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Avondale council OKs strategic plan BY JAKARIA ROSS
West Valley View Staff Writer
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Avondale’s city council passed and adopted the Avondale Strategic Five-Year Plan, authorizing city officials to begin carrying out its purpose and stated goals for the year of 2021. The updated 2021 five-year strategic plan will be used as a roadmap and tool for budgeting, resource allocation and policy making, said Tracy Stevens, deputy city manager, who outlined the plan’s seven strategies. “The seven outcome areas are a result of all of the (priorities),” Stevens said. “Five of these come from our 2016 plan, but we have refined these and we also included two additional strategies.” Stevens said the city worked with the Novak Group, a consulting agency that focuses on strategic planning. Among those on the team were Julia Novak, Darin Thomas and Catherine Carter. “The strategic planning process involved input from a broad group of internal and
A view of Festival Fields Park, located on Lower Buckeye Road. (Photo courtesy city of Avondale)
external stakeholders,” Stevens said. “A survey was provided, and individual interviews were held with staff members, city management, and the mayor and coun-
cil. In August, a community summit was held via Zoom with 35 participants from
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Home developers pushing farther west BY PAUL MARYNIAK
West Valley View Staff Writer
Homes and lots in some master-planned West Valley communities will be sold out by the end of this year as developers and homebuilders are now buying up land farther to
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Jeff Palacios Jr., director of research for John Burns Real Estate Consulting, and Land Advisors CEO Greg Vogel, predicted that frustrated homebuyers will have to look as far
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West...continued from page 1 away as Casa Grande, the Lake Pleasant area and Florence as the inventory of affordable homes closer to the center of the Valley shrinks to unprecedented levels. Vogel noted that the number of building permits soared last year primarily in the West Valley and Pinal County, as available land in the East Valley has all but vanished except for huge tracts of State Trust Land in far East Mesa. Vogel said “all the way out the I-10 through Buckeye,” developers have started new platting and lots. “We’ll begin to see the start of new asphalt,” he said in the Sun City Festival Ranch area, Tartesso “and especially up along the Lake Pleasant Corridor Highway 74, that whole pocket between 60 and the 303.” “I think you will also notably see, compared to last year, a gravitation outward from infill Peoria onto and on top of Vistancia going northward to Highway 74,” Vogel said, noting “a miraculous amount of closings” at Tartesso. He said some communities, like Blue Horizons, Toscana and Aloravita, are facing build-out and that Estrella’s mar-
ket is hotter than the 645 sales recorded there last year. “If there were 1,000 lots on the ground, (Estrella) would have done 1,000,” he said. He said “extreme demand and a shortage of land supply” is driving homebuilders and developers to push the boundaries father to the south, east and west of Phoenix “and we’ll continue to see meager permitting in the Northeast only because of higher price points.” Vogel noted that the current inventory of finished lots in the metro Phoenix market totals about 13,000 after 28,700 building permits were issued in 2020. “It’s a little bit frightening related to the supply that is being burned off,” he said. “The builders bought 21,000 lots this past year. Some of those are larger supplies that will last several years, but there’s clearly a deep shortage and the shortage is not only looming but growing.” Palacios said “the ridiculously strong” housing market in the Valley is evidenced by the fact that home sales in 2020 were 80% higher than the norm for the years 2014-19. Indeed, he advised homebuilders sales were so strong that “it is going to be tough to get your growth this year”
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and said that any overall sales growth, primarily for new homes, will not occur before the second half of 2021. And new-home communities will be getting bigger from the start. “You’ve got to think about community count growth, but then you also have to think about how communities are going to be bigger than they were a year ago,” he said. Palacios said that prices and demand not only will be driven by seemingly no early end to “crazy cheap money” in the form of low mortgage rates but also by the unrelenting influx of out-of-state residents and the growing trend toward working at home. “I’ve talked a lot about work from home,” he said. “It is going to be trigger. It is triggering a massive catalyst for housing demand. … So, affordability will get stretched beyond what you think is the norm.” Vogel said it’s not just the home sales market that has entered into new territory but land sales as well, observing that the market has gone “from a chronic shortage that we were experiencing for several years into a panic that’s leading to rapid appreciation.” “Even when we look at the $500,000 to $2 million price range, we’ve gone from 283 days down by 90 to 26 days,” he said of the time houses are staying on the market before coming under contract. “We have outsized appreciation,” Vogel said. “I think this is too much. We are going to have a real hard time adding enough supply to curtail this, but this can get quickly unaffordable.” He said builders and developers “have to buy land differently than they did in the years prior, where they were able to buy morsels or be able to digest 60 lots and have an option on another 60. “They need to buy big platforms, and we’re seeing that occur very often at this point. It is not unusual for a builder to come in and buy 300 to 600 units. That was not occurring even just preCOVID,” Vogel said. The inventory of homes for sale in the Valley has reached the lowest levels in modern history, and the few homes that are on the market are drawing multiple offers — sometimes scores of them for one house, experts say. The Cromford Report, which also closely watches housing trends in the Valley, observed two weeks ago, “The supply situation is the worst we have ever recorded.” “It is difficult to describe the state of the
housing market in Greater Phoenix these days,” it said. “Just quoting the raw facts makes many people feel you are exaggerating wildly. There are those who seem to believe it cannot really be true when so many people are struggling with their daily lives, battling the worst pandemic we have seen for many decades. “Variations in demand are almost insignificant,” it continued. “This is because the supply of resale homes is so poor it crashes below all-time record lows almost every week.” Cromford said the ratio between homes under contract and homes for sale without a contract is so out of whack that “we have never before had to invent a description” for it. It noted that as of Feb. 1, listings were 56.7% below total listings a year earlier, the median sales price jumped nearly 17% and the average price per square foot climbed over 19%. That will be good news for homeowners in a way. Cromford said, “The annual appreciation rate has already surpassed 19 percent and could easily reach 30% by the time we are well into the second quarter.” Last week, Cromford said,” the speed of appreciation is about to step higher, not lower. It will not take much for appreciation rates to exceed 30% and possibly 40% over the next few months.” “New home builders are trying as hard as they can to create more supply, but there are many physical, financial and legal limits to how quickly they can do this,” Cromford also said. “These additional homes are sure to be priced well above the current level.” Cromford said Avondale, among all Valley communities, has a stunning shortage of available homes versus the demand. The website maintains an index in which the higher each community’s rating is above 100, the greater the shortage. Avondale’s index rating is nearly 1,000. Among the rest of the top 10 municipalities where demand far outstrips supply, Glendale, Goodyear and Surprise are all above 600 and 10th place Peoria is at 580. “If you are wondering why Avondale is so far out in front,” Cromford said last week, “it has only 11 active single-family listings without a contract. In a normal market, we would expect to see between 300 and 400. Back in 2007, Avondale has over 1,100, so it is down 99% from that level. Incredible, but true.”
