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Construction projects set to begin

BY TOM SCANLON

Peoria Times Managing Editor

NEWS..............3 Rep. Lesko named to subcommittees

The sign “Caution: Construction zone” is something Peoria drivers will see frequently over the next year.

As state and city projects will be dovetailing, the trade off of possible delays during construction are major new arteries and travel options in the fast-growing northwest portion of Peoria.

The Arizona Department of Transportation started a project to add a third lane in both directions along Loop 303 between Happy Valley and Lake Pleasant parkways.

New bridges over the Beardsley Canal and Jomax Parkway will also be constructed, as well as a new Loop 303 traffic interSEE CONSTRUCTION PAGE 4

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Several major construction projects are hitting Peoria. As the state works on widening the Loop 303, construction on Jomax Parkway is scheduled to begin in April, with a new artery in northwest Peoria to be completed by the end of the year. (Peoria Times photo by Tom Scanlon)

$130M hospital would be bond-funded

Peoria High basketball gets rolling

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At its Jan. 21 meeting, Peoria’s Industrial Development Authority approved the city of Peoria taking part in $130 million in bond money for a new hospital in Peoria.

After the board approval, the matter was scheduled to move to the Peoria City Council for consideration.

If approved, the bond proceeds will be used to finance Peoria Regional Hospital

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and is intended to be the first of a multiphase development.

The hospital is to be located at 26320 North Lake Pleasant Parkway on a 7-acre site.

The target date for Peoria Regional Hospital opening is July 2022.

A half-finished foundation on the site for a former project that ran out of funding was long considered an “eyesore” at the site between Jomax and Happy Valley roads. It has been cleared, leaving an empty lot where the hospital is planned.

The full-service hospital is proposed to have 32 beds and 82,000 square feet.

Fredrick Buss, Peoria’s economic development director, said the hospital is needed by the city with a fast-growing population.

“We’re the sixth largest city in the state and we don’t have hospitals,” Buss said.

“Peoria right now is on a trajectory we have never seen before,” he added.

Buss also estimated the hospital will bring around 150 jobs to the city.

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Lesko selected for two subcommittees in Congress

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After her reelection to represent the 8th Congressional District, Rep. Debbie Lesko will serve on the Subcommittee on Energy and the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

“I am very excited to be selected to serve on the Subcommittee on Energy,” said Lesko, who lives in Peoria. “I am passionate about energy issues and will build on my experience from the Arizona State House and Senate to advocate for ‘All of the Above’ energy policies that utilize all sources of energy to provide high-quality, low-cost, clean energy solutions for the benefit of all Arizonans and Americans.”

She added the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce “has vast jurisdiction over interstate and foreign commerce, regulation of commercial practices, consumer protection, data privacy, travel and tourism.”

Rep. Debbie Lesko of Peoria will be on two subcommittees in Congress. (Photo courtesy Lesko)

Accused Westgate shooter’s trial delayed

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The trial of a Peoria man accused of a shooting spree at Westgate Entertainment Center has been delayed until June.

Eight months ago, three were shot at Westgate in an apparently random attack by a single shooter. The suspect allegedly was armed with an AR-15 rifle that jammed — preventing him from reaching his goal of shooting 10 people, according to a prosecutor.

Police arrested Armando Hernandez, a 20-year-old Peoria resident, and charged him with multiple counts of aggravated assault.

He allegedly told police he identifies as an “incel,” short for involuntarily celibate, and shot people “to gain respect.”

A prosecutor said Hernandez had been planning the “mass casualty” attack for three years.

Hernandez faces three dozen charges, including attempted murder and aggravated assault.

His trial was originally scheduled for Feb. 1.

Armando Hernandez is scheduled to face three dozen charges, including attempted murder. A trial scheduled for Feb. 1 was delayed until June. (Peoria Times file photo)

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change for the future Jomax Parkway homes.

The report recommended a fourin Peoria. phased approach to connect the TierMeanwhile, at its Feb. 2 meeting, Peoria City Council was expected ra del Rio neighborhood, on the east to approve a contract with J. Banic- side of the Loop 303, and Vistancia, ki Construction to construct Jomax on the west side of the freeway.

Vistancia Boulevard to the Loop Parkway.

Banicki’s bid for the Vistancia Bou- 303 would be the first of the four seglevard to Loop 303 improvements: ments.

“This project, segment 2 (Vistancia $3.5 million.

City Engineer Adina Lund said Boulevard to Loop 303) will provide Peoria is doing its best to limit delays for an additional access to Loop 303 and represents the most immediate and detours for drivers.

