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Texting, scooters on legislative minds

BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

Peoria’s intergovernmental affairs director, Thomas Adkins, said two bills now being considered by members of the Arizona Legislature have an impact on the city.

Adkins said, “It’s a pretty busy time of year for us. A few bills that impact Peoria we’re concerned about, we’re keeping an eye on them.”

A statewide ban on texting while driving,

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Senate Bill 1165, passed out of the Senate 20-10 on March 4.

“That’s good because it has an emergency clause,” Adkins said. “It needed a certain number of votes to get out. It goes over to the House now, and hopefully it will get the votes there.”

A proposed texting ban ordinance was postponed by Peoria City Council at its first meeting in February. A member of the audience voiced disappointment at that time during the public comments section

of the council meeting. But Adkins said the council probably did the right thing by holding off on a city ordinance.

“It’s a tough one,” Adkins said. “But the reality is if the council had adopted an ordinance and it didn’t match the state law, it was in the best interests of everybody that Peoria drivers don’t have to learn a whole new set of rules. With a statewide law, it’s the best for everybody – one common rule everyone would have to follow throughout

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Several weeks after he was reported missing by his family, a man’s body was found and a suspect in his death arrested.

Police said the suspect, 29-year-old Zachary Nowak, admitted to using heroin with the victim, an 18-year-old Peoria man; not providing medical aid; keeping the body in his bedroom for a weekend; and then putting the victim in the trunk of a vehicle, driving to La Paz County and dumping the body on the side of the road.

The victim’s name has not been released.

Nowak was processed at the Peoria Police Department and later booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail on charges of negligent homicide and abandonment of a dead body. Police spokesman Brandon Sheffert said additional charges may be added, and charges may be amended.

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Glendale Community College serves veterans with dedicated center

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Veterans throughout the USA have a proud tradition of sacrifice and serving our country with dedication, professionalism and commitment. In Arizona, we are home to numerous military installations, including Luke Air Force Base in Glendale. As a result, Arizona and the West Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area has a large population of veterans.

In the same way those veterans were proud to serve their nation, the staff and faculty at Glendale Community College is proud to serve our U. S. veterans.

Since its inception in the mid 1960s, Glendale Community College has been dedicated to helping veterans with their academic careers. Over the decades, the number of veterans taking classes at GCC has grown steadily to nearly 1,000 per year.

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The academic advisors in the Veterans Services Center are veterans themselves and also serve the role of VA Certifying Officials. The advisors assist in planning academic paths, identifying federal and state benefit options, certifying education benefits, and connecting veterans with services, both on campus and the surrounding community.

In addition to Active Duty Military Tuition Assistance, the GCC Veterans Services Center services six different VA education benefits. The VSC also guides student veterans through degree planning, as well as class selection and registration. The academic advisors at

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Adkins said the Legislature is also looking at an e-scooter bill.

“One we’re OK with now puts escooter into state law but allows cities to regulate as they deem best,” Adkins said. “The city of Peoria puts public safety first.

“There’s also an aesthetic part of the equation we’re concerned about. Being able to regulate where scooters are dispersed. But, another thing is making sure our community looks its best. I think the key for us on this one, like a lot of bills, we want to make sure the government closest to the people has an impact on our residents, making sure we’re looking out for our residents.”

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Opinion Sunshine is your fundamental right

BY JIM ZACHARY CNHI Deputy National Editor ValdostaDaily TimesEditor

For government to be of, by and for the people, it must be out in front of the people.

The theme for Sunshine Week 2019 is simply, “It’s your right to know.”

The reason it’s your right to know is that it’s your government.

From the courthouse to the statehouse to the White House, it is your right to know what government is up to.

Every deliberation by city council, county commission, the General Assembly or U.S. Congress is the people’s business.

Every penny spent by local, state and federal government is your money.

Every document held in the halls of government belongs to you.

Transparency is not, or at least should not be, partisan.

Access to government meetings and public documents should never be arduous or even controversial.

Government derives all of its powers from the public and is answerable to the public.

It is unfortunate state and federal laws are needed to protect the public’s right to know.

Of course, we know those laws are needed and more often than not must be leveraged by people requesting even the most basic information from elected and appointed officials.

No branch of government should exempt itself from freedom of information laws and no person in government should seek to circumvent those laws.

Accessing government information and attending deliberative meetings should simply be viewed as democracy in action and not as an adversarial relationship between the governing and the governed.

Access laws are not media laws.

Every person should have free and open access.

The right to know is not only an American right; it is fundamentally right.

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Government secrecy that goes beyond national security is fundamentally wrong.

So, records custodians at City Hall, the county courthouse or the State Capitol, or with the public school system, must not bristle when a person asks for public records. The records requestors are simply asking for a copy of what belongs to them already.

Records requestors should not create an unnecessarily hostile relationship when making requests.

A records request and fulfillment should be a basic – and ordinary – transaction between government and the public it serves.

City council, county commission, the board of education, the General Assembly and its committees should not balk at the public’s right to attend meetings and should not look for every excuse to retreat into an executive session or closed-door meeting.

Attending meetings, sitting in on deliberations and understanding not only what decisions are reached but how those decisions are reached are all things which are simply basic American rights, fundamental to living in an open and free society.

In our politically charged, polarized, vitriolic climate, there is very little that conservatives and progressives can agree on.

The public’s right to know is one thing that everyone, both in and out of government, both left- and right-leaning, and at the local, state and federal levels, should agree on.

We are the government.

The government is us.

It is, therefore, everyone’s fundamental right to know what government is, and is not, doing.

Zachary can be reached at jzachary@ cnhi.com or his blog, transparencyprojectofgeorgia.com

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Intersection art funding unique — from general fund In the next month or so, you will begin to see beautiful art painted on five intersections in Old Town.

These paintings serve as “placemaking,” or art that helps to identify the personality of this creative space.

The appearance of this art on the roads may cause you to wonder why the city would spend its resources on painting streets, when streets in your neighborhoods are in need of repair or replacement.

In the next month, in Old Town, five intersections will become public art locations. The intersection pavement at the key entry points to Old Town will be adorned with locally inspired and locally created custom painted art.

This public art project is unique in that funding comes from Peoria’s general fund.

However, for a long time the city has had a funding mechanism in place, ensuring our city will continue to be blessed with beautiful creations for years to come.

