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City of Hope acquires Cancer Treatment Centers

BY LAUREN SERRATO

West Valley View Staff Writer

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ity of Hope, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, acquired Cancer Treatment Centers of America, which has a hospital in Goodyear.

City of Hope now has one of the largest geographic footprints in cancer research and treatment, providing cancer patients with timely access to care, clinical trials and innovation.

“With the completion of this acquisition, City of Hope and Cancer Treatment Centers of America are combining complementary strengths, with a shared commitment to providing the best, most compassionate care possible,” said Robert Stone, president and CEO of City of Hope and the Helen and Morgan Chu chief executive officer distinguished chair.

“Together, we are creating a new model for how cancer care is delivered, leverag-

ing real-world cancer care experience to inform scientific innovation and making tomorrow’s new discoveries available to the people who need them today.”

With CTCA, the combined organization will serve approximately 115,000 patients each year, with more than 11,000 team members and 575 physicians across a network of locations in California, Arizona, Illinois and Georgia. This expands the portfolio, reach and impact of City of Hope’s cancer services and capabilities, including research and development, to more patients, families and communities nationwide.

City of Hope will soon convert CTCA to a nonprofit organization. CTCA President and CEO Dr. Pat Basu will report to Stone.

Dr. Kevin Tulipana, Cancer Treatment Centers of America president and CEO, said this acquisition shows the state’s

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Dr. Kevin Tulipana is Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s president and CEO. (Photo courtesy of

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WV housing crisis worsening, economist warns

BY CECILIA CHAN

West Valley View Staff Writer

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he West Valley and the rest of the Phoenix metro area must build their way out of the current housing deficit or face economic catastrophe down the road, a noted Valley economist is warning local officials.

The housing shortage is not just dire in Arizona but throughout the country, economist

Elliott Pollack told Gilbert Town Council as part of a presentation he is giving to a wide group of municipal bodies in the Valley, with West Valley municipalities soon to come.

“Affordability is falling, but it’s about to plummet,” Pollack said. “There’s virtually no vacancy or available units. Supply has not kept pace with demand, and our success as a community in attracting jobs and people has not been matched by a sufficient

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“Virtually nobody is going to get a free pass on not having to deal with this.”

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“As far as your Goodyear, Phoenix and Arizona in general, this really puts Phoenix on the map,” he said.

“From a patient standpoint, getting that top-quality care and then having access to clinical research and clinical expertise that’s second to none and not on the East Coast, it’s pretty remarkable and exciting for the city of Phoenix and Arizona in particular.”

Besides its Goodyear hospital, CTCA has clinics in North Phoenix, Scottsdale and Gilbert.

“We’ve been making our mark as a clinical patient focused, patient centric type oncology care that has kind of transformed the way oncology is delivered,” Tulipana said. “Throughout the years we’ve been trying to expand upon those. As you partner with or become part of a larger organization, and make the transition to notfor-profit status, which is the intention of City of Hope, it gives us much more opportunity to expand not only resources but also attract tough clinical talent.”

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Within 24 hours of the acquisition announcement, Tulipana said about 50 physicians nationwide expressed interest in joining as part of the expansion and partnership with CTCA. “That’s exciting because that to me means that we’re going to be able to not only attract those patients to this care but also that top clinical talent that is so necessary providing Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s main Arizona hosexcellent oncology care,” pital is in Goodyear. (Photo courtesy of CTCA) Tulipana said.

He said the move will be successful facility,” he said. “There will be conbecause the two organizations focus on tinued actual physical growth just out patient-centric care. of a need for the delivery of care.”

“It really is going to give our paArizona is not alone in this acquisitients, CTCA patients and now City tion, as City of Hope has also acquired of Hope patients, the ability to have Cancer Treatment Centers of America greater access to high-quality oncology locations in Atlanta and Chicago. care,” he said.

“Now City of Hope will actually be As for Goodyear’s location, Tulipa- in four of the five largest markets in na said the community can expect an this country,” Tulipana said. “That reexpansion. ally speaks to their desire to give and “We do have plans in place for ac- to go where the patients are primarily. tual physical expansion because we’ve They’re broadening their reach beyond started to outgrow our structure, our this market.”

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Family Hope Fest combines fun and education

BY LAURA LATZKO

West Valley View Contributing Writer

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riends, families and neighbors haven’t had the chance to spend quality time with each other since the pandemic started.

A new event called Family Hope Fest is hoping to put an end to that from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, at Summit Community Church.

Hosted by the church and the Rotary Club of Verrado, the Family Hope Fest offers entertainment and educational activities for Buckeye-area families.

On the list are free food, a rock climbing wall and bounce houses.

On the educational side, guests can learn about human trafficking through a mobile educational experience sponsored by Global Connection International.

Jennifer Eastman, Hope Fest cochair and Summit Community Church event coordinator, said human trafficking is an increasingly important topic.

“We want to encourage our families

to learn a little bit about what to look for and how to protect their kids from human trafficking,” Eastman said.

“Most of our kids spend a majority of their time online, which is where predators are luring our kids. We want to bring that awareness.”

A community question-and-answer period will cover the human trafficking impact on the West Valley.

“With COVID and so much of the isolation that our kids and even adults have been going through, this just seemed very fitting with the number of human trafficking victims on the rise, not only here in Arizona but across the country,” she said.

“We don’t always have the opportunity to know who our kids are engaging with, how they are being approached or who is on the other end. So, this first year is a very heavy topic. It’s not exactly dinner table conversation, but we are hoping that by incorporating that family component into it, we can bring the awareness that we need.”

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Eastman said the event is partially lighthearted, too.

“We want to talk about a serious topic, but at the same time, we want to encourage the families to come out and just be family, do something together,” Eastman said.

The Rotary Club and church had human trafficking training and partnered with local law enforcement, schools, churches, restaurants and hotels to spread awareness.

Co-Chair David Johnson — a Rotary Club Foundation board member — said each year the event will focus on a different topic and will create partnerships between community groups and organizations.

“In years to come, we might have a different focus but with the same goal of bringing hope to our local community and doing it in a family-fun environment at the same time,” said Johnson, whose company, Johnson Wealth Management, is serving as a sponsor.

The event will also have displays of SWAT vehicles and fire trucks, K9 demos, and information on bike and car seat safety.

Dignitaries like Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn, Police Chief Larry Hall and Global Connection International President/CEO Jim Weber will speak.

A vendor area with local businesses and nonprofits will sell products like soaps, lotions, and handmade arts and crafts.

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One of the participating nonprofits is Phoenix Dream Center, an outreach ministry dedicated to ending child trafficking and hunger.

Sleep in Heavenly Peace, a nonprofit that helps families in need, will build beds for local families with the help of volunteers.

Eastman said the event allows Buckeye residents and those in neighboring communities to learn more about organizations that serve the West Valley.

“People are eager to get out, be part of the community and engage with people, especially our young families, and provide them resources they haven’t been able to have because of COVID,” Eastman said.

“The in-person aspect of it is huge.

A lot of our nonprofits have only been able to do things via Zoom or contact lists. This gives them an opportunity to meet those families first-hand.”

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Crisis...continued from page 1 industry insiders that is trying to get the word out on the supply-demand crisis confronting the region.

The group analyzed housing in 11 Valley municipalities — including Avondale, Goodyear, Glendale, Phoenix and Peoria — and came up with a series of alarming statistics.

“The first decade of this century, we overbuilt in both single-family homes and apartments,” Pollack said. “The second decade of this century we way underbuilt, and we are now at a situation where the vacancy rates for both single-family housing and for apartments are as low as they have ever been.”

For the first decade, the greater Phoenix area saw 487,000 new housing units, and that number fell to 240,000 units in the second decade of this century.

At the same time, 880,000 new residents will be moving here this decade.

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an extremely good job and there are lot of very large manufacturers and home offices, and the number of companies relocating here is essentially greater than I’ve ever seen,” Pollack said.

“So, employment growth is going to be high, and that’s going to bring a lot of new employees. Population growth will be just under 20%, but that is close to 90,000 new people a year.”

And, demographically the largest adult cohort worldwide is millennials, 27-32 years old, who are now in their prime homebuying age, Pollack said.

“On top of that, there is a lot of other pent-up demand,” Pollack said. “Oddly enough, there are more people living with mommy and daddy who are 18 to 29 — literally more than any other time than the end of the Great Depression in 1940.

“Sooner or later their parents are going to kick them out of the house and they are going to have to basically create their own housing unit. That is even more demand on top of everything else.”

The housing supply can’t keep up with the demand.

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The current shortage in homes and rental units is shrinking the availability of housing. This chart shows what home prices and rent would be if the shortage could be addressed and what they are likely to become if it is not. (Photo courtesy of Elliott D. Pollack & Company)

friends or kids who are out buying a house, you know what it’s like. That is down from a 70-day supply normally.”

And, if buyers are looking for a house priced $350,000 and lower, there’s only a 10-day supply, according to Pollack.

“In addition, you know most homebuilders, when they build a subdivision, have homes that people can move into right away,” he said. “Well, 18 months ago there were 1,600 of those.

You are now down to 500 of those, so there is essentially very little supply.”

He said shrinking affordability threatens to price once secure wage earners out of homes and apartments.

“They’ll buy less expensive smaller homes,” Pollack said. “At some point, they will have to stay in rental units, and that keeps on going down. And then people on the bottom really have nowhere to go, and that’s going to be a big issue.”

He pointed out that in 2015, 73% of the families in the Phoenix area could afford a median-priced home. Today, that affordability has dropped to 51%, and “it’s going to be somewhere at 45% by the end of this year.”

That assumes average mortgage rates will stay at 3.5% interest rate.

Affordability will shrink further still if the rate increases to 4%, Pollack said.

He said based on data crunched out to 2025, less than 30% of people would be able to afford a median-price home.

“That is something that Phoenix has never faced before because it has always been an affordable market relative to our competition,” he said.

“Housing prices since 2000 has gone

up roughly 188% in Phoenix.”

For those renting, the apartment inventory also is low and becoming less affordable.

“If you want to basically dig your way out of the hole, a shortage, to get vacancy rate in apartments back to the historic norm you need an additional 15,000 apartments on top of what you need for your annual population flows,” Pollack said.

