West Valley View - November 9, 2016

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FINISHING TOUCHES

LEFT BEHIND EMCC art exhibit captures immigrants’ confiscated possessions — Page 10.

AFRICA BOUND

Odyssey students journeying to Ghana to improve village drinking water — Page 11.

‘I am very humble and very grateful’ Goodyear man inducted into Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame

by Kourtney Balsan

special to the View

Retired Air Force Col. Richard Toliver, 78, of Goodyear was inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Oct. 28.

Toliver earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) and served in the Air Force from 1963 to 1988 as one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

“During [World War II], I was inspired to want to fly planes at a very early age. That desire stayed with me even when we moved back to the south where I finished going to school,”

Toliver said. “I was introduced to the Tuskegee Airmen back in 1957, and I was re-motivated to continue my desire to join the Air Force and go fly airplanes.”

Toliver completed two tours in Southeast Asia and flew 446 combat missions. He obtained 4,000 flying hours as a command pilot while flying an F-4, F-15, F-16, OT-37, O-2, T-33 and several civilian aircraft, he said.

“My time flying combat was certainly a very significant part of my life and my career,”

Toliver said. “We were flying some of the most intense combat missions in North Vietnam.”

Toliver said his greatest memory while serving was when he heard the news that American prisoners were being released in Vietnam, including friends who had been captured years earlier.

“That was the most significant event for me, because many of my friends had been shot down

— some of them had been prisoners for seven years or more,” he said. “One of the highlights

of my life was to be there when they arrived at the first stop coming out of Vietnam, arriving at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines.”

After his time in combat, Toliver tested planes for combat readiness, and was one of the original operational test pilots for the F-15 at Luke Air Force Base in 1974. He then traveled to Europe to introduce the aircraft to NATO, he said.

The Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame Society honors veterans who have made contributions to their country at a local, state or national level after their time in uniform.

“They are veterans who have honorably served their country through military service and who have continued to serve and inspire their fellow man with their deeds and accomplishments throughout their lives,” the organization’s website states.

Toliver continued as a public servant long after his military days were done. In 1993, he worked his way up in the United We Stand America reform organization and became the southwest regional director. In 1995, he served as the national coordinator for minority community outreach during the formation of the National Reform Party.

He was then appointed in 1997 to the Board of Regents at the University of New Mexico by New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson. Toliver served on the board until 2003 as the first black and retired military officer.

In 2004, he moved to Goodyear and served on the Board of Directors at West Valley Hospital.

(See Hall of Fame on Page 5)

View photo by Jordan Christopher

GOODYEAR CITY EMPLOYEE MEL GIBSON, left, and Budd Gilbert of Glendale, both Army veterans, attach handmade ceramic tiles on the Brotherhood sculpture Oct. 25 at Goodyear Ballpark. The sculpture and mosaics were installed and created by local Valley veterans in celebration and support of one another. The sculpture will be unveiled during Goodyear’s Veterans Day Tribute from 2 to 4:30 p.m. Friday at the ballpark at 1933 S. Ballpark Way.

View photo by Jordan Christopher COL. RICHARD TOLIVER stands in his home office Nov. 2 in Goodyear. The retired Air Force fighter pilot was recently inducted into the Arizona Veterans Hall of Fame.

Official defends Buckeye water billing

Despite disputed charges, city manager says water was delivered

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

The city of Buckeye is taking steps to work with residents who say they’ve been overcharged hundreds of dollars for thousands of gallons of water, but a top city official claims that the water that was billed was delivered, while the mayor acknowledged that the city has a public

relations problem.

“We’ve heard people. We are listening to them. We hear that they are frustrated with their bills,” interim City Manager Roger Klingler said during an interview with the West Valley View.

But Klingler said meters are recording the water being delivered to homes in Buckeye.

“The real concern to those people and

a real concern to us is that water is being wasted,” Klingler said. “Our concern, like theirs, is water is not being put to good use.”

Klingler and Mayor Jackie Meck encouraged residents with water billing issues to contact the city through a telephone hotline and special email address dedicated to the issue.

Meck said the city has had complaints about water billing “off and on for over a year,” but to a greater extent recently.

“These readings are out of this world,” he said. “I don’t have the answer right now, but we’re going to get it corrected.”

He said engineers have been assigned to check the problem and that water meters from around the city would be pulled at random and checked.

toward resolving the issue doesn’t change the fact that the water wasn’t consumed.

“They’re moving in the right direction, but the story isn’t going anywhere,” Taylor said. “People are penny-pinching, they know [how much] water they use.”

He said the residents have sought help from federal and state agencies, which he wouldn’t name.

“I can assure you, it’s being monitored,” Taylor said.

He was billed $747 for 49,000 gallons of water, which would have turned his home into a “houseboat” if there had been a leak under the structure, he said.

The city of Buckeye has established a telephone hotline and email address for residents who are questioning their water bill. Residents can call 623-3496900, or email waterhotline@buckeyeaz.gov.

Meck acknowledged that the city with a population of 62,000 and 20,000 water accounts is also dealing with a public relations issue.

“This is not what we want for this community,” he said. “We want a good reputation. It has been messed up by this, but it will be corrected.”

Klingler said the most common sources of leaks resulting in water bill spikes are landscape irrigation, malfunctioning toilets, water softeners and pool refilling mechanisms.

But dozens of Buckeye residents who have banded together in recent weeks after complaining to the city about charges up to hundreds of dollars more than previous bills said they haven’t discovered leaks or water theft.

After meeting with Meck and other Buckeye officials last week, Chad Taylor, one of the leaders of the residents with disputed bills, said the city’s progress

Taylor said the campaign has brought residents together to hold officials accountable.

“It’s really been a beautiful thing to see,” he said.

Taylor said he told Meck and Klingler that the city needs greater transparency to inform residents about what is happening.

Dave Nigh, director of water services, said action by the residents gained momentum after TV news reports, which he said caused people to join the campaign.

Since the hotline was established last week, the city has been getting 20 to 30 messages a day about water bills, Nigh said. He said the department’s personnel have worked nights and weekends to deal with the complaints.

“We’re working on every one individually,” Nigh said. “We’re doing everything we can. We’re trying to figure out where this is, and is there really an issue?” He said so far, the issues aren’t different than what the city encounters every month, with most disputed bills showing water usage spikes of 1,000 gallons.

No pattern has emerged from the complaints, which are coming from water users all over the city, Nigh said.

(See Water billing on Page 4)

Water billing

“There’s no specific area, type of meter or service area,” he said.

Nigh suggested that some people disputing their bills may not be looking at the amount of water used but at the fee charged, which might have increased because of a rate hike this year.

He also noted that high water users in the area served by Valencia Water Co., which the city acquired last year, are getting higher charges as the city’s billing rates take effect.

Jeff Hancock, one of the leaders of the residents, said he’s got a list of about 100 signatures from people who have had issues with their water bills.

Many of them filled the Buckeye City Council chambers Nov. 1 for the council’s meeting, where Hancock, Taylor and another resident addressed the issue during the session’s public comment period.

Hancock was billed for 63,000 gallons of water usage over two months for a house he shares with his girlfriend, he said.

He said he is puzzled by records for one day that showed 160 gallons of water usage an hour for five hours starting at 2 a.m.

He hired a plumber, who couldn’t find any leaks on the

property, Hancock said.

When the city sent a crew to his home, the workers got “defensive” because TV reporters covering the story were on the property, Hancock said.

“I don’t want anyone on my property who’s not going to treat me with respect,” he said.

For his council appearance, Hancock said he intentionally pulled back from angry rhetoric he expressed at an earlier community meeting since his group is attempting to get on the council’s official agenda next month.

Michelle MacKillop, who said she has received water bills with sporadic, unexplainable spikes, told the council the city has no structure in place to identify the problem and suggested the disputed charges could be attributed to sources other than leaks or water theft.

She has a background in construction, and complained that there has been an absence of communication and collaboration on the issue, encouraging the city to set up an investigative team to tackle the issue.

“The problem has escalated to the point that it is intolerable to everyone,” MacKillop said.

Taylor told the council that residents have been frustrated with the city’s response, which he said “feels condescending and dismissive.”

He said the situation is “a tragedy all around,” noting that the bills have an impact on the elderly and families.

“Now they can’t provide Christmas for their kids,” he said.

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Taylor appealed for assistance from the seven-member council.

“You work for us,” he said. “Please help us.”

Meck said the council was prohibited from discussing an issue that isn’t on the agenda, but he attempted to strike a conciliatory tone.

“This is your council,” Meck said. “It hears what you’re saying.”

When customers complain about water bills, they are asked a series of questions to determine if water usage has changed Nigh said.

Accounts that are in dispute won’t accrue late charges until the issue is resolved, Nigh said.

If it’s found that a leak has caused the problem, the city will adjust the bill if the homeowner provides proof that the leak has been repaired Nigh said.

The city will send out plumbers and others who have volunteered to make service checks to explore the source of problems, Klingler said.

Residents who have concerns about their water meters can have them checked by an independent lab, but homeowners will be charged for the service if no problem is found with the meter, he said.

To help handle the media coverage surrounding the issue, Meck said the city brought in public relations consultant Jennifer Liewer. Liewer’s LinkedIn profile shows she previously worked for the cities of Phoenix and Glendale, as well as the Arizona Department of Education and the state Supreme Court.

Nuclear plant to test sirens today

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The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, in cooperation with local and state agencies, will test the 58 outdoor warning sirens located within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of the far West Valley plant today.

The annual testing will activate the sirens twice, once at noon and again at 12:30 p.m., to ensure operability. Volunteers from the West Valley Amateur Radio Club, the Tri-City Amateur Radio Club, Arizona Amateur Radio Emergency Service and other unaffiliated ham operators will be stationed at each siren and immediately report siren activation to emergency managers.

The Arizona Department of Transportation will activate electronic message signs along Interstate 10 in the West Valley to notify drivers of the test.

Sirens are part of the “Alert and Notification System” required by federal regulations. The annual testing of the siren system is required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

In the event of an emergency at Palo Verde, one of three response agencies (Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office or the Arizona Department of Public Safety) would activate the alerting sirens as a means of directing residents to turn on their radios and televisions. An Emergency Alert System message would then provide the public with emergency information.

For information, call Maricopa County Emergency Management at 602-273-1411.

MAG OKs I-10 expansion

Way, SR85

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The Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council has voted and approved a project to widen Interstate 10 to three lanes each direction between Verrado Way and State Route 85, and to reconstruct overpasses at Watson and Miller roads, said Bob Hazlett, senior engineering manager for MAG.

The estimated $100 million project doesn’t have a timeline as MAG is waiting for the Arizona Department of Transportation to set one, which could take up to six months, Hazlett said.

Proposition 400, which extended half-cent transportation sales tax and funds freeway construction, requires the project to be finished by 2025, Hazlett said.

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Arizona Public Service Co. has issued a warning to alert consumers about a new scam.

Criminals are masquerading as APS employees and calling customers demanding immediate payment of their electric bill under the threat of having their power turned off. Customers are told to purchase prepaid cards and instructed to call a special number to make the payment.

APS said it will never require payment via prepaid card and valid APS Customer Care Center phone numbers can be found on customer bills and at aps.com.

Anyone who has fallen victim or would like to report an incident is urged to call the police in addition to APS at 602-371-7171.

West Valley vet to be parade grand marshal

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A veteran of the U.S. Army who lives in Goodyear and teaches in Avondale will be one of the grand marshals in the Phoenix Veterans Day Parade.

Jeremiah Gallegos will be the grand marshal representing Operation Iraqi Freedom when the parade steps off at 11 a.m. Friday in Phoenix.

Gallegos enlisted in the Army after graduating in 1999 from Agua Fria High School in Avondale. He was part of a convoy that went into Baghdad in March 2003.

He received a Bronze Star for heroic achievement in combat after he and two other sergeants ran through open fire to rescue a solider trapped in a burning tank with a jammed hatch.

After leaving the service in 2003, Gallegos earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Arizona State University.

He teaches math to eighth-graders at Quentin Elementary School in Avondale.

He and his wife, Sandra, have two children, Orlando and Xochitl.

Gallegos will be one of the parade’s eight veteran grand marshals representing military eras as far back as World War II.

He was nominated for the honor by his mother, Delores Jackson, and uncle, Tim Schmidt, an Air Force veteran.

With the theme “Welcome Home Vietnam Heroes,” the 29th Phoenix Veterans Day Parade is expected to have 2,500 participants and attract 45,000 spectators.

The parade will start at Montebello and Central avenues, run south on Central, turn east on Camelback Road, then south on Seventh Street, ending at Indian School Road.

For information, visit phoenixveteransdayparade.org.

Hall of Fame

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A year later, he helped create the ArcherRagsdale Arizona Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen to continue its legacy.

“I am very humble and very grateful [for the hall of fame induction]. I feel perhaps greater than I’ve ever felt on anything, in terms of being recognized for what I do and the person I try to be in my life,” Toliver said. “I came out of poverty, I came out of a broken home. My mother died raising six kids by herself before she was 49 years old.

“I know adversity in the worst kind of way. I know about racial oppression and all of that, but I also know that as I went through life, people were placed in my life to make a difference. So the recognition I will receive [Oct. 28] is a reflection of all the people who invested in me and encouraged me, who helped me move forward in dark times and celebrate in times of happiness.”

Wrong flight path

In the last decade, the Air Force has changed in a direction Toliver never imagined, he said.

Toliver said he sees less diversity in the Air Force since a program that once reached out to young minorities was halted.

when our military is about to die on the line,” Toliver said. “We have a total force today that’s less than what it was before Pearl Harbor. There has been such a decrease and demise and de-emphasis on military preparedness by the current administration. We are worse off today.”

Another problem is planes that are older than the pilots flying them, Toliver said. “It is absolutely atrocious, and has our young men and women at a disadvantage,” he said. “We don’t have the military forces that we need, the airplanes that we need or the training that we need.”

With Russia and China continuously building, funding and innovating their war planes, the United States using the same aircraft Toliver tested in the ’70s won’t cut it, he said.

“I saw the B-52 live for the first time in 1957 while I was still in high school. Young men are flying the same B-52 that their grandfathers flew and that is still one of our so-called front line bombers today,” Toliver said. “Remember I said I flew the F-15 at Luke Air Force Base in December 1974? It’s 2016 and young men are still flying the F-15. It’s still a great aircraft, but it is certainly at the end of its life. We’ve got the F-22, the F-35, but we have such measly numbers that we can’t conduct an air war that our men and women are likely to win.”

Toliver has been married 54 years and has eight children, 13 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

U.S. Air Force Airman Sandra Burgos has graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in San Antonio. Burgos earned distinction as an honor graduate.

She is the daughter of Sandra Rios of Anthem, and is a 2008 graduate of Westview High School in Avondale and a 2016 graduate of Glendale Community College in Glendale.

The View will gladly publish a military note for an individual from the West Valley or if that person’s parents and/or spouse lives in the West Valley. We also welcome professional-quality photographs. You can email the information to news1@westvalleyview.com or send in your info as best you can, with a daytime phone number we can call for further details, to: Military Notes, West Valley View, 1050 E. Riley Dr., Avondale, AZ 85323.

“That program changed with the change of administration, and it went off the books,” Toliver said. “But as it stands today, as I talk to you, the Air Force is in critical need of pilots — men pilots, women pilots, minority pilots. All kinds. They don’t have the numbers they need.”

Today’s pilots also receive less flying time than Toliver did, he said, adding that it’s now an accomplishment for a pilot to get half of the 4,000 flying hours he once achieved.

Toliver said he thinks changing priorities within the Air Force and the current administration would help solve problems.

“The emphasis is on the wrong thing. Our president put an emphasis on the wrong things. He talked about global warming and whether we need transgendered bathrooms at grade school,

His children followed in his footsteps and found success in the Air Force — two graduated from the United States Air Force Academy and three of his daughters are retired Air Force officers, he said.

“I want the American people to remember the price of freedom. The price of freedom — the freedom they all enjoy — has come from an enormous cost,” Toliver said. “Statistically since we have been a country— 238 years — approximately 43 million men and women have served in uniform, served this nation. They have all answered the call of duty to honor this country. More than a million have paid the ultimate sacrifice over the course of wars in the name of freedom for America.”

Kourtney Balsan can be reached at Kbalsan@westvalleyview.com.

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City manager’s bill spike excuse doesn’t hold water

Roger Klinger sure knows how to victimize the victim.

When asked about Buckeye residents’ exorbitant water bills, the interim city manager said, “The real concern to those people and a real concern to us is that water is being wasted. Our concern, like theirs, is water is not being put to good use.”

Um, no, their concern is being billed for thousands and thousands of gallons of water they’re not using. They don’t believe they’re wasting water, they believe they’re paying for water they’re not even getting. Big difference, Rog.

He’s sticking by the Water Resources Department’s assertion that the hundred or so residents who have banded together protesting their water bills all have leaks, or even more outlandish, have had their water stolen.

One Sundance resident who contacted us after reading our Nov. 2 front page story “Residents protest water bills” said she was billed for 20,000 gallons of water in August. She said she does not have a swimming pool, has only eight plants in her front yard on a drip system and that she and her husband are the sole occupants of their 1,700-square-foot home. When she contacted the Water Resources Department about her bill, she was told she either had a leaky faucet, a leak in her water system (her household plumbing is in her attic) or that someone was stealing her water, she said, adding if someone were stealing her water, he’d have to be “sneaking it out of our house in a tanker.”

Several other residents have been given the same song and dance, that they must have leaks or are victims of water theft. If the latter is the case, it must be the same tanker truck, as many residents have produced water bills totaling several hundred dollars, in some cases over $600 and in one case, over $1,000. Most of them are used to paying about $70 a month.

One resident whose bill jumped from $70 to $600 said the Water Resources Department told her she must have a leak, but tests showed her 12-year-old water meter was failing. Once it was replaced, her bill returned to normal, but the city is still requiring her to pay the balance, she said.

Yet Klinger still contends the real issue is water wastage.

Plenty of residents who have been told by the Water Resources Department that they must have water leaks have said they hired plumbers who found no leaks. As if they weren’t already drowning in debt, they had to throw more money down the drain just to have some concrete proof to present to the city. For a bill to jump from $70 to over $600, the homeowner would know if he had a leak (we use the word “leak” loosely, because that kind of a jump in water usage could only occur if every faucet in the house were running full blast). Furthermore, if the “leak” were in the irrigation system, the homeowner would have his own personal sinkhole, or as another resident put it, a houseboat.

At least Mayor Jackie Meck has come forward acknowledging that something’s amiss, and kudos to Councilman Craig Heustis for braving the Nov. 6 protest as the sole representative of the city.

Meck has admitted that the water billing fiasco is a public relations nightmare and that engineers have been assigned to pull water meters from around the city at random to see if they’re working properly (seems the mayor and interim city manager are on completely different pages, something we hope the council will remember when the time comes to hire a permanent city manager).

Checking water meters at random is a step in the right direction, anyway, for residents who up till now have felt belittled by the city when complaining about their bills.

One resident told us a city employee called her an idiot when she questioned her water bill. And the city’s own website is condescending to say the least, stating, “To streamline the process, we have dedicated a phone line and email address specifically for customers needing specialized attention and assistance.” And, “Remember to visit our website for water saving tips and additional information.”

“Specialized attention and assistance” as if residents are too simple to understand their water bills, and, “water saving tips,” which only seems to underscore the Water Resources Department’s contention that such astronomical water bills are indeed the result of water wastage.

The city has established a hotline at 623-349-6900 and email at waterhotline@buckeyeaz.gov for residents who are questioning their water bills. We urge anyone who feels he’s being overcharged to explore these two options first, but then to contact the interim city manager and/or water resources director directly if he feels he’s being shined on.

Considering the city’s apparent disregard for its residents’ plight up till this point, we don’t have a lot of faith in the hotline.

The interim city manager can be reached at 623-349-6910, and the water resources director, Dave Nigh, can be reached at 623-349-6101.

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Dems are hypocrites

Editor:

All my adult life I have been condescendingly told by the Left that theirs is the party of tolerance, fairness, equality, and yes even of love. Alas, a wise man once stated that “...by their fruits ye shall know them (Matt 7:20)”. What are the fruits of the Left? Illegal violent “protests,” smashed windshields of Trumpsupporting automobiles, stolen and defaced Republican political signs, vandalized and destroyed Republican offices, abuse of individuals sporting pro-Trump clothing, desecration of Trump’s Walk of Fame star, BLM graffiti on Trump’s DC hotel, a complete lack and regard for human decency in the Soros-controlled media, etc., ad nauseam. No sensible and rational individual can conclude other than the repulsive hypocrisy of the Leftist radicals that have hijacked the Democratic Party.

Jason Russell Goodyear

Visitors from the future?