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Plan...continued from page 1 the community. A staff retreat was held with city leadership, department directors and assistant directors and, in September, the city council participated in a strategic plan retreat led by the Novak Group as the consultant for the city.” The public health and safety and natural resource strategies were added as new action items. “This is, basically, expanding our city’s natural assets such as parks, trails and rivers and also making sure that people feel safe in the community,” Stevens said. “We are relying on our public and community safety resources.” Creative and sustainable community development is a strategy meant to improve the community’s culture and infrastructural developments. “This includes diverse housing and development south of the Estrella,” Stevens said. The diverse recreation and entertainment opportunities strategy refers to the plan’s goals of “continuing to grow and maintain a family-friendly environment that cultivates a diverse portfolio of recreational and entertainment options. “We’d like to increase our visitor traffic,” Stevens said. “We’re working closely with our hospitality community and really enhancing the opportunity to live, work and enjoy a healthy, active and affordable lifestyle.” The community-oriented lifelong learning opportunities strategy serves “to promote an environment where education is a defining value and learning opportunities abound for residents of all ages.” “This is more of your educational-based partnerships and fostering that environment between the city and our schools and creating more learning opportunities for the residents,” Stevens said. According to the city council report, Avondale’s growth has been “explosive over the last 30 years,” which has made the innovative program and service delivery strategy imperative. “This really comes down to customer service, streamlining our processes, providing models for innovations, being efficient and really just being a
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West Valley View Staff Writer
Avondale Finance Director Lindsey Duncan briefed the city council on the municipality’s budget process and financial status during its Feb. 16 meeting. The talk covered 2020 through 2021 and addressed the city’s fiscal status through the COVID-19 pandemic. “Things are shaping up well with the national economy,” Duncan said. “It’s difficult when you compare it with January 2020, though, because as you know it was just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, the economy was rolling along well with the Consumer Price Index monthly at 2.5%. This year, January is showing up at about .3%.” Duncan explained why .3% is a positive statistic. “Economists generally feel that 2% is the target level for inflation for the economy,” Duncan said. “We are well below that number but still in a good spot in the economy because that makes interest rates low, which, in turn, makes borrowing advantageous for consumers.”
Reviewing the unemployment rate, which spiked throughout the country through the pandemic, Duncan said, “Arizona tends to rise as one of the highest-growing states, especially following any economic downturn.” “Fortunately, the unemployment rate has come down significantly from where it was the middle of last year. So, in January 2020, we were at 3.5%, which was a great number for the economy. It did rise significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially over the summer. Now, the national unemployment rate is down to 6.3%. We’re seeing similar results for the state of Arizona.” Although Arizona has not recovered all of its lost jobs, Duncan said she believes there has been significant positive improvement. “Our unemployment rate pre-COVID was 4.5% and now stands still at about 7.5%,” Duncan said. “We’ve made significant progress.” Duncan said the state is seeing an increase in housing permits, suggesting that market is growing.
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“In the state as a whole, there were 6,426 permits in December, which is a 68.1% change from one year prior,” she said. “We do continue to see significant activity in that housing market.” Despite the growing market, Duncan said the effects of the eviction bands and the mortgage forbearance plans are still being monitored. Eviction bands refer to landlords not being allowed to evict tenants for late or missed payments. The mortgage forbearance program allows homeowners to defer payments without consequence. “A number of households were put into a status where they wouldn’t be evicted from their homes and had mortgages put on hold until their situations were hoped to have been improved,” Duncan said. “So, we’re still tracking those numbers at a national and local level to see what the outcome will be on our economy.” Duncan spoke about the local sales tax in relation to COVID-19-era purchasing. “Fortunately, we did find that our actual sales tax was higher than our expectations by about $3.3 million, which is an 8% increase,” Duncan said. She said local sales tax represents 56% of its operating revenue.
“Those are the revenues that support our general funds, which fund most of our city activity and city operations as well as our public safety sales tax dedication because that funds a large component of our police and fire services,” Duncan said. The early days of the pandemic resulted in a shift in retail spending, as many people stopped shopping in person. Duncan revealed that despite this, there was a $1.1 million increase in retail sales tax. “We saw strong showings in retail. We were eight months through the pandemic seeing significant increases in our retail sales tax,” Duncan said. Although the city saw many positive numbers in consumer spending, there was one area of decrease. “What we did see have a slight decrease from our expectations, which I don’t think came as a surprise, was about $300,000 to the restaurant and bar category, or about 6%,” Duncan said. This was accompanied by a decrease in commercial rental property in the city. “Similarly, there was a decrease of $100,000 in rentals,” Duncan said. “Generally, this came in the area of commercial rentals and leases.”
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Former teachers told 12 News that they started noticing discrepancies in their W-2 forms about five years ago. The teachers said Incito Schools cut checks with Black’s signature for the teachers’ pay stubs but never received them. The falsified checks were used as a form of proof to the county superintendent’s office that the school’s teachers were getting paid. Incito Schools, Black and Jelleson are charged with five felonies, including fraudulent schemes and artifices, two counts of theft over $25,000, conspiracy and one count of forgery. The total loss in this case is purported to be $567,802, according to a press release from the Arizona attorney general’s office.
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A grand jury indicted Incito Schools as well as its two co-founders, April Black and Amanda Jelleson, for a fraud scheme alleged to have occurred between November 2016 and November 2017, according to Attorney General Mark Brnovich. Brnovich’s office originally filed criminal charges against the Goodyear school and Black, its executive director, after prosecutors believe more than $25,000 was stolen from the Maricopa County Superintendent’s Office. According to court documents, the defendants are alleged to have provided falsified information, including paystubs, to the Maricopa County Superintendent’s Office to obtain their grant funding, which they later failed to provide to the appropriate teachers on campus.