CoMMeNTArY Mayor Pro Tem Vicki Hunt

Nearly four decades ago, Peoria city leaders approved an ordinance that provided for dedicated funding to support public art. Art that exists for passers-by to see without admission – in spaces where people congregate, do business, and travel – is an important component of vibrant communities. The process by which city council prescribed the funding for these projects was nothing short of visionary.

The municipal arts fund serves to hold allocations for city expenditures for public art that is derived from 1 percent of the projected cost of all capital improvement projects paid for in whole or in part by the city. Capital improvement projects can generally

be described as structures, parks, utility components, streets and sidewalks.

The spending of the arts fund is recommended by the seven-member Peoria Arts Commission. Just as any city board or commission, the arts commission includes local residents and practitioners who volunteer their time to serve the community.

Spending of arts funding, as stated in the ordinance, may only be used for specific purposes. The funds may be used for art planning and the related professional services. Funds may be used for documented artist design and expenses related to those designs, maintenance of the public art collections, as well as the facilities where art is contained may be funded by municipal art funds. Grants to third parties for arts and cultural services may also be funded.

That is the limit of how art funding may be expended. It may not be used to fund new buses, new roads or other city services or programs. Arts funding, by law, can only be used for the arts. And thank

goodness we have those art funds.

This year we most proudly applied art funds in several prominent locations. If you have crossed through the intersection at Lake Pleasant Parkway and Happy Valley Road, you probably have seen the Blooming Spire. Jutting noticeably upwards above building height, when illuminated at night, the Blooming Spire is a unique and warm welcome to Peoria.

For all the past 40-plus years, Peoria has stood out among many Valley communities for its quality of public art.

From framed art in the libraries, monuments in neighborhood parks, live performance by youth in local theaters and music in neighborhood parks, residents and visitors are surrounded by art in Peoria. As our community continues to develop into full-grown adulthood, you can be sure public art will be a critical part of that development.

Editor’s note: Vicki Hunt represents the Acacia District on the Peoria City Council.

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Peoria woman arrested on DUI

BY DARRELL JACKSON PeoriaTimes Staff Writer

A Peoria woman was arrested and is facing misdemeanor and felony charges after police arrested her for driving into oncoming traffic with her four children in the backseat.

Joni Laughlin, 61 of Peoria, was arrested on suspicion of DUI in the parking lot of the Safeway near El Mirage Road and Vistancia Boulevard February 23.

Officers were called to the Safeway on reports of a wrong-way driver on the road in front of the store. The person who called 911 said she followed the suspect’s vehicle into the Safeway parking lot.

Police said the caller blocked Laughlin’s car and ran to the widow where she told officers, “the driver looked heavily impaired in the driver’s seat,” and that

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“four children were in the back seats screaming and crying.”

When officers arrived, they said they smelled alcohol on Laughlin’s breath.

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confused, and did not know where she was,” said Peoria Police Department spokesman Brandon Sheffert.

“The defendant stated she was at rehab, then stated she was at Park West shopping center near the 101 and Northern. The defendant said she was driving home with her four kids.”

Officers tried to conduct a standard field sobriety test but said, “She was unable to understand the instructions to even get into the test-taking stance.”

The arresting officer said Laughlin repeatedly asked officers to remove the children from the vehicle, all of whom are 15 or younger.

“Due to her high intoxication level, the defendant did not realize the children had been removed from the vehicle

prior to her and were standing not more than 25 feet behind us with the family friend,” Sheffert said the officer wrote in the arrest report.

Police said a preliminary breath test put her blood alcohol concentration at 0.254 percent, which is more than three times the legal definition of impairment (0.08 percent).

Police said the children were released to a family friend who is caring for the children because their father is out of town.

Because there were children in the vehicle, Laughlin is facing four counts of aggravated DUI, among other charges and at her initial court appearance, bond was set at $2,500, which she was unable to post.

HoMICIDe froM 1 The Peoria Police Department was contacted by a concerned family member who was unable to locate or contact their adult son on February 13. On February 25, the officer who had taken the original report received information about possible locations of the missing man, police spokesman Brandon Sheffert said.

During the officer’s follow-up investigation, he learned the man may have overdosed weeks prior and his body been dumped in a desert area, Sheffert said. The officer notified the police department’s Major Crimes Unit detectives to assist with the case.

Detectives interviewed several people who knew the victim, and learned he was at Nowak’s house, where the two of them were using heroin.

Sheffert said although Nowak noticed the victim passed out and became unresponsive, he failed to summon medical help. In fact, police said, they had previously responded to the residence on the 7400 block of West Carol Avenue on February 9 after someone outside of the residence reported a possible overdose.

Police said when officers arrived at the Carol Avenue address, they spoke with Nowak, who told them he did not know anyone by the victim’s name and that everyone was fine. Reportedly, however, the victim’s body was in his room.

Zachary.nowak, 29, has been charged with negligent homicide and abandonment of a dead body. (Photo courtesy Peoria

Police Department)

At approximately 2:40 p.m. on February 26, less than 24 hours after officers learned the victim may have died, police said officers were able to locate the body of a man believed to be the victim on the side of Vicksburg Road, about six miles south of Interstate 10 in La Paz County.

At approximately 3:15 p.m., Nowak was arrested. In addition to his other admissions, police said he also admitted to lying to officers and paramedics when they had responded to his home, and that the victim was inside the residence.

The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to call 623-773-8311.

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Vet-themed business networking and career event returns to Valley

BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

BestCompaniesAZ is hosting its fifth annual Vet Talks: Business Networking and Career Event from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 7, at University of Phoenix, 1625 W. Fountainhead Parkway, Tempe. The event features more than 30 Valley military-friendly companies that are committed to hiring veterans.

The “Vet Talks” portion of the event, modeled after “TED Talks,” features presentations by different military professionals who have transitioned into civilian life, with some of Arizona’s top companies, including GoDaddy and Freedom Financial Network.

The main events, however, are

the veteran interactions with Valley employers, business leaders, acquisition teams and military resource organizations.

Denise Gredler, founder and CEO of BestCompaniesAZ, launched the company in 2004 and works with top Valley companies, such as GoDaddy, Charles Schwab and USAA, to implement military-friendly and veteran-committed workplace initiatives.

