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BUCKEYE POLICE OFFICER Dave Smith stands with his K-9 partner, Cido, during the 10-year-old Belgian Malinois’ retirement ceremony July 5 at Buckeye City Hall. Cido, who was honored for his eight years of work with the Buckeye Police Department and S.W.A.T, will spend his retirement by joining Smith’s family full time. To see all photos from this shoot, go to www.westvalleyview.com/pictures.

Cido out!

Buckeye K9 retires after 8 years of service

by Chris Caraveo staff writer

Man’s best friend called it a career after serving with the Buckeye Police Department for eight years.

Cido, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, retired from the department July 1, with an official ceremony July 5 during the Buckeye City Council meeting.

He worked together with K9 Officer David Smith as a dual-purpose canine, trained in locating illegal substances and suspect location and apprehension.

Smith described Cido as very laid back, easy going and social until it is time to work.

Throughout his career, Cido helped locate and apprehend numerous suspects who attempted to elude or evade Buckeye police and other law enforcement agencies.

Cido also helped discover thousands of pounds of illegal substances and narcotics, including marijuana, cocaine, heroine and methamphetamines, and helped seize millions of dollars in Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization funds during narcotics investigations.

“No one incident stands out while working with the SWAT team,” Smith said. “K9 Cido was always ready and willing to assist the team by conducting searches of the area or residence prior to sending team members into the situation.”

Cido joined Buckeye police in December 2008 from California. When Buckeye started its K9 program, the trainer for the Goodyear Police Department helped select its dogs. Cido happened to fall into the city’s lap.

Cido underwent 400 hours of canine academy with Smith. During that time, he was exposed to different environments and scenarios. Through repetition and exposure, Smith said he and Cido learned how to work together to be successful in their duties.

“Once the academy was complete, we were tested to ensure that we successfully met industry standards,” Smith said. “After the academy, we continued to train for 10 hours a week to ensure we kept up on the things we learned during the academy. We never stop training.”

When Cido was first introduced to the SWAT team, he had trouble with flash bangs and gun fire, but exposure and training helped him overcome those fears, Smith said.

Three K9 officers are part of the police department, with two SWAT certified in case Cido took a day off, because he was the only canine assigned to work with the SWAT team.

Determining when to retire a K9 depends on many factors — age, overall health, type of work performed over the years and willingness to continue working.

Smith said Cido is still doing well, but has done some amazing things that were hard on his body, particularly while trying to apprehend suspects, and he preferred to have Cido retire while still at the top of his game.

“During training scenarios, we do agility things,” Smith said. “If they’re not succeeding, it’s basically being harder and harder for them to succeed. They have to jump through windows and vehicles. They have to be able to get in the back of a pickup truck. Once they start losing some of that, that’s when it’s time.”

The city has another K9 officer about the same age as Cido who still works. The dog is trained in search and seizure only, not in suspect apprehension.

“This dog’s career will likely be longer since he wasn’t also going after bad guys, too,” said Annie DeChance, communications manager for Buckeye.

Smith has been training a new partner, Cliff, who will become the primary SWAT canine.

Cido will become a full-time member of Smith’s family, meaning more time on the couch and in front of the television. The Smiths already have two golden retrievers, Daisy May and Allie May, whom Cido gets along well with, Smith said. More hunting and camping trips are also in store.

“He’s great with the kids,” said Julie Smith, David’s wife. “To go from the patrol aspect to being at home – the kids can play ball with him. He’s a big ol’ teddy bear with them.”

Buckeye Mayor Jackie Meck quoted GK Chesterton at the close of the retirement ceremony, saying, “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”

For Cido, it’s the Smiths now instead of the police department.

“He is 100 percent part of the pack,” Smith said.

Chris Caraveo can be reached at ccaraveo@westvalleyview.com.

healthcare town hall July 8 at Westview High School in Avondale to discuss ongoing efforts in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act. To see all photos from this shoot, go to www.westvalleyview.com/pictures.

Grijalva rallies against GOP’s new healthcare proposal

Congressman says officials have ‘gotten an earful’ during public debate

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

The debate over healthcare policy arrived in the West Valley last weekend with a town hall sponsored by Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva, who said Congress should abandon a Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

As Congress returns to the issue this week after a July 4 recess, Grijalva said he was optimistic that representatives have heard citizens’ complaints about the plan that has passed the House and is under consideration by the Senate.

“Everybody has gotten an earful of what the public wants,” Grijalva said at the public meeting July 8 at Westview High School in Avondale.

Grijalva, who represents District 3, which covers parts of the West Valley, said Congress should “scrap” the current proposal and start over to work to improve the Affordable Care Act.

“There are fixes that the Affordable Care Act needs,” he said about the signature legislative

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Fatal crash closes I-10 in Tonopah

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A fatal collision closed westbound Interstate 10 at Milepost 98 in Tonopah for several hours early July 6, officials said.

The crash occurred at about 1:50 a.m. near 339th Avenue and involved a semi-truck with double trailers and a pickup truck with a camper on the bed, said Trooper Kameron Lee, a spokesman with the Arizona Department of Public Safety.

The pickup truck driver, identified as Cai Rui Wang, 67, of Rosamond, Calif., was declared dead at the scene, Lee said.

“It is unknown right now how the collision actually occurred; however, we do know that the pickup caught fire,” he said.

The semi-truck driver was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Lee said.

The cause of the accident is under investigation.

Man arrested in home burglary case

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A Phoenix man was arrested July 6 in connection to a burglary four days earlier at a home near Garden Lakes Parkway and 107th Avenue in Avondale, officials said.

Luis Marquez-Rosales, 26, turned himself in to police, said Officer Jaret Redfearn, a spokesman with the Avondale Police Department.

According to police, MarquezRosales knocked on the front door of the house sometime between 4 and 7:45 p.m. July 2 before breaking inside and burglarizing it.

Marquez-Rosales was booked into Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail and faces a seconddegree burglary charge, Redfearn said.

Vacant mobile home catches fire in Avondale

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

An unoccupied mobile home in Avondale was a total loss after a fire spread quickly through the structure July 5, officials said.

Firefighters were dispatched at about 4:30 p.m. to 1012 S. Frost Lane, northwest of Central Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road, said Division Chief Ben Avitia, a spokesman with Avondale Fire and Medical.

“The fire had quickly spread and consumed most of the structure, making entry into the mobile home an unsafe action,” Avitia said.

Once firefighters determined no occupants were in the home, they used a defensive strategy to extinguish the fire from the outside and ensure it did not spread to adjacent homes or structures, he said.

The mobile home didn’t have any utilities hooked up to it, Avitia said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Suspects sought in school burglary

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Police are asking the public for help identifying two people who burglarized Youngker High School, 3000 S. Apache Road in Buckeye, during the early morning hours on July 3.

Also wanted in connection with the crime is a tan, two-

Buckeye man arrested when drugs allegedly found during traffic stop

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A Buckeye man was arrested June 27 during a traffic stop near Baseline Road and Second Avenue West after police allegedly found fentanyl laced pills in his vehicle, officials said.

Eric “Eddie” Gonzalez, 22, was booked into Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail and faces multiple felony drug charges, Buckeye police said.

During the traffic stop, detectives allegedly discovered more than 90 “M30” pills concealed inside the vehicle, police said.

Several firearms were located when a search warrant was served on Gonzalez’s residence, police said.

door pick-up truck with an American flag attached to a pole on the bumper.

Anyone with information can contact the Buckeye Police Department at 623-349-6411 or email bpdtips@buckeyeaz.gov.

OSU students make honor roll

Thomas S. Sangillo of Goodyear and Shalyndria S. Finley of Tonopah made the 2017 spring semester honor roll at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore. To make the honor roll, students must be full time with a 3.5 or higher GPA.

Melanie Van Den Heuvel named to president’s list

Melanie Van Den Heuvel of Buckeye was named to the president’s list for the 2017 winter semester at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. To be placed on the president’s list, a student must maintain at least a 3.8 GPA.

Luis MarquezRosales

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SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE shows two people allegedly burglarizing Youngker High School in Buckeye July 3.

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Buckeye police issue sex offender notices Healthcare

achievement of President Barack Obama also known as Obamacare.

Grijalva claimed the Republican alternative that studies suggest could end insurance coverage for millions is not a healthcare plan but a political move to provide tax relief for those earning $1 million or more.

“It has little to do with healthcare and everything to do with a political agenda,” he said. “It’s a shift in wealth and it’s a tax cut agenda.”

He said the plan would mean rising costs for working families while undercutting benefits and slashing Medicaid programs that had been expanded under the Affordable Care Act.

Also speaking at the town hall, Dana Naimark, president of the Children’s Action Alliance, said proposed cuts to Medicaid would mean 65,000 more children in the state becoming uninsured and putting at risk 2 million children, seniors and disabled covered by the state’s AHCCCS program.

She said the impact to the state budget could pit healthcare against education funding.

Bryan Howard, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Arizona, said the proposal would prohibit women and men who get healthcare through AHCCCS from going to the seven clinics in the state where the organization provides annual exams, STD and HIV testing, birth control and abortion care.

“This bill needs to be stopped so we can have a conversation about the changes that are needed,” Howard said.

With several Republicans refusing to support the Senate bill, Grijalva predicted it would be difficult for the GOP

He said a recent proposal to repeal Obamacare now and replace it sometime in the future won’t work.

“At the end of the day, they can’t seem to get anything done,” Grijalva said of Republicans, who made repealing the Affordable Care Act a major issue in the 2016 election.

But Grijalva encouraged people to express themselves on healthcare.

“The pressure has to intensify,” he said.

Grijalva called on Arizona Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake, both Republicans, to reveal their positions on the healthcare bill.

“At some point, tell us, do you support the bill that’s in the Senate?” he said.

Grijalva also took to task his Republican colleagues who he said have not met with the public about the issue.

“Part of the responsibility is to listen to hear maybe opposing viewpoints,” said Grijalva, noting that he had done just that during “brutal” town halls before the Affordable Care Act was approved in 2010.

While Republican lawmakers across the country have faced angry constituents at town halls this time around, Grijalva’s meeting was peaceful, drawing about 100 people who appeared to generally agree with the congressman.

Of about a dozen citizens who spoke, only one came out against government involvement in health insurance.

Others told stories about losing family members who died without health insurance.

Grijalva said “the next logical step” is a House bill known as “Medicare for all,” which would drop the age eligibility for the government insurance plan that covers those 65 and older.

Glenn Gullickson can be reached at ggullickson@westvalleyview.com.

Buckeye police have issued public alerts about three registered sex offenders who have moved into the city.

Ian Chafin, 37, is living at a home in the 22800 block of West Lone Star Drive, southwest of Interstate 10 and Watson Road, said Detective Tamela Skaggs, a Buckeye police spokeswoman.

In July 2002, Chafin was convicted of sexual battery by restraint in California. The conviction was set aside in 2007 by a California court, but Chafin is still required to register as a sex offender according to the California Department of Justice, Skaggs said.

The victim, a girl, was known to Chafin, she said.

Authorities have classified Chafin as a Level II, or intermediate-risk, sex offender, Skaggs said.

Steven Harris, 67, is living at a home in the 22700 block of West Mohave Street, northwest of Sundance Parkway and Rainbow Road, she said.

Harris was convicted in 2007 in Moline, Ill., of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a child younger than 13 years old, Skaggs said.

His victim, a 10-year-old girl, was known to him, she said.

Authorities have classified Harris as a Level II, or intermediate-risk, sex offender, Skaggs said.

Richard Reel, 70, is living at a home in the 31000 block of West Weldon Avenue, southwest of Indian School and Johnson roads, she said.

In 2002, Reel was convicted in Maricopa County Superior Court for furnishing obscene material to a minor, a Class 4 felony, Skaggs said.

Authorities have classified Reel as a Level II, or intermediaterisk, sex offender, she said.

The men are not wanted by law enforcement at this time, she said.

