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Lorraine Finander celebrates 100th birthday

BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF

Lorraine Finander of Buckeye celebrated her 100th birthday on Valentine’s Day.

Born in Philadelphia, Finander lived in New York for 73 years before moving west in 2015 to live with her son, Brian, and daughter-in-law, Marlene. Finander also has a daughter, Janet, who lives in Florida with her husband, Sam, whom she married in 1943. They were together for 45 years, until Sam died from cancer in 1988.

The Finanders traveled to a variety of spots, including the former Soviet Union, China and South America. After Sam’s death, Finander continued that hobby, visiting Alaska, Colorado and Texas, among other spots, with other widows.

Now, she enjoys watching cable television news and doing crossword puzzles to keep her mind sharp. Finander, Brian and Marlene once auditioned for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.”

Finander was a public school teacher for decades in suburban New York before retiring in 1991.

Finander’s mother, Sara, lived to be 103 years and seven and a half months. She’s determined to match or beat her mother’s record.

Avondale celebrates nature with Tres Rios Nature Festival

BY MATTHEW ELITZ

West Valley View Staff Writer

The city of Avondale is once again bringing the Tres Rios Nature Festival to the area to showcase the rich, diverse wildlife and history of the Gila River drainage.

The event will be held at the Tres Rios Base & Meridian Wildlife Area from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 26.

Stacey Swainston, recreation supervisor for the city of Avondale, said the activities are wide ranging.

“You name it, we’ve got a ton going on,” Swainston said.

“Lots of organizations are helping out, too. We have ASU. We have Central Arizona Conservation Alliance, Central Mountain Rescue, a nonprofit who is doing our beer garden. All proceeds will go to Central Mountain Rescue. Even city departments are involved, such as public works, Goodyear and the city of Phoenix Water Department. None of this would be made possible without help from many outside organizations.”

The 40 organizations chip in to add variety and fl avor to the festival. Activities include zip lining, canoeing, fi shing lessons, a climbing wall, bird hikes and canine demos, all of which are free. In addition, Avondale food vendors will show off the local cuisine.

Eight bands playing country and bluegrass will provide the soundtrack for visitors.

Swainston seemed happy about the hard work and effort put into this year’s event from local businesses and nonprofi ts.

“This festival has been going on for 17 years,” she said. “We all work hard to put it on, but could never pull it off without tons of help from the community.”

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WHAT: Tres Rios Nature Festival WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, and Sunday, Feb. 26 WHERE: Tres Rios Base & Meridian Wildlife Area o of South Avondale Boulevard. COST: Free admission INFO: avondaleaz.gov

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by Linda Thistle

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK H

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DIFFICULTY THIS WEEK H

H Moderate HH Challenging HHH HOO BOY!

EVEN EXCHANGE

by Donna Pettman

Each numbered row contains two clues and two answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from MASTER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.

SCRAMBLERS

Unscramble the letters within each rectangle to form four ordinary words. Then rearrange the boxed letters to form the mystery word, which will complete the gag!