“About five years ago, I was approached by Arizona State University and was asked if I’d be interested in creating this program, ‘Birdies for the Brave,’ a PGA Foundation nonprofit,” she said. “The first year we were approached, to get veteran-committed companies, we were at the first day of Waste Management Open.

“That was my very first experience with a veteran group. It was a truly eye-opening experience. I learned so much about leadership talent coming out of the military. They had difficulty in transition. So, that’s really how it got started. I made connections

with companies, met a lot of veteran groups, companies like Charles Schwab that create, making it easier to translate from a military to a business resume.”

Gredler said the first couple years, she held a couple workshops, veteran

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and civilian training programs, and every year, the companies that were committed to hiring veterans wanted her to continue. Ranging from finance to technology and call centers to companies such as Charles Schwab, Farmers, GoDaddy, USAA, Vanguard and Rings, there were veteran resource groups in all of them, helping veterans create a career path with corporate companies.

A lot has happened in the past five years. When Gredler’s veteran employment events began, the unemployment rate was high overall.

The rate has gone down since then, but remains higher in the Valley, with 5.2 percent compared to the national average of 3.7 percent. In that time, Gredler has helped veteran-friendly companies develop initiatives, such as military spouse telecommuting, veteran resource groups, management training and career development programs and veteran mentorships, which helps pave the way for the future of veteran employment and job satisfaction.

Speakers at the “Vets Talk” part

of the event include Brenda Smull, managing director at Charles Schwab in Phoenix. Smull has worked for Schwab for six years. In the late 1980s, she was in the Army and stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, but deployed to Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

“I started out organized; it makes me more so,” Smull said. “You have to be more disciplined. It’s life or death.”

Smull just started a new job two weeks ago in the data center operations, where she is managing director of incident management.

“When things break, we have to go.

We’ve been doing great,” she said.

Directing the conversation toward military transition to the corporate world, Smull said, “It’s hard for people to translate what they did in the military. I went to a recruiter in the early ‘90s. I was in pharmaceutical sales. The next job was through army friends, in Walmart in Arkansas. It’s like the job here at Schwab, like I did in the military.”

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similar.”

Smull said she is part of the Military Veterans Network (MVN) at Schwab.

“More than 500 people are in it in Phoenix and Denver,” she said. “We help each other volunteering and recruiting. We support helping Hiring Our Heroes, a nationwide program.

Another program is Military Spouse Employment, a Department of Defense program that helps spouses of military people get jobs.”

Smull said Charles Schwab also does training for veterans inside and out on financial literacy.

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A lot has happened in the past five years. When Gredler’s veteran employment events began, the unemployment rate was high overall.

The rate has gone down since then, but remains higher in the Valley, with 5.2 percent compared to the national average of 3.7 percent. In that time, Gredler has helped veteran-friendly companies develop initiatives, such as military spouse telecommuting, veteran resource groups, management training and career development programs and veteran mentorships, which helps pave the way for the fu-

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ture of veteran employment and job satisfaction.

Speakers at the “Vets Talk” part of the event include Brenda Smull, managing director at Charles Schwab in Phoenix. Smull has worked for Schwab for six years. In the late 1980s, she was in the Army and stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, but deployed to Operation Desert Storm in Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

“I started out organized; it make me more so,” Smull said. “You have to be more disciplined. It’s life or death.”

Smull just started a new job two weeks ago in the data center operations, where she is managing director of incident management.

“When things break, we have to go.

We’ve been doing great,” she said.

Directing the conversation toward military transition to the corporate world, Smull said, “It’s hard for people to translate what they did in the military. I went to a recruiter in the early ‘90s. I was in pharmaceutical sales. The next job was through army friends, in Walmart in Arkansas. It’s

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AZ Supreme Court rules rental-car tax constitutional

BY DARRELL JACKSON PeoriaTimes Staff Writer

The Maricopa County rental-car tax that helped fund State Farm Stadium, Camelback Ranch and other sports facilities was ruled constitutional by the Arizona Supreme Court February 25.

The key funding for sports stadiums in the Valley took a hit in the courts Aug. 12, 2018 when Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten ruled the state must refund a rental-car tax that was declared unconstitutional last year.

“Glendale is extremely pleased with the Supreme Court’s decision, Glendale City Manager Kevin Phelps said. “An adverse decision would have severely and significantly impacted the city’s financial position.”

This new ruling reverses that decision and allows the rental car tax to continue to fund sports facilities.

“The car rental surcharge was not enacted with a discriminatory intent, as that term is used in Commerce Clause jurisprudence,” the justices said in the majority opinion. “In sum, the voters did not enact the car rental surcharge with a discriminatory intent because they did not intend to treat in-state and out-of-state economic interests differently.”

Justice Clint Bolick agreed with the Supreme Court’s majority on the federal law but dissented in part regarding state law.

Since 2001, AZSTA has contributed and committed to contribute about $218.4 million of tourism and car rental surcharge revenues to either build new spring training facilities or renovate existing facilities throughout the county.

Rental-car taxes in Maricopa County are among the highest in the nation.

Peoria was also quick to respond to the ruling.

“The City of Peoria is delighted that the Arizona Supreme Court has ruled (in Saban Rent-a-Car v. Arizona) that the car-rental surcharge does not violate state or federal law,” said Thomas Adkins, intergovernmental affairs director.

“The revenue Peoria receives from the surcharge through the AZSTA is critical to funding Spring Training facilities like the Peoria Sports Complex.

AZSTA funding helps pay for the bonds issued to renovate the Peoria Sports Complex and other similar capital

Stadium).

“We are pleased the court has affirmed that voters in Maricopa County had full legal authority to help fund State Farm Stadium, tourism promotion, Cactus League facilities and youth and amateur sports grants when they passed Proposition 302,” said Scarlett Spring, Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority board chairwoman. “The decision recognizes that these facilities benefit both Arizona residents and out-of-state visitors.”

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Camelback Ranch-Glendale was built. It costs.”

City spokespeople were in full support Saban Rent-a-Car rents vehicles in has been estimated that the negative impact of the ruling.

Maricopa County and in 2009, was seek- could have topped $90 million.”

