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ArizonA DAily Sun Wednesday, June 20, 2018 A3 1 INCREDIBLES 2B 4:50, 7:30, 10:10 KF GOTTI 4:40, 7:10, 9:50 3D INCREDIBLES 2 4:20, 7:00, 9:45 INCREDIBLES 2 10:30, 12:40, 1:10, 2:40, 3:20, 3:50, 5:20, 6:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:10, 10:40 TAG 2:30, 5:00, 6:05, 7:30, 8:45, 10:00 SUPERFLY 5:00, 7:45, 10:30 HEREDITARY 4:15, 6:55, 10:45 HOTEL ARTEMIS 5:10, 8:40, 11:10 8 11:20, 2:00, 3:40, 4:40, 6:15, 7:20, 9:40, 10:20 ADRIFT 5:00, 8:30, 10:50 SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY 4:00, 7:05, 10:05 BOOK CLUB 6:10, 9:55 DEADPOOL 2 3:30, 7:35, 11:00 KF THE SEAGULL 6:25 AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR 7:20, 10:35 SMF THE BOSS BABY Special Engagement No Passes, No Coupons Closed Captioning Device not available Audio Description Headsets not available Wednesday 6.20 2018Showtimes valid for Vaughan S. Winborne Attorney at Law Flagstaff 928-707-0381 Solving legal problems in Northern AZ EMERY COWAN Sun Staff Reporter Water bills for typical Kachina Village residents will begin a three-year climb of more than 50 per- cent next month, according to a rate change approved Tuesday by the Coconino County Board of Supervi- sors, acting as the Board of Directors for the Kachina Village Improvement Dis- trict. Under the rate increase, a typical Kachina Village household of two will see its monthly combined wa- bill rise from $60 per month to $91 per month by July 2020. A typ- ical household of four us- ing about 5,000 gallons per month will see its monthly water bill rise from $78 per month to $118 per month over that time frame. The increase will help pay for about $2.5 million in infrastructure improve- ments that are needed over the next four years to ensure the water reliabil- ity, according to a district presentation.

It will also help balance the water dis- budget, as operating costs are starting to outpace revenues. Customer rates will rise between 12 percent and 20 percent each year for the next three years, with the first 20 percent increase slated to go into effect July 1. It will be the first rate increase in 12 years. A 14-member citizen ad- visory committee backs the rate increase. Of eight in- dividuals who commented on the proposal during a 60-day public feedback period, more than half ac- cepted the need for higher rates, though they were concerned about its size of the price jump or the speed of implementation, the dis- trict reported.

The district has almost 1,400 meter connections on its system. With the approval of a new rate plan complete, the district will now turn its attention to the possibility of returning district gover- nance to a local board com- posed of residents instead of the board of county super- visors, said Sam Mossman, district manager. Supervisors took over as the board of di- rectors in the mid 1980s after the citizen-run dis- trict faced a string of water quality and quantity prob- lems and financial issues, Mossman said. Two members of the public who spoke at the board hearing on Tuesday brought up concerns about the management of the dis- trict by elected officials and about the impact of the rate increase on low-income and disabled residents. do not increase our rates to the point that people afford drink- ing Kachina Village resident Sherry Peralta said to the board.

In response, the board has directed county staff to look into starting a program to provide assistance to resi- dents who will have difficul- ties paying the higher rates. Water bills in Kachina set to jump LOTTERY Pick 3 7-1-5 Fantasy 5 04-11-15-25-40 Mega Millions 11-13-28-65-70, Mega Ball: 14, Megaplier: 3 REBECCA SPIESS Cronkite News PHOENIX Akemi Var- gas mourns the absence of her father, deported when she was 7. Francisca Porchas, a Pu- enta Arizona activist with a 2-year-old daughter, an- guishes over children she says have been ripped from their families. And social worker Laurie Rosales, who has worked in immigrant detention cen- ters in Eloy and Florence, worries about the trauma the children are suffering in detention. All three joined a rally in downtown Phoenix on Monday, joining a grow- ing public outcry against a Trump administration policy for immigrants trying to cross the border illegally.

