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Hotel set to be demolished after 103 years

BY LAUREN SERRATO Peoria Times Staff Writer

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After 103 years, Peoria residents could soon be saying goodbye to the Edwards Hotel, as the city is looking to demolish it later this year.

Peoria’s first hotel has been under a demolition order on and off since 2016. Ongoing city inspections over the last five years have assessed the condition of the property and found continued deterioration, blight, insect damage, structural failure, trespass and collection of debris.

The most recent inspection in December resulted in 30 international property maintenance code violations.

The owner was notified and was given until Feb. 18 to either obtain a permit to demolish the structure or to redevelop it. The city did not receive a permit request for either course of action, according to Chris Hallett, director of neighborhood and human services for the city of Peoria.

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Safety concerns are plaguing the 103-year-old Edwards Hotel.

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Peoria launches transit survey for residents

BY ALLISON ENGSTROM Peoria Times Staff Writer

The city of Peoria has launched a transit survey seeking resident feedback on the current and future transportation methods to help the master planning process.

The transit master plan community survey will be open until March 12 for those who live, work and attend school or other activities in Peoria.

Peoria residents voted to approve the Plan Peoria 2040 general plan on Nov. 3, 2020, which calls for master planning

efforts for various modes of travel to provide an efficient transportation system in the growing city.

Projections of an additional 100,000 residents and 26,000 jobs over the next 20 years put a spotlight on the need to expand the city’s transit services as the population grows.

As the city grows, Transit Manager Cathy Colbath wants to ensure residents can be mobile within the community, and the transit plan will evaluate that, she said.

The plan will consider opportunities to improve access in the city with opportuni-

ties for autonomous vehicles, local buses, circulators, paratransit and express commuter buses. For higher-capacity services, the plan includes commuter rail and bus rapid transit.

“The first step of this master planning process is evaluating what we currently have and then asking our residents what they like, don’t like, and what they envision for the future of Peoria public transportation,” said Peoria Public Works Director Kevin Burke.

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“The No. 1 issue has been its detriment to the life and safety of those around it,” Hallett said.

“And then, public nuisance attractions so things can happen inside of that, whether it be homelessness or other criminal activity is constantly coming into breach. It’s just a dangerous building, to be quite honest, that has been sitting there and continues to get more and more dangerous as time goes on.”

The hotel, which was built in 1918, has not had any service, electricity or water since 2010, according to Hallett.

Because the Feb. 18 deadline has passed, the city will begin its plans to move forward with the potential demolition of the site.

While some may be concerned with the building’s long-standing reputation in Peoria, Hallett assures residents that the building is not historically significant, as it’s not certified or registered with the National Register of Historic Places.

“During this five-year process, all five owners have had opportunities to submit for historic consideration. So, are there ramifications to that? Depending on people’s views of the building and its history, but again, there is no historic significance as deemed by a national register,” he said.

Hallett said the safety of the commu-

The city is looking at demolishing the 103-year-old Edwards Hotel.

(Photo by Pablo Robles)

nity is what’s most important, and the building is a threat to that.

“There’s all kinds of safety issues,” he said, listing the structural integrity of the building, the homeless starting fires and local students being targeted on their walk home from school.

“But the biggest one is that nuisance attraction that attracts people to it to do kind of nefarious intriguing things inside of a building that’s old and creaky.

It is secured at any given moment that that fencing is breached consistently,

and we don’t know what’s going on once it is.”

So, what’s next for the 103-year-old Edwards Hotel? According to Jennifer Stein, communication director for the city of Peoria, there have been discussions about old pieces of the building being repurposed or incorporated into a historic or Old Town tribute.

—Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached at lserrato@timespublications.com

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Consisting of about 17 questions, the survey allows residents to give feedback on the current and future transit services in the city.

Several questions ask residents to indicate their level of support on expansion ideas like expanding transit services west on Northern Avenue to the city border, north on 83rd Avenue to Happy Valley Road and west on Bell Road to the city of Surprise.

Currently transit service in Peoria is limited to south of Bell Road.

Additional questions include providing a regional connector service that would allow access to Peoria, Glen-

dale, Surprise and other West Valley areas.

For more traditional ways of transportation like bus routes, the survey indicates adding an express bus route to North Phoenix/Deer Valley employment center and providing a limited stop bus service on Peoria Avenue connecting to the Metrocenter light rail station.

“One of the exciting things going on in transit is that as technology changes, transit is able to respond to that as well,” Colbath said.