The alerts are the result of the Arizona sex offender law that took effect in 1996. The law requires community notification for some sex offenders.

Community Notes are published as space permits. The View runs these items free of charge as a service to the community and puts as many into each newspaper as possible. If you have a notice that must run by a certain date, please contact our advertising department at 623-535-8439.

Food donations can reduce library fines

Maricopa County libraries will offer a reduction in library fines in exchange for food donations through Saturday. For every nonperishable food item donated, $2 will be waived from the donor’s account, up to $50. For information, visit www.mcldaz.org.

Goodyear Police Dept. receives grant

The Goodyear Police Department Traffic Unit recently received a grant of $8,000 from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety to enhance work zone safety enforcement throughout the city of Goodyear.

Abrazo West Campus donates water

bottles

Abrazo West Campus in Goodyear and Abrazo Buckeye Emergency Center recently concluded their annual water drive and donated 55,000 bottles of water to All Faith Community Services Food Bank. The drive surpassed last year’s total of 36,000 bottles.

Beef recall announced

OFD Foods LLC is recalling 197 pounds of beef product that may have been contaminated with rubber, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced. The product subject to recall, produced on Dec. 22, 2016, is any 3.88-ounce pouch of “Mountain House Freeze Dried Spicy Southwest Breakfast Hash,” with pouch code 3253174 and a best by date of December 2046.

The product bears establishment No. 1394 inside the USDA mark of inspection. For information, visit www.askkaren. gov or call the 24-hour USDA meat and poultry hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854.)

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Business Briefcase

by Shane McOwen staff writer

Welcome to the Business Briefcase, readers! Glad to have you reading these fine pages.

I do have one question to ask. Who’s the one who brought all the humidity from the south our way the last week or so?

As Dwight from The Office once said, I’m not mad, I just want to know who it is so I can punish them.

I am kidding, though. I’m 90 percent sure that no one person is responsible for any weather patterns, unless the meteorologists on television have powers I’m not aware of. If that’s the case, I might have to consider a career change.

I, for one, am ready for the humidity to turn into actual rain. Fingers crossed!

Let’s get started with the business news.

Catitude Gallery and Studio, at 404 E. Western Ave., in Avondale, has closed for the summer and will reopen at

by Chris Caraveo staff writer

Improved traffic flow is coming to a southwest Valley road.

The Maricopa County Department of Transportation plans to begin widening MC85 in September, beginning with the area between 75th and 95th avenues.

MC85 is an east-west route trucking near a mix of industrial, agricultural and commercial distribution and warehousing properties.

The cost of construction is estimated at $21.5 million, funded through the County Transportation Improvement Program.

The widening projects aim to increase capacity, improve safety and make roadway operations more efficient.

“As development increases, the roadway improvements become even more necessary to p rovide the desired level of service with safe traffic operations,” said Nicole Moon, the communications b ranch manager for MCDOT.

Officials have monitored and studied MC85 since

the end of September.

In the meantime, the gallery has partnered with the city of Goodyear to continue two programs into the summer months at the Goodyear Community Center, 420 E. Loma Linda Blvd.

Follow Your Art Jr. classes are being held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at the Goodyear Community Center. The free classes focus on drawing, painting and design portfolios for high school juniors and seniors planning on continuing their art education in college. Catitude is also partnering with Goodyear to provide two sessions of Creative Arts for the Aging classes. Classes take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. every Tuesday. The first session began July 11 and runs through Aug. 1, and the second goes from Aug. 8 to Aug. 29.

For information, visit goodyearaz.gov/arts or call 623882-7530.

Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub is now open in Avondale at 1729 N. Dysart Road.

Rosati’s is a Chicago-based pizza, pasta and sandwich franchise that has been around since 1964. The first one started in Mt. Prospect, Ill.

The Avondale location’s hours are 10 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Wednesday and 10 a.m. to 1 a.m.

the 1990s. According to MCDOT’s Historical Counts of county roads, 20,078 vehicles use the road near 83rd Avenue on a daily basis.

The first leg of the East Corridor project includes widening MC85 to five lanes with a center turn lane or raised median. Officials will construct sidewalks and drainage basins, and upgrade traffic signals, including one at 79th Avenue.

“Splitting the MC85 project into two segments allowed MCDOT to begin construction of the first segment at an earlier date since we were able to coordinate having the utilities relocated between 75th Avenue and 95th Avenue more quickly,” Moon said. “Utility coordination is currently underway for the second segment from 107th Avenue to 95th Avenue.

According to the MCDOT website, construction of the second segment is expected to start in the spring of 2019. The west corridor — MC85 in Buckeye and Goodyear — will be widened in 2018.

Chris Caraveo can be reached at ccaraveo@westvalleyview.com.

Thursday through Saturday.

Fans of the pizza joint might remember the previous Rosati’s location along Litchfield Road from a few years back.

For information, visit myrosatis.com or call 602-455-1000.

Farther east in Avondale, El Tataki Sushi will be going in at 10685 W. Indian School Road, on the southeast corner of 107th Avenue and Indian School Road, where the old Blockbuster (remember that?) used to be.

The interior is currently in renovation mode, with construction happening as we speak.

El Tataki Sushi is a fusion restaurant specializing in Japanese- and Mexican-style sushi rolls. The Avondale location will be the restaurant’s second, with the other in Glendale near Loop 101 and Glendale Avenue.

No word yet on an opening date, but check back with the Briefcase at a later time for that information when it becomes available.

That’s it for this week. Thanks for reading, everyone. Take care, and stay cool!

Shane McOwen can be reached at smcowen@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @ShaneMcOwen.

Care1st Resource Center reopens

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The Care1st Avondale Resource Center reopened after a malfunctioning cooling system closed the building for more than two weeks.

The center that houses human service programs at 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale, reopened July 7.

The center had been closed since June 21 when the building’s cooling system failed just as record-setting heat hit the region, making the building possibly unhealthy and unsafe for customers and staff.

While the building was closed, some operations were moved to the Avondale Community Center, including Adelante/WIC, Helping Families in Need, the Community Action Program and the Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging program.

All programs and services offered at the resource center resumed this week.

For information about human services programs, visit www.avondaleaz.gov/nfs or call 623-333-2703 or 623333-2700.

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Here comes the monsoon, now pull over

Nearly a month after the season officially started, the West Valley finally got its first taste of the 2017 monsoon.

June 15 signals the start of the monsoon — our rainy season — but considering the Valley of the Sun only sees an average of .02 inches of rain in June, that date doesn’t mean much. Kind of like June 21. That may be the ﬁrst day of summer in the Midwest, but by the time June 21 rolls around, Arizonans are already grousing about the heat, and their electric bills.

The monsoon didn’t always start on June 15. Meteorologists used to mark the start date based on dew points. But apparently, that was way too confusing for the masses, so about 10 years ago, an arbitrary date was chosen. Never mind that we don’t typically see any monsoon activity before July.

But that doesn’t stop us from hoping for monsoon storms the day the season starts.

We watch thunderheads become denser. We see lightning in every direction. We pray for the rain that is sure to follow.

Some of our prayers were answered late Sunday night/early Monday morning when we got a spattering of rain. Not sure if it rained where you live? Look at your car windshield, if it’s dirty, you got rain!

Now don’t go turning off your landscape irrigation just yet. It was just a sprinkling. But it bodes well for things to come — namely more of that wet stuff and a reprieve from our tripledigit temperatures.

However, with that comes some dangerous driving conditions we should all be aware of. Monsoon storms happen fast, sometimes with little warning, and can bring zero visibility dust storms and ﬂash ﬂooding.

The Arizona Department of Transportation has begun its annual Pull Aside Stay Alive campaign to educate drivers who may ﬁnd themselves in dust storms.

ADOT recommends drivers exit the highway if they can or pull off the roadway; turn off their vehicle headlights and marker lights; set their emergency brakes and take their foot off the brake; stay in their vehicles with their seatbelts fastened; and be patient while the storm passes.

Pulling off the road and waiting for the storm to pass makes perfect sense, but a lot of drivers wouldn’t think to turn off their lights and keep their foot off the brake. That is so important because drivers follow other drivers’ taillights to stay on the road when visibility is poor. You all see where we’re going with this, right?

With all that dust usually comes rain — the force behind the dirt — but our sandy soil and caliche isn’t exactly conducive to draining so all that water just sits on top, collecting until it ﬂoods out roadways.

All drivers should be aware of the state’s Stupid Motorist Law, which puts the ﬁnancial responsibility of a rescue on the driver’s shoulders should he become stranded after attempting to cross a ﬂooded roadway.

Most of us look forward to monsoon storms but when we’re behind the wheel, we must also respect them.

Pull Aside Stay Alive.

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Coincidences in astrology

Editor:

I’m glad to see I’m getting e-mails in response to the letters I’ve written in the West Valley View. One reader, is a professional astrologer: She offered me a more in-depth interpretation of my natal chart; She says I have a very good grasp of the subject. I told her that Astrology could be an excellent subject for students who are taking a course in Statistics in College. What is the “common denominator,” of students taking (for example), Journalism? Either Gemini rising or Gemini in the 10th House in the Natal chart.

My rising sign is Virgo-this can show why I’m drawn to Pharmacology, Math and Writing. My birth sign Capricorn, shows I’m interested in Finance and Real Estate.

Both of my parents are Capricorns, with Venus in Sagittarius (this indicates they will relocate to a foreign country). They were both born in Mexico.

I lost my Dad to cancer on August 16, 1991. However, I looked myself up on Beenveriﬁed.

com. Not only did I find 70 other ladies with the same name as me, I found my late Dad Gilbert Rivas, listed as “still living at home.” This is why he still gets junk mail. There are some interesting coincidences in Astrology: People with Scorpio-rising often lose their first spouse to death; The Moon in the first House, shows up in the charts of adopted children (other planetary factors have to be analyzed); while Mercury in the First House indicates someone who is a chatterbox! Jupiter conjuncts Uranus in Cancer, in the 11th House of my chart. I have an excellent sense of humor-and benevolent. But, my “looks” are unique. I told my brother: “My chart says I’m sexy.” He said:“If I were you, I’d get my money back...”

Have a nice Summer!

Laura Rivas Buckeye

Let’s return to sound principles

Editor:

The minimum wage law is,at best,a limited weapon for combatting the evil of low wages, and that the possible good to achieved by such a law can exceed the possible harm only in proportion as its aims are modest.” Instead of the usual emotional argumets we need to return to sound economic

principles which explain the value or price of such labor. Reference: “Economics in one lesson” by Henry Hazlitt.

Richard Newcomer Goodyear

PebbleCreek has problems

Editor: HALLELUJAH! Ginny Boyle hit the nail on the head and couldn’t have said it any better regarding living in the Pebble Creek compound. Indeed, if you don’t golf or aren’t involved with Pickleball, you’re considered a second-class citizen. I moved to Pebble Creek a little over four years ago and have too become quite disenchanted with it, and it cost me a small fortune to move here. It doesn’t matter what their salespeople tell you — Pebble Creek has problems — especially with their weak security force, and the residents not obeying the posted speed limit (25 MPH); running stop signs (both cars, trucks and especially the golf carts), failing to use turn signals and cutting corners. The existing security force acts like they are afraid to get “too tough” with the trafﬁc violators here, and I’ve never

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understood that. Pebble Creek needs to get tougher and enforce its own trafﬁc laws. Perhaps the existing security force needs to be completely overhauled and replaced with retired military people who aren’t afraid to enforce the rules. I guess money talks, but not everyone living in Pebble Creek has deep pockets.

Note: Pebble Creek’s speed limit should be reduced to 20 MPH, anyway.

Jackson Banning Goodyear

Alerts needed for kids in cars

Editor:

So many people are leaving their children and pets in hot cars! You would think the car makers who pride themselves on making safe cars could come up with something. They make cars that Drive themselves, Park themselves, Answer the phone for you , Tell you where to go, etc. You would think it would be easy to make an alert when the rear seat belts are still latched when you open the drivers door. Or in the case of pets a motion detector, just don’t know how that would work if pet is sleeping.