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New hospital to bring 100 jobs to Avondale WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | FEBRUARY 24, 2021
BY LAUREN SERRATO
West Valley View Staff Writer
ClearSky Health will open an inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Avondale. The facility’s groundbreaking is set for April, with construction expected to last about 13 months. The 30-bed hospital at 109th Avenue and West McDowell Road will provide 100 new jobs to the city and treat 650 patients annually. “We really are focused on looking at areas of the community that are underserved with inpatient rehab,” said Jessie Smedley, chief operating officer with ClearSky Health. “And we really are passionate about that type of postacute care we provide to patients who have suffered disabling illnesses or injuries like strokes or brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, hip fractures and other trauma.” Avondale’s ClearSky Health will be the company’s first in Arizona, as there are five other hospitals in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. “One of the things we’re excited about coming into the Avondale community is we recognize there was not a local inpatient rehab hospital in that part of the area,” Smedley said. “And we believe that people heal better when they’re closer to their loved ones and know that by provid-
ing that service to the community that we’re now giving them an option that’s just around the corner, and you’re not having to drive across town.” Slated to open in 2022, the 43,000-square-foot facility will feature amenities like private rooms, a rehab gym and dining room. Additionally, the rehab services will include physical, occupational and speech therapy, rehabilitative nursing, case management, respiratory therapy, dietary services and other specialized care. “We’re investing in the community, not only with a building and a service line but also as a community partner, and we’re excited about what’s happening in your community,” Smedley said. In addition to the health care services that will be available to the public, Smedley said she is excited to see ClearSky Health continue to grow and gain the trust of Arizonans. “You’ll see that one of the things that our values and beliefs is we’re authentic. We’re hopeful. We’re accountable. We’re innovative. Those are all the things that will work alongside your health care leaders that are already there and hope to enhance it and just become a partner,” Smedley said. —Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached at lserrato@timespublications.com
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Devin Del Palacio and Freddie Villalon used their recent appointments as president and vice president, respectively, of the Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board to reflect on their plans. Among them are COVID-19 mitigation, addressing educational gaps and promoting education equity. Del Palacio, 33, is the first African American board president in 100 years. “Over 60% of school board members are (Caucasian), over 55% are male and over 60% are retired,” Del Palacio said. “This opportunity to serve does not fall lightly on me. Equity is a priority.” Outlining his initiatives, Del Palacio referred to himself as an “advocate for youth.” “Ensuring that we’re dismantling systemic barriers within our district that are potentially holding back our students, equity work and bringing in resources and opportunities for students to receive their full potential are priorities,” Del Palacio said. “Also, leveraging the moment and ensuring we’re wrapping our students around mental health and addressing those stigmas around mental health.” In his sixth year on the board, Del Palacio said he has a strong bond with the district. “It’s a very special district with a small-town feel but big aspirations. I love our district. We’re one of the only districts with AAA credit rating, and we’re home to University High School, which was rated top 20 by USA News and World Report,” Del Palacio said. Del Palacio said the district focuses on COVID-19 mitigation to ensure students’ safety when in-person learning resumes. “I’m going to be putting a heavy focus on investing in infrastructure to ensure we have safe buildings, clean water and clean air, so, when our schools do open again, we have the safest environment to learn in,” Del Palacio said. A Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board member since 2015, Del Palacio explained it’s important to
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give back to communities. “I believe that there is no greater way to have a sense of purpose but to give back,” Del Palacio said. Working with Del Palacio for many years, Villalon reflected on his journey. Previously, Villalon served on the TUHSD board from 2007 to 2010 and resumed serving in 2013. “I’m blessed to have the opportunity to work with an amazing president,” Villalon said. “President Del Palacio has the same vision of academic excellence and making sure we’re providing for the social and emotional needs of the children. It’s a wonderful opportunity to be a part of an amazing team and to give back.” Villalon said learning acceleration and providing COVID-19 resources are priorities as students return from online learning. “We want to make sure that we provide all the remediation and intervention that we can, whether it’s summer school, Saturday school, programs on (school) breaks,” Villalon said. “We want to make sure to accelerate the learning and get the children caught up.” Villalon plans to target the graduation rate and students’ secondary educational goals. “The goal is 100% of our children graduating and then making sure they are attending either a university, vocational program or some kind of educational institution that is going to help support their needs and the things they want to do in life,” Villalon said. Villalon said it’s important to support
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Meck appointed to state board of transportation BY LAUREN SERRATO
portation Policy Committee and Executive Committee and Gov. Doug Ducey has Regional Council. tapped former Buckeye MayMeck also served on the or Jackie A. Meck for the board for Western Maricostate board of transportation. pa Coalition, Valley Metro “Jackie Meck brings years RPTA, is the former presiof experience and leadership dent of the Buckeye Valley to the board of transportaChamber of Commerce and tion,” Ducey said. “His hard is the retired general manager JACKIE MECK work and dedication have of the Buckeye Water Conbeen instrumental in the West Valley’s servation and Drainage District. growth, and I know he will continue to Meck is the city’s youngest, oldest serve Arizona well. I look forward to and longest-serving mayor. his service on the board.” “For many years, I have been comA Buckeye native, Meck served as mitted to helping Buckeye and the enmayor from 2008 to November 2020. tire state prosper and grow,” Meck said. Meck also served as a town council “I am honored to join the board of transmember from 1968 to 1973 and town portation to assist in growing our inframayor from 1973 to 1975 prior to structure, maintaining safe roads, and Buckeye becoming a city in 2014. meeting the demand of new residents Additionally, Meck served in multiple moving to our state. Thank you to Gov. departments, including the board of di- Ducey for this opportunity. I look forrectors of the Greater Phoenix Econom- ward to serving in this new role.” ic Council, Maricopa Association of Governments’ Regional Council, Eco- —Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached nomic Development Committee, Trans- at lserrato@timespublications.com
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TUHSD...continued from page 6 all students because COVID-19 has been challenging for many of them. The board wants to ensure students feel safe at school. “The challenge is overcoming the apprehension that some students might feel because of the experiences of dealing with COVID-19,” Villalon said. “Within our community, we’ve been impacted tremendously. We’ve had a lot of families who have lost loved ones to the virus. We want to ensure that when the students come back, they have everything they need to make sure that the confidence level comes back so they feel comfortable.” Westview High School government teacher Michael Conner has worked with Del Palacio and Villalon. “Devin is just an incredible human being,” Conner said. “He’s focused very heavily on education and he’s never wavered on that. Freddie is a Tolleson/West
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Avondale Police Department celebrates expansion BY JAKARIA ROSS
West Valley View Staff Writer
Elected and public safety officials celebrated the $95 million completed expansion of the Avondale Police Department headquarters with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 3. Crews added 14,800 square feet to the headquarters at 11485 W. Civic Center Drive. Funding was also used to renovate 7,600 square feet of existing space, which includes administrative offices and meeting space. Sgt. David Jones, the Avondale Police Department public information officer, reflected on the expansion and his 20 years with the department. “Everything from the main station east is all basically brand new, almost all the way to the courthouse,” he said. “There’s going to be a new training room, new conference rooms and new briefing room. The biggest part of the expansion was for the property and evidence room.” Jones outlined the renovations to the evidence room that stores more than
65,000 evidential items. “The refrigerators we had were older and very small, so you couldn’t put a lot of different stuff in there, so we had to start looking at other police stations to store for us, which nobody likes,” Jones said. “One of the big things is having the (equipment) that we need to be able to store the amount of evidence (that we have).” Jones said the station is responsible for properly storing sensitive evidentiary items for long periods of time. Police must meet certain criteria when they store evidence. “Like for sexual assault and homicide and things that have no statute of limitations, that evidence is held until the end of time,” he said. “With potential updates, such as DNA, the evidence has to be held on to.” Jones said the expansion was “much needed,” providing the space to hire new staff members and officers. “We’re at about 142 sworn in right
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now,” Jones said. “We have about 60 professional staff who aren’t sworn in. It’s about meeting the demands of the city. If the city grows, we have to be able to put more officers on the road to be able to meet needs. If we’re going to do that, we have to figure out where we are going to put them.” Parking is another challenge with an expanded staff. “We added a parking lot east of our main headquarters as part of this expansion, too,” Jones said. “We had people parking outside the gate and parking at the library and they had to walk over because there just wasn’t room. It was overwhelming with the space that we had before.” The police have had to expand beyond its station as well. “We recently took over the fire station on 107th and McDowell because
they’re going to build a new station up in the Van Buren and Fairway area,” Jones said. “So, we took office space there. We took over the community arts center that was down on Brinker and the central city of Avondale. They took over that and remade that into a substation and then at Alamar, which is the big housing project south. There will be another substation probably within four or five years.” On Avondale’s official website, Avondale Police Chief Dale Nannenga expressed his excitement. “This project was vital to meet the growing demands on our current police headquarters,” Nannenga said. “We are extremely pleased to have a modern, state-of-the-art facility that will provide our property and evidence professionals the appropriate space to handle and store sensitive material.”