“So, you’ll need probably about 16,000 apartment units for the next five years to get things back to normal.”

Right now, there will probably be about 14,000 new apartment units opening this year, he said.

“There’s more than that in the pipeline, but we don’t have the labor to build them,” he added. “So, we’re behind the eight ball. We are not getting to the point we need to be at.”

Area rents have shot up 29.5% over last year, and single-family resales increased by 28.5%, according to Pollack.

A person will need to earn $72,680 a year to afford a median-priced apartment rental by the end of 2025, Pollack predicted.

“If you keep on getting these rapid rate increases because of the supply-demand imbalance, you are going to need $90,000,” he said. “It’s going to be a real problem.”

And that leads to the question of where will the people needed to run a community live — nurses, cops, firefighters, teachers, chefs, the guy who works for Circle K — according to Pollack.

He presented a chart that showed none of those groups of workers could even

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afford to buy a home in Gilbert in 2020, and those on a nursing or police salary could only afford to rent a two-bedroom apartment in town, while firefighters, high-school teachers and chefs can only afford a one-bedroom apartment.

The others, such as middle school and elementary school teachers, construction workers and retail workers, could afford neither in Gilbert.

Move forward a year to 2021 and the picture is bleaker: Only nurses and police officers can afford to rent a two-bedroom, and all the others are priced out of Gilbert.

“Your essential workers along with people coming in earning those salaries in other jobs and private-sector jobs are just going to have difficulties,” he said.

“And this is a reality you are going to have to face over the next several years.”

Pollack emphasized that in the current shortage, all types of housing in all price levels and all income levels are needed.

“We are at the bottom of the norm of affordability at the moment,” Pollack said.

“We’re about to fall off a cliff in terms of affordability. It becomes very difficult, especially as interest rates go up.

“There is not a group that is being spared difficulty right now. Obviously, it hurts worst at the bottom because you have fewer and fewer choices.”

If housing stock remains low, Pollack said municipalities can expect to see families doubling up, millennials and Gen Z generations trying to live with their parents or face homelessness.

“And, it’s a very bad economic-development picture because affordable housing is one of the things that’s always made us a draw,” Pollack said.

“There’s going to be upward pressure on wages and city budgets and slower growth for the economy as a whole — which means less real-income growth, and that’s what bothers me most.”

He reiterated what municipalities such as Gilbert could do to address the problem — build more housing units of all types across all ranges of income.

“Normally you’d need 20,000 to 25,000 for-sale units and about 15,000 rental units, you’d need another 2,000 to 25,000 new home inventory, and you need some replacements,” he said.

“But, basically we have to build in total to get out of this thing over the next five years almost 42,000 housing units

a year that’s total housing units.”

He said meeting that need is made more difficult with labor shortages and supply chain issues.

“I know the Gilbert team makes every effort as shorthanded as they are to work with our developers and have encouraged higher density in commercial areas,” Mayor Brigette Peterson said.

“And we allow for accessory dwelling units and other factors.”

She added that the town a few years ago created a new zoning category called multifamily high to allow for additional height and density for multifamily projects.

“We have seen multifamily developments coming to our community with about 5,000 multifamily units planned that are not yet developed,” she said.

Vice Mayor Aimee Yentes asked how to frame the issue to residents in the community who don’t believe that it’s an issue.

“How would you explain it in a way that makes them want to care, and I say it like that because the other side of the coin is people have a motivation to protect the values of their home,” Yentes said. “And so they see kind of the ability to close as … a good thing.”

Housing developments and especially apartment projects in town often attract opponents who complain about density, traffic and potential impact to their property values.

It’s a difficult situation because those people who are anti-growth make a lot of noise, Pollack responded.

“The question is are there people on the other end who don’t make noise who will now start to make noise to help you understand that most people don’t want their city to have reduced levels of real income,” he said.

“They want jobs, they want places for their kids to live, and you are not going to get any of that unless you do some things that maybe in a perfect world you would not do, but the world is not perfect. The reality is not everybody is up here in income, and even those people are going to be living down here because it’s so expensive for a house that they used to afford, and if you wait for the trouble to occur, if you wait for the homelessness, if you wait for companies not locating here because housing was too expensive that time, it’s too late. Take a look at California.”

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Defendant in marijuana, cocaine conspiracy sentenced WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | FEBRUARY 16, 2022

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defendant in a marijuana and cocaine conspiracy case was sentenced on Feb. 9 to nine years in prison for his role in the conspiracy.

According to court documents, Vicente Montoya, aka “Vicente Fabela Montoya,” “Chente,” 46, of Socorro, was a member of a drug trafficking organization led by Carlos More-

no-Reyes, aka “Charlie Brown,” from October 2008 to April 2019.

The drug trafficking organization operated in the El Paso area and was responsible for transporting and distributing marijuana and cocaine from El Paso to destination cities including Oklahoma City. Montoya admitted that he received approximately $1.8 million in drug proceeds in his role in the organization.

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On Oct. 4, 2021, Montoya pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. In addition to his prison sentence, Montoya was ordered to pay a $1.8 million money judgment.

Other members of the DTO included Moreno-Reyes, 46, of Clint, Texas; Jose Luis Ortiz-Valenzuela, aka “Pelon,” 37, of Avondale; Julio Adrian Terrazas, aka “JT,” 31, of Fabens, Texas; Edgar Sanchez, aka “Siez,” “Chavalito,” 31, of Fabens, Texas; Jacinto Olivas-Cervantes, aka “Chente,” “Chinto,” 53, of San Elizario, Texas; Oliva Beltran-Paez, 34, of Clint, Texas; and Rey Anthony Garza, aka “Ray Anthony Garza,” “Flaco,” 51, of Fabens, Texas.

“I am thankful for the diligent efforts of our law enforcement partners that enable us to work together to prosecute not only individual drug traffickers but also to take down large drug trafficking organizations such as this one,” U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff said.

“The successful conclusion of this case exemplifies HSI’s commitment to disrupting extremely dangerous supply chains of drugs that poison people,” said Taekuk Cho, Homeland Security Investigations acting special agent in charge.

“The resolve of HSI special agents to curb drug trafficking, which drives violence in our communities, undoubtedly

saves lives.”

On Feb. 26, 2020, Moreno pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and one count of bulk cash smuggling. On Nov. 15, 2021, Moreno was sentenced to 204 months in prison and ordered to pay a money judgment of $25.5 million.

Sanchez and Ortiz-Valenzuela pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. On March 11, 2020, Sanchez was sentenced to 120 months in prison. On July 17, 2020, Ortiz-Valenzuela was sentenced to 96 months in prison.

Olivas-Cervantes and Terrazas pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute. On Feb. 25, 2020, Olivas was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

On July 20, 2020, Terrazas was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

Beltran-Paez pleaded guilty to one count of bulk cash smuggling. On Feb. 28, 2020, Beltran was sentenced to five years of probation.

Garza pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute and one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute. On April 6, 2021, Garza was sentenced to 108 months in prison.

HSI investigated the case.

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man is in critical condition after a Feb. 8 shooting in a parking lot near 10500 W. Indian School Road, Avondale, according to the Avondale Police Department.

Upon arrival at 3:47 a.m., officers interviewed witnesses and business owners who said occupants of a Jeep Liberty SUV and a Nissan Altima exchanged gunfire while in the parking

lot and then fled the area.

An occupant of the SUV was shot in the abdomen and remains in the hospital. The incident is still being investigated.

Anyone with information should call the Avondale Police Department at 623-333-7001, or if they wish to remain anonymous, they can contact Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377).

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Avondale visitor center marks grand opening

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vondale city officials, joined by representatives from Haydon Building Corp. and Architekton, recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Avondale Visitor & Conference Center.

Located at 11490 W. Civic Center Drive at the Avondale Civic Center campus, the two-story, 30,000-squarefoot facility is the first of its kind in the Southwest Valley.

The modern facility houses a conference center for meetings and events, as well as the Discover Avondale visitor center and gift shop.

The conference center on the first floor opens to a large outdoor patio for additional event space, and the visitor center and gift shop sells Avondale-related souvenirs and offers resources for travelers.

The building also houses offices for the mayor and council, city management, economic development, marketing and public relations, and the city attorney.

“To ensure that we are keeping up with

the pace of growth, we are continuing to hire the necessary personnel to serve our residents and the business community,” Avondale Mayor Kenn Weise said.

“We have outgrown the office space at city hall, which has served us well since it was built in 2004. The new visitor and conference center at the Civic Center campus provides additional office space for staff, as well as a much-needed amenity for business meetings, small conferences, events and gatherings.

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The new progressives Editor: Anyone who has lived under communism understood that “progressive” policies were actually synonymous with communist policies.

Progressive movements were considered to be communist movements. The new progressives, although not necessarily communists — although many are — still espouse many of the same basic communist principles like centralized power; severe penalties for opposing views; redistribution of wealth; promotion of equity (equal results); destruction of the nuclear family; the overthrow of existing society starting by defunding the police; and creating divisions based on ethnicity, class or, in America, race.

For societies that have embraced these “progressive” views, the results have been catastrophic. Instead of uniting people, the progressive goal is to divide people and gain power by promoting past grievances.

The idea of a melting pot, or e pluribus unum, we now have various “tribes” vying for power and demanding retribution.

Assimilation by new immigrants into American society is condemned. Universities now have policies reminiscent of Jim Crow laws that now segregate students by having separate dorms and graduations based on race and ethnicity.

To create a new society, the progressives feel the need to undermine and destroy the current system. So, they promote and support “progressive” district attorneys who refuse to prosecute serious crimes; who dumb down felonies to mere misdemeanors; who support open borders that benefit drug cartels and human traffickers; who allow criminals to go free by eliminating cash bail; and who wink at theft, assault, and destruction of property.

Even the Rev. Al Sharpton, living in NYC, now complains about having to ask the clerk in a drug store to buy a tube

of toothpaste that is under lock and key.

Is Phoenix next?

The new progressives are not shy about stating their goals and policies. Indeed, they now have a president who supports directly or indirectly many of their policies. However, historically progressive policies have frequently failed because they are based on three destructive principles: deception, ignorance and envy.

Is this the kind of “progress” we want for us and future generations?