People are so ME ME ME now a days that some thing needs to be done to keep them alert to the precious cargo the have in the car.

Lynda Fiorini Avondale

Healthcare bill will cost jobs

Editor:

Everyone is reporting on the millions of people roughly 23,000,000 people who will lose their health care coverage under the proposed Republican repeal and replace health care bill.

The one thing that few are mentioning is the number of jobs that will be lost if this bill is passed. Health care is one of the fastest growing segments of the economy. A huge number of our nursing homes, all over the country, will have to close if medicaid is reduced as this bill proposes. If the nursing homes close, nurses, nursing assistants, food service employees, maintenance people and other direct care jobs will be eliminated. People who sell all of the supplies used by these homes will see a decline in their sales

We can also expect that smaller hospitals, particularly those in

rural areas to suffer, and some to close and likewise eliminate jobs and commerce. While that is happening, emergency rooms at major hospitals will become a more overused resource than they currently are by people who have no insurance and no other option for health care.

With the aging of the Boomer generation, many have planned their careers and ﬁnancial lives around good jobs providing the health care that our population needs. These are people who have invested time, money and energy in acquiring the skills and education to ﬁll these positions. We need to let our voices be heard and make sure that this bill is not passed.

Eileen Fein Goodyear

Dangerous trend must end

Editor:

In my lifetime I never thought there would be an attempted internal coup to seize power at the highest levels. The groundwork was laid but more time was needed. Politically, now, we see elected ofﬁcials, whose duty it is to obey the constitution, opposing legitimate solutions to problems. Granted, not all would agree as to how, why or if these issues should be addressed. The fact is we were being led down the road to a socialist State tied to United Nations’ dictates.

The opposition is mad! They almost had victory within their grasp.

The tactics used here have been tried and proven successful in many countries since the 1930’s . Nothing new on the world scene. Only here.

Some signs of things to watch for are as follows:

#1-Propaganda. That is very well covered through the national media. If we got impartial reporting, instead of one-sided news with opinions, there would be two sides to actual happenings and most likely we would not be in this situation.

#2-Violence and assassinations. These are earmarks of the downward slide into tyranny. There are demonstrators bused in to riot against police. The goal is to stop violence with creation of a National Police Force. There are random acts of violence, killings and bombing, which cause people to look to government for answers. Then there are the assassinations and the attempted ones. These will increase as the downward slide continues. We even have demonstrations against free speech. We live in historic times and this not a done deal. Much will depend upon the present administration’s ability to slowdown, expose and/ or reverse this trend. Continu-

ing exposure of those placed in government working against us is a major problem for the President who has inherited this situation along with a hostile media.

Karl Nelson Goodyear

What are planes spraying?

Editor:

Every week as I read through the “Letters”, I expect to see a concerned resident ask the question. “What are the planes spraying?”

While everyone is caught up in politics, celebrities, and other “news,” there is something much bigger happening right above our heads.

For the past three years, I have been researching the Chemtrail phenomenon. I’ve taken countless pictures, videos, made a documentary, talked with the AZ Dept of Envir Quality, corresponded with the Mayors ofﬁce, and read as much on the subject as I could ﬁnd.

Before anyone writes in saying they are just normal contrails from commercial planes, please take some time to look into the subject.

I remember when the sky was a deep blue.

Now it’s a hazy white.

I have my opinions on the phenomenon and I ask every reader to research and dig deep.

This phenomenon is not as secretive as it was even a year ago so info is easy to ﬁnd

Skeptics should look into the ingredients found in vaccines and what is being sprayed by these planes. Like I sad this is just my opinion and I would like to hear others.

Nick

Palumbo Goodyear

Betrayed by Trump

Editor:

No one can say , I told you so. Because I don’t think anyone from either party could have foreseen President Trump trying to collect all our social security numbers, etc, in his quest for Massive Voter Fraud. He has crossed the line .

Did he think the nation was just going to roll over on this one. Trump thinks President Obama was taping his Trump Tower phone calls. People who thought Obama was the worst President ever didn’t believe that one. But what the hick lets just get on with making the country great again. At any price.

Massive Voter Fraud. Now Trump is coming after all of us. Trying to take away our peace of mind.

I no longer put my trust in Trump. Like so many others I am feeling betrayed by this President. Now with his latest attempt to gather every ones personal information , Trump becomes the enemy from within.

I hope he steps down and allows Vice President Pence to take over, and end this circus.

Vickie J. Chelini Buckeye

Let’s have a debate

Editor:

I had to chuckle after reading an opinion from one of your readers in the July 5th issue about Roy Azzarello. Actually, I got more than just a chuckle. I laughed and laughed and laughed until my belly ached. The reader said Roy was: “smart; impressive, and very knowledgeable”. I’ve never met Roy, but having read his endless right-wing opinions over the years, I have serious doubts he possesses any of those characteristics.

I used to read Roy’s letters for the comedic effect but now I just go on to the next letter not wanting to hear the same drivel he probably hears from Fox and from the orange incompetent clown that currently occupies the White House. Most of your readers will agree with me that if there’s one person among your contributors who is genuinely smart, impressive and very knowledgeable, it’s Gordon Posner. I’ll gladly contribute $100 to charity if I could witness a public debate between Azzarello and Posner.

Jorge Diaz Tolleson

Proposition 206 aftermath

Editor:

Thank you Arizonans for

approving Proposition 206! BUT WHO WILL PAY FOR IT?

Now we know...YOU AND I! Restaurateurs, business owners and service organizations have announced price increases to pass along added costs to the rest of us. I am an 80 year old senior living in a Litchﬁ eld Park retirement community. I’ve worked all my life to secure my senior years. I pay a monthly fee on which a 4.75% increase has been assessed, effective September 1. The hefty increase has been substantially attributed to the minimum wage increase.

Have I had an increase in my income? Not beyond the low rates offered by the banking institutions unless I accept significant investment risk, possibly jeopardizing any remaining assets. Many small businesses depend on entry level workers to fill jobs requiring little knowledge or skills. These are high turnover jobs because people progress to better opportunities as their knowledge and skill levels increase. Entry jobs are also known to be second jobs to many for the short term. In my lifetime I worked briefly at the minimum prevailing rate of $1/hour. I soon moved onward and upward. The minimum wage was not intended to be a SUBSISTENCE wage. My retirement community is operated by a nonprofit. While it is a nonprofit, it is still a business. Although this nonprofit makes significant contributions to the communities at large, the residents within its own business operations are not usually among its beneficiaries. Therefore, we get a whopping 4.75% increase to defray its increase in costs. The rise in the minimum hourly wage is in my opinion a disincentive to self improvement and it weighs heavily on tax paying citizens, many of them elderly, and most of whom have paid their dues over, and over again.

P.A. Borysko Litchﬁeld Park

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Letters

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Note: Pebble Creek’s speed limit should be reduced to 20 MPH, anyway.

Jackson Banning Goodyear

Alerts needed for kids in cars

Editor:

People are so ME ME ME now a days that some thing needs to be done to keep them alert to the precious cargo the have in the car.

Lynda Fiorini Avondale

Healthcare bill will cost jobs

Editor:

Everyone is reporting on the millions of people roughly 23,000,000 people who will lose their health care coverage under the proposed Republican repeal and replace health care bill.

We can also expect that smaller hospitals, particularly those in

Eileen Fein Goodyear

Dangerous trend must end

Editor:

The opposition is mad! They almost had victory within their grasp.

The tactics used here have been tried and proven successful in many countries since the 1930’s . Nothing new on the world scene. Only here.

Some signs of things to watch for are as follows:

ing exposure of those placed in government working against us is a major problem for the President who has inherited this situation along with a hostile media.

Karl Nelson Goodyear

What are planes spraying?

Editor:

Every week as I read through the “Letters”, I expect to see a concerned resident ask the question. “What are the planes spraying?”

While everyone is caught up in politics, celebrities, and other “news,” there is something much bigger happening right above our heads.

Before anyone writes in saying they are just normal contrails from commercial planes, please take some time to look into the subject.

I remember when the sky was a deep blue.

Now it’s a hazy white.

I have my opinions on the phenomenon and I ask every reader to research and dig deep.

This phenomenon is not as secretive as it was even a year ago so info is easy to ﬁnd

Skeptics should look into the ingredients found in vaccines and what is being sprayed by these planes. Like I sad this is just my opinion and I would like to hear others.

Nick

Palumbo Goodyear

Betrayed by Trump

Editor:

Massive Voter Fraud. Now Trump is coming after all of us. Trying to take away our peace of mind.

I hope he steps down and allows Vice President Pence to take over, and end this circus.

Vickie J. Chelini Buckeye

Let’s have a debate

Editor:

Jorge Diaz Tolleson

Proposition 206 aftermath

Editor:

Thank you Arizonans for

approving Proposition 206! BUT WHO WILL PAY FOR IT?

P.A. Borysko Litchﬁeld Park

How to get a letter published

Address letters to: West Valley View, Inc. Letters to the Editor 1050 E. Riley Dr., Avondale, AZ 85323 or e-mail: editor@westvalleyview.com

West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona, Wednesday, July 12, 2017

D.E. baseball competes in summer; Verrado baseball coach steps down; Summer sports series Round 4

Verrado’s new coach a familiar face

Tom Ward moves up from D-coordinator position

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

It wasn’t in the initial plans, but Verrado and Tom Ward were almost left without a choice.

Derek Wahlstrom, who coached Verrado’s football team since 2011, stepped down in the spring, leaving a vacancy right before spring ball. Ward couldn’t pass up the opportunity at that point, he said.

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“At first, when I went [to Verrado], I didn’t want to be a head coach again because I really liked what I was doing,” said Ward, who was the team’s defensive coordinator the last four years. “But, when coach Wahlstrom took off, I didn’t want the kids to go through another coaching change, and I’ve developed such a rapport with all the kids. They offered me the job and I couldn’t see saying no to them. I enjoy being a head coach. I always have when I was one.”

Athletic Director Adam Brezovsky said Ward brings a lot of energy and experience to the position.

“He’s been with the program a few years, and when coach Wahlstrom decided to go in a different direction, it was very important to me to keep the continuity that has been building there — and resulting in a couple playoff runs the last couple years,” Brezovsky said. “Tom was the logical choice. His energy, his relationship with the kids and work ethic, both toward football and teaching, he represents a great role model for the players as both students and athletes. It pretty much seemed like a no brainer for me.”

Ward was previously a head coach at Greenwood High School in Lakewood, Colo. During his time at Verrado, he’s also built the strength and conditioning program as a P.E. teacher. The investment he’s made with that has put him very close with the athletes.

“I interviewed, but if they didn’t hire someone from the staff, they were going to have to cancel spring ball, it was that late,” Ward said. “We’ve been working 100 miles an hour every day to get this thing going.”

Ward entered the Vipers into four different 7-on-7 passing tournaments during the summer, including one at the end of June at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. That’s where the

Vipers achieved their most success.

“Our kids played absolutely fabulous there,” Ward said. “We got in the final eight, then lost to a big school on the east side. But our kids battled and I saw them get better and better during the course of the summer.”

Ward said he’s not a big fan of 7-on-7 competition because he’s a defensive guy and those games are all about offense. However, he liked the way his athletes

competed during those competitions.

“We won’t back down from anybody,” Ward said. “We’re not very big, but we’re going to play hard. That’s what we, as coaches, expect. I think what you expect you get out of your kids if you do it the right way.”

Ward is changing the offense slightly,

(See Familiar on Page 12)

The path to success

Westview baseball continues turnaround after 1st winning season of decade

by Shane McOwen sports writer

It’d be a tough task to find a baseball program that’s improved more than Westview has in the last three years. The Knights posted their first winning season in more than a decade in 2017 — 15-12-1 — and have vastly improved their fortunes in the three years under John Irish’s tutelage.