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the graduates would be ready, willing and able to forge a pathway to life-long Dr. Jennifer Cruz was overwhelmed learning. with emotions when the “In Pendergast, there is Pendergast Elementary this genuine culture of celSchool District’s board ebration and lifting peochose her as its next superple up,” Cruz said. “Some intendent. workplaces, it almost feels “Oh, my goodness,” she like you’re in competisaid during an interview tion with each other in this with the West Valley View. pursuit of excellence. I’m “I am so grateful and excitthrilled to death to be part ed about this opportunity. of the community and the I’m absolutely thrilled.” opportunity to lead this Retiring Superintendent community is phenomeDr. Lily Matos DeBlieux, nal. I’m excited about this DR. JENNIFER CRUZ who has been with the disamazing legacy we have.” trict for seven years, offered her support. Born in New Jersey, Cruz grew up in “I know Dr. Cruz will do an excellent the Washington, D.C., area. She earned job,” DeBlieux said. “She embodies all of her degrees from ASU. our mission of empowering excellence “I am a Sun Devil through and and success in all she does and is high- through,” she said. ly respected by students, staff, families In her free time, she is an avid road and the communities we serve.” cyclist, which she finds energizing. Cruz starts her new job on July 1. Cruz enjoys being outside, where she She isn’t a newcomer to Pendergast, does landscape photography. She and as she has served as the district’s chief her husband’s daughter is studying academic officer for two years. Prior to speech pathology at NAU. that position, she served in numerous During Cruz’s time with Pendergast, administrative and educational roles Cruz has handled department restrucwithin Pendergast, and other districts turing, reviewed all educational services as an assistant superintendent for hu- systems and practiced for equity issues, man resources and administrative lead- and adopted reading and math materials ership, director of innovative academic for sixth- to eight-grade students. initiatives, director of systemic partHer other accomplishments include nerships and coach, university profes- co-authoring grants including METsor, manager of federal programs, el- AL math/engineering STEAM grant, ementary school principal and teacher. INTEL First Book Grant, grants for Cruz took a three-year break to work internet connectivity and PPE and exfor an international nonprofit, which panding STEAM academies to all 12 allowed her to travel the world. Title I schools. “I was training people, supporting Cruz’s short-term goal is to connect leadership teams and coaching exec- with the community. utive teams on how to bring in proj“We’re working on building relationect-based learning and hands-on learn- ships,” she said. “We may have a bond ing opportunities for the students,” initiative coming up. Our board is still Cruz explained. considering that. I want the public to “After that adventure, I went back to know about the amazing work we’re public school.” doing, and we need their support. To Cruz has collaborated with stake- see Pendergast and feel the vibe is to holders to create a “Profile of a Grad- love it.” uate” based on the district’s vision of —Executive Editor Christina Fuoco-Karaempowering excellence and success. sinski can be reached at christina@ She tasked participants to dream big so timespublications.com
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Western Maricopa Education Center has an up-and-coming information technology security student who may be the next global technology trendsetter. In his second year at West-MEC, Robert LeDuc completed 10 certifications in the past year and received the Distinguished Young AFCEAN award from the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association for the 2020-21 year. This award recognizes exceptional performance in multiple areas, including superior technical achievement in the professional arena and a record of going “above and beyond” at the local AFCEA, according to its website. The certificates LeDuc received this year are building blocks to ensuring he is prepared for an IT security career. Some cover troubleshooting and problem-solving scenarios, for example, while others prepare students to be proficient in the programs they’ll use in
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their careers. “I’ve always been interested in computers and I didn’t know where to go for that,” LeDuc said. “I thought the (IT) program would be a great way for me to go in that direction,” LeDuc said. Although LeDuc has achieved a lot of success while at West-MEC, that wasn’t always the case. He didn’t do well in high school, but after starting at West-MEC, he began to enjoy attending school. “I felt like it was one of the best decisions I made to go here,” LeDuc said. He said going to West-MEC while attending Millennium High School helped him focus on his core classes. LeDuc enjoys learning about IT security and analyzing the field’s procedures. He said he believes that to be his motivator to continue doing well at West-MEC. LeDuc is still considering if he will continue his education after West-MEC or if he’ll go for a full-time job in IT security. He wants to attend Embry-Rid-
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dle Aeronautical University if he does continue to further his education. For future jobs, he’s hoping to work for the government or a corporation that has a large IT department. If he wasn’t studying IT security, LeDuc believes he would go into the
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Embry Health administered vaccines to Phase 1B prioritizing education and child care providers on Feb. 13 at Youngker High School. Embry Health providers vaccinated only the BUHSD staff for the novel coronavirus between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. This was a private event that required proof of district credentials. Embry Health provided the first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for the BUHSD staff. Embry Health was allotted 1,800 vaccines for the event. The company said 464 vaccines were administered to the BUHSD staff. Moderna vaccines are dosed four weeks apart. Embry Health is working with community partners to stop the spread of this crippling virus. Patrick Aiken, Embry Health’s director of business development, loves the work. “Pre-COVID, I was working in the event industry,” he said. “With music
festivals canceled and venues closed down, this has been a great way for me to put my skills to use and hopefully get us back to a point where we can once again host large live events.” Embry Health continues to provide no-cost COVID-19 testing at Youngker High School. For a testing appointment, register at http://bit.ly/yhscovidtest. Embry Health operates Arizona’s widest COVID-19 testing locations. In March 2020, CEO Raymond Embry saw the toll COVID-19 was taking on his community, so he pivoted resources from Embry Women’s Health clinic in Mesa and began offering no-cost PCR COVID testing to the public. More than 1,000 employees at over 50 drive-thru sites spread throughout 12 of Arizona’s 15 counties, Embry Health continues to provide no-cost PCR COVID-19 testing and vaccinations to the public, regardless of their access to medical insurance.
Veteran says Chick-fil-A employee poked fun of him
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A Valley veteran said an employee at a Chick-fil-A in Goodyear made fun of his weight on a printed receipt. On the receipt, Chris Allen said the worker printed “2BIGGIE” in place of his name, which Allen said he clarified three times. The veteran is on a weight loss journey after years of struggling with his physical and mental health from his time overseas. Allen told Arizona’s Family that he finds his treatment by the employee “disgusting.” “It’s been hard; it’s been really hard,” Allen said. “And to be slapped in the face like this? I served this country just to come home and be treated like this?” The food order was for his wife, Olymphia, who said she confronted a manager after seeing the receipt. She was told the cashier thought the name for the order was “BIGGIE” and the number
was meant to indicate the lane they were in. “I couldn’t believe that they would write something like that so publicly and to be just so disrespectful,” Olymphia told Arizona’s Family. The franchise owner of the Goodyear Chick-Fil-A near Dysart Road told Arizona’s Family that he’s investigating the issue and Allen’s experience was not acceptable. The owner said he would meet with the couple, but the Allens have not heard anything. Moving forward, Allen said he will use the experience as inspiration to meet his health and fitness goals. “All I can do is move on one day at a time,” he said. The West Valley View reached out to Chick-fil-A for comment but did not receive a response. —Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached at lserrato@timespublications.com
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Limbaugh loved to gin up hatred BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ West Valley View Columnist
In 1995, in a column for this newspaper, I made a serious error in judgment. Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia had died of a heart attack while in drug rehab and I wrote about it. Specifically, I wrote that lamentations about Garcia’s death were ill-advised because of the way he and his trippy band glorified drugs. Garcia was simply one more “dead doper.” Hundreds of calls and letters later, I learned a valuable lesson. Don’t speak ill of the dead. I have not since, but upon the death of Rush Limbaugh, it might be time to again cross that line.
