCAL JURISDICTION.

LOOK, IF YOU ARE LOCAL, YOU HAVE THIS TAX.

WE ARE FREEZING IT.

THEN ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD CAN NEVER BE MORE THAN 2% IF YOU GO TO THE BALLOT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

CITIES CAN'T UP THE SALES TAX BY MORE THAN 2% OVER THE BASE PRICE.

>> RIGHT.

TED: IF IT IS ALREADY AT 2%, THAT IS IT.

THAT IS AL PL BALL GAME.

YOU CAN'T DO ANY MORE.

OOP THAT IS CORRECT.

>> THERE IS ALSO IN HERE.

IF YOU ARE AT ONE PERCENT.

YOU WANT TO GET IT TO 2%.

YOU NEED TO HAVE A VOTE ON IT, CORRECT?

>> YEAH.

THAT HE IS SOMETHING WE CAME TO A COMPROMISE.

IF IT WERE UP TO ME, I WOULD GET RID OF THE TAX ALTOGETHER.

I IS A BAD TAX IN GENERAL.

THE LEGISLATURE, AS YOU KNOW, IT US BAWL COMPROMISE.

HOW DO YOU GET TO A POINT WE ALL AGREE.

THE AGREEMENT WAS WE ARE GOING TO LET THEM KEEP IT.

IF THEY WANT TO RAISE IT, THEY HAVE TO GO TO LOCAL VOTERS TO PROVE THEIR POINT AND PROVE IT UP TO 2%.

TED: AGAIN, BE IF THE CITY IN WITH AS TO GO 3% OR 4%.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE VOTERS SAY.

IT STOPS IT, TOO.

>> WHAT IF YOU WERE AT FOUR.

STOPS THERE, NO MORE.

CORRECT.

>> ANYBODY WHO IS AT POUR, THINK THE HIGHEST ONE IS 4% RIGHT NOW.

FROZEN AT THAT RACE.

THEY CAN NEVER GO HIGHER AND GO TO THE BALLOT TO GO HIGHER THAN THE 4% THEY ARE AT.

SO THEY ARE LITERALLY STUCK AT THAT PERCENTAGE MOVING FORWARD.

>> RETROACTIVE TO THIS YEAR.

LIKE JULY.

2025 IS WHEN.

>> OH, SO YOU HAD TO DO IT BEFORE THEN.

YOU HAD TO RAISE IT TOT WHATEVER YOU WANTED.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID THAT.

MOVING FORWARD NOW.

YEAH, IF IT PASSES THE PAL LOT, FROZEN.

>> WHY IS IT A GOOD THING FOR ARIZONA?

>> I THINK, THE EASIEST THING TO SAY, LET'S SAY ARE ON FOOD STAMP, SNAP.

WE DON'T TAX FOOD AT ALL.

IT DOESN'T MAT WHERE YOU ARE AT.

WHAT CITY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THEY DO NOT GET TAXED AT ALL.

THE REASON IT IS A GREAT THING.

THE THOUGHT TO MYSELF, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T QUALIFY FOR SNAP OR FOOD STAMPS BUT BELIEVE THEY SHOULD NOT BE TAXED IF YOU ARE.

WE SHOULD BE TREATED AT THE SAME.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO SAVE SOMEBODY $2 TO $300 A YEAR.

YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SENDING YOUR KID TO SOCCER, YOUR DAUGHTER TO PAL LAY.

THAT IS PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THIS THE POCKETS OF EVERY ARIZONAN CITIZEN.

TO THINK THEY ARE TAXING SOMETHING YOU NEEDED TO SURVIVE, LIKE FOOD, IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN MY OPINION.

TED: YEAH.

CRITICS WILL SAY THE RURAL AREAS, SMALLER CITIES, THEY ARE GOING TO GET HIT ESPECIALLY HARD.

SOME OF THE PLACES DON'T HAVE PROPERTY TAXES.

>> SURE.

YOU CAN RAISE TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOSS OF FUNDING.

BUT SOME OF THESE SMALLER TOWNS, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF IT MEANS THEY ARE GOING TO TURN AROUND AND INSTITUTE A PROPERTY TAX INTO YEAH.

