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Buckeye police prioritizing less-lethal weapons BY OCTAVIO SERRANO
West Valley View Staff Writer
The police tactics and protocols on how to approach radical situations have changed since Assistant Chief Robert Sanders was a rookie. “Society has progressed. The role of the police officer now is to create time and distance and deescalate the crisis,” Sanders said. “But we’ve got to make sure we have the right tools.” The Buckeye Police Department gives its officers the proper tools and training to prevent injuries and death in the field. They do so by implementing the right attitude when approaching a critical situation and providing less-lethal weapons that are used as a first resource. Sanders said police work used to be less tactful and had fewer options of less-lethal weapons. Today, however, he is proud to say every squad carries an assortment of different weapons that can be used in crisis situations. More so than just providing weapons, the BPD focuses on developing its officers’ communication skills. An important tool the officers have, Sanders said, is “our voice, our command
The FN303 is used to shoot precise rounds that carry pepper spray, which would incapacitate a subject. (West Valley View photo by Octavio Serrano)
and how we speak to people. We try to build a rapport because we’re not here to fight. That’s not our job.” Should there be a 9-1-1 call where a
person can be either a danger to people or themselves, rather than storming through
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Tolleson residents upset with city after brush fire BY ANDREA ESTRADA
West Valley View Staff Writer
A group of Tolleson residents says the city is responsible for not cleaning up dry brush that caught on fire near their neighborhood on the Fourth of July. Juanita Garcia and Tina Gamez, who live in the Tolsun Farms community, raised complaints about the brush fire at a recent Tolleson City Council meeting.
Garcia, who said the fire started on a lot on the northeast corner of 91st Avenue and Van Buren Street, recalled when a neighbor knocked on her door on the night of the incident. “She said, ‘Get out there with your hose because the backyard is on fire.’ When I got out there, we grabbed two of our hoses, and we started pouring water because we saw (fire) coming from 91st down
towards our home,” Garcia said. “It was burning pretty fast. All the neighbors were out there with their hoses.” According to public records, the fire’s heat source was fireworks, and the cause of ignition was unintentional. “Many of us had family and friends over MEDICATION to enjoy the holiday at our homes. Even A
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Weapons...continued from page 1 the doors and apprehending the person, BPD officers take their time to assess the situation. “They (officers) are going to develop a response plan; they’re going to try to establish communications with the person,” Sanders said. “We’re not going to go rushing in. We have all the time in the world.” Should the situation escalate, BPD officers have been trained not to use their handgun if it is not necessary. Sanders said every officer carries a baton, pepper spray and a Taser, and every squad has a bean bag shotgun, an FN303 and a 40 mm launcher. Sgt. Jeff Haley said the less-lethal weapons have different purposes and a different range, so training on which weapon to use is crucial to keep fatalities at a minimum. Haley said none of the less-lethal weapons are nonlethal, as they could all potentially kill someone. The pepper spray reaches 20 feet, but nearby standers can be contaminated, so the officers must be careful when to use it. Moving on to the Taser, Sanders and Haley said there are some common
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misconceptions with how it works. The probes from the Taser can reach out to 25 feet, depending on the cartridge, but the contact with the subject must be nearly perfect for it to work correctly. Both probes must make contact with the subject, which will shock them for five seconds and will cause their muscles to lock up. “Tasers aren’t as effective as people might think they are, because a lot of the times the probes don’t hit where they’re supposed to and you don’t get a good contact and get that muscle lock,” Sanders said. In addition, subjects who may be larger in size or are wearing heavy jackets could deflect the effect of the Taser. Some people can even fight through the pain. For more serious situations, the bean bag shotgun is the next less-lethal weapon of choice for the officers. The shotgun can be used at a minimum of 5 to 7 feet without fatally injuring someone, and it can reach 20 yards. Officers try to aim at appendages and extremities, as to not injure any vital body parts, Haley said. “It gives us the ability to reach out and touch somebody at a further distance so we’re not in that area where
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we have to use our hand gun or patrol rifle,” he said. The FN303 reaches 50 yards and is used to incapacitate a subject. One of the rounds it uses carries pepper spray. “It is not designed to penetrate; it’s designed to spread the powder out,” Haley said. The contamination of the pepper spray should be enough to affect the subject, but it won’t spread out to bystanders, making it a precise weapon. Jeff Haley shoots the 40 mm launcher at a practice dumThe last less-lethal Sgt. my. (West Valley View photo by Octavio Serrano) weapon is the 40 mm grenade launcher, which also has two Sanders said it is important for him different types of rounds. One is for di- and the police department to establish a rect impact on the subject and the other healthy relationship with the people of is used to contaminate an area with tear Buckeye and to continue to educate the gas powder, Haley said. public on what methods they are using “This is designed for if we go to a to diminish fatalities in the field. house and someone is engaging us “Our relationship with the communifrom inside of the house and we want ty is great here. We don’t have a culturto stop them or contain them,” Haley al history of the police not being part said. “This (40 mm launcher) is for of the community or the police being putting tear gas into a house.” too aggressive,” Sanders said. “That’s In addition to these weapons, every a legacy that we want to carry on.” officer carries a tourniquet and a mediThe BPD has given great effort cal kit, and an AED (Automated Exter- to ensuring the safety of its officers nal Defibrillator). These tools are help- when they are responding to distress ful because police officers are often the calls. However, they keep in mind first on scene and they need to be able perpetrators also deserve respect, and to tend to potential injuries. they must do their best to use less-le“The Buckeye Police Department is thal tactics as their first resource. unique in the sense that we are munic“We’re professional, we have ofipal, we’re county and we’re highway ficers who care, and we’re here to patrol department because of the dis- serve the public and we’re part of the tance we have,” Sanders said. “We do community,” Sanders said. “We’re not a lot of agency assists out here to help here to end life. We’re here to save the fire department.” people.”
Buckeye accepting input on bicycle/pedestrian master plan BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
After two rounds of public workshops on the city of Buckeye’s bicycle/ pedestrian master plan, the draft plan is now available online for review and comments until August 1. Information presented in the draft bicycle/pedestrian master plan came from input received at public meetings scheduled earlier this year. Buckeye’s bicycle/pedestrian master plan is a critical component of the city’s transportation master plan. Both
plans will define the transportation network to support the city’s general plan, which voters approved last August. To review the plan, visit buckeyeaz. gov/home/showdocument?id=7367. To provide comments, visit buckeyeaz. gov/business/development-services/ bicycle-and-pedestrian-master-plan/ comments. For general information on Buckeye’s bicycle/pedestrian master plan or the transportation master plan, visit buckeyeaz.gov/bikepedmasterplan.
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though we personally didn’t have any sparklers or fireworks, many people did…our neighbor two houses over was using sparklers when I suddenly saw a fire that could have been possibly started by sparklers flying over,” Gamez said. “As soon as I saw the fire, I immediately called 9-1-1 and explained the situation.” While Gamez described how “it felt like forever,” she estimated it took firefighters about 10 minutes to arrive at the scene. “My neighbors were saying 15 to 20 minutes. Everybody thought it was longer than it actually was. I told them, ‘I think it just felt long.’ This fire was up against the walls, and people were out there with their hoses. In a situation like that, I think it feels like it’s longer than it actually is,” Gamez told the West Valley View by phone. Tolleson Fire Department Chief George Good told the West Valley View the response time for a fire truck from the city of Glendale — Unit E158 — was “slightly less than 8 minutes.” Good added, “Our unit that carries water was already on a call, and other units, which would’ve been dispatched normally when our engine is on a call, were also on call. There are several other units that are closer — that are in Phoenix and in Avondale — that would have normally been dispatched to that location, but as they were on a call, then Engine 158 from Glendale responded.” When brush is ignited, fire can spread onto structures and areas with more brush, creating a larger fire, Good said. “It’s important that people do try to keep their areas, and I’m speaking in general terms, but that they try to keep any pathway for fire to spread to their homes clear. “Anything that’s within 30 feet of your home which could burn and then get to your home, you want to make sure that is removed in order to help reduce the possibility of a brush fire spreading to the house or structure from a source,” Good explained. Gamez told Tolleson city councilmembers, “We all hear the warnings about dry brush and fires and yet no one in the city has taken action to remove the fire hazard. So, what happened? We ended up with a fire. The potential for a fire would have been greatly diminished if the property was free of dried brush. “City employees and officials on all levels drive on Van Buren or 91st Avenue every single day, and no one, absolutely no one, has managed to say, ‘Why don’t we clean that up?’ It looks terrible and it is a fire hazard. There is no good reason for everyone to have gone through such distress because of the city’s negligence in cleaning up their property,” Gamez said. Good said he is working directly with Tolleson’s Field Operations Department to mitigate fire hazards — like brush. “The director and I of that department will be traveling throughout the city seeking to identify areas that could be hazardous and then take action based on what we find; reduce any incidents of this nature,” he said.
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Brothers arrested in connection with retail thefts BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
A pair of brothers has been arrested after a string of thefts from several Buckeye retail stores. Buckeye police said the brothers admitted to the crimes as a way to fund their drug habits. Bryan Velazquez, 24, and Michael Velazquez, 18, were charged with five and three counts of organized retail theft, respectively. Officers were called on July Left, Michael Velazquez, 18, was charged with three of organized retail theft. Right, Bryan Velazquez, 14 to the Beall’s Outlet on Wat- counts 24, was charged with five counts of organized retail son Road, just south of I-10, theft. (Photos courtesy Buckeye Police Department) regarding a shoplifting. The officers were given a description of two Witnesses and surveillance video suspects, both of whom were located at confirmed the involvement of the susa nearby convenience store with some pects, police said. of the stolen items. They were booked into the Maricopa With the help of employees and se- County Fourth Avenue Jail. curity personnel from both Beall’s and “These kinds of arrests show the Walmart, officers were able to piece cooperation between Buckeye police together that the brothers were tied to officers and our partners at our local a total of five recent retail thefts from retail stores,” the department said in a several stores in the area, police said. statement.
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Littleton welcomes 10 new leaders for upcoming school year
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Although summer is underway, Littleton Elementary School District isn’t showing signs of slowing down. The district recently named 10 new leaders for the upcoming 2019-20 school year, seven of whom were promoted from other positions. School resumes Monday, July 29. “Having such an outstanding pool of internal candidates when leadership positions open up is a testament to the
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also been a special education teacher, special education direction and principal in Illinois. Eric Nelson — Assistant Principal, Tres Rios Service Academy. Nelson has worked in the Littleton School District for the past five years in a variety of leadership roles across the district and the district office. Sarah Galetti — Director of State and Federal Programs. Galetti has worked with the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at ASU, the deputy associate superintendent of K-12 academic standards at the Arizona Department of Education, held multiple coaching positions and worked as a middle school teacher. Susan Gibson — Director for Instructional Quality and Teacher Development. Gibson has been the principal at Fine Arts Academy for the last three years. She has also previously held the position of director of grants and family services as well as spent many years teaching elementary grades. Rita Sanchez — Community Relations/PIO. Sanchez has supported the Office of School Support in the District for the last four years. Previously she has worked as a communications coordinator for another school district and has spent years working in the local news media.
Lesko honors Goodyear woman BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Rep. Debbie Lesko (AZ-08) presented Cricket Barrientos, founder of Sounds of Autism, with Arizona’s District 8 Congressional Recognition at her Glendale office. Founded in 2012, Sounds of Autism is a nonprofit organization to create awareness and educate people about autism spectrum disorder. “Sounds of Autism’s mission is to integrate children with autism and their families into society,” Lesko said. “By offering love and support and providing recreational therapies, Sounds of Autism helps spread awareness of ASD and educates the community, all while giving families hope for the future. “Thank you, Cricket, for providing this much-needed service for children with autism.”