The talk radio titan died Feb. 17 at 70 after fighting lung cancer for a year. I’ve been composing this piece in my head ever since, because I’m determined to do something Limbaugh rarely did in his more than 30-year run on America’s national airwaves: be fair to someone with whom I had many disagreements. Limbaugh was never much for fairness, nor for qualities I admire in people who dwell in the intersection between media and politics: respect for others, grace, compassion. I’ve read a slew of Limbaugh appreciations in the past 24 hours. Most described Limbaugh as “fearless” and ever-willing “to say exactly what he was thinking.” If by that you mean making fun of Michael J. Fox for having Parkinson’s disease or referring to Chelsea Clinton,
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a teenager, as “the White House dog,” then yes, Limbaugh was willing to speak out. He was a master of outspokenness, enough to build an audience of 20 million Americans on 600 radio stations coast to coast. Rush invented modern talk radio, an invention that profited me personally. From 1999 to 2006, I hosted a talk radio program that ran opposite Limbaugh’s on the Valley’s largest news radio station. While our audience was larger than Limbaugh’s, his audience listened to him for hours on end. That was the secret to Rush’s huge ratings — his “dittoheads” stayed tuned endlessly, never tiring of him affirming their world view. For them it was like attending church and listening to the preacher’s gospel. “Barack the Magic Negro” must fail as president. “The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies.” As for immigrants, “let the unskilled jobs that take absolutely no knowledge whatsoever to do — let stupid and unskilled Mexicans do that work.” I could go on all day, quoting Rush “owning the libs” or demeaning the “feminazis.” Instead, let me draw a bombastic parallel Limbaugh himself would appreciate.
The man was incredibly good at what he did, to the point where no one ever did the job better. It’s not easy to talk out loud for three hours a day and be consistently cogent, much less compelling to a huge audience day after day. Limbaugh was a genius of the talk genre, better than anyone who has ever spoken into a hot mike. But that doesn’t make what he did worth doing. My Limbaughesque comparison: Ted Bundy was the greatest serial killer who ever lived. Florida executed him in 1989, and we’re still watching biopics documenting his murders. If ever we crowned a Ted Bundy of talk radio, El Rushbo would be the man. I agreed with Limbaugh on taxation, smaller government and the death penalty. He, too, referred to Jerry Garcia as a “dead doper.” Where I disagreed vehemently was with Limbaugh’s decades using his platform to gin up hatred, to make America more partisan, and to make Americans believe that anyone who disagreed with them was not wrong but evil. Rest in peace, Rush — the very same peace you rarely granted to others with whom you disagreed. David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com
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Avondale scavenger hunt continues
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Two Avondale youth organizations are teaming up for the city of Avondale’s first Business Scavenger Hunt. The Avondale Youth Advisory Commission, Junior Service-Learning Club and the Avondale Local EDGE are hosting the event, which runs throughout February and March. “The scavenger hunt helps market local businesses and encourage all to shop and buy local, as well as increase awareness of the Avondale youth programming,” said Erin Furnish, Avondale’s youth and community engagement coordinator. The citywide initiative includes six participating businesses. Each
week, two clues are released on the @ avyouthcomission, @AvondaleEDGE, and @CityofAvondaleAZ Facebook and Instagram accounts. Participants who enter into the business and say “I’m participating in the #exploreavondaleaz scavenger hunt” will receive a small prize. The city’s economic development analyst identified the local businesses related to youth and families to be featured in the scavenger hunt. A city newsletter said to expect “local restaurants, retail establishments, sport and entertainment locations and more.” The AYAC also hopes to create a program that is “fun and engaging for residents in Avondale,” said Donna Gardner, Avondale’s community en-
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Hello! Welcome back to Business Briefcase. This week we’re continuing to highlight small businesses in the West Valley that are doing their best to thrive during the pandemic. Whether it be placing an order for dinner or sharing their posts on social media, there are many ways to continue to support our local business entrepreneurs in the West Valley. Here’s a look at this week’s featured businesses. Flavors of Louisiana: Owned and operated by Jennifer Goff Born and raised in Baton Rouge and growing up with parents from New Orleans and White Castle, Louisiana, Goff knew she wanted to bring a touch of home to Arizona. After moving to Arizona in 1990 with her husband Calvin and their two daughters, Goff said it quickly became her dream to open a restaurant in an area that lacked authentic Cajun food. “We are true Cajuns serving authentic Cajun food. We like to say, ‘We bring the
Bayou to you!’ We serve Cajun staples like gumbo, etouffee, jambalaya and red beans. A lot of people always ask us if our food is spicy. For us true Cajuns, it’s all about flavor, not about heat.” Flavors of Louisiana is located at 13025 W. Rancho Santa Fe Boulevard, Avondale. For more information or to place an order, visit flavorsoflouisianacajun.com. Dulce Vibez LLC: Owned and operated by Zoey Wolfe What started as a gift idea for her mom’s birthday turned into the launch of a small business. Wolfe created her sweet treats business in November 2020. The Buckeye resident sells customizable cake pops, chocolate-covered strawberries, cheesecake, cookies, brownies and more. “I wanted it to be something special and made with love, which is exactly what I have done. The treats I make cater to every aspect. They are fun, new, customizable to each person, fresh, and homemade with love. They are the perfect gift idea or even just to spoil yourself. Dulce Vibez
LLC is the sweets business to go to for any occasion,” Wolfe said. To see Wolfe’s menu or to place an order, visit her business page on Facebook or Instagram at @dulcevibezLLC. Laura’s Burgers and More: Owned and operated by Robin Velasquez Tiny but mighty would be the perfect way to sum up this family-owned business. While the turquoise-colored building stands small in the parking lot in Avondale, burger fans are raving about the food coming out of this kitchen. Rated the No. 1 burger in Arizona in 2019 by Buzzfeed, the Old Town Avondale burger joint is serving its customers October through May, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday. “We have been nationally recognized in 2019 for our excellent food and service. Laura’s quality ingredients and attention to detail creates and brings back a memory that exemplifies our motto, ‘Made With Love,’” Velasquez said. Laura’s Burgers and More is located at 60 E. West-
The Buckeye resident said her breakable hearts and the dipped strawberries are two of her best sellers. The full Dulce Vibez menu can be found on her Facebook and Instagram page at @DulceVibezLLC. (Photo courtesy Zoey Wolfe)
ern Avenue. For more information, visit @laurasburgersandmore on Facebook or call 623-932-2016 to place an order. —Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached at lserrato@timespublications.com
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Local MMA company expands globally BY ZACH MOORE
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Ringside Unified Fighting, also known as RUF MMA, has signed a content-licensing deal with ONE Championship, a Singapore mixed martial arts promotion company. Based in Goodyear, the company is a Native American-owned MMA group that runs events throughout the state. RUF MMA is now in position to gain worldwide viewership so fighters can make a name for themselves. “It enables us, as a local level promotion, to step into direct competition with global organizations,” said RUF MMA Fighter Relations Director Jason Martinez. “It’s a win not only for our promotion but also for our fighters, who are really hungry and want to turn pro.” Last February, the Glendale Civic Center hosted the sold-out RUF 38 tournament. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many events were canceled or postponed. While the pandemic paused the company’s growth, Martinez acknowledged this deal with ONE Championship will create new opportunities for RUF MMA and the athletes. “We have grown this organically from a local level,” Martinez said. “We’ve gone from amateur fight promotion to partnering with the largest MMA global organization.” The deal is set to increase RUF MMA’s audience, as ONE Championship has a
partnership with Turner Sports. The first U.S.-based promotion for ONE Championship, RUF MMA will see its content on various Turner Sports platforms. This puts it in direct competition with other promotions like UFC. Martinez said this opportunity for RUF MMA is the very first U.S.-based promotion for ONE Championship. This would allow ONE Championship their first opportunity to establish a foothold in the American market, resulting in direct competition with other promotions like the UFC. “We have effectively become the only U.S. recruiting promotion for ONE Championship,” Martinez said. “They want to give the UFC direct competition because they are going to get their shows put on TNT very soon.” For those at RUF MMA, there were times exposure seemed uncertain. Now, the entire world is ready to view and purchase their product. RUF MMA will host the “Road to ONE Live” tournament from the Glendale Civic Center on Saturday, March 13. The event is pay-per-view only, and the winner is guaranteed to receive a $100,000 contract to fight for ONE Championship in Singapore. Visit rufmma.net for information. “We have pivoted and focused on this online streaming world,” Martinez said. “This partnership and the online streaming deal will give us so many more eyeballs on our product and our fighters that it will benefit everybody.”
