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August 26, 2020

Amazon delivering jobs to West Valley

BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Managing Editor

In the West Valley, Amazon is delivering—and not just hats, mouse traps, electronics, books (which is how the company started) and thousands of other items ordered during the pandemic.

Amazon is about to deliver jobs, by the hundreds.

Last week, Amazon said it was creating 11 new sites across the Valley—including two major facilities in Goodyear and a “Merch by Amazon” store in Avondale.

The new sites are expected to create more than 3,000 jobs with a minimum $15-per-hour wage “and comprehensive benefits starting on day one.”

Near Yuma Road and South Bullard Avenue, construction workers are finishing Amazon’s 855,000-square-foot warehouse.

There, Amazon said, “employees will work alongside Amazon robotics to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and toys.”

In 2021, Amazon plans a cross-dock

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At an Amazon Robotics fulfillment center being built on Yuma Road and South Bullard Avenue in Goodyear, 1,000 humans will work alongside robots. Also in Goodyear, Amazon is building a cross-dock facility at Indian School Road and Cotton Lane on 90 acres it purchased for $20 million. (Photos courtesy Amazon)

Homes hot as hundreds of houses head here

BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Managing Editor

The COVID-19 pandemic is not slowing down a housing market as hot as summer.

As a story in the Aug. 5 West Valley View showed, sales taxes in the area have increased,

despite business slowdowns and shutdowns related to the coronavirus spread.

Based on plans in Buckeye, Goodyear and southwest Glendale/Litchfield Park, thousands of new residents will be shopping at local stores and eating at restaurants.

On Aug. 14, according to commercial real estate site Vizzda.com, First Industrial Realty Trust bought 840 acres formerly known as Allen Ranches for $70 million.

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Amazon...continued from page 1 facility in Goodyear and a delivery station in Surprise, creating hundreds more full-time jobs in the West Valley.

Less than a month after striking out with Nike, which backed out of a plan for a facility here, Goodyear hit a home run with the world’s largest online retailer. “We just can’t get enough Amazon in Goodyear,” gushed Mayor Georgia Lord.

Local resident Amber Kinion, for one, is less thrilled. “Litchfield (Road) used to be so peaceful! Now if you’re out in the morning you get caught in a wave of Amazon vans and if you’re out in the evening you’ll be waiting for a gas pump because they’re all there,” she commented on the West Valley View’s Facebook post about Amazon’s plans.

Those looking for jobs—especially in the pandemic economy that has tossed thousands out of work—will side with Lord.

Though robots will be doing some of the work, the Amazon Goodyear robotics center will create more than 1,000 human jobs.

Hundreds more jobs are expected at

Amazon will hire hundreds of warehouse workers in Goodyear. (Photos courtesy Amazon)

the cross-dock transportation hub. It will be at Indian School Road and Cotton Lane, said Matthew High, regional director of Amazon fulfillment.

Last month, Amazon bought the 90acre site for $20 million.

Amazon is building another crossdock facility on Sweetwater Avenue and Litchfield Road in Surprise, near northwest Glendale and Peoria, so trucks will be rumbling up and down Loop 303.

Though Amazon has been doing great business since shutdowns and stayhome orders during the COVID-19 pandemic, Amazon’s West Valley ex-

pansion “isn’t necessarily tied to the pandemic,” High said.

“We planned out several years in advance and put a process into where we wanted to locate our facilities. We look at the workforce and community partners—and Phoenix has an abundance of talented workforce. We aim to be as close to our customers as possible,” High said.

He said Amazon plans to have the robotic fulfillment center up and running in Goodyear by the end of the year.

In it, High said vacuum-cleaner-sized robots will help sort and pick inventory. “It will increase efficiency for our associates and cut down on shipping cycle time,” he said.

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This will be Amazon’s second robotics facility in the state and the only Amazon Robotics facility in the Valley.

More than 1,000 full-time associates will work alongside Amazon Robotics automated machines to pick, pack and ship smaller customer items such as books, toys and kitchenware.

The new four-story facility is the largest building ever built in the city— the fulfillment center’s footprint is 855,000 square feet. With four levels, the building spans more than 2.3 million square feet.

Avondale is also part of Amazon’s plan, though on a smaller scale. Near 103rd Avenue and Roosevelt Street will be the site of Arizona’s first Merch

by Amazon store, for “print on demand service that enables content creators to upload and sell custom content printed on apparel and electronics products to customers in Amazon’s stores,” according to a press release.

But Goodyear continues to be the hub of Amazon’s West Valley operations.

“We’ve had a Goodyear facility for just over 10 years,” High said. “We have a long-standing history in Goodyear, and it’s been a pretty solid cornerstone of Amazon’s fulfillment.”

In 2008, Amazon opened its first Goodyear fulfillment center, where more than 600 full-time employees pick, pack and ship large items to customers such as oversized boxes of diapers, dog food and paper towels.

Goodyear is also home to a delivery station and office team.

Currently, more than 900 full-time employees support Amazon operations in Goodyear.

High said Amazon will hire for a variety of positions, from associates who pick and pack merchandise to IT staff and engineers.

The other Goodyear location will be Amazon’s first cross-dock facility in the state. It is also scheduled to open by year’s end with 1,000 full-time positions. The 600,000-square-foot building will support customer fulfillment by receiving large orders of inventory and redistributing products to fulfillment centers across the company’s operations network.

“Amazon recognizes Goodyear as a top choice among cities in which to do business,” Lord said. “Despite the pandemic, development in our city is thriving. The future is very bright in the city of Goodyear, and we are thrilled that Amazon will contribute to our continued growth.”

As Amazon announced its wide-ranging plans, it joined politicians and job seekers in celebrating.

“It’s a great day for Amazon,” High said.

For information about Amazon job openings, visit amazon.com/phoenixjobs.

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Houses...continued from page 1 Glendale recently annexed the land, which stretches from West Bethany Road to the north and West Camelback Road to the south, with Cotton Lane and Citrus Road as east and west borders.

Litchfield Park and Waddell neighbors howled in protest over the plans to develop the sprawling farmland into hundreds of homes and a large industrial project.

The protests fell on deaf ears, as Glendale City Council approved the annexation and tentative development plan for about 200 acres of home development and 600 acres of industrial development. Allen Ranches plans a staggering 9 million square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space, with construction costs of more than $50 million, according to a presentation.

The Allen Ranches development is across Camelback Road from parts of Goodyear and Litchfield Park.

Six miles south on Cotton Lane, Goodyear ponders another phase of a massive residential development in the southwest portion of the city.

At its Aug. 24 meeting, Goodyear City Council was expected to approve plans for El Cidro Parcels 4 and 5.

The two parts of the El Cidro development are bordered by Cotton Lane and 169th Avenue to the west and east and West Lower Buckeye Road and West Elwood Street to the north and south.

A preliminary plan for developing 328 acres of El Cidro into 1,260 single-family homes was approved in 2014. The first three parcels were later approved “and are currently under development,” according to the Aug. 24 agenda packet.

Asked how many El Cidro houses have been built, Corinne Holliday, a city spokeswoman, responded, “We don’t have the numbers on the amount of individual homes.”

Also at its Aug. 24 meeting, Goodyear City Council was expected to approve plans for Sparrow Goodyear (145th Avenue south of McDowell Road), Canyon Trails (West Yuma Road and 173rd Avenue) and two Estrella development projects (South Estrella Parkway between South San Miguel Drive and West Westar Drive).

Just south of Goodyear, one of the country’s fastest-growing cities is keeping up the hot home pace.

At its Aug. 18 meeting, Buckeye

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Developments were recently approved at the sprawling Allen Ranches in southwest Glendale, near Goodyear and Litchfield Park, and the massive El Cidro project in south Goodyear near Buckeye. (West Valley View file image)

City Council approved plans for more than 700 homes to be built.