Changing technology included in the survey includes implementing auton-

omous vehicles and electric bike and scooter share programs.

“Now, driverless cars, electric vehicles and a sharing economy all point to an exciting time of change that may again shift our daily habits and redefine how we interact in and out of our city,” Mayor Cathy Carlat said. “I encourage you to take part in the creation of Peoria’s transit master plan that will position us for a successful future in this changing environment.”

The survey can be found on the city of Peoria website, cityofpeoria.gov, under the transportation tab.

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First responders give updates on services

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As part of the preparation of the fiscal year 2021-22 budget, the city of Peoria’s fire-medical and police station officials gave an overview and reports of their efforts, statistics and updates during 2020 through the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the recent death of the retired Peoria Fire Capt. David Rehnke due to kidney cancer, Rob Brewster, deputy chief of administrative and support services division, revealed cancer is the leading cause in line-of-duty deaths in firefighters.

“The most recent data pulled from the International Association of Fire Fighters in 2019 shows that 75% are cancer caused,” Brewster said.

Since 2017, the Peoria Fire-Medical department has ramped up efforts to reduce firefighter exposures to the known carcinogens.

“Through our health and wellness committee, we have a cancer prevention work group that falls under that, and they are dedicated to doing research so that we can make informed decisions, educating our members and putting together training for our members,” Brewster said.

EMS Division Deputy Chief Jim Bratcher said a new ambulance was added in January 2020, followed by five additional paramedics.

“It’s been a challenging year,” Bratcher said.

“We responded to over 20,000 calls related to EMS. Of that, we did over 7,000 transports with our ambulance services. We added the fifth ambulance in January thanks to (city council) support and guidance.”

Bratcher outlined how the pandemic has affected the EMS division.

“As I mentioned, the pandemic has caused us to change a lot of what we do or approach it differently,” Bratcher said. “We have implemented and trained on all new COVID-19 protocols. The state developed new proto-

cols that involved patient treatment protocols, triage protocols and decontamination protocols. We implemented those very quickly at the beginning of the pandemic.”

Bratcher discussed the supply of important PPE and the challenge it presented.

“We did extensive training on appropriate PPE use, not only for our personnel but for our equipment and the safety of the patients that we serve,” he said. “We secured sufficient PPE, which was a challenge at the very beginning. It still remains somewhat of a challenge.”

As the department is required to maintain their continued education and training requirements, Bratcher said social distancing presented issues.

“We moved to a virtual format primarily with the teleconference options.

We managed to keep up to date with all our training through that. … That was quite a challenge at the very beginning.

There was a lot coming at us, and we needed to keep up,” Bratcher said.

Funded by the CARES Act, the department instituted a Peoria-specific, full-time community paramedicine program.

“That funding came to us in July. By August, we had 27 members trained specifically for community paramedicine, and we’re up and running full time,” Bratcher said.

Bratcher outlined the program’s fivemonth statistics.

“To date, it’s a little over five months of full-time operation with community paramedicine. We’ve had over 750 patient contacts. Over 200 home visits and 86 referrals to outside agencies,” Bratcher said.

The department partnered with Maricopa County Department of Health to administer flu vaccinations to 1,289 Peoria residents.

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Peoria preschool director wins education award

BY LAUREN SERRATO Peoria Times Staff Writer

Peoria Unified School District’s preschool director, Dr. Debbie Pischke, received the Linda Levine Outstanding Leadership Award for 2021 from the Arizona Division of Early Childhood Education.

Pischke was nominated in January and officially received the award in February.

“She is pivotal to our organization,” said Ali Bridgewater, executive director of elementary education with Peoria Unified School District.

“She provides students with the early interventions needed for them to be successful in school. Her family outreach is what sets her apart. She truly partners with families to ensure their children are provided with services that will greatly benefit them in the future.”

While Pischke said she feels honored and humbled to be given the award, she credits the exceptional teachers for their commitment to their students.

“It’s nice to be recognized, but the people that really deserve it are the people that are doing the hard work with the kids every single day. I just feel like maybe I drive the snowplow so that they can get through,” she said.

Going on her 39th year as an educator, Pischke started as a kindergarten teacher and now serves as the early childhood director for the Peoria School District, primarily overseeing

Dr. Debbie Pischke said she feels honored and humbled to be given the award.

However, she credits the exceptional teachers for their commitment to their students. (Photo by Pablo Robles)

the preschool program.