I MEAN, I THINK.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST PUSHBACKS WE GOT FROM CITY MAYORS.

THE CITY OF WHAT YOU SAID.

THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS FUNDS OUR POLICE, THIS FUNDS OUR FIRE.

SO I DID RESEARCH.

THAT IS NO THE CASE.

SO 70 OF THE 90 ROUGHLY CITIES HAVE TAXABLE FOOD.

20 OR SO DO NOT.

YOU LOOK AT THE 20 CITIES THAT DO NOT HAVE A FOOD TAX AT ALL.

I AM TALKING MY HOMETOWN, HAVASU CITY, KING ARIZONA, CITY OF PHOENIX, THE CITY OF TUCSON, SO BIG AND SMALL DO NOT HAVE A FOOD TAX.

I WOULD PUSH BASHING BACK AND SAY, A SMALL CITY LIKE COURTSIDE, ARIZONA WHERE HOW ARE THEY ABLE TO DO IT?

HOW DO THEY SURVIVE?

HOW CAN THEY PAY FOR THE POLICE?

TO ME, IS NOT A SPENDING PROBLEM, IT IS A REVENUE PROB.

BIG CITIES, SMALL CITIES ARE DOING IT WITHOUT A FOOD TAX.

ARE YOU SAYING IT INCLUDES INFRASTRUCTURE, IT INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC SERVICES IN THAT IS WHAT THE CITIES AND TOWNS ARE SAYING.

>> SURE.

TED: AGAIN, SOME CAN HANDLE THIS BETTER THAN OTHERS.

DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO DO A BLANKET 2%, THAT IS IT.

THAT IS BALL GAME.

>> YEAH.

FOR ME.

WOULD BE 0.

RIGHT?

I SEE IT.

I HAVE SEEN CITIES THAT ARE SMALL THAT MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE REVENUE LIKE PHOENIX.

PHOENIX NOT HAVING ONE MAKES 100% SENSE.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF REVENUE COMING IN?

AM HOW DO YOU HAVE THE ARGUE.

HOW A CITY LIKE COURTSIDE, LAKE HAVASU, KINGMAN, THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.

THEY HAVE THE REVENUE HAVE THE POLICE, THE FIRE, THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

THEY ARE NOT COMPLAINING.

THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK.

THEY ARE NOT PUSHING BACK.

NONE OF THEM HAVE NOT FOUGHT BACK.

WE CAN HANDLE IT.

WE ARE FEN RATING NEFF REVENUE OF SUPPLY MONEY FOR THESE THINGS.

I DON'T SEE THAT AS A GOOD ARGUE.

TED: THAT IS CORTSIDE'S DECISION.

COURTSIDE MADE THAT DECISION.

THEY WENT WITH IT.

THE VOTERS VOTED IN THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THE DECISION.

THEY KEEP THOSE PEOPLE IN THERE.

>> RIGHT.

BUT OTHER AREAS, THEY HAVE LOCAL LEADERS WHO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

THE EMPHASIS ON THE WORD LOCAL.

WHY SHOULD THE STATE, IN THE IS A, BY WAY OF STATUTE OAR THROUGH MEASURE, COME IN AND TELL AL MULOW CALL MUNICIPALITY.

SOMETHING AS BASIC AS THIS.

>> RIGHT.

THE BIGGEST COUNTER THAT IS GOING TO BE.

I AM A FIRM BELIEVER.

THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE ON UP THE POCKET AS A RESIDENT THE BETTER OFF YOU ARE.

I DON'T THINK HOW THE GOVERNMENT KNOW HOUSE TO SPEND MONEY.

SO THIS IS WHY THE COMPROMISE WAS MADE.

THE LOCAL DECIDE, EVEN WITHIN THIS BALLOT REFERRAL.

AM LETTING THE PEOPLE OF ARIZONA DECIDE.

DO YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD IN ENDING THIS TAX?

AND PUTTING A CAP ON THIS NAX IF YOU DONE.

YOU CAN VOTE NO.