Igor Shpudejko Goodyear

J.D. Hayworth is insulting

Editor: I should start out by saying that I read your paper weekly and find it informative on local issues. Your columnist David Leibowitz provides thoughtful, well-balanced columns on a regular basis with seemingly no real political agenda about a plethora of issues that face us all.

On the other hand, columnist J.D. Hayworth can’t help but give his one-sided, insulting, anti-Democrat opinions every time he grabs his pen.

Recently, he was comparing Mark Kelly, American military veteran, astronaut and military hero, to Uncle Fester from the Addams family. I won’t go into the many high U.S. military honors and medals that he earned. All this vitriol because he is a Democrat and supports the Democratic platform and Joe Biden’s agenda, including Build Back Better. Do you have a better solution to our infrastructure problems, J.D.? I thought so.

Now, he writes a column supporting the “audit” carried out by the GOP Senate and the conspiracy nutjobs there and in the House, who hired the pro-Trump firm Cyber Ninjas to do the job. The Ninjas were never qualified in the first place, found no evidence of fraud anyway, have

not turned over thousands of pages of court ordered documents, and are now in bankruptcy. Nice work, AZ GOP! Hayworth goes on to trash GOPers who have minds of their own, at least where it concerns Donald Trump or voting “yes” to any Democratic Party initiative. They may be conservatives, but if they don’t fall in line with the Trump cult, he calls them self-serving sellouts. That would be laughable if it wasn’t so prevalent in the party.

Please note the recent censure of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger (another U.S. military veteran with a more than honorable service record) for working to get to the bottom of the swamp dwellers, the coup planners and their movements, and the cover-ups of the Jan. 6 insurrection.

The GOP-dominated Maricopa Board of Supervisors has refuted every possible issue with the voting tabulations and process, even after getting calls on election night from radical Trumpists and real-life Barney Fife impersonators Rudy Giuliani and Kelli Ward, who tried to pressure them to overrule the will of the voters and undermine American democracy.

Ward threatened them with jail for doing their sworn duty. Are the supervisors sellouts, too, in your view, or just smart enough to know better and possess enough integrity to do the right thing?

Every court in the United States has thrown out these poorly conceived, ill-written and evidence-free election fraud lawsuits submitted by the Trump sycophants — including right here in Arizona — parroting “the big lie.”

J.D. Hayworth, are you an American first or a Trumpie first?

Joellyn Schawl Avondale

Response to Andrew Nazarro

Editor: Andrew F. Nazarro’s letter about the precision of the election was well written but shows a lack of understanding of our voting process. He seems more interested in casting doubt about the election than in

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Anchovies on pizza? Only in weird Arizona

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ West Valley View Columnist

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aving made it this far in life without landing on death row, I feel confident a lethal injection won’t be my fate. With that said, I have my last meal all picked out: a large pepperoni pizza from any restaurant not named Domino’s or Papa John’s.

What I’m saying is, I am a certified pizza lover, a man who can hardly go a week without a slice or three. While I did not partake on Feb. 9 to mark National Pizza Day, I certainly planned to on Super Bowl Sunday, the busiest day of the year for pizza shops, ahead of New Year’s Eve and Halloween.

Unless, of course, I am served an abomination like pizza topped with anchovies. Which, according to the food blog “How to Cook Recipes” is the most popular pizza topping in Arizona, at least according to rankings by Google search

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throughout 2021.

Yep, anchovies. Ahead of pepperoni, extra cheese, sausage and pineapple in the state’s top five.

People, must everything in this state be weird all the time? I’ve lived here 25 years and I love the place. But every time I speak to someone from out of state, it’s always, “What’s wrong with Arizona?

Did the desert heat fry your brains?”

I’m sure you get it, too. “Joe Arpaio this, fraudulent election audit that. What’s up with you guys and _______.” Insert Gov. Jan Brewer wagging her finger in Barack Obama’s face or Arizona leading America in COVID-19 infection rates.

I would suggest there’s something in the water here, but given the drought, we barely have any water left.

Now we’ve desecrated pizza. Though, to be fair, anchovies were also the most searched for pizza topping in New Mexico as well. Just what we’ve always dreamed of: being associated with the home of Roswell in a national list.

Slice, the country’s leading app for

independent pizzerias, put together their own study of the most popular pizza styles in the nation. Arizona apparently prefers Sicilian pizza, which I can get behind. As for popular toppings, Slice broke it down nationally: Pepperoni (of course) ranked first, appearing on 37 percent of pizzas. The rest of the top 10 in order: mushrooms, extra cheese, sausage, onions, bacon, black olives, green peppers, Italian sausage and meatballs.

Anchovies didn’t even get a participation ribbon. In an effort to disprove this half-assed accusation — and potentially win a Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism — I spent a solid two hours Googling pizza topping rankings in various fashions. A rival ranking list, assembled by the health and wellness experts at YorkTest, arrived at a different answer, again using Google searches.

Drum roll, please.

They say Arizona’s favorite pizza topping is … pesto. Which is only marginally better than anchovies. And again, it’s weird. Though arguably not as weird

as putting fruit on pizza, you pineapple people.

Pizza was not meant to be topped by fish or things that grow on trees or fungus or anything that’s green, if you really want to get down to it.

As a pizza purist, I just crave your standard cheese pie topped with something sold in the meat aisle. I’m not even a huge fan of the froufrou fancy pizza sold at places like Pizzeria Bianco or Pomo, though I’ll dabble in a pinch. Please just give me a few slices from Nello’s or Spinato’s, NYPD Pizza or Lou Malnati’s.

Frankly, I’ve always subscribed to the idea that there’s really no such thing as bad pizza — until I contemplated my fellow Arizonans all fighting for the last slice of something topped with anchovies.

They say “pizza is life.” You serve me a slice with anchovies and death row may not be entirely out of the question.

David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com

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accuracy. Taking it point by point: 1: Ballot harvesting is when activists go to voters to help people in their party vote by carrying the ballot to the mailbox. The state Legislature outlawed ballot harvesting in 2016. The penalty is serious enough that activists are not willing to risk going to jail for the chance to add a marginal few votes.

2. The signatures on mail-in ballots are verified by employees of the county recorder’s office who’ve had special training. I think there is also signature verification software available, if there is a question, but I’m not sure of that.

If they cannot verify the signature, they attempt to contact the voter. Falsifying a signature would be problematic because the voter can check his ballot’s progress online, so there is the risk that the voter would see that something is wrong.

If two ballots show up, the voter will be contacted before either is counted. It would be a lot of effort and risk to try, given that it is a felony, and the counterfeiter would have to know who is voting and who isn’t. They’d have to get a hold of the envelope, which has the voter’s

information on it. The only attempts I’ve heard about were spouses of voters who died before voting but who’d received a ballot in the mail. That is not a good idea, because they were easily detected and they potentially face jail time.

3. The origin of mail-in ballots is actually not relevant. You could put piles of ballots on every corner, and it wouldn’t affect the election because there are no identifying marks on the ballot. The ballots are tied to the voter by the signed envelope that the ballot is put in before mailing back.

4. I don’t understand what “format” he’s talking about. Formatting doesn’t apply to the ballots nor the envelopes. Perhaps he’s referring to the paperwork on the boxes that the ballots are returned in. That would seem like a triviality that doesn’t affect the ballots unless it was serious enough that the whole box was discounted, and I doubt that that happened. The actual count is done at the polling place electronically by the tabulators. The paper ballots are only kept as a record.

5. I’ve been a Maricopa County poll worker in three elections. The full-time election workers are very impressive, and they come on-site regularly and are available to help

straighten out any problems. Most of the poll workers have done it before, so they remember a lot, and the ones who’ll be in charge go through extra training at the election office ahead of time. The rest of us had to take online courses. In the past election, Clint Hickman came to our polling place, so I know that he personally was out checking on polling places. I can’t say there aren’t occasional problems but, overall, it is a smooth running process that was improved tremendously when Adrian Fontes became county recorder. I expect the current recorder, Steven Richer, will be following in his footsteps, and I look forward to the next election running quite smoothly, provided the state Legislature doesn’t damage the system too much and not too many former poll workers are intimidated by the death threats that are going around.

6. The example Mr. Nazarro gave of his opponent helping elderly people in a retirement home is not ballot harvesting.

His opponent was schmoozing up to them, helping them get the ballot filled out and, in the process, winning their votes. If Mr. Nazarro had thought to do that, he might have won, but it has nothing to do with ballot harvesting.

7. It’s too bad Mr. Nazarro had an op-

ponent who spread lies about him, but that was not a problem with the election itself. The only lies I see as problems are the ones spread by people who claim the election was not sound. In 2020, I worked at my polling place, and I worked downtown doing the real hand-count. As far as I can see, this election was a good as it gets, and anyone who says differently is misinformed or dishonest.

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Fed program would foster drug abuse, addiction

BY J.D. HAYWORTH

West Valley View Columnist

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ne century, one decade and one year separate us from the birth of Ronald Reagan. With each passing day, especially in these troubling times, we are reminded of Reagan’s basic goodness and, yes, greatness.

Derided by the Manhattan elites and the Georgetown Cocktail Set as a “simpleton,” Reagan’s genius was his ability to simplify the seemingly complex.

“If you want less of something, tax it,” Reagan said, succinctly explaining the rationale for tax cuts. History recalls that the reduction of tax rates led to the expansion of economic opportunity during the Reagan era.

But our 40th president also understood the absurdity of the big-talking, big-spending, big-government left. “If you want more of something, subsidize it,” Reagan warned.

Sure enough, Joe Biden is buying bigger and bigger problems for our nation and our future.

Among the outrageous examples of “your tax dollars at work” comes this gem: the funding of the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts.

Courtesy of Senate Democrats and Vice President Harris, who cast the deciding vote, the American Rescue Plan features a “harm reduction” grant program.

Of course, it comes with a cheap price — at least by Washington standards: “Only” $30 million. As it stands now, that dough will be divvied up into $400 thousand chunks and sent to local governments as well as selected “nonprofit organizations.”

The goal? To make drug use safer for addicts.

How will that be accomplished? In part, through the purchase of “smoking kits and supplies” for addicts. The all-knowing, all-caring, sensitive bureaucratic souls at the Department of Health and Human Services will oversee

this beneficence.