“When I started it was a very small preschool program,” Pischke said, “It just kind of grew. We started with four classrooms and 60 kids and we’re now, in a non-COVID year, with over 1,000 kids.”

Pischke has played a crucial role in getting the proper funding for the district’s early childhood development program. Most recently, Pischke helped secure $250,000 in extra fund-

ing after the state announced monies were available due to COVID-19.

Additionally, after a year in the works, Pischke helped facilitate a program and partnership with Glendale Community College that allows interns at the college to work with preschool students.

“It was a totally different model than we’ve done anywhere else, but it is hugely successful, and it is a gorgeous campus. The college has been

“We have reallocated $250,949 from our budget to ensure our vehicles are up to speed and that they are properly equipped,” said Miller. “We also have in the budget to civilianize one position that was formerly a police officer position, and now we want to add a civilian information specialist.”

Miller presented a staffing update, mentioning the “streamlining” of the recruiting and hiring process.

“I’ve been saying for a couple years now that every month it just keeps getting better,” he explained. “We have a staff now that has received additional training on how to recruit qualified

candidates and how to train them once hired.”

Giving a crime stats update, Miller said the department implemented schedule changes.

“Going back to the matrix report three years ago, some of the suggestions were a modification of the start times for officers. We’ve implemented that and that has been received well,” Miller said. “This is a work in progress, but I am pleased with the way it’s working out. It does reduce our overtime to some degree.”

Miller revealed there was a reduction of calls for service between 2019 to

great. They even redid the entire playground,” she said.

In regard to her success and leadership ability, Pischke said the key is “finding the opportunities and figuring out how to take advantage of them.”

As the school year continues, the Peoria school district is one of the few commits to a modified virtual learning curriculum. Preschoolers have been back on campus since Sept. 8, with half of the students attending in-person on Monday and Tuesday, the other half on Wednesday and Thursday.

During the pandemic, Pischke and her co-workers have been adapting to a new way of learning and teaching.

For the preschoolers, Pischke said cleaning procedures have been a major priority in limiting cases of COVID-19.

Puppets and dress-up clothes have been stored away, as they’re difficult to sanitize. Toys are divided to ensure the morning kids aren’t playing with the same toys as the afternoon kids.

“We know that online is not how young children learn best,” Pischke said. “We brought them back last year, and everyone is wearing masks. They are spectacular at wearing masks.”

As for what Pischke hopes to see in the future for the district: “A normal year. A typical year would be really, really nice,” she said.

—Staff writer Lauren Serrato can be reached at lserrato@ timespublications.com

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were happy and fortunate to be able to do with the resources at the community paramedicine program.”

The Peoria Police Department presented the effects on its resources, phone call volumes and budget overview during the pandemic.

“We’ve been very compliant with the request from our city managers and deputy city managers to buckle down on our budget to make sure the public receives the service they require and be fiscally responsible,” said Police Chief Arthur Miller.

Miller explained that teams in the city were asked to reduce their budgets.

2020, with 71,000 during 2020.

“That, I believe, has a little to do with people staying home. On one hand, it could create different kinds of calls or an increase in family type calls versus crime calls,” Miller said.

His department’s response time continues to be below the national average, even though it’s “very busy.”

“We’re handling all the calls we can,” he said. “They are hovering right below the national average, so I’m comfortable with the amount of calls that we’re receiving and then the quickness with which we’re handling those calls.”

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Peoria news briefs

Traffic collision results in fatality

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

Peoria police arrest sexual abuse suspect

A 66-year-old Sun City man who worked as a Peoria Unified School District bus aide was arrested on one count of sexual abuse and one count of vulnerable adult abuse on Feb. 24, according to the Peoria Police Department.

Investigated since Feb. 17, Marco Chinchilla was on administrative leave for not seat belting a passenger on a bus. While the Peoria Unified School District staff was investigating that incident, they discovered evidence that Chinchilla had allegedly inappropriately touched a passenger on the bus and they immediately notified the Peoria Police Department, which began its investigation.

Chinchilla was arrested, interviewed and processed at the Peoria Police Department before being booked into the

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Marco Chinchilla. (Photo courtesy of the Peoria Police Department)

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Charges may be added or amended, as this is an ongoing investigation.

If anyone has additional information regarding this incident, they are encouraged to contact the Peoria Police Department at 623-773-8311.