Buckeye gave the green light to two Canyon Views developments—totaling around 150 homes—near Bethany

Home Road and Jackrabbit Trail.

And the Mayfield development on 150 acres at Apache Road and Southern Avenue was approved—with 572 homes headed to Buckeye.

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Kristin Urquiza at his father’s grave with the headline that carried his story, and her advocacy, nationwide. Maryvale resident Mark Anthony Urquiza died June 20 of COVID-19, a death his daughter blames on a lack of leadership by elected officials. (Photo courtesy Kristin Urquiza)

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When Arizona native Kristin Urquiza wrote her dad’s obituary after his June 30 death from COVID-19, the Democratic National Convention was probably the furthest thing from her mind.

But that’s where Urquiza found herself last week, telling a national audience that her dad’s “only pre-existing condition was trusting Donald Trump, and for that, he paid with his life.”

Mark Anthony Urquiza was a West Valley native and 1981 Tolleson Union High School graduate who met his wife, Brenda, there. Their daughter remembered her late father and his struggles with health care under the Trump administration at the convention.

Urquiza, a former Maryvale resident, said she did not set out to become an advocate after the death of her father, Mark, but she has embraced the role.

“I did not at all expect it to gain as much attention as it did,” she said before her brief virtual address to the DNC. “For me, it was not a controversial obituary. It was just me sharing the truth.”

That obituary, featured in a New York Times story, blamed a failure of

leadership by Trump and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey for her father’s death.

“From the moment my dad became ill with coronavirus, I could trace back to the exact policy decisions and media communications that both Gov. Ducey and President Trump had taken,” Urquiza said.

Urquiza said in the weeks since her father’s death, she has learned of tens of thousands of people like her who related to her story. Many have even reached out to her.

Urquiza said she remains filled with grief over her father’s death, but she’s decided to channel that energy into activism. She said she wants people to know that tragedies like her father’s death were preventable.

She has worked with people from Texas to New York, from Iowa to Arizona to “stand in solidarity of this call for a coordinated response to this pandemic” by the nation’s leaders.

“It just demonstrates that I’m not alone and that literally tens of thousands of people across the country are yearning for some sort of direction and leadership to show them how to be able to not only raise their voice but to keep themselves and their communities safe,” she said.

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Hispanic Democrats identify Arizona as a battleground state

BY CATHERINE FUSILLO Cronkite News

Arizona was recently identified by Democrats as one of six battleground states for this fall’s election, a status that state lawmakers said has been 10 years in the making.

“We have about 10 years of Latino activism resistance that has been going on … and we have created this environment in Arizona,” that has primed the state for a fight, said Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Phoenix.

Gallego lives in Glendale. His comments came during a virtual meeting of Hispanic state lawmakers that also named Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida and Pennsylvania as battlegrounds. The panel, organized by the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators, came on the first day of the Democratic National Convention.

The Facebook Live event discussed strategies for mobilizing Latino voters in battleground states.

A request for comment from the Arizona Republican Party was not immediately returned, but at least one political analyst agreed with Democrats that “Ar-

izona is unequivocally a battleground state this year.”

Mike Noble, chief of research and managing partner at OH Predictive Insights, said the election outcome in Arizona will be a “coin flip” in November.

“I not only think that Arizona will be incredibly close,” but it could be a tipping point state that ultimately decides who sits in the White House,” Noble said.

He said former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, holds a slight edge in traditionally red state Arizona. A Real Clear Politics roundup of polls on Aug. 12 gave Biden 47% of the vote in Arizona, compared to 45% for President Donald Trump.

Arizona Rep. Lorenzo Sierra, D-Avondale, agreed with Mejia and said turning the state blue in November is “just a matter of us continuing this work.”

While Arizona has not voted for a Democrat for president since the 1996 re-election of President Bill Clinton in 1996, Gallego believes the “steady hand” of Biden and his presumptive running mate, California Sen. Kamala

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Harris, will be attractive to voters after four years of Trump tumult.

“I think that’s going to be a calling card for them (voters) to support their ticket,” Gallego said.

“These voters have been used to Trump,” Gallego said during the “Si Se Vota” event. “We’re so used to being used as an excuse for whatever failed agenda from the Republican Party. None of West Valley leaders Rep. Ruben Gallego, who lives in Glendale, and Arizona Rep. Lorenzo Sierra, of Avondale, believe the state will have those tactics work anymore.”

The GOP still enjoys a numeri- a big impact in the presidential election. (West Valley View file photo) cal advantage in Arizona, with 34.8% of going to affect Republicans more than voters in the state registered as Repub- anything else.” lican in August, compared to 32.4% for “I think they’re going to avoid voteDemocrats and 31.9% listed as “other,” by-mail and Latinos are going to adapt according to the Arizona Secretary of by getting their ballots early and sending State’s Office. them out early or dropping them off at a But Gallego said Arizona is in a polling place,” he said, adding that he is unique position for the 2020 elections, seeing excitement among Latino voters. with changing demographics and the He said voters “have basically inocstate’s existing Permanent Early Voting ulated ourselves against the Trump adList making it an exciting state to watch. ministration and their attempts to divide Gallego noted that 70% of Latino vot- us. We’ve prepared ourselves over the ers are registered to vote by mail in this last 10 years for the day that we would election, which he believes “is really be able to do something like this.”

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Teachers’ union sends letter to governor

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BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF

On Aug. 21, the Arizona Education Association called on Gov. Doug Ducey “to implement a statewide COVID-19 school safety plan to ensure the health and safety of our children and their educators.”

According to its website, the teachers’ union has more than 20,000 members and is “the largest professional association for public school employees in Arizona.”

In a letter to Ducey, AEA President Joseph H. Thomas stressed a plan should include: • Mandate masks be worn statewide in schools and on buses until the end of the school year.

• Require safety protocols for school districts regarding COVID-19 exposure notification plans for employees and students.

• Cancel this year’s high-stakes standardized testing due to the disruptions related to COVID-19 rendering scores unreliable for the 2020-21 school year.

• Grant school districts flexibility toward meeting the requirement of 180 days of instruction due to impacts related to COVID-19.

• Provide the additional funding necessary to ensure that when schools open to students, schools can continue to provide safe and healthy learning environments needed for students to excel.

“The Aug. 17 deadline, a date you called aspirational, has passed, and our schools are still not safe to return to,” Thomas wrote. “It is time for you to act in the best interests of our children and their educators.

“Arizona needs a statewide plan regarding school safety. The Arizona Education Association calls upon you to either initiate such a plan or pass the responsibility over to the Superintendent of Public Instruction to do so.”

Ducey did not respond to the letter.

He has not changed the “Arizona is Open for Learning” plan he unveiled July 23.

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Ducey’s plan includes: • Regardless of when regular in-person classroom learning begins, each school district and charter school needs to begin teacher-led distance learning by the first day of their traditional instructional calendar.

• Schools will continue to be required to provide 180 days of instruction or equivalent hours, whether a family chooses to do so in person or via distance learning.

• To qualify for enhanced funding, schools must begin offering free onsite learning and support services for students who need a place to go during the day.

According to his website, “Gov. Ducey is providing maximum flexibility to local school leaders, recognizing they need the expertise of public health professionals and data to guide their decision-making.”

Thomas stressed “students are best served with in-person instruction and with access to safe classrooms, qualified educators and healthy meals. This is most critical for students of color,

whose communities have been more susceptible to the virus and whose families are unable to be at home with the children because of professional obligations.”

Staff urgently needs proper personal protective equipment, Thomas stressed.