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Papa John’s partners with Valley mom BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Valley mom Allison Bones lost her 4-year-old son, Travis, to an undiagnosed rare disease just five months after her husband died from cancer. Bones has taken up the fight against isolated congenital asplenia (ICA). Travis was born without a spleen, which was never diagnosed and left him vulnerable to life-threatening bacterial infections. This rare disease was only discovered after his death from a high fever, a fever several medical professionals dismissed as the flu. After Travis’ death, Bones founded the 501(c)(3) nonprofit T.E.A.M. 4 Travis (Together Ending Asplenia Mortality). Its mission is to end child death from this rare disease and to raise awareness of ICA by providing education.
Bones holds a seat on Rare Disease Legislative Advocates Advisory Committee and has spoken to members of Congress about more comprehensive newborn screening. They partnered with the medical researchers who discovered the genetic mutation that causes ICA. One of their
goals is to raise $10,000 and partner with Uplifting Athletes for a rare disease matching grant that will provide $20,000 to a researcher to further study ICA. T.E.A.M. 4 Travis will receive financial support from 33 participating Papa John’s restaurants on Saturday, Feb. 27, the eve of World Rare Disease Day.
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Last week, we started a short series of articles about trust. I chose to write about trust because many people these days seem “trust impaired.” They have a problem. But that’s OK. With God’s power, a person’s choice can move anyone from trust impaired to trust repaired to trust prepared. I’ve seen it happen many times. In our book “Learning How to Trust” (order on nationstrategy.com), noted author and counselor John Trent addresses the issue of trust. “For countless people, the idea of trust is a mirage. They’ve had a parent who abused them, a spouse who walked out on them, a business partner who ruined them, or a politician or a pastor who betrayed their trust. Yet, for any healthy personal or spiritual relationship to form, trust is essential, not optional. “So how can you and I learn to trust again? May I recommend this out-
standing book as a tool for learning how to trust again? You’ll soon realize why trust is essential and that there really are people and a God worth trusting.” That would be nice, wouldn’t it? What is trust? Webster defines trust as a firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability or justice of another person or thing. Trust involves faith. Trust is the reliance on someone or something. Trust is confident expectation, anticipation or hope. Trust is the currency of all relationships. The breakdown of trust erodes the basis of all effective functioning in family, church, people or organizations. The key to understanding trust is the awareness of what or who we are putting in. Trust is the road over which everything travels. Trust is like an invisible rope that connects us to the object of our trust. As in people with God, a husband and wife, the media with a nation, a customer with a business, a professor with his class — all relationships of any kind — trust connects one to the other. If the rope is broken, the relationship gets broken. And if we are hurt deeply by the event, our ability to trust again
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gets broken also. In other words, adverse shaping events create lingering influences. Those influences affect our decision making dramatically in the future, usually in self-protection or aggression, making more significant problems. It also results in more trustlessness. Trust is like an eraser. It gets smaller and smaller after every shaping event. Here is another “aha” about the invaluable currency of trust. Our lives will only rise to the level of that in which we place our trust. Why? The rope is connecting you to that in which you place your trust. If you place your trust in a person you don’t really know very well and get married, you may be setting yourself up for trouble. No matter what the gender, you might end up saying to yourself, “How could I have been such a fool? How could I have trusted them when I knew they were doing pornography and they would never give me the money I needed to run the house? I borrowed from my parents to make our house payment, but I knew something was wrong. Why do I have to end up paying the price for someone else’s misdeeds?” In a large majority of the cases, the reason all this happened is we put our trust in a person or object we hadn’t taken the time to really get to know. In our book, we call this learning to trust wisely or “intelligent trust.” This is where values come in. We can only be trustworthy to the extent that we have godly values and wisdom manifesting in our lives. That also includes the object or person we put our trust in also. We were born with the necessity and the ability to trust. “And we have such trust through Christ toward God…” II Corinthians 3:5a. So, we were born with trust in us, but trust needs to connect with a godly, reliable, wisdom-led object or person for a good life. Remember, we are spirit, soul and body. As a baby, we trusted in our mother figure for milk for our bodies. We trusted in our mother/father model for our soul, for nurturing and
PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU, MY PEACE I GIVE UNTO YOU: NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES DO I GIVE TO YOU. LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED, NEITHER LET IT BE AFRAID. JOHN 14:27 equipping. However, the main reason trust is within us is for our spirit. Spiritual health comes from trusting in God. In this life, there will be stumbling blocks and setbacks. God knows we need reliability and power that is higher than us. We will need understanding and forgiveness. Only God can do that. We are given the gift of trust because we are created to trust. “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.” Proverbs 3:5,6. Why is learning how to trust all over again so important? If we are trust impaired because of shaping events, how can we ever trust in the Lord? If we can’t or won’t trust in the Lord, we are an accident waiting to happen again and again. Without trust, God will never make sense to us. Next week, spend your trust currency to learn how to trust God and people all over again. Remember, trust is the key that starts our car again to break the trust barrier. Ed Delph is Phoenix native who lives in the North Valley. Since 1980, he has pastored three churches in the Valley. He is a noted author of 10 books, weekly columnist in several local and worldwide newspapers, teacher, business owner and speaker. He has been to or ministered in over 100 countries. He is president of a worldwide ministry, NationStrategy. To learn more about Pastor Ed Delph, the Church-Community Connection and Nation Strategy email nationstrategy@cs.com, call 623-376-6757 or visit nationstrategy.com.