An HHS official confirmed this “forward-thinking action” to the “Washington Free Beacon,” explaining that the smoking kits will include those precious, specially made pipes for users to smoke crystal meth, crack cocaine or “any illicit substance.”

But faced with a strong and immediate backlash from media reports concerning the inclusion of crack pipes, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra issued an “11th hour revision.” A press release stated that “no federal funding will be used … to put pipes in safe smoking kits.”

So the “safe smoking kits” remain…

Addicts will just have to furnish their own crack pipes. Got it!

But Ol’ Joe and his gang didn’t limit the giveaway by grants to just smoking kits.

Other items to be distributed included fentanyl strips, syringes and condoms!

Also detailed among the items for which your tax dollars can be spent are “disease screenings” and vaccinations.

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COVID-centric days of “crisis,” and as we’ve collectively learned, the left never lets a “crisis go to waste.”

Undergirding this entire exercise is a wrongheaded idea that government should shoulder the responsibility of making drug use more secure and “healthier.”

To the extent government is involved, its resources should be focused on the prevention of drug abuse.

It’s bad enough that the Biden Bunch disregards this simple concept, but compounding the error is the curious moral and political “accounting” that accompanies it. By abandoning “equality” in favor of “equity,” the left confers special status on an underclass and a commitment to expanding that underclass.

Here’s the perverse rationale at work: These grants are prioritized for “underserved communities.”

While the late actor and comedian Robin Williams joked that “cocaine is God’s way of telling you that you’re

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Around the Bluhmin’ Town

Be bold when expressing love

BY JUDY BLUHM

West Valley View Columnist

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ow was your Va l e n t i n e ’s Day? Hope you had time to buy (or receive) flowers (red, of course), a box of chocolates and a wonderful bottle of champagne. We celebrate the “most romantic day of the year” that actually started in the fifth century as a pagan holiday.

The “day of love” had its beginnings in Rome, when mid-February marked the annual Lupercalia festival, an ode to the god of fertility. It was one huge celebration. Evidently, those Romans knew how to party, because it became the season to fall in love and marry.

Then Claudius II became emperor and the party stopped. He had the notion that marriage only distracted and weakened men (sadly, my husband agrees) and so to assure quality soldiers, he banned marriage.

A bishop named Valentine stood up for love, met couples in secret places and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. When the evil Claudius learned of this, he labeled Valentine a “friend of lovers” and had him arrested. Unless Valentine agreed to worship the Roman gods and stop marrying young couples, he would be executed. Valentine was a man of faith and conviction, therefore he refused to stop and was jailed.

A miracle happened while Valentine was in jail awaiting his fate. He fell in love with his jailer’s daughter, Asterius. Just before Valentine was executed, he wrote a heartfelt letter to Asterius

Hayworth...continued from page 16 making too much money,” can anyone seriously believe that expanding access to drugs and drug paraphernalia in “underserved communities” does anything but increase the number of drug abusers in those communities?

Compassionate? No, it’s “confused compassion” at best — and, more likely,

and signed it, “Be mine, your Valentine.” Legend has it that he wrote love letters in his own blood and wore a red scarf to his execution.

At a garage sale I spotted a beautiful square piece of lace that was lying on a table. I picked it up and an elderly lady came and gently took it out of my hands. “This is mine,” she said sweetly. Then she scolded her daughter for putting it up for sale. The lady told me that her husband wrapped their wedding bouquet in this little piece of lace, when they got married. “I still remember that moment,” she sighed. Love lives in those tender gestures.

Valentine’s Day is about undying love. It’s not the candy, but the sweetness of romance that it celebrates. It is the joy of the children in classrooms, who make special cards and red construction paper hearts to take home to their parents. And why not be bold and wear red — that brazen flash of color that “shouts” out that our love will not be secret, quiet or go unnoticed. And let’s not overlook the power of a small, lovingly placed piece of lace.

To celebrate “love” properly this week, call an old friend. Hug your children. Hold hands. Be bold, like the color red, in your expression of love. Treasure and rejoice in a little paper heart made for you by a child. Savor a cherished memory like a piece of lace. Dear readers, be courageous, write someone a love note and sign it with the most famous and romantic phrases of all time, “Be mine, your valentine.”

Judy Bluhm is a writer and local Realtor. Have a story? Email Judy at judy@judybluhm.com.

counterfeit.

Subsidizing drug abuse and all that comes with it — violent crime, homelessness and death — is no way to serve “underserved communities.”

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ma-Lallian said. “Not only was the serial acreage impressive, but the location and city growth in itself made this particular property outstanding.”

A future off-ramp on the I-10 will lead into the property at Johnson and Yuma roads.

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usiness Briefcase is back, this week covering a 2,000-acre master-planned community near the Buckeye Airport that will soon be turned into an industrial center.

Additionally, we’ll look at the Goodyear economic development team’s new program.

Goodyear introduces Business Builders Goodyear’s InnovationHub will offer Business Builders from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. The free event will allow the community to connect with entrepreneurs at the Goodyear Recreation Center’s multipurpose room at 420 S. Estrella Parkway.

Bobbie Mastracci, designated broker and principal investment sales with Phoenix West Commercial LLC, will discuss selecting the right space for a small business. Networking will follow Mastracci’s presentation.

Registration for the event is required.

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The land was zoned for the master-planned community Cipriani.

However, Arizona Land Consulting CEO and founder Anita Verma-Lallian and investors plan to rezone the property for industrial use, with the hopes of developing it into a business park.

The plan has garnered interest from potential buyers, and calls for the property to be divided into 400- to 500-acre parcels.

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ive West Valley chambers, collectively known as the West Valley Chambers of Commerce Alliance, have been advocating for properity in the West Valley for more than 20 years.

Through the alliance, the Buckeye Valley, Glendale, Southwest Valley, Surprise Regional and Wickenburg chambers of commerce provide opportunities for their business leaders to influence civic, social and business initiatives that support community growth.

“The collaboration between the five leading West Valley chambers of commerce allows us to have a broader impact on important issues affecting our business community,” said Robert Heidt, the Glendale Chamber of Commerce’s president and chief executive officer.

It produces programs that promote best practices by convening leadership from around the West Valley to advocate for pro-business solutions.

In 2018, the alliance hired Alexis Glasscock of Fennemore to represent business interests at the state level as the group’s lobbyist.

Each year, the alliance produces the Legislative Report Card, which represents the alliance’s positions as communicated to West Valley legislators throughout the year’s legislative session.

In 2021, the alliance supported legislation pertaining to Western water and transportation infrastructure, reducing prescription drug costs, increasing educational credential attainment and funding, advancing workforce development, and supporting equality and fairness for all Arizonans.

It hosts the West Valley Biz 2 Biz Expo each year; this year it is 4 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Aug. 17, at the Glendale Civic Center. West Valley businesses can showcase their products and services to thousands of decision makers at the event. For more information, contact Amber Wilson at 623-937-4754.

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olleson City Manager Reyes Medrano Jr. is a new member of the board of the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation.

Community has been at the heart of Medrano Jr.’s life and career. The Tolleson native and father of six understands the importance of putting others first to achieve the greater good.

For 20 years, he has served as a Little League coach, was the former PTA president for P.H. Gonzales Elementary School, and assisted with the introduction of the civic involvement process and heightened awareness of careers in public affairs through the Tolleson Teen Council.

He also worked with teen parents in the parenting program at Tolleson Union High School. Medrano Jr. furthered his involvement when he became the Tolleson city manager.

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He added these experiences will allow him to contribute effectively to the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation board.

Established in 1997, the Arizona Diamondbacks Foundation supports three main areas of need: homelessness, indigent health care, and children’s programs of all types. The Diamondbacks Foundation also created programs to help veterans, police, teachers, firefighters and first responders.

“I truly feel like every experience I’ve had and the time I’ve spent giving back to Tolleson has prepared me for this exciting new opportunity in my life,” Medrano Jr. added. “I’m looking forward to being a new member of the board and giving back to the community at a larger scale.”

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Air Fair host turns up the excitement

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSK West Valley View Executive Editor

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eff Overby had just moved to the Valley when he was introduced to the breakfast fly-in at Buckeye Municipal Airport.

An air show host, Overby was asked to bring a sound system and describe some of the participating planes for visitors.

“I told them they could have great attendance if they had a proper air show,” said Overby, who lives in Cave Creek.

“I made that comment to the airport coordinator, John McMahon, at the time. He said he always wanted to have an air show in Buckeye. Two weeks later, he was killed in an airplane crash.”

Soon thereafter, the city emailed Overby, canceling any future fly-ins.

“He (McMahon) was such a fixture in putting this together,” Overby said.

“I called everyone and told them about the last conversation we had. We needed to grant him his wish.”

The Buckeye Air Fair took flight and returns Saturday, Feb. 19, and Sunday, Feb. 20, to the airport, 3000 S. Palo Verde Road. This year’s event includes a new air show, STOL Drag Racing, the Copperstate Fly-In and Expo, Arizona SciTech Festival and a VIP experience for a front-row view.

“We had a very special inaugural

event,” he recalled. “We went from 4,000 people, then 8,000, then 13,000 and then pushing 40,000 attendees in such a short time. The backing of this community is just outstanding, It’s been amazing to see this thing blossom.”

“This year, we’re going to have a variety (of activities),” he said.

“We’ll have very patriotic, Lee Greenwood-type music and then some Jason Aldean for the Vanguard Squadron. We’ll have performers like three-time national acrobatic pilot Jeff Boerboon, who flies this extra 330 SC, which is one of the dominating high-performance acrobatic aircrafts in the world today.”

Boerboon, who also lives in Cave Creek, will perform to “good old classic rock music,” Overby said.

“It’s going to be quite a variety of not only the performers and the types of planes, but the kind of energy from the music and the audience.”

Overby has long been into flying. He “got the bug” after attending a fly-in pancake breakfast in his home state of Wisconsin. A pilot took him for a ride and that inspired him to get his pilot’s license in 1997.

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Now, Overby balances his full-time job owning Overdrive Tech Group with announcing. He wouldn’t have it any other way.