Editor:

How many of you saw the mysterious lights over the East Valley on October 21st and October 25th? What do you make of them? I remember the last time the Phoenix Lights were seen on March 13th, 1997. That was 19 years ago. Some people claimed they saw a (massive) triangular spacecraft; other people dismissed this phenomenon as “flares” from some Air Force Base, or meteorlogical equipment. That it has a terrestrial explanation. Personally, I’ve never seen any UFOs’ (not even “little green men.”) I’ve never smoked or drank anything that strong. But, back in Nov. 18th, 1998, I was driving home from work at around 7:00 pm. In the Southern skies, along the Estrella Mountains, I saw nine orangecolored lights. Then, one by one, they disappeared. I didn’t get any kind of “messages” from “them.” Nothing of the sort. I once saw over the Estrella Park one night when I was driving on MC85, a large cigar-shaped object. It looked like a blimp. It had no lights and made no noise. I was driving home from work (McLanes). I was driving South from the Estrella Parkway and turned right on MC85. If its’ a UFO, just pretend I didn’t notice it. Why are they here? My theory is: What if they are not from another galaxy — what if they

are from the future? Maybe some “big” event is going to happen very soon. If you had a time machine, what year would you like to go and visit?

I remember when I was 5 years old (1960), I went with my brothers to see the movie “The Time Machine,” it was written by H.G Wells and published in 1895. It was about a scientist, who time-travelled from New Years’ Eve 1899 to the year 80,000 AD.

Laura Rivas Buckeye

Voting for lesser of evils

Editor:

Do you ever get the feeling that some people are being dishonest? I know I do. The point in question is Donald Trump’s conversation about women. Many men when they know that no women are around nor children and it isn’t a Christian group, do discuss women especially what they like or dislike.

As a student athlete I recall many such conversations. The coaches if they heard something usually would say something like, “Don’t use names or No dirty language!” Years later when I was a coach, I said about the same thing that my coaches had said to me. The big surprise was behind the coaches’ closed door

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the same type of conversations were going on and worse than I ever remember as a student!

For many years now the only time I’m with a group of men it is a Christian group and no such conversations take place. Putting all of this together I conclude, a strong Christian man wouldn’t have a “locker room” type conversation about women to begin with, but a nonchristian or a weak Christian might!

So I’m voting for the lesser of two evils Donald Trump. The man I wanted wasn’t the last man standing. Could I vote for a woman? The answer is yes, just NOT Hillary!

Bernard Oviatt Salome

War continues on Christians

Editor:

It’s outrageous what is going on in our country and military, it should awaken every American of faith. Discrimination against Catholics and Evangelicals are at an all time high.

The Department of Veterans affairs now forbids Chaplains references to God and Jesus during burials at National Cemeteries. Psalm 12; “The wicked prowl on every side while baseness is exalted by the human race.” Wake up!!! Liar Obama speaking for liar Hillary.

In deciding to go to war against Christians, President Obama hit on one of those rare moments where his “Electoral interests and ideological goals are aligned,” and it’s more of the same with Hillary if elected. Both has been bought and paid for by the Muslims. Traitors in our midst. Radical Islamist are mounting campaigns to rebrand a deadly religion and indoctrinate the next generation of Americans. Let me share some notes across the country.

1. Parents in Georgia furious over middle school Islam lessons.

2. Fear of Islam in Tennessee Public Schools.

3. Maryland Schools allow Muslims to leave class to pray, but no for Christians.

4. L.A. public school teaching kids “Allah is the one true God.”

5. Cair, demands Tennessee 7th Graders learn “Muhammad is the messenger of God.”

6. Public Schools sued for pushing Islam propaganda.

7. Islamic fundamentalists successfully infiltrating social

studies and history texts! Makes you think doesn’t it.

Analie Maccree Goodyear

Overrides increase taxes

Editor:

I can’t believe that people actually think that the money for the override just magically appears out of thin air. Check your property tax forms. The Agua Fria High School Override Cost me $110.70 in 2015 and have increased to $118.08 in 2016 which was a 6.7% increase. Since this is on my PROPERTY TAX BILL. How can you say taxes will not increase? Litchfi eld Elementary override cost me $217.96 in 2015 and $225.70 in 2016 which was a 3.6% increase. So once again please explain to me how this override will not show up on my property TAX bill as an override TAX and how our taxes will not increase. Don’t get me wrong I am for quality education and fi rmly believe teachers deserve more pay for what they do. But don’t misinform the public about taxes not increasing.

Les Armstrong Goodyear

A curse on your home

Editor:

This is a message for 2 different people in the Arlington area of Arizona. 1. My home may be about 50 or 60 yards from Dobbins road but I saw you trying to steal my mail on Saturday, October 29, 2016 at 12:35pm. But Rachael, my mail lady tells me that I had no mail on that day, so you got nothing — but I’m watching for you — you in the older gray pickup — I’ll get your license number if you try it again. Stealing mail is a felony and will cost you $250,000 and 5 years in a federal prison.

2. You person or persons on Dobbins road that stole my desk and chair from a Fedex delivery on May 17, 2016 may think you got away with it, but you didn’t. The Bible says that a curse is on your home — how have things been going since then? Moreover, the old Fedex driver had to pay for the wrong delivery and you wouldn’t answer the door when he tried to recover the merchandise. God closely watches everything we do and you will have to face him one

day soon. So much for loving your neighbor I guess.

Gary Stokes Arlington

Hillary is a traitor

Editor:

T. Kroll of Avondale,

Have you been living under a rock, or perhaps on another planet for the past year?

The only mandate for Hillary Clinton is the amount of the sentence that she and her thieving husband should get for treason. It is beyond my comprehension how anyone with more than a third grade education could possibly vote for that lying, traitorous disgrace of a woman.

I don’t care if you are a Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green Party, Tea Party etc. ad infinitum, if you are an AMERICAN, how can you vote for someone who is under two major FBI investigations?

This woman and her scheming husband, has put our nation at risk, for personal power and enrichment. It would take this entire newspaper to cover the corruption that she is tied to and it wouldn’t be enough space to cover all of it.

Hillary is a disaster in progress, you don’t like Trump, think he is a disaster waiting to happen, then vote for Johnson or Stein. If by some fluke Hillary gets elected our country will be bogged down by her investigations for several years.

If however you are one of the millions on Gov’t handouts, and don’t want the gravy train to end, then of course I understand your vote. But if you are like me and the rest of the Americans who pay taxes, then catch a clue.

If this happened 100 years ago, she would be in front of a firing squad by now.

David Lesnick Buckeye

Thumbs-up, Dan Harkins

Editor:

First of all I read your policy on what you won’t publish and I believe this falls under consumer complaints? But anyway, I think Dan Harkins should thank Deborah Mehrlich of Avondale for all the free advertising she just handed to him on a silver platter! I definitely will be going to this new theater NOW! And as for Debbie, I feel sorry for your children because apparently they don’t even get to go to Chuck E Cheese (which serves beer.) And one more thing not everyone who drinks, is an alcoholic! If someone is looking to drink and have fun, they are not going to a movie theater, they are going to go to a bar! And let me tell you, after taking your kids to see Frozen more than once, you need a little alcohol! ;) Thumbs up Dan Harkins!

Lisa Cordova Goodyear

Kudos to car show

Editor:

I would like to extend a Shout Out to Scotty and his crew at Jones Ford, Buckeye, on the excellence and professionalism they display at their annual fund raiser and car show benefitting Phoenix Children’s Hospital. In its sixth year, it provides an opportunity to walk through

some mighty fine examples of American transportation; rekindle youthful memories; see industrial accomplishments and design that astonished the world, and most of all, enrich our lives talking with new friends and old neighbors.

I commend your hard work, your ethic of caring and your hospitality. At the end of the show, when I get a handshake and a thank you for attending, I am lifted up and reminded that, Yes, There are still good people willing to make good things happen! Thanks for being a good example !

David Glaeseman Buckeye

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Business Briefcase

by Shane McOwen staff writer

Hello, readers, and welcome to the latest edition of the Business Briefcase!

I’m your host, Briefcase Host, and we’ll start by giving a hearty thanks to veterans young and old who’ve served the country.

Thank yous are nice, but it’s pretty hard to do anything tangible with them, so here are some more freebie offers happening Friday for active duty military personnel and veterans.

Main Event, 10315 W. McDowell Road in Avondale, is offering free bowling to active and retired military personnel from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

The offer is one hour of bowling for a veteran and up to four guests for free. Shoes are included in the deal, in case you were wondering.

Last week, we mentioned three businesses offering free deals: Fired Pie (free entrée), Wienerschnitzel (free combo meal) and Abrazo West Campus (free meals).

I’ve come across a few deals that aren’t in the West Valley View’s coverage area, not even close in some instances, but a nice reader did fill me in on a website that lists all the places with free and reduced offerings for veterans on Friday.

APS employees win community service awards

Three Arizona Public Service Co. employees from the West Valley have won APS community service awards.

Michael Dyrcz of Buckeye received $2,500 for a nonprofit of choice as a reward for his volunteer service with the Buckeye Valley Fire District.

Raymond Beezley and Brannon Hampton, both of Goodyear, were award finalists and received $500 for their respective charities.

The awards honor full-time employees who have demonstrated dedication to the well-being of their communities by volunteering with nonprofit organizations.

Goodyear woman wins award

Sherri Collins of Goodyear, executive director for the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing, won the Michael Berger Excellence in Board Service Award from the National Association for the Deaf at the 53rd biennial National Association for the Deaf Conference held recently in Phoenix.

The award is presented in recognition of an individual NAD board member who has proven to be extraordinarily dedicated and committed to the mission, vision and values of the NAD in service

Visit military.com for a comprehensive list of all places honoring our service members with free offers. I’m sure it comes nowhere near paying back our military members for all the sacrifices they’ve each had to make, but it’s a nice gesture.

Moving on to some business news, Dollar General is under construction in Tonopah at 37930 W. Salome Highway.

The discount store will be a 9,100-square-foot, free-standing building on 1.59 acres of land.

Pure Patio, an outdoor furniture store that also offers landscape/backyard 3D renderings, is the focus of a Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting ceremony set for 3 p.m. Nov. 17.

The store has been open since early October.

Potbelly Sandwich Shop, near 103rd Avenue, south of McDowell Road in Avondale, opened Tuesday.

It’s the first time the sandwich chain has ventured into the West Valley market, offering sandwiches, soups, salads, chili, milkshakes and breakfast items.

This particular location looks like it will have live music on occasion inside the restaurant.

Potbelly will be open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and

to the organization above and beyond the duties and expectations of NAD board members.

Litchfield vice mayor named a best

lawyer

Paul Faith, managing attorney and founder at Faith, Ledyard & Faith, PLC and vice mayor of Litchfield Park, was recently included in the Best Lawyers in America for the eighth consecutive year.

“Best Lawyers” are selected by their peers and represent the top 1 percent nationally.

Faith was recently named as a top attorney in AZ Magazine’s “Top Attorneys in Arizona,” “Arizona’s Best Lawyers,” the national business edition of “Super Lawyers” and the Martindale Hubbell “Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.”

This year marks the 37th anniversary of Faith’s law practice in the West Valley. He has been the vice mayor of Litchfield Park for 12 years.

2 W.V. Larry H. Miller dealerships win awards

Larry H. Miller Chrysler Jeep Avondale and Larry H. Miller Dodge Ram Avondale earned the inaugural 2016 Fiat Chrysler Customer First Award for Excellence.

To win the award, the dealerships had to

Saturday. Delivery service is available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday for orders of at least $25. For information, visit potbelly.com.

Two Advantage Storage operations have added U-Haul services to their arsenal: Advantage Storage of Buckeye, 1596 S. Watson Road, and Advantage Storage of Avondale, 1101 S. Avondale Blvd. Both locations are now offering U-Haul services: trucks, support rental items, self-storage and in-store pickup for boxes. That’s nice to know if you’re in the process of moving, where any ounce of help is greatly appreciated.

That’s all for this week, everyone.

Send tips, questions or comments to smcowen@ westvalleyview.com. I’m also on twitter @ ShaneMcOwen, and always appreciate a shout out there! If I get enough interaction there, I might start giving out some Briefcase sneak peeks.

Take care everyone, and see you next week!

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

achieve the following core pillars:

• Facility — Customers consistently find dealerships to be clean, convenient and comfortable. Facilities are certified every six months.

• Customer processes — Dealer consistently executes processes for key customer interaction points, such as sales negotiation, delivery and follow up.

• Performance — Dealer achieves required high level of satisfaction in customer sales and service satisfaction surveys.

• Employee survey — Survey employees annually, share findings with employees and act on the feedback and results.

• Training certification — Dealership personnel meet minimum training requirements for sales, service, parts and technical staff.

Buckeye awards $100,000

such as landscaping, public parking or lighting.

The program provides awards up to $9,999 without any required private sector match, while those applicants requesting more than that are required to match at least 25 percent of their award amount. The maximum award is $25,000 per project.

The projects approved by the council include:

• Salvador’s Restaurant, which received $22,500 from the city for the project total of $101,392 for stucco, paint, shades, doors and windows.

• National Bank of Arizona, which received $22,500 for a project total of $80,981 for a new façade, windows, doors, landscape and sidewalk.

• Oasis Insurance, which received $22,500 for the project total of $46,939 for a new patio structure, exterior lighting and paint.

Shane McOwen

Girl, 16, on bike hit by car dies

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

A 16-year-old girl died Nov. 2 after she was hit by a car near Yuma and Tuthill roads in Buckeye, officials said.

The teen, identified by family on a GoFundMe page as Chloe Schneider, was riding her bike along the roadway when she was struck by the vehicle, said Sgt. Jason Weeks, a spokesman with the Buckeye Police Department.

Officers responded at about 6:20 p.m. and found Chloe with extensive injuries. She was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead, Weeks said.

The driver of the vehicle, a 22-year-old Buckeye resident, remained at the scene and cooperated fully with investigators, he said. The Buckeye Police Department Traffic Enforcement Unit is investigating the collision. Impairment was not a factor in the crash, Weeks said. A fundraiser has been set up at gofundme. com/chloes-service-fund to help the family with funeral expenses.

Emily Toepfer can be reached at etoepfer@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @EmilyToepfer.

Buckeye man accused of indecent exposure

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

A Buckeye man was arrested Oct. 27 after he allegedly exposed himself to two women inside a Walmart at Watson and Yuma roads in Buckeye, officials said.

Frank Guzman, 56, was booked into Maricopa County Fourth Avenue Jail and faces two counts of indecent exposure and one count of failing to register as a sex offender, police said.

Buckeye police responded to the store Oct. 22 after the women reported a man exposed

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

himself to them, but he left the store before officers arrived, police said.

Five days later, officers were called again after the man was spotted inside the store, police said.

Officers made contact with Guzman and found he is a sex offender who had not registered with the Buckeye Police Department, which is required by law.

Emily Toepfer can be reached at etoepfer@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @EmilyToepfer.

An Avondale man was sentenced Oct. 16 to nine years in prison on drug-related charges, officials said.

Eduardo Robles Luzania, 41, previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, possession with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, according to a press r elease by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.

Luzania received the cocaine from Pedro Rafael Gonzalez-Zazueta of Tucson between spring 2014 and summer 2015, and used a courier to transport the drugs from Arizona to Alabama, the release states.

As part of the investigation, agents determined Luzania laundered more than $145,000 in drug proceeds and also

attempted to ship methamphetamine to Pennsylvania through the U.S. mail, the release states.

Gonzalez-Zazueta, 39, was sentenced last week to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine, the release states.

The investigation was conducted by a team including Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, United States Postal Inspection Service, the Salt River Police Department and the Apache Junction Police Department.

The prosecution was handled by D.J. Pashayan, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona.

Emily Toepfer can be reached at etoepfer@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @EmilyToepfer.

Firefighters secure ammonia leak in Tolleson

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

Fire crews from five West Valley cities were dispatched Monday afternoon to a hazardous materials call at Sysco Arizona, 611 S. 80th Ave. in Tolleson, after an employee smelled ammonia, officials said.

Firefighters responded at about 1:30 p.m. to the food distribution facility, and employees inside the building were evacuated, Tolleson Fire Chief George Good said.

“When crews got on scene, they upgraded it to a working hazmat, so that calls for the deployment of a lot more hazmat resources,” Good said.

Crews secured the leak and monitored the level of ammonia inside the facility, he said.

“It turned out it was not a really bad incident, but you don’t know that until you go in with your monitoring equipment,” Good said.

No injuries were reported.

About 50 firefighters were dispatched to the call from Tolleson, Goodyear, Peoria, Glendale and Phoenix.

Crews were on scene until about 6 p.m., Good said.

Emily Toepfer can be reached at etoepfer@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @EmilyToepfer.

Teenager shot by homeowner in west Phoenix

by Emily Toepfer assistant editor

A 15-year-old boy was shot at about 9 a.m. Nov. 4 near 99th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road in west Phoenix after a resident returned home and found the teen inside, officials said.

The homeowner shot the boy as he and another teen fled, said Sgt. Vince Lewis, a spokesman with the Phoenix Police Department.

Officers located them after arriving on scene, and the injured teen was transported to a trauma center at a local hospital with two gunshot wounds to the back, said Capt. Reda Bigler, a spokeswoman with the Phoenix Fire Department.

The teen is expected to survive, Lewis said.

The investigation is ongoing.

Emily Toepfer can be reached at etoepfer@westvalleyview.com or on Twitter @EmilyToepfer.

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Avondale woman honored for Block Watch

Yvonne Crump, Block Watch captain in the Coldwater Ridge subdivision in Avondale since 2009, was recognized by the Avondale Police Department for having one of the most successful Block Watch programs in the city. The police department is honoring Crump by treating her and friends to a day at Main Event in Avondale and dinner.

Philanthropic group seeking West Valley members

The philanthropic organization 100+ Women of the Valley of the Sun is seeking West Valley members.

The nonprofit focuses on donating directly to local charities.

It has two other groups in Ahwatukee and Scottsdale, and is looking to expand efforts to the West Valley.

The group has raised nearly $100,000 for 12 charities, and its goal is to donate more than $500,000 to local nonprofit organizations in the next five years.

For information, visit 100wwcvalleyofthesun.org.

Goodyear wins awards for special events

The city of Goodyear was recently recognized by the Arizona Talent in Event Concepts for its excellence in promoting special events. It won two Arizona Talent in Event Concepts awards.

The city was awarded Best Event Brochure for its annual Heart and Sole 5K race and Best Photo of Participants for the grand opening of phase two of the Estrella Foothills Bike Park.

Chloe Schneider

Frank Guzman

Buckeye updating its general plan

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

Buckeye residents will have the opportunity to offer ideas about how the city will develop in the future during a series of meetings that are part of an update to the city’s general plan.

The three meetings next week are a step of the Imagine Buckeye General Plan 2040, an update to the city’s plan that’s required every 10 years.

“It’s really important that the community gets involved so they can have a part in what the community looks like in the next 10, 20 years,” said Terri Hogan, deputy director of planning.

Hogan called the plan that’s required by state law a “blueprint” to guide the future growth of a city that sprawls over 600 square miles.

“It’s a vision plan. It’s long range,” she said. “A lot of things have changed, so we’re looking for what the community wants their Buckeye to be.”

Hogan said residents who attended a set of public meetings in May indicated they were happy with the city’s open spaces, which they want to see preserved, and expressed an interest in additional retail services in concentrated areas.

“They want Buckeye to develop smartly,” she said.

Work on updating the general plan started at the first of the year and will conclude in August 2018, when Buckeye voters will be asked to ratify the plan.

As the project director, Hogan acts as the liaison with Matrix Design Group, a Phoenix-based company that has also done work in Glendale and Peoria and is contracted to do Buckeye’s transportation master plan.

Hogan said the general plan update is essentially a rewrite of the city’s plan because Buckeye has grown so much since the last plan and now exceeds the 50,000 population threshold that requires the plan to address a greater number of issues.

“It’s going to be a new vision. It’s not just a rehash of what we had before,” Hogan said.

While the existing plan addresses five elements, including land use, growth areas and water resources, the new plan must include 17 elements.

Those new elements include open space, conservation, recreation, public services and buildings, housing and safety.

An advisory committee is made of 14 Buckeye residents who serve as the city’s planning commission and alternates, Hogan said.

At next week’s meetings, the planners will seek input on four or five proposed scenarios for the city’s growth to get an idea for where people would like to see things such as services and employment centers, Hogan said.

Once approved, the plan would offer a policy for consistent growth and would need to be amended if there were requests for developments that varied from the plan, Hogan said.

Here’s the meeting schedule:

• 6-8 p.m. Nov. 15 at the Executive Conference Room at City Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye.

• 6-8 p.m. Nov. 16 at Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies, 1495 S. Verrado Way, Buckeye. 6-8 p.m. Nov. 17 at Festival Foothills Elementary School, 26242 W. Desert Vista Blvd., Buckeye. For information, visit imaginebuckeye2040.com.

EMCC photo exhibit takes on immigration issue

Items confiscated from migrants subject of display titled ’The American Dream’

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

An Arizona photographer is turning items he found in the trash at a border control station into art for an exhibit that makes a statement on the nation’s immigration issue.

Tom Kiefer’s photographs of objects confiscated from migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border will be on display through Jan. 29 in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center at Estrella Mountain Community College, 3000 N. Dysart Road, Avondale.

Kiefer will lead an artist talk at 10 a.m. Nov. 16 at the center’s black box theater.

The 30 photos on display are among about 300 that Kiefer said he’s taken of items he collected for several years while he worked as a janitor at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol station near Ajo.

“I came across the deeply personal items the migrants were carrying with them,” Kiefer said. “This is like a snapshot of our nation’s history here in southern Arizona and the hundreds of thousands of people who come to this region.”

He titled the exhibit “El Sueno Americano,” or “The American Dream.”