I THINK THE MAJORITY WOULD APRE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TAX US ON THINGS LIKE TV'S, CAR, TEES OTHER ITEMS YOU TALK ABOUT FOOD, WE ARE ALREADY SEEMINGLY OUT OF POPULATION, THE SNAP.

WHY ARE WE PUNISHING SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DOESN'T QUALIFY THEY HAVE TO PAY THE TAX?

TED: THAT BRINGS BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION IS WHY SHOULD THE STATE BE INVOLVED IN A CITY'S BUDGET.

>> SURE.

THAT IS WHAT THE LEGISLATURE IS.

IF WE DO IT ALL THE TIME.

TED: IS THAT A GOOD THING?

>> WHEN WE HAVE TO, FLE.

WHEN IT COMES TO TAXING 100%.

I THINK, SOMETIMES, YOU NEED TO STEP IN TO SAY, LOOK, YOU ARE OVER, YOU ARE OVERREACHING ON SOMETHING LIKE INCREASING TAXES.

THIS IS WHY THE STATE GOT RID OF IT COMPLETELY BEFORE.

SO THE STATE DOESN'T CHARGE, RIGHT INNOW WE SAW THE CITIES GET CREATIVE.

SOMETHING I THINK WE INTEND ON STOPPING A LONG TIME AGO.

THEY GOT CREATIVE AND SAID WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STEP IN.

SAME WITH HOUSING WE TRIED.

WE DO IT A LOT.

WE STEP IN AND SAY WHETHER IT IS AIRBNB'S, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO STEP IN, I BELIEVE, TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.

TED: LAST QUESTION, WHEN OPPONENTS SAY, YOU MENTIONED OVERREACH.

THEY ARE SAYING IT IS A STATE OVERREACH HERE.

AS REPUBLICANS DON'T LIKE FEDERAL.

THIS IS STATE OVERREACH.

WHAT IS GOING GOING?

HOW DO YOU SCARE THAT?

>> YOU COME BACK AND SAY, I WAS GOING TO COME IN TO SAY YOU HAVE TO RAISE TAXES YOU HAVE AN ARGUMENT.

I AM SAYING STOP WITH THE OVERREACH TO THE CITIES AND TOWNS.

LET'S BE REASONABLE 2% IS TOO MUCH.

I THINK SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT AND SAY, TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES.

THIS IS FOOD.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOOD.

SO OVERREACH IS DEFINED IN MANY WAYS.

REPRESENTATIVE LEO BIASIUCCI.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> APPRECIATE YOU.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT EVERYDAY LIFESTYLE HABITS ASSOCIATED WITH "PHYSICAL" HEALTH MAY ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN REGULATING "EMOTIONS" AND THUS IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS.

TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME CHRISTOPHER NECK, HE'S FROM ASU'S W.P.

CAREY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, AND HE HELPED LEAD THE STUDY.

GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

TED, IT GREAT TO SEE YOU GAIN.

TED: ALL RIGHT.

THIS STUDY BASICALLY LOOKS AT THE IMPACT OF WHAT?

JUST A CONSISTENT RETEEN?

>> WELL, IT IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT, LET ME GIVE A PLUG TO MY CO RESENNER DR.

TODD RED EDWARDS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO.

WHAT WE LOOKED AT, TED, THREE THINGS THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, I AM SURE.

SLEEP.

DIET AND EXERCISE.

AND HOW THOSE IMPACT HOW YOU CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS YOUR RELATIONSHIPS.

AT HOME AND AT WORK.

>> YEAH.

AND SLEEP IS, IF YOU HAD TO PICK ONE, WOULD SLEEP BE THE BIGGY?

>> I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, ALL THREE ARE IN THE MOUNT RUSHMORE OF LIFE-STYLE BEHAVIORS.

>> YEAH.

>> SLEEP IS THE BIGGEST BUT THE OTHER TWO RELATE TO SLEEP.

TED: AND THE AM I PACK IS ON PATIENTS, ON REGULATING EMOTION.

THESE SORTS OF THINGS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE ABOUT IT.

I AM SURE THERE IS SOME NIGHTS YOU DON'T GET GOOD SLEEP, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

TED: YOU MAY NOT REALIZE IT.

BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU ARE LESS ABLE TO REGULATE YOUR EMOTIONS.

YOU ARE NOT AS PATIENT.

YOU ARE NOT AS CARING.

YOU ARE NOT AS UNDERSTANDING.

MAYBE YOU GET IN TWO ARMINGS ABOUT WITH THE FAMILY, THE COWORKERS, THAT IS BECAUSE SLEEP IS IMPACTING HOW YOU OPERATE.

TED: YOU ARE FROM THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

THIS IS A BIG PROFESSIONAL ISSUE AS WELL.

>> HUGE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHAT I LIKE TO SAY IS THAT, LEADERSHIP THE FIRST STEP OF LEADERSHIP IS THE NIGHT BEFORE.

IT IS HOW YOU GET YOUR SLEEP.

BECAUSE SAY YOU ARE THE BOSS, AND YOU COME IN AND YOU HAVE NOT SLEPT WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO BE LESS UNDERSTANDING WITH YOUR EMPLOYEES.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE LESS PATIENT WITH YOUR COWORKERS.

AND YOU ARE NOT GOING TO PERFORM AS WELL.

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO BE AS GOOD OF A LEADER.

TED: I THINK SCAFFOLDING USED FOR A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WORLD.

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

TED: IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

>> IF YOU ARE SLEEPING WELL, YOU ARE EATING WELL, AND YOU ARE EXERCISING WELL, IT GIVES YOU A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE THE WORKPLACE.

TED: IT ALSO, I WOULD IMAGINE, I THINK FROM YOUR STUDY YOU REVEALED THIS.

RESILIENCE.

TRUE?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

OUR RESEARCH AND OTHER PEOPLE'S RESEARCH SHOW FUSS ARE SLEEPING WELL, EATING WELL, EXERCISING, YOU ARE MORE REI CRYPT.

YOU ARE ABLE TO DEAL WITH FAILURE.

BETTER.

YOU ARE BETTER TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO YOUR GOALS BETTER.

IT IS JUST A WIN-WIN.

YAO SO COMPARE EATING, SLEEPING AND EXERCISING WELL WITH CONSISTENT EATING SLEEPING AND EXERCISING.

>> WELL, I QUILL ADDED TO THAT.

DOING THAT CONSISTENTLY WELL.

IN WHAT OUR RESEARCH SHOWS ESPECIALLY WITH SLEEP, IT IS, IT IS HOW MUCH SLEEP YOU GET, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS AN OBSTACLE AMOUNT BUT THAT YOU SLEEP, GET GOOD SLEEP CONSISTENTLY.

FROM NIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT.

TED: SO I KEEP HEARING THAT IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO GO TO BED AT THE SAME TIME AND TO WAKE UP AT KIND OF THE SAME TIME BECAUSE IF YOU MESS AROUND WITH THAT PARTICULAR ROUTINE, AND THAT IS SEMATIC, IF YOU WILL, THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.

>> YOU ARE CORRECT.

YOUR BODY DOES NOT LIKE CHAOS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO SLEEP AT DIFFERENT TIMES ON DIFFERENT NIGHTS AND GETTING UP DIFFERENT TIMES, THAT IS CHAOS TO YOUR BODY.

YOUR BODY DOESN'T LIKE CHAOS.

YOUR BODY WANTS ROUTINE.

AND BECAUSE THE ROUTINE, TED, ALLOWS TO YOU REFUEL, TO REEN NER FY, TO GET READY FOR THE NEXT DAY.

TED: AND YOU ARE TALKING.

SO APPLY AS WELL TO EXERCISE AND DIET?

IF YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO DO THE SAME EXERCISE OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

>> YOU DO NOT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT.

BUZZ IF YOU THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT DIET AND EXERCISE.

THOSE ARE IMPORTANT IN ITSELF BUT THOSE IMPACT SLEEP LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU EAT RIGHT BEFORE BUT TO TO BED.

THAT IS GOING TO DISRUPT THE SLEEP.

THE GENERAL IS, THREE HOURS, MINIMUM, TWO OTHERS.

YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT ANYTHING AFTER THAT.

AND HELPS YOU GET AND BUT IF YOU DO A VERY INTENSIVE WORKOUT, CLOSE TO WHEN YOU GO TO BED AND CONSISTENT.

CONSISTENT.

>> CONSISTENT AND CONSISTENT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVEN COMMUNICATION.

>> WELL, CONSISTENT, CONSISTENT HELPS YOU BE A BETTER COMMUNICATOR.

SO THINK ABOUT IT.

TED: BUT YOU CAN BE IN THE BEST IN THE WORLD IF YOU ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THIS STUFF.

ARE NOT THE BEST COMMUNICATOR IN THE WORLD ANY MORE.

>> OH, WELL, THAT IS TRUE.

>> YOU CAN BE A GOOD COME MUNRATOR.

IF YOU ARE NOT SLEEPING WELL, IF YOU NOT EXERCISING CONSISTENTLY, IF YOU ARE NOT EATING APPROPRIATELY.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE AWAY.

YOU MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT.

YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD AS YOU CAN BE.

IT IS LIKE, THE PHRASE I LIKE TO USE, TED, JOSEPH FROM THE POWER AND THE MYTH SAID THE CLIMB THE LADDER OF SUCCESS, ONLY TO REALIZE, THAT YOUR LADDER WAS PROPPED UP AUTOBAHNS THE WRONG WALL.

SO WHATEVER LADDER YOU ARE TRYING TO CLIMB WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE THE BEST INTERVIEWER IN THE WORD AND YOU WANT TO BE ROCK A. WANT TO BE SUPERMODEL.

YOU WANT TO BE A DOCTOR.

AS ARE CLIMBING THAT LADDER.

IF THAT LADDER IS AGAINST THE WALL WHERE YOU ARE NOT SLEEPING WELL, YOU ARE NOT EATING APPROPRIATELY.

YOU ARE NOT EXERCISE.

YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE.

TED: THAT IS THE MESSAGE WANT TAKEN FROM THIS STUDY?

THAT IS THE MESSAGE HERE?

OH 100%.

>> 100%.

THOSE THREE THINGS, SLEEP, DIET, EXERCISE, THEY ARE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES TOWARD HELPING YOU ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND RELATIONSHIPS ARE PART OF THAT.

IF YOU DON'T DO THE THREE THINGS WELL.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE LESS LIKELY.

TED: THAT COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IS THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

YEAH.

WHAT IS CRAZY, YOU KNOW, WE TEACH ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE BUSINESS SCHOOL FROM TECHNOLOGY, TO LEADERSHIP STYLE, WHAT I AM BRINGING INTO THE CLASSROOM TO MY STUDENTS IS THOSE ARE IMPORTANT BUT LET ME GIVE YOU A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE.

YOU CAN DO ALL THOSE THINGS BUT FOCUS ON THE SLEEP.

FOCUS ON THE EXERCISE, THE DIET, THAT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, AN EXTRA BOOST.

TED: REALLY INTERESTING STUFF.

CHRISTOPHER, SCHOOL OF BUSINESS.

GOOD STUFF.

THANKS FOR SHARING.

WE APPRECIATE.

>> PLEASURE.

♪ FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE IS A SENIOR LIVING CENTER THAT OFFERS AN EXPANDED ARTS PROGRAM FOR ALL LEVELS OF ACCOMPLISHED AND ASPIRING ARTISTS.

TONIGHT, AS PART OF OUR MONTHLY AARP SPONSORED SEGMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO OLDER ADULTS IN ARIZONA, WE LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS SENIOR-FOCUSED ARTS INITIATIVE.

JOINING US NOW IS FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COLE MARVIN, AND RESIDENT-ARTIST DIANE DELANEY.

GOOD TO YOU HAVE BOTH HERE.

THANKS FOR JOINING US.

COLE, LET'S START WITH YOU.

DESCRIBE FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE FOR US?

>> A SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY THAT HAS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF CARE, BUT WE HAVE ASSISTED LIVING AND THE HEALTH CARE CENTER AND ALL THE OTHER SERVICES.