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The Black Moods’ road was paved with hard work WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | FEBRUARY 16, 2022

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor

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osh Kennedy sits backstage at the Crescent Ballroom waiting to hit the stage for a “surprise” appearance with his band The Black Moods.

His mood is jovial as his curly blond locks hang from under his black hat.

When the Moods — which also includes bassist Jordan Hoffman and drummer Chico Diaz — arrive on stage, it’s clear that years of touring with the likes of Whitesnake and The Dead Daisies have perfected the Tempe act’s craft.

“We work harder than any other band out there,” Kennedy said. “I look back at our career trajectory and I like that we’re still on the up slope. We haven’t hit the top and gone down the other side yet. The roller coaster is still clicking up. I’m OK with that right now.”

Things are about to change for The Black Moods. They’re playing their biggest show yet in the Valley, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, at Talking Stick Resort, and tickets are selling briskly.

VIP packages were available, but they

sold half of them in two hours.

“It’s pretty amazing,” Kennedy said via telephone from Missouri, where he’s visiting family. “Talking Stick is really happy.”

The show advances the Feb. 25 release of the new single “Saturday Night” and its video. VIPs can watch the video with the trio backstage at the Talking Stick show. The song’s success will dictate a new album’s release date “VIPs get to see it first,” Kennedy said. “We’re going to go to radio, push that song and see how it goes.”

Humble beginnings Kennedy was bred in the most unlikely of spots for a rock singer — Wheaton, Missouri, in the Ozarks, where his head was filled with Southern rock and country music. Wheaton has a population of only 700.

He found his calling when his dad summoned him to the living room to see a band that he liked.

“They didn’t have MTV,” he said.

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and my dad says, ‘Hey, bub’ — he calls me ‘bub’ — ‘come check out this band.’

It was the Gin Blossoms playing ‘Hey Jealousy’ on an awards show.”

Kennedy’s dad told him he could write music like that because it wasn’t virtuosic.

“I decided when I was 13 that I was going to play guitar for the Gin Blossoms,” he said. “On my 21st birthday, I was on tour with the Gin Blossoms.

They invited me onstage and I got to play guitar.”

Flashback to when he was a teen, when he met the Gin Blossoms’ Robin Wilson, after a show with his side project Gas Giants.

“I was a super fan,” Kennedy said with a laugh. “I talked to him after the show.

His advice? Go to college. He was playing 200-seaters to 50 people. Of course, I didn’t listen. I came out here. I found him playing Long Wong’s and I hit him up for a job. I worked at his studio.”

The Gin Blossoms have proven to be a huge influence on Kennedy’s songs like “Someone to Save Us” from The Black Moods’ 2016 album “Medicine.” “‘Someone to Save Us’ is an example of a song that has the Gin Blossoms kind of feel,” he said. “It also has a harder rock sound than those guys have.

“We take elements of stuff I grew up on — Bad Company, Led Zeppelin. I listen to them just as much as I did the Gin Blossoms.”

Now he has the jangly alterna-pop musicians’ phone numbers on speed dial.

“The 13-year-old me would be freaking out,” he muses.

Music is all the trio does. When they return from touring, they get right back into their Tempe studio.

Their breakthrough album, “Bella Donna,” was recorded with Johnny Karkazis, to whom he was introduced

by Adelitas Way’s Rick DeJesus.

“He’s definitely pushed us,” Kennedy said. “He called us names and stuff.

He’s turned into a member of the family.

It’s shocking when you meet him. He’s a big-time producer who has all these hits.

It’s a little intimidating.”

Diaz, who grew up in Tolleson and Phoenix, said Karkazis brought the music out of them.

“He pulled the pieces out of each one of us,” Diaz said. “He turns over every stone. We get it and it pays off.”

“Nothing’s pedestrian,” Kennedy added. “He doesn’t let things slide by. If it’s not cool, he’s not doing it.”

Hoffman is the newest member of The Black Moods. Raised in Toledo, Ohio, Hoffman was living in Los Angeles working as a musician and server when he auditioned for The Black Moods. He joined September 2017. Hoffman also lends background vocals to the songs.

Then, it was something new to The Black Moods.

In a previous interview, Karkazis called this version of The Black Moods the best.

“They’re so talented and dedicated — all the good stuff you can say about a band,” Karkazis said. “It’s a really special band. It makes you wonder why they’re not hugely successful. They’re well known in their hometown, but I don’t know how well known they are outside of there. Maybe they just haven’t been in the right situation. They would meet any challenge I threw at them. They’re the kind of band a producer would love to be working with.

“It’s encouraging to see a band so hungry and so talented. We seem to have a good rapport with each other.

It all seemed to fall in place. We don’t know what the future holds, but I love the songs we’ve recorded.”

Karkazis is also working on the forthcoming record, along with Phoenix native Jim Kaufman in LA. “This is the second record we’ve done with Johnny K,” Kennedy said. “This one, when we recorded it, we had moved the studio to the Ozarks. We packed our whole studio up in Tempe when everything was shut down and nobody could go to a restaurant or bar.

“There was no live music or anything happening. Coming from the Ozarks, I grew up on lakes, creeks, backroads.

You can always do that. We could go out on the lake, down to the creek and crawdad, or cruise the backroads.”

Kennedy said he, Hoffman and Diaz had great ideas for songs but they were built from the ground up in the Ozarks,

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give or take a song or two.

“You can definitely hear the surroundings melded into the record,” Kennedy said. “When I hear it, I can hear the creek. We would be working and get frustrated and hit a wall, so we’d say, ‘Let’s go to the creek.’ We’d jump in the creek and work on vocals and lyrics down with Mother Nature.”

“Saturday Night” and another new track, “Junkie Excuses,” may be previewed at the Talking Stick Resort show.

“We’ll do three or four off the new record,” Kennedy said. “It gets weird when you do new stuff with people who aren’t super familiar with it. Everyone likes to get down and sing along. On the Dead Daisies tour, we did ‘Saturday Night’ and two or three others. Everyone loved it.”

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Button collectors to converge in Avondale

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor

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anet Parker has traveled the world, learned about history and studied art — theoretically, of course — all thanks to her collection of buttons.

For 23 years, the Sun City resident has cobbled together a collection of fasteners that most people would not think twice about. However, hers recall the Statue of Liberty, the USS Arizona Memorial and churches.

Parker will add new pieces to her collection at the Arizona State Button Society annual show on Saturday, Feb. 19, and Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Avondale.

Themed “Hats Off to Buttons,” the show features educational programs, exhibits, creative works, dealers and competitions.

Vintage, studio and craft buttons from the 18th century onward will be exhibited.

“A lot of people pick up the hobby as kids when they went through their grandmother or mom’s button box,” said Roberta Schuler of Tucson. She’s the society’s show chair.

“Serious collectors, like myself, go to the show looking for specific buttons that we don’t have. Say I’m looking for birds and I don’t have a peacock. I have to find a dealer who’s going to have a peacock button.”

Buttons come in a variety of materials as well, including celluloid, glass, vegetable ivory, and ivory.

“When you collect, the goal is to represent all different materials,” Schuler said. “It’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Some people just collect to hang on the wall or to make jewelry or crafty things.”

The National Button Society was founded in 1938, with many state and local organizations subsequently forming.

The first national button show was held in 1939 in Chicago.

The National Button Society has more than 2,700 members on four continents with 39 of the 50 states represented by state and local clubs. Parker is a member of the Button Hooks Club, who meets the first Saturday of the month at the Glendale Main Library, 5959 W. Brown Street.

For Schuler, button collecting is an offshoot of quilting. During a visit to her

local quilt shop, she saw “beautiful pearl buttons” on a block.

She was working as a dental assistant, when one of her patients opened an antique store. There, she saw trays of buttons and quickly learned about the hobby.

“The first show I went to was in Phoenix,” she said. “I walked in and everyone was friendly and I got the hang of it. The best thing to do when you’re a beginner — not just a casual hobbyist — is go to a show and ask to be an observer at judging day.

“You can’t talk or interrupt them. You get a feeling for what’s going on though.

Then, the next year, ask to be a runner.

Then ask to be a clerk. Finally, you can ask to be a judge. It’s easy to learn.”

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Embracing transparency and choices

BY SUPERINTENDENT MARK YSLAS West Valley View Columnist

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ven if our school years are long in the rearview mirror, most of us continue to carry with us a vague recollection of our high school experience.

I’m sure some memories are more vivid than others. Certainly, our students today share some of the same experiences, but it is also important to remember that over the years, high schools have changed a lot.

There is so much more happening in our schools. Did you know Agua Fria High School District offers over 200 classes? Can you believe there are over Page Ad (4.9in x 4.9in) V2.pdf 50 sportsWVVatQrtrour schools? Have you heard about our incredible arts pro-

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With so much happening in our district, it is almost impossible to highlight everything we are doing to create an excellent educational experience in this message. As superintendent, I am committed to transparency, particularly in two major areas — curriculum and finances. So, my goal for this communique is to strengthen and maintain trust with the community by being an open book about what we teach, how we teach and, most importantly, what is1 not2/1/22 part of9:37 ourAMcurriculum.

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tricts and parents in other parts of the country are at odds regarding curriculum and, most notably, “critical race theory.” We are not one of those districts. Let me be clear: Our high school district does not teach critical race theory, nor do we have anything in the approved curriculum that references it.

We do, however, place a strong emphasis on the “three Rs” — reading, writing and arithmetic — and are an open book about what we teach. In fact, I would like to invite you to see for yourself what our schools are teaching and what our students are learning.

Please join us for “Curriculum and Conversation,” a monthly discussion about anything that is on your mind regarding teaching and learning in our district. We value parents as our educational partners and look forward to the conversation on Wednesday, Feb. 23.

RSVP at aguafria.org/openbook.

Remember when our parents would tell us to value an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay? In our high school district, we still share that value.

So, we offer career and vocational education to prepare students for high-paying jobs in high-growth industries. We have more than 60 courses that provide certifications and internships to pre-

pare our graduates for the workforce.

Even with all the top-notch programs we offer, we still strive to create more educational choices for our students. While some may believe that public school districts would shy away from the word “choice,” I believe we can learn from the successes of private and charter schools to make our district even better.