Rep. Debbie Lesko presents Cricket Barrientos with Arizona’s District 8 Congressional Recognition. (Photo courtesy Rep. Debbie Lesko’s office)
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Phoenix police equip first responders with opioid overdose-reversal drug BY ANDREA ESTRADA
West Valley View Staff Writer
Phoenix Police Department officers in first responder positions are now equipped with opioid overdose antidote naloxone — something Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson deems important for their “tool box out on the street.” After obtaining 1,800 units of the overdose-reversal drug through an Arizona Department of Health Services grant, the department launched a city-wide program in early July training officers on the identification of the signs and symptoms of opioid overdose and how to administer the naloxone nasal spray known as Narcan. All Phoenix PD officers in first responder assignments are expected to complete the training program through August. A group of patrol officers received training at the Maryvale Estrella Mountain Precinct in Tolleson on July 11. “Right now in our community, we know that we have a problem with opioid use and abuse. That’s why (naloxone) is an important tool for our offi-
Narcan is a brand of opioid overdose-reveral nasal spray called naloxone. (West Valley View file photo by Melissa Fossum)
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U.S. Air Force veteran, mom receives rental house donation BY ANDREA ESTRADA
West Valley View Staff Writer
Jessica Johnson, who was honorably discharged as a senior airman after serving the U.S. Air Force for four years, is reentering civilian life seamlessly thanks to local development company Christopher Todd Communities and its philanthropic program, A New Lease on Life. The program, which was created to provide a helping hand up to one person or one family at a time, is currently focus- Jessica Johnson and son Jay Johnson, 3, enjoy their new ing its efforts on transi- home in Litchfield Park. (West Valley View photo by Pablo Robles) tioning service members. Through a partnership with Vets’ Com- comes a deciding factor. With Jessica, munity Connections (VCC) Maricopa, it was clear her plan to pay it forward an organization that connects veter- was great,” Bowman said. ans with resources, Christopher Todd Having veterans like Johnson in the Communities gives one veteran a new community is a win-win situation, home in each new single-family rental Bowman said. home community it opens. “We feel really blessed and honored Johnson, who moved into Christo- to be able to offer this to anyone. It’s pher Todd Communities on Camel- always interesting to me, as you try to back in Litchfield Park in mid-July, is help other people, how it ends up just the company’s third recipient since the serving you. As a community, we see program’s inception in 2017. that. They serve the residents that live “Christopher Todd Communities here. They enhance the community. It Foundation really wanted to have an really comes back to bless us having impact with veterans, and they didn’t them here,” he said. know what that looked like,” said JoJohnson, who is a mother and wife anna Sweatt, VCC Maricopa project and whose father is ill, said her new coordinator. home is going to alleviate a financial “We worked with their team to cre- burden for her family. ate the program. We wanted it to be a “It’s amazing that they do something hand up, not a hand out. We decided like this for the veteran community that providing a home on a discount- — to be able to work my way up. I’m ed, step-rent-increase every year waiting to start a job right now. It’s so allows a veteran to be empowered. awesome to be able to do that and to They can save money, get out of debt know that I’m going to be able to afthey’ve acquired up to this point, and ford my rent and be able to save money leverage the goals they have,” Sweatt at the same time,” Johnson said. said. “My parents live right down the Johnson, who will receive one year’s street. I’ll be able to help my mom free rent followed by two years of re- while she’s taking care of my dad. I’m duced rent, emerged as the perfect can- just so overwhelmed. I’m so happy to didate for the home donation based on be able to move into this house and her plan to pay it forward, said Chad give my son something that he really Bowman, Christopher Todd Commu- deserves. I’m just very, very grateful nities VP of operations. for it.” “All of our candidates are already To learn about eligibility requireserving in the community and are do- ments and apply for A New Lease on ing amazing things. But that plan of Life, visit christophertoddproperties. continuing to pay it forward really be- com/our-giveback.
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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | JULY 24, 2019
Avondale girl becomes cyberbully activist; ASU develops app
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After long days of torment at middle school, Grace Martinez would come home, eat dinner and do her chores. But as soon as she was alone, behind her bedroom door, she released her emotional pain. “I got to the point where I didn’t want to feel the pain they were giving me, so I wanted to feel something physical. That’s when I started cutting myself,” said Martinez, now a senior at Westview High School in Avondale. She remembers being bullied as far back as kindergarten. It got worse. In seventh grade, the bullying took a hard turn to the internet. On a social media app called Vine, they called her names. They made fun of her glasses. Her braces. Her weight. “Instead of it being in person, it was all online so everybody could read it,” Martinez said of the humiliation. According to a 2018 Pew Research Center survey, 59% of teens have been the target of cyberbullying and 42% of those teens said they were called offensive names.
Grace Martinez was bullied from kindergarten to middle school. Now a high school senior, she uses her experiences to advocate for children who are victims of bullying. (PhoArizona State University researchers and students are developing an app called ActionPoint to help detect cyberbullies on Instagram. The app contains customized features that produce a personalized list of resources for parents and teens. (Photo courtesy ASU’s BullyBlocker team)
About 60% of teens who were cyberbullied think parents are doing a good job in addressing these issues of harassment online, but the remaining 40% feel parents are not doing enough, the survey shows. Programs and an app under development might offer solutions for parents and teens. Martinez kept silent about the cyberbullying around her family and friends.
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Her parents had no clue. “She had tons of friends,” said Johnny Martinez, Grace’s father. “Her personality was really outgoing; her grades were excellent. So, a lot of those warning signs just never really applied to her.” Grace Martinez had a close friend who noticed the changes in her behavior, and that she always wore long sleeves. The friend alerted a school counselor. The teamwork between her school faculty and her parents accelerated her healing. “They got me help. It was huge because it really did turn my life around,” she said. “Instead of reacting negatively to it, we made an anti-bullying assembly with that teacher, my vice principals, some friends and the Phoenix Police Department. So, instead of it making me feel less than who I was, I made it into something positive.” The technology that spawned cyberbullying might provide another solution. Arizona State University researchers are giving parents a tool to monitor their child’s social media presence and identify cyberbullying. After creating an app to stop bullies on Facebook, the BullyBlocker team of researchers and students is moving the concept to Instagram. The ActionPoint app is being designed to help improve parent and teen communication and alert parents to problems. Researchers say the app is based on a machine-learning model that automatically analyzes words and additional social network information to predict future instances of cyberbullying. Yasin Silva, an associate professor at ASU, said teens and parents can learn from an app like ActionPoint. “These apps will engage parents and teenagers,” said Silva, who works in
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the university’s school of mathematical and natural sciences. They can “learn together about identifying instances of cyberbullying and other types of cyber harassment in these networks.” Instagram recently added anti-cyberbullying tactics, announced by Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram. “We are committed to leading the industry in the fight against online bullying, and we are rethinking the whole experience of Instagram to meet that commitment,” Mosseri said in a recent Instagram post. The new feature notifies people when their comment may be considered offensive before it’s posted, allowing users to reflect on their harmful comment before pushing “post.” Another part of the feature protects accounts from unwanted interactions. It allows only the cyberbully and their target to see the harmful comments unless the target approves the comment. Johnny Martinez said he likes the concept of an app but advises parents to take other actions to reduce cyberbullying. “I feel like parents still need to continue to be pretty well involved in and hypervigilant when it comes to the social media that the kids are looking at,” Martinez said. He recommends that parents talk everyday with their kids to see how they are doing. He believes if he had done that consistently with his daughter he would have noticed early warning signs. Grace Martinez is now a student ambassador for Speak Up, Stand Up, Save a Life, an annual conference in the Phoenix area that spreads awareness about bullying and suicide and educates teens about their online presence. “I hope you are in a better place,” she said of her former bullies. “Your words don’t matter to me because I am out here growing — I’m out here doing so much about it.”
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High-tech swim school eyeing Litchfield Park BY PAUL MARYNIAK West Valley View Writer
Chris DeJong may have missed the qualifying for the U.S. swim team in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics by a few seconds, but so far, he’s not missing out on business. The Michigan native started a swim school concept in the Midwest that not only is unique in its target market but also for what it does for dying strip malls. Now, he’s bringing his franchise to Arizona — with an eye on Litchfield Park and Arrowhead Ranch as two of the ideal sites for his Big Blue Swim School. With a meeting for investors at print time scheduled in Phoenix on July 23, DeJong has identified about a dozen Valley communities for his franchise, which started in 2012 and has recently opened its fifth Illinois location. As a student at the University of Michigan, DeJong, now 35, was a competitive swimmer and ranked among the top five in the world along with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. In fact, he and Phelps had the same coach. While he lost to Phelps for a qualifying spot on the 2008 U.S. team by a mere 3/10ths of a second, he couldn’t stay out of the water. “After that, my swimming career was over and I just started teaching,” said DeJong, who describes himself as someone who was always around water since his dad ran a marina on the shores of Lake Michigan. “It was just kind of a reflex and a way to make ends meet when I realized that
it was a really rewarding way to make a living,” he said. So, out of a rented commercial pool in 2009, he started offering swimming lessons, targeting only children 6 months old to age 12. “I loved it and got to share my passion with young kids,” said the father of two, 10 months and 3 years old. And so Big Blue Swim School was born, first at a commercial pool he rented until he got together the money he needed to gut an abandoned supermarket and create his first official school. Big Blue’s business model offers new life for dying strip malls abandoned by a big-box anchor, DeJong said. Though he stressed that “our primary focus as a brand is to be in the path of least resistance for the consumer.” That means being located in a community with families with young children “who know the importance of learning how to swim” and operating in a building “where it’s easiest for them to come and have some lessons.” The number of young families is what guided DeJong in targeting Litchfield Park and Arrowhead as two of the prime locations for a Big Blue Swim School. “Institutional landlords or the big landlords that own a lot of these shopping centers love our concept,” he said. “We’re bringing families to the shopping center to do their swim lessons. And then ultimately after their swim lesson, they’re hungry. So, they’ll go grab lunch and then usually run another errand within that same shopping center.
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Regarding bicycle safety Editor:
I hope to respond with all due respect to Mr. Leibowitz’s recent column “Since you didn’t ask, here are my opinions.” The column serves to increase the risk to physical safety of cyclists on the roads in the West Valley and everywhere cyclists share the road with motorists. I am one of these cyclists and regularly participate in the West Valley Cycle’s Saturday-morning group rides over the winter months when I visit family who live in the area of your readership. Mr. Leibowitz writes that cyclists “should not compete for space with 4,000-pound vehicles going three times that speed,” and this is absolutely true! Unfortunately, the column’s tone suggests as much in a manner that reinforces the idea that the safety of cyclists on our roads should be of lesser priority, whereas it ought have suggested that cyclists shouldn’t compete for space with motorists as a matter of safe driving, public safety and moral obligation. The column is a failure on the part of the West Valley View in that reasonable editorial oversight would have seen this as an opportunity to reinforce that cyclists have a legal obligation to ride on the road; that motorists have a legal and moral obligation to share the road; and that, most importantly, as a community we are all best served if we discourage taking chances with the safety and lives of those with whom we share the road, be they in our car, another car, on a motorcycle, on a bicycle or otherwise. I am a year-round cyclist and hope to reinforce the notion that the ideas and tone of the column — both explicit and implicit — are irresponsible and help reinforce the ideas that cyclists and motorists cannot reasonably share public roads, that the safety of nonmotorists is of lesser importance and that cyclists are reasonable “targets” for road rage and dangerous driving. Per the Nation-
al Highway Traffic Safety Administration website, 783 cyclists were killed in traffic crashes in 2017 (nhtsa.gov/ road-safety/bicycle-safety). Might you both ask: If my own children were road cyclists, would I find the column’s tone acceptable, or would I fear for my own kids’ safety on their next bike ride? I praise the motorists of the West Valley communities to the extent that I have personally experienced their friendly, safe and mutually respectful sharing of the road during the Saturday-morning group ride, and I admonish West Valley View for working against what is already a reasonable and viable relationship in the community. Mr. Leibowitz has suggested that journalists are “self-proclaimed guardians of the public interest,” but I would suggest that the column demonstrates that West Valley View does not seriously consider its role in the public interest, and has instead missed an opportunity to truly serve its readers and the public. J. Carnes Flagstaff
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Editor: I sent an email to Gov. Ducey telling him, “I am so proud of him & support him for repealing financial incentive dollars that the State of AZ was providing to Nike to locate here. He stood up for our country, our history/heritage & our flag,” and I thank him for doing so. Patriotism is foremost for me. Barb Guthier Goodyear
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Editor: I just read that the city of Sandusky, Ohio, has made Election Day a paid holiday by swapping it out with Columbus Day. I think it’s a great idea and we should follow suit here in Goodyear. Eileen Fein Goodyear
Surprise medical bills! Editor:
Recently I saw an ad on TV addressing “surprise” medical bills. I had heard of them through friends but didn’t really understand, so I did some investigating and found this to be a common occurrence. These surprise bills show up months after a person has gone to an emergency or urgent care facility. These people know they have insurance. They paid their premiums and co-pays and have big deductibles, but in an emergency they trust their care will be covered. When the surprise bill arrives, people usually think it is a mistake, but when they start tracking it down, they find the bill is for charges their insurance company denied because the doctor or the service is not in their network. Very few people can deal with these surprise bills, which could be hundreds of dollars. I can’t face a surprise medical bill because it is denied by my insurance. In an emergency you don’t have a choice of doctors or service. You just get what they provide and never know the costs. There must be some solution to this potentially devastating problem. I read about one state that has established an arbitration/dispute resolution structure that helps people in this situa-
tion. Shouldn’t Arizona have a process that would alleviate this situation? An emergency is bad enough without facing hundreds of dollars denied by our insurance. Kurt Diaz Goodyear
Our great American way Editor:
A distraught letter writer suggests that we “have to fight fire with fire” in our raging American uncivil war. Rather inflammatory rhetoric, no? I recommend a less risky path: We partisans can settle our wide differences civilly at the ballot box on Election Day. It’s our great American way, folks. Ken Williams Goodyear How to get a letter published 250 N. Litchfield Road, Ste. 130, Goodyear, AZ 85340 E-mail: editor@westvalleyview.com
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BY GALEN PATON Guest Columnist
Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent on political campaigns, and the 2020 elections will be no different. Many of these dollars are from organized donors assembled as countless political action committees or PACS — private corporations and unions. It can be overwhelming to think about running for office when you consider the amount of money in politics. However, Arizona is one of 14 states in the nation where voters established an option for individuals to run for statewide and legislative office with public monies. It was passed by voters to diminish the influence of special interest money by breaking the link between fundraising and governing that gives rise to corruption or its appearance, and to broaden the pool of candidates. A recent example of a clean elections candidate is Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction, who recently opined that her election was, in part, made possible because of the Citizens Clean Elections Act.
