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Volume 31 Issue 37 Goodyear, AZ

July 29, 2020

Business Briefcase Five Below is expanding to Buckeye. (Photo courtesy Five Below)

BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Managing Editor

IN THE BIZ

One of the fastest-growing cities in the country has no problems attracting new residents. But employers? Many times over the last few years, the city of Buckeye has smiled—while gritting teeth—in congratulations as Goodyear lands one big employer after another (Microsoft, Amazon, UPS, etc.). Finally, Buckeye has landed a big one: Five Below, a chain of specialty discount stores headquartered in Philadelphia. The national retail company plans to begin construction on an 850,000-square-foot distribution center at the southwest corner of Miller and Durango roads. The company will invest more than $75 million in land, building and equipment and initially create around 150 jobs—with plans to nearly double to 290 Public Notices ............... page 3 © Copyright, 2020 West Valley View, Inc.

jobs over five years, according to Annie DeChance, a Buckeye spokeswoman. “We are really excited to continue our expansion out west and to build out our distribution network,” said Joel Anderson, CEO and president of Five Below. He noted the distribution center will initially service stores in Arizona, California, Nevada and Colorado, “with capacity to expand as we enter new western states over the coming years, as well as to support future eCommerce operations.” Five Below has 950 stores, including nine in Arizona. It plans to more than double its stores in the next few years. Buckeye Mayor Jackie Meck, who likes his discounts, said, “Five Below and Buckeye are a perfect fit for each other. “Despite the recent challenges of COVID-19, the city continues to move forward with significant new projects,” (USPS 004-616) is published weekly

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Meck added. • In this time of pandemic, sanitation is one of the fastest-growing industries. So a new business called Pressure Perfect AZ has a great chance of making it big. “We specialize in professional COVID-19 sanitization services of the interior and exterior of any home or business,” a company press release said. The family-owned Litchfield Park company also does “pet sanitation of any artificial turf and/or any heavily soiled areas.” For more information, call 602-9808917 or visit pressureperfectaz.com.

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Young artist paints Gema mural in honor of women

Tolleson artist Edgar Fernandez created “Gema,” a striking mural making a bold statement in Downtown Gilbert. (West Valley View photos by Srianthi Perera)

BY SRIANTHI PERERA

West Valley View Contributing Writer

Tolleson artist Edgar Fernandez is turning heads with a stunning new mural in Downtown Gilbert. Located on a back wall of Flashback Antiques and visible from East Page Avenue, a mural Fernandez calls “Gema” (“Gem,” in English) depicts a row of local Latinas and a raven. It was commissioned by Mary Ellen Fresquez, who owns the building that houses the antiques store. “My desire was to have art that would inspire young girls,” said Fresquez, who originally wanted the mural to depict well-known women in Arizona but decided to instead highlight Latinas after conversations with the artist and her female relatives. “I feel that it is important to celebrate diversity, and the mural certainly accomplishes this,” she added. Fernandez, who moved to Arizona from Los Angeles, decided to use female figures that are important to his life journey and would represent diversity in facial features and lifestyles. This is his first attempt at creating a realistic portrait mural.

“With this series of portraits, I am trying to convey diversity among women of color and representing their resilience and the empowering role they play in our society,” he said. The portraits, from left, are of his friend Sam Fresquez (Mary Ellen Fresquez’s granddaughter), cousin Ruby, fiancee Elida, cousin Esmeralda and friend Gloria Martinez-Granados. “All of these female models for this mural play a special part in my journey,” he said. “The diversity of all of these women have different backgrounds and lifestyles and can still gather together and respect each other’s uniqueness.” Fernandez, an ASU graduate, made 23 trips to Gilbert during late spring and early summer to complete the project. He painted in the early mornings to avoid the burgeoning heat. “I feel confident and proud of the finished product of this mural. Knowing and accepting the challenges of the heat, drive and realistic opportunity to express myself have brought my creativity and patience to a whole new level,” he said. His past mural work has been in private properties, while public murals

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may be viewed in the multicultural Miracle Mile neighborhood on 16th Street and McDowell Road in Phoenix and in Shaw Elementary School on 13th Street and Washington Avenue, also in Phoenix. A lot of Fernadez’s art so far has been modern ancestral art. For nearly a decade, he has displayed his work and shared his knowledge in solo and group shows, mural projects and youth art workshops. In each work, he seeks to embrace the ancestral spirit that flows through his heart and project it to the community. In the Gilbert mural, he celebrates his ancestral spirit by embracing the power women played in keeping the Latino culture strong. “Embracing my ancestral spirit is also being played in the fierce facial features within each female portrait, and the powerful organic designs in the background are tied to natural movements and vibrations that connect me to my ancestors,” he said. Gema depicts Spanish text from an old Mexican song of the same name that translates to: “You are the gem that God converted into a woman.”

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Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord’s lien: Mobile Home Make: KAUFMAN AND BROAD HOME SYS INC/ WHITTIER Body Style: 14 X 64 MH Model Year: 1978 VIN: S814161 Date and Time of Sale: 08/06/2020 1:00 PM Location of Sale: Space No. 163 HOLIDAY VIL-LAGE 701 S DOBSON ROAD MESA, AZ 85202 Name of landlord: HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE Amount of Claimed Lien: $1302.67 as of August 6, 2020 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to pur-chase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occu-pied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered in-to by the Landlord and the following parties, owners

60 MH Model Year: 1971 VIN: XGJS16065 Date and Time of Sale: 8/6/2020 10:00 AM Location of Sale: Space No. 261 HOLIDAY VILLAGE 701 S DOBSON ROAD MESA, AZ 85202 Name of landlord: HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE Amount of Claimed Lien: $835.95 as of August 6, 2020 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date un-der a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: 3/11/2015 Name(s) of Tenant(s): Pedro Falcon, Barbara Falcon Owner of Record: Barbara Mon-ica Falcon and Pedro Flores Falcon Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to

of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: 2/4/2019 Name(s) of Tenant(s): Bruce Edward Smith, Elizabeth Smith Owner of Record: Virtudes L Beesley Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. ½33-1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be dis-posed of as provided in A.R.S. ½33-1023. HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE By: Cecilia A. Prendergast Title Administrator Dated: July 22, 2020 July 29, 2020 Published: West Valley View, July 22, 29, 2020 / 31870

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A.R.S. ½33-1023. The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. ½33-1023. HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE By: Cecil-ia A. Prendergast Title Administrator Dated: July 22, 2020 July 29, 2020 Published: West Valley View, July 22, 29, 2020 / 31871

Public Notice Notice of destruction of records of Special Education records Union Elementary School District will destroy records prior to June 2015 and earlier special education files in compliance with Fed-eral Statute 20 U.S.C. §§ 1412(a)(8), 1447(c). Before records are destroyed parents have the right to review the child’s records. To do so con-tact the Student Services of-fice at 623478-5017 prior to September 30, 2020. Published: West Valley View / Business, July 29, Aug 5, 2020 / 32040

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