By offering school choice within our district, through the creation of boutique specialty schools and academies, we can ensure every student has a pathway to their dreams. I have full confidence that our district can offer quality, competitive education and be the top choice for our community.

When I visit our high school campuses, sometimes I find myself saying, “We didn’t have that back in my high school days.” Our kids have so many opportunities at Agua Fria High School District, and it’s only going to get better.

In fact, here’s a look into our future: We are getting ready to start a servant-leadership program for students, launch an entrepreneurial academy, and create the concept for the best arts academy in the country. The future is bright, and I am excited for all that is to come.

Let’s do this together.

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Collective launches program at Estrella Foothills

BY LAUREN SERRATO

West Valley View Staff Writer

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uild Your Future Arizona — the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation’s construction workforce collaborative — launched an ambassador program to connect construction professionals with high school students.

Professionals share their experiences with children through career fairs to promote entry-level positions and raise awareness about construction jobs.

“It’s really a campaign to change the image and provide a better understanding of careers in skilled craft, often referred to as trades,” said Paul Sanders, Build Your Future Arizona’s workforce development manager. “It’s really trying to connect people with training and showing them career paths.”

Build Your Future Arizona’s first visit was at Estrella Foothills High School on Feb. 8 in Mark Adams’ carpentry class.

Finish carpenter David Thomas discussed his career with Erickson Construction. He discussed the field’s demand in Arizona, saying 57,000 carpenters will be needed by the end of 2024.

“Construction will take you places you don’t think it will,” Thomas said to about 15 students. “We can’t get enough people in the world of construction. You can’t send me enough people.”

Thomas also discussed career paths, what Erickson looks for when recruiting talent and entry-level positions and answered students’ questions.

The ambassador program launched at a perfect time, Sanders said, as February is Career and Technical Education Month. Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn proclaimed February CTE Month in the city.

Sanders said the ambassador program is exciting for high school students because of the demand the industry is seeing.

“Our demand is so high right now and is projected to be high over the next two and even five years,” he said. “If we aren’t nurturing that talent pipeline now, we aren’t going to

Local high school students, teachers and dignitaries gather at Buckeye City Hall, as Mayor Eric Orsborn proclaimed February CTE Month.

(Photo courtesy of the city of Buckeye)

improve our situation we’re behind in already. And if we aren’t trying to be proactive in connecting with them when they’re starting to make some career decisions, then we’re going to still be behind.”

While high schools advocate for students to attend college, Sanders said there are many teenagers who need an alternative option, for those that don’t enjoy school and would rather do hands-on work.

“Half of our students who graduate from high schools don’t have a post-secondary education plan, or even funding for them,” Sanders said.

“They’re going to enter the workforce, but where are they going to start working? Are they going to start working in jobs that will hardly pay anything or start a career? So that’s what we’re trying to do to show them. There are opportunities for them to get to those high-paying jobs and even earn up to $100,000.”

Build Your Future Arizona partnered with multiple West Valley high schools, including Buckeye and Youngker, but made Estrella Foothills their first stop for their ambassador program.

“We’re actually just launching this ambassador program. We’re new on this,” Sanders said. “Our grade report card is looking at how many people are

registered for CTE programs throughout the state. And our division of the Greater Phoenix Chamber Foundation called Elevate Ed monitors that. So

we’re an arm to assist in connecting people to those CTE, or career technical education, courses that lead them directly into jobs.”

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Golf nonprofit offering college scholarships

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hristine Ploog of Buckeye earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, during the fall 2021 commencement ceremonies in December. Ploog graduated with honors,

earning the distinction of Summa Cum Laude, with a 4.0 GPA. She has since been accepted to the graduate school in Valdosta, Georgia, at Valdosta State University, where she is pursuing a Master of Library and Information Science degree.

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he Mexican American Golf Association, Phoenix Chapter, is offering 10 $1,000 scholarships to graduating high school students.

“We have been awarding scholarships for several years,” said David Juarez, a Goodyear resident and the association’s scholarship chairman.

Students can apply through magaphx.com before April 30. The awardees will be contacted by mail.

MAGA Phoenix has been offering student scholarships since the mid-1970s, although typically it was through other community organizations.

In 2015, the club has offered an average of eight $1,000 scholarships per

year to graduating high school seniors and continuing college undergrads. Students who are Arizona residents qualify, regardless of gender or ethnicity.

“In the last few years, we’ve pushed our scholarship initiative,” Juarez said.

“We’re much more active in the community directly.”

Juarez encouraged parents or grandparents to guide their grandchildren or children to the website to apply.

“We assume all the kids need some financial assistance,” Juarez said.

This year also marks the first season of tournament play by the newly founded Arizona Senior MAGA. This group offers membership to all golfers who are age 55 or older. For more information, visit azseniormaga.com.

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OBITUARIES Amelia Runyon

Amelia Molly Runyon, 68, of Goodyear, Arizona died January 20, 2022.

She was born April 14, 1953 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico to Jesus Lopez and Amalia Reyes.

Molly grew up in Venice, California in the family home on Dell Avenue. She was one of twelve children. After graduating Venice High, she went on to take classes at Santa Monica City College. She loved the Pacific Ocean.

She married Alan Runyon in 1974 and they were stationed in Madrid, Spain for two years while Alan was in the Air Force. Later they were transferred for a year to Goldsboro, North Carolina. Together, they had raised three children during their 20-year residence in the San Fernando Valley.

Molly was a dedicated and hardworking employee in many front-office enterprises. Most notably in domestic airfreight and surface transportation. She developed advanced technical skills beyond a computer course that she took in 1998. Molly was always busy in one form of artistic endeavor or another. A lover of music, she was also a very good dancer. These were only excelled by her cooking skills. Molly started each day in Scripture devotions and prayer. The loves of her life were to her husband, to her children and to her grandchildren.

The Runyon’s settled in Tonopah, Arizona in 2001 and then to Goodyear in 2012. Molly had been in declining health for some time; and was taken by the Covid on January 20th.

She is survived by her husband Alan; daughter Cassandra; sons Aaron and Brian Runyon; daughter-in-law Krista Schadt; sisters Tony, Magda, Ruby, and Mary Lopez-Lively; and brothers Gabe Lopez, Jesse Lopez, Arthur Lopez, and Hector Lopez. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Nikolas and Isaac Spradling, Dean Runyon, Ethan Runyon, Farah Runyon, and Penny Runyon. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her brothers Mike Lopez and George Lopez.

An online memorial is pending via Zoom. There is a 10 minute You Tube Video Tribute to her memory available. Please email ThyWord119@aol.com and a link will be sent to you for either or both.

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Francisco Manuel Salazar Fierro

Francisco Manuel Salazar Fierro, age 47, of Tolleson, Arizona passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022. Francisco was born March 15, 1974.

A visitation for Francisco will be held Monday, February 21, 2022 from 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Advantage Crystal Rose, 9155 West Van Buren St, Tolleson, AZ 85353 with rosary from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Mass will be Tuesday, February 22, 2022 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 512 N. 93rd Ave, Tolleson, AZ 85353. Burial will be Tuesday, February 22, 2022 from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM at Resthaven Park Cemetery, 6450 W Northern Ave, Glendale, AZ 85301. Condolences for the family may be left at www.advantagecrystalrose.com.

Patrick Theodore Call

Patrick Theodore Call passed away peacefully at Hospice of the Valley - Ryan House on December 20, 2021. He is survived by his brother Timothy Call and two sisters, Maureen Call Dauphinais and Priscilla Call Essert.

Barney Hobbs

Mr. Barney Hobbs, 84, of Litchfield Park, Arizona died January 29, 2022 in Avondale, Arizona. He was born May 30, 1937 in Denver, Colorado to Barney Hobbs and Julia Glynn. A recitation of the Holy Rosary will be held at 7PM on February 10 at Thompson Funeral Chapel. A funeral mass will be held at 10AM on February 11 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

To leave the family condolences, please visit www.thompsonfuneralchapel.com/ obituary/barney-hobbs

Rogelio Ramos Hernández

On Sunday, January 23, 2022, Rogelio Ramos Hernández, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away at the age of 47.

Rogelio Ramos Hernández was born on January 08, 1975 in Oaxaca, Mexico. He is survived by his wife, his son, his stepchildren, his 11 grandchildren, his 12 brothers and sisters as well as his mother.

Rogelio and Maria meet and fell in love at church and after getting married began to build a life in which they traveled often, tried lots of new foods and experienced lots of art. He gleamed with joy when he spoke of his son Enrique and his grandchildren. His step-children admired him for being so hardworking and loving. Rogelio made friends everywhere he went including while working his successful carpet cleaning business. He was an excellent example of a wholesome person and will be extremely missed by everyone!!

A funeral service will be held on Friday, February 25, 2022 at Advantage Funeral home on 9155 W Van Buren St, Tolleson AZ 85353 at 6 o’clock p.m.

Robert Lee Barton Winstead

Robert (BOB) Winstead Jr. was a hero, dad, grandfather, and great grandfather.

His life came to an end suddenly, on January 3, 2022. He was the beloved son of Robert and Grace Winstead born in Virginia on November 16, 1948. Bob was survived by his sister Jacquie Basher, brother, Michael Winstead (Tandy), son, Brian Winstead (Leigh), grandkids Kaitlyn Brewster (Chris), Chelsei, and Skylar, and great-grandchild Oaklee Mae. A celebration of life during Daytona 500 will be held from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM on 2022-02-20 at Brian Winstead (Son), 2707 E Canyon Creek Dr, Gilbert, AZ, USA.

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For Mom Laura Louis Martin was 61.

When she passed she was a great loving caring God fearing woman who always loved, helped and cared for others. She loved talking about God, doing bible study watching movies and she loved being a CNA taking care of others and witnessing to her patients. She was an Amazing wife, Mother, Granny, Aunt, sister cousin and friend and she will always be remembered for her big heart and for her love, and care for God and others. today like my dad I know she would want us to celebrate her life not mourn her death she would want us to look forward to the day we meet again in eternity. She would want us to know she is no longer suffering but happy standing with Christ and there is no better place for her to be she will always be remembered and loved here and through eternity.