Attor- ney General Jeff percent prosecution announced in May, has separated hundreds of children from their fami- lies, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers, migrant-rights organiza- tions and others pressuring the administration to drop the practice. Nearly 2,000 children have been sepa- rated from their parents in the last six weeks, according to news media reports. Sessions recently quoted the Bible to defend the pol- icy, which the administra- tion says will deter illegal border crossers unwilling to risk being separated from their children. Akemi, whose father missed her eighth birthday, cried in front of her family as other children, includ- ing her siblings, held up an sign. Protest- ers destroyed a cardboard copy of a Department of Homeland Security build- ing before marching around the Sandra Day U.S.

Courthouse, chant- ing community united will never be in Spanish. Akemi just wants her fa- ther. would really like to say to him to try to come back, even how long it takes, and that I want me and him and my family to be Porchas, an organizer for the immigrant-rights or- ganization Puente Arizona, called the border situation a humanitarian crisis. crime hap- pening against these chil- dren feels like a crime against my own humanity, my own child, my own fam- she said at the rally in front of the courthouse. sit idly by and watch this Puente and a Tuc- son-based coalition are among the Arizona groups challenging the bor- der-separation policy.

Law- makers on both sides of the aisle, including Arizona Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake, have called for an end to the policy. In a tweet, McCain called the policy affront to the decency of the American Rosales, the social worker and counselor who has worked at unaccom- panied-minor and fam- ily detention centers, said separating families can traumatize children above and beyond the hardship of crossing a border. we do in terms of traumatizing them is far worse than anything experienced thus she said. least with the other hardship and ad- versity been in the care and love and support of their family. Here, been ripped away from Rosales said that sepa- rated children put in de- tention centers meant for criminals places them at risk of committing suicide.

are lockdown fa- cilities, so these kids have had all their rights taken from them in ways that we she said. not accustomed to the food, so not eat- ing. They often She said in some deten- tion facilities, because of liability issues, staff is in- structed not to touch the children. for example, hug she said. really hate to see it go that route, because what these kids need.

They need touch and love and Group speaks out against separation of families akemi Vargas, 8, spoke of her deportation at a Puente arizona rally Monday in downtown Phoenix. would really like to say to him to try to come Vargas said, that I want me and him and my family to be JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) Republican Sen. John McCain and Democratic Sen. Chris Coons called on President Donald administration Tuesday to withdraw its nominee for a key State Department position over his of for immi- grants. The appeal comes as the president faces mushrooming outrage over treatment of migrant families at the border.

In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the pair wrote that Ronald Mortensen, nom- inee for assistant secretary of state for Population, Refugees and Migration, spread misinforma- tion about They said they strongly oppose his nomination, accusing Mortensen of displaying lack of em- pathy for innocent men, women, and children fleeing violence and op- are deeply con- cerned about the possibil- ity of a virulent opponent of immigration serving as the United senior diplomat for migration and refugee the senators wrote in a letter obtained by The Associ- ated Press. Mortensen, a retired foreign service officer and U.S. Agency for Interna- tional Development of- ficial, was nominated in May. If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, he would oversee the State Department unit that deals with refugee re- settlement and assistance to displaced people, in- cluding those fleeing con- flict. He is known for his out- spoken views on immigra- tion, including as a fellow at the Center for Immigra- tion Studies, a think tank that the Southern Poverty Law Center, which moni- tors domestic extremism, has deemed a hate group.

The center describes itself as a nonpartisan research organization on the impact of immigration on the U.S. McCain and Coons said Mortensen had American religious leaders for sheltering and assisting calling his public comments undip- lomatic and to long his- tory of welcoming immi- Their letter refer- enced essays by Mortensen posted on the think website, including one in which he referred to the Obama-era policy of granting work permits for young im- migrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children as child The State Department confirmed that it had re- ceived the letter but said only that it would spond as Mortensen be reached for comment. But Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigra- tion Studies, defended nomina- tion and said his views on immigration were not relevant to overseeing aid to refugees and dis- placed people oversees. He pointed to long career in government providing humanitarian assistance in places like Mali, Sudan, Haiti and Syria.