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Abi Celaya has been writing short stories and poems since she was young. Last year, during the COVID-19 quarantine, the Millennium High School senior put pen to paper to write her first book. The result is “The Goddesses Throne.” “I’ve been writing for a long time,” Celaya said. “I definitely don’t know when I started. In the sixth grade my cousin and I made up a whole bunch of characters together and acted them out.” Celaya attempted to write the book a year prior but “wasn’t super please with how it turned out” and chose to give it another go when she was “feeling more inspired.” “The summer of 2020, I got the idea to write this book,” Celaya said. “It came to me because I had already written two characters who I liked who are now part of this book. I added them in later. I decided to write because it was summer, it was quarantine, and I didn’t have anything to do.” Her fantasy book will serve as the first installation of a series called Two Red Flames. The book traces the lives
of sisters Clare and Sage Pax, who “live in an alternate version to Earth where goddesses rule the world” and have a goddess rule each continent. The book shows the sisters’ separate journeys and how they intertwine. “There are two princesses, and they’re thrown into arranged engagements in order to maintain political stability, but they underestimate all the difficulties that are going to come along with it,” Celaya said. “One of the sisters is named Sage, and she has to navigate how to become the next queen and take over her mother’s position. Her sister, Clare, discovers that she has magic — something that isn’t really common in this world.” Celaya used the service Amazon KDP to publish her book after professional illustrator Rena Violet created the cover. Within 72 hours, her book was launched as a paperback copy and Kindle edition. “I finished editing at the beginning of January,” Celaya said. “It was probably my third round of edits that I had done, and I knew I wasn’t going to make it exactly perfect just because I’m human. I’m not an editor, and I don’t have the money to get
Millennium High School senior Abi Celaya published her first book “The Goddesses Throne” on Amazon in January. (Photo courtesy Abi Celaya)
a professional. But I knew it was close enough and it was good enough that I was confident of putting it out there for people to buy.” Several of her family and friends “were excited to buy it,” purchasing 50 paperback copies and seven Kindle versions within the first few weeks. Celaya writes under the penname A. Kingsley because it makes her more comfortable. It’s an ode to her days on the Amino app, where she published her writing. “I knew that past people who I met on the internet might be able to recog-
nize me by that name,” she said. “I think it fits the fantasy genre well and then I added the ‘A.’ for my first name so that way it would be a little more like me.” Celaya hopes to continue writing her books “on the side during” her spare time while she attends NAU in the fall with the hope of studying journalism. “The Goddesses Throne” is available on Amazon ($11) on paperback and Kindle ($3.99). —Staff reporter Annika Tomlin can be reached at atomlin@timespublications.com
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Catalina M. Broyles Catalina M. Broyles passed away on February 6, 2021. She was born on March 27, 1937 in Coahuila, Mexico to the late Simon Mena Perez and Dolores Laureano. Catalina was a strong advocate for farm workers. She was concerned with the civil rights of the workers and fought hard for them. Catalina started a food bank, a clothing thrift store and received numerous awards for her advocacy. Her last endeavor was the Farmworkers Justice Fund. Catalina is survived by her husband of over 60 years James Broyles, two daughters Juanita (Jesus) Rodriguez and Linda Stevens, brother Arturo Laureano, four grandchildren Ramón, Veronica, Andrés and Desiree and seven great grandchildren. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a son Richard Lee Broyles, grandson Jesus Rodriguez, III, brother Ricardo Laureano, sister Lupe Mena and her son-in-law Jerry Stevens. Catalina was laid to rest in Resthaven Park Cemetery.
Phyllis June Norris Phyllis J. Norris, 96, passed away peacefully February 13th of natural causes. Originally from Rochester, New York, she spent the last 40 years in Litchfield Park. In addition to being a Navy Veteran of WWII, Phyllis taught school for many years and enjoyed her time with many different organizations around the west side, including the Avondale Women's Club, Christ Presbyterian Church, The Litchfield Library, Circle 3 at the Church At Litchfield Park, Liberty Elementary and Sun Valley Elementary Schools as well as Soroptimists and Delta Kappa Gamma. She was preceded in death by her husband Harry and son David. She is survived by her daughter Carrie (Glen) and grandson Jack, her grandson Kevin (Sondra) and great-granddaughter Jessie, and daughter -in-law Carla Norris Carson. No services were held. Memorials in Phyllis's name can be made to Christ Presbyterian Church, 925 N. Sarival Avenue, Goodyear 85338 or the Friends of the Litchfield Park Library.
Johnny Angel Saldana Johnny Angel Saldana, 48, Born in Phoenix, AZ, passed on February 9th, 2021. He was proceeded by his mother, Mary Olvera Bustos and his grandmother, Genoveva Bustos. He was survived by his 9 children, Serena-Bo, April, Johnny, Stephanie, Joshua, Jason, Jeremija, Elyjah and Emry as well as his 15 beautiful grandchildren whom he prided himself on as a grandfather. He lived in Cashion, AZ where he enjoyed tearing apart and building anything he put his mind to, dancing and goofing off with his kids and grandkids, and he even enjoyed drawing and sewing in his free time and was known for his love of softball. Prior to his illness, Johnny worked as a windshield installer and refrigeration refurbisher and he would even take his kids on his work routes with him around the state. Johnny always gave from his heart and made sure people had a smile on their face before leaving the room. He fought hard for a long time but was eventually called home where his pain was taken away and he could finally rest peacefully. His memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 6th, 2021 at 9am at Thompson's Funeral Chapel, burial to follow. We are honoring Johnny's wishes to be laid to rest at Greenwood Memory Lawn Crematory so he can be reunited with his mothers.
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Lila Aragon Schneider Lila Aragon Schneider, lifelong resident of Avondale /Goodyear passed away surrounded by love on February 10, 2021, at the age of 99. She was born on December 10, 1921 to Tomas and Justita Aragon in Shoemaker, New Mexico. Lila's parents made the courageous journey to Arizona in search of work and better educational opportunities for their children making Avondale their home in 1928. In 1949, she fell in love and married E.R. (Tony) Schneider. Lila is survived by her children, Larry Schneider (Hope), Jacque Schneider, Vicki Schneider Velasquez, Cynthia Schneider, Duke Schneider; sisters Martha Bodnar, Theresa Faulkner, Mary Jane Boros; brother Patricio Aragon (Dora); eight grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and lifelong friends. Lila was preceded in death by her husband Tony Schneider, brothers and sisters-in-law, Alonzo and Margaret Aragon, Benito and Jean Aragon, Avinicio (Abe) and Hazel Aragon, Mauricio and Juanita Aragon, Andres Aragon, Oscar Paul Aragon, Avelino (Lino) Aragon, Tony Aragon and great grandson Ahmad Aragon. Lila spent her life serving her community, her church and giving back to those in need. She was an active member of the Soroptimist International of the Estrellas being one of seven fundraising and creating New Life Center. Lila enjoyed traveling, bowling, crafting and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in April for immediate and extended family as conditions allow. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Southwest Lending Closet, Homeless Youth Connection or Hospice of the Valley.
Anna Marie Helena Ashborn
With great sorrow in our hearts, we mourn the passing of Anna Marie Ashburn. Anna Marie Helena (Mikula) Ashburn, 63, of Goodyear, Arizona passed away on February 9th, 2021. Anna Marie was born March 29th, 1957 in Detroit Lakes Minnesota to Norbert Mikula and Patricia Fallon. She attended school in Perham, Minnesota until the family moved to Fargo, North Dakota in 1973. She graduated from Fargo North in 1975. Anna Marie graduated from East Grand Forks Technical College. For the last 30 years, she worked in the field of Phlebotomy in Fargo, North Dakota, and in the Phoenix, Arizona area. She married Gene Youmans on July 29th, 1978, from this union they had two children Emory and Trish. She later married Alan Ashburn on March 20th, 2004 and they made their home in Goodyear, Arizona. Anna Marie was a great mother and friend. She had a positive outlook on life no matter the situation and an attitude that was an inspiration to many. Everyone loved her quick-witted humor. She is dearly missed by everyone who had the pleasure to know her. Anna Marie enjoyed spending time at the lake with family and friends. Her favorite pastime was traveling with Al to places such as Germany, Hawaii, and the Caribbean. She also enjoyed playing bingo at the American Legion where she was a lifetime American Legion Auxiliary member. She looked forward to spending time with her grandchildren as she was planning to move back to North Dakota. She is survived by her son Emory Youmans, daughter Trish Youmans, stepchildren Brenna Ashburn and Brandon Ashburn, siblings Alicia Dugan (Garry), Fallon Mikula (Stephanie), Mike Mikula (Melissa Bonney), Nathan Mikula (Karen) Peter Mikula (Brenda), Mary Bohl (Cody) and Bridgette Bailey. She is also survived by Her ten nieces and nephews Quinlan, Christian, Preston, Ryan, Amy, Jonathan, Zachary, Hunter, Katelyn, Nicholas, and her three grandchildren Trista, Isaac, and Breanna. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Alan Ashburn. Services will be held on March 13th, 2021 at 3:00 PM at the Legion Post #61 35 N. Dysart Road, Avondale, Arizona 85323. A Service will be held in Fargo, North Dakota at a later date. Condolences for the family can be left at http://www.thompsonfuneralchapel.com /obituary/annamarie-ashburn/ Until we meet again...