“We will have traffic impacts need due to the current construction when we’re doing the intersection of the Jomax Parkway/Loop 303 Trafof Vistancia Boulevard and Jomax fic Interchange and existing capacity Parkway, which will be installation issues at the Happy Valley Parkway/ of a traffic signal and widening,” she Loop 303 Traffic Interchange,” according to the agenda. said.

“The Northwest Valley is experiThough she noted they “don’t have a time frame yet” for that portion of encing a surge in new home constructhe project, the contract states work will be done at night to limit disruptions.

Just three weeks ago, bids were opened for the Jomax A construction project will connect Vistancia Boulevard to Loop Parkway project.

303, then extend to the east side of the freeway. (Image courtsy “There were six bids recity of Peoria) ceived and J. Banicki Construction Inc. was determined to be the lowest responsive parkways in Peoria,” ac- construction work, which is taking and responsible bidder,” according to information place in the Loop 303 median. cording to the Feb. 2 agenda. on ADOT’s website.

But, ADOT noted, “Drivers should Construction is expected to Preliminary work beuse caution near the existing work begin in April and be comgan in December. zones, temporary barrier walls along pleted by the end of the year.

According to ADOT, shoulders and watch for crews and “The city and ADOT are “Crews are now con- equipment in the area.” coordinating all aspects of structing support piers The Loop 303 project is funded as construction and the planned for bridges to carry new part of the Maricopa Association of opening of the new intermainline lanes of Loop Governments’ Regional Transporchange,” the agenda noted.

ADOT is widening part of the Loop 303 in northwest Peoria.

303 over the area where tation Plan. Projects in the plan are Jomax Parkway from (Image courtesy ADOT) Jomax Parkway will funded in part by Proposition 400, a Vistancia Boulevard to Loop connect to a new traffic interchange. dedicated sales tax approved by Mar303 is considered “a companion proj- tion that has added to the capacity “The entire project is scheduled for icopa County voters in 2004. ect” to ADOT’s Loop 303 widening issues at the Happy Valley/Loop 303 completion by early 2022.”

There may be delays in the second project from Happy Valley Road to interchange.

ADOT’s project also will add new phase of the ADOT project, when ADOT expects its $20 million widLake Pleasant Parkway.

Loop 303 bridges over the Beardsley “Loop 303 traffic will be shifted to Both projects are part of the Mar- ening project to address similar “caCanal. the new mainline on the inside and icopa Association of Governments pacity issues” by widening the Loop “Loop 303 traffic in the area north the Jomax Parkway improvements 303.

Regional Transportation Plan. of Happy Valley Parkway currently will be constructed.”

“The Arizona Department of TransAs ADOT constructs a new traffic Lund noted ADOT and the city are interchange at Jomax, while the Ban- portation is managing construction of travels along two lanes in each direction in an interim configuration escoordinated the two projects, includicki Construction city will extend Jo- the $20.3 million regional freeway tablished when the freeway was first ing completion timelines. max Parkway to connect to Vistancia project, which is designed to improve “We would love to be cutting that capacity for current and future traffic built nearly a decade ago,” according Boulevard. ribbon at the end of January (2022),” A design consultant prepared a re- needs by adding a third lane in each to ADOT. No major traffic restrictions are she said. port extending Jomax Parkway to El direction along Loop 303 between Mirage Road, near the new Vistancia Happy Valley and Lake Pleasant expected during the current stage of —Managing Editor Tom Scanlon can be

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He explained bonds financing the project will be passed through the industrial development authorities, a common financing plan, Buss said.

The IDA was formed in 1977 and has passed seven projects to date, the latest in 2012.

“Passing them through industrial development authorities provides better rates. If it’s a nonprofit, they can get nontaxable bond issuance,” Buss said.

Dignity Health, Banner Health and

HonorHealth have all used this type of financing, Buss said.

As part of a partnership, Phoenix and Peoria city councils will meet to approve the bond, though there is no financial risk to either city.

“There’s no risk or liability for repayment bonds by either entity; that all rests with the investment bank,” Buss said.

Buss also confirmed there will be no impact on property taxes.

Formerly a half-finished foundation considered an “eyesore,” the site of what may be a future hospital is now cleared. (Peoria Times

photo by Tom Scanlon)

Peoria City Council will meet Feb. 2 for approval and Phoenix City Council will meet Feb. 3.

A plan for the hospital includes: • Separate entrances for walk-in and emergency medical transport.

• Surgical suite with three operating rooms.

• Preoperative unit with eight beds.

• Eleven bed post-anesthesia care unit.

• Heart catheterization procedure room.