“We’re all in search of the American dream, whatever that is,” Kiefer said.

The photos don’t show any of the people, but depict belongings that act as a representation of migrants whose hopes for an American dream turned into a nightmare when they were detained on suspicion of crossing the border illegally.

Kiefer said he was shocked that the items he found in the trash included Bibles, rosaries and family photographs.

“These objects have an incredible back story,” he said.

Everyday belongings, such as soap, water bottles, toothpaste tubes, combs, condoms and birth control were also among the objects.

Kiefer noted that items that appeared whimsical, such as a collection of rubber ducks, probably had a function as trail markers posted to guide the next group of migrants.

His training as a graphic artist is reflected in the composition of the photos, some of which gather dozens of similar items in an image.

“I want the focus to be on the object,” Kiefer said. “I treat them with respect and kind of reverence.”

He said he’s kept the collection of items intact.

While Kiefer said the work is presented as art, he acknowledged that it’s also a comment on the immigration issue.

“We’re at this period in our nation’s history where we have very important decisions to make on how we handle immigration and we’re just not dealing with it,” he said. “We have to deal with this.”

Ryan Horvath, who is coordinating the exhibit as a member of EMCC’s art faculty, said Kiefer takes a unique approach by turning familiar objects into a powerful subject matter that builds a human connection.

“It’s a good way to draw people in on a heated topic,” Horvath said. “Getting people to think about those issues in another way is important.”

The objects Kiefer collected belonged to migrants in a variety of circumstances, from smugglers to those who may have lived in Arizona for years before going back

to Mexico and were then captured by patrol when they returned to the state.

The migrants were taken into custody in the desert north of the border, then processed at the station, a first step in what could end with imprisonment or deportation.

Kiefer said the migrants are only allowed the clothes they’re wearing, identification and prescription medication, and are stripped of items deemed nonessential or potentially lethal, such as belts and shoelaces.

Kiefer, 57, said his own American dream involved moving from Los Angeles to Ajo in 2001 to buy a house and pursue his photography of landscapes and urban scenes.

But making a living as a photographer was challenging, so he started the part-time weekend job at the border station in 2003.

Kiefer said in 2007, he took responsibility for donating food and recyclables taken from the migrants when he noticed the other belongings in the trash.

“I discreetly started collecting, taking home with me all these items I found in the trash,” he said. “The volume is amazing.”

It was a habit that continued until 2014, when he left the job to devote himself to the self-funded project.

Kiefer said he used digital photography for the project and switched to working in color from the black and white images he had done for earlier work.

He said he hopes his work fosters communication on the immigration issue.

“I never would have imagined that I would be dealing with such a significant social issue in my work,” he said.

The project has been the subject of stories by CNN and publications as far away as France and Japan, and exhibits have also been mounted in Kansas and Gilbert, Kiefer said. He’s still working on the project, which he said he expects to be completed with about 1,000 photos.

The exhibit and artist talk are free and open to the public.

The exhibit is open from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

To view some of the photos and other projects by Kiefer, visit tomkiefer.com.

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

Thomas Kiefer/INSTITUTE photo

A PHOTOGRAPH of various water bottles immigrants carried while crossing the border is one of several in Arizona photographer Tom Kiefer’s exhibit at Estrella Mountain Community College in Avondale.

Tom Kiefer

Submitted photo

ODYSSEY INSTITUTE for Advanced and International Studies students Makenna Crawford, 16, and Taggert Olson, 15, stand outside their school Oct. 6 in Buckeye. The Goodyear teens are preparing for a trip to Africa as part of the Water Is Life team to help residents of a village in Ghana obtain safe drinking water.

Comic Con coming to W.V.

Tonopah high school’s Anime Club creating local event

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

Students at Tonopah Valley High School

are using the Comic Con concept to create a local event that celebrates popular culture.

Tonopah Valley Comic Con will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Tonopah Valley High School, 38201 W. Indian School Road, Tonopah.

The event, which is open to the public, is being planned by the school’s Anime Club.

It will include panel discussions, a costume contest and vendors, according to Kristin Faulkner, adviser to the club and a science teacher at the school.

“This has been a really big endeavor. The kids have worked really hard,” Faulkner said of the 12 core members in the club that was organized last year.

She said the idea for the event grew out of a desire to raise funds so that club members could attend this year’s Phoenix Comicon, which is held annually in May and is one of several major conventions in the U.S. devoted to comic books and entertainment.

The events are famous for cosplay, or

costume play, where those attending wear character costumes.

Faulkner said the Tonopah event’s costume contest is open to anyone who has designed and at least partially made his own costume.

Panel discussions on costuming will include one led by a West Valley group devoted to the Ghostbusters movies.

There will also be sessions on Pokemon, quidditch and Magic: The Gathering.

Vendors from West Valley businesses Samurai Comics and Comikaze and Toys will display and sell their wares.

Faulkner said the event is an attempt to build relationships with the community and will bring Comic Con activities to youths who may have limited transportation in the remote area of the far West Valley.

Admission and most activities are free, but the club will raise funds at a face painting booth and concession stand and with the sales of T-shirts. There is also a charge to enter the costume contest.

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

Litchfield District seeks governing board candidate

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The Litchfield Elementary District is seeking someone to fill a two-year seat on its Governing Board effective Jan. 1, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2018. Applications can be picked up at the District Office, 272 E. Sagebrush St., Litchfield Park, or online at lesd.k12. az.us. Applications are due by 12:30 p.m. Thursday, and interviews will take place Nov. 21-22. The top three candidates will be required to attend a Nominee Seminar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 3 with the district’s collaboration team.

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Odyssey group headed for Africa

Team will work to improve village’s access to water

by Glenn Gullickson staff writer

Africa will be the destination for a field trip for two students and an administrator from the Odyssey Preparatory Family of Schools who will participate in a project to improve access to drinking water for a village.

The group that will leave Thursday will be part of a Water Is Life team working in the west African nation of Ghana.

Making the trip will be Goodyear residents Megan Olson, co-founder of Odyssey, and her son, Taggert Olson, 15, and Makenna Crawford, 16, both students at the Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies in Buckeye.

The project is part of the K-12 charter school’s partnership with Water Is Life, according to Makenna’s mother, Stephanie Crawford, who is the director of communications and human resources at Odyssey.

Crawford, who made the trip to Ghana on a Water Is Life mission last year, said the opportunity to go to Africa was open to all students as part of the school’s mission to be part of the global community.

“We believe in field trips,” Crawford said. “This one, it just really envelopes all of the things we strive to do.”

In Ghana, the team will continue an effort started last year to install a water pump system to provide drinking water for the 1,293 residents of the village of Kpaachi Yili.

“It’s a big project,” Crawford said.

The system will eliminate the need for residents to walk more than a mile to fetch water.

“These people are special, they’re sweet,” Crawford said of the villagers. She said she learned that the volunteers have as many things in common as they do differences with the Africans.

The volunteers will also work with the village’s school, she said.

Odyssey’s work with Water Is Life extends back to 2011, when a teacher traveled to Ghana to distribute 500 filtration straws.

Since then, Odyssey has raised almost $25,000 to support water, sanitation and hygiene efforts for the village, including creating a latrine building, educating local women about soap making and fencing and gating a water source.

Participants in this year’s project have been raising money for the 10-day trip with various activities, including an obstacle course race in October.

Crawford said she expects the students to bring back experiences that can be shared in the classroom.

“It’s going to be a special trip for them,” she said. “I hope these kids going will open up opportunities for many more to go.”

Besides learning about the importance of water, the trip will provide lessons in biology, physics and math, Crawford said.

Since being established as a nonprofit organization in 2009, Water Is Life has worked on projects in several African countries, as well as Haiti, China and India.

For information or to donate to the Odyssey team, visit odyprep.com.

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

governing board, people must be at least 18 years old and have lived in the district for at least one year at the time of appointment, be citizens of the United States and be registered voters in Arizona. Employees of the district and their spouses are not eligible, and neither are immediate family members of current board members who have shared the same household in the last four years. Qualified candidates should be able to attend Governing Board meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, and other meetings that may be scheduled in order to conduct district business. For information, call 623-535-6017.

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Chad Hauk receives scholarship

Chad Hauk of Phoenix has received a $2,000 scholarship from Luke Air Force Base in Glendale as part of the Scholarships for Military Children Program. He is attending Arizona State University in Tempe.

Local homeless youth nonprofit needs school

supplies

Homeless Youth Connection, a Goodyear-based nonprofit that serves more than 900 homeless youths in the West Valley, is in need of various supplies to help teens. Basic school supplies are needed, as well as clothes, groceries and gift cards to fast food restaurants. Those who are interested in hosting a supply drive through their social, church or other group can contact Homeless Youth Connection. Donations can be taken to HYC at 500 N. Bullard Ave., Suite 28, Goodyear. For information, call 623-374-3747 or visit hycaz.org.

Jason Roach accepted into master’s program at Miami University

Jason Roach of Avondale was recently accepted into the Advanced Inquiry Program and will be taking classes toward a Master of Arts in teaching degree in the biological sciences from Miami University through Project Dragonfly.

As a first-year AIP student, Roach will complete webbased courses from Miami University with face-to-face experiential learning at Phoenix Zoo.

Miami University’s Project Dragonfly reaches millions of people each year through inquiry-driven learning media, public exhibits and graduate programs worldwide. Project Dragonfly is based in the department of biology at Miami University, a state university in Oxford, Ohio. Miami was established in 1809 and is listed as one of the eight original Public Ivies.

Tonopah Valley freshman joins Buckeye Youth Council

Morgan Harris, a Tonopah Valley High School ninthgrader, was sworn in as a Buckeye Youth Council member Sept. 8 at Buckeye City Hall. She joins 17-19 other teens from the Buckeye area who provide feedback to the City Council on youth issues. Throughout the program, Youth Council members gain leadership skills through problem-solving and volunteering in and around the Buckeye area.

County supervisor named Hero of Education

Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Gallardo, D-District 5, was honored as a Hero of Education by the Arizona Latino School Board Association Sept. 16. The Héroes de la Educación Award recognizes Gallardo’s vision and support in the creation of the AzLSBA. Gallardo is a former governing board member of the Cartwright School District and the Phoenix Union High School District.

The Agua Fria Food & Clothing Bank invites you to join us this holiday season as we serve 1250 Holiday Boxes at our locations in Avondale and Tonopah! To serve the needy in the West Valley we need your help! Please consider supporting this project. A donation of $45 fills a box and feeds a family for the holidays! Canned food items, frozen chickens, frozen hams, frozen turkeys, toys, or monetary donations are needed by November 20th for Thanksgiving and by December 18th for Christmas. For questions call 623-932-9315, email Aguafriafoodbank1227@aol.com or write P.O. Box 845 Avondale, AZ 85323. Physical donations can be dropped off at 405 East Harrison Dr. Avondale, AZ 85323 from 8am-12pm Monday-Friday.

View photo by Ray Thomas

ART SCHNEIDER of Avondale fills in a chalk art project with his daughter, Samarah, Nov. 5 during Goodyear’s fifth annual Chalk Art in the Park event at Goodyear Community Park.

Inside Sports: Westview, Buckeye lose close games in playoffs; Verrado, Millennium volleyball lose in state quarters

Rematch goes to Desert Edge in 1st round

Scorpions offense returns to form in 34-10 win over Verrado

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

Desert Edge coach Rich Wellbrock preached fixing things offensively after his team’s undefeated record was compromised in the final week of the regular season by an outstanding performance from Verrado. Fixed it, the Scorpions did.

Following Verrado’s 6-3 double-overtime win against Desert Edge Oct. 27, the Scorpions got the better of the Vipers in a rematch that opened the 5A state playoffs. A week after failing to score a touchdown, Desert Edge put the ball in the end zone twice in the game’s first five minutes and went on to a 34-10 victory.

FOOTBALL

“It was attention to detail,” Wellbrock said. “We talked [the day after last week’s loss] when we had a meeting that we had to get back to the details that had made this program successful. We got back to the details. It was a lot of details, obviously, on the offensive side of the ball that did us well tonight.”

It was an odd circumstance that the teams wound up meeting again just eight days after last playing each other, but Verrado was in a must-win situation to get into the state playoffs in Week 10, while Desert Edge was No. 2 in the power-points rankings going into that game. The Scorpions’ drop to No. 4, along with Verrado’s jump up to No. 13, set up the rematch.

“In my opinion, this is a bit unfair to have to come back this way,” Verrado coach Derek Wahlstrom said. “I think it’s a bit unfair, but there’s nothing to do. This is the game we were scheduled to play, so we showed up and played our hearts out.”

Desert Edge made a couple of tweaks with its offensive game plan, specifically in regard to quarterback Tehran Thomas. The week before, Thomas had 48 touches, carrying the ball 31 times and throwing 17 passes. That comprised 65 percent of the Scorpions’ offensive plays. This time, he only had 15 carries and six passing attempts. Desert Edge ran 58 plays.

“We did a couple things that allowed us to not have them be able to key on T [Thomas] as much,” Wellbrock said. “We took the ball out of his hands and didn’t make him read as much, and that helped loosen him up a bit.”

Roshaun Johnson had a monster game, rushing for 161 yards and two touchdowns, while also scoring on a receiving TD. He gave all the credit to Desert Edge’s offensive line.

“They played amazing, hands down,” Johnson said. “They dominated up front and opened up the holes like semi trucks could drive through it. They definitely were the leading path toward victory.”

Defensively, Desert Edge allowed one touchdown on a deep ball down the sideline, but otherwise held Verrado in check.

“The deep balls were situations where I think our kids got a little complacent on those deep balls,” Wellbrock said. “We made some tweaks to our game p lan in case they made some tweaks to theirs, and

obviously, our defensive staff did a good job.”

Starting fast

The Scorpions couldn’t have asked for a better start, finding the end zone on their first drive of the game. Following a fourth-down conversion because of an offsides penalty on Verrado, Desert Edge scored on a Treyvon Williams 26-yard jet sweep left to make it 7-0.

“Trey got the ball, and he makes things happen when he gets the ball,” Johnson said. “He’s a heck of an athlete, and I’m glad to have him on the team.”

Wellbrock said the touchdown was huge from the standpoint that it had been a while since the Scorpions had crossed the goal line.

“When we crossed the goal line, we found out there wasn’t an invisible force field,” Wellbrock joked. “We talked about it offensively all week long, we were going to have fun this week. From my standpoint, I want to go so fast at times, I’m the one who takes the fun away from it. So, we talked about having a little fun this week, and I thought we did.”

Verrado fumbled the ensuing kickoff, and Daniel Pullem recovered for Desert Edge, setting it up at the Vipers’

31-yard line. Just five plays later, the Scorpions were in the end zone again on a Johnson four-yard touchdown run.

After consecutive punts, Verrado responded later in the first quarter, moving the ball quickly downfield for a touchdown to make it 14-7. It took just three plays, plus a 15-yard Desert Edge penalty, as Maverick Gamez connected with Marcus Rivera for a 40-yard touchdown reception. Rivera got open deep down the right sideline and Gamez dropped it right in his hands for the score.

Desert Edge responded with a 10-play, 70-yard drive that resulted in a Rocky Perez four-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter, making it 21-7. Verrado looked like it would keep pace on the next possession, moving down to the four-yard line. However, its drive stalled there, forcing a 22-yard field-goal attempt by Jose Gonzales that was drilled, making it 21-10 midway through the second quarter.

Desert Edge faced a third-and-six on its next possession, but Johnson broke several ankle tackles on the next play, darting 60 yards for a touchdown to make it

View photo by Ray Thomas

ROSHAUN JOHNSON, left, of Desert Edge puts up a stiff arm Nov. 4 against Verrado’s Blake Spear. Johnson rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Scorpions beat the Vipers eight days after losing to them in double overtime during the last game of the regular season.

(See Rematch on Page 16)

Turnovers prove costly for Westview

Knights knocked out of playoffs by Desert Ridge

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Everything was working for Westview’s offense in the first half of its 6A playoff opener Nov. 4 at Mesa Desert Ridge.

The second half was a different story. The Knights’ free-flowing rushing attack dried up, and two untimely turnovers proved too much to overcome as No. 9 Westview fell to No. 8 Desert Ridge 34-26.

deserved to win.”

Westview also lost a fumble inside the red zone in the first half, the only drive in which the Knights didn’t score during the game’s first 24 minutes.

“We need to put ourselves in better positions to win,” Gehrts said.

Westview’s first and second halves were as different as night and day.

The Knights ripped off 195 yards rushing in the first half, but were held to just 83 in the second. Vasko, who eclipsed 2,000 yards for the season on the game’s first drive, was held to just 93 yards, which is well below his average.

Gehrts put some of the blame on play calling, he said.

FOOTBALL

The Knights scored on four of their five possessions in the first half, but were held scoreless in the final two quarters. Desert Ridge was kept off the scoreboard in the third, but broke through in the fourth for 13 points to steal the game away from the Knights.

Westview was dealt two devastating blows over the span of five plays late in the fourth.

Trailing by eight with less than six minutes to go, the Knights drove down inside the red zone, thanks in large part to a 54-yard scamper by running back Orange Mooney to start the drive. A few plays later, running back Tyler Vasko bounced a run to the outside, but fumbled the ball near the sideline. Desert Ridge recovered at its own six-yard line with 3:15 remaining in the game.

The Knights’ defense forced an immediate three-and-out, but Efrain Arechiga dropped the punt return and Desert Ridge was able to pounce on the ball, effectively icing the game for the home side.

“We can’t turn the ball over, and we turned it over three times tonight,” Westview coach Nick Gehrts said. “They

“Offensively, I’ve got to call better plays,” Gehrts said. “When we got stopped [in the third quarter], I didn’t call a very good play. I’ll take the blame for that.”

Even some of the play calls that seemed right on the money didn’t work out in Westview’s favor. Gehrts called a tight end screen pass over the middle of the field on a third-and-long that fooled nearly the entire Desert Ridge defense, except one linebacker, who was just able to trip up Curtis Barrientos before he could get past the first-down marker.

Lightning-fast

start

Both teams brought their offense to play to start the game. Westview and Desert Ridge exchanged touchdowns on each team’s first two possessions.

Westview scored from big plays in the running game. Vasko scored the game’s first points on a 26-yard touchdown run. Mooney scored on a 68-yard sweep on the second drive.

The Knights fell behind 21-12 early in the second quarter, but fought back to take the lead before the break.

Mooney scored again, this time untouched from four yards out, to make it 21-19 with 4:46 left in the half.

Westview’s defense recorded its first stop of the night on Desert Ridge’s next

possession, but not before making things interesting. Westview’s Alfonso Alvarez sacked Desert Ridge quarterback C.J. Fowler on third down to force a punt. The Knights ran into the punter for a five-yard penalty, and then jumped offside on the next play to give Desert Ridge a fourthdown attempt with only two yards to gain.

Jaguars running back Donjae Logan was

Desert Ridge pay, moving the ball 52 yards in just over a minute to capture the lead before halftime. Desert Ridge aided the Knights’ last-minute run with (See Costly on Page 18)

Natural Hormone Therapy Pellet Therapy

View photo by Mike Rincon

TYLER VASKO, 10, of Westview follows the block of teammate Andres Mardueno, who had just cleared Desert Ridge’s Jaden Evans out of the way. The Knights lost the Nov. 4 first-round state playoff game 34-26.

stuffed at the line, and Desert Ridge had to turn the ball over on downs.

Westview made

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Buckeye nearly pulls off 1st-round upset

by Rafael Alvarez special to

the View

Coming in as a No. 12 seed, Buckeye looked to pull off the upset against No. 5, and defending state runner-up, Tempe Marcos de Niza Nov. 4 in the first round of the 4A state tournament. However, in a game that went back and forth, the Padres prevailed in front of their home crowd, as they defeated the Hawks 41-36.

FOOTBALL

Despite the loss, Buckeye coach Kelley Moore, as well as running back/defensive back Javon Sheron, were pleased with the team’s performance and growth from where they were at the start of the season.

“We’re super proud,” Moore said. “I’m sure nobody expected it to be like that except for us. We scrimmaged these guys in August, and they pretty much spanked us, but we’ve really grown.”

“Everybody put in 100 percent to get the win, but even though we didn’t get the outcome [we wanted], we did really good,” Sheron said. “It’s really important because a lot of teams think they’re about to just come in and just pound on us, but we put up a fight against one of the top seeds in our division.”

Buckeye started off shaky, as the Hawks fumbled the ball on their first offensive play of the game. The ball was picked up and returned for a touchdown by the Padres’ Anthony Gomez-Nicastro to give Marcos de Niza an early 7-0 lead.

Buckeye corrected its mistakes on the following drive, which was capped off with a 13-yard touchdown run from quarterback Joseph Perez with 7:33 left in the first quarter to tie it up, 7-7.

The game remained tied until the 4:31 mark of the second quarter when Padres

quarterback Nazareth Greer snuck into the end zone from three yards out to help his team regain the lead, 14-7.

On the Hawks’ next possession, they finished off a nine-play, 67-yard drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Perez to Sheron, but after a blocked PAT, Marcos de Niza still led 14-13 with 34 seconds left in the first half.

Despite little time left in the half, the Padres tried to add to their lead and wound up turning it over on their very first play of their following drive. Sheron picked off a Greer pass at Buckeye’s 44-yard line with 24 seconds left in the second quarter.