Galen Paton. (Photo courtesy Riester)
Since its inception, candidates from all political parties have chosen to run clean for state offices such as governor, secretary of state, attorney general as well as the Legislature. The act has fulfilled its intention: Broader
participation and transparency in elections. Moreover, candidates who run with clean elections funding aren’t raising money from the same people they regulate. Come August 1, candidates who
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What did we do to deserve this bunch? OPINION
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BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ West Valley View Columnist
In the ongoing uncivil war between President Donald Trump and Democrat congresswomen like Reps. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, I choose to side with … … neither side. This choice may seem unfashionable in 2019, because we’re all supposed to have picked a squad by now and adorned ourselves in either red #MAGA hats or #ImpeachTrump T-shirts. But I’ve never been much of a joiner. I quit Boy Scouts at age 10, didn’t pledge a fraternity in college and have been a registered political independent for the better part of the last 25 years. Plus, I subscribe to the notion that it is indeed possible to judge people by the company they keep. Let me be perfectly clear: In no way, shape or form do any of these combatants speak for me on the subject of how we might repair what currently ails America. They don’t have my back and I don’t have theirs. Let’s take Trump first, since he’s the
president of the United States, though Contrary to Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, I you’d never know it by his demeanor, don’t believe we have a “manufactured word choice or treatment crisis” at the Mexico-U.S of those who disagree with border. And yes, Rep. Omar him. has herself wandered into Was Trump’s Twitter atTrump territory, tweeting, tack suggesting that “The “Israel has hypnotized the Squad” members “go back world, may Allah awaken and help fix the totally the people and help them see broken and crime infestthe evil doings of Israel.” ed places from which they A month ago, I tried came” a racist statement? watching the Democrat deOf course. It was also bate, a project that lasted abysmally stupid — three about 30 minutes. of the four targets are David Leibowitz. (Photo Part of my lack of interest American-born — and courtesy Advisor Group) had to do with watching 20 un-American. people trying to have a conI mean, we’ve come a long way from versation, but most of it had to do with the inscription on the Statue of Liberty moments like Joe Biden discussing wind — “Give me your tired, your poor, your farms and Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sandhuddled masses yearning to breathe free ers and multiple others nattering on about …” — to chants of “Send her back” fill- “free college” and free everything else. ing the air at Trump’s July 17 rally in While I find Trump’s personality noxNorth Carolina. ious, watching these 20 felt like attendSo no, Trump doesn’t speak for me. ing a faculty brunch at the nation’s most On the other hand, neither do pro- politically correct community college. gressive Democrats intent on pushing Couple them with the anti-American the country as far to the socialist left sentiment of The Squad and no, I won’t as possible. be joining that movement either.
Nor am I alone in wanting to be alone. The most recent Gallup poll saw 27% of Americans call themselves Democrats and 26% identify as Republicans. Meanwhile, 46% chose independence of either party. Back in the day, political pundits would have used that number to suggest the path to the White House demanded a moderate tack. Not anymore. Now the goal in advance of the 2020 election is clearly to inflame the base while depressing everyone else. Heading into next year, expect more hate from Trump and more anti-Trump hate and leftward policy shifts from the Democrats. Meanwhile, the rest of us get to stand around wondering if anyone actually cares about solving the problems we face as a nation. I’ve heard it said that countries get the leaders they deserve. If that’s true, I have to wonder what hellish crime America committed to merit this feckless bunch. David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@ leibowitzsolo.com
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BY CONNOR DZIAWURA
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Hello, readers! This week I’ll welcome you back to the column just as I welcome a recurring anticipated business. A bike shop that has been in the works for quite a while has opened its doors in the Estrella area. Similarly, please turn your focus to several other new openings, one related to coding and the other dance, along with a massive, 408-unit multifamily property sale. Here’s the news! First, Copper State Bike & Hike is finally open. A new branch from Trek Bicycle Store of West Phoenix business partners Brian Abraham and Brandon van Leuven, it was originally slated to open in late April. It is located at 8175 S. Hillside Drive, Suite B, off
Estrella Parkway, next to the Estrella Star Tower and as part of the Casa Lucero welcome/info center. Van Leuven previously told the West Valley View the new Copper State demo store would differ from the showroom-style Trek. The new location is primarily targeted at bicycle enthusiasts looking to rent and test ride available biking technologies. According to its website, Copper State rents hardtail and full suspension mountain bikes, comfort bikes, e-bikes, cyclocross/gravel bikes, cruisers and road bikes. Customers in need of tune-ups or detailed services would be best suited to stop by Trek, 13810 W. Test Drive, van Leuven said. For more information on either location, visit trekwestphoenix.com or find
them on Facebook @ trekbicyclewestphoenix. Elsewhere, in Avondale, Aventura, a 408unit multifamily property, sold for $65.4 million, or $160,294 per unit. Boston Capital is the seller and an institutional investment manager is the buyer. The sale was announced by Marcus & Millichap division Institutional Property Advisors. For a different bit of news, Qaisar M. Odeh and Omar A. El-Mousa, owners of SERVPRO of Litchfield/ West Phoenix, 1050 N. From left to right, Rupash Pudasaini, Wes Larson, Jana Dutton, Khurana and Keagan Sweeney are the Litchfield Park Fairway Drive, C-107, Raman Code Ninjas team. (Photo courtesy Code Ninjas) Avondale, received their parent company’s Director’s Sil- Ninjas is up and running. At 13331 W. ver award. Awards were handed out Indian School Road, Suite 203, Code at Servpro’s 50th annual convention, Ninjas teaches children computer codthis year themed “Making History” ing and problem-solving skills while and held at the Sacramento Conven- building video games. Local business tion Center in California from June 24 partners and franchisees — as well as through June 28. For more information PerfOpt Technologies and Immersive on Odeh’s and El-Mousa’s SERVPRO Teaching STEAM Academy cofoundbranch, call 623-594-6033 or email ers — Jana Dutton and Raman Khurak.odeh@servprowestphoenix.com. na plan to open locations in Goodyear Over in Litchfield Park, Bravo and Peoria as well. Dance Family is now renting its own “Code Senseis” provide children dedicated space, the opening of which ages 7 to 14 a fast-paced, but not selfwill coincide with a grand-opening taught, curriculum comprised of nine event with raffles and more from 1 to belts, effectively bringing STEM to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 27. Classes start karate. At “Belt-Up” celebrations, kids Monday, August 5. Previously subleas- receive color-coded wristbands as they ing out of Little Sunbeams School, the advance up the belt ladder. At program studio offers a variety of courses, ac- completion, kids publish an app in the cording to its website, from jazz/hip- app store. Flexible weeknight drop-in hop to ballet, tumble, tap, creative and programs, camps, birthday parties and more. Classes are offered for kids ages Parents Night Out events are other fea3 through 18, co-owner and office man- tures. For more information, call 623ager Anastacia Bravo-Robb told the 255-8954 or visit codeninjas.com/locaWest Valley View. Recitals and camps tions/az-litchfield-park. are held, too. Bravo Dance Family is at That’s all the briefs for this week! 5104 N. Dysart Road, Suite 108. For Stay tuned for next week! Thanks for more information, visit bravodance- reading! family.com or find it on Facebook @ Have an item for Business Briefbravodancefamily. case? Email Connor Dziawura at cdziFinally, also in Litchfield Park, Code awura@westvalleyview.com.
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Johnny Nguyen, who lives in Buckeye but has been with Brakes Plus for years, said he noticed a distinct need for a shop of this quality in Goodyear. So, the general manager made it happen. On July 18, Nguyen and Brakes Plus partnered with the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce to cut the ribbon and formally open. Located at 760 N. Estrella Parkway, the store is the 18th in Arizona and 81st in the United States, but the first in Goodyear. “A lot of people come down Estrella Parkway from neighboring towns or communities, and we’d heard there was a need for somebody out here because the other ones just didn’t have enough to meet their needs,” Nguyen said. As the name suggests, Nguyen said Brakes Plus is focused on car brakes, but the quality servicemen and -women are able to work on just about any aspect of vehicle repair or maintenance. The space has nine service bays manned by quality technicians and supervisors, many of whom were top employees at other Brakes Plus or related locations.
Besides providing great service, marketing director Brenda Goentzel said Goodyear is a ripe market for a shop such as theirs, which should help the business thrive. “It’s a growing area. And we want to make sure we establish ourselves as a business here early so we can build a loyal clientele even before it potentially booms,” Goentzel said. And, if the first few weeks are any indication, that boom is coming. Nguyen said since the soft opening in late May, sales have been higher than expected for a business first welcoming customers onto the premises. Executive Vice President of Marketing Josh Henderson said he has full trust in the staff to make sure that trend continues. “When we’ve got talent like Johnny and the people around him working here, and a big and growing market, I think we’re in pretty good shape,” he said.
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WellCare Health Plans is seeking to fill 100 full-time pharmacy positions to support its regional hub based at its Phoenix Gateway Center office. In October 2018, WellCare announced it would expand its Arizona presence by establishing a regional hub to better serve Medicaid members in Arizona and augment the company’s clinical and operational functions across the country. As a result, the company is seeking to hire 100 pharmacy technicians to
support WellCare’s Medicare Prescription Drug Plan, which serves 1.6 million members nationwide as of March 31. Pharmacy positions will support prior authorizations, case processing, clinical evaluation, coverage determinations, data input and output, and quality improvement strategies. WellCare will host several open interviews for the available pharmacy technician positions at the regional hub office, located at 432 N. 44th Street, Phoenix, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. August
2, September 6, October 4, November 8 and December 6. “As our company continues to grow, we are looking for talented, driven individuals to support our regional hub in Phoenix and help us in our mission to provide quality care and services to help our members live better, healthier lives,” said Scott Cummings, state president, Care1st Health Plan Arizona, a WellCare company. There are around 180 job openings in Arizona for Care1st Health Plan Arizona and WellCare Health Plans.