• Radio fluoroscopy.

• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound.

—Staff writer Allison Engstrom can be reached at aengstrom@timespublications. com.

What the half-finished foundation on Lake Pleasant Parkway between Jomax and Happy Valley roads looked like, before it was torn down recently. (Photo courtesy Google Maps)

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PUSD’s Ironwood closes classrooms until Feb. 10

BY TOM SCANLON

Peoria Times Managing Editor

After numerous COVID-19 cases reported among Ironwood High School students, in-person learning at the Peoria Unified School District campus is on hold. Ironwood students will learn online until Feb. 10.

“Last week we shared that we have been closely monitoring Ironwood’s health data to make sure it is still safe to offer in-person learning. Based on the health and operational status of our campus, we have determined that we need to pause in-person learning, athletics, COOP, ARISE and extracurricular activities on (Ironwood’s) campus, until Wednesday, Feb. 10,” Superintendent Dr. Jason Reynolds said in a Jan. 29 letter to families.

“Through this temporary change to our learning model, all students will be learning virtually from Feb. 1 through 9.

This is supported by Maricopa County Department of Public Health as it covers the incubation period from the last date of exposure on our campus.”

According to PUSD’s COVID-19 tracking, 10 students and three staff members tested positive for COVID-19 Jan. 25-29.

Sunrise Mountain had 15 students test positive during the same period but is not closing classrooms.

Liberty High classrooms also remain open, despite nine students and two staff members testing positive last week.

During the previous week of Jan. 1822, Ironwood and Liberty each had 11 students test positive; Sunrise Moun-

Like other schools in the Peoria Unified School District, Ironwood High School has required students and staff to wear masks. Even so, the district is “pausing” classes on Ironwood’s campus after a number of COVID-19 cases. (Peoria times file photo)

tain had seven students test positive that week.

Centennial High had 14 students and three staff members with positive tests Jan. 18-22. The total COVID-19 cases at Centennial fell to seven Jan. 25-29.

Danielle Airey, a PUSD spokeswoman, noted “we look at multiple factors” when considering temporary school closure.

“If Sunrise or Liberty hit any of the metrics, we will most definitely be reviewing all their data,” she added.

Throughout PUSD, 107 students and 27 staff members tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

The district has more than 35,000 students. Most recently, 27,215 were attending classes in classrooms, with

8,245 choosing to take virtual classes online.

According to the Maricopa County “school metrics” website, data updated Jan. 28 showed the PUSD communities with a slight drop in COVID-19 spread, falling from over 1,000 new cases per 100,000 population to 775 cases per 100,000. The percentage of positive tests also had a slight drop.

In his letter announcing the temporary closure of Ironwood classrooms, Reynolds stressed, “This decision was made using the framework and process that was shared with our governing board. … This process took us through an extensive review of our school’s metrics.

“Our team did not arrive at this decision lightly,” he added. “Last week we

increased our mitigation procedures, temporarily paused programs and quarantined students when cases were reported. We now feel it is in the best interest of student and staff safety to take this added precautionary measure.”

During the temporary classroom closures at Ironwood, “We will also have limited space available for on-site support for students who need a safe place to complete their online learning,” Reynolds noted.

And lunches will be available for drive-thru or curbside service at Ironwood.

The PUSD superintendent urged Ironwood staff and students to “remain vigilant when they are not on campus — not attending large gatherings with others, wearing masks, frequently washing hands and taking all necessary measures to prevent the spread of COVID. If these actions are not taken during this time, we could see an increase in cases upon our return rather than a decrease.”

At a January PUSD board meeting, Reynolds gave a presentation on “factors to adjust the learning model within a classroom, grade level, or school.”

He highlighted: community spread; cases identified, weekly percent positivity and outbreaks determined by the county; social, emotional and academic growth; classrooms impacted; percent absenteeism; and model of instruction and mitigation strategies.

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Trial delayed for former PUSD teacher charged with molesting students

BY TOM SCANLON

Peoria Times Managing Editor

There has been another delay in the trial of former teacher Ricky Ordway, accused of molesting multiple students in his Sun Valley Elementary School classroom near the Peoria/Glendale border.

He was first scheduled to go to trial in January 2020 on two dozen sex abuse and molestation charges.

After multiple delays, the trial is now scheduled for April 1 — nearly two years after a Peoria police officer arrested Ordway.

Ordway, who has consistently proclaimed his innocence, is out on bail.

Ordway, a Peoria resident at the time of his arrest, later moved to the West Phoenix/Glendale area.

Court records show Ordway was investigated by Sun Valley Elementary School six months before he was arrested.