“Tourism will always be a huge ecoThe tax, approved by Maricopa nomic engine for Arizona and Peoria. ing a refund on the rental charge and sued Arizona Department of Revenue (ADOR) County voters in 2000 and designed to The City is grateful that the Court has raise more than $1 billion over 30 years, made such a strong and positive ruling in tax court seeking the refund.

Saban argued that the surcharge vio- led to the construction of State Farm Sta- that both promotes and protects our lated the dormant commerce clause and dium (previously University of Phoenix economy,” Adkins said. the antidiversion provision, but the court ruled against their claims.

“The statute does not violate the dormant commerce clause, as presently construed by the U.S. Supreme Court,” Bolick wrote.

“The court has created a loophole that allows the legislature and those seeking its favor to divert funding from highways to other purposes, without the pesky inconvenience of constitutional amendment.”

The decision is being hailed as a huge victory for the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority and the Arizona Department of Revenue against rental-car companies that fought the tax or surcharge.

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Christian Brothers Automotive celebrates one-year anniversary Brothers franchise. Construction was completed January 1, 2018, and the store opened March 5, 2018.

Pascanu explained why the couple decided on the faith-based business.

“People do hold us to different standards,” he said.

While that is a heavy responsibility, Pascanu admitted, it can be rewarding in other ways.

“I have a lot of customers, a lot share personal things in their lives. I’ve become friends with many of them in the last year. We come together oftentimes helping others.”

The help is focused mainly on single moms.

Pascanu said, “I look around. What if I weren’t to be around anymore? My wife would have to work more.”

He said his wife takes their sons to school, and after school spends free

BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

It’s a long way from Romania to Arizona, but Cal Pascanu found a way to not only make a living in the automotive industry, but also meet his wife, Lenka, an immigrant from the Czech Republic. The couple now owns Christian Automotive on 75th Avenue, just south of Thunderbird Road. They celebrated their first anniversary in business on March 5.

Pascanu’s parents moved the family from Romania to Michigan in 1997.

Pascanu began working at a dealership, where he learned the art of auto mechanics, and realized he wanted to someday own his own automotive repair shop. He, Lenka and their two sons moved to the area a couple years ago when they purchased a Christian

time with them, helps them study and takes them to sports events.

“Moms play such a crucial part in a child’s life,” Pascanu said. “Those first 12 or 13 years of their lives set the course of their life. Moms sacrifice twice as much as us guys.”

Service to others is important to Pascanu, and in October, he and his family took part in their first National Service Day. “We got all our vendors involved,” he said. “We worked with churches and local charities. We learned a lot.”

A month-long celebration of the store’s first anniversary is planned.

First, Christian Brothers Automotive is giving a free oil change – up to $50 – to the first 100 single mothers, veterans, teachers, police officers, firefighters and first responders between now and March 31. The offer is available by online appointment only. When applying, under the comments section, those who schedule are asked to write what and who they are; whether retired or active, the offer is the same.

Pascanu said he only uses BG products, “a more expensive product but the best.”

He said the partnership with vendors means they only provide his business

with premium, quality parts. That allows him to offer a two-year/24,000mile warranty on major work.

“It’s not so much how much they (customers) spend; it’s if they can depend on it,” Pascanu said. “Peace of mind is the biggest thing customers care about.”

Pascanu is proud of his employees.

He calls them “really good people.”

All but one are ASE master certified.

That one is a young mechanic who is taking the three-year apprentice program, which consists of online Christian Brothers classes.

“Our ideal technician is one we grow within,” Pascanu said. “I’ve been very blessed with people.”

He is adding another master-certified technician, which means he will have four who are master certified and one who is in training.

His service manager, Craig Coleman, and shop foreman, Zeke Quema, have more than 30 years of experience.

“Zeke has the biggest heart I’ve ever seen,” Pascanu said. “I think the biggest challenge is finding the biggest heart and the skills. I’ve been very blessed.”

Pascanu said he is at the shop from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. five days a week.

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“I take pride in what I do,” he said.

“My wife and kids, we carry Christ’s name on the building and we have to do our best. For our kids, it’s a fun thing to take part in the business.

“We want to be a light in people’s lives,” he continued.

Pascanu said Christian Brothers has a big vision for the Phoenix area, with six stores in the Valley. He said he believes his job is to provide his employees a better place than they were before and provide good service for customers.

“That’s my goal,” he said.

When it was past the 6 p.m. closing time, he was asked why he was not ready to go home.

Pascanu said, “I don’t leave Zeke behind.”

Zeke was working on a car, Pascanu said, and would not leave until the work was done and the car’s owner could take it home because she needed it.

Christian Brothers Automotive is at 13675 N. 75th Avenue. For more information, visit cbac.com/peoriathunderbird or call 623-302-7255.

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Contractor crews will first construct the west half of the roadway, with 103rd Avenue remaining open for travel. Lane restrictions will be in place, such as traffic being shifted to the east side of the road.

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BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

When someone says the word “cryo,” the first words that come to mind are, “What some people do when they die.”

That is not what Tina Smith thinks.

The E3 Cryo & Wellness Center owner offers mobile cryo therapy to clients – human and equine. Smith explained her path to becoming a cryo therapist at the March 1 Women4Women networking meeting, and described how her services can sometimes help stop inflammation and speed up healing after surgery.

First, she took a six-month trip to a company in France to learn about cryo stimulation wellness on horses, and then came back to the U.S. She also went to Slovakia, where she learned how to assemble a cryo machine.

Though her main office is at 35th Avenue and Thunderbird Road, Smith and her staff travel all over the West Valley.

“We’re super passionate to help people, find what you need,” Smith said.

However, people cannot just walk into the facility and seek treatment.

Clients must get a diagnosis and prescription from a physician.

“How we respond is very individual.

We give an individual the power to decide how to take care of their health themselves,” she said. “Enlighten and empower.”

E3 Cryo offers whole body cryotherapy, cryostimulation in small and large areas, infrared sauna with chromotherapy, basic cryofacial, ultimate cryofacial, celluma light therapy, and normatec compression therapy.

Smith said compression therapy involves 750 pounds of pressure with cold air, stimulating nerves under the dermis. This therapy is not used on individuals with high blood pressure, Smith noted.

Clients can also receive vitamin shots. E3 Cryo does nutrigenomic testing to determine if the cryo therapy can

help with aging and weight loss, as well as athletic performance.