“Thousands of education support professionals have already reported to their school sites, bus barns and maintenance facilities. These public school employees are putting themselves and their families at risk while districts struggle to acquire the personal protective equipment and disinfecting supplies necessary to maintain a safe workforce,” Thomas wrote.

That, combined with many teachers taking early retirement, has led to confusion and a lack of safety, Thomas wrote: “Parents are struggling with how best to support and protect their children. Educators, parents and students need a plan for a safe return to our schools without jeopardizing their health or the health of their family or community.”

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Avondale residents are invited to take part in a “community summit” at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.

The city of Avondale is seeking input as it updates its five-year strategic plan.

The meeting will take place via the Zoom meeting platform. Residents interested in participating must register to receive a link that will enable them to join the summit.

“Having a sound strategic plan is key. The plan will guide the city council and staff on the direction our growing city needs to take,” said Charles Montoya, Avondale city manager.

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Although the city has been conducting its city council meetings virtually since March, this is the first time a town hall or community summit will take place virtually.

To sign up to participate, visit avondaleaz.gov or call 623-333-1027.

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Landlord lawsuit challenges governor’s no-evictions order

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Landlords and mobile home park owners from around the state are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to void an executive order by Gov. Doug Ducey blocking evictions of tenants who do not pay their rent.

The lawsuit claims the governor lacks the constitutional authority to tell constables around the state not to process eviction orders, even those issued legally by judges. It also contends that the gubernatorial directive is violating both the property rights of landowners as well as their right to enter into contracts.

In seeking review, the lawsuit acknowledges that the governor can exercise certain powers in a public health emergency. But attorney Kory Langhofer, who prepared the legal filing, said that Ducey, in unilaterally barring landlords from enforcing the terms of lawful lease agreements, created “an indefinite economic welfare and redistribution program, rather than a public health measure to contain the COVID-19 contagion.’’

Langhofer also warned the justices that if the governor’s order goes unchallenged, “then there is virtually no personal or commercial transaction or conduct that would lie outside his grasp.’’

The lawsuit asks the high court not just to rule that Ducey’s order exceeds his constitutional authority but to specifically direct constables and justices of the peace to carry out their duties to evict tenants once there is a finding they are not paying their rent.

In previously defending the order, the governor’s office has argued that nothing in it eliminates the legal right of tenants to make up the missed rent once the emergency ends. But Langhofer said that eviction generally is a landlord’s only effective remedy when someone doesn’t pay.

And he called the end-of-emergency obligation to pay little more than “parchment promises’’ by tenants, who probably can’t pay anyway, making the requirement to come current on

rent “an illusory means of redress’’ for landlords.

Courtney Gilstrap LeVinus, president of the Arizona Multihousing Association, one of the groups that sued, said when the governor issued the original order in March there was a promise that the state would be providing financial assistance to renters. So she said her members decided not to challenge the move.

But to date she said less than $2 million has gone out.

“Had those funds been deployed we may not have needed to file,’’ Gilstap LeVinus said.

“There are plenty of resources out there,’’ she continued. “No one should be evicted.’’

Complicating matters, Ducey extended the no-eviction order last month through the end of October.

He did add a provision that requires tenants to certify to landlords by Aug. 22 they have applied for rental assistance from one of the state, county, city or private organizations that provide it.

But there is no requirement they actually have received the money by then.

Ducey also set aside $5 million in grants for landlords, though aides to the governor said these were designed mainly to help those with one or just a few properties and not for owners of apartment complexes.

Gilstrap LeVinus said that will hardly be enough to compensate landlords for lost revenues.

Legal issues aside, she said it’s not fair to put the burden of the financial problems caused by the outbreak largely on the backs of landlords.

“When the pandemic hit, the state didn’t mandate that grocery stores and restaurants give away free food or that gas stations give away free fuel,’’ Gilstrap LeVinus said. “Yet in this case, they’re asking rental housing owners to provide free housing.’’

And she pointed out that, by the end of October, landlords could have been without rent—and without ability to evict non-paying tenants—for

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Buckeye’s public library system recently received two grants totaling $22,000 to develop a collection of children’s audio books and to assist local businesses. The funding came from the

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“There is no industry that can continue to provide goods and services for 221-odd days and be expected to survive,’’ Gilstrap LeVinus said.

How much is owed is unclear.

She said the only data comes from a national organization which says more than 20% had not paid their August rent as of the sixth of the month. And that looks solely at information from major landlords.

Economist Elliott Pollack, in a study done for the Arizona Multihousing Association, figures that if just 1% of the more than 919,000 Arizona households

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who rent did not make payments over a seven-month period that means a loss of more than $67.7 million. Take that figure to 15%, he said, and the foregone revenues top $1 billion.

Pollack said there also is a ripple effect as landlords cannot pay their employees, contractors and suppliers.

But the heart of the issue—and the only one for the Supreme Court to decide—is whether what Ducey is doing is legal.

Langhofer told the justices that the statutory provisions the governor is using for all of his executive orders allow him to exercise police powers, specifically to “alleviate actual and threatened damage due to the emergency,’’ and to

facilitate the supply of equipment and services “to provide for the health and safety of the citizens of the affected area.’’

He acknowledged the law does allow the governor to “commandeer and utilize any property.’’ And that, Langhofer said, could be interpreted to include a moratorium on evictions as a means to ensure that people have housing.

But he said that exists only in a “state of war emergency’’—and only if the governor makes provisions for compensating the owners of the property.

Laghofer said that Ducey, in issuing his executive order, acknowledged that it had little to do with protecting public health but was “primarily an

economic relief measure.’’ He also pointed out that tenants seeking relief need not show they are infected with COVID-19 or even that they are in a high-risk category but only that they provide documentation of “ongoing financial hardship.’’

Beyond that, Langhofer pointed to the lack of any link between the order and the state’s coronavirus infection rate or any other public health metrics.

“The expansive temporary scope of Executive Order 2020-49 implicitly confirms that it aspires to address long-lasting repercussions of the current economic recession, not contain the spread of the disease,’’ he wrote.

Langhofer also raises the question of whether it was unconstitutional for the legislature to provide the governor with what could be considered unlimited emergency powers.

He’s not the first to make that suggestion. In separate legal filings last month, attorney Ilan Wurman told the Supreme Court that the governor has no constitutional right to unilaterally close bars and not give them a chance to reopen, no matter what may or may not have been approved by lawmakers.

No date has been set for the high court to hear that case.

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Ducey: Won’t interfere with district reopening decisions Capitol Media Services

Gov. Doug Ducey won’t intercede or criticize school districts that opt to reopen for in-class instruction even though their communities don’t meet the benchmarks set by his own health director.

“We want people to follow the benchmarks,’’ the governor said at a press briefing Aug. 19. The benchmarks are based on what the health department has decided are three key indicators of the spread of COVID-19.

Only two counties have reached that point: Apache and Yavapai.

And there is no indication when conditions in the other 13 counties will get to the place where the health department says schools can begin “hybrid’’ teaching, meaning a combination of virtual and in-person learning.

Newly released data from Maricopa County shows that about half the county—and almost all of the West Valley—is in a “red” zone, meaning that health officials advise against any reopening of campuses.

Health department spokesman Ron Coleman said that while some districts may show improvement in one or two of the three benchmarks being used to advise school districts on reopening, the map of a district will show the color of the category showing a substantial deviation from the metrics.

“So, if a district is meeting the benchmarks for minimal (green) on two metrics but substantial (red) on one, then it is considered to still be in the substantial category,” Coleman said.

“That hypothetical district would still be recommended to offer virtual learning because at least one metric is still in substantial and has not been lower than that for at least two weeks.

To move from substantial to moderate, or moderate to minimal, an area (whether district, ZIP, etc.) must have all metrics in at least that level or better for two weeks or longer,” he said.