Two plays later, the Hawks returned the favor as Perez was strip-sacked by Padres defensive end Marcus Green. Marcos

The Padres took advantage of the turnover, as Greer completed a 46-yard touchdown pass on the next play to Jordan Johnson to extend the lead to 21-13 going into halftime. Johnson finished with three receptions for 67 yards, including the first-half score.

While the turnover was a critical one, Moore said he knew Marcos de Niza was a big-play team and it was only a matter of time before it had one for a big gain.

“We expected them to have a big one or two,” Moore said. “And again, when they got the big one and got excited, that pretty much told us they knew they were on the line. Our motto all year was as long as we play close, we’ll see you the next half, and

you know, we played hard again in the second half.”

Despite being down at halftime, both Moore and Buckeye players said they knew they were in for a hard-fought battle from the very beginning.

“We knew that Marcos was gonna have a hard time standing up to us, that’s a fact,” Moore said. “Marcos played their tails off, pretty even ballgame back and forth, and I think that’s a testament to the physicality on both sides.”

“[Moore] told us to just keep our heads up,” Sheron said. “Before the game, he told us that it was going to be a dogfight.”

Second half

The dogfight continued into the third quarter, as neither team let up. Buckeye running back Jaiden Segundo pounded his way into the end zone for a six-yard score with 3:41 left in the third and Perez then converted the two-point conversion to tie it up, 21-21.

Marcos de Niza quickly responded with a touchdown of its own off a nineyard reverse handoff by receiver Marcus Naisant with 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter, making it 28-21.

The Hawks countered and tied the game on another pivotal touchdown run from Segundo, this time from five yards out. After having the last PAT blocked, Hawks kicker Selene Ramirez made sure it went through the uprights, and the game was once again tied, 28-28, with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter. Segundo, who ended the game with 15 carries for 64 yards and two touchdowns, said he did everything he possibly could to help contribute to his team.

“I just gave it my all,” Segundo said. “I’m just happy that we all came out and just gave it our all.”

The Padres once again responded, as they marched down the field on their next possession and capped off a 14-play, 70-yard drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Zyayre Moss

View photo by Mike Rincon

JAIDEN SEGUNDO, left, of Buckeye receives a handoff Nov. 4 from quarterback Joseph Perez. Segundo and the Hawks fought back and forth with Marcos de Niza in the first round of the 4A state playoffs, but fell short, losing 41-36.

(See Buckeye on Page 18)

de Niza defensive tackle Ben Martinez recovered the loose ball.

Buckeye nearly pulls off 1st-round upset

Hawks’ valiant effort comes up just short

by Rafael Alvarez special to the

View

Coming in as a No. 12 seed, Buckeye looked to pull off the upset against No. 5, and defending state runner-up, Tempe Marcos de Niza Nov. 4 in the first round of the 4A state tournament. However, in a game that went back and forth, the Padres prevailed in front of their home crowd, as they defeated the Hawks 41-36.

FOOTBALL

Despite the loss, Buckeye coach Kelley Moore, as well as running back/defensive back Javon Sheron, were pleased with the team’s performance and growth from where they were at the start of the season.

“We’re super proud,” Moore said. “I’m sure nobody expected it to be like that except for us. We scrimmaged these guys in August, and they pretty much spanked us, but we’ve really grown.”

“Everybody put in 100 percent to get the win, but even though we didn’t get the outcome [we wanted], we did really good,” Sheron said. “It’s really important because a lot of teams think they’re about to just come in and just pound on us, but we put up a fight against one of the top seeds in our division.”

Buckeye started off shaky, as the Hawks fumbled the ball on their first offensive play of the game. The ball was picked up and returned for a touchdown by the Padres’ Anthony Gomez-Nicastro to give Marcos de Niza an early 7-0 lead.

Buckeye corrected its mistakes on the following drive, which was capped off with a 13-yard touchdown run from quarterback Joseph Perez with 7:33 left in the first quarter to tie it up, 7-7.

The game remained tied until the 4:31 mark of the second quarter when Padres

quarterback Nazareth Greer snuck into the end zone from three yards out to help his team regain the lead, 14-7.

On the Hawks’ next possession, they finished off a nine-play, 67-yard drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Perez to Sheron, but after a blocked PAT, Marcos de Niza still led 14-13 with 34 seconds left in the first half.

Despite little time left in the half, the Padres tried to add to their lead and wound up turning it over on their very first play of their following drive. Sheron picked off a Greer pass at Buckeye’s 44-yard line with 24 seconds left in the second quarter.

Two plays later, the Hawks returned the favor as Perez was strip-sacked by Padres defensive end Marcus Green. Marcos

The Padres took advantage of the turnover, as Greer completed a 46-yard touchdown pass on the next play to Jordan Johnson to extend the lead to 21-13 going into halftime. Johnson finished with three receptions for 67 yards, including the first-half score.

While the turnover was a critical one, Moore said he knew Marcos de Niza was a big-play team and it was only a matter of time before it had one for a big gain.

“We expected them to have a big one or two,” Moore said. “And again, when they got the big one and got excited, that pretty much told us they knew they were on the line. Our motto all year was as long as we play close, we’ll see you the next half, and

you know, we played hard again in the second half.”

Despite being down at halftime, both Moore and Buckeye players said they knew they were in for a hard-fought battle from the very beginning.

“We knew that Marcos was gonna have a hard time standing up to us, that’s a fact,” Moore said. “Marcos played their tails off, pretty even ballgame back and forth, and I think that’s a testament to the physicality on both sides.”

“[Moore] told us to just keep our heads up,” Sheron said. “Before the game, he told us that it was going to be a dogfight.”

Second half

The dogfight continued into the third quarter, as neither team let up. Buckeye running back Jaiden Segundo pounded his way into the end zone for a six-yard score with 3:41 left in the third and Perez then converted the two-point conversion to tie it up, 21-21.

Marcos de Niza quickly responded with a touchdown of its own off a nineyard reverse handoff by receiver Marcus Naisant with 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter, making it 28-21.

The Hawks countered and tied the game on another pivotal touchdown run from Segundo, this time from five yards out. After having the last PAT blocked, Hawks kicker Selene Ramirez made sure it went through the uprights, and the game was once again tied, 28-28, with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter. Segundo, who ended the game with 15 carries for 64 yards and two touchdowns, said he did everything he possibly could to help contribute to his team.

“I just gave it my all,” Segundo said. “I’m just happy that we all came out and just gave it our all.”

The Padres once again responded, as they marched down the field on their next possession and capped off a 14-play, 70-yard drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Zyayre Moss

View photo by Mike Rincon

JAIDEN SEGUNDO, left, of Buckeye receives a handoff Nov. 4 from quarterback Joseph Perez. Segundo and the Hawks fought back and forth with Marcos de Niza in the first round of the 4A state playoffs, but fell short, losing 41-36.

(See Buckeye on Page 18)

de Niza defensive tackle Ben Martinez recovered the loose ball.

Buckeye nearly pulls off 1st-round upset

by Rafael Alvarez special

to the View

Coming in as a No. 12 seed, Buckeye looked to pull off the upset against No. 5, and defending state runner-up, Tempe Marcos de Niza Nov. 4 in the first round of the 4A state tournament. However, in a game that went back and forth, the Padres prevailed in front of their home crowd, as they defeated the Hawks 41-36.

Despite the loss, Buckeye coach Kelley Moore, as well as running back/defensive back Javon Sheron, were pleased with the team’s performance and growth from where they were at the start of the season.

“We’re super proud,” Moore said. “I’m sure nobody expected it to be like that except for us. We scrimmaged these guys in August, and they pretty much spanked us, but we’ve really grown.”

“Everybody put in 100 percent to get the win, but even though we didn’t get the outcome [we wanted], we did really good,” Sheron said. “It’s really important because a lot of teams think they’re about to just come in and just pound on us, but we put up a fight against one of the top seeds in our division.”

Buckeye started off shaky, as the Hawks fumbled the ball on their first offensive play of the game. The ball was picked up and returned for a touchdown by the Padres’ Anthony Gomez-Nicastro to give Marcos de Niza an early 7-0 lead.

Buckeye corrected its mistakes on the following drive, which was capped off with a 13-yard touchdown run from quarterback Joseph Perez with 7:33 left in the first quarter to tie it up, 7-7.

The game remained tied until the 4:31 mark of the second quarter when Padres

quarterback Nazareth Greer snuck into the end zone from three yards out to help his team regain the lead, 14-7.

On the Hawks’ next possession, they finished off a nine-play, 67-yard drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Perez to Sheron, but after a blocked PAT, Marcos de Niza still led 14-13 with 34 seconds left in the first half.

Despite little time left in the half, the Padres tried to add to their lead and wound up turning it over on their very first play of their following drive. Sheron picked off a Greer pass at Buckeye’s 44-yard line with 24 seconds left in the second quarter.

Two plays later, the Hawks returned the favor as Perez was strip-sacked by Padres defensive end Marcus Green. Marcos

The Padres took advantage of the turnover, as Greer completed a 46-yard touchdown pass on the next play to Jordan Johnson to extend the lead to 21-13 going into halftime. Johnson finished with three receptions for 67 yards, including the first-half score.

While the turnover was a critical one, Moore said he knew Marcos de Niza was a big-play team and it was only a matter of time before it had one for a big gain.

“We expected them to have a big one or two,” Moore said. “And again, when they got the big one and got excited, that pretty much told us they knew they were on the line. Our motto all year was as long as we play close, we’ll see you the next half, and

you know, we played hard again in the second half.”

Despite being down at halftime, both Moore and Buckeye players said they knew they were in for a hard-fought battle from the very beginning.

“We knew that Marcos was gonna have a hard time standing up to us, that’s a fact,” Moore said. “Marcos played their tails off, pretty even ballgame back and forth, and I think that’s a testament to the physicality on both sides.”

“[Moore] told us to just keep our heads up,” Sheron said. “Before the game, he told us that it was going to be a dogfight.”

Second half

The dogfight continued into the third quarter, as neither team let up. Buckeye running back Jaiden Segundo pounded his way into the end zone for a six-yard score with 3:41 left in the third and Perez then converted the two-point conversion to tie it up, 21-21.

Marcos de Niza quickly responded with a touchdown of its own off a nineyard reverse handoff by receiver Marcus Naisant with 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter, making it 28-21.

The Hawks countered and tied the game on another pivotal touchdown run from Segundo, this time from five yards out. After having the last PAT blocked, Hawks kicker Selene Ramirez made sure it went through the uprights, and the game was once again tied, 28-28, with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter. Segundo, who ended the game with 15 carries for 64 yards and two touchdowns, said he did everything he possibly could to help contribute to his team.

“I just gave it my all,” Segundo said. “I’m just happy that we all came out and just gave it our all.”

The Padres once again responded, as they marched down the field on their next possession and capped off a 14-play, 70-yard drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Zyayre Moss

View photo by Mike Rincon

JAIDEN SEGUNDO, left, of Buckeye receives a handoff Nov. 4 from quarterback Joseph Perez. Segundo and the Hawks fought back and forth with Marcos de Niza in the first round of the 4A state playoffs, but fell short, losing 41-36.

(See Buckeye on Page 18)

de Niza defensive tackle Ben Martinez recovered the loose ball.

Buckeye nearly pulls off 1st-round upset

by Rafael Alvarez

special to the View

Coming in as a No. 12 seed, Buckeye looked to pull off the upset against No. 5, and defending state runner-up, Tempe Marcos de Niza Nov. 4 in the first round of the 4A state tournament. However, in a game that went back and forth, the Padres prevailed in front of their home crowd, as they defeated the Hawks 41-36.

Despite the loss, Buckeye coach Kelley Moore, as well as running back/defensive back Javon Sheron, were pleased with the team’s performance and growth from where they were at the start of the season.

“We’re super proud,” Moore said. “I’m sure nobody expected it to be like that except for us. We scrimmaged these guys in August, and they pretty much spanked us, but we’ve really grown.”

“Everybody put in 100 percent to get the win, but even though we didn’t get the outcome [we wanted], we did really good,” Sheron said. “It’s really important because a lot of teams think they’re about to just come in and just pound on us, but we put up a fight against one of the top seeds in our division.”

Buckeye started off shaky, as the Hawks fumbled the ball on their first offensive play of the game. The ball was picked up and returned for a touchdown by the Padres’ Anthony Gomez-Nicastro to give Marcos de Niza an early 7-0 lead.

Buckeye corrected its mistakes on the following drive, which was capped off with a 13-yard touchdown run from quarterback Joseph Perez with 7:33 left in the first quarter to tie it up, 7-7.

The game remained tied until the 4:31 mark of the second quarter when Padres

quarterback Nazareth Greer snuck into the end zone from three yards out to help his team regain the lead, 14-7.

On the Hawks’ next possession, they finished off a nine-play, 67-yard drive with a nine-yard touchdown pass from Perez to Sheron, but after a blocked PAT, Marcos de Niza still led 14-13 with 34 seconds left in the first half.

Despite little time left in the half, the Padres tried to add to their lead and wound up turning it over on their very first play of their following drive. Sheron picked off a Greer pass at Buckeye’s 44-yard line with 24 seconds left in the second quarter.

Two plays later, the Hawks returned the favor as Perez was strip-sacked by Padres defensive end Marcus Green. Marcos

The Padres took advantage of the turnover, as Greer completed a 46-yard touchdown pass on the next play to Jordan Johnson to extend the lead to 21-13 going into halftime. Johnson finished with three receptions for 67 yards, including the first-half score.

While the turnover was a critical one, Moore said he knew Marcos de Niza was a big-play team and it was only a matter of time before it had one for a big gain.

“We expected them to have a big one or two,” Moore said. “And again, when they got the big one and got excited, that pretty much told us they knew they were on the line. Our motto all year was as long as we play close, we’ll see you the next half, and

you know, we played hard again in the second half.”

Despite being down at halftime, both Moore and Buckeye players said they knew they were in for a hard-fought battle from the very beginning.

“We knew that Marcos was gonna have a hard time standing up to us, that’s a fact,” Moore said. “Marcos played their tails off, pretty even ballgame back and forth, and I think that’s a testament to the physicality on both sides.”

“[Moore] told us to just keep our heads up,” Sheron said. “Before the game, he told us that it was going to be a dogfight.”

Second half

The dogfight continued into the third quarter, as neither team let up. Buckeye running back Jaiden Segundo pounded his way into the end zone for a six-yard score with 3:41 left in the third and Perez then converted the two-point conversion to tie it up, 21-21.

Marcos de Niza quickly responded with a touchdown of its own off a nineyard reverse handoff by receiver Marcus Naisant with 26 seconds remaining in the third quarter, making it 28-21.

The Hawks countered and tied the game on another pivotal touchdown run from Segundo, this time from five yards out. After having the last PAT blocked, Hawks kicker Selene Ramirez made sure it went through the uprights, and the game was once again tied, 28-28, with 8:30 left in the fourth quarter. Segundo, who ended the game with 15 carries for 64 yards and two touchdowns, said he did everything he possibly could to help contribute to his team.

“I just gave it my all,” Segundo said. “I’m just happy that we all came out and just gave it our all.”

The Padres once again responded, as they marched down the field on their next possession and capped off a 14-play, 70-yard drive with a one-yard rushing touchdown by running back Zyayre Moss

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JAIDEN SEGUNDO, left, of Buckeye receives a handoff Nov. 4 from quarterback Joseph Perez. Segundo and the Hawks fought back and forth with Marcos de Niza in the first round of the 4A state playoffs, but fell short, losing 41-36.

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de Niza defensive tackle Ben Martinez recovered the loose ball.

first round of the state playoffs, losing 34-10.

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27-10. That would be the halftime score.

“It was just a continuous pumping of my feet, and I saw the hole, it was wide open, so I had to take it,” Johnson said. “Once I hit the hole and hit it hard, it was go from there.”

With a 17-point halftime lead, Wellbrock said it was a matter of game management the rest of the way.

“Obviously, I would have liked to put a quick one on them in the second half when we got the ball back, but our defense played bend but don’t break the whole second half, and I was real pleased with them,” Wellbrock said.

Only seven points were scored in the second half, which came on a 14-yard Desert Edge passing touchdown from Thomas to Johnson with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.

“It was kind of the candle on the cake, it was perfect,” Johnson said.

Verrado struggled to move the ball in the second half. It got to the Desert Edge 21-yard line on its first possession of the third quarter, but a Gamez pass on fourth down was batted into the air at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Johnson.

After that, the Vipers were forced to punt on three of their next four possessions, and turned it over on downs on the other.

“We had some wrinkles for them, they just executed it better than we did tonight,” Wahlstrom said.

Desert Edge amassed 363 total yards, with 326 of those coming on the ground.

Verrado had 269 total yards, but only 78 rushing. Gamez was 16 of 35 passing for 191 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Despite losing in the playoffs to Desert Edge, it didn’t take away what Verrado did by beating the Scorpions the week before, Wahlstrom said.

“It shouldn’t take away from anything,” Wahlstrom said. “Our kids won last week, they broke through, they defeated a really good opponent.

“It’s disappointing you end at this point, but it’s not a disappointment. The kids played their hearts out all year. We went through a little dip in the middle of the season and fought back and showed the character we have.”

Desert Edge hosts Peoria Centennial at 7 p.m. Thursday in the state quarterfinals. The Scorpions beat the Coyotes 26-24 in Flagstaff in the season opener for each team Aug. 20.

“It’s funny, game 10 turns into game 11, and now game one turns into game 12,” Wellbrock said. “It will be exciting, another very exciting environment, and it’s going to be another fun playoff game.”

“It’s another rematch; we beat them last time, but we can’t underestimate them whatsoever,” Johnson added.

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ELIJAH JOHNSON, 23, of Verrado runs past Desert Edge’s Vince Delponte Nov. 4. The Vipers beat the Scorpions Oct. 27, but were unable to capture the rematch in the

Rematch

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27-10. That would be the halftime score.

“It was just a continuous pumping of my feet, and I saw the hole, it was wide open, so I had to take it,” Johnson said. “Once I hit the hole and hit it hard, it was go from there.”

With a 17-point halftime lead, Wellbrock said it was a matter of game management the rest of the way.

“Obviously, I would have liked to put a quick one on them in the second half when we got the ball back, but our defense played bend but don’t break the whole second half, and I was real pleased with them,” Wellbrock said.

Only seven points were scored in the second half, which came on a 14-yard Desert Edge passing touchdown from Thomas to Johnson with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.

“It was kind of the candle on the cake, it was perfect,” Johnson said.

Verrado struggled to move the ball in the second half. It got to the Desert Edge 21-yard line on its first possession of the third quarter, but a Gamez pass on fourth down was batted into the air at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Johnson.

After that, the Vipers were forced to punt on three of their next four possessions, and turned it over on downs on the other.

“We had some wrinkles for them, they just executed it better than we did tonight,” Wahlstrom said.

Desert Edge amassed 363 total yards, with 326 of those coming on the ground.

Verrado had 269 total yards, but only 78 rushing. Gamez was 16 of 35 passing for 191 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Despite losing in the playoffs to Desert Edge, it didn’t take away what Verrado did by beating the Scorpions the week before, Wahlstrom said.

“It shouldn’t take away from anything,” Wahlstrom said. “Our kids won last week, they broke through, they defeated a really good opponent.

“It’s disappointing you end at this point, but it’s not a disappointment. The kids played their hearts out all year. We went through a little dip in the middle of the season and fought back and showed the character we have.”

Desert Edge hosts Peoria Centennial at 7 p.m. Thursday in the state quarterfinals. The Scorpions beat the Coyotes 26-24 in Flagstaff in the season opener for each team Aug. 20.

“It’s funny, game 10 turns into game 11, and now game one turns into game 12,” Wellbrock said. “It will be exciting, another very exciting environment, and it’s going to be another fun playoff game.”

“It’s another rematch; we beat them last time, but we can’t underestimate them whatsoever,” Johnson added.

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ELIJAH JOHNSON, 23, of Verrado runs past Desert Edge’s Vince Delponte Nov. 4. The Vipers beat the Scorpions Oct. 27, but were unable to capture the rematch in the first round of the state playoffs, losing 34-10.

Oct. 27, but were unable to capture the rematch in the first round of the state playoffs, losing 34-10.

Rematch

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27-10. That would be the halftime score.

“It was just a continuous pumping of my feet, and I saw the hole, it was wide open, so I had to take it,” Johnson said. “Once I hit the hole and hit it hard, it was go from there.”

With a 17-point halftime lead, Wellbrock said it was a matter of game management the rest of the way.

“Obviously, I would have liked to put a quick one on them in the second half when we got the ball back, but our defense played bend but don’t break the whole second half, and I was real pleased with them,” Wellbrock said.

Only seven points were scored in the second half, which came on a 14-yard Desert Edge passing touchdown from Thomas to Johnson with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.

“It was kind of the candle on the cake, it was perfect,” Johnson said.

Verrado struggled to move the ball in the second half. It got to the Desert Edge 21-yard line on its first possession of the third quarter, but a Gamez pass on fourth down was batted into the air at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Johnson.

After that, the Vipers were forced to punt on three of their next four possessions, and turned it over on downs on the other.

“We had some wrinkles for them, they just executed it better than we did tonight,” Wahlstrom said.