A 50-year-old Phoenix man riding a motorcycle was killed at the intersection of West Olive Avenue and North 87th Avenue at 5:45 p.m. Feb. 22, according to the Peoria Police Department.

Kevin Surratt of Phoenix was traveling east on West Olive Avenue, approaching 87th Avenue. A driver of a gray sport utility vehicle was traveling west on West Olive Avenue and was making a left turn, going south onto North 87th Avenue when they collided.

Surratt sustained significant injuries and was transported to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced deceased.

The driver of the gray SUV sustained minor injuries and was evaluated by medical personnel at the scene. The driver remained at the scene and was cooperative during the investigation.

The intersection was closed for several hours during the investigation but was open for normal traffic at approximate-

ly 9:45 p.m.

The Peoria Police Department’s Traffic Services Unit is still investigating this incident, and alcohol is not believed the be a factor in this collision.

At the time of this release, no arrests have been made and no citations have been issued.

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Online floral company finds success is blooming

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor

Whitney Bromberg Hawkings was working for fashion designer Tom Ford when she became frustrated with the cost and inconsistency of the flowers she was buying and sending.

After 19 years with Ford, she decided to start FLOWERBX, an online flower delivery services that sources the freshest flowers, direct from growers. She specializes in seasonally optimal flowers, like peonies in the spring and in the fall hydrangea, followed by ranunculus in the winter.

“I wanted to create a branded floral offering,” she said. “As a working mom, I was buying everything online.

I bought my weekly farm-fresh groceries online, my clothes online, my beauty online. Yet, I found it was impossible to buy flowers in a simple, chic and fuss-free way online.”

Now in its fourth year, FLOWERBX, as well as Hawkings, is based in London, but recently she opened an LA hub to service California, Arizona, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Montana, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming.

Her clients include British Fashion Council, Chanel, Conde Nast, Harrods, L’Occitane and Tiffany & Co. “My vision for FLOWERBX was always for it to be a global brand,” she said. “Interflora is inconsistent in all of the territories in which it operates, and the client is at the mercy of whichever florist is fulfilling the order.

“I wanted to create a consistent and beautiful floral experience in all of the territories in which we operate.

While the entire United States has always been in the cards, we accelerated our expansion plans to encompass the East and West coasts over the past year as the desire to stay connected with flowers and live life with beauty

Whitney Bromberg Hawkings worked for Tom Ford for 19 years, after which she started FLOWERBX. (Submitted photo)

has been stronger than ever.”

Hawkings said she learned her entrepreneurial skills from Ford, for whom she would have worked for another 20 years. She began her career in Paris working for him at Gucci and later became his communications director upon the launch of his eponymous label in 2005.

“Working with Tom was a dream come true,” she said. “The lessons I learned from him are countless, and I couldn’t have learned from a better teacher how to build a successful, recognizable and powerful brand, among the many other lessons I learned from him.

“He taught me the importance of hard work and perseverance but also about the art of creating desire, of telling a story around a product and setting a scene to make it irresistible.

I have tried to apply all of these learnings to FLOWERBX in my goal of creating what I know will be the first global flower brand.”

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County sees increase in housing inventory

BY LISA BAKER Peoria Times Contributing Writer

The first month of 2021 saw 293 MLS listing sales close in Glendale and 289 in Peoria.

Today there are 117 active and available listings (not counting properties already under contract or pending close of escrow) in MLS in Glendale and 103 in Peoria. That’s 40% of one month’s inventory in Glendale, up from 30% in December and 28% down from 34.3% of one month’s inventory in Peoria.

Today’s Maricopa County inventory is 54.3% of January’s closed sales, up from 49.6% in December. In Maricopa County, the days a listing spent on the market rose slightly from 41.39 to 43.62.

While it looks like Glendale and Maricopa County overall have seen an increase in available inventory, that data needs to come with a little perspective.

According to Cromford Report data, the number of available Maricopa County listings in January 2021 was down 18% from December 2020 and over 50% from January 2020. And Cromford Report data continues to track month-over-month increases in the average final sale price per square foot, with January 2021 sale prices up 1.8% from December 2020 sales, consistent with the roughly 2% month-over-month increases we saw in the last quarter of 2020.

According to ShowingTime, the platform Realtors use to schedule most of the MLS showings, Peoria listings in the $300,000 to $399,999 range had the highest number of showings for the second straight month at 31.64% of January traffic. Listings in the $200,000 to $299,999 range came in second at 26.2%, and listings in the $400,000 to $499,999 range pulled in 21.07% of the showing traffic last month. Glendale statistics show traffic split almost evenly between the $200,000 to $299,999 and $300,000 to $399,999 segments, at 37.01% and 38.82%, respectively.