Most of the allegations against Ord-

way took place in the fall 2018. Four of the alleged crimes took place between January 2018 and May 2019, after what the prosecution called a December “mini-investigation” of Ordway.

Six months after his arrest, Josephine Hallam, Ordway’s attorney, asked the court to dismiss the case. Hallam claimed prosecutors violated Ordway’s rights.

Hallam said school staff and the principal heard “rumors” of Ordway acting inappropriately with students in Dec. 2018.

“In an interview, the principal of Sun Valley Elementary School, Stephen Balliet, disclosed there were previous rumors Mr. Ordway was investigated by the school in Dec. 2018. These allegations (came) about after a student was overheard by an aide telling another student Mr. Ordway had sex with students,” Hallam said in her petition. “(Two) students were interviewed by the principal and told the principal they had never been touched by Mr.

Ordway nor had they seen anyone else be touched by Mr. Ordway. This investigation led to Mr. Balliet speaking to approximately 15 students. Each of those students claimed to have heard it from someone else but none of them were able to give an account of a true allegation.”

Michael Minicozzi, a Maricopa County deputy attorney, confirmed Hallam’s claims the school heard “rumors” about Ordway.

“About five months before these allegations were investigated by the police, the principal of the elementary school conducted his own investigation brought on by some rumors he had heard about the defendant acting inappropriately with some of the children,” Minicozzi said.

“The principal spoke with several students in the defendant’s class but ultimately, no one disclosed anything specific. The defendant believes this information should have been shared with the grand jury. However, nothing about this ‘mini-investigation’ conducted by the principal, clearly negates the defendant’s guilt or would deter the grand jury from finding probable cause in this case.”

Mark Rodrigues, a detective with the special victims unit of the Peoria Police Department, told a grand jury multiple girls in Ordway’s class stated the teacher called them to his desk and molested them during class.

Rodrigues stated Ordway denied touching girls inappropriately. He did

After multiple delays, former fifth grade teacher Ricky Ordway is scheduled to go to trial April 1, nearly two years after he was arrested and charged with two dozen sex abuse and molestation charges. (Peoria Times file photo)

acknowledge he called girls to his desk to assist them. The detective said Ordway confirmed he never called boys to his desk.

After working in the school nurse’s office, Ordway was hired as a teacher at Sun Valley in the fall of 2017.

Sun Valley Elementary School, near Northern Avenue and U.S 101, is in Peoria but has many students who live in nearby Glendale.

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Hank Aaron was more than a hero on the diamond

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Peoria Times Columnist

It was a Monday night in April and my parents let me stay up past bedtime to watch the Atlanta Braves play the Los Angeles Dodgers.

It was a special occasion: Hank Aaron trying to smack his 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth and become the greatest home run hitter in baseball history.

I was 9, sports obsessed and Aaron ranked high on my personal list of baseball diamond gods. The thickest book in my possession was a copy of The Baseball Encyclopedia, 1,500 pages of statistics through which I could wander for hours.

Aaron’s metronomic consistency with the bat kept me riveted. He never hit 50 homers in any season, but across two decades Aaron never hit fewer than 20. His was a sustained excellence, year upon year. And he

was never greater than at 9:07 p.m. on April 8, 1974.

The pitch from Al Downing that became number 715 was a high fastball Aaron arced into the left field bullpen. Aaron began his stiff-legged trot around the bases as madness descended. As he rounded second base, he was joined by two white teenagers jogging beside him like maniacs.

Years later, I would learn that one of Aaron’s two bodyguards, Atlanta Police Detective Calvin Wardlaw, had to make a conscious decision not to grab his service weapon out of his binoculars case.

As Wardlaw told the New York Daily News in 2007: “My instinct was at that moment that even if I could have gotten out there, my man was not in danger. And I tell (people who ask) something else: What if I had decided to shoot my two-barreled .38 at those two boys, if I thought he was in a life-threatening situation, and had hit Hank Aaron instead, on the night he hit Number 715?”

Wardlaw had witnessed firsthand what the rest of us learned about only on the sports pages and TV news: the vicious hatred Hank Aaron received for approaching Ruth’s record.

Aaron got so much mail the U.S. Postal Service gave him an award for receiving more letters than any other American.

Many of them were racist death threats Wardlaw would forward to the local office of the FBI. In his autobiography, Aaron shook his head at this exposure to the worst of humanity: “The Ruth chase should have been the greatest period of my life, and it was the worst,” he wrote.

“I couldn’t believe there was so much hatred in people. It’s something I’m still trying to get over, and maybe I never will.”