Desert Edge amassed 363 total yards, with 326 of those coming on the ground.

Verrado had 269 total yards, but only 78 rushing. Gamez was 16 of 35 passing for 191 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Despite losing in the playoffs to Desert Edge, it didn’t take away what Verrado did by beating the Scorpions the week before, Wahlstrom said.

“It shouldn’t take away from anything,” Wahlstrom said. “Our kids won last week, they broke through, they defeated a really good opponent.

“It’s disappointing you end at this point, but it’s not a disappointment. The kids played their hearts out all year. We went through a little dip in the middle of the season and fought back and showed the character we have.”

Desert Edge hosts Peoria Centennial at 7 p.m. Thursday in the state quarterfinals. The Scorpions beat the Coyotes 26-24 in Flagstaff in the season opener for each team Aug. 20.

“It’s funny, game 10 turns into game 11, and now game one turns into game 12,” Wellbrock said. “It will be exciting, another very exciting environment, and it’s going to be another fun playoff game.”

“It’s another rematch; we beat them last time, but we can’t underestimate them whatsoever,” Johnson added.

View photo by Ray Thomas

ELIJAH JOHNSON, 23, of Verrado runs past Desert Edge’s Vince Delponte Nov. 4. The Vipers beat the Scorpions

Rematch

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27-10. That would be the halftime score.

“It was just a continuous pumping of my feet, and I saw the hole, it was wide open, so I had to take it,” Johnson said. “Once I hit the hole and hit it hard, it was go from there.”

With a 17-point halftime lead, Wellbrock said it was a matter of game management the rest of the way.

“Obviously, I would have liked to put a quick one on them in the second half when we got the ball back, but our defense played bend but don’t break the whole second half, and I was real pleased with them,” Wellbrock said.

Only seven points were scored in the second half, which came on a 14-yard Desert Edge passing touchdown from Thomas to Johnson with 5:33 remaining in the fourth quarter.

“It was kind of the candle on the cake, it was perfect,” Johnson said.

Verrado struggled to move the ball in the second half. It got to the Desert Edge 21-yard line on its first possession of the third quarter, but a Gamez pass on fourth down was batted into the air at the line of scrimmage and intercepted by Johnson.

After that, the Vipers were forced to punt on three of their next four possessions, and turned it over on downs on the other.

“We had some wrinkles for them, they just executed it better than we did tonight,” Wahlstrom said.

Desert Edge amassed 363 total yards, with 326 of those coming on the ground.

Verrado had 269 total yards, but only 78 rushing. Gamez was 16 of 35 passing for 191 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Despite losing in the playoffs to Desert Edge, it didn’t take away what Verrado did by beating the Scorpions the week before, Wahlstrom said.

“It shouldn’t take away from anything,” Wahlstrom said. “Our kids won last week, they broke through, they defeated a really good opponent.

“It’s disappointing you end at this point, but it’s not a disappointment. The kids played their hearts out all year. We went through a little dip in the middle of the season and fought back and showed the character we have.”

Desert Edge hosts Peoria Centennial at 7 p.m. Thursday in the state quarterfinals. The Scorpions beat the Coyotes 26-24 in Flagstaff in the season opener for each team Aug. 20.

“It’s funny, game 10 turns into game 11, and now game one turns into game 12,” Wellbrock said. “It will be exciting, another very exciting environment, and it’s going to be another fun playoff game.”

“It’s another rematch; we beat them last time, but we can’t underestimate them whatsoever,” Johnson added.

View photo by Ray Thomas

ELIJAH JOHNSON, 23, of Verrado runs past Desert Edge’s Vince Delponte Nov. 4. The Vipers beat the Scorpions Oct. 27, but were unable to capture the rematch in the first round of the state playoffs, losing 34-10.

Trivium Prep falls in Round 1

Lady Crimson Knights drop rematch to ‘on fire’ Glendale Prep

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Trivium Prep looked to have a great draw in the first round of the 2A playoffs Nov. 5 at Central High School in Phoenix.

The Lady Crimson Knights, the eighth seed, were up against ninth-seeded Glendale Prep, a team Trivium beat in straight sets Oct. 5.

However, the rematch didn’t go as planned.

VOLLEYBALL

Glendale Prep defeated Trivium 25-19, 25-27, 25-18 and 25-19 to move on to the quarterfinals.

“I think [the girls] came out fighting,” Trivium Prep coach Beth Wilson said. “They worked hard to prepare for this team, and we’d already beaten this team. Glendale were on point. They played well.”

Glendale Prep was able to get out to a lead in each of the sets, putting more and more pressure on Trivium the deeper the game went.

“Getting down in the beginning isn’t really like us,” Wilson said. “I’m not sure if it was nerves from being here. Not sure where that came from, [but] they did fight and came back as well.”

Senior Anna Rosztoczy helped set the tone for Trivium’s attack, finishing with more than 10 kills in the match. Juniors Mandi Ojeda and Cassidy Bates, along with sophomores Paula Rosztoczy and Maddy Schleifer, also played well for Trivium.

Glendale Prep just played lights out, Wilson said.

“I can’t even pinpoint exactly what went wrong,” Wilson said. “We expected to win this round. We were all a little nervous for [Phoenix] Horizon Honors, and we tried really hard not to discount this first game and skip our minds to the next one, but they came out on fire. They were a different team from the last time we played them, and did a great job.”

Trivium will return most of its team, and will look to make it a perfect three-for-three in playoff appearances in Arizona Interscholastic Association competition.

“We’re a small school building our way up, and every year, we’re getting better,” Wilson said. “This [year] was no exception.”

PAULA ROSZTOCZY, left, of Trivium Prep and teammate Maddy Schleifer try to block a shot by Glendale Prep’s Madi Cullum Nov. 4 during the first round of the 2A state playoffs. The Lady Crimson Knights were eliminated with a four-set loss.

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Trivium Prep falls in Round 1

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Trivium Prep looked to have a great draw in the first round of the 2A playoffs Nov. 5 at Central High School in Phoenix.

The Lady Crimson Knights, the eighth seed, were up against ninth-seeded Glendale Prep, a team Trivium beat in straight sets Oct. 5.

However, the rematch didn’t go as planned.

Glendale Prep defeated Trivium 25-19, 25-27, 25-18 and 25-19 to move on to the quarterfinals.

“I think [the girls] came out fighting,” Trivium Prep coach Beth Wilson said. “They worked hard to prepare for this team, and we’d already beaten this team. Glendale were on point. They played well.”

Glendale Prep was able to get out to a lead in each of the sets, putting more and more pressure on Trivium the deeper the game went.

“Getting down in the beginning isn’t really like us,” Wilson said. “I’m not sure if it was nerves from being here. Not sure where that came from, [but] they did fight and came back as well.”

Senior Anna Rosztoczy helped set the tone for Trivium’s attack, finishing with more than 10 kills in the match. Juniors Mandi Ojeda and Cassidy Bates, along with sophomores Paula Rosztoczy and Maddy Schleifer, also played well for Trivium.

Glendale Prep just played lights out, Wilson said.

“I can’t even pinpoint exactly what went wrong,” Wilson said. “We expected to win this round. We were all a little nervous for [Phoenix] Horizon Honors, and we tried really hard not to discount this first game and skip our minds to the next one, but they came out on fire. They were a different team from the last time we played them, and did a great job.”

Trivium will return most of its team, and will look to make it a perfect three-for-three in playoff appearances in Arizona Interscholastic Association competition.

“We’re a small school building our way up, and every year, we’re getting better,” Wilson said. “This [year] was no exception.”

PAULA ROSZTOCZY, left, of Trivium Prep and teammate Maddy Schleifer try to block a shot by Glendale Prep’s Madi Cullum Nov. 4 during the first round of the 2A state playoffs. The Lady Crimson Knights were eliminated with a four-set loss.

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Trivium Prep falls in Round 1

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Trivium Prep looked to have a great draw in the first round of the 2A playoffs Nov. 5 at Central High School in Phoenix.

The Lady Crimson Knights, the eighth seed, were up against ninth-seeded Glendale Prep, a team Trivium beat in straight sets Oct. 5.

However, the rematch didn’t go as planned.

Glendale Prep defeated Trivium 25-19, 25-27, 25-18 and 25-19 to move on to the quarterfinals.

“I think [the girls] came out fighting,” Trivium Prep coach Beth Wilson said. “They worked hard to prepare for this team, and we’d already beaten this team. Glendale were on point. They played well.”

Glendale Prep was able to get out to a lead in each of the sets, putting more and more pressure on Trivium the deeper the game went.

“Getting down in the beginning isn’t really like us,” Wilson said. “I’m not sure if it was nerves from being here. Not sure where that came from, [but] they did fight and came back as well.”

Senior Anna Rosztoczy helped set the tone for Trivium’s attack, finishing with more than 10 kills in the match. Juniors Mandi Ojeda and Cassidy Bates, along with sophomores Paula Rosztoczy and Maddy Schleifer, also played well for Trivium.

Glendale Prep just played lights out, Wilson said.

“I can’t even pinpoint exactly what went wrong,” Wilson said. “We expected to win this round. We were all a little nervous for [Phoenix] Horizon Honors, and we tried really hard not to discount this first game and skip our minds to the next one, but they came out on fire. They were a different team from the last time we played them, and did a great job.”

Trivium will return most of its team, and will look to make it a perfect three-for-three in playoff appearances in Arizona Interscholastic Association competition.

“We’re a small school building our way up, and every year, we’re getting better,” Wilson said. “This [year] was no exception.”

four-set loss.

PAULA ROSZTOCZY, left, of Trivium Prep and teammate Maddy Schleifer try to block a shot by Glendale Prep’s Madi Cullum Nov. 4 during the first round of the 2A state playoffs. The Lady Crimson Knights were eliminated with a

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Trivium Prep falls in Round 1

Lady Crimson Knights drop rematch to ‘on

fire’ Glendale Prep

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Trivium Prep looked to have a great draw in the first round of the 2A playoffs Nov. 5 at Central High School in Phoenix.

The Lady Crimson Knights, the eighth seed, were up against ninth-seeded Glendale Prep, a team Trivium beat in straight sets Oct. 5.

However, the rematch didn’t go as planned.

VOLLEYBALL

Glendale Prep defeated Trivium 25-19, 25-27, 25-18 and 25-19 to move on to the quarterfinals.

“I think [the girls] came out fighting,” Trivium Prep coach Beth Wilson said. “They worked hard to prepare for this team, and we’d already beaten this team. Glendale were on point. They played well.”

Glendale Prep was able to get out to a lead in each of the sets, putting more and more pressure on Trivium the deeper the game went.

“Getting down in the beginning isn’t really like us,” Wilson said. “I’m not sure if it was nerves from being here. Not sure where that came from, [but] they did fight and came back as well.”

Senior Anna Rosztoczy helped set the tone for Trivium’s attack, finishing with more than 10 kills in the match. Juniors Mandi Ojeda and Cassidy Bates, along with sophomores Paula Rosztoczy and Maddy Schleifer, also played well for Trivium.

Glendale Prep just played lights out, Wilson said.

“I can’t even pinpoint exactly what went wrong,” Wilson said. “We expected to win this round. We were all a little nervous for [Phoenix] Horizon Honors, and we tried really hard not to discount this first game and skip our minds to the next one, but they came out on fire. They were a different team from the last time we played them, and did a great job.”

Trivium will return most of its team, and will look to make it a perfect three-for-three in playoff appearances in Arizona Interscholastic Association competition.

“We’re a small school building our way up, and every year, we’re getting better,” Wilson said. “This [year] was no exception.”

, left, of Trivium Prep and teammate

try to block a shot by Glendale Prep’s Madi Cullum Nov. 4 during the first round of the 2A state playoffs. The Lady Crimson Knights were eliminated with a four-set loss.

PAULA ROSZTOCZY

Maddy Schleifer

Costly

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two pass-interference calls and an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty on the drive. Quarterback Ryan Martinez hit Daryl Stagger for a six-yard touchdown pass two plays later.

In all, the Jaguars were called for five pass-interference penalties during the game. Martinez completed the same amount of passes, going 5 of 9 for 48 yards and a touchdown.

“I think we accomplished what we needed to accomplish with the passing game,” Gehrts said.

In the end, the Knights came up just short.

“[I told them] to hold their heads up high, and that they have nothing to be ashamed of,” Gehrts said. “I thought tonight we left everything on the field.”

Mooney finished with 132 yards rushing on five attempts and two touchdowns.

Desert Ridge’s Logan had a game-high 220 yards on 29 carries.

Strong first campaign

Westview’s first season under Gehrts

was a success. The Knights went 8-3 and earned a playoff berth for the 12th consecutive season. They also won their region for the sixth time in a row.

Gehrts was grateful to the senior class for how they handled a coaching change in the midst of their high-school careers.

“That’s a great group of kids, and I think they’ll go far in life,” Gehrts said.

“We’ll miss them dearly.”

Martinez, a senior and a three-year starter as the Knights’ signal caller, said he’s going to miss the behind-the-scenes moments most.

“I’ll miss the pregames, the silence that we all had, the time together,” Martinez said. “Just the little things, the brotherhood stuff, the practices every day.”

With the loss, the Knights were denied a chance to avenge their last playoff loss at the highest level. Phoenix Mountain Pointe, the No. 1 seed in 2016, beat Westview in the first round during the 2014 season.

Shane McOwen can be reached at smcowen@westvalleyview.com.

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with 3:15 left in the game, making it 35-28. Moss finished with 16 carries for 120 yards to accompany the touchdown.

Buckeye answered back on its next drive, and all it took was three plays, with the final one courtesy of a 51-yard touchdown pass from Perez to running back Nehemiah Brown. However, instead of going for a PAT to tie the game, the Hawks decided to go for two. The risky move paid off, as Perez ran it in for the two-point conversion to give Buckeye its first lead of the game with 2:22 remaining in the fourth quarter, 36-35.

Perez finished the night completing nine of his 19 passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns, as well as running the ball 22 times for 96 yards and a score. Brown had five receptions for 108 yards to go along with the touchdown, a touchdown he said he’s extremely grateful for.

“I was thankful for everybody,” Brown said. “The crowd, the sideline and my blockers. Everybody did their assignment, so it made it way more easier.”

The momentum appeared to be shifting in favor of Buckeye, but the Padres were the state runner-up last year for a reason. In just four plays, Marcos de Niza was able to finish off a 58-yard drive with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Greer to Naisant with only 51 seconds remaining in the game, making it 41-36. Greer ended up completing 19 of his 31 passes for 269 yards, two touchdowns, a pick, as well as running one in for a touchdown.

The Hawks had one last chance to potentially win the game, but on fourthand-10 from their own 45-yard line, Perez was sacked by Padres defensive end Aaron Childers, which sealed the victory for Marcos de Niza.

For Hawks defensive back Gilbert Buelna, the loss is unfortunate, but it wasn’t due to a lack of effort, he said.

“Everyone on the sideline was nervous, but everyone had faith in our offense,” Buelna said. “Sometimes you don’t get what you want. Sometimes life isn’t fair, and this night we worked as hard as we

can. This week we were so focused, we were just ready for anything, but they’re a good team. We give props to them, but we just came out, tried to execute and that was a nerve wracking game. That was probably the best game I’ve ever played in.”

For Brown and Buelna, it was their last game as high school football players, and the feeling is bittersweet, they said.

“Absolutely proud,” Brown said. “I mean, I’m just hands-down proud of the way we put in that fight. I’ve never played a game of football like that, and I won’t be able to say that anymore.”

“It’s heartbreaking playing your final game,” Buelna said. “I can’t even explain how I’m feeling right now. You know, I’m heartbroken. I’ve been playing this sport since I was little and just knowing that it’s the end, it’s just heartbreaking.”

The growth of Buckeye’s football team has been evident to those who have seen it play. It’s something that still stands out in Segundo’s mind, going all the way back to the team’s very first game, he said.

“I didn’t think we were gonna get this far during the beginning of the year, but we did,” Segundo said. “We got far and I’m very happy. We got killed our first game, and then it brought us up and we got better and better, and we just had repetition, repetition, repetition, and that just shows how far we’ve come.”

The connection and bond the players had with each other throughout the course of the season was a huge part of the team’s development, and the moments they shared will always be cherished, Segundo said.

“I think it’s amazing,” Segundo said. “Just getting close with someone else that you never met in the beginning of the year, and you just get closer with the time you have.”

“I don’t consider them as a team, I consider them as brothers, and sisters, because we have a kicker who’s a girl,” Brown said. “It was an honor, a true honor.”

While the loss stings, the effort the Hawks put forth speaks volumes to the philosophy Moore has instilled in his players, and his words in the huddle after the game further prove that point, Segundo said.

“He started off by saying he loves us,” Segundo said. “He said that he’s very happy, and that all of us better come to practice tomorrow because it’s all in our heart, it’s how big our heart is.”

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ALFONSO ALVAREZ, right, of Westview attempts to tackle Desert Ridge running back Donjae Logan Nov. 4.

Tonopah can’t overcome mistakes in loss

Lady Phoenix fall to Sedona Red Rock in 1st round of playoffs

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Tonopah Valley volleyball started out in prime position against Sedona Red Rock in the first round of the 2A state playoffs Nov. 4 at Central High School in Phoenix. The Lady Phoenix held an eight-point advantage and were looking to take the first set, until the proverbial wheels fell off.

Sedona Red Rock came back to take the lead and eventually win the first set 29-27.

Tonopah Valley won the second set, but couldn’t keep the momentum and fell in the third and fourth, dropping the match 3-1.

“That first game I think decided the match, when we were up eight and they came back to win,” Tonopah Valley coach Ed Andersson said. “It wasn’t really them doing anything, it was us [making mistakes]. I think that first game turned the tide on us, we could have went two-up on them.”

Tonopah Valley won the second set with relative ease, never trailing in the 25-19 win. Slow starts in the third and fourth set ultimately doomed the Lady Phoenix.

“That’s the issue we’ve had all year long, going from one side of the court to the other,” Andersson said. “I don’t know what happens, but something happened.”

Andersson said the big stage might have had an effect on the underclassmen’s collective psyche.

“I think for our younger players, we had some sophomores out there, I think the pressure got to them,” Andersson said.

Tonopah Valley was the No. 11 seed in 2A, and probably should have been higher if the Lady Phoenix would have had a few different outcomes in games throughout the season, Andersson said.

“[We had] four losses, and probably should have cut that down to two,” Andersson said. “We didn’t show up for a few games.”

Overall, Andersson characterized the season as

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CAITLYN WILLIAMS, 23, of Tonopah Valley attempts to block the volley of Red Rock’s Julia Koss Nov. 4. The Lady Phoenix dropped the match in four sets, getting knocked out of the 2A state playoffs in the first round.

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Lady Tigers volleyball stumbles in quarters

Millennium defeats Mesa, loses to Corona del Sol in 6A playoffs

by Shane McOwen sports writer

Millennium’s volleyball season came to an end Nov. 5 in the 6A quarterfinal round.

The sixth-seeded Lady Tigers lost in straight sets, 25-18, 25-21 and 25-10, to No. 3 Tempe Corona del Sol, the No. 3 seed. Millennium finished the season 34-9 overall, 15-4 in power-points and playoff games.

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“They did great,” Millennium coach Julie Vastine said. “I’m proud of how they played. They gave it all they got tonight, we just had too many mistakes. We knew coming in it was going to be a game of errors, [that] whoever made the least would win. We made more.”

Corona del Sol flexed its attacking muscle early and often in the game, putting Millennium on the defensive right from the get-go. The Lady Tigers held the lead just once during the entire match, a 1-0 advantage in the second set.

“That’s a very good team,” Vastine said. “That’s the difference between the West Valley and the East Valley. [Corona del Sol] plays these kinds of teams twice a week all season long, and we don’t. That’s really what becomes the difference.”

Corona del Sol built early leads in the first two sets with strong play. Millennium answered each time to keep it close, but ultimately dropped each set.

The Lady Aztecs took control in the third set with a 9-0 run early, and frustrated the Lady Tigers the rest of the way, eventually winning 25-10.

“We played really hard, we just made more mistakes than they did, and they were able to capitalize on them,” Vastine said. “Nothing against the girls, they played hard. It wasn’t like they gave up.”

Senior outside hitter Jessica Vastine led Millennium with 14 kills. Senior outside hitter Bailey Smith had six kills, while sophomore Ashley Antoniak had five and junior Terayah Stukes had four.

Corona del Sol’s Brooke Nuneviller led the Lady Aztecs with 16 kills. Erica Ronda recorded nine kills and Emma West and Lauren Forte each had eight. Abby Meyer had four serving aces.

1st Round

Millennium took care of business in the first round against No. 11 Mesa at home Nov. 2, beating the Lady Jackrabbits in straight sets 25-18, 25-19 and 25-18. Millennium started slowly in the first two sets, falling behind early and not taking the lead until the 11-10 mark in the first set, and 13-12 in the second.

“I don’t know if we thought it would be easy, or what we were thinking, [but] we came off really sluggish,” Vastine said. “I think we had a few errors to start off. It just took them a little bit to get dialed in.”

Vastine said the long layover from the end of the season to the start of the playoffs may have been a contributing factor in the match.

“We hadn’t played a game in over a week,” Vastine said. “It was just practice. It was nice to finally play after all that time.”