WellCare employs more than 13,000 associates across the country and ranks 155 on the Fortune 500 list. The company offers employee benefits including dental, vision, telemedicine, 401(k) plan, wellness program, paid time off and tuition reimbursement. WellCare is accepting applications for the pharmacy technician positions through the WellCare Careers website and will conduct interviews through October, or once all positions are filled. To learn more, visit wellcare.com.
Katz named chief medical officer of Banner Estrella
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Banner Estrella Medical Center has hired Eric Katz as its new chief medical officer. With more than 19 years of experience as a physician leader, Katz will be responsible for overseeing a medical staff of 1,300, the day-to-day clinical business operations of the facility, patient safety and clinical quality. He will join Banner
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collaborative work style.” In addition to his new role as chief medical officer, Katz has held many leadership roles, most recently as chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department at Maricopa Integrated Health Systems. He also served as executive chairman of Emergency Medicine at The University of Arizona College of Medicine — Phoenix,
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Livewire 13 Adidas club leaves Nationals with bronze BY GRIFFIN FABITS
West Valley View Contributing Writer
The twelve 13-year-old girls who make up the Livewire 13 Adidas volleyball club thought their head coach may as well have been placing a jinx on them. “Three-and-oh, three-and-oh,” Steve Merriott playfully chanted to his team ahead of their first day at the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior Nationals Championships, hinting at the prospect of winning each of their first three games. It was his way of instilling confidence in his club, and also a way to duly express how much faith he had in them to steal three wins and commence the biggest tournament of the year with a flawless record. After the Livewire 13s granted Merriott’s wishes — winning its first trio of games in comfortable fashion — he altered his chant. “Then it was six-and-oh, then sevenand-oh, then eight-and-oh,” he said, a nudge to his team to continue their winning ways amongst the 64 teams who made up the American Division at the tournament in Indianapolis from July 1 through July 4. The consensus that Merriott had placed a wicked spell on the Livewire club — a bit of an unwritten rule in sports that you should refrain from talks of winning and success in order to avoid jinxing it all — had quickly vanished. Instead, as Merriott had hoped, his playful chant turned into a weekend-long rallying cry, and the girls quickly responded to it. They rattled off nine straight wins to reach the semifinals, barreling their way through teams from Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana. “The hard work paid off,” Merriott said. “It was something we worked hard all season long for, and it really came together at the right time.” Despite the stretch of nine consecutive wins, Livewire 13 stumbled in the semifinals, ironically enough, against a team from Arizona. They were bested by the Storm — whom Livewire had actually beaten in a tournament months ago to qualify for Nationals — in straight sets, 25-22 and 25-20.
The Livewire 13 Adidas volleyball club marched into the National Championships in Indianapolis and left with a third-place finish, this after playing together for less than one year. (Photo courtesy Steve Merriott)
They departed Indianapolis with a third-place finish and a handsome trophy to boot. “I wouldn’t say that was hard to believe because I really felt like, going into the tournament, we were a topeight team,” Merriott said. “Leaving with third, leaving with a medal and a trophy and representing Arizona as well as we did, I was ecstatic. I can’t tell you how special this was.” The Livewire 13 Adidas club, which does have a sponsorship with Adidas, has been playing together for less than a year. There is a core of girls — about five, Merriott said — who have been playing together for a handful of years now. The rest of the roster was pieced together late last year, consisting of a dozen girls spanning the West Valley. Their lack of playing together has hardly been a concern, and rarely does it show itself. It was masterfully disguised in Indianapolis, and instead of looking like a team that was still getting a grasp on one another,
Livewire 13 performed like a welloiled machine, free of errors and full of soul. It’s a strength of theirs now, their chemistry on and off the court, that Merriott believed gave them an advantage over other teams at Nationals. “It’s a new team and we used that word ‘gel’ all season long, trying to get these players all season long to understand that we’re trying to play as a team, and not six individuals out on the court. They really battled for themselves as well as their teammates and that was really impressive. It was definitely team volleyball.” To get to Indianapolis, Livewire 13 had plenty of avenues to do so. They had played in several qualifying tournaments that would have clinched a spot at Nationals, but they ultimately did so when they defeated the Storm to win one in late March. And to understand Livewire 13’s success at the national level, Merriott traced back to the club’s infancy, when
they first began playing tournaments last November. The Livewire organization, which also has other teams of varying age groups, often uses the ploy of setting its teams up for “difficult volleyball” over the course of the club season by entering the younger teams into older tournaments. Livewire’s 13’s team had routinely played in 16-year-old tournaments this season, a preemptive measure to get them familiar with competing against the better, more mature opponents it would inevitably face at the Nationals Championships. “As far as maturity, that keeps us on our toes. (This season) was definitely a rollercoaster ride. A lot of ups, a lot of downs throughout the season, but what that does it set them up for success when they’re playing their own age group.” The building blocks have been set for what Merriott and the rest of the Livewire organization believe to be a long stretch of dominance surrounding this current 13-year-old squad. That they can muster up a third-place finish at Nationals in year one leaves room for belief that next year they may be able to walk away from the same tournament with a first- or second-place finish. “Being a first-year team that’s really played together for the first time and making it to the show and making it to the podium, that was extremely special. Obviously, we have high expectations for them next year going into 14s.” Merriott and Co. will spend the next year diligently working on avoiding becoming complacent and content with a top-three finish. He knows his club has more in the tank, and he’s adamant they’re capable of surfacing it. “You can always be better. That’s something I’ve always stressed with the girls. I’m going to ask you to fix this or apply what you learned, but then I’m always going to ask more of you. That’s something that I think they really grasped toward the end of the season, and they were always willing to give more.”
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Garcia spends week in Florida at MLB camp BY GRIFFIN FABITS
West Valley View Contributing Writer
Hailey Garcia is not the ballplayer she was just a few short weeks ago, courtesy of Major League Baseball’s efforts to provide youth softball players with elite training. Garcia, an incoming senior at Millennium High School, was invited to the Softball Elite Development Invitational at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida, from July 13 to July 17. The invitational, organized by Major League Baseball and USA Softball, features 90 “top high school softball players,” per a press release from MLB’s Office of the Commissioner. Instructing the selected athletes were former Olympians Jennie Finch and Natasha Watley, as well as former Team USA coaches and players. Finch and Watley, currently youth softball ambassadors for MLB, are former gold medalists. Per the press release: “Players were selected by a combination of the following groups: MLB Youth Academy
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network, Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities (RBI) program, Major League Baseball, and more.” “It was amazing,” Garcia said. “The coaches were all helpful, giving great advice. The girls were also right there giving advice and helping each other out.” Each day at Vero Beach presented new learning opportunities. Mornings typically began around 8 a.m., consisting of strength and conditioning workouts and stretching. A two-hour practice would ensue, per Garcia. “We worked more on dividing our bodies and the mechanics of our feet, and the mechanics of our body,” she said. The latter half of the week called for team practices and intersquad games, an opportunity to showcase the skills they had learned throughout the week. Garcia, a center fielder, left the invitational feeling like a more polished, well-rounded player. “(I learned) to always stay in motion, keep your feet always moving, and just having quiet feet at the same time.” Along with the on-field instruction, Garcia and the other attendees were also invited to a Miami Marlins game on July 16. There, they would have a “special career chat with front office employees,” according to the press release, featuring Executive Vice President of Baseball and Softball Development Tony Reagins and Senior VP of Baseball and Softball Development Kim Ng.
“We were able to talk to some of the top women in Major League Baseball,” Garcia said. “They gave us advice about everything — recruitment, time management, how to be respectful to teammates, and how, no matter what, always push yourself and never give up.” Garcia is hopeful her invitation to the prominent developmental camp will parlay into interest from college coaches. Though she is uncommitted, her goal is to net an athletic scholarship before she graduates next spring. “I hope she can translate hard work and dedication on and off the Hailey Garcia, an incoming senior at Millennium High School, field,” her father, Este- was invited to attend the Vero Beach, Florida-based Elite Deban Garcia, said. “Not velopment Invitational, a camp run by MLB and USA Softball provide high school girls with elite training and instruction. too many kids have the to (Photo courtesy Major League Baseball) opportunity to be able to attend seminars and one-on-ones with ball team at L. Thomas Heck Middle amazing role models like Jennie Finch School. and so many other great people from The goal of continuing to play softMLB.” ball at the next level will certainly reEsteban Garcia said his oldest daugh- ceive a boost when Hailey Garcia is ter’s work ethic is a model for his other able to pencil her selection to the elite three children. Hailey Garcia’s young- camp into her resume. er sister, Stacey, was recently featured “The activities we did, the chats we by the West Valley View for becoming had,” she said, “they were just all so the first girl to make the boys’ base- powerful.”
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STEMonstrations
Participate in a variety of STEM demonstrations from 11:15 a.m. to noon at Sam Garcia Western Avenue Library, 495 E. Western Avenue, Avondale. For information, call 623-333-2601.
‘Drive-in’ Movie Night
The West Valley View publishes on Wednesday. The 9 Days a Week calendar — a listing of entertainment events such as concerts, theatrical performances, events for schools, churches, county parks and nonprofit groups — runs every issue. Events must be open to the public to be considered and generally must be held within the View’s coverage area, which is south of Northern Avenue, west of Loop 101, plus all of Tolleson, extending to Estrella in the south and Tonopah in the west. Events such as concerts and theatrical performances that fall outside the View’s circulation area will be considered because there are no concert halls or theater venues within our boundaries. 9 Days a Week calendar items print on a space-available basis. The only way to guarantee that an item will print is to purchase an advertisement. Submissions must reach our office by 4 p.m. Wednesday to be considered for the following Wednesday publication. Submissions must be in writing and may be emailed to Rachel Hagerman, rhagerman@timespublications.com or faxed to 623-935-2103.
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The Litchfield Park Historical Society
The Litchfield Park Historical Society is now on its summer schedule: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesdays. Admission is free and docents are available. The museum is located at 13912 W. Camelback Road. For large groups, please call 623-535-4414 or email office@lphsmuseum.org to request a special day and time. For information, visit lphsmuseum.org.
Junior Book Club (Ages 8-12)
Children are encouraged to read a book each month before joining Lila for a book discussion and activities from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Tolleson Public Library, 9555 W. Van Buren Street. For information, call 623-936-2746.
Come and Play with Me
Sam Garcia Western Avenue Library hosts a weekly open-play group at 495 E. Western Avenue, Avondale, at 11 a.m. for children through age 5. For information, call 623-333-2601.
Estrella Republican Club
The Estrella Republican Club meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. fourth Wednesdays of the month to listen to a guest speaker at Estrella Foothills High School, 13033 S. Estrella Parkway. For information, call 623-695-2435.
Summer Food Service Program
Lunch will be provided to all children, ages 18 and younger, without charge at Esther Angulo Community Center, 9555 W. Van Buren Street, Tolleson, weekdays from 12:15 to 1 p.m. through July 26. Additionally, free breakfast will be served for children from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at Tolleson Park and Recreation Center, 9521 W. Washington Street, through July 26.
Have a fun afternoon of Bingo for Books from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Community Experience: Fire Station Tour
Tour Avondale’s Fire Station No. 172 at 1825 N. 107th Avenue from 10 to 11 a.m. For information, call 623-33-2601.
More to Explore
Kids ages 6 to 12 can build structures, experiment, play games and make crafts at this interactive learning program from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Avondale Civic Center Library, 11350 W. Civic Center Drive. For information, call 623-333-2602.
Anime Club (Ages 10-18)
Learn Japanese words and cultural facts and watch manga and anime with friends from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Avondale Civic Center Library at 11350 W. Civic Center Drive. For information, call 623-333-2602.
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Al-Anon Stepping Stones
The Christ Presbyterian Church at 925 N. Sarival Avenue, Goodyear, hosts a weekly Al-Anon meeting at 7 p.m. Al-Anon seeks to support the friends and families of alcoholics. For information, call 623-882-0721.
Toddler Storytime
Bring children to the Tolleson Public Library at 9555 W. Van Buren Street so they can hear picture books read aloud and play with other toddlers at 11 a.m. For information, call 623-936-2746.