She was survived by her two brothers Donald Rose, Leslie Rose. Her sister Mary Rose, her three daughter's Abishag Rotert, Rachel Glaspie, Carly Martin, her 12 grand children Zechariah Rotert, Sara Underwood, Kenzie Kelly, Mark Rotert, Daylan Underwood, Donald Glaspie, Jeremiah Underwood, Grace Glaspie, Marissa Underwood, Elisabeth Rotert, Haley Underwood, Charles Glaspie, and her 2 great grandchildren James Bianco and Nicholas Bianco.She will be loved and missed greatly A funeral service will be held from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM on 2022-02-10 at Louis B Hazelton memorial cemetery, 23100 W Broadway RD. Buckeye AZ 85326.

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PUBLIC NOTICES Public Notice HV Sunrise LLC, a subsidiary of Birch Infrastructure.

PBLLC, is proposing to construct the HV Sunrise Gen-tie Project, a 34.5/ 500kV substation and an approximately 4-mile 500kV gen-tie line. This gen-tie line would connect the Harquahala Sun project, a 150 MW hybrid solar photovoltaic and battery power plant in Maricopa County.

HV Sunrise LLC will be filing an application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) to the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) for these interconnection facilities. The project is located in the Tonopah area of Maricopa County near the intersection of Courthouse Road and N 491 st Avenue.

Virtual public meetings will be held: February 15 and 3pm and February 17 at 6pm.

Representatives of the project will be available to provide information and address and questions or concerns regarding the project. It is an open house format, and you are welcome to attend at any time. Questions may be addressed to harquahalasun@birch.coop or on the project website at www.harquahalasun.com. Meeting information can be obtained from the project website.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON LIBERTY UTILITIES (LITCHFIELD PARK WATER & SEWER) CORP.’S APPLICATIONS FOR AN EXTENSION OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO PROVIDE WASTEWATER UTILITY SERVICE TO INCLUDE THE ARROYO MOUNTAIN ESTATES DEVELOPMENT AND THE SAVANNAH DEVELOPMENT. (DOCKET NOS. SW-01428A-21-0402 AND SW-01428A-21-0403)

623.535.VIEW WEST VALLEY BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY

Summary On December 20, 2021, Liberty Utilities (Litchfield Park Water & Sewer) Corp. (“Liberty”) filed applications with the Commission for extensions of its Certificate of Convenience and Necessity (“CC&N”) to provide wastewater utility service to the Arroyo Mountain Estates and the Savannah developments. The proposed CC&N extension areas comprise approximately 140.83 acres located along the northern side of West Camelback Road, west of N. Perryville Road (Arroyo Mountain Estates) and 159.3 acres located along the eastern side of North Perryville Road, between Camelback Road and Bethany Home Road in Litchfield Park, Maricopa County, Arizona.

THE COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE PROPOSALS OF LIBERTY, STAFF, OR ANY INTERVENORS. THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE RELIEF TO BE GRANTED IN RESPONSE TO LIBERTY’S APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN THIS MATTER. How You Can Vie or Obtain a Copy of the Application Copies of the Applications are available from Liberty on the Internet via Liberty Utilities Litchfield Park Water & Sewer’s website, www.libertyutilities.com; at the Commission’s Docket Control Center at 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, and the Commission’s Office at 400 West Congress Street, Suite 218, Tucson, Arizona, during regular business hours; and on the Commission website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. During the COVID-19 pandemic, access to Liberty’s and Commission offices may be restricted.

Arizona Corporation Commission Public Hearing Information The Commission will hold a hearing on this matter beginning April 11, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at the Commission’s offices, 1200 West Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

Due to federal and state COVID-19 pandemic safety guidelines, public comment will not be permitted in person. The Commission will allow telephonic public comment only on April 11, 2022, at the beginning of the hearing. To provide telephonic public comments, please call 1-866-705-2554 and enter this code: 241497#.

Written public comments may be submitted by mailing a letter referencing Docket Nos. SW-01428A-21- 0402 and SW-01428A-21-0403 to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Section, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007, or by submitting comments on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Make a Public Comment in a Docket.” If you require assistance, you may contact the Consumer Services Section at 602-542-4251 or 1-800-2227000.

If you do not intervene in this proceeding, you will receive no further notice of the proceedings in this docket unless you sign up to Follow the Docket. However, all documents filed in this docket are available online (usually within 24 hours after docketing) at the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) using the e-Docket function. Information on how to Follow a Docket is available on the Commission’s website by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and “Follow a Docket or Document Type.”

About Intervention The law provides for an open public hearing at which, under appropriate circumstances, interested persons may intervene. An interested person may be granted intervention if the outcome of the case will directly and substantially impact the person, and the person's intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case. Intervention, among other things, entitles a party to present sworn evidence at hearing and to crossexamine other parties’ witnesses. Intervention is not required for you to appear at the hearing and provide public comment, to file written comments in the record of the case, or to receive emailed notice of each filing made in the case by following the docket.

Information about what intervention means, including an explanation of the rights and responsibilities of an intervenor, is available on the Commission’s website (www.azcc.gov) by clicking on “Cases and Open Meetings” and then clicking on “Intervene in a Case.” The information includes a Sample Intervention Request and a Fillable Intervention Request Form. To request intervention, you must file a written request to intervene, either (a) by filing a hard copy request (meeting filing requirements) with Docket Control (Docket Control, 1200 West Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007), or (b) by eFiling the request. Your request must be filed or eFiled no later than March 25, 2022. Instructions and restrictions for eFiling are available on the Commission’s website at http://azcc.gov/hearing/efile-for-utilities-instruction. You also must serve a copy of the request to intervene on each party of record, on the same day that you file the request to intervene with the Commission.

You request to intervene must contain the information below: 1. Your name, address, and telephone number; 2. The docket number for the case in which you are requesting to intervene; 3. A short statement explaining: a. Your interest in the proceeding (e.g., a property owner in an area to be affected by the case, etc.), b. How you will be directly and substantially affected by the outcome of the case, and c. Why your intervention will not unduly broaden the issues in the case; 4. A statement certifying that you have sent a copy of your request to intervene to the regulated company or its attorney and to all other parties of record in the case; and 5. If you are not represented by an attorney who is an active member of the Arizona State Bar, and you are not representing yourself as an individual, sufficient information and any appropriate documentation to demonstrate compliance with Arizona Supreme Court Rules 31, 31.1, 31.2, 31.3, 38, 39, and 42, as applicable. This only applies if you are NOT representing yourself and you are not a licensed attorney.

The granting of motions to intervene shall be governed by A.A.C. R14-3-105, except that all motions to intervene must be filed on or before March 25, 2022.

ADA/Equal Access Information The Commission does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission to its public meetings. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, as well as request this document in an alternative format, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, Carolyn Buck, E-mail ADACoordinator@azcc.gov, voice phone number 602-542-2247. Requests should be made as early as possible and no later than 48 hours in advance of the event to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

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Appliance Repair Now If It’s Broken, We Can Fix It!

• Same Day Service • On-Site Repairs • Servicing All Major Brands • Quality Guaranteed

We Also Buy, Sell & Trade Used Appliances Working or Not

480-659-1400 Licensed & Insured

HAVE A SERVICE BUSINESS?

623-872-8552 CONCRETE / MASONRY

11. After the sale, remove your signs and donate leftover items to a local charity.

Call Classifieds at 623-535-8439 or email class@timespublications.com to place your ad.

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PATIOS, WALKWAYS, DRIVEWAYS, RV PARKING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL CONCRETE DEMOLITION & PLACEMENT SPECIALTY CONCRETE FREE ESTIMATES

ROC Lic. #K-09 149540 • Insured • References Available

Office 623-872-7622

AS $45 PE

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623.535.VIEW WEST VALLEY BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY GARAGE DOOR/ SERVICES

AIR CONDITIONING

• Service & Installation • Door Off Track • Routine Maintenance • Licensed, Bonded & Insured • Valley Wide Service 24/7 • Hablo Español ROC# 319202

World Class Service Hometown Feel

A/C Problem? Call us 24/7 FREE Second Opinion Anytime!

BROKEN SPRINGS

623-225-1930

www.azbestgaragedoors.com

GARAGE DOOR/ SERVICES

www.airnowac.com We offer HVAC • Repair • Service and • Upgrades **FREE QUOTES ON NEW EQUIPMENT** “FINANCING AVAILABLE” FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED WESTSIDE BUSINESS

Licensed ROC #313262 • Bonded • Insured

Garage Doors

Repair • Service • Installation Family Owned & Operated

623.556.8378

623-546-7714

Family - Owned and Operated LICENSED ROC#181530 BONDED • INSURED www.superchargedelectric.com

602-510-1529

allstarelectricaz.com ROC#321507 Licensed, Bonded & Insured

LANDSCAPING

Call Dustin at (602) 919-0357 *Not a licensed contractor

Same Owners, Same Service!

Custom Landscaping andGreat Hardscaping Concrete.

Retaining Walls.

Pavers.

Artificial Grass.

Putting Greens Fireplaces.

Outdoor Kitchens.

Curbing.

Custom Landscaping and Hardscaping Concrete.

Walls.

Irrigation and Repairs Pavers • ArtifiInstallation cial Retaining Grass • Putting Greens Fireplaces.

Outdoor Curbing.

Tree• and PlantKitchens.

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D:(623)670-0080 O:(623)536-8275 O:(623)536-8275

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Avondale Garage Doors Inc. 432 N. Litchfield Rd. Unit 300.

Showroom & Parts Store

Fix & Replace

Garage Doors & Openers

LOW PRICES!

Bonded • Insured • Licensed AvondaleGarageDoors.com 623.466.3712

GLASS SERVICES

RESIDENTIAL SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PROJECTS

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LANDSCAPING Landscape

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RESIDENTIAL SPECIALISTS FOR ALL YOUR INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PROJECTS

(Call/Text)

623.910.0742

Landscape Maintenance Services * Irrigation system and repairs (Valves, drip, timers, & sprinklers) * Pavers * Artificial grass * Malibu lights * Maintenance, general clean-ups & hauling * House painting, interior & exterior AND MUCH MORE. CALL FOR FREE ESTIMATE.