Millennium had no such trouble starting the third set. The Lady Tigers went up 1-0 from a Jessica Vastine ace

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successful, he said, noting the tough slate of games the Lady Phoenix had to play week in and week out.

“I thought we did pretty good overall this season,”

and never relinquished the lead.

“Our first contact was very good,” Vastine said. “We kept getting them out of their system, so they sent us easy balls over. That was very helpful to keep our offense going.”

Jessica Vastine led the way with 16 kills. Smith reached double digits with 10, and Stukes and Antoniak each had five.

Junior Alyssa Avitia was on fire from the service line. Avitia recorded seven aces and had multiple other serves that proved too hot to handle for Mesa.

“She had a great day serving,” Vastine said. “Those

Andersson said. “I’m still proud of this team. From coming from last year to this year, and playing the teams we had to play, we were in a tough division with all these prep schools.

“[The other schools] all have club players also. None of our girls play year-round club ball. For a little school, I think we did really well.”

Tonopah Valley will lose five seniors to graduation: Caitlynn Williams, Savanna Davis, Edith Alvarez, Naomi Dalley and Christina Renteria.

were some of the toughest serves I’ve seen from her all year. She’s our best server, but [against Mesa], I thought she really put some speed on the ball. The velocity was really good on her serves.”

The Lady Tigers will graduate a senior class that led the program to four consecutive playoff appearances, including a run to the Division II state championship game in 2015.

Shane McOwen can be reached at smcowen@westvalleyview.com.

“There’s going to be some rebuilding, but we’ve got some good freshmen coming up [along with] the [current] freshmen and sophomores,” Andersson said. “They’re going to have to put a lot of work in by next August. To [get to the level] of Christina in our hitting and Naomi in our setting, they’re going to have to put in a lot of work, [but] I think we’ll be back next year, absolutely.”

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SEDONA SHERMAN, right, of Millennium spikes the ball Nov. 2 against Mesa. The Lady Tigers beat Mesa in the first round of the 6A playoffs, but lost in the quarterfinals to Corona del Sol.

After 1st round win, Verrado eliminated

Lady Vipers beat Mesquite, lose to Ironwood Ridge

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

Verrado was eliminated from the 5A state playoffs in straight sets during its Nov. 5 quarterfinal matchup with Tucson Ironwood Ridge, but the Lady Vipers’ fate could have easily been reversed.

No. 5 Verrado was close in every single set against the fourth-seeded Lady Nighthawks, but just couldn’t pull out the big points in a 28-26, 25-22 and 26-24 loss.

“It was probably the most heartbreaking loss we had because we were right there in every single set,” Verrado coach Mike Lussier said. “I don’t think there was ever a time where there was a gap of more than three or four points. The biggest gaps were one or two points. It was a really good match, but unfortunately, we just couldn’t finish at the end. It was a bummer. It hurt.”

Verrado had some set points in the match, but couldn’t finish offensively, Lussier said.

“They had a very good offensive attack, and our defense was good, but we were slightly out of system where we couldn’t be set up offensively like we wanted,” Lussier said. “We just couldn’t attack the way we wanted to attack, but I give Ironwood Ridge all the credit in the world, they absolutely battled and are coached really well. They made adjustments to us, and again, we just couldn’t finish offensively. We prepared really well for them, they were just a little bit better than us.”

Despite the loss, Verrado went 23-9 during Lussier’s first season as head varsity coach.

“It was phenomenal,” Lussier said of the season. “I’m so proud of the girls and how they battled. We’re trying to create a little bit different culture in terms of work ethic. Verrado has always had talent, but my thought process was yeah, we do have the talent, but we’re going to have to work that much harder because we’ve never been there … We just have to realize that it takes that much more hard work and dedication to get to that ultimate goal.”

Verrado graduates six seniors, including Logan Wallick, who led the team with 424 kills.

“I would say the most impact from all those seniors is Logan Wallick because she’s such a great leader, so well respected, but we have really good talent coming up and I’m super excited about that,” Lussier said.

Opening round

Verrado’s first-round victory came Nov.

2 in four sets to No. 12 Gilbert Mesquite. Scores were 18-25, 25-20, 25-21 and 25-18. Despite losing the first set, the Lady Vipers were able to bounce back nicely. Lussier was not worried because his team made some uncharacteristic mistakes in the first set.

“In that first set, there was 13 swinging errors,” Lussier said. “To be honest with you, I was happy to see that stat because I knew for a fact we’d settle down a little bit, and I just preach taking care of the volleyball and ball control. Ball control with any team, because our skills are really good. I was happy to see that stat, because I thought to myself, cut that in half, and we’re right in this.”

Verrado took over the second game early, and its hitters were on point. Wallick and Kylie Thompson had big games, with seven and four kills, respectively.

“Logan, even though she’s a high school kid, she’s the consummate professional; so incredibly respectful to my coaching, she acknowledges her faults,” Lussier said. “I ask her to adjust a couple things on her approach, she does it. I ask her to hit angle, she does it. She’s incredibly coachable. Same thing with Kylie. She got a little bit out of rhythm, but I just said to trust it, trust what you’ve learned, trust us. She did, and off we went.”

Wallick said the key to the game after the first set was maintaining a positive attitude and reading the court better.

“Their block was really strong, so our biggest challenge was being able to read the court and move them around to make sure we weren’t hitting it right at them like we were in the first set,” she said.

The third-set win was characterized by a strong block put up by Verrado. Lussier made an adjustment after the first set, which paid dividends the rest of the match.

“We changed our blocking scheme,” Lussier said. “We committed to a little bit more on the outside to where our middles kind of shaded to the outside and committed to a block on the outside, one on one block in the middle and one on one on the right. That way, we had clear lanes and opened up what we call clear paths. We use a lot of what we call clear paths. So, I feel like if [an opponent] hits a ball really hard and we have a clear path, we’re going to make that up. We adjusted defensively, went to more of a perimeter defense, and that opened it up, freed up the girls more.”

Verrado trailed 16-14 in the third set, but a run of three blocks in four points turned the tides. Jaden McCarthy had one of those blocks, and was fired up as she left the court on a rotation substitution.

“Without disrespecting them, I felt like their middle was a little one dimensional, so I thought if she [McCarthy] squares her up, we’re good,” Lussier said. “Defensive blocking schemes help, and we went on that run blocking.”

With a 2-1 lead in sets, Verrado made sure to put the game away.

“We talked about how important it was to close out a team, and we talked about playing with a little more sense of urgency, can’t mess around here, can’t play with our food,” Lussier said. “We talk about how we can’t play with our food, we need to eat our food, get it digested and move on. We’re always looking forward, but learn from what we’ve done.” Verrado was led by Wallick’s 24 kills, while Thompson and Rachel Abramson each had seven kills.

Lussier was happy about winning a first-round game in his first year as the Lady Vipers’ head coach.

“The first round, it means a lot, just with the whole new regime, if you will,” Lussier said. “They never give up. We lost the first set pretty handily, but we kept our calm, kept our composure and trusted what we learned all season long.”

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

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JOEY BENSON, left, of Verrado and teammate Rachel Abramson attempt a block Nov. 2 against Mesquite’s Kiley Tonge. The Lady Vipers beat Mesquite in four sets, but lost to Ironwood Ridge in the quarterfinals, getting eliminated from the playoffs.

Local volleyball teams lose in 1st round

Desert Edge, Youngker, Odyssey all eliminated

by Casey Pritchard sports editor

Local teams from 3A, 4A and 5A were all eliminated in their respective first round state volleyball playoff games last week.

Desert Edge lost its 5A game to Tucson Ironwood Ridge in straight sets Nov. 2, while Youngker lost to Flagstaff in three sets in 4A the same day.

Odyssey Institute lost in straight sets to Safford in 3A Nov. 3.

The 13th-seeded Lady Scorpions had won a playoff play-in game the week before, but couldn’t muster the same magic against the fourth-seeded Lady Nighthawks in the first round. The scores were 25-22, 25-22 and 25-13.

“We’re streaky,” Desert Edge coach Bill Bellis said. “We kept trading point for point, and then we had that one streak somewhere in the middle where we gave up four points. We would cut it to three, back to four, cut it to two, back to three, and just couldn’t push it over to where we actually had the lead and could hold on to it.”

That’s the way each of the first two sets went, and in the third set, Desert Edge’s girls were a little demoralized, Bellis said.

The Lady Scorpions were also playing without one of their best players in outside hitter Jennessy Cain. She suffered an ankle injury in the second to last game of the regular season against Glendale Deer Valley. It forced Bellis to move Marissa Ellis from the middle to the outside.

“We’re not real strong in the middle anyway, and you lose somebody like Marissa in the middle, even though she did a nice job on the outside for us, but losing her in the middle, losing Jennessy, it made us not very athletic in the middle,” Bellis said.

Despite the first-round loss, Desert Edge had its best record, winningpercentage wise, in school history. The Lady Scorpions went 24-9. In Bellis’ three years as coach, Desert Edge has gone from 19 losses to 11 to nine.

“Overall, it was a good year,” Bellis said. “We battled a lot of internal things that nobody knows about. We had things go on amongst our own players, two or three times throughout the year. I guess you’d say we got over them, but you get over one and before you know it another one hits you in the face. I don’t know if it was the nature of the beast, but it seemed like every time we got on a roll, someone would say something and somebody would get mad, and we had to deal with that. We had that two or three times during the year, so it was a struggle, but it was a good year; it was a fun year at times.”

Lady Roughriders

Youngker had to travel north to Flagstaff for its first-round game. The Lady Roughriders were the No. 14 seed, going up against the third-seeded Lady

Eagles. Youngker played well, but it wasn’t enough to pull out a victory, losing 25-20, 25-13 and 25-19.

“We struggled in the second set, but the girls actually played well,” Youngker coach Troy Sherman said. “Defense was good, our offense and our serving was actually some of the best we had. Flag is a very good and disciplined team, they’re very good in that playoff environment, and they were able to take advantage of a couple rotations we struggle with, and that allowed them to control the match from beginning to end.”

Despite the loss, Sherman said he saw great performances out of a handful of his girls.

“I feel three of our players gave the best matches they’ve given all year long,” Sherman said. “Kenzie Cumbie, Samantha Sanchez and Anise Christian, it was probably their best matches they’ve had all year long. Skylar Reed also had a very good match, she did exactly what we needed her to do. We just struggled in a couple other areas, and that made the complete difference.”

The Lady Roughriders finished with a 27-13 record, continuing to have strong seasons under Sherman’s leadership. Additionally, Youngker’s team was full of youth, which bodes well for the future.

“We made the decision early on to go even younger than what we thought — we had a couple seniors that we ended up moving out of our starting rotation to go with a younger lineup,” Sherman said.

“The way the girls responded and how that’s going to set us up for next year is very promising, and I can’t at all be upset about that. The girls played awesome, they worked hard together, they kept great chemistry all year long. It’s a very, very good season for us to use and vault off of, and start preparing getting our minds set to be stronger next year.”

Lady Minotaurs

Odyssey made the state tournament for the first time in its two years of Arizona Interscholastic Association play, but it played its initial state game with heavy hearts.

An Odyssey student died in a car accident two days before the playoff game, which had an emotional affect on the team, coach Brian Weaver said. The No. 12 Lady Minotaurs lost to fifth-seeded Safford 25-18, 25-17 and 25-14.

“They shut the school down [the next day],” Weaver said. “Some of the girls had played soccer with her, so they were close. Obviously, they were affected by that. I’m not sure that had anything to do with [the loss], but you know how that can be.”

Weaver said he thought his girls performed pretty well, but they were a little off. The day before the game, which was the day after the student’s death, they didn’t practice, but rather spent the time bonding as a team.

“I didn’t know her, but even I was affected by it, I was emotional by it because you know the team is emotional,”

Weaver said. “It’s a very close team we’ve got, and they all reacted off each other. I think we did a nice job of being supportive of each other, but that could be tough. Not making excuses, but you don’t know what’s affecting them.”

Weaver said his girls started strong in all three sets, but weren’t able to sustain their level of play.

“We were hanging with [Safford] for the first half of sets for most of them, but then an error here, an error there and we were down 20-15 and were never able to get back into it,” Weaver said. “We were actually starting strong in most of the sets. Set one, we came out and started really good. I said, if we do this, we’re in good shape, but we just didn’t maintain.”

Odyssey finished the year with an 18-15 record. The Lady Minotaurs will graduate only three seniors.

“I had, at times, four or five freshmen on the floor, and they’re gaining huge experience,” Weaver said. “Jamie Gordon, my assistant coach, said it best, this is their first time to the dance, and you’ve got to get to the dance before you actually get off the wall and go participate, go be involved. This is their first time at the dance, and they went out there, they played hard, there was never any doubt about that. They’re going to get better, so I’m very encouraged about that.”

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

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DALLAS ROGERS, right, of Odyssey Institute tries to finesse the ball Nov. 4 over Safford’s McKinnley Clark. Odyssey lost in straight sets, as did Desert Edge and Youngker. All three were eliminated from the state playoffs.

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.

Computer

classes

Learn the basics of operating a computer from 6 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday in the Program Room at the Buckeye Library Coyote Branch, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Suite 116, Bu ckeye. Registration is required. For information, call 623-349-6300.

Thursday

The group meets at noon the second and fourth Thursday of the month at Rudy’s BBQ, 845 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. Owners or managers of all types of businesses are encouraged to attend. For information, contact Darren Mullins at darren.mullins@libertymutual.com.

Union Elementary School Board meets

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 www.unionesd.org.

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a mentoring appointment, email darah.mann@goodyearaz.gov.

Friday

Park. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

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.

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9 Wednesday NOVEMBER

Understanding Medigap Insurance

People can find out how Medigap Insurance works with a Medigap policy at Understanding Medigap Insurance at 1 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Troubleshooting

Irrigation Systems

Learn how to take control of outdoor water use and landscaping in a series of free classes offered by Goodyear from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Goodyear Public Works Administrative Building, 4980 S. 157th Ave., Goodyear. Participants will receive personal instruction on a variety of topics including setting irrigation timers, optimal watering schedules and pruning tips for healthy landscapes. Goodyear’s seasonal water conservation classes are designed to encourage ways to use water wisely and promote sustainably. Classes are free, but registration is required at goodyearaz.gov/h2o365 or by calling 623-882-7509.

Agua Fria Union High School Board meets 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 www.aguafria.org.

Job Readiness Assistance

Avondale and Goodwill of Central Arizona are offering job readiness assistance from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale. A career adviser is at the center each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. No registration or scheduling is required. For information, call 623-333-2703.

Fitness in the Park

Buckeye hosts Fitness in the Park from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Monday through Thursday at Sundance Park, 22865 W. Lower Buckeye Road, Buckeye.

Domestic violence support groups

New Life Center offers free confidential support groups for those who have experienced domestic violence. The meetings are held Monday evenings, Tuesday mornings, Wednesday afternoons and Friday afternoons, with varying times and confidential locations. For information, call 623-932-4404, Ext. 123.

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.

Tonopah Valley

Comic Con

People can meet some of their favorite heroes and villains from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Tonopah Valley Comic Con hosted by the Anime Club at Tonopah Valley High School, 38201 W. Indian School Road, Tonopah. The event will include panel discussions, a costume contest and vendors.

Starting a successful business

The Buckeye Public Library is holding a series of workshops about starting a new successful business with the Arizona State University Start-up School for Entrepreneurs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Buckeye. To register, email eon@buckeyeaz.gov.

Blood drive

United Blood Services is holding a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Westview High School, 10850 W. Garden Lakes, Avondale, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Buckeye Union High School, 1000 E. Narramore Ave., Buckeye.To sign up to donate, call 1-877-827-4376 or visit bloodhero.com.

How to avoid consumer scams

People can learn how to spot and avoid consumer scams from the Arizona Attorney General’s Office of Community Outreach at 1 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Read to the Dog

Children can practice reading one on one to certified therapy dog Manda at Read to the Dog at 4 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Flag-raising ceremony

Litchfield Park is celebrating the 241st anniversary of the Marine Corps with a flag-raising ceremony at 8:15 a.m. on the front lawn of Litchfield Park City Hall, 214 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park. Mayor Thomas Schoaf will present a special proclamation. The event is open to the public with light refreshments following the ceremony. For information, call 623-935-5033.

Taking control of diabetes

The Tolleson Senior Center is holding a free six-week workshop about taking control of diabetes. Classes are from 10 a.m. to noon in the Parks & Recreation Room at 9555 W.Van Buren St., Tolleson. To register, call 623-936-2760.

Potluck picnic

Christ Community United Methodist Church is hosting an oldtime potluck picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Estrella South Lake Park, 11111 S. San Miguel Drive, Goodyear. For information, call 623-932-3480 or visit myccumc.com.

S.M.A.R.T. Referrals Networking

Entrepreneurs are invited to network with other local small business owners at the Southwest Marketing and Referrals Team (S.M.A.R.T.) meeting.

Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous, meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday at the Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce, 508 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye. The goal of the group is to address and work toward recovery. For information, call 623-693-6244.

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.

Alcoholics

Anonymous meets

The Garden Lakes group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Garden Lakes, 2517 N. 107th Ave., Avondale.

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 meets

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.

Boy Scout meeting

Boy Scout Troop No. 263 meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at First Southern Baptist Church, 405 Third St., Buckeye. The troop is looking for boys between the ages of 11 and 18 who are interested in outdoor activities, learning new skills and becoming leaders. For information, call Trina Stark at 623-693-8624.

Grief support group

A grief support group meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at Desert Springs Community Church, 14440 W. Indian School Road, Goodyear. For information, call Angela at 623-435-2105.

ESL Cafe

Participants can practice their English or Spanish skills from 5 to 6:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Buckeye Public Library, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye. Spanish will be spoken for the first half and English for the second.

St. Peter’s RePete Boutique

St. Peter’s RePete Boutique thrift store is open from 9 a.m. to noon every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with the exception of holidays, at 400 S. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park.

Al-Anon

Stepping Stones

Al-Anon Stepping Stones meets at 7 p.m. every Thursday at Christ Presbyterian Church, 925 N. Sarival Ave., Goodyear.

Small business mentoring

Goodyear is offering one-on-one mentoring for business owners and entrepreneurs from 10 a.m. to noon every Tuesday and 1 to 3 p.m. every Thursday.To schedule

Veterans Day Tribute

Goodyear’s Veterans Day Tribute will take place from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Goodyear Ballpark, 1933 S. Ballpark Way, Goodyear. Veterans’ artwork will be unveiled at the tribute event, along with youth performances.

Tollson to celebrate veterans

Tolleson’s Veterans Day event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Tolleson Veterans Park, 8601 W. Van Buren St. The ceremony will include a performance by the Tolleson Union High School choir. A barbecue will offer free hot dogs, chips and drinks. For information, call the Tolleson Parks and Recreation Department at 623-474-4992.

Honoring vets

A ceremony to honor veterans will start at 9 a.m. at Benbow Veterans Memorial Park, 413 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye. The event, sponsored by the Buckeye Main Street Coalition, will include the playing of bagpipes, an honor guard detail and stories from local veterans. For information, call the Buckeye Main Street Coalition at 623-386-6122.

Veterans Day fitness fun run and challenge

The city of Avondale and Estrella Mountain Community College will honor veterans and their families with a fitness challenge at 8 a.m., followed by a Warrior’s Breakfast and ceremony at 9 a.m. at EMCC, 3000 N. Dysart Road, Avondale. The breakfast is free for veterans and their families, and costs $5 for everyone else. Breakfast is included as part of the registration cost for fitness fun run participants. Event day registration is $35. Proceeds will benefit the development of the West Valley Center for Military and Veteran Success. For information, visit, estrellamountain.edu/vetfunrun.

Saturday

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Youth karaoke mystery party

Youths ages 12-18 are invited to solve a murder mystery at the Ravenwood Masquerade from 5 to 8:30 p.m. during the afterhours karaoke mystery party lock-in event at the Goodyear Branch Public Library, 14455 W. Van Buren St., Goodyear. All participants are expected to dress in character. To sign up, visit mcldaz.org.

Watercolor Painting

Create a watercolor masterpiece of an Arizona sunset at Watercolor Painting from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Veterans and service personnel dinner

The Rev. Joseph O’Callahan and the Assembly of the Knights of Columbus will host the 12th annual veterans and service personnel appreciation dinner and program at 6:30 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, 13720 W. Thomas Road, Avondale. Registration is $20. For information, email eddiezuleger@msn.com or call 623-935-7320.

Buckeye Veterans Day parade

A Veterans Day parade will step off at 9 a.m., with a one-mile route from Second Street east on MC85 to Bayless Park at MC85 and Apache Road. Judging will take place during the parade, with trophies awarded after the parade at Bayless Park.

Avondale community garden open house

The Garden Patch Community Garden hosts an open house from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second Saturday of the month. The garden is on the east side of the Civic Center Library, 11350 W. Civic Center Drive, Avondale. Garden plots are available for rent. For information, visit gardenpatchcommunitygarden. com.

Fall concert series

The Fabulous Decades Band will play at 7 p.m. at Goodyear Community Park, 3151 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear, as part of the city’s free fall concert series.Take a lawn chair. For information, email grec@goodyearaz.gov.