Mortensen has delivered more food to the hungry and clothes to the naked and medicine to the sick than every single joker in the U.S. Congress put Krikorian said in an interview. Of McCain, he added: no sur- prise that McCain would team up with a Democrat to criticize someone who is hawkish on immigra- tion. been M.O. for a long McCain, Coons urge Trump to withdraw nominee HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services PHOENIX Congres- sional hopeful Matt Heinz has failed in his bid to knock one of his compet- itors off the ballot.

Maricopa County Su- perior Court Judge Joshua Rogers ruled Tuesday that Ann Kirkpatrick met the legal definition of being a resident of Tucson at the time she filed her legal paperwork for the open congressional seat being vacated by Martha McSally. In a 10-page ruling, Rogers acknowledged that Kirkpatrick, who used to represent a congressional district centered in North- ern Arizona, still owns a home in Flagstaff. There also are records introduced into evidence showing that the property on W. Cattle Drive is listed as owner-oc- cupied, a classification that reduces its property tax. Rogers also said she does spend time at a Phoenix condo which she jointly owns with husband Roger Curley.

But Rogers said based on the evidence he saw as well as statements in court the day before leads him to conclude that from the time she announced her candidacy in July 2017 and began to collect petition signatures for the Dem- ocratic nomination, she physically present in Tucson and had an intent to remain in Brian Robinson, a spokesman for the Heinz campaign that financed the legal challenge, said the ruling will not be appealed. But he said the hearing did accomplish much of what Heinz wanted. Robin- son said it brought to light what he said are facts that should get voters of CD 2 to question links to the area. moves from the legal court into the court of pub- lic he explained. we believe voters have a right to know the mound of evidence that shows Ann Kirkpatrick has made fraudulent and misleading statements in an attempt to further her political ca- Judge: Kirkpatrick can run for Congress Temps to top 90 this week in Flag Flagstaff is in for its first extended heat wave of the season this week as the high temperature reaches 91 de- grees Thursday.

The National Weather Service says temperatures will range between and 5 and 10 degrees above nor- mal through Saturday, with winds possibly picking up to near Red Flag conditions Saturday. There is only a slight pos- sibility at this time of pre- cipitation in the long-range forecast for Monday. Navajo Nation daughter, legal counsel resigns (AP) The Navajo Na- tion chief legal counsel and daughter has resigned, weeks after she was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving. A memo obtained by The Associated Press shows Karis Begaye verbally resigned June 13, ending her political appointment. President Russell Begaye told the Farmington Daily Times that she followed pro- cedure in entering a rehabil- itation program for 30 days then leaving the job.

His office otherwise has declined to comment on the matter and released requested public records. Karis Begaye had been on paid administrative leave. She declined comment Tuesday. The Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested her April 22 after a crash south of Flagstaff. Police records show she had a blood-al- cohol content of more than double the legal limit for driving.

No formal charges have been filed. IN BRIEF Aggravated assault with deadly weapon, shoplifting At approximately 5:49 p.m. on Tuesday, June 12 officers were dispatched to the Safeway on High- way 89 in Flagstaff for re- ports of shoplifting and an assault on an employee. According to the police report, a witness reported having seen the victim ap- proach the male suspect in the parking lot after he had observed him take something from the store. The two struggled and the suspect hit the employee in the head with a bottle of alcohol, the witness said.

The employee was knocked unconscious and fell to the ground. According to the police report, the weapon was a 1 liter bottle of Mak- Mark Whiskey. The vic- tim was transported to the Flagstaff Medical Center, where he was treated for a concussion and lacerations to the side of his head. The suspect was able to escape and the investigation is currently pending. DUI Martin San- doval, 27, was arrested for DUI to the slightest degree and DUI with a BAC of .08 or more.

Sandoval was ar- rested on Sunday, June 10 at approximately 3:08 a.m. Wednesday, June 13 Sheldon Morris, 41, was arrested on charges of Ex- treme DUI with a BAC of over .20, driving with a suspended license, ag- gravated DUI with license suspended, and out juris- diction warrant. POLICE LOG.