Almost a half century later, this country seems no closer to getting over our collection of hatreds. Back then, when I was 9, I had no concept of what Hank Aaron had been through as the first Black baseball superstar in

the deep South.

To me, Aaron was many things — a Gold Glover, an All-Star, a cleanup hitter, Number 44 — but none of what he meant to me involved the color of his skin.

In some ways, those were gentler times.

A kid in Queens, New York, could grow up thinking there were two kinds of people in the world: evil racists who mailed Hank Aaron letters warning him they would kill him if he hit one home run too many, and the rest of us.

Aaron passed away at 86 on Jan. 22.

Many of us continued to worship his excellence long after his baseball career ended.

We did so because Aaron, in his persistence, his fight for equality, and his refusal to be intimidated by hatred, was even more heroic off the baseball field than he was on it.

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

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Macayo’s is spicing things up for its 75th anniversary

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

Nava Singam has been in the restaurant business for most of his life. But when he purchased the Macayo’s Mexican Food brand two years ago, he continued the chain’s love affair with the Valley.

“It’s a legacy brand to me,” Singam said. “You don’t see very many restaurants that have been around for 50, 75 years. This brand will really carry a lot of history down the line. Even 40 or 50 years down the line, somebody is going to look back it and try to trace its roots back to Phoenix when it opened.”

The seven-restaurant chain is celebrating its 75th anniversary on Sept. 26.

However, it’s celebrating throughout 2021 by introducing new specials the 26th of each month.

“We’re honored and grateful to have been a part of families’ traditions and celebrations every day and on special occasions for 75 years,” said Singam, who owns Kind Hospitality.

“We aim to continue to be the place where people come to enjoy a traditional Mexican meal and a great experience and to provide the delicious food that people bring into their own homes for many more years to come.”

Macayo’s kicked off the milestone year with specials such as 75-cent crispy tacos starting Jan. 26, and it continues with 75-cent cheese enchiladas beginning Feb. 26, and 75-cent cheese crisps from March 26.

Those are three of the many appetizers, entrees and desserts Singam kept on the menu when he acquired the brand.

The changes were more organic, he said.

“We’re not trying to change the brand,” Singam said. “The brand was around for 73 years when we picked it up. There was no need to change it.

“What we need to do is make sure that the newer generation understands what Macayo’s is all about. That’s what we’re

Nava Singam purchased the Macayo’s Mexican Food brand two years ago.

He plans more expansion this year, possibly into Buckeye.

Crispy tacos are 75 cents at Macayo’s as part its 75th anniversary specials.

(Peoria Times photos by Pablo Robles)

trying to gravitate to. The menu is the same. The recipes are the same. In fact, when we bought the brand, we took everybody on our team.”

The portions were just as important to Singam. He wanted to serve enough food for guests to have leftovers.

“That’s No. 1,” he said with a smile.

“When you think of Macayo’s, you think of big meals. We want to make sure they’re getting value. We made sure the plating was correct. We revisited the training manuals. We visited our stores and retrained everybody so the service levels would be the same.”

Besides its service, Macayo’s is known for its chimichanga, which the

restaurant will celebrate on Sept. 26, National Chimichanga Day. The Chimi de Macayo ($13.99) comes with shredded beef, chicken or carnitas, and relleno sauce, crispy flour tortilla, sour cream and rice or refried beans.

Singam is planning to expand the brand this year to meet the demand for food at Macayo’s. He’s already inked a deal for a restaurant at Pima Crossing in Scottsdale. Singam is committed to opening a Macayo’s at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. He’s also considering Queen Creek, Gilbert/Chandler and Buckeye. A pandemic-era expansion is a bold move.

Expansion wasn’t his primary con-

cern, however.

“The biggest concern for us was safety,” Singam said. “Once everybody knew that we were really being cautious about how we delivered the food and how we control the restaurant’s environment, I think folks really gravitated to us.

“I’m thankful that we had the 6,000-square-foot dining rooms, because when we cut to 50% occupancy, that’s still quite a number of customers.

That’s really been helping us.”

Macayo’s was helping others, too.

The staff took food to hospitals, first responders and grocery stores every day.

“Everyone appreciated what we did,” he said. “Every Macayo’s delivered food for up to 20 people. I think the community has blessed us back for coming and visiting us. So, I think pivoting in so many ways was critical. But I think we pivoted toward humanistic values more than anything.”

Singam is looking forward to the Sept.

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“We hope we’re going to be around for the next 75 years,” he said. “We’re just appreciating everything that our customers have done throughout the last 75 years.”