We should continue to see these shifts in showing traffic as prices and demand increase and low-interest rates afford buyers more purchasing power. Not all showings are scheduled through ShowingTime, so actual numbers are typically higher.

According to Freddie Mac, mortgage rates are beginning to increase slightly for a 30-year fixed loan. As of Feb. 18, national mortgage rates reported the U.S. weekly averages of 2.81% for a 30-year fixed, 2.21% for a 15-year fixed rate and 2.77% for a five-year ARM. January entry-level prices for a detached home with three bedrooms and two baths­­­­­­ in the West Valley dropped a bit for FHA buyers, as buyers using FHA financing saw minimums of $107,000 in Maricopa County, $217,000 in Glendale and $214,000 in Peoria. Conventional financing buyers in Maricopa County saw a decrease to $136,225, as did Peoria conventional buyers down to $235,000, but Glendale conventional buyers saw an increase to $243,000. Maricopa County VA buyers saw an increase to $230,000, and Glendale VA buyers increased to $265,000, with a drop for Peoria VA buyers to $278,000.

According to MLS statistics, the number of Maricopa County buyers financing their purchases in January dipped slightly to 81.1% from 82.7% in December. Conventional financing made up 58.1% of those sales, FHA financing 9.8%, VA financing 5.7%, and the remaining sales used other financing methods. In January, only 8.9% of sellers contributed to buyers’ closing costs.

If your finances need a fresh perspective, please know that you are not alone. If you’re a homeowner, contact your lender to see what programs they are offering.

If you’re a tenant, rental assistance is available through the Arizona Department of Housing website atsaveourhomeaz.gov. If you’re a Landlord, you can apply for aid at arizonatogether.org/ grants.

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Dodgers prepare to defend World Series title

BY ETHAN GRENI

Peoria Times Staff Writer

Winning a world championship is one of the toughest things to accomplish in sports, but there’s one thing that’s even tougher.

Defending that title.

As the Los Angeles Dodgers return to their annual spring home in Glendale, their quest to repeat as World Series champions is taking shape.

“I’m just excited to be back out on a baseball field and in this locker room with these guys,” said Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner during a Zoom call from the team’s Spring Training facility.

“Ready to get started on another mission to win another championship.”

The Dodgers had a big offseason, bringing in 2020 NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer on a three-year, $102 million contract. Two other notable “acquisitions” for the team were resigning Turner after allowing him to explore free agency, and getting starting pitcher David Price back after he opted out of the 2020 season.

Price hasn’t pitched since Sept. 1, 2019, giving the 35-year-old about 19 months of rest by the time he makes his first appearance as a Dodger.

“I think at this point in my career it can be a good thing, just to kind of let my body reset, let my arm reset, being able to use that time to let my body heal,” Price said. “Doing what we do, especially as a starting pitcher, having all the innings and all the pitches thrown, that can definitely take a toll.”

Manager Dave Roberts echoes that sentiment.

Pitcher Trevor Bauer, left, and infielder Justin Turner prepare for the 2021 season at their Spring Training facility in Glendale. (Photo by Jon SooHoo/LA Dodgers)

“I think if anything, it’ll affect him (positively), as far as on the physical (side),” Roberts said. “I think on the emotional side, I think that there’s going to be some adrenaline, some nerves, which is to be expected, but … I know he’s willing to help us in any way, and just to kind of get him back working with our guys is just a benefit to everybody.”

Even with all that rest, Price admitted the only way to truly prepare is to get back on the mound.

“To me, that’s what you use Spring Training for. I feel like you really can’t simulate that game action until you get out there,” Price said. “Even whenever I’m playing year to year, those first couple of spring outings, they always feel brand new. You’re out there feeling for things that make

you tick. That’s what I’ll be doing, and everything feels really good right now.”

Turner’s return to the Dodgers wasn’t a sure thing, but after testing the open market, nothing was enticing enough to lure him away from Los Angeles.

“Obviously LA and the Dodgers hold a pretty big spot in my heart.

I’ve spent the last seven years here making a ton of memories,” Turner said. “It’s a place that’s always been special to me, and going into the offseason and through this free agency process, it’s something that never, never left my mind.”