What’s on deck for Westview?

participating young newcomers since Irish took over as head coach. On the other hand, the Knights saw their workload cut down because of the extreme heat wave that rolled through the Valley in June.

“Honestly, we lost a lot of games due to heat,” Irish said. “We had to shut down early games, and had to play one game at 8:30 [p.m.] during that big heat week. We didn’t get as many games in as we normally do, and that was due to the weather. We still got some quality games in, and I got to see a lot of new guys.”

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The Knights were hit with the injury bug last season, and while disadvantageous at the time, it has allowed the team to return some experience in the lineup.

Continuing its positive trajectory after losing the core of its team that got it to this point.

The Knights’ summer program was everyone’s first taste of the new team. The period experienced, and battled through, highs of different varieties. The team had a large turnout for the early workouts that included nine incoming freshmen, which was far and away the highest number of

“Those players that are coming back did get to see some playing time, just because of the way we had to shuffle things with injuries and everything,” Irish said. “It’s going to be a junior-class-driven team, [but] it’s not going to be a complete start over.”

Pablo Gaytan comes back with the most experience of the returners. He hit .319 with four doubles and 12 RBIs last season, and went 2-2 on the mound with a 3.85 ERA in 36.1 innings pitched. Gaytan has also embraced a leadership

View photo by Ray Thomas

JONAH ALICEA, left, of Verrado attempts to haul in a pass while being defended by Desert Edge’s Daniel Pullem during last year’s regular season finale at Desert Edge. Alicea, who had 15 receptions for 311 yards and five touchdowns in 2016, will be one of the top returning receivers for the Vipers and new head coach Tom Ward.

View photo by Mike Rincon

JACK NEHLS of Westview stares down a line drive March 3 at Westview. Nehls will return for the Knights in 2018 after batting .337 with eight doubles, 18 runs scored and 20 RBIs as a freshman.

Tonopah sends another to the college ranks

Caitlynn Williams becomes 4th Lady Phoenix volleyball player to reach next level in last 2 years

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Tonopah Valley High School, with a total enrollment of less than 400 students, is becoming an unlikely source for a volleyball factory.

Caitlynn Williams became the third member of the 2017 senior class to sign on to play collegiate volleyball when she committed to Clarendon College in Clarendon, Texas, July 6. She’ll head to the community college in north Texas at the end of July to begin her journey.

Mexico University and South Mountain Community College, respectively, in May.

“All four of these girls worked hard for four years, obviously,” Andersson said. “Coming from a small school and [having] no club experience, like most colleges want these days, it’s just totally amazing that they’re there. This is school history getting three girls in one class to the next level.

VOLLEYBALL

“I’m happy for them, but I’m sad for them to go, also. They’re just a different type of athlete. [Not many] have the work ethic these girls had.”

Williams said Clarendon felt like home, making it an easy choice to go there.

“They’re just like Tonopah,” she said. “They’re a small, close community. It made me feel at home, even though it’s 12 hours away.”

Williams ultimately decided on Clarendon over academic offers from Northern Arizona University and Colby Community College in Colby, Kan.

“I wasn’t going to play at all, so I’d been turning everyone down,” Williams said. “After taking time off, I decided that sports are what I wanted to do, and [Clarendon] had my program and I can complete it a year earlier than anywhere else.”

Williams will study nursing, and plans on becoming a physician assistant.

Ed Andersson, Williams’ coach at Tonopah Valley, said he’s proud of how far she has come since her freshman year.

“When she told me she was going, it was a great feeling,” Andersson said. “The program is not about wins and losses. The program I go into is getting them to that next level and getting college paid for.”

The Lady Phoenix have produced four college volleyball players in the last two seasons. Kassandra Renteria, a 2016 graduate, played at Benedictine University in Mesa last season. Christina Renteria and Naomi Dalley, both part of the 2017 class, signed to Western New

Williams, Renteria and Dalley were

part of a two-year run that included 42 victories and an appearance in the Division V state championship game in 2015. Williams said the state game will be one of the biggest lasting memories from her days at Tonopah Valley.

“Just having that bonding time together, having that adventure time together,”

Williams said. “Getting to have our banner on the wall and being able to say that was my class was really exciting.”

Andersson said Williams and her contemporaries have left a legacy for future classes at the school.

“The younger girls have to see just because we’re from a small school, that doesn’t mean anything,” Andersson said. “If you work hard, you can get to the next level. It doesn’t have to be a [Division I] school, as long as your college is getting paid for, or some of it is. That’s all you need.”

Williams will keep the Lady Phoenix spirit with her at Clarendon, she said.

“Tonopah is a great school, and I hope to carry the name and give them a good reputation.”

Shane McOwen can be reached at smcowen@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @ShaneMcOwen.

Millennium hosting skills academy

Millennium High School is hosting the Phoenix Elite Summer Skills Academy from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 22 at the school’s gymnasium, 14802 W. Wigwam Blvd., Goodyear. The camp is for boys and girls from kindergarten through eighth grade and costs $100. It features elite trainers, including coaches from the Phoenix Suns. To register, visit www.phoenixelitebasketball.com. The first 50 to register receive a free shirt.

British Soccer Camp coming to West Valley

Challenger Sports is putting on a British Soccer Camp in the West Valley. The camp runs July 24-28 at Goodyear Community Park, 3151 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear.

The camp is open to boys and girls ages 3 to 16. The program contains innovative practices, coached games, camp world cup, cultural education and character

building. In addition, the professionally coached sessions typically include individual foot skills, fakes, moves and turns, freestyle soccer, technical and tactical instruction and small-sided games.

There will more than $100 in gifts, including a camp T-shirt, soccer ball, action poster with camp report and a 12-month subscription to an online coaching resource. To register online, visit challengersports.com.

View photo by Ray Thomas

CAITLYNN WILLIAMS of Tonopah Valley goes up for a spike last season at Arizona Lutheran Academy. Williams signed with Clarendon College in Clarendon, Texas, July 6 to play collegiate volleyball.

years.

Scorpions gain experience in summer competition

15-game schedule helps young crop of players

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

Desert Edge baseball coach Sean McCorry doesn’t usually have his team compete during the summer. This year was an exception.

For the first time since McCorry took over the program in 2013, the Scorpions played a summer slate of games.

“We decided to do it this year because we have a lot of younger guys that needed a place to play,” McCorry said. “Most of these kids go off and play travel ball, I usually let them do that. We had a group of freshmen and some seniors that needed a place, so we created a 15-game schedule. It was good for the guys.”

The Scorpions competed against schools such as Buckeye, Estrella Foothills, Glendale Deer Valley, Anthem Boulder Creek and Phoenix Washington. Most of the games were at Desert Edge.

“They did alright,” McCorry said of his players. “The coaching staff said it was good to see some of the younger pitchers pitch a few more innings past what we did in the season. They got some growth. Defensively, we’ve got to get better. We didn’t really have a lot of guys on that team that were infielders, so they struggled defensively on the infield.”

Three of the team’s strongest returners from last year were not present for the summer because of other commitments. E.J. Varela, who was a pitcher, played football during the summer, while catcher Willie Loera and shortstop Julian Garcia played for Gauchos Baseball Academy. Garcia is the son of Marcos Garcia, the former head coach at Agua Fria.

“He’s a good player,” McCorry said of Julian. “He’s super strong, great young man, and he’s pretty talented.

We’ll see how he develops at the plate this year, but as far as running the bases, defensively, he’s solid. He’ll be fun to watch.”

The Scorpions lost eight seniors from last year’s team that went 15-10 and 7-3 in the Desert West Region. That mark was good enough to tie it with Verrado for the region championship, but the Vipers got the nod over Desert Edge because of a better 5A conference record.

“They got the first round bye because they have the better overall record, but when you’re talking our region, we were both 7-3, and we split with them,” McCorry said. “That was awesome for our guys, because I think they played above and beyond their ability level, and it was nice to see because they played as a unit and as a team. We’re going to have to do that again this year to have a shot.”

“We had 40 total, but by the end of the summer, you’re down to about 15; they show up strong, and then they just disappear,” McCorry said. “Most of the guys that were incoming guys, they showed up every time, which was great to see. The returners, they come and go. That’s why I don’t do a whole lot in the summer, because guys go places.”

McCorry also doesn’t like to do too much in the summer because he doesn’t want the pitchers to wear down, he said.

BASEBALL

“It’s taxing on arms,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any problem with playing past your season and into the summer, but at some point, you’ve got to shut it down, and kids aren’t shutting it down.”

With only a handful of seniors returning, McCorry realizes his team will be very young next year, he said. Because of that, the summer games were a great tool for the Scorpions to learn.

“It was good for them to face some decent teams, like Boulder Creek — they’re loaded, have a lot of good, strong arms,” McCorry said. “I think it was good for them to see where they’re at. It showed them what they need to work on, like, OK, if I really want to play varsity baseball, I’m going to have to do these things.”

Youth movement

Five freshmen were on the varsity roster last season, and one of them, Matt Kamins, started in the Scorpions’ playoff game.

Eric Sims also saw some playing time as a freshman, collecting seven hits in 18 at bats (a .389 average).

Those players could see a jump in playing time this season, along with several incoming freshmen. McCorry ran a camp on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from the end of May through June, and had a significant amount of people turn out, at least at the start.

McCorry won’t be doing a lot of practicing in the fall because of that. He said a couple of days per week he’d like to get the pitching machine out to have his athletes hit, and he wants to see them fielding in live situations. After that, he’ll run a camp.

“We overseed in October,” McCorry said. “Once [the field] is ready, we’ll run a three- or four-day mini camp. The kids on campus who are interested can come sign up, and it’s a way to get a little bit of money back into our program. After that, I’ll start working with pitchers and catchers.”

McCorry said he likes to build his pitchers up slowly, similar to how the professional teams do so in spring training. He’ll do that through December and January, with the next baseball season beginning in February 2018.

Desert Edge will look to make the playoffs for the second year in a row, after earning a berth for the first time in McCorry’s five-year tenure last season.

“It took five years to change that culture, and we finally made the playoffs,” he said. “I don’t know if we’ll make the playoffs this year, but I tell my guys, you just have to trust the process, and when it’s all said and done, we’ll see where we’re at. If we make it, great, if we don’t, it doesn’t mark who you are as a man.”

Florian T. Walter, D.O

Raj S. Rathee, M.D.

Jordan Oland, M.D.

B.J. Ho, D.O.

Sarah Colwell, D.O.

Ingrid Gold, CNM

Jenny Boles, RNC, WHNP

Britt Michie, RNC, MSN, WHNP

Jennifer Woodruff, RNC, MSN, WHNP

Littleton Elementary

Littleton Elementary School District will be offering the National School Lunch Program beginning July 26, 2017 until May 23, 2018. We will be offering breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast is free for all students and is served in the classroom.

For lunch the pricing is as follows: $2.50 for paid students, and 40 cents for reduced.

Any questions regarding breakfast or lunch, please feel free to contact the Director of Food Service,

View photo by Ray Thomas

JULIAN GARCIA of Desert Edge swings at a pitch against Buena in the first round of the Division II state tournament April 26 at Desert Edge. Garcia will be an important returning player for the Scorpions, who competed in summer competition for the first time in five

Verrado baseball coach moving on

Mark Flatten steps down to take pro job

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

For two seasons, Mark Flatten did great things with the Verrado baseball program. Now, he’ll look to do the same for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Flatten stepped down as Verrado baseball coach to take a job with the Pirates’ organization as a scout for the Arizona Rookie League.

“I have a buddy who is pretty high up with the Pirates, and he’s been trying to get me to do stuff with them,” Flatten said. “I’m not going to move to Florida — I can’t be gone for six to eight months out of the year — so they came up with a spot they thought I couldn’t turn down, and they were pretty much right.”

As a scout for the Arizona League, Flatten doesn’t have to relocate. That was important to him so that he can spend more time with his family.

“I don’t travel, there’s no overnights, I’m home during the day with my kids,” Flatten said. “It’s pretty much like being on summer vacation from school, except I go to work in the evenings.”