PAINTING ERIC SAUNDERS

BRUSH STROKE PAINTING

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602-722-7696

& Insured ROC #170982

PAINTING

JIMMY’S “A Passion for Caring” The most experienced and compassionate home care service in the West!

• In-Home care service for your loved ones • On Call 24/7 Customized Care • Experienced Staff • RN Supervised • Serving the Greater Phoenix West

623.547.7521

PAINTING

VISTA VISTA VISTA

AS LOW AS $45 PER ISSUE

MEDICAL SERVICES

LANDSCAPING

ROC#198687

REMODELING

Specializing in LARGE TREE TRIMMING Antonio or Laura 623.206.3403

www.acompassionatehomecare.com

15 Years in Business and Still A+

Electric & Solar

• Weed Removal/Spray • One-Time Cleanup

O:(623)536-8275 Licensed - Bonded - Insured • ROC#202397 ROC#219652

20 YEARS IN BUSINESS | FREE ESTIMATES

Ceiling Fans Troubleshooting/ Inspection Repairs Remodels/Additions

• Tree Trimming

Licensed, Bonded & Insured ROC #289066

SUPERCHARGED Indoor/Outdoor Lighting Spa Circuits Panel Replacement/ Upgrade

★ Upgrade your Watering System to Schedule 40 PVC ★ Can bring in Landscaping Rock for Bare spots, Boulders or New color change ★ Tree Trimming ★ Removal ★ Thinning out ★ 30 and 60 Days Services

New LED Lighting

Pavers. Artificial Grass. Putting Greens

GARAGE DOOR/ SERVICES

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

D&L LANDSCAPE & Demo LLC

Same Great Service!

ELECTRICAL We do it RIGHT the first time!

Lawn Care

Same Owners, Same Great Service!

ELECTRICAL ELECTRIC FOR ALL YOUR ELECTRICAL NEEDS

LANDSCAPING

Custom Landscaping and Hardscaping Same Owners, formerly Flatiron Landscape

Same Day Service & Free Estimates

“World Class Service Hometown Feel”

LANDSCAPING

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BRANDENBURG PAINTING Interior & Exterior

PAINTING SERVICES Dependable/Trustworthy Painter

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(623) 206-1396

CALL FOR YOUR FREE ESTIMATE TODAY!

ONLY 1-STORY HOMES

FREE ESTIMATES

CALL BOB

623-972-9150 623-695-3390

Bonded & Insured - ROC #123818

PLUMBING

$63

Rooter Drain Cleaning Ser vice

+ 2 Hour Arrival*

Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly & Quarterly Residential & Commercial, Big Properties Not a licensed contractor

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Your Custom Remodeling Specialist For All Your Home Improvement Needs!

623-933-4312 11126 W. Wisconsin Ave, #5 - Youngtown

Quality Attention to Every Detail

Licensed/Bonded/Insured Limited Liability Corp • ROC #155822 KB02

OSCAR LOPEZ

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•No Job Too Small • Free Estimates

Licensed, Bonded, Insured • ROC 209166

602-931-0904

For Discount Coupons Visit www.AlbrechtandSon.com Listed HOA/PORA

LANDSCAPING

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623.299.2637

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623.535.VIEW WEST VALLEY BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY PAINTING

ROOFING

PLUMBING Veteran Owned

PRO PERFORMANCE PAINTING INC.

Exterior & Interior • Painting Services • Commercial • Residential

COMMERCIAL& & RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTAL COMMERCIAL

WeGot Got You You Covered!

We Covered!

Specializing in Repairs, New, Tile and Shingle Roofs • Repairs New Roofs, Coatings, Flat Roof, Hot Mopping Patching Coatings •Flat & Roof Hot Mopping & & Total Patching Rubber•Total Roof Systems Rubber Roof Systems

Same Day Service All Work Guaranteed

602-329-8532

30 Years Experience We Pay Your Insurance Deductible ROC#288-123 • Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Licensed Bonded Insured ROC 288-123

Senior & Military Discounts

602-551-2255

623-386-0710

PEST CONTROL

POOL SERVICES

L&M PEST & WEED CONTROL

TRIPLE “R”

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100% Satisfaction Guaranteed • Fleas / Ticks • Bed Bugs

Our Goal is not to be the Biggest – Just the best!

MITCH STEVENS OWNER-OPERATOR

• Roaches • Weed and Turf control

A REFERRAL IS THE BEST COMPLIMENT

Bus: 623 932 4168 Cell: 623 810 6035 Lic. #8555 ld.lmpest@yahoo.com

NO CONTRACTS • PAYMENT PLANS

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WINTER BROS PESTS, inc.

Lic. 8166 BC / Est. 1981

623-869-7378

PLUMBING

with Service call. Valley Wide Service

Veteran & Senior Discounts Available

• Residential / Commercial

602-551-2255 SAME DAY SERVICE

• Water Treatment Specialists • Residential & Commercial • Water Heaters Sr & Military Discount • Slab Leaks FREE Water Heater Flush

Bobby Rocha - Owner Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC 328599

• 6 month guarantee

FREE Estimates

Buckeye Plumbing

Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC Lic #138051

WE DO IT ALL! U.S.A.F. Retired. 25+ Yrs. Exp.

“No Nonsense” www.triplerpool.com

Remodel All Repairs Cleaning SVC 1 Call Doe It All! s

Licensed Contractor ROC C-37-120135 • ROC C-05-159059

623-935-9221

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Built Stronger to Last Longer

ROOFING

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SENIOR DISCOUNTS • MILITARY DISCOUNTS $

35 OFF

Any Plumbing Service Call for details.

Some restrictions may apply.

Exp 03/31/22

49.95

Water Heater Flush

100 OFF Water Heater Install

Call for details.

Some restrictions may apply.

Exp 03/31/22

Call for details.

Some restrictions may apply.

Exp 03/31/22

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623-688-5243 www.theplumberguy.com Licensed • Bonded • Insured ROC 185143, 192987

Total Care Plumbing LLC • Remodels • Repairs • Leaks • Toilets • Water Softeners • Gas • Sinks/Faucets Senior Citizen Discount FREE Estimates • Service/Repair

623-385-9580 ROC 233444 Licensed • Bonded • Insured

ALL TYPES OF ROOFING! RE-ROOFS NEW ROOFS • REPAIRS

FREE ESTIMATES!

AS LOW AS $45 PER ISSUE

ROOFING

PHILLIPS

ROOFING LLC COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL

Family Owned and Operated 43 Years Experience in Arizona Free Estimates Monday through Saturday

623-873-1626

Licensed 2006 ROC 223367 Bonded Insured

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Honey Do List Too Long?

Check out the Handyman Section!

CHECK OUT THE PAINTING SECTION!

ROOFING

Almeida Roofing Inc. All Types of Roofing

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• New Roofs

• Shingles

• Re-roofs

UPHOLSTERY

• Foam

• Repairs

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• Modified Bitumen

Years Experience in the Valley! w26 ROC Lic. 133241 • Bonded • Insured #

Commercial & Residential Expert Custom Upholstery Since 1976

DAVID’S UPHOLSTERY (623)

872-3047

• Coating

www.almeidaroofing.com Licensed • Bonded • Insured • ROC #215758

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BE$T PEOPLE - BE$T PRICES LOWE$T TA X RATE

PRESIDENTS’ DAY MEGA SELLATHON 2010 KIA SEDONA LX

22175A

$6,639

2012 FORD MUSTANG V6 PREMIUM

21593A

$11,369

2016 KIA SEDONA LX

X9924B

$18,727

2015 NISSAN TITAN S

21572A

$24,476

2019 FORD RANGER XLT

X9922

$32,996

2018 FORD F-150 XLT

X9959

$39,777

2008 FORD FUSION SEL

21516B

$6,744

2017 FORD FIESTA SE

P9909

$12,994

2019 FORD ECOSPORT SE

P9900A

$20,998

2019 FORD ESCAPE SE

21603A

$24,822

2018 JEEP WRANGLER JK SPORT

T9874

$33,978

2018 FORD F-150 RAPTOR

21605A

SOLD

2008 BUICK LUCERNE CXL

T9821A

$6,888

2018 NISSAN VERSA SEDAN SV

P9878

$13,871

2006 FORD SUPER DUTY F-250 LARIAT

21566B

$21,989

2017 FORD F-150 XL

21595A

$26,856

2018 FORD F-150 XLT

21579A

$35,337

2019 FORD F-150 XLT

22162B

$46,924

2004 GMC YUKON SLE

22149A

$7,276

2016 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S

T9876

$16,469

2019 2012 MITSUBISHI FORD F 2012 OUTLANDER FORDES

20323A P9956

$17,749 $22,535

2012 2016FORD TOYOTA F 2012 RAV4 FORD SE

20323A 22171A

$17,749 $28,819

2018 2012TOYOTA FORD F4RUNNER 2012 FORD SR5

20323A 21271D

$17,749 $36,936

2018 GMC SIERRA 3500HD DENALI

22159A

24600 W. YUMA ROAD, BUCKEYE JUST SOUTH OF I-10 BETWEEN MILLER AND WATSON ROADS

623.386.4429 | JONESFORDBUCKEYE.COM All prices and offers are subject to change and cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions. Prices do not include sales tax, license, $499.00 dealer doc fee and dealer add ons. All vehicles subject to prior sale. Prices valid through 02/22/2022. Sales vehicles may have scratches, dents or dings.

$56,463

2013 FORD FUSION TITANIUM

22167A

$8,426

2013 VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE CONVERTIBLE 2.5L

P9957

$17,929

2016 FORD EXPLORER XLT

P9927A

$23,444

2018 FORD EXPLORER

22179A

$29,946

2014 TOYOTA TUNDRA SR5

X9945

$37,565

2018 FORD F-150 RAPTOR

T9942

$58,249 West y!

Valle

2003 FORD EXPEDITION EDDIE BAUER

P9843B

$8,767

2016 FORD FUSION ENERGI TITANIUM

X9901M

$18,175

2017 FIAT 124 SPIDER LUSSO

P9944

$23,997

2018 HONDA ACCORD SEDAN EX-L 1.5T

P9906

$31,694

2013 FORD SUPER DUTY F-250 LARIAT

X9868A

$38,874

2020 FORD SUPER DUTY F-350 XLT

22163A

$62,441