Goodyear Lions Club
Goodyear Lions Club is a service group that provides free eye screenings, raises funds for veterans and their families, collects hearing aids and glasses, and more. The Goodyear Lions meet at 6 p.m. fourth Thursdays of the month at Haymaker, 1800 N.
“Drive in” to the Buckeye Community Center at 201 E. Centre Avenue for a movie night complete with snacks and soda for sale. The movie is indoors. Attendance is free and includes popcorn for all Buckeye Senior Program participants. For information, call 623-349-6600.
Blood Drive
The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Caliber Collision, 12405 W. Camelback Road, Litchfield Park. Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are available. For information, call 1-800-733-2767.
Diabetes SelfManagement Workshops
Care1st Health Plan is offering a sixweek workshop titled “Everyone with Diabetes Counts” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Avenue. The workshop series encourages lifestyle changes and learning about diabetes’ effect on personal health. Participants are asked to register for this free program. For information, call 623-333-2708.
Self-Defense with Krav Maga (Ages 13+)
Learn safety tips and what to do in common self-defense situations from EVKM Chief Instructor Derrek Hofrichter from 2 to 3 p.m. at Litchfield Park Library, 101 W. Wigwam Boulevard. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Agua Fria Toastmasters
Visit a weekly Toastmasters Community meeting to become a stronger public speaker and leader from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the Zane Grey Room at Avondale Civic Center Public Library, 11350 Civic Center Drive. For information, call 623-398-5550.
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Summer Movie Fridays
Cool off at the library with a movie from 2 to 3:30 p.m. at Avondale Civic Center Library, 11350 W. Civic Center Drive. For information and movie titles, call 623-333-2602.
Escape Room: Apollo to the Moon
Solve fictional space-themed clues in a group of up to eight friends to find a missing written speech for the opening the Apollo Museum of History before the timer rings after 45 minutes. Escape Room sessions will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Buckeye Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road. At least one group member must be 12 years or older. To register, email brangel@buckeyeaz.gov.
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Yoga at the Library
The White Tank Branch Library at 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, will hold weekly yoga classes from 11:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. for adults and teens 12 and older to strengthen flexibility, improve posture and build concentration. For information, call 602-652-3000.
‘WALL-E’ Movie Screening
Cool off and enjoy a free film screening of the animated movie “WALL-E” from 2 to 4 p.m. at Litchfield Park Library, 101 W. Wigwam Boulevard. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Tuesday
St. Peter’s RePete Boutique
Stop by St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 400 S. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park, for casual and formal apparel, jewelry, books, household items and home décor between 9 a.m. and noon. For more information, call 623-935-3279.
Cosplay Crafting: Sew a Cape (Ages 13+)
Create a cosplay costume from scratch starting with a handmade cape from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Litchfield Park Library, 101 W. Wigwam Boulevard. Registration is required. For information, call 602-652-3000.
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Bingo
The American Legion Post 61 hosts Bingo Tuesdays at 6:15 p.m. These bingo nights have 18 games including Betty Boop, Quickie, Early Bird, Double Action and a $1,000 progressive game. Come down to 35 N. Dysart Road, Avondale, to support the area’s youth and veterans. For information, call 623-932-4960.
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Sea Lions at Shipwreck Cove
Come see an educational show starring California sea lions and skilled trainers at 11:30 a.m. in a pirate-themed exhibit at Wildlife World Zoo, 16501 W. Northern Avenue, Litchfield Park. This show is free with admission. For information, call 623-935-9453.
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Baby Time
The Tolleson Public Library at 9555 W. Van Buren Street invites babies and their caregivers to an interactive play time at 10 a.m. For information, call 623-936-2746.
Hope
Stop by Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church’s Classroom C at 918 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, for the Hope support group from 5:30 to
Pinochle
Buckeye Senior Program participants are invited to a free afternoon of bingo from 10:15 to 11:30 a.m. at the Buckeye Community Center, 201 E. Centre Avenue. For information, call 623-349-6600.
Visit a Toastmasters Community meeting to become a stronger public speaker and leader from 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. at the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce, 289 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. For information, call 602-391-5781.
Preschoolers and school-age children can visit Goodyear Branch Library with a parent to practice reading with a registered therapy dog. The Paws for Reading program starts at 2 p.m. at 14455 W. Van Buren Street. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Silver Sneakers is a free low-impact exercise program hosted from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Buckeye Community Center, 201 E. Centre Avenue. For information, call 623-349-6600.
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Buena Vista Bookmobile
The Bookmobile, a library on wheels, will be at 2000 S. Apache Road, Buckeye, from 1 to 2 p.m. Visitors can get library cards and check out and return books. For information, call 623-349-6300.
Silver Sneakers Exercise Program
Join others in a game of cards from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Buckeye Community Center, 201 E. Centre Avenue. This free program is open to all Buckeye Senior Program participants. For information, call 623-349-6600.
Brainstorm, share ideas, get feedback, and network with other business dreamers and owners from 6 to 7 p.m. at Buckeye Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road. For information, call 623-349-6300.
Kids Café Food Service Program
Children up to 18 years old can enjoy a free, healthy meal and an activity from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Avenue, Avondale. Kids Café is a USDA program responsible for ensuring children in low-income areas continue to have access to nutritious meals during long school vacations. The free lunches are offered on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be offered Monday through Friday through August 2. For information, call 623-333-2703.
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Hot Coffee Series
Guest speaker Kathleen Trott, the resident costume designer and manager of the Marlu Allan and Scott Stallard Costume Shop for Arizona Opera, will explain the evolution of costume making from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Total Wine and More, 1416 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear.
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Zumba at the Library
Enjoy tea and coffee and meet fellow crafters and work on crochet, knitting or sewing projects. Come by the Goodyear Branch Library at 14455 W. Van Buren Street from 1:30 to 3 p.m. to join. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Teen Volunteer Tuesdays (Ages 12-18)
Visit a weekly Toastmasters Community meeting to become a stronger public speaker and leader from 6 to 7:15 p.m. in the Zane Grey Room at Avondale Civic Center Public Library, 11350 Civic Center Drive. For information, call 623-398-5550.
Join a certified Zumba instructor from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at White Tank Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. All levels of experience are invited. For information, call 602-652-3000.
Teens looking to serve their community and volunteer for school credit can meet at the Sam Garcia Western Avenue Library’s Volunteer Tuesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. at 495 E. Western Avenue, Avondale. For information, call 623-333-2602.
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Preschoolers Storytime
The Tolleson Public Library at 9555 W. Van Buren Street invites preschool-age children to read books, sing songs and take part in activities at 11 a.m. For information, call 623-936-2746.
Agua Fria Toastmasters
Homebuyer Workshop
A Trellis housing counselor, Arboles Home Mortgages loan officer and DPR Realty realtor will share information on home-buying from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Avenue. To register, call 602-424-4026.
First Five Years
This four-session series helps parents learn parenting techniques to find an appropriate balance between freedom and positive discipline from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Goodyear Branch Library, 14455 W. Van Buren Street. Learn child brain development, prevent tantrums, practice calming techniques and prepare for school readiness. Registration is required. For information, call 602-652-3000.
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First female sea lion born at Shipwreck Cove BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park recently announced the birth of the first female sea lion pup at Shipwreck Cove. The newborn’s animal care team named her Makara, which means “little sea creature” in Hindi. With her mom by her side, Makara is quite the adventurer and explores everything in her new world. “She has already earned a special place in all of our hearts, and we are beyond thrilled for the public to get to know this amazing pup,” said Kate Conely, sea lion manager at Wildlife World. Makara is the third pup to be born as a result of Wildlife World’s successful sea lion breeding program. Makara, or “Little Mak” as she has been nicknamed by her trainers, has spent much of her time in the zoo’s off-exhibit pup nursery getting acclimated to water and preparing to begin swim lessons. The art of swimming is not a skill sea lions are born with. After lots of water play using kiddie pools, the youngster is ready to graduate to swim lessons in the large public viewing pools. Markara’s lessons will start in the shallows, until she gains the confidence needed to venture into the deeper waters. Trainers will remain in the water to support and encourage the baby until they are assured the pup knows how to navigate through the water and enter/exit the pools safely. After swim lessons are complete, the sea lion’s care team will begin introductions to the rest of the sea lion family, including her older brother, Sunny, who was the first marine mammal born in the state of Arizona. Like all marine mammals, sea lions are protected by the landmark legislation known as the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), first passed in 1972. The MMPA makes it illegal to hunt or harass any marine mammal species found in U.S. waters. Sea lions, like many marine animals, face an uncertain future due to ocean pollution, dwindling fish stock, and competition with human activities.
The first female sea lion pup was born at Wildlife World. (Photos courtesy Wildlife World)
Wildlife World’s expert sea lion care team is committed to providing the best care to their animals and engaging, informative and fun educational experiences for visitors of all ages at Shipwreck Cove. In addition, guests get the opportunity to feed the sea lions and participate in photo opportunities after their scheduled feeding times and shows. With an outdoor exhibit pool, public seating and a viewing area for the sea lions, there is plenty of opportunity for guests to come out and see Makara explore her new surroundings on land and in the water. With more than 600 species and 6,000 animals on display, there are often new arrivals at Wildlife World. Other babies on display include a baby jaguar, colobus monkey, baboon and several hoofed animal species including a giraffe and wildebeests, and other youngsters throughout the 100-acre park. As a USDA-licensed, private institution, accredited by the Zoological Association of America and the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks & Aquari-
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Zoomtown Lights returns EMCC choir seeking singers to ISM Raceway BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
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ISM Raceway’s Zoomtown Lights will brighten the West Valley for the second year, providing guests a one-of-a-kind drive-through holiday light show throughout the venue that is home to the 2020 NASCAR Championship Weekend. The giant light show experience is over 1.6 miles long, includes more than 300 displays and utilizes more than three million LED lights to transform ISM Raceway into a winter wonderland. “We’re thrilled to bring back Zoomtown Lights and this unique holiday experience,” said Julie Giese, president of ISM Raceway. “The thousands of guests that came out last year raved about the lights and displays, and especially the opportunity to drive in and around the race track. This season will be even bigger and brighter, and we’re excited to continue this holiday tradition here in the West Valley.”
While driving through the raceway, guests will enjoy a variety of holiday-themed displays, including snowfall canopies, trees of light, iconic nursery rhymes as well as special motorsports-inspired displays such as Santa Claus in a stock car and a NASCAR hauler filled with toys. Zoomtown Lights will be open to visitors every night beginning November 29 to December 31. The hours are 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Advanced pricing is available by calling ISM Raceway at 866-408RACE (7223). Through Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Semifinal Weekend, November 8 to November 10, guests who purchase advance tickets will receive $5 off the regular admission price. Regular-priced admission starts at $25 per car.
The mixed-voice community choir at Estrella Mountain Community College (EMCC) is seeking additional singers. Anyone who enjoys singing and is high school age or older is welcome. Previous choral singing is encouraged but not required. No audition is necessary to join. The choir is entering its fourth year and is directed by Tina Clark, a graduate of The University of Arizona with a degree in choral music education. She taught in the Litchfield Park Elementary District for 28 years and is currently teaching K-8 general music and chorus at Phoenix Elementary School District. Clark is entering her 31st year of teaching and is the choir director at Spirit of Hope United Methodist Church in Peoria as well as the Estrella Mountain Community College choir. “The community choir rehearses once a week to prepare for our two annual concerts at the Performing Arts Center at EMCC that are free and open to the public. We also perform at festivals in downtown Litchfield Park and
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sing The National Anthem with other choirs at Chase Field during an Arizona Diamondbacks game,” she said. “Our mission is to encourage and enhance choral singing in the West Valley while advancing each member’s singing ability over time. Our choir represents a broad spectrum of choral abilities and performs a wide range of vocal music, including classical, sacred, secular, jazz, Broadway, gospel, modern and other popular genres. I look forward to working with anyone who wants to sing.” Lifelong music business executive and bass singer Dwight Montjar of Estrella Mountain Ranch said, “I’ve been singing in the EMCC choir for one season along with my wife, Susan, and we thoroughly enjoy it. We have met a diverse group of talented individuals, and our passion for choral singing has brought us together with new friends from the West Valley who love to sing.” Rehearsals are 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Montezuma Hall, Room 158, beginning August 27. Anyone who likes to sing is welcome to enroll in the fall class for a fee of $50 by calling 623-935-8888 (option No. 1) or by registering for Section No. 39113 online at my.maricopa.edu. Specific questions may be emailed to Marcia Ford, community education department manager, at marcia.ford@estrellamountain.edu or EMCC Choir Director Tina Clark at ernestine.clark@ estrellamountain.edu.