But Ducey said he sees these benchmarks as less clear cut.

“They are guidelines,’’ the governor said. And he said there are other things that should be considered, like trends.

He also said there’s the separate ques-

tion of dealing with those most directly involved.

“There are some parents that want, as soon as it’s possible, to get their children back into a classroom,’’ Ducey said. “And there are parents that we all know are not putting their child back in the classroom.’’

The governor said the state is trying to “provide options’’ for both.

That’s only part of the issue.

“We also have some teachers that are in a vulnerable category or have an underlying health condition,’’ Ducey said. “And we will need online learning in this hybrid model.’’

All 15 counties meet the first of the three benchmarks: two weeks where hospital visits due to COVID-like illnesses fall below 10% of the total.

And 11 counties are showing a twoweek decline in the total number of cases or, in the alternative, a case rate of less than 100 per 100,000 residents.

Cochise, Greenee, Pima and Pinal do not.

But only Apache, Cochise, Greenlee and Yavapai counties meet the third prong of having fewer than 7% of the tests for the virus come back positive.

COVID-19 may be just one of the health problems schools face.

“Arizona’s flu season goes about October to May, with our hardest months usually being January to March,’’ said state Health Director Cara Christ. She promised a public relations campaign in hopes of getting as many people to take the vaccine which is now available.

“While it’s not 100% effective, it does significantly reduce hospitalization and complications and bad outcomes,’’ Christ said.

Ducey hinted that he might use some federal coronavirus dollars to help provide vaccines to those who may not have health insurance.

“I want to find a way that any Arizonan that wants to get a flu shot can get one,’’ he said. “Details to follow.’’

The governor also put in a plug of sorts for those businesses that have been allowed to stay open to keep as many workers as they can out of the office.

The ultimate choice, Ducey said, is

Newly released data from Maricopa County shows that about half the county—and almost all of the West Valley—is in a “red” zone. (Image courtesy Maricopa County Department of Health)

up to employers. But he suggested that they may find advantages in what has become the new normal of telecommuting.

“Many employers have seen that their employees can be just as productive at home as they were inside the office,’’ he said.

The governor said that, as a matter of policy, he continues to support the policy of “you’re safer at home, if you

don’t have anywhere else to go, if you can work at home.’’

And if companies believe they need people in the workplace?

“We do ask this idea of socially and physically distancing, the wearing the mask, all those fundamentals,’’ Ducey said.

He also said a lot of it depends on the nature of the work being done and the environment.

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Avondale Festival Fields Park named Outstanding Facility of the Year

BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF

A major, expensive facelift pays off: Avondale’s Festival Fields Park was named Outstanding Facility of the Year by the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association.

Festival Fields Park, which recently underwent a $19 million expansion and renovation, offers an array for amenities that offer both passive and After a $19 million upgrade, Avondale’s Festival Fields Park was active recreation, including a named Outstanding Facility of the Year by the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association. (Photo courtesy city of Avondale) skate park and bicycle pump track combination, multi-use sports both aesthetics and functionality to fields, Little League baseball fields, a create a state of the art facility for the splash pad, urban fishing lake, picnic entire community to enjoy.” ramadas, walking trails, and sports The award was announced on Aug. court areas for pickleball and basket- 11 during a virtual conference of stateball. wide parks and recreation profession“To be recognized as the Outstand- als hosted by the APRA. ing Facility of the Year is a tremenHughes acknowledged Avondale dous honor for Avondale,” said Bryan City Council “for supporting quality of Hughes, Avondale’s parks and recre- life programs at our city parks.” ation director. “The award recognizes For more information about Avondale how the enhancements have combined parks, visit avondaleaz.gov/parks.

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Stroke care nets recognition for Abrazo West

BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF

Abrazo West Campus and Abrazo Arrowhead Campus received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Quality Achievement and Target: Stroke awards.

“Abrazo Health is dedicated to providing quality care for each of the communities we serve,” Abrazo CEO Brian Elisco said. “This recognition acknowledges our network’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.”

He added that signs of stroke and other emergencies shouldn’t be ignored.

“Your health can’t wait. It’s important to seek care if you are experiencing a symptom that is affecting your ability to function.

Don’t delay care, because it could lead to significant complications,” said Elisco.

Stroke facts: • A stroke can cause lasting brain damage, long-term disability or even death,

according to the CDC. • Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the country.

• A stroke occurs when blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts. In either case, parts of the brain become damaged or die.

• Ischemic stroke occurs when blood clots or other particles block the blood vessels to the brain. Fatty deposits called plaque can also cause blockages by building up in the blood vessels.

• Hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blood vessel bursts in the brain. Blood builds up and damages surrounding brain tissue.

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Truth in ads needed Editor: Sen. Martha McSally’s campaign is attacking Mark Kelly for his involvement with World View Enterprises, claiming he “pocketed $15 million” and “ripped off taxpayers,” while “criticizing the PPP program” intended to bring relief to small businesses and “cutting jobs instead of creating jobs.”

These attacks are lies. McSally should be ashamed that she approved these false messages.

Mark Kelly was a co-founder of World View Enterprises, which provides mapping and sensing services using high-altitude balloons. In 2016, Pima County invested $15 million to build a facility, which they lease to World View, with the projection that World View would create hundreds of well-paying jobs.

The company was growing until the pandemic this year brought a halt to nonessential businesses like them. World View, as did thousands of businesses, had to lay off many of its employees. They recently reported having 87 salaried employees. Taxpayers were not ripped off; COVID-19 happened.

Kelly has not been an administrator or been involved in the running of the company for over a year. He had nothing to do with the application for PPP funds. He is just one of the investors.

He criticized the way PPP was being run, not the existence of the program.

Kelly feels the big banks favored the big clients, not the needy small businesses as intended. For example, hotel chains and charter schools applied for funds as if each facility was a separate small business, which is legal but unethical.

A new series of ads claims Kelly “got rich” by being on the board of a “medical transportation” company as-

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sociated with “surprise billing.” That is misleading. It does cost a lot to have a helicopter or airplane transport a patient, as you would expect. Kelly was on the board of an air-ambulance company based in Scottsdale as a consultant and was paid $20,000 in 2019, not exactly a fortune.

McSally should stop these false attack ads. They damaged her credibility when she used them against Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Voters deserve the truth from their senators.

John Flynn Goodyear

Food for thought

Editor: During the coming months preceding the nation’s elections in November, I would like to offer some “food for thought” from author Dean Koontz, a writer of varied sorts.

There are many wonderful Koontz tales—most are in the genre of suspense. In one of his most-popular novels, entitled “Watchers,” he writes of heroism at its most basic essence. We can, each of us, be heroic by our choices and actions. Who we choose to elect and lead us on the November ballot is critical to the America and its freedoms we have always cherished, valued, respected and fought to maintain.

Thinking about the upcoming elections and reflecting on what’s happening in major cities around the country wherein Democratic officials are in charge, seeing day after day of civil unrest, rioting and chaos in those streets, pillaging, looting, defacing and destroying, it seems to me important to consider Koontz’s words: “We have in us the ability to ... find dignity as individuals rather than drones in one mass movement or another. We have the ability to love, the need to be loved, and the willingness to put our own lives on

the line to protect those King Features we love, and it is in these aspects of ourselves that we can glimpse the face of God. ... I believe that we carry within us a divinely inspired moral imperative to love. ... (Fundamental issues Koontz writes about are) the healing power of love and friendship; the moral superiority of the individual over the workings of the state and large institutions; the relationship of mankind to God; and how we sustain hope in the face of our awareness that all things die.”

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Health care needs improvement

Editor: Now that we are in the homestretch of the presidential campaigns, we are hearing more about Medicare for All and a government public option. But not enough people are made aware of the fact that a public option system would be one of the top three costliest government programs in our country, just after Medicare and Social Security.