Turner coming back was also the Dodgers’ preferred outcome, according to President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman.

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“For us, all of our kind of ace scenarios, in terms of how things played out, had JT returning,” Friedman said.

“Obviously we had to do our work to kind of line up some alternatives in the event it didn’t work out, but that ideally, we would let their process fully play out and that we would be there.”

This should be an interesting spring for the Dodgers, especially in the pitching department. With so many talented arms, the team has already moved a few of them to clubs where they’ll get more opportunities.

Reliever Adam Kolarek was traded to the Oakland Athletics in a deal that brought back infield prospect Sheldon Neuse, who could see time in the majors in 2021.

“Neuse is a guy that is a really good defender on the infield, and we think there’s some offensive upside that we can tap into,” Friedman said.

“I think him pairing with our hitting guys, we have a chance for something really special to click.

We’ll take the chance to get to know him better over the next few weeks and figure out the timing of when and how to do those things.”

Figuring things out is what Spring Training is for, but for a team that just won the World Series, there may not be too much left to figure out.

“The amount of talent that we have on this team and in this organization, that was apparent in Spring Training (last year), and it really played true to that the entire season,” Price said.

The Dodgers opened their spring schedule Feb. 28 against the Athletics.

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“Stop selling and start helping.”

All of us who want to grow our business many times struggle with the idea that getting in front of a buyer or potential customer is the most important thing.

I agree, but I can’t tell you how often, as a CEO, people seek to meet with me to just sell a product or service. And when they gain access, what do they do? It always starts with a spew of features, advantage and benefits and a 20page presentation. Not one question or advance study of my business or anything.

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Do your homework: Before you meet with a potential referral partner, don’t forget about the importance of collecting information. Information about the person, his or her connections and accomplishments and focus of business and in life. Being thorough in your preparation will facilitate a constructive conversation.

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Stay connected/build credibility: Take great notes. Once you understand your referral partners’ needs and points of interest, work to deliver on those.

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The BHHS Legacy Foundation has provided a $15,000 grant to Midwestern University to help foster health care career experiences for Valley high school students in 2021.

The grant will support Midwestern University’s spring and summer programs for high schoolers, including the Virtual Arizona Regional Brain Bee (5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 3), the Virtual Health Sciences Career Month (April), and the Health Careers Institute for High School Students (Monday, July 12, to Friday, July 16).

A live competition similar to a spell- Midwestern University is hosting a series ing bee, the Virtual Arizona Regional of educational programs for teens this year.

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The Health Sciences Career Month is designed for high school classes to attend online presentations created by Midwestern University’s health care professionals.

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Judgments, generalizations, vows, oh my!

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Pastor Ed Delph Peoria Times Columnist

This article is the third of four installments about learning how to trust all over again.

With all we have gone through recently with COVID-19, elections, masks and isolation from quarantines, there will be some trust issues in most people about almost everything.

Here’s a learning-to-trust-again example. Let’s consider Bob, who has put his pastor on a pedestal. He believes that his pastor can do no wrong, that he always speaks the words of God, that he is a perfect Christian, abounding in wisdom and understanding. But when that pastor, as pastors will, makes a mistake in handling a situation or says something that touches an exposed nerve in Bob’s life, or even falls into a moral problem, then what happens to Bob? He feels hurt or betrayed.

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Notice how Bob made a judgment and a generalization about all pastors based on one pastor. Pastors are alike. I was stupid to trust him. Then he made a vow, and I’ll never trust another pastor again. He judged, made a vow, and then generalized. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!

Judgments and vows are not all bad.

If you touch your hand on a hot stove burner and decide not to do that again, that is wisdom. However, if you decided never to touch a stove again, that would be overgeneralizing. Many times, when you generalize, you end up living by self-imposed general lies.

What about Bob? Perhaps he should have been more realistic about his pastor. Perhaps making his pastor and church a god created an expectation in Bob that only God could fulfill. Maybe Bob should get involved in a church again, only this time he needs to focus more on Jesus.

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Vows vary in intensity from weak to powerful. The more powerful they are, the more the vow influences your decisions and behavior. Here are three rules about vows: First, the more traumatic the experience, the more powerful the resulting vow. Second, the more often the experience, the more powerful the resulting vow. Third, the more recent the experience, the more powerful the resulting vow.

Intensity, frequency and recency all contribute to the power of the vow.

What does this mean? If something horrible happened to you more than once and not too long ago, you would not let yourself get into that situation again soon. That can either be good or bad depending on what happened and who or what you trusted!