Blood Drive

United Blood Services will hold a blood from 8 a.m. to noon in the Sun City Festival community, 26501 W. Desert Vista Blvd., Buckeye, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Estrella community, 17665 W. Elliot Drive, Goodyear. To sign up to donate, call 1-877827-4376 or visit bloodhero.com.

Master Gardener Q and A

Master Gardeners will be available to answer questions about desert gardening from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell.

Community Health Education Series: Valley Fever

People are invited to understand Valley Fever and what causes it at Community Health Education Series: Valley Fever from 11 a.m. to noon at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Turkey Tango Dance Program

Parents are invited to dance and listen to music with their children while teaching early literacy skills during the Turkey Tango Dance Program at 2 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W, White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, and at 10 a.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield

Cody’s Reading Pack Young readers can build confidence by reading to therapy dogs during “Cody’s Reading Pack” at 10 a.m. the second Saturday of the month at Buckeye’s Downtown Library, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye. Readings are by appointment for 15-minute sessions. To reserve an appointment, call 623-349-6300.

Texas Hold’em games

Texas Hold’em games are held at 6 p.m. every Saturday in the Butler Bistro Room at the American Legion Post 53, 402 E. Narramore Ave. in Buckeye. For information, call 623-327-0227.

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.

Sunday

Adult Children of Alcoholics

The support group Adult Children of Alcoholics meets at 5 p.m. every Sunday at the Litchfield Park First Baptist Church, 901 E. Plaza Circle, Litchfield Park. Group meditation class St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 400 S. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park, hosts a group meditation class from 5 to 6 p.m. Sundays. The class is designed for those desiring to learn meditation or deepen their practice. All faiths are welcome. For information, call the Rev. Gae Chalker at 623-935-3279 or visit stpetersaz.com.

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.

Bingo

The Knights of Columbus 4737 of American Legion Post 61 at 35 N. Dysart Road in Avondale hosts bingo games at 6:45 p.m. every Sunday. There are 16 games at a cost of $16, which include Quickies, Early Bird games and a $1,000 progressive game. Proceeds are donated to charity. For information, call 623-877-9732 or 602-316-2886.

Adrenaline Youth Choir

The Church at Litchfield Park invites children in sixth through 12th grades to participate in the Adrenaline Youth Choir from 4 to 5 p.m. every Sunday in the church’s Choir Room at 300 N. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park. For information, call 623-935-3411 or email info@ churchatlitchfieldpark.org.There is no fee to participate.

Children’s Community

Christian Choirs

Chimin’ In Hand Bell — 4:30 to 5 p.m. Fourth- to eighth-graders are invited to participate in a hand chime choir.

Voices in Praise — 5 to 6 p.m.

VIP is for third- to fifth-graders.

Joyful Noise — 5:30 to 6 p.m.

This group is for children in kindergarten to second grade with an emphasis on musical exploration. Choirs meet at the Church at Litchfield Park, 300 N. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park. For information, call 623-935-3411 or email info@ churchatlitchfieldpark.org.There is no fee for participation.

Tinker Time at the Library

Children 8 and older can participate in Tinker Time at the Library to learn the basics of Tinkercad, a 3D printing software, from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Buckeye Union High School Board meets

The Buckeye Union High School District Governing Board meets at 6:15 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the district office, 1000 E. Narramore, Buckeye. For information, visit www. buhsd.org.

Breast cancer support group

A breast cancer support group, Bosom Buddies, meets from 6 to 8 p.m. the second Monday of the month at Skyway Church of the West Valley, 14900 W. Van Buren St., Goodyear. For information, call Jackie McLaughlin at 623-328-5494..

Arlington Elementary School Board meets

The Arlington Elementary School District Governing Board meets at 6 p.m. the second Monday of the month at 9410 S. 355th Ave., Arlington. For information, visit www.arlingtonelem.org.

Liberty Elementary School Board meets

The Liberty Elementary School District Governing Board meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the district office, 19871 W. Fremont Road, Buckeye. For information, visit www. liberty.k12.az.us.

Palo Verde Elem. Board meets

Monday and Wednesday at the Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale.

Crazy 8s club

The Crazy 8s club meets from 4 to 5 p.m. every Monday at the Goodyear Branch Library, 14455 W. Van Buren, Suite C-101, Goodyear. The club is open to third- through fifth-graders who want to learn about math in new ways, including building projects, making music and other techniques.

Computer classes

Learn the basics of operating a computer from 10 to 11 a.m. every Monday at the Buckeye Library Downtown Branch, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye. Registration is required. For information, call 623-349-6300.

Mental Illness peer support group meets

The mental illness support group “Hope” meets from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Monday at Christ Evangelical Church, 918 S. Litchfield Road, Classroom C, in Goodyear. The group is free to attend, is for adults 18 and older and is open to the public. For information, call Andy Arnowitz at 480-994-4407.

Tuesday

Club from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Goodyear Branch Library, 14455 W. Van Buren St., Suite C-101, Goodyear. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Buckeye City Council meets

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.

Pendergast Elem.

starting at 9:15 a.m. Tuesdays in the Program Room at the Buckeye Library Coyote Branch, 21699 W.Yuma Road, Suite 116, Buckeye. For infor mation, call 623-349-6300.

Bingo

The American Legion Post No. 61 at 35 N. Dysart Road in Avondale hosts bingo games at 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays. The schedule of 17 games includes Quickies, Early Bird games and a $1,000 progressive game at a cost of $17. Proceeds are donated back to area youths and veterans. Call 623-932-4960 for information.

Toastmasters meeting

Estrella Toastmasters meets at 6:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Southwest Valley Chamber of Commerce, 289 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear. Toastmasters helps people become more effective speakers and confident leaders. The meetings are open to the public and free to attend.

Wednesday

Litchfield Park City Council meets

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 www.litchfieldpark.org.

Monthly book discussion

The Buckeye Public Library, 310 N. Sixth St., Buckeye, invites adults to a book discussion from 1 to 2 p.m. the third Wednesday of the month.

Thursday

Buckeye

Public Workshops

Residents are invited to help Buckeye update its master plan during the South Buckeye Public Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at Buckeye City Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave., Buckeye.

Youth chess club

Enjoy playing chess or want to learn how? Youths ages 11 to 16 can take part in a chess club at 3:45 p.m. every other Tuesday at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park.

Yoga story time

Incorporate yoga moves into story telling at 10 a.m. with Yoga Story Time for toddlers and preschoolers at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is not required.

School Board meets 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 www.pesd92.org.

Job Readiness Assistance

Avondale and Goodwill of Central Arizona are offering job readiness assistance from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Care1st Avondale Resource Center, 328 W. Western Ave., Avondale. A career adviser is at the center each Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. No registration or scheduling is required. For information, call 623-333-2703.

Overeaters Anonymous

Overeaters Anonymous meets at 11 a.m. Tuesdays at Verrado Coffee Co., 1829 N. Verrado Way, Buckeye.

Small business mentoring

Goodyear is offering one-on-one mentoring for business owners and entrepreneurs from 10 a.m. to noon every Tuesday and 1 to 3 p.m. every Thursday.To schedule a mentoring appointment, email darah.mann@goodyearaz.gov.

Youth support group

Genealogy: DNA and your family tree

Cards

and games

Adults ages 40 and older are invited to play games such as Sequence, Rummikub and Mexican Train at the free Cards and Games event starting at 10 a.m. at the Goodyear Recreation Conference Room, 3075 N. Litchfield Road, Goodyear.

Watering for health and beauty: A to Z

Learn how to take control of outdoor water use and landscaping during a series of free classes offered by the city of Goodyear from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Goodyear Public Works Administrative Building, 4980 S. 157th Ave., Goodyear. Participants will receive personal instruction on a variety of topics including setting irrigation timers, optimal watering schedules and pruning tips for healthy landscapes. Goodyear’s seasonal water conservation classes are designed to encourage ways to use water wisely and sustainably. Classes are free, but registration is required at goodyearaz.gov/ h2o365 or call 623-882-7509.

Buckeye public workshops

Soup and pie auction

Everyone’s invited to help the Tonopah Valley High School FFA organization with its biggest fundraising event, the soup and pie auction, at 6 p.m. at 38201 W. Indian School Road, Tonopah. Unlimited soup and chili is $5, and a homemade pie auction will follow.

Starting a successful business

The Buckeye Public Library is holding a series of workshops about starting a new successful business with the Arizona State University Start-up School for Entrepreneurs from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Coyote Branch Library, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Buckeye. To register, email eon@buckeyeaz.gov.

W.V. Biz 2 Biz

Networking

Network your way to success with the West Valley Biz 2 Biz Networking free public event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Old Pueblo Cafe, 102 N. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park. Share business tricks, tips, samples and cards, and build working relationships.

Buckeye public workshops

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Residents are invited to help Buckeye update its master plan at the North Buckeye Public Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at Festival Foothills Elementary, 26252 W. Desert Vista Blvd., Buckeye.

West-MEC Think Tank

Monday Code Club

Youths ages 8 to 13 can learn how to code computer games and websites during Code Club from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the Litchfield Park Branch Library, 101 W. Wigwam Blvd., Litchfield Park. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

The Palo Verde Elementary School District Governing Board meets at 5:45 p.m. the second Monday of the month at the district office, 10700 S. Palo Verde Road, Palo Verde. For information, visit www.paloverdeschools.org.

Saddle Mountain School Board meets

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

Citizenship class

People wanting to become U.S. citizens are invited to a free class from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. every

People can learn about DNA testing and the answers they’d receive at Genealogy: DNA and your family tree from 4 to 6 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

Blood drive

The American Red Cross will hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Azpro, 650 N. 99th Ave., Suite 101, Avondale. To make an appointment to donate, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

Code Club

Teens and tweens can learn how to code computer games and websites during Code

A support group for youths 12 to 19 years old who are affected by a loved one’s drinking or drug use meets from 7 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 400 N. Old Litchfield Road, Litchfield Park. One adult is present at all meetings to ensure a safe environment.

Story time

Toddlers ages 2 to 4 accompanied by an adult can enjoy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage emerging language skills at 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. every Tuesday in the Program Room at the Buckeye Library Coyote Branch, 21699 W. Yuma Road, Suite 116, Buckeye. For infor mation, call 623-349-6300.

Baby time

Take your babies from birth to 23 months to enjoy songs, activities, rhymes, books and playtime

Residents are invited to help Buckeye update its master plan at the Central Buckeye Public Workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies, 1495 S. Verrado Way, Buckeye.

Code Club

Youths ages 8 to 13 can learn how to code computer games and websites during Code Club at 4:30 p.m. at the White Tank Branch Library, 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell. Registration is required at mcldaz.org.

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.

Educators are invited to participate in West-MEC’s Think Tank event at West-MEC’s district office, 6997 N. Glen Harbor Blvd., Glendale. During the event, educators will have the opportunity to learn how to better prepare students for the workforce. To register, visit west-mec.org/ professional-development.

Meet with Rep. Ruben Gallego U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-District 7, has a representative at his mobile office from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. the third Thursday of the month at the Chicanos Por La Causa Maryvale Community Service Center, 6850 W. Indian School Road, Phoenix.

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Ben DeHaan

Ben DeHaan, 65, of Lakeside and formerly of Avondale died Nov. 4, 2016.

Mr. DeHaan was born Jan. 17, 1951, in Kalamazoo, Mich., to Jake and Jennie DeHaan.

He is survived by his wife, Patty DeHaan; one daughter, Suzan Valencia; four sons, Jeromy DeHaan, Jason DeHaan, Scott Adams and Chris Adams; three sisters, Gert Wheeler, Kay Coulter and Ruth DeHaanDrumm; and 10 grandchildren. For details on the memorial service, contact the family. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley. Condolences for the family may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

John D. Fields

John D. Fields, 68, of Buckeye died Oct. 18, 2016, in Goodyear.

Mr. Fields was born Sept. 3, 1948, in Buckeye.

He served in the U.S. Army.

He worked as a handyman.

He is survived by his wife, Marcella Fields; two daughters, Amber Fields and Chelsea Fields; two sisters, Betty Morrow and Velma Williamson; one brother, James Fields; and seven grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Nov. 18 at Grace Fellowship Church, 1300 N. Miller Road, Buckeye, with interment at Louis B. Hazelton Memorial Cemetery, 23100 W. Broadway Road, Buckeye.

Memorials may be sent to Grace Fellowship Church, 1300 N. Miller Road, Buckeye, AZ 85326.

Dora Gutierrez

Beloved mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother, Dora Rigales Gutierrez, age 91 went home to our Lord on October 31, 2016.

Dora was born on April 11, 1925 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to Luis and Ramona Rigales. She and her husband Alfredo and family moved to Glendale AZ in 1950. In 1961 they moved to Cashion AZ, where she resided until her death.

Dora was a very loving, kind and generous soul. She loved to bake for her family and friends. There was always a place and a cup of coffee at her kitchen table for everyone. Anyone who knew her, knew of her deep love and devotion to her cats, as well as her birds. She made sure that not only were they fed, but that other furry felines and feathered visitors ate as well. She also enjoyed gardening and sharing her flowers with friends and family. And while her beloved dancing partner Alfredo was alive they danced to their hearts content whenever the opportunity allowed. We will miss her greatly.

She was preceded in death by her beloved dancing partner and spouse of 45 years, Alfredo Gutierrez; two sons Jesus “Jesse” and Larry Gutierrez; two grandsons Jimmy Joe Contreras and Jesse Olivo and daughter in law Rosie Gutierrez.

She is survived by her three daughters, Gloria Contreras (Joe) Yolanda Gutierrez (Agustine) and Ernestina Gutierrez (Sammy) and two sons Alfredo Gutierrez (Frances) and Luis Gutierrez (Lupe) and one brother Luis Rigales of Las Cruces New Mexico. 25 grandchildren, 61 great-grandchildren and 14 greatgreat grandchildren. She also leaves behind a very large extended family and many friends.

Funeral services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday, November 11, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 512 N. 93rd Ave., Tolleson. Burial immediately following at Holy Cross Cemetary.

The Rev. Thomas Lemos will officiate.

Suelen Jane Calderwood

Suelen Jane Calderwood, 75, of Goodyear and Spread Eagle, Wis., died Oct. 6, 2016, in Goodyear of cardiac failure.

Mrs. Calderwood was born Oct. 24, 1940, in Appleton, Wis., to Jane and William Gay.

She graduated from Niagara High School in Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin in Madison with a bachelor’s degree in nursing.

She married Robert G. Calderwood in 1965.

She moved to Arizona in 1995.

She was a member of the Iron Mountain/Kingsford Women’s Club, the Red Hat Society and the Ladies of the Lake.

Pauline V. Gamez

Pauline V. Gamez, 81, of Goodyear died Nov. 4, 2016, at her home.

Mrs. Gamez was born Dec. 29, 1934, in Mesquite, N.M., to Santos and Benita Vasquez.

She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Robert; two sons, Robert and Scott; two brothers, William Gay and John Gay; and three grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 830 E. Plaza Circle, Litchfield Park. The Rev. David Bolte will officiate.

A memorial service will also take place in Wisconsin. Memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children at www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org.

Ernest R. Contreras

Ernest R. “Ernie” Contreras, 66, of Avondale died Oct. 26, 2016, in Goodyear.

Mr. Contreras was born March 4, 1950, in Stockton, Calif., to Ernest and Rose Contreras.

As a child, he was in the Stockton Drum and Bugle Corps. His family moved to Avondale in 1964 and he attended Agua Fria High School, where in lettered in cross country and played drums in the band.

He worked for Unidynamics. He coached the Pirates, a summer league baseball team.

He is survived by his wife, Rita Adame Contreras; two daughters, Raquel Sage and Andreali Arriaga; two sons, Arturo Cavazos and Ernesto Contreras III; three brothers, Eugene, Joaquin and Christopher Contreras; 18 grandchildren; and two greatgrandchildren.

A visitation was Nov. 4 at Thompson Funeral Chapel in Goodyear, with graveside services Nov. 5 at Sunwest Cemetery in El Mirage.

Condolences for the family may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

This obituary is being reprinted to correct information. The View regrets the error.

Samuel Rene Enriquez

Samuel Rene Enriquez, 45, of Litchfield Park died Oct. 17, 2016, in Tucson.

Mr. Enriquez was born Jan. 8, 1971, in Phoenix to Oscar and MaryLou Enriquez.

He attended Litchfield Elementary School and Agua Fria High School.

He is survived by one son, Nathaniel; two brothers, Andy Enriquez and Ricky Enriquez; and two sisters, Sandra Enriquez-Tate and Anna Enriquez.

A memorial service was Nov. 4 at Avenidas Funeral Chapel in Avondale.

Ira W. Martin Jr.

Ira W. Martin Jr. a Veteran, 83, of Tolleson passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on October 31, 2016. Mr. Martin was born on January 8, 1933 in Roanoke, V.A., to Ira Sr. and Stella Martin, along with 5 sisters and preceded by death one brother. He is survived by wife Barbara of 63 years and 4 daughters, Vickie, Kathie, Teresa, Robin and two sons, Ira III and Michael, 11 grandchildren, and 9 greatgrandchildren. No services are to be held.

She moved to Arizona in 1954. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by one son, Jose Manuel Alvidrez. She is survived by seven daughters, Delfina Ramirez, Juanita Pina, Linda Regalado, Virginia Perez, Cecilia Serrano, Sylvia Baca and Priscilla Baca; two sons, Adolfo Baca and Benjamin Baca; three sisters, Benita Guerrero, Elvira Levario and Maria Marquez; two brothers, Reymundo Vasquez and Santos Vasquez Jr.; 56 grandchildren; 116 greatgrandchildren; and 18 great-great-grandchildren.

A visitation will be at 9:30 a.m., with a rosary recital at 10:30 a.m. and Mass at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 539 La Pasada Blvd., Goodyear. Interment will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, 10045 W. Thomas Road, Avondale.

Condolences may be left at avenidasfuneralchapel.com.

Nadine Watkins Lee

Nadine Watkins Lee, 67, of Phoenix and formerly of Buckeye died Oct. 15, 2016, in Phoenix.

Mrs. Lee was born March 24, 1949, in Crockett, Texas, to Refferd Watkins and Katherine James.

She attended Buckeye Elementary, Wilson Elementary and Phoenix Union High School and graduated from Buckeye Union High School in 1967.

In June 1968, she married Lawrence Lee and they lived in Glendale.

She worked as a nursing assistant, cosmetologist and cosmetology instructor. She owned two beauty salons and was also employed by Western Electric, Lucent and AT&T.

She was a member of Mount Zion Spiritual Temple of God and Freedom International Ministries.

She is survived by her husband, Lawrence; three sons, Michael, Myron and Marwin; seven siblings, Ivan, Ezerlene, Anna, Lowell, David, Ricky and Michelle; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

A celebration of life was Oct. 21

This obituary is being reprinted to correct information. The View regrets the error.

Lillian C. Gill

Lillian C. Gill, 95, of Tolleson died Oct. 22, 2016, at her home.

Mrs. Gill was born June 19, 1921, in Abilene, Texas, to Martha and Benjamin Crist. She moved to Arizona in 1935. She was a longtime educator in Avondale as well as a small business owner for more than 70 years.

She volunteered for local charitable organizations.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Joe; and one son, David.

She is survived by one son, Gordon; and one grandson.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Christ Community United Methodist Church, 104 W. Western Ave., Avondale.

Condolences for the family may be left at avenidasfuneralchapel.com.

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Suelen Calderwood

Ernest Contreras

Ben DeHaan

Samuel Enriquez Pauline Gamez

Lillian Gill

Gertrude Lewis

Gertrude Lewis, 86, of Avondale died Nov. 5, 2016, in Goodyear.

Mrs. Lewis was born Aug. 31, 1930, in Darmstadt, Germany.

She moved to Arizona in 1998.

She was a homemaker.

She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Goodyear since 1998.

She was preceded in death by two husbands, William Retallick in 1978 and Bert Lewis in 2003.

She is survived by five children and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Nov. 12 at Kingdom Hall, 14038 W. Yuma Road, Goodyear. Gilbert Escobedo will officiate.

Condolences for the family may be left at avenidasfuneralchapel.com.

Ray Allen West

Ray Allen West, 23, formerly of Buckeye died Oct. 29, 2016, in a motorcycle accident in El Paso, Texas. Mr. West was born Feb. 15, 1993.

Roman V. Rodriguez

Roman V. Rodriguez, 87, of Tolleson died Nov. 6, 2016, at home.

Mr. Rodriguez was born Sept. 30, 1929, in Las Cruces, N.M.

He graduated from Buckeye High School, where he was a member of the swim team.

He joined the U.S. Army as a combat medic.

He married his wife, Charlotte, on April 4, 2014, in Omaha, Neb., and they were stationed at Fort Bliss in El Paso.

He is survived by his wife of two years, Charlotte West; his mother and stepfather, Kim and Bill Chapin; his father, Oscar Hakimian; one sister, Sedona West; and one brother, Easton West.

Funeral services were Nov. 5 at Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home in Phoenix.

A memorial will be held Nov. 14 at his unit at the 1AD Chapel at Fort Bliss in El Paso.

Memorials can be made through a GoFundMe account by searching “In Memory of Ray West,” with donations going to the Buckeye swim team.