How would this government-controlled health insurance system get paid for? It would require a $2,300 payroll tax increase for the average American worker. In exchange, we wouldn’t see improved services, access or quality of care—in fact, quite the opposite. The massive cuts to doctor payments under a public option could lead to more hospital closures—particularly in rural communities where many facilities are already operating in the red—further

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Trump will keep us safe Faith, Ledyard & Faith, PLC AT TO R N E Y S

BY REP. DEBBIE LESKO Guest Writer

There is a reason that the Arizona Police Association, the National Association of Police Organizations, the International Union of Police Associations and law enforcement from all over the nation have endorsed President Trump. The brave, hard-working officers who protect our communities know who has their back, and it sure is not Joe Biden and the radical people he has surrounded himself with who have taken over the Democrat Party.

Just look at what the Democrat leaders, including Biden, say and believe.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, a main speaker at Biden’s Democrat National Convention said, “People are going to do what they’re going to do,” in response to being asked how she felt about the recent lootings, arson and violence taking place in our cities.

The darling of the Progressive FarLeft, New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is serving as a Biden advisor and speaker at the Democrat National Convention, justified the abhorrent actions of the rioters and looters by saying they just needed to “shoplift some bread.”

And lest you think that this new strain of dangerous ideology and its actions are reserved for only the likes of Pelosi and AOC, I would like to remind you that Joe Biden, the Democrat candidate for president of the United States, and his vice presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, have both called for cutting funding from the police. Harris even applauded the Los Angeles mayor when he cut $150 million from the police. Even Biden’s Unity Task Force with Bernie Sanders wants to make it easier to prosecute police officers and make it easier for police officers to be personally sued even if they are acting in good faith.

The political pandering and cowering to these extremist vandals and rioters are more than just embarrassing—it is dangerous. The progressive left has gone off the deep end, and all we hear is silence from Biden, Harris, Pelosi and Schumer. Does anyone really believe most of these riots taking

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place are just peaceful protests? Will anyone in the Democrat Party stand up and simply say, “What you are doing is wrong!” Apparently not.

I mean, what the heck is going on?

Do not look to the liberal media to give you the true story. They just keep echoing Democrat talking points that all these riots, lootings and violence are nothing more than “peaceful protests.”

That is a lie.

In what world are these people living where they think having fewer police officers is going to keep any of us safe?

This stuff used to be considered crazy and has now become mainstream in the Democrat Party!

You cannot make this stuff up. No one would believe it. But it is real. And it is happening before our very eyes.

Thankfully, we have President Donald J. Trump in the White House.

President Trump has stood shoulder to shoulder with our law enforcement officers. President Trump is committed to restoring law and order in our country and fighting back against the defund-the-police movement.

His commitments make communities like ours safe.

We have a clear choice in November between law and order and anarchy. Between safety and fear. Between community and chaos. We must take action and protect our nation and neighborhoods.

We must reelect Donald J. Trump.

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That’s because Silver Vault Bags loaded with pure .999 State Silver Bars are now being handed over to everyone who beats the 2-day order deadline.

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Since this special advertising announcement can’t stop anyone from buying up all the new 2020 Edition Arizona State Silver Bars they can get their hands on, the Federated Mint has not set a limit of how many Jumbo Silver Ballistic Bags residents can get – these are the bags pictured above that contain 10 individual Silver Vault Bags each. Everyone who gets these will be glad they did.

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That’s because after the deadline ends, the State Minimum for these pristine half ounce Arizona State Silver Bars set by the Federated Mint will go up to $50 per bar no matter how many bars people get,” Withrow said.

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How much are the Silver Vault Bags worth: It’s hard to tell how much these Silver Vault Bags could be worth since they are in pristine condition, but those who get in on this now will be glad they did. That’s because the State Minimum set by the Federated Mint goes up to $500 per bag after the deadline ends. So you better believe that at just $290 the Silver Vault bags are a real steal for everyone who beats the deadline.

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While Business Briefcase is filled with exciting news and tidbits to keep you on the edge of your seat, this one is a real snoozer: On. Sept. 8, one of Arizona’s leading sleep health management providers, Valley Sleep Center, will open its sixth location right here in Goodyear.

Similar to the other clinics, this one will focus on sleep studies, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders.

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Dr. Michael Lepire is the medical director of this new clinic. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Nevada, Reno.

He is board certified in pulmonary and sleep medicine and is also a member of the American Academy of Chest Physicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

“So many people struggle with sleep problems,” said Dr. Lepire. “But every person deserves good sleep, every night. Our main goal with all of our locations is to offer a wide range of sleep treatments, and Goodyear will be no exception to this.”

If you are having trouble sleeping, are sluggish during the day or if your partner is keeping you awake with truck-horn snores, this is the place.

Valley Sleep Center in Goodyear is taking new patients. Appointments can be made by calling 480-830-3900 or online at valleysleepcenter.com.

Indeed, all the construction noise from items normally in BB might send you to this place!

Speaking of which, we roll on to the usual news: • HCW is unveiling the 88-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott on North Bullard Avenue just off Interstate 10.

A grand opening is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 1370 N. Bullard Avenue, Goodyear.

This is actually a double grand opening, as this new hotel shares a 3.7-acre lot with the HCW owned TRU by Hilton hotel, which opened in July.

“We are thrilled to be opening our second hotel in Goodyear. SpringHill Suites offers a wide array of amenities and larger all-suite rooms, perfect for business and leisure travelers,” said Rick Huffman, HCW president and CEO. The pitch: “SpringHill Suites is a brand of hotels operated by Marriott International. Geared toward the upper-moderate lodging segment of the hospitality industry, the chain consists of all-suite hotels. Amenities include spacious suites, mobile check-in, free Wi-Fi, complimentary breakfast, insuite workspaces, fitness center, 24hour market and airy beds. You can also enjoy a night in at the Springhill Suites with a full selection of handpicked wines, local craft beers and tasty food options.”

For more information or a room reservation, call 602-354-9540 or visit springhillsuites.marriott.com.

• Homewatch CareGivers recently launched a new office in Goodyear “to meet the increased need for home care

as more locals are seeking alternative senior care options for their loved ones.”

The company has more than 200 franchised units across 34 states.

Homewatch CareGivers of Goodyear will serve the entire West Valley, including Goodyear, Avondale, Litchfield Park, Peoria and Glendale.

Maia and Douglas Bachmeier are the owners of Homewatch CareGivers of Goodyear.

“Opening amidst a pandemic was a whirlwind, especially as home care services continue to increase in demand for those who are seeking out alternative care arrangements for their loved ones,” said Maia. “We’ve hired and trained caregivers who believe in our vision and provide the highest quality service with integrity and compassion to our clients.”

Homewatch CareGivers of Goodyear provides home care services for loved ones who are seniors and for those living with chronic illnesses, convalescing after illness or surgery or who prefer to age in their own homes under the supervision and care of highly trained caregivers.

For more information about Homewatch CareGivers of Goodyear and its assortment of at-home assistive services, visit homewatchcaregivers.com/ goodyear, call 623-471-5404 or email mbachmeier@hwcg.com.

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Buckeye couple lands on ‘Supernanny’

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Joe and Clarissa Esquivel of Buckeye are on the brink of divorce. His new career as a police officer causes Clarissa to deal with all four rambunctious kids all day long. There’s no balance between their parental obligations, leaving Clarissa feeling isolated.

Sounds like a job for ... Supernanny!

Starring Jo Frost, new “Supernanny” episodes premiere at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, on the Lifetime cable network.