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That’s wisdom, not an overreaction.

Mark Twain once said, “We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it — and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again, and that is well, but she will never sit down on a cold stove lid either.”

Let’s get back to Bob. What happens if the object we place our trust in fails, disappoints, hurts us or does not meet our expectations? We act or react — often more emotionally than rationally. As a result, we make internal vows about what or what not to trust.

In the human reasoning process, individuals evaluate their own experiences, form judgments about those experiences, and then make a vow to guide future decisions. Webster defines a vow as “…a solemn promise or pledge, especially one made to God or a god, dedicating oneself to an act, service or way of life.”

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Voice of the Martyrs goes virtual at Bellevue

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The Voice of the Martyrs, an organization that chronicles persecution of Christians around the world, will present a special virtual program on Friday, March 5, and Bellevue Heights Church in Sun City will host the event locally.

The presentation will feature three men who witnessed to their Christian

faith in Iran, Turkey and Sudan only to be arrested, interrogated and sent to prison. Admission is free, and the event is sponsored by BHC Women’s Ministry and the Soup Ministry.

The event begins at 4:30 p.m. with a meal of soup and bread in Franklin Hall, to be followed by the virtual presentations from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

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Webster defines generalization as “to infer or derive a general law or precept from particular instances.” Many times, the vows we make emotionally turn into generalizations such as, “I’m never going to get hurt again.” “I’m not going to be betrayed again.” “I’m never going to be vulnerable again.”

“All men are…” “All women are…”

“All politicians are…” “All liberals are…” “All conservatives are…” “All churches are…” Sound familiar?

It may seem like it or even feel like it, but “Not all pastors are…” “Not a women or men are…” “Not all liberals or conservatives are…”

What’s the problem with the song that says, “I’ll never fall in love again…all men will never phone you…all men have pneumonia…?” The singer will miss the person who would love her, phone her and doesn’t have enough germs to catch pneumonia. Just like

that cat will never step on a hot stove, she vowed she would never fall in love again. One experience doesn’t make every experience.

Next week, let’s regain our trust by trusting wisely. If it’s going to be, it starts with me.

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Deer Valley honors teachers, rookies of the year

BY MONICA ALLREAD

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The DVUSD Governing Board recently began recognizing the 2019-20 Teachers and Rookies of the Year and will honor additional teachers during future board meetings.

Deer Valley Education Foundation (DVEF) board President Charly Filipek presented the honorees.

Each year, the Deer Valley Education Foundation holds an extensive nomination, application and interview process to identify the DVUSD Teachers of the Year. The recipients are awarded with a $500 check and a trophy.

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The following teachers were honored at the Jan. 26 DVUSD Governing Board meeting.

Chef Ryan Mattheis has taught culinary arts at Barry Goldwater High School for seven years. Part of Mattheis’ philosophy is, “When you become a teacher you sign up to be in the business of human beings. Teaching requires you to become a part of a student’s life, and you make connections no other profession experiences.”

Vicky Muñoz has graced the halls Superintendent Dr. Curtis Finch, left, and Barry Goldwater High School Principal Anita Stulc congratulate Teacher of the Year chef Ryan Mattheis.

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Braedyn Matthews, an eighth grade student at Heritage Elementary School, was the Maricopa County Region IV Spelling Bee champion.

His winning word on Feb. 19 was “extinguish.”

Christine Koenig, an eighth grade student at Foothills Elementary School, secured

third place in the regional competition.

The spelling bee was streamed live, and anyone unable to watch the event can view it on demand on the district’s YouTube channel.

Braedyn will advance to the state spelling bee in March. Then, 27 students from across the state will move on to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., the summer of 2021.

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Some state politicians want to expand private school subsidies using tax dollars CUT from local schools. They claim it would help poor children get a better education, but here are THE FACTS: Private school vouchers have a proven track record of fraud & abuse, one audit finding more than $700,000 in taxpayer fraud

source: Arizona Republic

These private school subsidies, deceptively named “Empowerment Scholarship Accounts” cost AZ taxpayers more than $100 million EVERY YEAR and are mostly used by affluent families in Scottsdale

source: Arizona Republic

Politicians and lobbyists say it’s to save children from failing schools, but children in D & F rated schools ALREADY qualify for vouchers AND local West Valley schools are almost all rated A, B, or C

source: Arizona Department of Education

A new proposal (Senate Bill 1452) would make 86 percent of AZ students eligible for private school vouchers - regardless of income!

