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NEWS ............... 6 Walmart gives back to local nonprofits
NEWS ............... 8 Goodyear OKs Ballpark Village development
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Health & Wellness inside July 14, 2021
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Avondale OKs funding for new aquatic center BY LAUREN SERRATO
West Valley View Staff Writer
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vondale City Council approved funding for a new aquatic center during a meeting on July 5. The proposed aquatic center stemmed from a citizen survey included in the 2017 Parks, Recreation, Libraries and Trails Master Plan. Respondents were asked for the three future project improvements that were most important. One of the top responses was to develop a new outdoor aquatic center. “When they did the Parks, Recreation, Libraries and Trails Master Plan back in 2017, an outdoor aquatic center was on the minds of our citizens,” said Bryan Hughes, the city’s director of parks and recreation. “We try to use those plans to kind of guide what we do. So, this was an opportunity. But I think an aquatic center was a priority for this council, and they wanted to see it happen.” The development of the proposed aquatic center will take place in the Avondale Civic Center Complex. The facility will
include, according to the city council report, the design and development of a complex with a competition pool with diving boards; play pool; bath house with locker rooms and multi-purpose rooms; and recreational features such as water slides, aquatic play units, lazy river or other features as determined through public outreach. Following the opening of the recreation campus in Goodyear, Hughes said the new aquatic center will draw similar attention and buzz. “I think having something in your own city is something to be excited about, something to be proud of, and I think we’ll get a good response once it’s built,” he said. According to the report, the aquatic center will “bring the
Bryan Hughes, Avondale’s director of parks and recreation since May 2020, said the city can expect the aquatic center to open in spring 2023. Hughes has more than 20 years’ experience in parks and recreation management. He previously served as community service director for the town of Florence and prior to that was recreation supervisor for Aquatic...continued on page 2 Fountain Hills. (Photo courtesy of the city of Avondale)
Suspect arrested in connection with crash BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
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35-year-old woman was arrested July 8 in connection with a three-vehicle collision that killed a family of six and injured five on the I-10 in Tonopah. Iyona Holton was booked into the Mar-
icopa County Jail on multiple charges, including four counts of aggravated assault, a Class 2 felony; one count of possession of dangerous drugs, a Class 6 felony; and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, a Class 6 felony. According to the Department of Public Safety, the collision involved two passen-
ger vehicles and a commercial tractor-trailer on the eastbound I-10 at milepost 82 near Tonopah at 1:30 p.m. July 2. DPS investigators determined the two passenger vehicles — a GMC Envoy and a Nissan Altima — were traveling
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