Smith talked about the seven ways an individual’s DNA affects their health and wellness, how it influences your ability to lose weight, how it affects your athletic performance and how it affects how you age.

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Art & Entertainment West Valley Genealogical Society meets March 11

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

Kim Harrison will be the featured speaker at the West Valley Genealogical Society & Library’s March 11 monthly meeting. Her topic will be “Library Research: Have a Successful Game Plan.”

Harrison has been doing genealogy since 1974, and in 1998 was fortunate to turn her passion into her vocation.

She has worked in the library community by representing some of the big online providers of information (Gale, Otherdays.com, ProQuest, genealogy.expert,Kim.Harrison,.is.guest..speaker.March11.at.the.West.Valley. NewsBank and Ancestry) before genealogical.society.meeting.. relocating her consultant business to Arizona.

Her genealogy membership since the 1970s has been NGS and Ohio Genealogical Society, as well as being past president of the Michigan Genealogical Council and founding member of the Grand River Trails Chapter of the DAR (Michigan).

She currently serves as president of

the Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board.

During the 1980s, she lobbied the National Archives to stop the destruction of the Railroad Pension Application files. Later, she wrote a grant for the preservation of the investigation into the Sultana Disaster, which is now available for free on Fold3.

Her most interesting ancestor was Lot Little, and she was able to join the DAR under his service.

Little was a freed slave from New Hampshire.

The Society’s meeting, followed by the speaker, will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, March 11, at the First Presbyterian Church, 12225 N. 103rd Avenue, Sun City.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Individuals interested in pursuing or furthering a family history is welcome and encouraged to take along a friend.

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“This is a three-part program” explained Guy Erickson, President CEO of the Peoria Chamber, “The first part connects each of the students who are accepted into the program with a veteran mentor who will meet with the student to better prepare them for what they can expect in the weeks and months to come following their shipping out. All students in the program from all branches will be paired with a mentor. One student from each branch will selected for a monetary award to be used for a going-away party for their friends and family prior to their leaving.”

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“The third phase is to hold a large barbecue event to generate sufficient funds to create an endowment fund that will continue year after year to support what the Chamber hopes will become a legacy program for the Chamber” Erickson said.

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The Peoria Chamber of Commerce will begin a new program to recognize all students from Peoria high schools who have chosen to enlist in the military directly out of high school. Students enlisting in the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard will be recognized.

“This is a three-part program” explained Guy Erickson, President CEO of the Peoria Chamber, “The first part

connects each of the students who are accepted into the program with a veteran mentor who will meet with the student to better prepare them for what they can expect in the weeks and months to come following their shipping out. All students in the program from all branches will be paired with a mentor. One student from each branch will selected for a monetary award to be used for a going-away party for their friends and family prior to their leaving.”

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March concerts continue at Birt’s Bistro

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

Enjoy live music from two popular local bands this weekend at Birt’s Bistro.

Friday, March 8, ushers in the return of the 18-piece Encore Big Band, which plays music from the 1940s through the 1980s. Cover charge is $5.

Saturday, March 9, Birt’s Bistro welcomes back All In Cash with a free concert highlighting the band’s tribute to Johnny Cash, as well as a lineup of

favorite country songs.

Birt’s Bistro is on the main Benevilla campus at the Hellen & John M. Jacobs Independence Plaza, 16752 N. Greasewood Street in Surprise.

Birt’s Bistro will feature its happyhour promotions during concerts with specials on appetizers, food, wine and beers. Reservations are not accepted, so early arrival is recommended.

Every purchase at Birt’s Bistro and Books helps to fund Benevilla’s programs and services. Birt’s also has a private dining room, full catering menu

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and offers the entire facility for dining and private catered events.

For more information on services,

volunteer opportunities, to take a tour or make a donation to Benevilla, call 623-584-4999 or visit benevilla.org.

International artists bring music to ABT

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

International Artists for Culture and Creative Therapy (I ACCT!) — Global Project partnered with the Goethe-Institut to be a part of the “Wunderbar Together — Germany and US” friendship initiative. Stadtkapelle Duelmen (Duelmen, Germany) band and orchestra members will be guests and friendship representatives from Germany, and will entertain at an event in Peoria next month.

“Most of the musicians have never seen a desert locale other than on television and they are considering this visit to Phoenix a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Regina Draper, director of IACCT!, said.

Draper is a retired U.S. Army Colonel, who spent 31 years in the military. Her hometown of record is Peoria.

The artists will be performing at 4:45 p.m. Saturday, April 6 in the Encore Room at Arizona Broadway Theatre, 7701 W. Paradise Lane.

Draper said the goal is to raise money for scholarships that will be given to members of high-risk careers, such as the military, firefighters, first responders and law enforcement access to and benefits of creative arts therapy instruction and events.

“As a disabled military veteran, I know how beneficial creative arts

therapy was to me and I want to share the goodness,” Draper said.

Reserved tickets are $40 for the general public. It includes dinner and a show. A 50-percent discount is offered for military veterans, fire-

fighters, first responders and law enforcement. For ADA seating, call the box office at 623-776-8400.

The “Wunderbar Together” initiative is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office, implemented by the

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Packages from Home trying to overcome theft of vehicle

BY DARRELL JACKSON PeoriaTimes Staff Writer

Packages from Home has been helping give soldiers around the world a little love by sending care packages around the world for nearly 15 years, but the nonprofit recently had a setback.

“We were at an event serving both deployed troops and veterans in San Diego and when we returned home, our truck had been stolen,” said Sarah Morrison, Packages from Home director of fundraising and communications.

“It wasn’t in the best condition, a 2005 Chevy truck, but it was ours and we depended on that vehicle for pickups and deliveries of packages to the post office.”

Packages from Home started in Glendale when Kathleen Lewis’ son, Christian, signed up for service after September 11, 2001. Lewis is Morrison’s aunt.

“They were watching September 11

when the world changed and Christian decided that day to enlist in the Army,” Morrison said.

“He was first deployed to Iraq in 2004 and that was when Kathleen started sending packages from her garage.”

When Lewis was in Iraq, he realized he was missing basic items that he took for granted. He asked Lewis to send some.

“He quickly noticed he was going through the items quickly because he was sharing things with his fellow soldiers and he asked his mom is she could send them some items,” Morrison said.