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Goetz joins Altered Tails as executive director BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Dr. Nellie Goetz, a seasoned veterinarian with extensive experience and a heart for animal welfare work, has joined Altered Tails as executive director. In her new role, the Avondale resident will oversee operations of the nonprofit organization’s Phoenix and Mesa clinics, which perform approximately 18,000 low-cost or no-cost spay and neuter surgeries each year. She also will help expand the breadth, depth and reach of Altered Tails’ services and be the face of the organization in the community. “There are far too many homeless pets in our community,” Goetz said. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to help Valley residents provide the best possible care for their dogs and cats while controlling the pet population and reducing the animal euthanasia rate.” She joined Altered Tails from Midwestern University, where she was a clinical assistant professor of shelter medicine. During her two-year tenure, she taught multiple courses, managed relationships with 12 clinical service partners and created the operations manual for a Midwestern University mobile clinic. Before that, she served as a high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter veterinarian at several organizations in New Mexico and was the lead surgical veterinarian for the American Veterinary Medical Association Reaching UP project in the state. She was also the medical director of the National Spay/Neuter Response Team at Humane Alliance (now ASPCA Spay/Neuter Alliance), where she trained teams in high-quality, high-volume spay and neuter “best practices.” Goetz earned a bachelor’s degree from Otterbein College, a master’s degree from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. She is a member of the American Veterinary Medical Association. She also serves on the Development Committee
of the Association of Shelter Veterinarians, as a state representative for Arizona on the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association, on the Veterinary Special Interest Group Policy Committee for Arizona on the American Public Health Association, and on the Scholarship Committee of the American Veterinary Medical Foundation. Goetz is a national speaker and thought leader on spay/neuter research, feral cat surgery solutions, shelter medicine and other topics. She lives with her husband, also a veterinarian and animal welfare advocate, two dogs, two guinea pigs and several cats. “We are extremely fortunate to have Nellie as an advocate for animals in our community and we are delighted that she has chosen to bring her many talents to Altered Tails,” said Dick Barnhart, the organization’s co-founder. Established in 2003, Altered Tails is part of a national model with proven success in pet sterilization and reducing the euthanasia rate as a means of animal population control. The clinics have full-time veterinarians and technicians, and they also boast a “beach” with heated blankets and towels that aid in patients’ recovery after their procedures. Last year, the organization performed more than 18,000 spay and neuter surgeries on companion animals and free-roaming cats. Altered Tails also is one of seven animal welfare groups that participate in an annual Fix.Adopt.Save campaign to offer Valley residents free spay and neuter services, along with vaccinations for their companion pets. Largely as a result of the initiative, the intake rate at Valley animal shelters has decreased by 40% and the euthanasia rate has dropped an astounding 86% since 2012. “That is tremendous progress,” Goetz said, “and we have a responsibility to do even more.” She noted that the Maricopa County shelter system is second only to Los Angeles County in size when comparing the number of animals in shelters nationwide. Info: alteredtails.org.
Dr. Nellie Goetz is executive director of Altered Tails. (Photo courtesy Altered Tails)
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CHURCH COMMUNITY CONNECTION Pastor Ed Delph West Valley View Columnist
Did you know Jesus was the first neighborhood activist? In Jesus, God’s Word became flesh. Jesus was sent by God from heaven to earth to show us what God is like. The original language in the Bible clarifies Jesus’ mission. “Jesus pitched His tent in earth’s neighborhood…” Jesus came to earth
to show the way, not just preach, screech, beseech or teach the way. He got involved. He wore blue jeans. He became a participant. He got his hands dirty. He had compassion. Then his compassion turned into passion and then action. Jesus served people with no agenda. Most caring these days has some self-serving email attachment that comes with it. Jesus served people, just because. It was God’s love in action. There is a story in the Bible of a paraplegic who had four friends. The friends heard that Jesus was speak-
ing in a small house near them. The paraplegic couldn’t get to Jesus on his own, so the four men carried him to the house. The house, however, was crowded with people. So, what did the four friends do? They tore a hole in the roof of the house and lowered the paraplegic through the hole to Jesus. Can you imagine what the homeowner thought of that? Try explaining that damage to your home insurance agent! The paraplegic was incapable, incapacitated and inadequate to have faith himself. He was not able to approach Jesus for himself. Many people are like
this man. They are hurt emotionally, physically and financially. They are paralyzed by past mistakes, their inability to forgive, bitterness, criticism, low self-esteem, negative circumstances, poverty, disease and the like in their lives. However, this paraplegic had four roof-raising friends! He was personally limited but corporately connected. His four friends could transport him beyond his injury to places, people and peace that he could never reach on his own. Where they went, he could go. He received the benefit of their faith,
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their hope, their perseverance and their resourcefulness. His climbing companions were friends born for adversity. They were friends who stick closer together than a brother. When you have friends like these, anything can happen. His friends were hopeful that Jesus could heal their friend. Because they had hope, which is the expectation of future good, they had faith. Faith won’t let a crowd of people in a small house with no easy way in deter them. Faith understands that when doors are closed, you try the roof. They raised the roof for their friend. Lesson: They cared, they dared, they shared and they all fared well. They weren’t too busy for their friend in need, a citizen of
their community. They lent him their faith. His healing came from Jesus, but his faith came from others. Jesus saw “their faith.” People can be mended by the faith of others. Your “paralyzed” neighbor, boss, customers, friends, spouse or family member may not have faith, but you can! Don’t let a crowd of people crowd out being a blessing to others. You never know what can happen when you get them in the presence of God. Sometimes miracles such as healing, salvation, even changes of attitude, are instant, as in this case. Other times, they require a process. God is responsible for which way the healing comes. There are friends and there are crowds.
Our “friendly” ministry is to get them to Jesus, even if we need to do some roof raising. Maybe even someday, in your time of need, someone may raise the roof for you. Jesus saw the faith of the paraplegic’s friends, who were not intimidated by the need or the crowd. He spoke to the man and said, “Rise, take up your bed and go home.” The paraplegic rose, took up his bed and went home. He said fare well to welfare for the rest of his life. Think of it this way: The community is paralyzed with crowds of needs. The church is the four climbing companions who lend their faith to the needy until the needy can get their own faith.
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Makeup artist with disability up for global campaign BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
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McKenzie Catron has always had a need to be creative, whether it was drawing, singing or playing music. “I’ve always been a super artistic kid,” the 16-year Goodyear resident said. “I loved anything that had to do with drawing, singing and music. I’ve always been crafting and creating.” In 2012, Catron fell in love with creative makeup inspired by film and Halloween. “For fun, I would do Halloween makeup,” she said. “Just for practice, I would do my friends’ or sister’s makeup. It developed into creating characters for myself. I needed to let out some of that creative energy.” Now, she is competing in The Face Awards, hosted by the company NYX Professional Makeup. From July 29 to August 1, the public can vote for her at nyxcosmetics.com/faceawards. One email address can vote three times a day. Her makeup look is a vintage circus tattooed lady and she paints the tattoos. “I was hand selected to be a part of the Top 30 and we are all competing for a spot in the Top 15,” Catron said. “This year, the winner will compete for a global campaign within the company. “I am incredibly grateful to have been given this chance to show my work.” The contest is also giving her the chance to show she’s like everyone else. Catron, 19, uses a wheelchair and is chronically ill. “I’m going up against famous Instagram artists who have thousands of followers,” she said. “I’m definitely the underdog.”
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Buckeye boy lands spot in Lego Creative Crew BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
Kaden Benninghoff is serious about his Lego. The 8-year-old Buckeye boy stares straight ahead with his hands folded when he describes the Lego he builds: those associated with the Army, “Star Wars” or even his own creations. It’s those talents that led Kaden to the Creative Crew, a group of 12 children chosen annually through a building competition at the Arizona Mills Legoland Discovery Center in Tempe. This year, the day-long event was Saturday, June 15. Kids between the ages of 6 and 10 created one-of-a-kind models in front of a live audience. Judges included Master Model Builder Alec Posta, General Manager Claudio Di Capua and Operations Director
Kaden Benninghoff of Buckeye is a new member of the Creative Crew, a group of 12 children chosen annually through a building competition at the Arizona Mills Legoland Discovery Center in Tempe. He gets two annual passes and invites to a host of special events. (West Valley View photo by Kimberly Carrillo)
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Agua Fria Union High School District will be participating in the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program beginning August 5, 2019 until May 22, 2020. As part of this program, we will offer healthy meals every school day. Paid Breakfast cost is $2.00 and paid lunch cost is $3.25. Your student may qualify for free or reduced price meals. Children who qualify for reduced meals, cost for breakfast is free and cost for lunch is $0.40. To apply for free or reduced-priced meals, households can apply online or fill out a paper application and return it to your student school. AFUHSD had adopted a No Charge Policy. Students will not be allowed to charge meals or a la carte items. For more information, you may call the AFUHSD Food Service Department at 623-932-7009 or visit www.aguafria.org. This institution and the USDA is an equal opportunity provider.
Cassie Fairclough. Legoland Discovery Center mascot Bertie offered encouragement and entertainment as the 85 kids competed in two rounds. They were asked to build a Lego animal and something that represented a part of themselves. For the final competition, Kaden constructed a baseball bat and a Los Angeles Dodgers logo. “They’re the top brass of the kid Master Builders,” said Posta, of Ahwatukee. “They meet with me once a month and have lessons. We do some fun builds. I try and hit the seasons.
Like in October, we’ll build pumpkins — I’ll teach them how to make spheres — to grow their creativity, their building ability and their love of Lego.” The winners get an inside look at the inner workings of the 60,000-squarefoot interactive attraction, and they’ll also assist Posta with everything from testing new Lego models for special events to serving as ambassadors for visitors and dishing out advice. The Creative Crew scores two free annual passes to Legoland Discovery Center Arizona, invitations to exclusive events and a Creative Crew T-shirt
to wear to monthly meetings and activities. The other members are Darlah Rosales and Finn Collins of Mesa; Abigail Angeles, Jackson Blackmer and Levi Ramirez of Phoenix; Adelyn Suddock of Peoria; Dayton Harwood of Glendale; Abigail White of Casa Grande; Layla Kretchmer of Queen Creek; and Micah Grayer and Brendan Aylesworth of Chandler. “We obviously look for talented builders, but that’s not all it takes to be in the Creative Crew,” Posta said. “We’re looking for kids who think outside of the box. For example, we had them build an animal for the first round of the competition. We had one child build a whole family of turtles and it had a back story. We chose them for the Creative Crew. It’s that extra level of creativity that brings your models to life. I think adults could learn from this, too.” Kaden — whose siblings are Cole, Spencer and Madelynn — is inspired by a Vietnam veteran uncle and a family friend and DJ, Ghastly, who makes the rounds of Relentless Beats electronic dance music events. His father, Brett, thought his son would appreciate the Lego Creative Crew, but admits he dropped the ball last year. “I brought it up and never signed him up for it,” he said. “He never let me live it down. I saw it again in the West Valley View, so I decided to try again. “Kaden is a thinker, so I didn’t tell him I did that. I didn’t want him to freak out.” When Kaden was chosen for the competition, he buckled down and prepared, with the help of friends. “He told a buddy of his, and his friend said, ‘Let’s go have a Lego competition.’ Kaden said, ‘That would be great. That would get me prepared.’ Even his buddy was supportive.” Brett was amazed at Kaden’s abilities at the event. “He was so focused,” he said. “He never looked up to me to say he was stuck or anything. I just enjoyed watching him interact with the other kids and using his creativity to do it.”