TED: HOW LONG HAS THE ARTS PROGRAM BEEN SNAPPED.

>> FOR 46 YEARS BUT WE RECENTLY PUT ABOUT $3 INTO THE ARTS CENTER, REVAMPED IT AND DEGREATED AN AMAZING STUDIO CENTER.

DIANE, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE?

>> TEN YEARS.

U SOON THE CHANGES THEN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THE REASON I MOVED FROM FLORIDA TO TEMPE WAS SOLELY BECAUSE OF THE STUDIOS, THIS IS THE ONLY LOCATION, AND THE COUNTRY THAT HAS THESE TYPE OF STUDIOS.

>> I FIND THAT INTERESTING THAT MORE PLACES DON'T HAVE -- LIKE HOW MANY STUDIOS DO YOU GOT?

HOW MANY ARE THERE?

>> WE HAVE SIX RANNABLING FROM METAL AND JEWELRY TO CERAMICS, WEAVE, WOODCRAFTING.

TED: YOU BRING IN LIKE GUESTS LIKE PEOPLE THE PROFESSIONALS TO HELP AND EVERYTHING?

>> WELL, A LOT OF TIME OFS IT'S THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LEAVING THE PROBLEM.

WE ATTRACT PEOPLE LIKE DIANE WHO COME AND THEY LEAD.

TED: IS IT OPEN FOR ALL ARTS LEVELS NOW?

>> YES.

YES.

>> SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE EXPERT AT IT IN THE.

>> NO.

YOU GOT TOT SHOW AN INTEREST.

YOU NOT TO SHOW UP AND DO THE WEAVING.

IF IT IS YOUR TIME.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE OPEN HOUSES EVERY YEAR TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO SHOW THEM ALL OF THE VARIETY OF THINGS THEY CAN TO.

YEAH.

LOOKING AT THE WEEDING NOW.

RIGHT HERE ON PROGRAMS, SO, YOU GOT WEAVING, YOU GOT WHEELS AND CLASSES.

I MEAN YOU NOT ALL SORTS OF STUFF THERE.

COLE.

>> PEOPLE LOSE TRACK OF TIME DOWN THERE.

IT IS HON LES I. SOME PEOPLE DISCOVERED THEMSELVES AND NO IDEA THEY WERE ARTISTS AND OTHERS CAME KNOWING FULL WELL WHAT THEY WERE AND HONE THEIR CRAFT.

>> WHICH ONE WERE YOU?

>> WELL, I HAD, THE IDEA OF SERAM SERAM EKES HAD PERCOLATED FOR YEARS AND YEARS I DECIDED WHEN I RETIRED THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO.

SO I STARTED FROM SCRATCH AND TOOK CLASSES AT THE CENTER, BUT ALSO AT MESA ARTS CENTER AND OTHER PLACES AND OVER TIME, I AM NOW INSTRUCTING AT FREEBASESHIP.

TED: THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE TAGGING ABOUT IT IT?

>> SOME OF THE FOLKS COME THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY ARE THE TEACHERS.

>> MORE LEADERS STEPPING UP ALL THE TIME BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND STEPPED AWAY.

YOU NEED ANOTHER LEADER WAITING.

WHAT.

WHAT DO YOU HEAR FROM THOSE WHO MAYBE THEY ARE NOT, THEY KNOW.

SHE KNEW WHAT SHE WANTED BUT NOT QUITE SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I WANT TO BE MUSICIAN, WOODWORKER.

HOW DOES THAT WORK?

WELL, I THINK THEY FIND IT ON THEIR OWN.

WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER.

ART IS ONE PIECE OF WHAT WE OFFER.

WE OFFER A LOT.

I MEAN IT IS 200 MORE PROGRAMS HAPPENING AT FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE FROM.

HE THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINS IS THERE IS TOO TOP OF CHOOSE FROM.

>> OH.

YEAH.

WELL, THAT, YEAH.

MAKES SENSE TO YOU.

YEAH.

ABSOLUTELY TOES.

I UNDERSTAND THERE IS LIKE A PERFORMANCE THEATER, THERE IS MUSIC, DANCE, ALL OF THAT AS WELL.