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Donald Wendell Turner Donald Wendell Turner 63, a longtime resident of Avondale, died early in the morning of February 2, 2021. He had been diagnosed with cancer just two days before Thanksgiving. He is predeceased by his grandparents, Fairy May and Carl Parker and Carroll and Hazel Turner; his mother, Myrtle May Parker Turner Meller; and his two older brothers, David Wayne and Dennis Wade Turner. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Dubbins Turner; his son, Phillip Carroll Turner; his heart-adopted daughter, Nicole Coster; his father, Warren Harvey and loving step mother Judy Ainsworth Turner; brother, Douglas Warren Turner and his family; Sister, Joanne Lynn Turner Pekich and her family all of Pennsylvania; Nephew and niece, Joseph and Samantha Edmonds; Niece, Rachael Turner; the extended Ainsworth family and also by his buddies, Looper and Scruffy. Don was employed by Arizona State University as an Environmental Systems Analysist. Previous to that he was employed by Goodyear Aerospace/ Loral Defense Systems / Lockheed after graduating from IUP in Indiana, Pennsylvania. His goal after graduation was to return to Arizona. Don was loving son, caring brother, wonderful husband and loving, supporting father. He was an active mentor not only to his family but to the Scouts of Troop 90 BSA, the Phoenix Boys Choir, his son's basketball teams in the Litchfield Basketball League and to his co-workers who were just beginning their careers. He was an active genealogist, and supporter of his wife's students. He loved his 47 Ford and was always planning on working on it. He loved restoring old furniture. Most of all he was a movie buff. One of his favorite was "Groundhog Day". He chose that day to pass. He was a friend to many including Shary, Mary Ellen, and Rich who made up his Arizona family. We thank Holy Cross Funeral Home and Cemetery for al l their help. A memorial get together will be held at a later date with lasagna, diet coke optional. He will be missed by many. Till we meet again, Sweetheart. We love you.
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Holly Hinkle Holly Wahl Hinkle, 91, of Litchfield Park, AZ passed away February 11, 2021, joining her beloved husband Bud in the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus. Holly was born May 24, 1929, in Chesterton, IN, in a rural community of largely Swedish immigrant descendants. In her early adulthood she worked for the telephone company in Chicago, IL, later moving to Phoenix where she traveled throughout the western states as a Trainer Analyst for Mountain Bell. In 1958 she met and married the love of her life, Warren "Bud" Hinkle. The couple settled in Litchfield Park in 1963, raising their children here and treasuring the deep connection of neighbors and friends over many decades. In 2017 Holly moved into La Loma Village where she enjoyed the continued fellowship of established friends and met many new friends. She passed away in her room at La Loma, attended by compassionate La Loma caregivers and surrounded by her children. Holly is preceded in death by her husband, Bud, her parents and her brothers, Jim Wahl and Bob Wahl. She is survived by her children, daughter Kristi Hinkle McClellan and husband Ross of San Angelo, TX; son Jim and wife Kristen of Litchfield Park; son Bob and wife Kathy of Mesa; grandchildren Michael, Karen, Jonathan and Daniel McClellan and Alex Hinkle; great- grandchildren Reagan and Logan McClellan. The family gives special thanks to the La Loma Care Center, Compassionate Home Care and Hospice of the Valley for the blessing of their care. Memorials in Holly's honor may be made to Hospice (hov.org) or to New Life Center (newlifectr.org). The family will hold a private celebration of life at a later date. Special thanks, as well, to the numerous friends and neighbors who have supported and loved our mom over all these years of life shared together. We love and appreciate you.
Dustin Richard Arbogast, 39, of Goodyear, Arizona died on February 2nd, 2021 in Goodyear, Arizona. He was born on November 28th, 1981 to Richard Arbogast and Susan Arbogast in Taylor, Michigan. Condolences for the family can be left at: http://www.thompsonfuneralchapel.com/ obituary/dustin-richard-arbogast/
James David Schwake
Mr. James David Schwake, of Litchfield Park, Arizona passed away on February 3, 2021 in Goodyear, Arizona. He was born May 6, 1949 to Melvin and Doris Schwake in Sulpher, Oklahoma. A memorial service for James will be held at 1:00PM on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at Litchfield Park Lake (Tierra Park Lake). Burial services will be held out of state at a later date. Condolences for the family can be left at http://www.thompsonfuneralchapel.com/ obituary/jamesdavid-schwake/
Iouri Vladimir Huerta
Iouri Vladimir Huerta of Surprise, Arizona, passed away on the 2nd of February 2021 in Surprise, Arizona. He was born on the 7th of April, 1992 to Hugo Huerta and Maria Acevedo in Jerez, Zacatecas, in Mexico. Services were held on February 20th, 2021.
Services were handled by Simply Cremation and Funeral Arrangement. To view the full obituary and leave condolences for the family, please visit: http://www.simply cremationaz.com/obituary/ iourivladimir-huerta/
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Richard S. Rodriguez Richard passed away on February 6, 2021 at his home in Cashion, AZ. He is survived by sisters Carolina Ybarra, Jessie Miller, Irene Cardenas, Sonia Lopez, Frani Misquez, Christina Banegas, brother Jesse Medrano, aunts Mary Flores, Lupe Samaniego, Alice Gonzales, Amelia Charlez, and uncle Nabor Samaniego as well as numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. He was preceeded in death by parents Trinidad and Carmen Rodriguez, step mother Cora Rodriguez, brothers Robert Rodriguez, Mike and Bobby Medrano.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Buckeye Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 16th, 2021 in the City Council Chambers, 530 E Monroe Avenue, Buckeye, Arizona, at 6:00 p.m., for the purpose of hearing all persons for or against the following request: Case No. PLZM-20-00149: Request by Hunter Engineering, Inc. for the approval of a variance from the Fifty-foot (50’) setback requirement along all property lines in the Community Commercial (CC) zoning district to zero-foot (0’) setback for the property located at the NWC of W. Pima Street and S. Miller Road. A portion of land located within the northeast quarter of section 18, township 1 north, range 3 west, of the Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian, Maricopa County, Arizona. For additional information, please contact the Development Services Department at (623) 349-6211. Published: West Valley View / Business March 3, 2021/ 36461
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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | FEBRUARY 24, 2021
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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | FEBRUARY 24, 2021
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YYSS A D A L D A L N FFIINA ends March 1st
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20262
2012 HONDA CIVIC EX
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$
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2013 GMC YUKON EX SLT
18,624
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2017 JEEP CHEROKEE TRAILHAWK
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