This season’s episodes feature families like the Esquivels, who are dealing with quarantine, homeschooling and other added pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to a press release, “Armed with 30 years of experience and strategies, Jo helps parents tackle social and behavioral challenges and everything else that is thrown their way. With a

Jo “Supernanny” Frost drops into the Esquivel family home in Buckeye to help solve their problems on a new episode of the Lifetime cable show. (Photo courtesy Lifetime)

recipe of honest, direct and nurturing support, Jo offers real-life solutions to parents—uplifting families with advice, techniques and tips to iron out the chaos in their lives, helping families evolve.”

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Salt River Project honors dedicated volunteers

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Goodyear resident Brandon Dean, a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America, was one of five Salt River Project employees honored with the 2020 SRP Presidents’ Volunteer Spirit Awards.

“This award embodies SRP’s longstanding commitment to our community. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, SRP’s elected board recognizes and values the organization’s unique role in the community and duty to give back,” said SRP President David Rousseau. “Thousands of SRP employee volunteers can be seen doing wonderful things all around the Valley, giving time to local nonprofits, coordinating donations and volunteering their skills. Award recipients represent the best of SRP, and we are grateful for their selfless efforts to help those in need and

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build a stronger community.”

To honor the five outstanding volunteers, SRP presented checks for $2,500 to their respective nonprofit partners.

When Dean, an SRP cyber security analyst, earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1985, he took an oath to contribute a lifetime of service to the community to repay the generosity that adult volunteers and leaders showed him along the way.

Since, he has dedicated 28 years of service to the Boy Scouts of America in three states, guiding and mentoring dozens.

Dean said he’s honored to be able to help shape youth into the leaders of tomorrow.

Brandon Dean of Goodyear was honored by the Salt River Project for his dedication to volunteering.

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Avondale’s UTI honored for excellence

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Universal Technical Institute in Avondale made the 2019-20 “Schools of Excellence” list by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), as part of the 2019-20 ACCSC accreditation renewal process.

The Schools of Excellence distinction is ACCSC’s highest honor.

“The Schools of Excellence award is not something ACCSC gives. It is something schools earn,” according to ACCSC Associate Executive Director Christopher Lambert. “ACCSC is incredibly proud of the work being done

by UTI to deliver high-quality educational programs.”

UTI-Avondale is one of just 14

ACCSC-accredited institutions across the country to be honored by ACCSC as Schools of Excellence.

“We’re honored to be recognized among this premier group of post-secondary institutions,” said Adrian Cordova, president of UTI-Avondale, which provides education in automotive, diesel and welding. “It is especially meaningful this year, as we’ve worked diligently to overcome and innovate amid the challenges of an unprecedented pandemic. I’m so proud of our instructors and the entire campus team for the work they do to support students and prepare them for careers in this vital industry that keeps America moving.”

For more information, visit uti.edu.

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BASIS Goodyear student named National AP Scholar

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Raymond Gue, a student at BASIS Goodyear, was stunned to learn he was named a National AP Scholar. This award came after Raymond earned perfect scores on all five of the AP exams he took in May while finishing his sophomore year at BASIS Goodyear.

The College Board’s National AP Scholar Award is granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.

The National AP Scholar Award is granted to less than 1% of students nationwide and is the top honor bestowed by the College Board.

The exams that Raymond received perfect scores on in 2020 include: AP Calculus, AP European History, AP Biology, AP English Language & Composition, and AP Environmental Science.

In a video released on YouTube, Raymond’s brother Matthew predicted Raymond’s success. Raymond thanked his

Raymond Gue learns his perfect scores in five AP exams led to his being named a National AP Scholar.

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teachers and his brother for preparing him to achieve the perfect scores. Raymond’s father, Richard, and BASIS Goodyear environmental science teacher Leslee Briggs both said Raymond’s grandmother played a huge role in his academic life and deserves credit for keeping him on a path to success.

Raymond, 15, is now in 11th grade at BASIS Goodyear, a kindergarten through 12th grade charter school in Goodyear that emphasizes college preparedness.

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Westside Head Start begins all-virtual teaching Catholic Charities Westside Head Start began virtual learning programs last week. To ensure that all students can participate, staff members are delivering supplies to children and families who request them.

Westside Head Start serves families in Avondale, Buckeye, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Littleton, Peoria and Tolleson.

Catholic Charities Westside Head Start provides comprehensive early, continuous, year-round childhood education through a holistic approach by working with family members.

Programs emphasize pre-reading; language; math; cognitive skills; and health, social and emotional competence to prepare disadvantaged children for school and to maximize their potential for a bright future.

“Children of all ages will be dealing with the largest achievement gap in recent history, so we are doing everything we possibly can to ensure kids are getting what they need to continue their development and education, even at this early age,” said WSHS Executive Director Yatin Dua. “Staff is doing all they can to connect parents with the information they will need. If a family doesn’t have a computer or even a phone to connect through Zoom or Skype, staff is dropping off packets, crayons, supplies and more so the kids

can participate.”

All staff members are working from home but can go to classrooms at district sites and modular locations to pick up supplies or access technology as needed. CDC protocols for hygiene and safety are strictly enforced.

WSHS collaborates with Catholic Charities’ Philanthropy Department and other area agencies to assist families struggling with food insecurity to ensure they continue receiving food boxes generously provided by donors.

In addition, the district is working to provide grab-and-go lunches as well.

“During normal times, the kids are provided food each day in the classroom, and many families count on that,” Dua said.

Dua said no estimate on returning to the classroom has been made.

WSHS is monitoring the local guidelines as well as working with national head start to ensure the safest environment possible. Parent, advisory and policy councils will hold meetings virtually.

Students and families eligible to enroll in Westside Head Start include expectant mothers, children up to age 5, children with special needs, foster children and homeless children.

Enrollment can be done online at catholiccharities.org/all-locations/ youth-development. For more information, call 623-436-9868.

Westside Head Start, which serves families in Avondale, Buckeye, El Mirage, Glendale, Goodyear, Littleton, Peoria and Tolleson, has started virtual learning programs.

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Robert Allen Bailey Robert Allen Bailey, age 90, of Winchester, California passed away on August 11, 2020 in Winchester, California. Robert retired from Garrett AiResearch in 1991, and was a resident of Arizona for 50 years prior to moving to Winchester, California in 2017. He was born on October 28, 1929 in Kenton, Ohio. Robert is survived by his daughter, Lisa Carrasco and his son Brett Bailey. He is also survived by his four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services are private at this time.

Sylvia Ann Wallace

Sylvia Ann Wallace, age 85, of Buckeye, AZ passed away on August 15, 2020 in Surprise, AZ. She was born December 21, 1934 in Ellensburg Washington to Edwin and Alexandria Brummer. Sylvia was married to Oren (Bud) Wallace for 54 years and they had four boys. Sylvia was a homemaker when the kids were young and worked for Liberty Elementary School for 20 years. Sylvia loved her family, traveling with her husband Bud, holiday gatherings with her family, camping, and fishing. She loved playing games with her close friends, visiting her sister Dorothy, and family vacations with her sisters and brothers. Sylvia is survived by her sons, Donald Bentz (Jackie), Richard Wallace (Nancy), Roger Wallace (Lynn), Joe Wallace (Kris); her sisters Dorothy Nelson (Bill), Laurette Walker (Tuffy), Xan (Mary) Trowbridge (Ed); her brothers, Toby Brummer, and Bob Brummer( Bonnie), and she is also survived by her nineteen grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren, and 3 great-great-grandchildren. Sylvia is preceded in death by her husband, Oren R. Wallace Jr. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 9:00PM on Wednesday, August 26th at Thompson Funeral Chapel, 926 S. Litchfield Road in Goodyear. A funeral Mass will be held at 11:00AM on Thursday, August 27th at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Avondale followed by burial at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, 9925 W Thomas Rd, Avondale, AZ 85392. A reception will follow the funeral.