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“Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

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We all have a perception around business negotiations. Most of us, unfortunately, view them as confrontational and from a perspective of limited resources. Negotiations need not be this way. Fundamentally, they

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Here are five barriers you must overcome to be successful in a business negotiation.

Seeing negotiation as a battle to be won — it need not be confrontational. Working together to “find” a solution is better. Your mindset coming in sets the tone.

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If you see it as a battle it will be.

Setting out to win at all costs — four outcomes are possible, win/lose, lose/win, lose/lose (impasse) and the preferable win/win. In win/win, nobody gets 100% of what they want. But it’s the best outcome.

Letting your emotions rule — it’s normal to be emotional. But you can’t

lose control. Maintain control, and negotiate in a constructive way.

Making it all about me — you must understand there is another party involved, with needs and expectations.

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Barrientos and her team serve at-risk families, especially autism, community leaders, responders and educators through early intervention programs, community presentations, responder training and educational roadmap digital toolkits created to support the journey of autism from prenatal until the final farewell of life.

She has worked for and owned multiple startup businesses over the last 30 years. Her tenure in the restaurant industry gave her the experience, wisdom and confidence necessary to lead her own nonprofit.

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derail constructive outcomes, making negotiation impossible. You have to take responsibility for the success or lack thereof and work to create a spirit of cooperation.

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In closing, each of us has two basic dimensions or behavior in a negotiation: assertiveness and cooperativeness. We either tend to compete or avoid (assertiveness), and we either collaborate or accommodate (cooperativeness). The sweet spot in the middle is compromising. Use this information to find your sweet spot in your future negotiations!

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Peoria High Panthers look to avenge title loss

BY ERIC NEWMAN

Peoria Times Contributing Writer

Patrick Battillo has watched the film from the 2020 4A basketball championship game more than 15 times since last February.

The coach — now with the “interim” tag removed after a season — of the Peoria Panthers boys basketball team has poured over every possession several times. But it is not an exercise in joy, rather bittersweet memory.

The Panthers earned the No. 1 seed in the 4A bracket, going undefeated in their 2019-20 ranked games and reached the final. They fell 54-48 in overtime to a Salpointe Catholic team that had been within grasp of the trophy for several seasons and simply had more experience.

“It was this big moment for everyone. Some stayed composed, but others reverted back to some bad habits. We gave ourselves a chance still but didn’t make it easy on ourselves at the end, and Salpointe took advantage,” he said.

After the initial shock of the loss subsided, Battillo has used the game film, like that of the rest of the season, to show that Peoria can both dominate and be beaten in 2021, depending on how they execute.

He is not the only one who is using the runner-up finish as motivation, though. The returning players on the Panthers roster, including senior guard Corey Perry, said they have also spent time watching the “painful” game and have attempted growth from it.

“I think about it every day. We didn’t play up to our potential, and it was really hard to watch the film back

Peoria basketball senior Corey Perry looks to dribble at practice as the Sophomore Andrew Camacho points out an assignment at Peoria basketball practice. (Photo by Eric Newman) Panthers prepared for a promising season. (Photo by Eric Newman)

Patrick Battillo took over as official coach of the Peoria Panthers basketball team this season. (Photo by Eric Newman)

because we saw those turnovers and mistakes. Now we have to make up for it,” Perry said.

After uncertainty of even being able to play this season due to COVID-19 metrics and a vote by the AIA Exec-

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utive Board, the Panthers are finally set to play their season and attempt another run at the title game.

Despite losing some of their top players from last year’s season to graduation and transfers, Battillo brings back several solid players and a team that appears ready to take on 4A. He said the team will likely play fast, with several players that can dribble and pass well, while trying to overcome their size disadvantage on defense with quick hands and feet and effective rebounding.

The Panthers will play several good on-ball defenders, including sophomore Andrew Camacho, but will not have packed gyms cheering them on to provide energy on the defensive end in major moments.

Camacho has encouraged his teammates to raise their intensity in practice so that they can have high stamina and excitement in games with nearly

empty bleachers at home games and no supporters on the road.

“In games like the playoffs last year, maybe you couldn’t hear yourself so much because the fans were so loud.

Now it’s going to be a dead quiet gym where the only people cheering for you is yourself. So now you really have to be your own fan and get that energy, because nobody is giving it to you,” he said.

After the season was delayed by the pandemic, Battillo is simply happy to have the chance to compete.

“I’m really proud of this group for the continued adversity they’ve faced and gotten over. I’m just ready to start playing,” the coach said.

The Panthers were 3-2 going into road battles this week against Desert Edge, Notre Dame Prep and St. Mary’s, returning home to host rival Cactus High Tuesday, Feb. 9.