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Superintendent Dr. Curtis Finch and Barry Goldwater High School Principal Anita Stulc congratulate Teacher of the Year Vicky Muñoz.

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Superintendent Dr. Curtis Finch and Terramar Academy of the Arts Principal Sharon Wieser congratulate Rookie Teacher of the Year Jordan Schwab.

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“As an educator, we have the ability and the responsibility to help create a successful future for our students, and I will strive to achieve this success with honor, motivation and love,” Ramos said.

The awards wrapped up with Rookie of the Year Jordan Schwab, a special education teacher at Terramar.

“My purpose on Earth was to become a special education teacher,” Schwab said. “At the end of the day, children whose basic human needs go unmet will not be able to thrive within instruction.”

The remaining DVEF Teachers of the Year will be honored at upcoming DVUSD Governing Board meetings.

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ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I Name: CURRICULUM DUO LLC II The address of the registered office is: 9137 W BLACK HILL RD, PEORIA, AZ 85383. The name of the Statutory Agent is: CHARLES ROBERT BONIFACE III Management of the Limited Liability Company is vested in a manager or managers. The names of each person who is a manager and each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: MANAGERS Amy Boniface AND CHARLES ROBERT BONIFACE, 9137 W BLACK HILL RD, PEORIA, AZ 85383. Published: Peoria Times, Feb. 25, Mar 4, 11, 2021 / 36530

NOTICE OF BID PUBLIC NOTICE CALL FOR DONORS TO THE PEORIA ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY The City of Peoria is attempting to locate the rightful owners of artifacts donated to the museum of the former Peoria Arizona Historical Society. The Peoria Arizona Historical Society has been dissolved and as outlined by the by-laws of the Society, the dissolution results in all assets being turned over to the City of Peoria. The City is seeking to return donated or loaned artifacts to the original owners or legal heirs, based on documentation found in PAHS records or proof of original ownership provided by claimants. Copies of donation or loan documents will help expedite the process. The deadline for parties to come forward with a claim for their items is May 20, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. Interested parties should contact the following: Sharon Roberson Assistant to the City Manager City of Peoria 8401 W. Monroe Ave. Peoria, AZ 85345 By Phone: 6237 7 3 - 7 5 7 2 B y e - m a i l : Sharon.Roberson@peoriaaz.gov The Peoria Arizona Historical Society worked to promote and encourage an interest in local history. The unique character of Peoria has been shaped by over one hundred years of history, people and culture. The Society laid the foundation for the City to continue to highlight history.

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned intends to sell the personal property described below to enforce a lien imposed on said property pursuant to the Arizona Self-Service Storage Act, Arizona Statutes 33-1704, Section H, Enforcement of Lien. The Undersigned will sell at public sale by competitive bidding on or after March 19, 2021 at 9:00am using an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com, said property has been stored and located at Suncrest Mini Storage, 7410 W. Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345. Property to be sold as follows: Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit #

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Misc. household goods, personal items, furniture, clothing, toys and/or business fixtures and items belonging to the following: Tenant Name Unit # Minerva Chavarria C284 Crystal Davis B248 Pete Moreno P134 David Porter K584 David Porter P121 Josh Rockrich A228 Rebecca Young R198 Sale subject to cancellation in the event of settlement between owner and obligated party. Items sold “as is”, CASH ONLY, and Buyer must pay a security deposit and broom sweep/clean the unit.

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SUMMONS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Civil Action No. 18-cv-05418 SUMMONS IN A CIVIL ACTION TERRY WILLIAMS Plaintiff(s) v. MELISSA ARNETTE ELLIOTT also known as MISSY MISDEMEANOR ELLIOTT (DEFENDANT ELLIOTT); TIMOTHY MOSLEY also known as TIMBALAND; ESTATE OF AALIYAH HAUGHTON; and BLACKROUND ENTERPRISES Defendant(s) To: (Defendant’s name and address) Blackground Records A/K/A Blackground Enterprises 12703 W. Desert Vista Trail, Peoria, AZ 85383 A lawsuit has been filed against you. Within 21 days after service of this summons on you (not counting the day you received it) — or 60 days if you are the United States or a United States agency, or an officer or employee of the United States described in Fed. R. Civ. P. 12 (a)(2) or (3) — you must serve on the plaintiff an answer to the attached complaint or a motion under Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

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