Flatten has worked in professional baseball before, spending time with the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur scout from 2009 to 2010. He’s also worked part time for both the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers in player development.

“It’s basically coaching,” Flatten said of player development. “I was like a fourth coach on the Arizona Rookie League staff for both teams. It’s lots of BP (batting practice), lots of fungos, lots of early work.

I wouldn’t call it grunt work, it’s kind of like you’re adding a helping hand.”

Working in player development was great for Flatten on multiple fronts, he said.

“I got to coach high school, be with the kids, do a lot of stuff I really love to do, but also kind of kept my foot in the mix at the highest level, and not only enjoyed what I was doing, but got to learn and bring that information back to our kids,” Flatten said.

“It was kind of a win-win for me.”

Keeping his foot in the door with the pros helped land Flatten the scouting job, where his responsibilities include keeping tabs on players from around the Arizona Rookie League that the Pirates may someday want to invest in.

is kept, so that could be three, four years down the road when another organization might give up on the guy.”

The Pirates don’t have a team in the Arizona Rookie League, since it’s based off of spring training clubs and the Pirates train in Florida, but that’s part of the reason it was a win-win situation for Flatten, he said.

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“The Pirates wanted a lot of information, as much as they could get, so they wanted someone full time,” Flatten said. “They didn’t have to move somebody here, relocate someone, and for me, I’m doing a job I’m capable of handling.”

Flatten taught at Surprise Valley Vista while coaching for Verrado. Splitting time between the two places wore him out, he said.

However, from a program standpoint, Flatten said he feels like he and his staff took Verrado up another notch.

“That would be the ultimate part of it, trades and deals,” Flatten said. “Some of it, at some point, could be: here’s a big-time player in an organization, not necessarily a trade piece, but they want information on him from the time he gets into professional baseball, and as they travel up the ranks, things will happen at each step, but there might be a reason someone comes back to three or four years ago and says, ‘Oh, we’ll look at that,’ or, ‘Here’s the information we had then.’”

Flatten said the information he provides could also be used by the team to put a red flag on somebody, or the team might like a player, but wants to see how the player changes as he gets older. The team also looks to see if someone could potentially benefit from a change in scenery.

“Maybe he’s struggling in an organization, but as a scout with your organization, you might think, ‘Hey, within our organization, I think this guy could reach his potential we thought he might have,’” Flatten said. “All that stuff

Flatten creates his own schedule for which teams he visits and when, he said. Last week, he spent five days covering the Cleveland Indians’ Arizona Rookie League affiliate.

“Then, I’ll move however I want to set up my schedule, go through every team, and then circle back at the other end for the two and a half months the season runs.”

Coaching at Verrado

Flatten leaves Verrado after two seasons and a 48-16 record. He led the Vipers to the playoffs in consecutive years, each time earning a first-round bye, but they were unable to advance to the doubleelimination portion of the tournament.

“My experience was great,” Flatten said of Verrado. “If I was able to get a teaching job on campus right away, I think things may have been a little bit different, but the stress of running such a high profile program, or in our world, how hard we work at making it a great place for the kids and trying to do all the right things — and having your time split because of teaching somewhere else — in that aspect, it kind of felt like five years instead of two.”

“We took it from a place where there was a bunch of good players that were capable of winning baseball games over the course of the year, to building a program that not only had high end, top quality kids, but pushed our middle to average guys up a level, and it’s giving them an opportunity to not only be successful at the high school level, but have a chance to move on and play college sports at the next level,” Flatten said. “That part is probably the biggest thing about the program.”

Flatten’s new job is currently full time, but after the Arizona Rookie League season ends, he could opt out if he wants, he said.

“I’m not positive I want everything that goes with working in professional sports, because it’s definitely tough on the family,” Flatten said. “Right now, it’s awesome because I have a sweet gig, but they can send you into anything they want with you. So, you’re only guaranteed that one sweet gig for that year, until something changes.

“I kind of wanted to find out what their plan would be, could this be a long-term thing, or if I have more value to them in certain areas. There are certain things I would like to do in professional baseball, but I am not, in any way, at this moment, ready to give up the opportunity to spend the time with my family that I want.”

Casey Pritchard can be reached at caseypritchard@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @CaseyonSports.

Summer sports series: Round 4, Family tree

by Shane McOwen sports writer

View Sports is venturing into the unknown, taking a look at popular sports around the globe that maybe aren’t so big in our own backyard.

Today’s topic: Family tree.

Today, modern sports have been operating by their core set of rules for decades, having established a culture of continuity and order long ago to the games we hold dear. Minor changes occur here and there, but the recognizable portions of each sport have long remained unchanged.

This wasn’t always the case. Early games often shared similarities, but could deviate wildly depending on where they were played. Billion-dollar industries were forged from the chaotic mess of the 19th century sports world.

Taking a cue from today’s history lesson of soccer, rugby and football, this week’s Sports Series will deviate off the path of learning a new sport, and instead explore the trio’s family tree.

Modern soccer is the oldest of the three sports, and is considered the most popular around the world. But even back around the 1830s, there were people who

preferred other options.

Some of those dissenters hailed from the town of Rugby, located in the midlands of England. The players at the Rugby School favored picking up the ball as the prime way of moving it, separating their version of the game from soccer.

Rugby eventually became one of the more popular forms of soccer (or football, since we’re still dealing with England).

Soccer formalized its rules into a single style with the creation of the Football Association in 1863, and rugby did the same eight years later in 1871 by creating the Rugby Football Union. The two sports were officially their own entities.

Rugby eventually split into two forms — rugby league and rugby union — as the result of disagreements regarding professional players. The initial change was at the administration level only, but soon the two sects developed their own spin on the rulebook. Rugby league aimed to create a faster, more spectator-friendly version by reducing the number of players on the field from 15 to 13 to open up space. Rugby league also implemented a limit on the amount of times a team could be tackled on one possession before being forced to give up the ball, creating more changes in

possession. Both sports continue to score with tries, similar to a touchdown and goals, where the ball is kicked through the uprights, but differ in the amount of points awarded for each action.

In the United States, colleges played football under the English’s Football Association rulebook, and site a game between Rutgers University and Princeton University on Nov. 6, 1869, to be the first intercollegiate affair.

Harvard University didn’t play by the FA rules, favoring its own set that allowed carrying. Finding it difficult to schedule games against neighboring schools because of the rule differences, Harvard set up a match against McGill University from Montreal in 1874. The McGill players operated under a rugby code.

The rugby version of the game caught

on and began gaining popularity across the country. It eventually replaced the soccer version most of the other colleges used.

In the 1880s, Yale’s Walter Camp helped push the sport to its more modern shape by introducing rules to replace the rugby scrum after a tackle with the four-down system and a line of scrimmage.

Football further distanced itself from its English cousins by introducing the forward pass in 1906. The first legal pass ever attempted ended up as an incompletion, resulting in a turnover by the rules of the time.

Football eventually introduced protective pads to the mix, differentiating itself further from both soccer and rugby.

Three different sports, all thanks to a few folks who didn’t mind making it up as they went.

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moving from a passing dominant attack to a more balanced attack. He’s made an emphasis to focus on the running game.

“Our offense will look different; we had to,” Ward said. “It got to the point where we didn’t have that trigger guy to throw the ball all over the field like Coach [Wahlstrom] wanted to, so I felt like we needed to go back to trying to establish a run game. So, we’ve really been working hard on doing that.”

Jeff Jenkins will be the offensive coordinator, and understands the passing game really well, Ward said.

“I want to keep the passing game, but I want to establish more of a power running game,” Ward said. “I’m trying to teach our kids to come off the ball aggressive and try to take advantage of what we have and not necessarily try to fit our kids to a scheme, but take our kids and do what we feel is best for them.”

Having been with the program for four years, Ward knows what personnel he will have to work with. Quarterback Titan Widjaja will be a junior. As the backup last year, he played in six games, going 20 of 27 for 230 yards and two touchdowns.

“Titan could be a good quarterback, but after him, we don’t have that guy right now, so you can’t put your whole system on one guy,” Ward said. “We’re trying to ease him into it where he can be a pretty dynamic quarterback, but you say, you’ve got to do everything from the beginning, he’ll lose confidence. So, we’re trying to mesh our pass and run game to be a little more balanced.”

Last season, Verrado had 323 total pass attempts and 253 rushes. So far this summer, Ward likes what he’s seen from the change in offense, and said the athletes

853 yards and 14 TD’s in 2016.

are doing really well.

“I think our kids are excited about running the ball more,” he said. “As a pass protector, you take a beating sometimes. You don’t get a chance to attack and have some fun. I think our kids are excited about coming off the ball. We’ve been working hard on the run game. We have kids that work hard.”

Defensively, the Vipers won’t change much, Ward said. The defense is built strictly on speed.

“We play up and down the line of scrimmage and try to get a lot of guys to the ball carrier,” he said. “My philosophy is don’t give up the big play and make them make a mistake before we do. That’s what we try to do on defense.”

The defense showed its prowess at the end of last season when Verrado beat Desert Edge, which was undefeated at the time, 6-3 in double overtime.

“He put an awesome game plan together,” Brezovsky said. “That was purely a defensive masterpiece he put together there. He has the right mindset, thought process, devotion, dedication, and most important, he really truly loves the kids and wants to be there with the kids, and the kids at Verrado. He has the whole community at heart, and the direction he wants to go, the decision making, is all centered around the community.”

Ward gave his team the entire week off for the Fourth of July holiday, and returned to work Monday with lifting and skill work. The Vipers head for camp July 20-23 at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif., and when they return, it will be time for regular season practices to begin.

“It’s a grind as a head coach, it’s a commitment,” Ward said. “I love what I’m doing. It’s a lot of fun. I’m excited to work with the kids and see how we do.”

Ward’s first game as head coach will be Aug. 18 at Phoenix Paradise Valley.

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role this summer, Irish said.

“He can be the ace of our staff,” Irish said. “He’s the guy who kind of puts it together.”

The Knights have begun the task of completing the defensive puzzle, shifting guys around to find the best fit in the field.

“Summer-wise, we were looking to move guys to different positions to see who can fill what,” Irish said. “We still have some holes, and we still have to replace a large part of the outfield, but we saw some guys out there that put some good, positive time for that.”

Irish was pleased with the incoming freshman class turnout, but it wasn’t just a numbers game. He expects some of them to throw their names in the hat for varsity roster spots in the spring. Regardless of what level the freshmen will play at next year, the summer varsity exposure gives them a head start of knowing where they stand and what they need to improve upon physically and mentally to make an impact at the highest level, he said.

“With freshmen, it’s kind of like opening a present. You never know what it’s going to be like,” Irish said. “[This class] has a good base and a good skill set, and we’re working on some things,” Irish said. “I think they’ll be able to progress and push for upper-level positions and playing time much earlier than some of the earlier classes were.”

Evolution

The Knights have had a small ball team philosophy for the better part of three seasons, taking advantage of the team’s speed and skill set, and translating them into victories. Moving forward, the team will be adapting its style, Irish said.

“I think we still will have that element of our game, [but] every year, we have to evolve a little bit,” Irish said. “We don’t have as much speed as we did last year. I think we have more power in our bats than in previous years. That may change some of our approaches, we’ll just have to see.”

Fabian Chavez was one of only two players to hit a home run last season, and led the team with two. Between him, Lucas Deen and Gaytan, the Knights could potentially have more pop in the middle of their lineup than they did in previous seasons, Irish said.

“We have a couple of guys who could legitimately take you out of the yard, which we really haven’t had,” he said. “We have some guys who can drive the ball into the gap and break an inning open. That will be a little bit of a change for us, having a number of guys who can do that.”

The Knights have improved by leaps and bounds on defense since Irish took

over, and expect to be solid in the field again in the coming year. They lost their top two pitchers in Cameron Maxwell and Ramon Vega, but return Gaytan and Larry Ross, the latter of who surrendered only one run in 14.2 innings pitched as a sophomore. The Knights will continue to develop additional pitching options during the offseason workouts, which begin in late August.