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College mascots share life lessons in new book WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | JULY 24, 2019
BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
Former teacher Karen Márquez Morales is sharing the secrets of teamwork and fulfilling dreams with her new book, “PAC-12 Tales.” “Readers can follow the PAC-12 mascots as they share their game plan of life’s most important lessons,” the Goodyear resident said. She uses the various mascots to tell her story. “We learned important lessons to help us live happy lives,” she said. “It’s as easy as A-B-C: A is for ‘active.’ B is for ‘brave.’ C is for ‘cooperative.’ It goes through the alphabet. “It’s not just about boys’ football. It’s about all sports. It does have the girl mascots in there, too.” Illustrated by Jason Buhagiar, “PAC12 Tales” was launched during a party at Goodyear’s Enroute Coffee and Tea House, where Sparky made a surprise appearance. Morales said the book took three and a half years to publish, due to legalities with the universities.
ASU’s Sparky and Masyn Welker, 6, visit with author Karen Márquez Morales during the author’s release party for her book, “PAC-12 Tales,” at Goodyear’s Enroute Coffee and Tea House. (Photo courtesy Steven Fellheimer)
“It is officially approved by all of the PAC-12 universities now,” she said. In late August, it will be available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. It will also be sold before the games at
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An ASU graduate, Morales began her collegiate career at Phoenix College, from which she earned an associate degree in journalism. After transferring to ASU, her adviser told her to change her major because the job market was slim in journalism. It worked out well. After all, she felt teaching was her calling. After retiring in 2014, she realized she had one more dream to fulfill: writing a book. She wrote the 38-page “The Krayon Kids,” which won the Story Monsters Purple Dragonfly Book Award in 2018. Morales — who taught second grade for 30 years at Avondale Elementary and Michael Anderson schools — dedicated her book to her father, a former ASU baseball player, and her son, an ex-“brand ambassador” for the university. “I want to help continue Michael Anderson School’s model to ‘Dream big and work hard’ and never give up,” she said. For more information, visit thekrayonkids.com.
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Adeline Hernandez of Goodyear, AZ died July 13, 2019, in Goodyear, AZ at the age of 76. She was born November 22, 1942, in Richmond, MO to Francisco and Katherine Hernandez. A funeral service was held Friday, July 19, 2019, at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, AZ 85338. To read a full obituary and leave condolences for the family, please visit wwwThompsonFuneralChapel.com
Maxine Wilson Willis, 89, of Goodyear, AZ, passed away July 7, 2019, at her home surrounded by close family. She was born on June 18, 1930, in Bixby, Oklahoma to Rowe Harrison "R.H." and Emma Lucretia "Crete" (Gifford) Wilson. A memorial service was held on Saturday, July 13, 2019, at Thompson Funeral Chapel. For a full obituary and to leave condolences for the family please visit www.ThompsonFuneralChapel.com.
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Loraine Long- Lori- (nee Bruggemeyer), passed away peacefully with family all around her at the La Loma Long Term Facility in Litchfield Park., on June 28, 2019. She originally moved into the Independent Living Facility at La Loma when she was an active 92 year old. She was very social, loved people and endeared herself to many friends in her four short years there. She was a smart, funny, independent woman whom we all will miss dearly. Loraine was born on November 1, 1922 in Chicago, IL., the middle child of five children born to Albert and Josephine Bruggemeyer. She spent her childhood in Oak Park, IL. Loraine was married to Warren (Bud) Long for over 68 years, before he passed away in April of 2011 at the age of 91. They were still so much in love!! They have tow children, Judy (Paul) Reinking of Goodyear, and Jeff (Jodi) Long of Naperville Il. Loving grandchildren: Kristin Jackson of Peoria, AZ, and Jeffrey Reinking of Portland Or. Kevin Long of Peoria, IL and Ryan Long of Naperville, IL, great grandchildren, Amanda, Trey and Zach Woodward all of Peoria. Loraines's surviving brother, Roger (Elizabeth) Bruggemeyer lives in Grand Rapids, MN. Her deceased siblings are Donald (Patricia) Bruggemeyer, Geraldine (Dick) Oliver, and Albert (Georgia) Bruggemeyer. A small service will be held for Loraine at the La Loma Village in Park, AZ. Donations can be made in Loraine's name to the Juvenile Diabetes Arizona Chapter at www.jdrf.org
Wesley Daniel, Ashlock Wesley Daniel Ashlock, of Glendale, AZ died July 9, 2019 in Glendale, AZ at the age of 95. He was born August 20, 1923 in Doby Springs, OK to Harley and Sarah Ashlock. A memorial service will be held at 9:00 am on Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, 23029 Cave Creek Road, Phoenix, AZ 85024. The family suggests that donations be made to Alzheimer's Foundation, ALZFDN.org or Shriners Hospitals, lovetotherescue.org. For a full obituary or to leave condolences for the family, please visit www.ThompsonFuneralChapel.com.
Sandra Campbell-Hensley Sandra Campbell-Hensley, 77, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones, Sunday, July 14th, 2019. She was proceeded by her husband, George Hensley, her children- Tracey Williams, James Campbell, Bobby Lee Campbell and Brian Campbell, her grandchildrenSabrina, Cassandra, Joseph, Jameson, Anjellica, Bobby Lee Jr., Nathan, Mason, Mckenna, and her greatgrandchildren- Carlos, Alexis, Xavier and Isaiah. She made an impact on everyone she made and her life will always be remembered with happiness and admiration. She was an avid member of Avondale. She helped people all over the Valley at her time at AAA. Her love of sweets, gossip, and shoes where just a few of the things she would never give up. She loved her family with her whole heart and made sure everyone was taken care of. She will be missed dearly. Her final resting place will be at Holy Cross Cemetary in Phoenix. The family thanks everyone for there support during this time.
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PUBLIC NOTICE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: PIPE DREAMS TRUCKING LLC II The address of the registered office is: 13411 W. Beverly Rd., GOODYEAR, AZ, 85338 The name of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc. III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MEMBER: Jeffery Smith, 13411 W. Beverly Rd., GOODYEAR, AZ, 85338 and MEMBER: Rachel Marie Smith 13411 W. Beverly Rd., GOODYEAR, AZ, 85338 Published West Valley View/ Business Jul 17, 24, 31, 2019 / 21921
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: NURBIL TRANSPORT LLC II The address of the registered office is: 12172 W Davis Lane, AVONDALE, AZ 85323 The name of the Statutory Agent is: Negad Ibrahim III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MEMBER Egal Omer, 12172 W Davis Lane, AVONDALE, AZ, 85323 Published West Valley View/Business, Jul 17, 24, 31, 2019 / 21922
PUBLIC NOTICE CALL OF ELECTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF HARQUAHALA VALLEY POWER DISTRICT Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 16-227(A), the Board of Directors (“Board”) of Harquahala Valley Power District (“District”) hereby gives notice that by resolution of the Board on June 25, 2019, the Board has called an election for the purpose of filling the seats of five Directors at Large, whose terms expire December 31, 2019. The date of the election is Tuesday, December 3, 2019. The last date to register to vote in the election is Monday, November 4, 2019. Please note that it is the District’s policy that a qualified elector in any election held by the District must be an owner of at least ten (10) acres of land within the District boundaries that is under, or has previously been under and remains susceptible of, active irrigated cultivation for commercial agricultural production. Nomination Petitions signed by five or more qualified electors in the District and Nomination Papers for non-write in candidate(s) must be received at the District Office located at 160 N. Pasadena, Suite 101, Mesa, AZ 85201, no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 4, 2019. Qualified electors desiring to be candidates for this election may obtain Nomination Papers and Nomination Petitions from the District Office. Voters will be allowed to write-in a candidate’s name; however, any write-in candidate(s) must have filed Nomination Papers with the District Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 18, 2019. Dated this 25th day of June 2019 Harquahala Valley Power District Published: West Valley View/Business, July 24, 31, 2019 / 22083
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CLASSIFIEDS PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR ARGUMENTS "FOR" OR "AGAINST" THE SPECIAL BOND ELECTION LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25
Liberty Elementary School District No. 25 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), will hold a special bond election on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The District seeks authorization to issue bonds in the principal amount not to exceed $49,800,000. The estimated average annual tax rate for the proposed bond authorization is $0.98 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The Maricopa County School Superintendent will be preparing an informational pamphlet that will be mailed to households containing one or more registered electors within the District. Any persons wishing to submit an argument "for" or "against" the bond question (not to exceed 200 words) may do so by mail or hand delivery of the argument to the Maricopa County School Superintendent's office, County School Superintendent, School Elections Office 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200, Phoenix, AZ 85012; telephone: (602) 506-3866. To be included in the informational pamphlet, such argument must be received in the office of the Maricopa County School Superintendent on or before 5:00 p.m., August 9, 2019. Such argument must be signed and should include the name of the school district, the author's name, address and telephone number. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 7, 2019. For more information concerning the election, please contact Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, telephone: (623) 474-6600. ____________________________________________________________________ SOLICITUD PARA ARGUMENTOS "A FAVOR" O "EN CONTRA" DE LA ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL DE LOS BONOS FINANCIEROS DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA NÚMERO 25 DE LIBERTY El Distrito Escolar de Enseñanza Primaria Número 25 de Liberty del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el “Distrito”) celebrará una elección especial de bonos financieros el martes, 5 de noviembre de 2019. El Distrito busca autorización para emitir bonos financieros en la cantidad principal que no exceda $49,800,000. Se estima que el promedio de la tasa de impuestos anual para la autorización del bono financiero propuesto será $0.98 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. El Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa estará preparando un folleto informativo que será enviado a los domicilios que contienen un elector o más inscritos dentro del Distrito. Cualquier persona que desee entregar un argumento "a favor" o "en contra" de la cuestión del bono financiero (no debe exceder 200 palabras) puede hacerlo por correo o por entregar el argumento personalmente a la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa, County School Superintendent, School Elections Office 4041 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200, Phoenix, AZ 85012; teléfono: (602) 506-3866. Para ser incluido en el folleto informativo, tal argumento debe ser recibido en la oficina del Superintendente de Escuelas del Condado de Maricopa a las 5:00 de la tarde o antes, el 9 de agosto de 2019. Se tiene que firmar el argumento e incluir el nombre del distrito escolar, el nombre del autor, dirección y número de teléfono. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, el 7 de octubre de 2019. Para más información sobre la elección, favor de comunicarse con Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, teléfono: (623) 474-6600. Published: West Valley View/Business, Jul 17, 24, 2019 /
CALL OF SPECIAL BOND ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25 OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: A special bond election will be held in Liberty Elementary School District No. 25 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), on November 5, 2019 ("Election Day"). The purpose of the election is to permit the qualified electors of the District to vote on authorizing the District to issue and sell not to exceed $49,800,000 principal amount of school improvement bonds of the District. The estimated average annual tax rate for the proposed bond authorization is $0.98 per $100 of net assessed valuation used for secondary property tax purposes. The election will be a mailed ballot only election. No polling places will be provided. Ballots will be mailed to qualified electors residing within the District no earlier than 27 days prior to the election and no later than 15 days before the election. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 7, 2019. Any qualified elector is eligible for early voting. Early voting materials may be obtained by contacting the Maricopa County Elections Department, 510 S. Third Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85003; telephone: (602) 506-1511. For more information about the foregoing, please review A.R.S. §§ 15-491 and 35-454, or contact the Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, telephone: (623) 4746600. ____________________________________________________________________ CONVOCACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL DE LOS BONOS FINANCIEROS A LOS ELECTORES CALIFICADOS DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA NÚMERO 25 DE LIBERTY DEL CONDADO DE MARICOPA, ARIZONA: Se celebrará una elección especial de los bonos financieros en el Distrito Escolar de Enseñanza Primaria Número 25 de Liberty del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el "Distrito"), el 5 de noviembre de 2019 ("Día de Elección"). El propósito de la elección es permitirles a los electores calificados del Distrito votar para autorizar al Distrito a emitir y vender bonos financieros de mejoramiento escolar del Distrito en una cantidad principal que no exceda $49,800,000. Se estima que el promedio de la tasa de impuestos anual para la propuesta autorización de los bonos financieros será $0.98 por $100 de valor tasado neto usado para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. La elección se llevará a cabo solamente por boletas por correo. No se proveerán centros de votación. Se enviarán por correo las boletas de votación a los electores calificados que residen dentro del Distrito no más temprano que 27 días antes de la elección y no más tarde que 15 días antes de la elección. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, 7 de octubre de 2019. Cualquier elector calificado es elegible para la votación temprana. Se puede obtener los materiales para la votación temprana por comunicarse con Maricopa County Elections Department, 510 S. Third Avenue, Phoenix AZ 85003: teléfono: (602) 506-1511. Para más información sobre lo anterior, favor de revisar A.R.S. §§ 15-491 y 35-454, o comunicarse con Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, teléfono: (623) 474-6600. Published: West Valley View/Business, Jul 17, 24, 2019 / 21971
