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Vol. 77 No. 43
INSIDE
This Week
Glendale fire and police host Aspire Academy BY LAUREN SERRATO Glendale Star Staff Writer
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Glendale Fire and Police hosted the Aspire Academy for young girls throughout the state who have an interest in entering the field. From Oct. 14 to Oct. 17, Glendale welcomed 18 high school aged girls to a four-day immersive public safety camp. The camp originated in Tucson as Camp Fury. Since its origination, the Yuma and Mesa fire departments have hosted the academy. Glendale Fire and Police joined the other Arizona departments as hosts, making it the first year the camp has been held in the West Valley. The camp is in partnership with the Girls Scouts of Arizona, who have worked to
provide accommodations, transportation and web support. The camp’s intent is to introduce high school-aged girls to careers that may be mostly dominated by men and show these young women they too can be successful in these fields. “We’re showing them careers in public safety, police and fire more specifically, and expressing to them that they can do this and show them that we have a lot of women in these fields and they’re very successful, and that they can do it too,” said Captain Ashley Losch, Glendale Fire’s public information officer. Women represent 12% of police departments and 5% of fire departments across the country. These agencies beSEE ASPIRE PAGE 4
Ian Winterstein shows Anna Thomas how to carry and operate the oxygen tanks. (Photo by Ashleigh Carpenter)
Los Howlitos, Doan take over AZ Ice Peoria BY DEREK MOSKAL
Glendale Star Staff Writer
RELIGION...... 23 Catholic Community Foundation raises $540K
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The Arizona Coyotes strive to expose hockey to all walks of life. With the Los Howlitos program on Oct. 13 at AZ Ice Peoria, the organization shared skating techniques with children in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month with the help of former Yotes captain Shane Doan. “Today is just getting kids on the ice, getting them to skate,” said Arizona Coyotes President and Chief Executive Officer Xavier A. Gutierrez. “My understanding is that not a single
one of these kids has actually been on the ice before.” The participants came from Boys & Girls Clubs in Peoria and Glendale. Once the kids arrived and were fitted for skates and helmets, they hit the ice with walkers to help them balance. One of the children, Malachi, said he only fell four times, which was better than he expected. “The last one hurt, but I just had to get back up and try again,” he said. That type of commitment received Doan’s approval. “In the beginning, lots of people fall,”
Doan said. “But, in the end, you see a lot of them start to figure it out and have a little fun with it. It’s incredible to see how they pick it up over the hour and just get the hang of it.” Doan, who retired in 2017, works as the Coyotes’ chief hockey development officer. He frequently attends events like these to promote the game. “I think our sport is the best sport in the world,” Doan said. “I think everyone should have the right to try it, and everyone should get the chance to play it, because if you do, you’ll
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