“The first request were silly like Pop Tarts and snacks to hygiene products.”

Lewis was the only soldier receiving such care packages. Morrison said it wasn’t because the soldiers didn’t have loved ones. It is costly to mail items internationally.

“Costs for that have increased 204 percent since we started this in 2004

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and it is tough to sustain this type of mission,” she said. “Unfortunately I think that is why care packages groups do not exist anymore.

Lewis put care packages together in her garage with approximately eight neighbors for Lewis’ platoon. Word spread and Packages from Home was born.

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Packages from Home has only five employees and Morrison said the group depends on 90 percent volunteers and donations to succeed.

“We sent over 8,600 care packages last year, which is a record number for us,” Morrison said. “We are so grateful for all the volunteers and donations, but we feel we are not doing enough.”

Morrison said there are 230,000 service members overseas and that, while she is proud of the 8,600 care packages, she wants to do more.

“Our goal this year is 10,000 packages sent to service members worldwide and we need the public’s help to reach that goal,” Morrison said.

While the care packages are the main goal of the organization, they volunteer at city, state and national events to aid soldiers and veterans.

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It is one of the largest events of its kind in the country. More than 2,100 veterans were served at the 2017 event, connecting them to critical supportive services to help them gain and maintain housing stability. Packages from Home participated in January at the event, handing hygiene kits and T-shirts at the event.

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“We partner with a group called Military Muscle in Avondale that is military run and for every T-shirt they sell, they donate one to us for our care packages and these events,” Morrison said. “We had hundreds to hand out and the veterans that took one, their faces would light up over a T-shirt and it blew my mind the reaction to something so simple.”

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After traveling to San Diego to assist service members and veterans, they returned to Glendale where they found their only truck was stolen.

“We depended on that truck for picking up donations and taking packages to the post office,” Morrison said.

“Now, our volunteers and employees have been using their own vehicles to do those jobs.”

The problem extends beyond deliveries. They used it to take supplies to businesses to pack and mail.

“Every time we do that, we have to rent a U-Haul and that cuts into our

rent vehicles cuts into funds used to support service members.

“Being a nonprofit, people who are writing us $20 checks and probably can’t afford that, we are doing a disservice to them,” Morrison said.

Desert Financial Credit Union, whose employees pack twice a month, surprised them recently with a donation after hearing of the stolen vehicle.

“We were shocked that someone would take something from a nonprofit, and even more shocked when we realized insurance wouldn’t cover An.example.of.products.that.packages. the amount needed to replace it,” from.Home.send.to.service.members.. said Aaron Morrison, Packages from (Photo by Darrell Jackson) Home’s operations manager. “Without a truck, we aren’t able to pick up large donations from the community postage money, which we hate door bring supplies to events. These ing,” Morrison said. “The value of the are critical activities to our mission truck is minimal in terms, it is really of getting packages to our military what it represented for us and helped overseas.” us do our work more efficiently for Upon learning the organization us. Every time now, we have to rent would struggle to continue with its a U-Haul.” mission without a truck, Desert FiShe added because they are a nonnancial Credit Union decided to step profit, any funds they have to use to

in, using their ‘Random Act of Kindness’ donation of $5,000 toward the purchase of a new vehicle.

“We were very happy, very relieved, and very humbled to receive this donation,” Morrison said. “This is something for which we are eternally grateful. When we purchase our new Packages from Home vehicle, we hope to decorate it with a Desert Financial logo for everyone to see.”

Morrison said they received insurance money, but it was not nearly enough to replace the vehicle.

“At Desert Financial, we believe that Random Acts of Kindness go a long way toward helping improve our wider community,” said Cathy Graham, senior vice president, chief marketing and strategy officer.

“It was an honor for us to be able to support this incredible organization with funds to help purchase a new truck and continue their vital work.”

When asked what she would say to the thief, she said: “It is less about what it means to

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Peoria Rotary honors busy high school students

BY CAROLYN DRYER Peoria Times Editor

March 1, Peoria Rotary Club honored Students of the Month from Peoria and Ironwood high schools. The club honors students once a month during the school year. Shane Marshall, a senior at Peoria, and Tyler Smolko, a senior at Ironwood, were recognized.

Marshall maintains a 3.99 GPA and plans to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy to major in military strategic studies and have a career in the Special Forces. He was nominated for the academy scholarship by Rep. Debbie Lesko.

Marshall is president of his school’s National Honor Society, was captain of the PHS football team, and is a member of the Calculus Club. He volunteered with the Maricopa County Animal Control and Feed My Starving Children, and participated in the Colon Cancer Awareness run. He also helped a veteran during the annual Veterans Day parade.

Peoria High School English teacher Suzy Treese, who has taught at the school for 21 years, praised Marshall’s academic and social skills.

“He leads peers in discussion groups.

He is that true person who always wants to win,” Treese said. “He truly is a hard worker.”

Marshall’s shipping date for report to the academy is June 27.

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the organization but what it means to the troops,” Morrison said. “The person who stole the vehicle, you have hurt hundreds of thousands of service members. When you steal from a nonprofit, especially one that serves the troops, you can call me names all day it doesn’t affect me, but the work we do to give support to service members, they have nothing and are risking their lives for our freedom and our country.

So for me, that is the most low down, dirty person I can think of.”

For information to volunteer or donate, go to packagesfromhome.org.

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Tyler.Smolko Ironwood.High.School

plans to attend Appalachian State in North Carolina, where he will major in theater design technology.

He is a member of the band, drama and choir clubs at Ironwood. He is also an Eagle Scout. For his middle school, he built storage for instruments and or-

ganized the music library. He plays the bassoon, trombone and horn, and also sings in choir.

Band director Tim Ormsbee said of Smolko, “He’s extremely hard working and willing to help other students. It’s just an honor to be here with him.”

Smolko said, “I’m always active. I stay busy. In the fall, I play in the marching band. I also have a part-time job at Burger King.”

He takes care of the set and lighting design in Ironwood theater productions.

With his choir, he sings at festivals, funerals and retirement homes. In fifth grade, he became a Scout and earned his Eagle badge a month before his freshman year of high school.

“My dad taught me to teach other kids to lead,” Smolko said. “That’s something I carried into high school.

For me, theater has become the overall home.”

Last year he took a production design class, a mix of engineering and music.