Senior legacy

The departing senior class helped tally 25 wins since the beginning of the 2016 season. That’s the most victories in a twoyear stretch since 2009-10, when the team won 22. The success was a testament to the players taking control of their own situation, and putting in the necessary work in order to succeed.

“They wanted to improve, they laid the groundwork,” Irish said. “Not just this year’s class, but the year before. They really wanted to change Westview and be the catalysts for that. It was an entire buy in. The kids worked well and had great communication. It was a great experience for me as a coach. They were really great classes.”

Experience is often the best teacher, and that’s what the Knights’ resurgence comes down to. The team added more to its schedule, and began building from the ground up.

“That first season, the game just wasn’t slowing down for anybody just because of a lack of summer programs in the past, lack of game time, lack of offseason stuff,” Irish said. “They were behind the eight ball, whereas this senior class was allowed to go through two real offseasons to get prepared. That started to show and become evident.

“Realistically, they understood that it’s the detail, that baseball is a skill sport and they had to focus on their skills. They did the small things: being in the weight room, playing the game, focusing on the drills and working on their own, at times.”

The Knights began to see improvements and the process snowballed from there.

“Once they started feeling success, they wanted to have more success,” Irish said. “They realized they had to take responsibility on themselves, and they did. That was one of the key things that really turned that around. They did what was required to become a better team.”

The Knights are confident the breakthroughs brought on by the previous classes will help guide the way for the future players in the program, eventually leading the Knights to a playoff position — a well that’s been remarkably dry for the better part of the 2000s.

“It’s kind of cliché, but they are great character guys, they work hard and do what’s asked of them,” Irish said. “I think that’s a good measure of the program. Guys accept role positions and they’re being team guys. They all buy in; that’s going to be a bonus.”

View photo by Ray Thomas

JA’TAI JENKINS of Verrado gets horizontal trying to gain yardage last season at Desert Edge. Jenkins carried 128 times for

Pete’s Fish & Chips: Kathy Adams

Kathy Adams has been a part of Pete’s Fish & Chips until she was able to hold a potato and a peeler. Her father, Peter M. Grant, started the fast-food restaurant 70 years ago.

In 1947, after receiving a military medical discharge, Grant moved to Arizona to live in a hot and dry climate. With only $900 cash in his pocket, Grant traveled to Phoenix with his wife, Ruth. Instead of following through on his plan to become a teacher, he invested his cash into a dream he had of opening a ﬁsh and chips store. By the end of the ﬁrst year he opened three more locations, which later grew into the current eight locations.

The store has two East Valley locations in Mesa and Tempe. Grant saw great potential in the valley and knew that Arizona State University would be huge one day.

“We all started as children and then in high school it was our summer job. Then we all went our separate ways, got married, had children and ended up working again for my dad at the different locations,” said Adams.

In December of 1987, tragedy struck leaving Grant’s four girls to run his empire. He was murdered in his East Phoenix apartment at the age of 72. Adams had been working side-by-side with her father and was able to keep the business alive through what he taught her.

Today Kathy Adams and her sister, Pat Foster, operate the eatery’s eight locations.

Pete’s Fish & Chips serves a variety of fast-food options; including seafood, burgers, hot dogs, chicken, burritos, fresh hand-breaded onion rings and shrimp, as well as scallops, crabettes and mild white ﬁsh. All are served with their famous red sauce that is made in house.

“Arizona born and raised, we have been around since 1947. So we are working on fourth generation customers,” said Adams. “We have a very simple menu. We don’t change, that’s one thing our dad instilled in us. Once we have something good and something works, don’t change it.”

Adams loves welcoming new customers to Pete’s Fish & Chips whether they are ﬁsh eaters or love chicken tenders and fried burritos.

“We welcome that ﬁrst time customer, and we will get them hooked,” said Adams. “There is no doubt that we will get them hooked.”

Thursday

The West Valley View publishes on Wednesday.

The 9 Days a Week calendar — a listing of entertainment events such as concerts, theatrical performances, events for schools, churches, county parks and nonproﬁt groups — runs every issue. Events must be open to the public to be considered and generally must be held within the View’s coverage area, which is south of Northern Avenue, west of Loop 101, plus all of Tolleson, extends to Estrella on the south and Tonopah on the west. Events such as concerts and theatrical performances that fall outside of the View’s circulation area will be considered as there are no concert halls or theater venues within our boundaries.

Fundraisers that are held at restaurants where only a portion of the proceeds beneﬁts the charity or nonproﬁt will not be considered.

Paid Listings for 9 Days

The 9 Days a Week calendar now may contain paid listings which are clearly marked by “Advertisement” across the top and bottom of paid listings and appear in a screened box. Submissions for paid items may be made by calling the classiﬁed advertising dept. of the West Valley View at 623-535-8439. Available sizes and prices: 2 inch ad = $80.00, 3 inch ad = $120.00.

Submissions must reach our ofﬁce by 4 p.m. Friday to be considered for the Wednesday publication. Submissions must be in writing and may be emailed to news1@westvalleyview.com; faxed to 623-935-2103; or dropped off at the West Valley View, 1050 E. Riley Drive, Avondale AZ 85323.

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Monopoly Money Art

Children ages 4 to 12 can create art representing a variety of careers at Monopoly Money Art at 3 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Pennywise the Pig will be there. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Silly Dave Music & Fun!

Silly Dave will play children’s favorite tunes using a variety of instruments at Silly Dave Music & Fun! at 10 a.m. at the Dr. Saide Recreation Center, 1003 E. Eason Ave., Buckeye.

Pajama Storytime

Children are invited to put on their pajamas and listen to stories at Pajama Storytime from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Avondale master plan input sought

Avondale residents can share their visions for the city’s future at the Parks, Recreation and Libraries Advisory Board presentation at 6:30 p.m. at Avondale City Hall,

11465 W. Civic Center Drive., Avondale. For information, visit avondale.org.

Agua Fria Union High School Board meeting

The Agua Fria Union High School District Governing Board meets at 5 p.m. the second Wednesday of the month at the district office, 1481 N. Eliseo Felix Jr.Way, Suite 110, Avondale. For information, visit aguafria.org.

Story time

Toddlers ages 2 to 4 accompanied by an adult can enjoy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage emerging language skills at 11:15 a.m. every Wednesday at the Buckeye Library Downtown Branch, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye. For information, call 623-349-6300.

Baby time

Take your babies from birth to 23 months to enjoy songs, activities, rhymes, books and playtime starting at 10:15 a.m. Wednesdays at the Buckeye Library Downtown Branch, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye. For information, call 623-349-6300.

Community Bingo

The Rotary Club of Buckeye sponsors Community Bingo at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays at 3690 S. Estrella Parkway, Suite 108, Goodyear. Doors open at 5 p.m.; cost is $21 per person for all 18 games (paper). Daubers and Power Bingo King electronics are available. Proceeds raised benefit local charities. For information, call 623-512-8878.

Puppet show

The Great Arizona Puppet Theater is performing a show at 10:15 a.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

NASA, Meteors and the ORIZ REX

A NASA ambassador will talk about the ORIS REX and its progress during NASA, Meteors and the ORIS REX at 2 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Buckeye Fire focus group

People are invited to let the Buckeye Fire Medical Rescue Department know how its doing during a focus group at 9 a.m. in the Program Room of the Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Buckeye. For information, visit buckeyeaz.gov/ fire-department/.

Meet, Greet & Eat

Meet, Greet & Eat runs from noon to 1 p.m. following a free potluck lunch at 11:30 a.m. at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 104 W.Western Ave. For information, call 623-932-3480.

Saddle Mountain School Board meeting

The Saddle Mountain Unified School District Governing Board meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the district office, 38201 W. Indian School Road, Tonopah. For information, visit smusd90.org.

Union Elementary School Board meeting

The Union Elementary School District Governing Board meets at 6 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the district office, 3834 S. 91st Ave., Tolleson. For information, visit unionesd.org.

Veteran support group

A veteran and military personnel support group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Christ Presbyterian Church, 925 N. Sarival Ave., Goodyear. For information, call 623-882-0721.

Ala-Teen

Ala-Teen meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Christ Presbyterian Church, 925 N. Sarival Ave., Goodyear.

Baby time

Take your babies to an interactive program that introduces board books, music and art to babies and toddlers. There will be educational toys, socialization and self-expression in a comfortable environment. Baby time is designed for children from birth to 2 years old. Baby time runs from 10:15 to 11 a.m. Thursdays at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell.

Taking Turns Toybrary

The Care1st Avondale Resource Center opens the doors to its Taking Turns Toybrary from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays at 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale. Families can check out fun, educational toys for up to two weeks with a photo ID. For information, call 623-333-2703.

In Stitches in Goodyear

In Stitches in Goodyear meets at 1:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Goodyear Library, 14455 W. Van Buren St., Goodyear. Share ideas, tips and patterns with other crochet, knitting and sewing enthusiasts. Novice to advance needle crafters are welcome. Some basic instruction in needle crafts will be available. For information, call 602-652-3000.

Community Bingo

The Goodyear White Tanks Rotary Club sponsors Community Bingo at 6:30 p.m.Thursdays at 3690 S. Estrella Parkway, Suite 108, Goodyear. Doors open at 5 p.m.; cost is $21 per person for all 18 games (paper). Daubers and Power Bingo King electronics are available. Proceeds raised benefit local charities. For information, call 623-512-8878.

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Solar Viewing Party

Photograph the sun through the telescope and receive a July skymap during the Solar Viewing Party from 9 to 11 a.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

The Grandparents Raising Grandchildren support group meets at 1 p.m. the second Friday of the month at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. For information, visit benevilla. org or mcldaz.org.

Texas Hold’em tournaments

The American Legion Post 53 hosts Texas Hold’em tournaments at 7 p.m. the first and third Friday of the month in Hazelton Hall at 402 E. Narramore Ave. in Buckeye. For information, call 623-327-0227 or email legionpost53@gmail.com.

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and former Marines and FMF Corpsmen are welcome. The detachment is involved with various programs that assist veterans. For information, contact Detachment Commandant Herb Cato at 623-853-5685 or email hcato@cox.net.

M.A.S.H. Food Distribution Citrus Road Nazarene Church hosts M.A.S.H, or Miracles Are Still Happening, food distribution from 6 to 8:30 a.m. the third Saturday of each month at the church, 418 S. Citrus Road, Goodyear. $50 to $60 worth of food will be available for a $10 donation. The event runs on a first-come, first-served basis; food supplies vary each month. For information, visit .facebook. com/CitrusRoadNazarene.

Cody’s Reading Pack

Young readers can build confidence by reading to therapy dogs during “Cody’s Reading Pack” at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of the month at the Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Buckeye. Readings are by appointment for 15-minute sessions. To reserve an appointment, call 623-349-6300.

Catholic Daughters of America

its history during the History of Litchfield Park Posse program at 6 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Jin Shin Jyutsu

People can explore the ancient art of Japanese acupressure with Jin Shin Jyutsu at 2 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Buckeye City Council meeting

The Buckeye City Council meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of each month at Buckeye City Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye.

Developmental, hearing & vision screenings

Free developmental, hearing and vision screenings are offered from 1 to 4 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale. Screenings provide a quick look at how children are doing in areas such as communication, physical ability, social skills, problem solving, hearing and vision. For information, call 623-333-2703.

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Imagine Avondale car wash

Imagine Avondale Elementary School, 950 N. Eliseo Felix Jr. Way, Avondale, is holding a car wash from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. to benefit its athletic department. A car wash costs $3 for cars and $5 for trucks.

Magician Eric Giliam

A musical comedy magic show with magician Eric Giliam will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Goodyear Branch Library, 14455 W. Van Buren St., Suite C-101, Goodyear.