The family suggests that donations be made to St. Vincent de Paul or the Hospice of the Valley in lieu of flowers.

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Parents: Antonio Bravo and Maria Delores Bravo Preceded him in death by his father Antonio Bravo and sister Esperanza Bravo Survived by his son Marcelino Bravo Jr , daughter Angelica Bravo, five grandchildren, nine sisters and three brothers

Ruthie Fay (Karstetter) Wood went home to be with her Lord and Savior on August 15, 2020. She passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 95.

Ruthie was born on May 16, 1925 to William Fay and Mary Ruth Karstetter, in Gilbert, AZ. Ruthie who spent her life in the Palo Verde - Buckeye area was known to many as mother, grandmother, great and great great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. She loved her family greatly and enjoyed uncovering the ancestry and history of the family generations. This often involved stopping at libraries, graveyards and county seats during road trips; thus documenting the family's legacy.

She loved music and playing the organ at church each week. She shared her joy of the piano with many students, teaching piano lessons more than thirty years.

Even last week, she enjoyed giving her great granddaughter a piano lesson.

Most of all, Ruthie loved her lord and savior, Jesus Christ. Each day she spent time in God's word, prayed faithfully for her family, and shared her faith with all who were willing to listen. Those around her have been blessed by her faithful walk with the Lord.

She is survived by sons Tom Wood (Ilene), Tim Wood (Jana), Robert Wood (Jan), Reuben Wood (Carrie) and daughter Nelda Joy (James), many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews and a sister Kathleen (Karstetter) Bruehl.

Ruthie was proceeded in death by her husband John Wood, son John Christopher Wood and siblings Alfred Karstetter, Verna (Karstetter) Martin, Wilmer Karstetter, Jeannie (Karstetter) Campbell and Garland Karstetter.

Services will be held Friday Morning August 21, 2020 at 9:00 am at the Palo Verde Baptist Church.

In Lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Interlink Ministries PO Box 460 Apple Creek, OH 44606. Her Grandson and wife, Ryan and Rachel Joy, missionaries in Brazil serving in missionary aviation.

A funeral service will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM on 2020-08-21 at Palo Verde Baptist Church, 29600 West Old Highway 80, Palo Verde, AZ, USA.

Sommer Pahl

Sommer Pahl passed away unexpectedly on August 15, 2020 in Goodyear, AZ. Sommer was a Registered Nurse and Clinical Coordinator at the Abrazo Buckeye Emergency Center and a Clinical Nursing Instructor at Estrella Mountain Community College. Her vibrant personality and compassionate nature made Sommer a great leader and patient advocate. Her laugh and smile were magnetic, contagious, and lit up any room that she entered. She had the most beautiful Sunflower hazel eyes.Sommer had a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, Master of Science Degree in Organizational Leadership, as well as Certified Emergency and Trauma Nurse certifications.

When not at work, Sommer enjoyed spending time with her family that she loved with all of her heart. This included sleepovers and trips to Disneyland with her three grandchildren, family pool parties, and getaways to Las Vegas with her husband.Sommer is survived by her mother Mary Toole, husband Ed Pahl, daughters Kasie Barclay and Allison Phillips and brother Brian Krotky. Sommer is also survived by her three wonderful grandchildren, Alanna, Scarlet, and Riley.

She had a wonderful work family that inspired her on a daily basis. She loved her Abrazo family and shared in their triumphs and tragedies. Sommer is preceded in death by her father Ronald Krotky and beautiful son Kyle Dickens. The family takes comfort in knowing that the pain suffered from the loss of her son is relieved as they are now reunited. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, the family will be holding a private family service in their home on Sommer's birthday. A public Celebration of Life is being planned for a later date as the pandemic restrictions allow. The family understands that Sommer was loved by many people and wants to be able to celebrate together safely.

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Shirley Rae Johnson Shirley R. Johnson from Sun City passed away on August 9th, 2020 at the age of 94.

Shirley was born in Tenstrike, Minnesota and moved to Arizona in 1942 where she was a long time resident of the Avondale/Tolleson area. She retired from Agua Fria H.S. where she served as the front desk telephone receptionist. She was very active in her church and community, always of service to others. The highlight of her life was her family where she was a devoted wife, mother of three, grandmother of 10, great grandmother of 24 and great great grandmother to 8. Her family, extended family and host of many friends will miss her sorely.

Shirley is survived by her daughters Arlene Ruble, Lynette Pack (Joedy), DIL Kathy Johnson and above mentioned Grands. She was pre-deceased by her husband Clarence Johnson and son Donald Johnson. Private services were held August 22nd with interment at Holy Cross Cemetary. Memorial donations may be made to Celebration Lutheran Church, 8726 W. Olive Ave., Peoria. AZ. 85345.

Condolences may be shared at www.menkefuneralhome.com.

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NOTICE OF SALE OF MOBILE HOME NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following item of personal property will be sold at public sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a landlord's lien: Mobile Home Make: TRAVELEZE Body Style: 8 X 35 Model Year: 1968 VIN: S18109 Date and Time of Sale: 9/9/2020 10:00AM Location of Sale: Space No. 604 HOLIDAY VILLAGE 701 S DOBSON ROAD MESA, AZ 85202 Name of landlord: HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE Amount of Claimed Lien: $1392.00 as of September 9, 2020 The Landlord reserves the right to bid at said sale and if its bid is the highest, to purchase said mobile home. The Landlord claims a lien against this property in the amount shown above as of the date shown above, for rents and other charges which have accrued through that date under a rental agreement covering the space occupied by the mobile home. The rental agreement giving rise to this lien was entered into by the Landlord and the following parties, owners of the mobile home, as tenants: Date of Rental Agreement: 7/11/2019 Name(s) of Tenant(s): Tammy North Owner of Record: Tammy Lynne North Said mobile home is located at the address shown above as the location of sale. The above described property shall be offered for sale pursuant to A.R.S. �33-1023.

The proceeds from the sale will be applied to the cost of sale and to the lien, and any money that remains will be disposed of as provided in A.R.S. �33-1023.

HOLIDAY MHC, LP DBA HOLIDAY VILLAGE By: Cecilia A. Prendergast Title Administrator Dated: August 19, 2020 August 26, 2020 Published: West Valley View Aug 19, 26, 2020 / 32433

WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | AUGUST 26, 2020

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39 ACRE SELF SUFFICIENCY HOMESTEAD $182 MONTH - Outstanding buy on quiet - secluded off grid northern Arizona homestead at cool clear 5,800’ elev. Entirely useable grassy meadowland with sweeping views of surrounding red rock ridges. Situated within a secluded valley location surrounded by thousands of acres of uninhabited wilderness. Bordered by 1,280 acres of uninhabited State Trust land. Free well water access, rich loam garden soil, and ideal year round climate.

No urban noise and dark sky nights. Zoned for livestock.

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INVITATION TO BID Bids Due: October 1, 2020 – 10:00A Project: Tiger Mountain Drive (Victory Phase 6) CFD Civil Improvements

INVITATION TO BID Bids Due: October 1, 2020 – 10:00AM Project: Tuthill (Acacia) Ph1 Path & Trail CFD Landscape

Verrado ARC, LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum A- General Engineering license, to submit sealed bids for the Tiger Mountain Drive (Victory Phase 6) CFD Civil Improvements which consists of, but is not limited to storm drain, concrete, paving, street lights (excluding conduit between poles), signage & striping in accordance with the plans and specifications (the “Work”). The Successful Contractor shall be responsible for all coordination associated with the Work. Copies of the plans, specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project will be available on August 21, 2020. All interested parties should contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc.com to make arrangements to receive the bid documents electronically. Please reference the project name listed above in the email subject.

The MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on September 2, 2020 at 10:00AM Arizona Time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom call. A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Sealed bids will be received until 10:00AM Arizona Time on October 1, 2020 at the DMB Verrado Offices – 4236 N. Verrado Way Suite A200, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Bids submitted after 10:00AM will not be accepted. Bids will be opened privately but read aloud at 10:05AM via Zoom call. A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Unless all bids are rejected, the Contract will be awarded within twenty one (21) days. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder that submits a complete and accurate bid. A complete and accurate bid will include all information requested in the bid documents. Every bid made by a Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be accompanied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, listing Verrado ARC, LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquidated damages in the event the Contractor refuses or fails to enter into the Contract with Verrado ARC, LLC upon award. Cashiers checks will not be accepted. The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded the Contract, and to the successful Contractor, upon execution of the Contract, and receipt of Payment and Performance bonds for the Work.

The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal. A Payment and Performance bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the original Contract value for the duration of the Contract. All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of Insurance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance requirements for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liability insurance and shall hold and save harmless Verrado ARC, LLC, DMB White Tank, LLC, the City of Buckeye and the Verrado District 1 Community Facilities District from any employer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid documents. Any bids submitted without the bid bond, certificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid documents will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected. Verrado ARC, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason Verrado ARC, LLC determines necessary and appropriate. Award of the successful bid shall be subject to approval by Verrado ARC, LLC or its representatives. Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc.com – reference Tiger Mountain Drive (Victory Phase 6) CFD Civils. No engineer’s estimate will be distributed.

Published: West Valley View / Business Aug. 19, 26, 2020 / 32598

Verrado ARC, LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum CR-21 Landscaping and Irrigation Systems license, to submit sealed bids for the Tuthill (Acacia) Ph1 Path & Trail CFD Landscape, which consists of, but is not limited to all work associated with installation of the landscape in accordance with the plans and specifications (the “Work”). The Successful Contractor shall be responsible for all coordination associated with the Work. Copies of the plans, specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project will be available on August 21, 2020. All interested parties should contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc.com to make arrangements to receive the bid documents electronically.

Please reference the project name listed above in the email subject.

The MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on September 2, 2020 at 11:00AM Arizona Time. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the pre-bid meeting will be held via Zoom call. A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Sealed bids will be received until 10:00AM Arizona Time on October 1, 2020 at the DMB Verrado Offices – 4236 N. Verrado Way Suite A200, Buckeye, AZ 85396. Bids submitted after 10:00AM will not be accepted.

Bids will be opened privately but read aloud at 10:30AM via Zoom call. A meeting invitation will be sent to all interested parties. Unless all bids are rejected, the Contract will be awarded within twenty one (21) days. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder that submits a complete and accurate bid. A complete and accurate bid will include all information requested in the bid documents. Every bid made by a Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be accompanied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, listing Verrado ARC, LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquidated damages in the event the Contractor refuses or fails to enter into the Contract with Verrado ARC, LLC upon award. Cashiers checks will not be accepted. The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded the Contract, and to the successful Contractor, upon execution of the Contract, and receipt of Payment and Performance bonds for the Work.

The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal. A Payment and Performance bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the original Contract value for the duration of the Contract. All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of Insurance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance requirements for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liability insurance and shall hold and save harmless Verrado ARC, LLC, DMB White Tank, LLC, the City of Buckeye and the Verrado District 1 Community Facilities District from any employer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid documents. Any bids submitted without the bid bond, certificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid documents will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected. Verrado ARC, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason Verrado ARC, LLC determines necessary and appropriate. Award of the successful bid shall be subject to approval by Verrado ARC, LLC or its representatives. Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or contact Deana Burris at dburris@dmbinc.com – reference Tuthill (Acacia) Ph1 Path & Trail CFD Landscape. No engineer’s estimate will be distributed.

Published: West Valley View / Business Aug. 19, 26, 2020 / 32600

WEEKLY DEADLINES for the View Classifieds is

FRIDAY AT 1 PM

623.535.VIEW (8439)

CITY OF TOLLESON PUBLIC NOTICE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER VACANCY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Tolleson Mayor and Council are seeking candidates to serve as a member of the City of Tolleson City Council. The member selected and ultimately appointed by the City Council must be eighteen years of age or older, must be a qualified elector residing within the City of Tolleson and has resided in the City of Tolleson for the last year or longer.

Please keep in mind, due to the postal service, many residents in Phoenix may have a Tolleson mailing address; so they do not reside in Tolleson. The Tolleson Boundary Map is included for your reference in the City Council Vacancy Application that is available online at www.tolleson.az.gov, under the City Clerk section. The City that provides your utility services is the City you reside in.

The partial term of office will expire at the first regular Council Meeting in December 2022. If interested in serving the community as a member of the Tolleson City Council, please submit your application, letter of interest and resume to the City Clerk’s Office at cityclerk@tolleson.az.gov by 5:00 P.M. (local time, Phoenix, AZ) on Tuesday, September 15, 2020.

We thank you for your interest and willingness to serve the community of Tolleson.

Published in the West Valley View and West Valley Business on Wednesday, August 26, 2020 / 32587

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Repairs, Coatings, Walk Decks Home New Build or Renovate

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Plastering, re-plaster & pebbles All types of custom plastering Dive-to-play pool conversion New Pool Builds We accept credit cards

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$

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Plumbing & Drain Cleaning

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15% OFF

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UPHOLSTERY FREE Estimates

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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | AUGUST 26, 2020

LABOR DAY SALES EVENT

ARTWORK IT’S BACK, BIGGER &

SIGN & RIDE

2020 FUSION SE

BETTER

2016 FORD FUSION HYBRID SE

PRE-OWNED LABOR DAY SALES EVENT

P9010A

11,475

1 owner, $ Excel Cond

2019 FORD ESCAPE SE

Like new!

2015 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR

Warr Incl, 4x4!

$

Loaded!

12,979

1 Owner, Loaded

12,996

X9058

15,878

$

2019 DODGE JOURNEY GT

3rd Row, Rear AC

$

Warr Incl!

$

20,887

623.386.4429 | JONESFORDBUCKEYE.COM All prices and offers cannot be combined with any other offers or promotions. Prices do not include sales tax, license, $379.00 dealer doc fee and dealer add ons. All vehicles subject to prior sale. Prices valid through 09/01/2020.

Sales vehicles may have scratches, dents or dings. See dealer for details.

17,376

$

Low mi, Loaded

$

4x4, 1 Owner

$

2019 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER SEL

T9080

2017 MINI COUNTRYMAN COOPER

21,888

20249B

33,828

West y!

Valle

3rd Row, Rear AC

$

P9087

18,734

2012 FORD F-150 FX4

X9073

2015 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT

20444B

29,915

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

1 Owner, Like new

P9088

2015 FORD SUPER DUTY F250 LARIAT

X9064

28,554

$

Warr incl!

T9068

19,994

$

2018 FORD F-150

4x4, 1 Owner

2018 FORD ESCAPE SE 2019 NISSAN ALTIMA S

20426A

$

2019 FORD TAURUS LIMITED

X9067

27,816

$

1 owner, 4x4

T9083

19,626

$

2017 FORD EXPLORER SPORT

1 Owner, Sharp

2016 FORD ESCAPE SE

20204B

2016 FORD EDGE TITANIUM

19365B

26,979

$

Warr incl!

20164A

18,797

$

2017 CHEVROLET MALIBU LS

STARTS AUGUST 2 th 8 !

Won’t Last!

20442A

24,748

$

2019 JEEP WRANGLER UNLTD SPORT

X9059

39,941

Must See! $ 1 owner

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