He said, “At Ironwood, it’s one big family working together for a unified goal.”

Smolko is now working with other theater students on a production of “The Addams Family,” which takes the stage March 15.

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Kids looking for something fun to do over spring break can sign up for camp that runs from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday, March 18, to Friday, March 22.

Spring break camp provides licensed child care for $25 per day and includes breakfast (until 7:20 a.m.), morning and afternoon snacks and a scheduled field trip. Lunch is not included.

There is a $5 registration fee for children not enrolled in the AM/PM Program. The price includes scheduled field trips, site events and activities.

Several on-site activities and field trips are scheduled for the break camp, such as Out of Africa, a Spring Training game at Peoria Sports Complex and stargazing for the entire family. Group games, STEM activities, arts and crafts, along with a carnival day and movie day are also included. To register, visit peoriaaz. gov/ampm.

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Peoria is looking for everyday photographers to share their love of the city through their art. Everyone has taken that beautiful sunset photo or captured the perfect moment on their phones or cameras. Here is a chance to share those photos with the community.

Use the hashtag #PeoriaSnaps and Tag Peoria when posting photos to social media and Peoria will help share the art. Follow the city on social media to see what other Peoria fans have captured. Peoria will periodically offer prizes for those who submit.

For questions, reach the city through social media on Facebook at CityofPeoriaAZ, on Instagram at Peoriaazcam or on Twitter at PeoriaAZ.

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Roll with it – life is too short

This month my wife Kathy and I celebrated our anniversary. During our anniversary dinner, we talked about our wedding and our honeymoon from years ago. We had a simple wedding in our backyard and were lucky enough to have our honeymoon in Hawaii. My personality is such that I have to plan everything, and it is very hard for me

to just “see what happens.”

My wife can plan, go with the flow or just see what happens.

She must have told me 50 times during our wedding and honeymoon, “Relax, it will be all right.”

I hate to admit it, but she was right.

Let me share with you some of the things we planned to the last detail,

City seeks Peoria Leadership Institute applicants

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

Peoria Leadership Institute kicks off next month and with few remaining spots available, the city is encouraging interested residents to submit their applications.

The program runs Wednesday, April 17, to Tuesday, June 18.

“This program gives citizens an opportunity to see how their tax dollars bring value to their daily lives,” Mayor Cathy Carlat said. “It’s an in-depth look at what it takes to operate a city of our size and I believe residents will be amazed at what they learn.”

The Peoria Leadership Institute offers an in-depth look at all operations

of city government.

During the nine-week course, class members will be taught about the innerworkings of a city government, its budget and finances, public works, utility, police and fire operations through interactive discussions with management staff.

Participants will also enjoy behindthe-scenes tours of city facilities and get a behind-the-badge view of public safety in action. Graduation from the course will take place on Tuesday, June 4, at the Peoria City Council meeting.

The institute is open to all Peoria residents 18 years of age or older.

Interested applicants can learn more about the program and apply at peoriaaz.gov/pli.

Qualified individuals sought for city boards and commissions

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

The city of Peoria is seeking qualified citizen volunteers to fill vacancies on the Building Board of Appeals, Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected City Officials and the Design Review Board.

The Building Board of Appeals rules on appeals to technical interpretations of the building, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, fire and property maintenance codes.

The Citizens Commission on Salaries for Elected City Officials makes recommendations every two years on the compensation provided to the mayor and city council.

The Design Review Board hears design review appeals, works with city staff on issues related to the design review process, recommends process modifications and ensures community review and input on design review concepts.

For qualification requirements, visit peoriaaz.gov/boards.

LESSONS.FROM. THE.BENCH

Judge Donald Watts Manistee Justice Court which then went sideways at the last minute. First, the minister was late and lost the wedding vows that we had spent hours writing. Our photographer was stuck in traffic because of an accident.

Our dog, Annie (who passed away several years ago), was going to be the ring bearer. Kathy made a special pillow for the rings and we tied it around Annie’s neck. We practiced her walking down the aisle and she was perfect at rehearsal. We did not plan on several guests calling her name, which, of course, made her go over to them to be petted. She was so excited that all these people had come just to see her, ha ha.

When we finally got to Hawaii and

the car we reserved was no longer available, the car they gave us broke down a few miles away. All of this was going on while our luggage had broken open, and we had clothes everywhere.

We made it to the hotel and the view was perfect. I left the Arcadia door open at night to enjoy the breeze and sounds of the ocean. Our room was about 50 feet from the beach. During the night, the tide came in and covered the beach.

I had never seen high tide before, and since I was only half awake I thought the island was sinking. I woke up my bride and told her of this dangerous situation. She started laughing so hard she almost fell out of bed. To this day, she still starts laughing if I say anything about high tide.

Lesson from the bench: There is nothing wrong with having a plan, but life is too short not to roll with the punches.

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Rep. Lesko recognizes golf program founder

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

Outreach Director Lynndy Smith, from the office of Rep. Debbie Lesko, presented Tom Loegering, founder of Golf Program in Schools, with Arizona’s District 8 Congressional Recognition.

Loegering’s program partners with high schools around the district to help introduce students to the game of golf.

Through this program, Loegering hopes to get more young people involved in golf so they may open themselves up to different scholarship and career op-

portunities, all at no cost to the schools or students.

“Golf Program in Schools is a unique opportunity to expose students of all backgrounds in AZ-08 to a fun sport that can be played for a lifetime,” Lesko said.

“The program encourages students to learn a new sport, maintain a healthy lifestyle, and even consider golf as a path to college. Thank you, Tom, for sharing your passion with the community and for inspiring a new generation of golfers.”

(Photo courtesy Congresswoman Debbie Lesko)

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Religion

Learning from monkey business Here’s an old story about how to catch a monkey in Africa from which we can glean. All an African had to do was build a Plexiglas box and drill a hole in it just big enough for the monkey’s arm to get through. Then they would place a banana inside the Plexiglas box underneath a tree. The monkeys would come to investigate.

The monkey would reach in, through the hole, and grab the banana with his hands. But, as you can imagine, when the monkey wants to get the banana out of the box, it won’t come.

A banana won’t fit through the hole.

The problem is the monkey won’t let go. The monkey’s gotta’ have that banana. The monkey is free but what he is hanging on to is enslaving him.