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For those pondering finding the right situation for a loved one in need of care, Benevilla hosts a free educational workshop on the Zoom online video conference platform at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 10.

“The New Normal: Finding Care for My Loved One” will feature two senior placement professional partners, Lori

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The presentation is part of the yearlong Benevilla C.A.R.E.S. “Educational Workshop” series to answer questions and provide guidance and resources to prepare for senior life changes, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To reduce the risk of public exposure during the COVID-19 pandemic, Benevilla converted its education workshops into livestream, online Zoom events.

Upcoming workshops cover a broad range of important topics, from in-home care management and hospice to estate preparation and tax savings tips.

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of the caves he hid in. Out of the pain of rejection. And I would have cheated Israel out of a God-hearted king.

“I would have pulled Esther out. Out of being snatched from her only family. Out of being placed in a position she never asked for. Out of the path of a vicious, power-hungry foe. And I would have cheated a people out of the woman God would use to save their very lives.

“And I would have pulled Jesus off.

Off the cross. Off the road that led to suffering and pain. Off the path that would mean nakedness and beatings, nails and thorns. And I would have cheated the entire world out of a Savior. Out of salvation. Out of an eternity filled with no more suffering and no more pain.”

(Kimberley speaking). “Oh, friend. I want to pull you out. I want to change your path. I want to stop your pain. But right now, I know I would be wrong. I would be out of line. I would be cheating you and cheating the world out of so much good. God knows the good this pain will produce. God knows the beauty this ‘hard’ will grow in you. He’s SEE UPSIDE

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Do you know what I have learned over the years? There’s nothing that will improve your walk with God and your prayer life more than a big crisis in your life. Let me illustrate.

A priest, a minister and a guru sat discussing the best prayer positions, while a telephone repairman worked nearby.

“Kneeling is the best way to pray,” the priest said. “No,” said the minister. “I get the best results standing with my hands outstretched to Heaven.” “You’re both wrong,” the guru said. “The most effective prayer position is lying down on the floor.” The repairman could not contain himself any longer after listening to their conversation. “Hey, fellas,” he interrupted. “The best praying that I ever did was when I was hanging upside down from a telephone pole.”

Someone once said, “When you find yourself at the end of a rope, you will find out God lives there. We’ve been

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learn more from our trials than our victories. A mistake that makes you humble is better than an achievement that makes you arrogant. God’s grace humbles us without degrading us and exalts us without inflating us.

Many people in the Bible journeyed through severe trials they didn’t even cause. When they went through their difficulties, they couldn’t understand why it was happening to them. They saw things from their understanding. That’s like trying to describe an elephant by only looking at its trunk. A partial picture, the trunk, is not the whole picture, an elephant. We miss the “but wait, there’s more” part.

Kimberly Henderson of Prov. 31 Ministries (proverbs31.org) enlightens us about the “but wait, there’s more” aspect of their stories.

(God speaking) “I would have pulled Joseph out. Out of that pit. Out of that prison. Out of that pain. And I would have cheated nations out of the one leader God would use to deliver them from famine.

“I would have pulled David out. Out of Saul’s spear-throwing presence. Out

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there, at the end of our rope, haven’t we? The further we slide down the rope, the higher the anxiety. Generally, sliding down the rope causes more stress than when you reach the end of the rope.

Hanging upside down from a telephone pole would catch my attention, how about yours?

But God lives at the end of the rope.

There you will be, a bit battered and bruised but alive. He will come and save you for a higher purpose. You will then, and only then, see the reason, perhaps even a divine reason, for your struggle.

You will have grown. It’s not what you become but what you overcome that matters. Most of the time, everything works out in the end. If it hasn’t worked out, it’s not the end. So far, you have survived 100% of your worst days.

You might be thinking, “Ed, Mr. Rogers did not adequately prepare me for the people in my neighborhood.” Yep, that’s right. God wants us to grow up before we grow old. If you caused the struggle, remember God has more “good” things for you in your future than you have ever done “bad” in your past. God redeems and then lifts us. God knows we

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watching over you. He promises you that you can trust Him, even when it feels like more than you can bear.

“So instead of trying to pull you out, I’m lifting you. I’m kneeling before the Father, and I’m asking Him to give you strength and hope. I’m asking Him to protect you and to move you when the time is right. I believe God is going to use your life in powerful and beautiful ways. Ways that will leave your heart both grateful and thankful for the road you’ve been on.”

Someone special needed this article today. There’s an elephant (bigger picture)

attached to the elephant trunk (smaller picture) of your current dilemma. Like Joseph, David, Esther or Jesus, just you wait until you see the big picture.