Christmas in July

The third annual Christmas in July will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Liberty United Methodist Church, 7598 S. Liberty School Road, Buckeye. For information, call 623-386-4090.

Meet and Greet

The Desert Labrador Retriever Rescue nonprofit group is holding a meet and greet to screen potential adopters from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Cabela’s, 9380 W. Glendale Ave., Glendale. For information and to fill out an application, visit dlrrphoenix.org.

Writers in Residence Summer Workshop

Author Sam Sykes is the writer in residence at the Avondale Civic Center Library, 11350 W. Civic Center Drive, Avondale. He will teach classes throughout the summer as part of the Writers in Residence Summer Workshops program. Today’s class, Less is More: Advanced Fiction Writing Techniques, will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the library. Registration is required by calling 623-333-2665 or emailing LibraryEvents@avondaleaz. gov.

Free YMCA Pool Day

The Southwest Valley YMCA, 2919 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, is offering free swimming to Goodyear residents from noon to 4:30 p.m. For information, call 623-935-5193.

AAUW

The West Valley branch of the American Association of University Women meets at 10 a.m. the third Saturday of each month in the PebbleCreek community in Goodyear. All interested women are welcome. For information, call at 623-249-5388.

USMC Southwest Detachment

The Marine Corps League, Southwest Valley Detachment No. 1245 meets from 8 to 10 a.m. the third Saturday of every month at the Golden Corral Restaurant, 420 N. Dysart Road, Goodyear. All present

The Catholic Daughters of America (CDA) will meet from 1:30 to 3 p.m. to discuss “feminine genius” in today’s world in the Teen Room at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 13720 W. Thomas Road, Avondale. New members are encouraged to join. For information, call Mary Ann at 623-680-1845.

Community Bingo

The Rotary Club of Buckeye sponsors Community Bingo at 5 p.m. every Saturday at 3690 S. Estrella Parkway, Suite 108, Goodyear. Doors open at 5 p.m.; cost is $21 per person for all 18 games (paper). Daubers and Power Bingo King electronics are available. Proceeds raised benefit local charities. For information, call 623-512-8878.

The Pendergast Elementary School District Governing Board meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of the month at the district office, 3802 N. 91st Ave., Phoenix (the board meets periodically at schools on a rotating basis). For information, visit pesd92.org.

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Sunday Community Bingo

The Goodyear White Tanks Rotary Club sponsors Community Bingo at 6:30 p.m. Sundays at 3690 S. Estrella Parkway, Suite 108, Goodyear. Doors open at 5 p.m.; cost is $21 per person for all 18 games (paper). Daubers and Power Bingo King electronics are available. Proceeds raised benefit local charities. For information, call 623-512-8878.

Prescription drug drop-off

Festival residents can drop off their unwanted prescription drugs in the original containers from 4 to 8 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month at the Public Safety Center, 27360 W. Wagner Complex Drive, Buckeye.

WomenHeart support group

WomenHeart, a support group for women with or at risk for heart disease, meets from 2:30 to 4 p.m. the third Wednesday of every month at 3657 Clubhouse Drive, Room 100, Goodyear. For information, call 623-215-3629.

Litchfield Park City Council meeting

Monday Blood drive

The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Rodeo Ford, 13680 W. Test Drive, Goodyear. To make an appointment to donate, call 1-800-RED-CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit redcrossblood.org.

Family LEGO Night

Families can build with LEGOs at Family LEGO Night at 6:30 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Avondale City Council meeting

The Avondale City Council meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Monday of the month at 11465 W. Civic Center Drive, Avondale.

Tuesday

The Litchfield Park City Council meets at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in the Community Room at the Florence Brinton Litchfield Memorial Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park, unless otherwise posted. Meeting agendas can be viewed online at litchfieldpark.org.

Monthly book discussion

The Buckeye Public Library, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye, invites adults to a book discussion from 1 to 2

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History of Litchfield Park Posse

People can learn about the Litchfield Park community and

Ingeborg Doody

Ingeborg Doody, 86, of Peoria and formerly of Goodyear died July 5, 2017.

Mrs. Doody was born Oct. 25, 1930, in Chicago to George and Henny Beysel. She worked as an executive secretary.

Claire D. Gill

She is survived by her husband, James Doody; two daughters, Lori Pacura and Donna Martinek; one son, Alan Martinek; four grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

A graveside service was Tuesday at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona in Phoenix.

Condolences may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

Claire D. Gill, 66, of Avondale died June 18, 2017, in Phoenix.

Mrs. Gill was born Nov. 15, 1950, in Royal Oak, Mich., to Leo R. and Jeanne Denis.

She is survived by her husband, Sukhchain Gill; two sons, Sukhvir Daniel and Surjit Brad Gill; two sisters, Genevieve Beagle and Jackline Fehlner; one brother, Arthur Denis; and eight grandchildren.

Services were held June 23.

Memorials may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Charities, P.O. Box 13600, Phoenix, AZ 85002.

Condolences may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

Courtney Nichole Owens

Courtney Nichole Owens, 19, of Buckeye died June 29, 2017, at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.

Ms. Owens was born April 28, 1998, in Phoenix to Bryan and Shannan Owens.

She is survived by her parents, Bryan and Shannan Owens of Buckeye; two sisters, Kelsie Owens and Brittnie Owens, both of Buckeye; two brothers, Bryce Owens and Zachary Owens, both of Buckeye; and three grandparents, Eunice Owens of Paulden and Tim and Michelle Galagher of Buckeye.

Funeral services were July 8 at Ganley’s Buckeye Funeral Home in Buckeye.

H. Daniel Froehlich

H. Daniel Froehlich, 78, of Litchfield Park died June 1, 2017, in Phoenix.

Mr. Froehlich was born June 1, 1939, in Plattsburgh, N.Y., to Henry A. and Margaret Leclerc Froehlich. He attended high school in Germany and graduated from Anne Arundel in Maryland. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1958 to 1963.

He attended Wadhams Hall Seminary in Ogdensburgh, N.Y., and SUNY and Clinton Community College, both in Plattsburgh, N.Y., obtaining a degree in computers.

He served in the Plattsburgh Fire Department for 29 years, retiring as a captain. He owned and operated DF Carpet Installation for 24 years and Computer Help 4U for seven years, serving Clinton County Township and area schools. He taught computer workshops at Clinton Community College.

He served as a Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults director and eucharistic minister and was on the parish council and sang in the church choir at St. Augustine Church in Peru, N.Y.

He was a lifelong member of the Knights of Columbus and was a founding member of Knights of Columbus No. 5000 in Hawaii. He was a member of the BPOE Elks Club and the American Legion Arizona 0061.

He moved to Litchfield Park in 2003.

He served at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church as Christian Initiation of Adults, eucharistic minister and on the Faith Formations Committee. He was a member of Miles Christi.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Karen Froehlich; two daughters, Kara McBrayer of Peru, N.Y., and Lara Varden of Potsdam, N.Y.; two sons, Daniel H. Froehlich of Phoenix and Erik J. Froehlich of Fairfax, Va.; one sister, Suzanne Abbruzzi; one brother, Frederick Froehlich; 11 grandchildren; and five greatgrandchildren.

A Requiem Mass was celebrated June 8 at St. Catherine of Siena in Phoenix, with interment at the National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona.

Memorials may be made to St. Vincent de Paul, 7018 N. 57th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85301, or Birthright, 66 Clinton St., Plattsburgh, NY 12901.

Condolences may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

Phyllis Jeanette Sommers

Phyllis Jeanette Sommers, 90, of Litchfield Park died July 1, 2017, at her home.

Mrs. Sommers was born Sept. 15, 1926, in Milwaukee to Albert and Helen Steck.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome Sommers; and her companion, Jack Schwellinger.

She is survived by three daughters, Donna, Kathy and Susie Sommers; and two grandchildren.

Interment will be in Milwaukee and services will be announced at a later date.

Condolences may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

Brenda Darlene Duncan

Brenda Darlene Duncan, 67, of Jeffersonville, Ind., and formerly of Goodyear died July 7, 2017, of cancer.

Ms. Duncan was born Dec. 22, 1949, in Salinas, Calif., to Vernon and Opal Duncan.

She lived in Goodyear for more than 20 years before moving to Jeffersonville in 2013. She is survived by one son, Michael Vaden; and three grandchildren.

Mr. Patterson moved to Arizona in 1960. He was a veteran and served in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

He is survived by his wife, Billie Jo (Alexander), married in Ajo, Arizona and celebrated 56 years of marriage; 3 generations of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren along with nephews, nieces, cousins and friends across the United States...

Predeceased by both Parents; and by both sisters Sally Earlene (Patterson) Weston, and Linda Julienne (Patterson) Abrams.

Paul’s greatest satisfaction was in the relationships that lasted through the decades of his life. He will best be remembered for his deep and hearty laugh, his coaching of Pop Warner and Little League in Buckeye, AZ and high school players being able to hear him during their football games and wrestling meets from the bleachers!

A stroke in 2000 took away his love of playing the guitar and picking and grinning, but it did NOT take away his appreciation of music!

Funeral Services are at 10:30 a.m. July 11th, 2017 at the National Memorial Cemetery (Veterans) of AZ. U.S. Army will be providing Military Honors.

In lieu of owers, Paul’s family asks that your efforts be directed toward visiting a friend, relative or former teammate/comrade, as this is what brightened Paul’s life the most.

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THE City of Litchﬁeld Park is accepting applications for a Landscape Maintenance Technician Deadline for applications is Friday, July 14, 2017, 4:00p.m. See the City’s website, www.litchﬁeld-park.org for details Equal Opportunity Employer Monday-Friday Drug-free environment.

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Garage Sales 91

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Public Notice

Avondale

City of Avondale

Public Notice

Request for Proposals

Janitorial and Ofﬁce Cleaning Services

RFP PR 17-028

Notice is hereby given that the City of Avondale is seeking proposals from qualiﬁed, licensed ﬁrms interested in providing professional services consisting of janitorial services for various City Facilities within Avondale, Arizona.

A Pre-Submittal Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, July, 25, 2017 at the Avondale City Hall, 11465 W. Civic Center, Avondale, Arizona 85323. All questions must be in writing and are due no later than Thursday, July, 27, 2017

This meeting is not mandatory. Responses must be received by Wednesday, August, 9, 2017 3:00 PM (Phoenix Local Time) and should be directed to: City Clerk, 11465 W. Civic Center Drive, Suite 200, Avondale, Arizona 85323 or hand delivered to the City Clerk’s ofﬁce. All response packets must be sealed and clearly marked as follows in the lower left hand corner of the mailing envelope: Janitorial and Ofﬁce Cleaning Services

RFP PR 17-028

The City is not responsible for the pre-opening of, post opening of, or the failure to open, a response packet that is not properly addressed or identiﬁed. Request for Proposal Packets will be available for pick-up at Avondale City Hall, 11465 W. Civic Center Drive, Avondale, Arizona 85323 or download at www.avondale.org/procurement.

Information regarding this Request for Proposals opportunity may be obtained by contacting the Procurement Ofﬁcer, Marsha Chavez at (623) 333-2033

The City of Avondale will endeavor to ensure every way possible that disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) shall have every opportunity to participate in providing materials/services without being discriminated against on grounds of race, religion, sex, age, or natural origin. DBE businesses are encouraged to submit on this solicitation.

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, and 19, 2017.

City of Avondale Public Notice

Request for Qualiﬁcations

Construction Manager at Risk for the Construction of Well 26 and Coldwater Booster Chlorination Systems RFQ PW 18-001

Notice is hereby given that the City of Avondale is accepting sealed statements of qualifications from qualified, licensed Construction Manager at Risk firms interested in providing professional services for Construction Manager at Risk Services for construction of Well 26 and Coldwater Booster Station chlorination systems.