WE TO.

WE HAVE A READER'S THEATER.

THEY DID UNBELIEVABLE PROGRAM.

WE HAD OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL COME IN AND LEAD THEM.

AND THEY ARE, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THEY PUT TOGETHER.

>> WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AROUND, WERE YOU SURPRISED THERE WERE NOT MORE PLACES, SENIOR LIVING CENTERS THAT HAVE EMPHASIS ON THE ARTS INTO WE ARE.

AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE.

I MEAN WE ARE GETTING PEOPLE GOM!

COMING THROUGH ALL THE TIME THIS CANNOT WAIT TO JOIN BECAUSE THIS IS THE PLACE.

TED: WHEN YOU TEACH THE TOLL FOLKS, TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE AS FAR AS THE DEVELOPMENT, THEIR GROWTH, AND THEIR MOOD, AND JUST THEIR I GUESS IF.

>> WELL, WE PLAY CLASS ABILITILE MUSIC IN THREE STUDIO.

TED: OK.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT IS ONE THING TO SET THE MOOD.

YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY PEOPLE WHEN THEY ARE RNG WOOING.

WE DO HAND BUILDING.

WE HAVE THE WHEEL ALSO.

I TEACH HAND BUILDING.

YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE ARE WORKING, THEY JUST REALLY GET INTO A ZEN LIKE FEELING AND WILL SAY, THIS IS MY THERAPY.

THIS.

I NEED THIS.

AND TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH THAT OUTLET IS CRUCIAL.

TED: THAT FOCUS IS A BIG DEAL.

HAPPY LIFE.

HAPPY DIRECTOR.

YEAH.

>> OK.

NOT TOO MUCH TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THERE.

WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE.

IT IS THERE A CHANCE FOR MORE EXPANDS?

>> WE HAVE A BUILDING WE JUST TOOK DOWN THAT WAS 46 YEARS OLD.

BUILDING A KNIFE STORY BUILDING, 69%S, A ROOF TOLL SPORTS BAR.

THE ROOFTOP SPORTS PAR.

>> HOLY SMOKES I NOT TO STOP BUY AND TAKE IT.

CREATIVE AGING, DOES THIS -- DOES THAT -- WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE?

CREATIVE AGING?

>> CERTAINLY.

CERTAINLY.

YOU KNOW, I WAS WORRIED THAT TRYING TO GET OUT AND INTO SHOWS WOULD BE DIFFICULTY FOR OLDER PEOPLE AND LIKE IT IS.

ART DOESN'T HAVE AN AGE TO IT.

RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, REALLY THE OLDER HE ARE, THE MORE YOU HAVE TO PUT INTO YOUR DESIGNS.

TED: BUT THE IDEA OF CREATING AGING AGAIN FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'SVIEW POINT HERE.

YOU SEEING MORE OF THIS.

TEN YEARS AGO.

WOULD THERE BE AS MANY INTERESTED IN THE ARTS?

NO, IT IS GROWING.

HONESTLY.

IT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF A PROD TUCT THERE.

YOU CAN LOOK SOMEBODY IN THE EYE AND LIVE A HEALTHIER, HAPPIER LIFE AS PART OF MOVING THERE AND BEING A PART OF IT, YOU KNOW, ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.

>> YEAH.

WHERE CAN PEOPLE FIND OUT SNEER FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE'S WEBSITE.

TEMPE, AZ.COM.

TED: YOU TRY SOMETHING ELSES?

>> OH, NO.

I AM IN CERAMICS.

JU ARE NOT GOING TO DABBLE ELSEWHERE?

>> NO.

JUST TRYING TO PROTECT SERAM KS IS ENOUGH CHORE.

TED: TAKES ENOUGH OF THE TIME, TOO.

TED: YES, IT DOES.

DIANE DELANEY, COLE MARVIN, SOUNDS LOOK ARE GOING GOOD WORK.

>> COME AND BY SEE US.

TED: I WILL STOP BY THE SPORTS BAR.

GOOD HAVE YOU HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

TED: YOU BET.

THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I AM TED SIMONS.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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