All the monkey must do is let go.

Well, you know the rest of the story.

The monkey won’t let go and the African has monkey stew that night.

That monkey’s business went out of business.

There’s a lesson for us from this monkey business. Let go of the banana.

During my many years of ministry, I have counseled great people who

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Pastor Ed Delph Church @ Community wouldn’t or couldn’t let go of something they needed to let go of. They wanted me to counsel their banana.

Some thought they had a demon and wanted me to cast out their banana.

Some wanted me to inner heal their banana by taking them back to their childhood.

To be honest, in most cases, what they needed to do was let go of the banana. I couldn’t let go of their banana for them. Only they could let go of their banana, and that’s difficult for many of us.

For everything there is a season.

There is a time to not let go and a time to let go. Speaking of monkey business, sometimes we need to persevere, hang on and fight like we are the third monkey trying to get into Noah’s Ark. But other times we need to let go. We give up so we can go up. There is a

time to accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.

Here’s something I found that someone wrote titled “Letting Go,” which might help us. It’s about personal responsibility. It’s about the way we deal with ourselves and others.

Maybe it will even help us get past the monkey business of holding on to a banana that is robbing us of joy.

“To let go doesn’t mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else. To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization that I can’t control another. To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences. To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands. To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it is realizing I can only change myself.

“To let go is not to care for, but to care about. To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive. To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being. To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to effect their own outcomes. To let go is not to be protective, it is to permit another to face

reality. To let go is not to deny, but to accept.

“To let go is not to nag, scold or argue, but to search out my own shortcomings and correct them. To let go is not to adjust everything to my desires, but to take each day as it comes. To let go is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future. To let go is to fear less and love more.”

Remember that song titled “Let It Go” from a few years ago, in the movie “Frozen?” The main character was frozen in the past. She had to let it go to let it go. When she did let go, her self esteem was better. Her relationships were better. Her domain was better. She went from the outhouse to the penthouse.

Isn’t it amazing what a banana can do in the hands of a monkey? When you let it go, you let God go, too, for your benefit and in your behalf.

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Peoria Times

Financial Peace University coming to Peoria

BY PEORIA TIMES STAFF

Created by financial expert Dave Ramsey, the Financial Peace University nine-lesson digital course provides families and individuals with practical tools to gain control of their finances and set themselves up for long-term financial success.

FPU will be held in Peoria at: • Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV) – Peoria, 7007 W. Happy Valley Road. The classes will begin

at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 13.

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Through common-sense principles, FPU gives people the tools they need to change their behavior and succeed financially.

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Phyllis Jean Fisher, was born on Tuesday, October 18, 1938 and peacefully passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019.

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Phyllis loved God, life, her family and friends.

She had six children: son, Randel Millsaps (Felicia), daughters, Deborah Millsaps, Melanie Asmussen, Gayla Gollihar, Ginger Millsaps and Samantha Millsaps (deceased), many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. She will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE In accordance with Sec. 106 of the Programmatic Agreement, T-Mobile West, LLC proposes to install a new antenna structure at 9621 W. Speckled Gecko Drive, Peoria, Arizona 85306 . Please direct comments to Gavin L. at 818-898-4866 regarding site PH31015I. 2/28, 3/1/19 CNS-3224785# NOTICE FOR BID *** MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9875 N. 85th Ave., 2nd Floor Peoria, Arizona 85345 Phone: (623) 773-7115 Fax: (623) 773-7118 BID NOTIFICATION INFORMATION SOLICITATION NUMBER: P19-0072 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: Request for Proposals BUYER NAME: Christine Finney BUYER PHONE NUMBER: (623)7737531 DESCRIPTION: The City of Peoria, Arizona is seeking an experienced consultant to conduct an analysis and identify market opportunities to initiate a new, large-scale, "Signature Event" within the geographic boundaries of the City. SOLICITATION DUE DATE: March 20, 2019 @ 5:00 PM (Arizona Time ) Solicitation is available for download from our website at: www.peoriaaz.gov/procurement Publish: Peoria Times, Mar. 7, 2019 / 18992

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: VP Construction Services LLC II The address of the registered office is: 811 W Northern Ave, PHOENIX, AZ 85021 The name of the Statutory Agent is: Bobbie Romo III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: PRINCIPALS Manager: Bobbie Romo 811 W Northern Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021 bromo@vppartnersllc.com. Organizer: Bobbie Romo 811 W Northern Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021 bromo@vppartnersllc.com Published Peoria Times, Feb. 28, Mar 7, 14, 2019 / 18725

Advertisement of Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien. The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after March 22, 2019 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at Suncrest Mini Storage, 7410 W. Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # John Gavrila R164 Caitlin Collazo E364 Carl Mustin E350 Nancy Ramirez L601 Scott Ferer R198 Nessa Blackwater D304 Alejandro Sotelo D298 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit.

Go to www.storagetreasures.com to bid on unit(s).

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PUBLIC NOTICE ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: Approved Nursing Services, P.L.L.C. II The address of the registered office is: 24654 N LAKE PLEASANT PKWY, SUITE 103-709, PEORIA, AZ 85383 The name of the Statutory Agent is: DIANE BRANCH III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MEMBER/MANAGERS: RENE EGBERT, CEO and Diane Branch both of 24654 N LAKE PLEASANT PKWY, SUITE 103-709, PEORIA, AZ 85383 Published Peoria Times, Mar 7, 14, 21, 2019 / 18747

NOTICE OF BID NOTICE FOR BID *** MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 9875 N. 85th Ave., 2nd Floor Peoria, Arizona 85345 Phone: (623) 773-7115 Fax: (623) 773-7118 BID NOTIFICATION INFORMATION SOLICITATION NUMBER: P19-0066 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: (RFP) Request for Proposal BUYER NAME: Drew Ashmun BUYER PHONE NUMBER: (623) 7737116 DESCRIPTION: Neighborhood Parks & Basin Turf Mowing Services PRE-BID MEETING DATE: March 11, 2019 at 2:00 PM AZ Time. SOLICITATION DUE DATE: March 26, 2019 at 5:00 PM (Arizona Time) Solicitation is available for download from our website at: www.peoriaaz.gov Publish: Peoria Times, Feb. 28, Mar 7, 2019 / 18796

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