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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THOMAS COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA In Re: Adoption of Baby Boy Engelhardt DOB: 02/07/2019, by and through An Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc. Case No. 19-A-07 NOTICE OF PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS To: Unknown Biological Father of a Child born February 7, 2019, in Fulton County, Georgia to Wendy Engelhardt You are hereby notified that a Petition to Terminate Your Parental Rights has been filed in the above-styled Court by An Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc. through its attorneys. The mother of the child has surrendered her rights to the child to the Petitioner, An Open Door Adoption Agency, Inc., and the Petitioner intends to place the child for adoption. Pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 19-8-10, 19-8-11, 19-8-12 and other pertinent laws, you are advised that you will lose all parental rights to this child, and you will neither receive notice of nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child, unless, within thirty (30) days of your receipt of this notice, you file a Petition to Legitimate the Child, pursuant to O.C.G.A. 19-7-22 and give notice in writing of the filing of such Petition to this Court and to the attorney listed below. You must prosecute the action to final judgment. You are further advised that if you intend to object to this Petition, you must file an Answer to the Petition to Terminate Parental Rights within thirty (30) days in the Superior Court of Thomas County, Georgia. You are urged to immediately retain legal counsel to assist you in this matter. You should contact the attorney for Petitioner, Chris E. Ambrose, Silvis, Ambrose, Lindquist & Coch, P.C., 220 S. Hansell Street, P.O. Box 1557, Thomasville, Georgia 31799, telephone 229-228-4258 for further information. All notices to or correspondence with the Petitioner and copies of all pleadings or proceedings you may file in any court in regard to the above-referenced Child should be served upon him. Dated this 30th day of April 2019. SILVIS, AMBROSE, LINDQUIST & COCH, P.C. ATTORNEYS FOR AN OPEN DOOR ADOPTION AGENCY, INC. Exhibit A Published: West Valley View, Jul 17, 24, 31, 2019 / 21969
CALL OF ELECTION of the Board of Directors of TONOPAH IRRIGATION DISTRICT Pursuant to A.R.S. Section 16-227(B), the Board of Directors (Board) of the Tonopah Irrigation District (District) hereby gives notice that, by resolution of the Board on July 11, 2019, the Board has called an election for the purpose of filling the seats of three at-large Directors whose terms expire December 31, 2019. The date of the election is November 12, 2019. Nomination Petitions and Nomination Papers must be received at the District Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2019. Qualified electors desiring to be candidates for this election may obtain Nomination Petitions and Nomination Papers from the District Office, which is located at the address below. Voters will be allowed to write-in a candidate’s name; however, any write-in candidate(s) must have filed Nomination Papers with the District Office no later than 5:00 p.m. on November 2, 2019. The polling place will be at the District office, located at: Tonopah Irrigation District 160 North Pasadena, Suite 101, Mesa, Arizona, 85201-6764. The election will be conducted pursuant to the statutory “acreage system of voting”. Qualified electors must have been landowners of record of lands in the District prior to August 14, 2019. The voter registration list will be prepared from the property tax rolls provided by Maricopa County. If land is held of record by an estate, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or trust, such entity must designate in writing the personal representative, officer, partner, member, or trustee, respectively, authorized to cast the votes of such entity. If such an entity does not have a designation of its authorized voting representative on file with the District, then such designation must be received by the District no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 11, 2019, in order for the entity to vote in this election. Dated this 11th day of July, 2019. Tonopah Irrigation District Published: West Valley View/Business Jul 24, 31, 2019 / 22066
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice Notice of destruction of Special Education records Union Elementary School District will destroy 2010 and earlier special education files in compliance with Arizona statue (20 USC. 1412(a) (8), 1417 (c). Before records are destroyed parents have the right to review the child's records. To do so contact the Student Services office at 623-478-5017 prior to September 1, 2019. PUBLISHED: WEST VALLEY VIEW/BUSINESS Jul 24, 31, 2019 / 22039
NOTICE AND CALL OF SPECIAL ELECTION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 25 OF MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA: A special election has been called by, and will be held in, Liberty Elementary School District No. 25 of Maricopa County, Arizona (the "District"), on November 5, 2019 ("Election Day"). The purpose of the election is to permit the qualified electors of the District to vote on authorizing the District to adopt a General Maintenance and Operation Budget that includes an amount of up to 15% in excess of the revenue control limit for the Fiscal Year 2020/2021 and for six subsequent years (subject to certain reductions provided by statute in years six and seven). The District's current 10% budget override is by law required to be reduced by one-third in each of 2022/2023 and 2023/2024. The proposed 15% override budget will be approximately $1,141,563 higher than the District's 2020/2021 alternate budget and the District's secondary tax rate required to fund this amount is estimated to be $0.4094 per one hundred dollars of net limited assessed property valuation for secondary property tax purposes. The total budget override amount is estimated to be $3,424,689 and would be funded by an estimated $1.2281 tax rate. In future years the amount of the increase will be as provided by law. The election will be a mailed ballot only election. No polling places will be provided. Ballots will be mailed to qualified electors residing within the District no earlier than 27 days prior to the election and no later than 15 days before the election. Ballots must be received or dropped off at one of the designated ballot drop box locations as designated by the County Elections Department and as set forth in the informational pamphlet and/or the ballot no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. The informational pamphlet will be mailed to the homes of qualified electors. If a ballot is lost, spoiled, destroyed or not received by the elector, the elector may receive a replacement ballot at the ballot replacement locations designated by the County Elections Department. The last day to register to vote in order to be eligible to vote in this election is Monday, October 7, 2019. For more information about the foregoing, please review A.R.S. § 15-481, or contact the Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, telephone: (623) 474-6600 ___________________________________________________________________ AVISO Y CONVOCACIÓN DE ELECCIÓN ESPECIAL A LOS ELECTORES CALIFICADOS DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE ENSEÑANZA PRIMARIA NÚMERO 25 DE LIBERTY DEL CONDADO DE MARICOPA, ARIZONA: Se ha convocado una elección especial por, y se celebrará una elección especial en, el Distrito Escolar de Enseñanza Primaria Número 25 de Liberty del Condado de Maricopa, Arizona (el "Distrito"), el 5 de noviembre de 2019 ("Día de Elección"). El propósito de la elección es permitirles a los electores calificados del Distrito votar para autorizar al Distrito a adoptar un presupuesto General de Mantenimiento y Operación que incluye una cantidad de hasta 15% en exceso del límite de control de ingresos para el año económico 2020/2021 y para seis años subsiguientes (sujeto a ciertas reducciones proveídos por estatuto en los años seis y siete). La ley requiere que el sobrepaso del presupuesto de 10% actual del Distrito se reduzca por un tercio en cada uno de 2022/2023 y 2023/2024. El propuesto sobrepaso del presupuesto de 15% será aproximadamente $1,141,563 más que el presupuesto alterno de 2020/2021 del Distrito y la tasa de impuestos secundaria del Distrito requerida para financiar esta cantidad se estima en $0.4094 por cien dólares de valor tasado limitado neto de propiedad para los propósitos de los impuestos secundarios sobre la propiedad. Se estima que la cantidad completa del sobrepaso del presupuesto será $3,424,689 y sería financiada por una tasa de impuestos estimada de $1.2281. En años futuros la cantidad del aumento será como la ley provea. La elección se llevará a cabo solamente por boletas por correo. No se proveerán centros de votación. Se enviarán por correo las boletas de votación a los electores calificados que residen dentro del Distrito no más temprano que 27 días antes de la elección y no más tarde que 15 días antes de la elección. Las boletas deben ser recibidas o depositadas en una de las ubicaciones designadas para cajas de depósito de boletas de votación como las designa el Departamento de Elecciones del Condado y como se describe en el folleto informativo y/o la boleta no más tarde que las 7:00 p.m. en el Día de Elección. Se enviará por correo el folleto informativo a los domicilios de los electores calificados. Si una boleta está perdida, estropeada, destruida o no recibida por el elector, el elector puede recibir una boleta de reemplazo en las ubicaciones de reemplazo de boleta como las designa el Departamento de Elecciones del Condado. El último día para inscribirse a votar para poder votar en esta elección es el lunes, el 7 de octubre de 2019. Para más información sobre lo anterior, favor de revisar A.R.S. § 15-481, o comunicarse con Liberty Elementary School District, 19871 West Fremont Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326, teléfono: (623) 474-6600. Published: West Valley View/ Business Jul 17, 24, 2019
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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | JULY 24, 2019
BE$T PEOPLE - BE$T PRICES LOWE$T TA X RATE
20 SAVINGS %
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
TOTAL
PLUS EARN
COMPLIMENTARY MAINTENANCE
2019 FORD FIESTA SE SEDAN 200A 1.6L MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
$17,560 $3,000 $628
MANAGER TRUCK SPECIALS! 2009 DODGE DAKOTA BIGHORN
#19223
3,628
$
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
2019 FORD ECOSPORT SE FWD 1.0L EcoBoost MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
#19276
$24,245 $4,415 $438
#19334B 4x4, Great Cond! Only 57K Miles!
$
13,824
2018 FORD SUPER DUTY F-250 PICKUP
4,853
$
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
2011 FORD F-150 LARIAT
#19108A Crew, 4x4, Lariat, Must See!
$
19,424
2013 FORD SUPER DUTY F-250 PICKUP
2019 FORD FUSION SE FWD 150A 1.5L EcoBoost MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount Ford Credit Bonus Cash
$25,510 $2,920 $1,432 $750
#19227
#19237A Work Ready! Only 17K Miles!
5,102
$
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
2019 FORD ESCAPE SE FWD 200A 1.5L EcoBoost MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
#19035
$27,595 $4,425 $1,097
5,522
$
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
2019 FORD EDGE SEL FWD 201A 2.0L EcoBoost MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
$36,675 $6,050 $1,286
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
7,336
#19316
2019 FORD F-150 XLT SuperCrew 2.7L 4x2 302A Pkg. $46,245 $4,750 $1,750 $750 $1,999
9,249
2019 FORD EXPEDITION XLT 4x4 3.5L EcoBoost MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
#19163
$
20% TOTAL SAVINGS!
$64,320 $9,780 $3,084
12,864
$
38,624
#19163
#19390A 4x4, Diesel! 1 Owner, Lariat!
$
39,224
20 MORE HOT MANAGER DEALS! 2007 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER HYBRID
2013 FORD F-150 XLT
#19132B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,423
#18225A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2008 DODGE AVENGER SE
2009 LINCOLN MKS
#P8481B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,623
#T8548A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
2010 CHEVY HHR LT
2014 GMC TERRAIN SLE
5,123
$
MSRP As Shown Jones Cash Back Package Discount Ford Credit Bonus Cash Nat. Avg. Dealer Discount
$
10,823 10,923 11,723
#T8543A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
#T8509B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2015 CHEVY SPARK LS
2016 KIA FORTE LX
#19225A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,923
#P8528 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2012 TOYOTA YARIS L
2006 FORD SUPER DUTY F-350 DRW XLT
#19154A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,523
#X8519 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2005 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT
2005 FORD SUPER DUTY F-250 XLT
#19305B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,823
#X8510A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2012 HONDA CROSSTOUR EX-L
2006 DODGE RAM 3500 SLT
#19040B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,823
#19219B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
2010 DODGE RAM 1500 SLT
2009 DODGE DAKOTA BIGHORN
#P8485A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,923
#19334B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
2013 FORD FUSION SE
2012 FORD EXPLORER LIMITED
#18412A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$10,423
#D8274A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$
2016 HYUNDAI ELANTRA
2016 TOYOTA CAMRY LE
10,623
#T8546A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $
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11,923 12,223 13,623 13,623 13,623 13,823 15,523
#T8571 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$