A Pre-Submittal Conference is scheduled for Wednesday, July, 19, 2017 at the Avondale City Hall, 11465 W. Civic Center, Avondale, Arizona 85323. All questions must be in writing and are due no later than Monday, July, 24, 2017

This meeting is mandatory. Responses must be received by Wednesday, August, 2, 2017 3:00 PM (Phoenix Local Time) and should be directed to: City Clerk, 11465 W. Civic Center Drive, Suite 200, Avondale, Arizona 85323 or hand delivered to the City Clerk’s ofﬁce. All response packets must be sealed and clearly marked as follows in the lower left hand corner of the mailing envelope: Construction Manager at Risk for the Construction of Well 26 and Coldwater Booster Chlorination Systems RFQ PW 18-001

The City is not responsible for the pre-opening of, post opening of, or the failure to open, a response packet that is not properly addressed or identiﬁed. Request for Qualiﬁcations Packets will be

during a Special City Council Meeting scheduled on TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017 at 5:30 P.M. both at the City of Tolleson City Hall Complex, 9555 West Van Buren Street, Tolleson, AZ 85353 for the purpose of: Soliciting comments from interested parties in reference to Final Plat Application #17060005 as submitted by the Owner, Jon Montague, of Virtua 91st LLC, 7600 North 15th Street, Suite 150, Phoenix, AZ, for the property located at the southeast corner of 91st Avenue and McDowell Road in Tolleson, AZ (APNs 102-47001G and 102-47-001J). (Plaza 91)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Tolleson Mayor and Council will conduct a PUBLIC HEARING during a Special City Council Meeting scheduled on TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2017 beginning at 5:30 P.M. at the City of Tolleson City Hall Complex, 9555 West Van Buren Street, Tolleson, AZ 85353 for the purpose of:

Soliciting comments from interested parties in reference to Use Permit Application #17060006 as submitted by Dominic Friedrich of Schetky Northwest Sales, Inc., 8430 Northeast Killingsworth Street, Portland, OR 97220, on behalf of the Owner to sell buses and vans from the facility located at 407 South 107th Avenue, Suite 16, Tolleson, AZ (APN 101-13-010F). The property is currently zoned I-1 (Light Industrial). Notice given by Tolleson City Clerk Crystal Zamora on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, 2017.

Public Notice

TOLLESON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #17 Notice of Destruction of Special Education Records All special education data and information on students who were in special education will be destroyed ﬁve years after the child has withdrawn, transferred, promoted from the district, or phased out of special education. It is the responsibility of the parent(s) or adult age student (18 years of age or older) to obtain copies of the information they may need for other purposes before special education data and information is destroyed. (Authority – 20 USC, 1412(a) (8), 1417(c)).

Should

sensory (vision and

Cognitive: thinking, mental or problem-solving development

Communication/ Language: receiving Information (receptive) and expressing understood information (expressive) development

Social/ Emotional: internal and external adaptation to environmental stimuli development

“Adaptive: self-help development to attain basic needs.

Sensory: vision and hearing

If you think your child may have a delay in any of these areas, please contact the Special Programs ofﬁce at (623)5333923.

Parents of Child Birth to Three Years Old

A child from birth to 36 months of age will be considered to exhibit developmental delay when that child has not reached 50 percent of the developmental milestones expected at his/her chronological age, in one or more of the following domains:

Physical: ﬁne and/or gross motor muscle development; sensory (vision and hearing)

Cognitive: thinking, mental or problem-solving development

Language/communication: receiving information (receptive) and expressing understood information (expressive) development

Social/Emotional: internal and external adaptation to environmental stimuli

development

Self-help: adaptive development to attain basic needs.

Sensory: vision and hearing

If you have questions regarding developmental delays for your child birth to three years old, call your local Arizona Early Intervention Program, 602-5329960.

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on June 28, July 5, and 12, 2017.

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ELECTION

Roosevelt Irrigation District (the “District”) hereby notifies the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors that an election for the office of Director of Division III and two Directors at Large of the District will be held on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The polls will be open at 8:00 a.m. and will close at 6:00 p.m. The polling place shall be the District office, located at 103 West Baseline Road, Buckeye, Arizona 85326. /s/ Donovan L. Neese Date: 6/19/17

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 5, 12, August 2,

and 9, 2017.

Public Notice

Person Filing: John Kerwin

Berry Hawkins

Address: 110 E. Greenway Pkwy., Apt 1101, Phoenix, AZ 85022

Telephone: 480-251-3996

Email address: enominelunar@yahoo.com

Representing Self, without a lawyer SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY

Elexis Ann Adcock, Petitioner

John Kerwin Berry Hawkins, Respondent

Case Number: FC2017051907

AMENDED PETITION TO MODIFY LEGAL DECISION MAKING (CUSTODY), PARENTING TIME AND CHILD

SUPPORT GENERAL INFORMATION:

1. Information about Me

John Kerwin Berry Hawkins, 110 E. Greenway Pkwy., Apt. 1101, Phoenix, AZ 85022

How I am related to minor child for whom the LEGAL DECISION MAKING(CUSTODY)/ PARENTING TIME order should be changed: Father

2. Information about the Other Party(ies) Elexis Ann Adcock, 20819 N.

14th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85027

How I am related to minor child for whom the LEGAL DECISION MAKING(CUSTODY)/ PARENTING TIME order should be changed: Mother

3. Information About the Minor Child for whom I want the order changed: Issac Alexander Hawkins

Birth Date: 03/23/2012

Age: 4

5. Information about the Order I want to change: The Order was issued on: 01/14/2015

The order was issued by: Circuit Court of Baldwin County Located in this County: Baldwin County Located in this State: Alabama

And each of the following is a true statement:

• The minor child(ren) have lived in Arizona for at least six (6) months before the date I am ﬁling this Petition or since birth, if younger than six (6) months.

• If the Order was not issued by the Superior Court of Arizona in this county, the case has already been transferred to this county and has a Maricopa County case number.

WHAT THE ORDER NOW SAYS: Put in WORD FOR WORD the part of the decree/order you want to change. See attachment Adcock Elexis Ann V Hawkins John Kerwin Berry

7. WHY THE DECREE/

ORDER SHOULD BE CHANGED: These are my reasons why I believe that a change of legal decision making (custody) and/or parenting time is in the best interest of the child(ren): Since February 2015, Elexis Adcock, has made no attempt to contact or take care of our child. He has been left in my care from that time to current.

REQUESTS I MAKE TO THE COURT: A. LEGAL DECISION MAKING (CUSTODY) AND PARENTING TIME

Sole Legal Decision Making and Physical Custody. Sole legal decision making (custody) of Issac Alexander Hawkins should be awarded to Father and/or sole legal decision making (custody) of Issac Alexander Hawkins should be awarded to Father, subject to parenting time as follows: 1. Reasonable parenting time to the parent who does not have legal decision making (custody) according to the Maricopa County Parenting time Guidelines.

C. MEDICAL, DENTAL, VISION CARE Father should be responsible for providing: medical, dental and vision care insurance. Medical, dental, and vision care insurance, payments and expenses are based on the information in Parent’s Worksheet

for Child support attached and incorporated by reference. The party ordered to pay must keep the other party informed of the insurance company name, address and telephone number, and must give the other party the documents necessary to submit insurance claims. Non-Covered Expenses, Petitioner is ordered to pay 50%, AND Respondent is ordered to pay 50% of all reasonable uncovered and/ or uninsured medical , dental, vision care, prescription and other health care charges for the minor child(ren), including copayments. D. FEDERAL INCOME TAX DEDUCTION Claim by: Father of Issac Alexander Hawkins, Every Year, Starting Tax Year: 2016 F. DECLARATION UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER OATH OR BY AFFIRMATION I swear or afﬁrm under penalty of perjury that the contents of this document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. /s/ John Hawkins Date: 2/22/2017 Feb 22, 2017 Michael K. Jeanes, Clerk N. Butzbach, Deputy Clerk Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 2017.

Public Notice

Person Filing: Nicole Folks Address (if not protected): 711

First Street City, State, Zip Code: Avondale, AZ 85323 Representing Self, without a Lawyer Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County In the Matter of: Stephon Bennett, a minor Case Number: PB 2017070499

Notice of Hearing Regarding Consent of Parent to Conservatorship of a Minor Child and (optional) Waiver of Notice

Name of person(s) entitled to notice: Fabian Bennett, Father Read this notice carefully.

An important court proceeding that affects your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or the other court papers contact an attorney for legal advice.

1. Notice: an application for Consent of Parent to Conservatorship of a Minor Child and (optional) Waiver of Notice has been ﬁled with the court by the person(s) named above. A hearing has been scheduled where the court will consider whether to grant or deny the requested consent. If you wish to be heard on this issue, you must appear at the hearing at the date and time indicated below.

2. Court hearing: a NonAppearance court hearing has been scheduled to consider the application as follows: Date: August 11, 2017 Time: 9:00am Before: The Honorable Frank W. Moskowitz, Maricopa County Superior Court, Northwest Regional Court, 14264 W. Tierra Buena Lane, Courtroom 124, Surprise, AZ 85374

No appearances are required for the aforementioned hearing, unless there is an objection to the petition. Any interested party may ﬁle a written objection with the Clerk of the Court and provide a copy of the objection to this division 3 days prior to the hearing date in lieu of an appearance.

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 2017.

Public Notice

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA

IN THE MATTER OF: Aaron Desidecio David Ramirez, DOB 01/08/2005

Isaac Peter James Ramirez DOB 06/19/2008

Case# JS 19073

NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING ON PETITION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTCHILD RELATIONSHIP

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PETITIONER

Rebecca Flamm has ﬁled a Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship with the Juvenile Court in Maricopa County regarding the above named child(ren).

AN INITIAL HEARING HAS BEEN SET TO CONSIDER THE PETITION:

DATE: 09/19/17

TIME: 11:30AM

BEFORE: Honorable Glenn

Allen At the Maricopa County Juvenile Court located at: Durango Juvenile Court, 3131 W. Durango Street; Phoenix, AZ

85009

NOTICE: You have a right to appear as a party in this proceeding. The failure of a parent to appear at the Initial Hearing, the Pretrial Conference, the Status Conference or the Termination Adjudication Hearing may result in an adjudication terminating the parent-child relationship of that parent. Failure to appear at the Initial Hearing, Pretrial Conference, Status Conference or Termination Adjudication Hearing, without good cause, may result in a ﬁnding that the parent, guardian or Indian custodian has waived legal rights and is deemed to have admitted the allegations in the Petition. The hearings may go forward in the absence of the parent, guardian or Indian custodian and may result in the termination of parental rights based upon the record and evidence presented.

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, 19, 26, and August 2, 2017.

Public Notice

PRINCIPAL JUDGE IN THE FAMILY COURT AT CHENNAI O.P.No.17 of 2017

Mrs. Sadhana Somasekhar, D/o. Pillay Somasekhar, W/o. Roger Scott Onstad, Flat No.5, Signature, No.56/42, Kamaraj Avenue, First Street, Adyar, Chennai-600 020 Tamil Nadu, India

Petitioner

Vs.

Mr. Roger Scott Onstad, S/o. Mr. Richard Thomas Onstad, Flat No.1, Pearl, Plot No.15D & 15E, Bay Resort, Swastik Avenue, Springdale Street, Injambakkam, Chennai-600 041

Also at, #7047 N. Via Nueva, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, USA

Respondent

To, Mr. Roger Scott Onstad, S/o. Mr. Richard Thomas Onstad, #7047 N. Via Nueva, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, USA In the above referred Original

Petition for Divorce ﬁled by the Petitioner above named, under Section 27(d) of the Indian Special Marriage Act against you, the Respondent above named, the Hon’ble Principal Judge, Family Court Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, has been pleased to order notice to you returnable by 20th July, 2017. Please take notice that your appearance in person is required before the Hon’ble Principal Judge, Family Court, Chennai, on 20th July, 2017 at 10.30 a.m. to answer the above said Original Petition. Failing which, the above said matter will be decided in your absence. Mrs. Sadhana Somasekhar PETITIONER - IN - PERSON Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on July 12, 2017.