September 6, 2017• Vol. 15, No. 38
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North valley residents team up to help hurricane victims ANTHEM – Thousands of people have been displaced by the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, and around the country, organizations and individuals are doing whatever they can to help. Truckloads of goods to donate to hurricane victims were collected in Anthem and the surrounding area last week, and a team drove to Texas over the weekend and delivered the donations. Frank Marquez spearheaded the local donation plan, working to coordinate getting as much help as possible to the relief effort. Marquez, who is Operations Manager for a local business owned by Tim Fyke, asked for a truck to drive to the Houston area so he could
Photo courtesy of the donation team
Pictured: Some of the donations collected for hurricane victims.
deliver needed items and help those who have lost everything to the hurricane. Marquez and
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Holiday traffic impacted by multiple crashes
NORTH VALLEY – For many Valley residents who traveled north this past Labor Day weekend, the long weekend included long traffic delays on the I-17. Multiple crashes happened over the weekend, including an accident on Sunday morning that caused serious injuries, necessitating a helicopter evac.
ADOT photo
Traffic on northbound and southbound I-17 was heavy and at times completely stopped several times throughout the long weekend. The Arizona Department of Transportation issued frequent Twitter updates, warning travelers of heavy traffic and advising of road closures and delays.
Anthem teen appointed to Governor’s Youth Commission, will chair Distracted Driving Committee ELIZABETH MEDORA STAFF
ANTHEM – Anthem teen Brenden Castellanos is serving his second term on the Arizona Governor’s Youth Commission, and this term, he’s chairing the Distracted Driving Committee. Through this committee, Brenden and his team are working to raise awareness of the problem of distracted driving and work with multiple agencies to combat this ongoing issue. “I am focusing on distracted driving because it is a huge epidemic in the state of Arizona
particularly which only seems to be getting worse,” Brenden said in an email interview. “When I saw that Phoenix suffers nearly as many traffic deaths from running red-lights as Houston and even more than Los Angeles, two cities which are much larger than Phoenix, I realized that a great deal of these tragedies can be attributed to distracted driving. Additionally, in a state which is notorious for wrong-way drivers, I believe that bringing an end to distracted driving plays the largest role in preventing future tragedies.”
Pictured: Brenden Castellanos
“Some things that we plan on to help combat the problem of distracted driving include launching anti-distracted driving campaigns at Arizona schools, partnering with ADOT to spread awareness of the issue as a whole, getting in contact with various organizations which work to lobby for anti-distracted driving legislation, and maybe even creating a PSA or a set of PSAs,” Brenden continued. The Arizona Governor’s Youth Commission is comprised of teens from all over the state. Each member is focused on goals
that help make Arizona a safer, better place to live. After his school counselor emailed him about the Youth Commission, Brenden was inspired to join; having already served on the Anthem Youth Advisory Council, Brenden was ready to take on the challenge of the statewide Youth Commission. “I believe that it is essential that the youth partake in their own campaigns to curtail
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Ongoing search for Bartlett
OSR donates cases of
Girl Scouts troops
• Bluhm Column
Lake crash suspects
bottled water to those in need
seeking volunteers
• Service Directory
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• Classified Ads
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