Could it be that your present distress is for your best, redemptively crafted into a bigger picture by a Father who knows best? Welcome to a bigger world.

You’ve got mail! Psalm 27:13-14.

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Teen chosen for prestigious Air Force scholarship

BY SARAH DONAHUE Peoria Times Staff Writer

At the age of 16, most teenagers are worried about getting their driver’s license. However, 16-year-old James Cook of Peoria is taking it a step further and is on his way to becoming a licensed pilot.

Cook, a Liberty High School junior and a member of Cactus High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), was granted a scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

This scholarship will allow Cook to attend an accredited aviation university where he will participate in an eightweek private pilot license program this summer. The announcement was made Jan. 11.

“I can’t believe that they would choose me,” Cook said. “It’s not that often that someone receives this. I’m just lucky to have it. It just gives me a feeling of gratitude.”

Cook has been a member of ROTC for three years and is one of 230 cadets worldwide who were chosen to receive the scholarship from a pool of over 1,340 Air Force Junior ROTC applicants.

“We’ve had cadets try it for years, and we’ve never had anyone selected until this year,” said retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Roel Zamora, who has been an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor at Cactus High School for seven years. “It was exciting for us to see one of our best get recognized for it.”

Cook’s scholarship has encouraged other ROTC members at Cactus High School to apply as well, he said.

The scholarship is valued at approximately $22,500 and covers room and board, academics, transportation and

While Cook is already interested in joining the Air Force Academy, participants of this summer program do not incur a military commitment to the Air Force or any other branch of service, the university department states. Completing the program does not guarantee acceptance to military commissioning programs.

But it does provide participants with a college transcript, according to the university.

“I’m just excited to be free — like ‘free’ free,” Cook said. “I’m going cross country in the air and I’m not even in college yet.

It’s just — it’s a totally interesting feeling.”

James Cook, a junior at Liberty High School The thing Cook is most exand member of Air Force Junior ROTC at cited for about his scholarship Cactus High School, received a scholarship is gaining “deep experience” as to an accredited aviation university where he well as leadership skills so he will participate in an eight-week private pilot can help teach other people the license training program this summer. (Photo knowledge he learned. courtesy Roel Zamora) The scholarship program is an “Air Force-level initiative” flight hours that are required to earn a in partnership with the commercial aviprivate pilot license.

When the announcement was made, ation industry to combat the national Cook said his friends were “stunned” shortage of military and civilian pilots.

The process of applying to this scholand his parents were “just blown out of arship program started in September, the water.”

As for college, Cook will make a Zamora said. The Air University head“wish list” of schools he would poten- quarters sends announcements to ROTC tially like to attend, Zamora said. He instructors with details on eligibility rewill be placed at one of the partnering quirements.

When applications opened, howevuniversities based on how it matches er, students were still attending virtual and how many slots are open.

“This is probably the first of many school, Zamora said. This required exgreat things that are going to happen to tra efforts from ROTC instructors to get James,” Zamora said. “He’s interested in cadets to apply once classes resumed in going into the Air Force Academy and person, he added.

Cadets had until the middle of Nodoing some other military service, and this is a good indicator that he’s going to vember to complete online applications, be competitive for those kinds of things. Zamora said. ROTC instructors screen

cadets to ensure they meet age, fitness, GPA and all other requirements, also ensuring that they meet all deadlines, he added.

Cadets must also take a timed Aviation Qualification Test, which is similar to the SAT but also quizzes students on specific aviation knowledge, Zamora said. It includes instrument panels, diagrams of an airplane as well as chart readings.

Cook was born and raised in the North Valley and is also signed up for the National Honor Society at Liberty High School. He is on the track and field team.

Cook’s defining quality is his strong work ethic, Zamora said.

When Cook joined Cactus High School’s competitive air rifle shooting team, he didn’t have a lot of experience, Zamora said. Over time, he’s made significant progress and is now “probably the most dedicated team member that we’ve had,” he said.

“He’s a hard-working kid; and everything he does, he does to the best of his ability — and it’s starting to pay off for him,” he said.

Cook’s desire to join the Air Force started when he was in the eighth grade.

He traveled to Colorado Springs for a hockey tournament and realized he was playing on the Air Force Academy rink, he said.

This sparked his desire to try ROTC, he said, adding, “I just never looked back.”

The biggest lesson ROTC taught Cook is teamwork and collaboration, he said.

“It motivates you to work hard and have fun.”

Staff writer Sarah Donahue can be reached at sdonahue@timespublications.com.

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