Public Notice

ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT 1616 WEST ADAMS STREET

PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007 PUBLIC AUCTION SALE NO. 16-94823-00-001

PERPETUAL RIGHT OF WAY

EASEMENT

Pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37, notice is hereby given that the state of Arizona through its Arizona State Land Department (herein called ASLD), will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at the Arizona State Land Department, Room 434B, 1616 W. Adams, Phoenix, Arizona, a perpetual right of way easement for the purpose of Underground Utilities situated in Maricopa County to wit:

TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, G&SRB&M, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA PARCEL: M&B THRU S2S2, SECTION 9. CONTAINING 7.52 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

BENEFICIARY: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMNITY SELECTIONS)

For a complete legal description of the land, prospective bidders are advised to examine the right of way application file as well as all pertinent files of ASLD. Said right of way easement has been valued at $2,400.00 and consists of 7.52 acres, more or less. Additional requirements and conditions of this right of way are available and may be

viewed at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona. The complete file associated with the described land is open to public inspection at the ASLD, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., exclusive of holidays and weekends. Please direct any questions regarding this Public Auction to the Rights of Way Section of the Real Estate Division of ASLD at (602) 5424098. This auction notice is available on the ASLD’s web site at www.azland.gov

Each potential bidder must show ASLD’s representative a cashier’s check made payable to the Arizona State Land Department in the amount specified under Terms of Sale Paragraph (A) below.

TERMS OF SALE:

(A) At the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The value of the right of way, which is $2,400.00; (2) A Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the value of the right of way, which is $72.00; (3) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00. The total amount due at the time of sale is $4,972.00 (less $2,500.00 and less $2,472.00 for Advance Deposit into suspense if the successful bidder is the applicant for a total amount due of $0.00).

(B) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder must pay the full balance of the amount bid for the right of way and pay a Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the purchase price for the right of way less the amount paid under (A) (2) above.

(C) No Selling and Administrative Fee shall be collected by ASLD if the successful bidder at auction is the beneficiary of the land trust.

(D) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder shall be required to pay the actual legal advertising cost, less the amount paid under (A) (3) above.

BIDDING INFORMATION:

(A) The time of sale shall be deemed to be the time of declaration of the highest and best bidder. The bidding will begin at the total value of the right of way. A bid for less than the value of the right of way easement or by a party who has not inspected the right of way and/or the associated files and records of ASLD will not be considered.

He moved to Arizona in 1960.

He worked as a farm laborer. He was a member of the Blessed Sacrament Church in Tolleson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Silvestra Rodriguez. He is survived by two sons, Frank Rodriguez and Manuel Rodriguez; five daughters, Bertha Gaucin, Mickie Ochoa, Olga De La Cruz, Rachel Bustos and Hortensia Virgil; 26 grandchildren; 44 greatgrandchildren; and two greatgreat-grandchildren.

A visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 13 at Holy Cross Mortuary, 9925 W. Thomas Road, Avondale.

Andreina ‘Ann’ Stephens

Andreina “Ann” Stephens, 78, of Litchfield Park died Nov. 5, 2016, in Surprise.

Mrs. Stephens was born Aug. 10, 1938, in Alliance, Ohio, to Otello and Anastasia Menichelli.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Connie Norton. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Robert Stephens; one son, John; one daughter, George Ann; one brother, Richard; one sister, Geraldine; two grandchildren; and four greatgrandchildren.

A visitation will be at 5 p.m. and funeral services at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 19320 W. Indian School Road, Litchfield Park.

The Rev. John Bierman will officiate.

Condolences for the family may be left at thompsonfuneralchapel.com.

(B) All bidders must sign an affidavit stating that they have undertaken due diligence in preparation for the auction and that their representative is authorized to bid and bind the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the records of local jurisdictions and public agencies regarding this property.

(C) Pursuant to A.R.S. §37240.B, the successful bidder must be authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona no later than three (3) business days after the auction. The successful bidder must sign an affidavit stating it is the successful bidder and sign a Certification Statement pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37 and the Rules of ASLD.

(D If the successful bidder fails to complete the payment as stated in the auction notice together with the additional required fees within 30 days from the auction date, all amounts paid at the time of auction by the successful bidder will be forfeited.

(E) In the event of forfeiture, the ASLD Commissioner may declare that the bid placed before the final bid accepted is the highest bid, and that the bidder has five (5) days after notification by ASLD to pay by cashier’s check all amounts due.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

The ASLD may cancel this auction in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid.

A protest to this sale must be filed within 30 days after the first day of publication of this announcement and in accordance with A.R.S. §37-301.

Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

Ruben Ojeda (for) Lisa A. Atkins

Commissioner September 1, 2016 Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on September 21, 28, October 5, 12, 19, 26, November 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

NOTICE OF INTENT TO FORECLOSE ACTION Certified Mail Receipt Requested

Edna Mae Trenhaile

Edna Mae (nee Arnold) Trenhaile, 86, of Drumright, Okla., and formerly of Buckeye died Aug. 6, 2016, in Drumright.

Mrs. Trenhaile was born Feb. 22, 1930, in Buckeye to Lee Otis Arnold and Lillie Mae Arnold. She was raised in Buckeye. She married John Huggins in 1947 in Buckeye. They divorced in 1959. She married Irvin Trenhaile on Oct. 1, 1966, in Las Vegas. She owned and operated several businesses in Arizona, including the Green Acre Motel until 1989, when she and her husband moved to a farm in Olathe, Colo.

After her husband’s death in 2012, she moved to Oklahoma. She was also preceded in death by one son, William O. Huggins; and two stepsons, Rodney Trenhaile and Mark Trenhaile. She is survived by one daughter, Linda Bryant; one son, Michael Huggins; one stepson, Michael Trenhaile; one stepdaughter, Linda Hill; four brothers, Clemie Arnold, Bill Arnold, Kenneth Arnold and David Arnold; 10 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one greatgreat-grandchild.

A memorial service was Nov. 5 at Lighthouse Fellowship Church in Litchfield Park.

Interment will be at Hazelton Cemetery in Buckeye. Condolences for the family may be left at michaelsfuneralservices.com.

A word about obituaries

The West Valley View publishes free obituaries for people who were residents or former residents of the West Valley. We also encourage the use of photos with obituaries. Photos will be cropped to a head shot, so they must be of fairly high resolution (at least 200 dpi). Free obituaries are edited to newspaper style. People who wish to have obituaries published without editing may purchase a paid obituary; call 623-535-8439. Funeral homes may submit obituaries using our online form at westvalleyview.com. They may also email at news1@westvalleyview.com, fax at 623-9352103 or mail to West Valley View, Inc., 1050 E. Riley Dr., Avondale, AZ 85323.

West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona, Wednesday, November 9, 2016

Name of Party Filing Action: Elizabeth Endriss

Street Address: 21653 W. Hovey St. City, State, Zip: Wittmann, Arizona 85361 Phone Number: 623-3882271

Mailing Date: 9/26/2016

Name of Property Owner or Interested Party: Matthew David Penney

Street Address: 18109 W. Latham St. City, State, Zip: Goodyear, Arizona 85338-5809

Property Street Address: 18109 W. Latham City, State, Zip: Goodyear, Arizona 85338-5809

Tax Bill Mailing Address: 18109 W. Latham St. City, State, Zip: Goodyear, Arizona 85338-5809

Maricopa County Treasure 301 W. Jefferson Street, Ste. 100, Phoenix, Arizona 850032199

To Whom It May Concern: I own a tax lien on the real property identified below. I plan to file a court action to foreclose the right to redeem the lien. Real Property Parcel Tax Parcel Identification Number: 502-37-143B 4

Legal description of Real Property: Lot/Section 10, Block/ Town, Tract/Range, MARWEST ESTATES MCR 151/26 LOT 10 E2

Certificate of Purchase Number: 344

I plan to file for foreclosure on or after: November 1, 2016

If you wish to redeem the tax lien, please contact the Maricopa County Treasurer at (602) 5068511 /s/ Elizabeth Endriss

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 19, 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. NAME: PEAK PERFORMANCE SPORTS CAMPS LLC

L-2125621-7

II. The address of the known place of business is: 1720 W. Oberlin Way, Phoenix, AZ 85085

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Trevor Thirsk, 1720 W. Oberlin Way, Phoenix, AZ 85085

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are:

Trevor Thirsk, Member, 1720 W. Oberlin Way, Phoenix, AZ 85085

Melissa Thirsk, Member, 1720 W. Oberlin Way, Phoenix, AZ 85085

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION

COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: MARINE RIDERS AZ, LLC

L-2130034-1

II. The address of the known place of business is: 12367 W. Turney Ave., Avondale, AZ 85392

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Carlos Rojas, 12367 W. Turney Ave., Avondale, AZ 85392

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Carlos Rojas, Member, 12367 W. Turney Ave., Avondale, AZ 85392

Daniel Geincke, Member, 222 W. Brown Road, #66, Mesa, AZ 85201

Thomas Gillesate, Member, 12367 W. Turney Ave., Avondale, AZ 85392

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: M4 PERSONAL DEFENSE, LLC L-2120247-7

II. The address of the known place of business is: 15510 N. 169th Ave., Surprise, AZ 85388

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: United States Corporation Agents, Inc., 17470 N. Pacesetter Way, Scottsdale, AZ 85255

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to

the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Mark Milow, Member, 15510 N. 169th Ave., Surprise, AZ 85388

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. NAME: BORDERS LLC L-2121800-3

II. The address of the known place of business is: 21980 W. Loma Linda Blvd., Buckeye, AZ 85326

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Tarji Borders, 21980 W. Loma Linda Blvd., Buckeye, AZ 85326

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Tarji Borders, Member, 21980 W. Loma Linda Blvd., Buckeye, AZ 85326

Aldric Borders, Member, 21980 W. Loma Linda Blvd., Buckeye, AZ 85326

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR I. NAME: DWELL WELL RENOVATIONS LLC

L-21305061

II. The address of the known place of business is: 14175 W. Indian School Rd, #B4-612, Goodyear, AZ 85395

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Trever Chiocca, 14175 W. Indian School Rd, #B4-612, Goodyear,

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Manufactured Home builder in Goodyear has immediate openings for the following: Production /Assembly positions, entry level through experienced trade personnel including Supervision, Framers, Plumbers, Flooring, Drywall Installers /Tapers and various other assembly positions Starting wage is $10- $14 plus /hour depending on experience with increase after 30 days with good attendance Trade experience a plus Positions are full- time Monday- Friday occasional Saturdays Weekly pay. Benefits, 401K, paid vacation, weekly bonus pay incentives for each position. Apply in person Monday- Friday from 11:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. for onsite interview at 1366 S. Litchfield Road. Entrance is on Yuma Road, west of Litchfield Road or fax resume to 623-882-2845 or email resume to cavcowestresume@cavco.com

BELL ringers wanted for The Salvation Army seasonal position starting November 25th ending December 24th. Tuesday through Saturday 11:00a.m. to 7:00p.m. $8.05/ hour. Volunteer bell ringers are also needed. Apply at 11 N. 3rd Ave. in Avondale.

CAREGIVERS & DRIVERS needed immediately. We train for certification to care for special needs. Trainees start $9.00/ hour. Higher pay for experience. 14423 McDowell Road Ste G104, Goodyear. 623-547-4839

CDL Driver needed. 2 years experience required. Wingfield Livestock Transport. Call Monday-Friday between 10a.m.4p.m., 623-386-4454. Ask for Claude.

FEMALE care giver needed in private Buckeye home, part time. No experience needed. On the job training (1 on 1). $10.00/ hour to start. Call 623-826-6715 for interview.

HOUSEKEEPERS and laundry attendants wanted at Hampton Inn and Suites. Apply in person at 2000 N. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear.

LOOKING for experienced compassionate CNA’s, Certified Caregivers. Part time/ full time. 623-547-7521.

Our advertisers say: “Great Response - SOLD!” ...Jeanie Awesome! 2.5 acre irrigated horse property with 2200 sq. ft., 3 bedroom, 2 bath. Let the VIEW work for you. Call 623-535-VIEW (8439)

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MAINTENANCE technician, full time. Minor electrical, plumbing, appliance repair skills, excellent drywall patching skills. Need own truck (paid mileage) and tools. $15.00/ hr AZTEC 7400 W Olive #24. Monday-Friday 8:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. 623-412-2888. Equal Opportunity Employer.

MAINTENANCE. General knowledge of preventive maintenance, electrical, plumbing, HVAC & building maintenance. Full time position. Available weekends. Wage depending on experience. Apply in person 2000 N. Litchfield Rd., Goodyear.

Seasonal Labor needed October, November and December General Labor Rolling stock Candidates apply in person at OLAM COTTON 25500 W Southern Ave., Buckeye, AZ THE City of Litchfield Park is accepting applications for a full-time Administrative Assistant. Deadline for applications is Friday, November 18th, 2016 4p.m. See the City’s website, www.litchfield-park.org for details. EOE M/F Drug-free environment.

SanMar

DUST Bunnies Housecleaning. “Let your day off really be your day off”. Lea, 602-908-1519.

HOUSECLEANING service. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. House /office. All work done sparkles. For free estimate, Urszula 602-677-7692.

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Great full benefit package, employee discounts, challenging but friendly environment, monthly employee activities, and competitive salaries! APPLY TODAY!!!

In person: 1100 N 127th Ave Ste. 200, Avondale, AZ 85323 Online: www.sanmar.com/career

JOB FAIR

Looking for a full time job with great benefits? Please attend our Job Fair! Friday, November 11, 2016: 8am – 11am and 1pm – 4pm Wednesday, November 16, 2016: 8am – 11am and 1pm – 4pm

We are currently hiring 3rd shift Packers (11pm to 7am plus required overtime)

To qualify for an interview, ALL job fair attendees MUST complete an application on-line prior to arriving. Candidates must be able to work 3rd shift hours M-F. For more information and to apply, please visit our website at www.snyderslance.com, and click on Careers, Search Jobs, Goodyear, Arizona.

1200 N. Bullard Avenue Goodyear, AZ 85338 A Smoke-free, Drug-free, EOE, M/F/D/V

1900sf Dreaming Summit home. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths plus den, large lot, close to park. $1295/ month. 623-695-2698

3 BEDROOM, 2 Bath $785.00/ month All tile. Ceiling fans. Fence yard 807 E. Long Ave., Buckeye Available December 1st. 480-243-0988

3 BEDROOM, 2 bath, 2 car garage, close to schools and shopping. Litchfield Park, AZ. 480-547-9957

3 RECAMARAS, 2 banos, doble garaje, cerca del escuelas y centro comerciales, Litchfield Park, AZ. 480-547-9957

BUCKEYE Sundance, 5 bedroom, 3 bath, $1250 per month, plus $1250 deposit. 623-386-6831.

WESTPARK, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, $1200/ month, $1200 deposit. 303-548-2223, references required.

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HANDYMAN-37 years experience. Drywall, framing, plumbing, painting, electrical, roofing and more. Stan, 602-434-6057.

LITCHFIELD ClockworksQuality antique clock repair. House calls on grandfather clocks. 623-759-3151.

YARD work, clean ups, removal, sod installation, irrigation systems, hauling, rock spreading. Josefina 623-242-4159, Juan 623-242-4161.

Merchandise 90

ADMIRAL washer, 3 years old. Works great! $75.00 623-308-2158.

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Garage Sales 91

16584 W Fillmore Street off 167th Avenue/ Van Buren. Fri Nov 11th and Sat Nov 12th, 7a.m.-1:00p.m. Clothes, shoes, household accessories, glassware and much more.

COMMUNITY yard sale, Northwood Park Estates, Northwest corner of Broadway and Miller Roads, Buckeye November 11, 12 & 13 7:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.

CORTE SIERRA COMMUNITY YARD SALE

Saturday, November 12. 7 a.m.- 4 p.m. East of Dysart off Indian School at Santa Fe

EVERY Friday/ Saturday 7:00a.m.- noon. 19127 West Indian School Road Swap Meet. Rent space for free/ shop. 602-739-0692.

EVERYTHING must go. Electric & plumbing supplies, all kinds of saws, antiques & collectibles. Friday/ Saturday, November 11th/ 12th, 7:00a.m. to 3:00p.m. 300 W Lower Buckeye Rd, Space 69, Avondale.

GARAGE sale November 11th12th in Palm Valley. Please stop by 2718 N 137th Avenue, Goodyear, to see what we have to offer.

SATURDAY/ Sunday November 12th/ 13th 8:00a.m. power tools, camping gear, books, and household items. 19827 W. Whitton Ave. Buckeye. (South of Verrado High School)

Furniture 92

DINING room set. Tiger Oak, single pedestal round table with leaf, 4 highback chairs. $200 or offer. 623-221-7944.

CASH paid for gold and silver coins. Pocket watches, scrap gold, anything marked 10, 14, 18 or 22 caret. 623-594-4987. (must leave your phone number)

Animals And Farm Equipment 120

HORSE boarding- Waddell. Horse training/ ridding lessons. Trailer parking, stalls, pastures available. 623-866-8161.

Sharon’s Petsitting & Australian Shepards LLC. Licensed and Bonded. 623-386-0281 / 623-810-0136.

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Legal text continued from Page 27 Public Notice

person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty percent or greater interest in the capital or profits of the limited liability company are: Trever Chiocca, Member, Manager, 14175 W. Indian School Rd, #B4-612, Goodyear, AZ 85395

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on October 26, November 2, and 9, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION

COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: ARIZONA MACHINE CALIBRATION LLC L-2121217-5

II. The address of the known place of business is: 4270 N. 180th Dr., Goodyear, AZ 85395

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Robert Ruffinelli, 4270 N. 180th Dr., Goodyear, AZ 85395

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Robert Ruffinelli, Member, 4270 N. 180th Dr., Goodyear, AZ 85395

Scot Medsker, Member, 515 W. Minnezona Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85013

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 2, 9, and 16, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION

COMMISSION FOR I. NAME: KARMELD CONCESSIONS LLC L-2128613-8

II. The address of the known place of business is: 4814 N. Litchfield Knoll E., Litchfield Park, AZ 85340

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Karen McGuckin, 13613 W. Cypress St., Goodyear, AZ 85395

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are:

Mellissa Sellers, Member, 4814 N. Litchfield Knoll E., Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 Karen McGuckin, Member, 13613 W. Cypress St., Goodyear, AZ 85395

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 2, 9, and 16, 2016.

Public Notice

INVITATION TO BID

Bids: December 1, 2016 1:00 pm

Project: Marketside McDowell Rd Ph2

DMB White Tank, LLC seeks qualified General Contractors, with a minimum A- General Engineering license, to submit sealed bids for the Marketside McDowell Rd Ph2 civil improvements which consists of but is not limited to all work

associated with grading, sewer, water, dry utilities installation, concrete, paving, street lights, signage, and striping in accordance with the plans and specifications (the “Work”). The Successful Contractor shall be responsible for all coordination associated with the Work. Copies of the plans, specifications, bid documents and detailed information for this project will be available on Monday, November 7, 2016. Contact Terri Kading tkading@dmbinc. com to make arrangements to receive the bid documents. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held in the DMB White Tank Development Office located at 4236 N. Verrado Way, Buckeye, AZ 85396 – Monday, November 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm. All interested parties are invited to attend. It is recommended that interested parties RSVP prior to the meeting. Sealed bids will be received at the City of Buckeye, City Clerk’s Office, located at 530 E Monroe, Buckeye, AZ 85326, on December 1, 2016 – 1:00 pm. In the event the bid opening date is changed, a notification will be sent only to those who requested bid documents. Bids submitted after specified closing time will not be accepted. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud immediately after the specified closing time. Unless all bids are rejected, the Contract will be awarded within twenty one (21) days. The Contract will be awarded to the lowest qualified bidder that submits a complete and accurate bid. A complete and accurate bid will include all information requested in the bid documents. Every bid made by a Contractor pursuant to this Notice shall be accompanied by a surety bond for ten percent (10%) of the bid amount, listing DMB White Tank, LLC as the Obligee, as a guarantee that the Contractor will enter into a contract to perform the Work, or as liquidated damages in the event the Contractor refuses or fails to enter into the Contract with DMB White Tank, LLC upon award. Cashiers checks will not be accepted. The bonds will be returned to all Contractors whose bids are not awarded the Contract, and to the successful Contractor, upon execution of the Contract, and receipt of Payment and Performance bonds for the Work. The cost for providing Payment and Performance bonds shall be included in the bid submittal. A Payment and Performance bond will be required in the amount of 100% of the original Contract value for the duration of the Contract. All bidders shall be required to submit, with their bid proposal, a completed Certificate of Insurance evidencing their ability to meet the insurance requirements for this project. The Contractor shall carry property damage and public liability insurance and shall hold and save harmless DMB White Tank, LLC, Verrado Community Association, the City of Buckeye and the Verrado District 1 Community Facilities District from any employer’s liability and from any and all liens for materials or labor in connection with this Work as specified in the bid documents. Any bids submitted without the bid bond, certificate of insurance and any other items as required in the bid documents will be deemed incomplete, and will be rejected. DMB White Tank, LLC reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to withhold the award for any reason DMB White Tank, LLC determines necessary and appropriate. Award of the successful bid shall be subject to approval by DMB White Tank, LLC or its representatives. Interested parties shall refer to the bid package and addendums for further information, or contact Terri Kading at tkading@dmbinc. com – reference “Marketside McDowell Rd Ph2”. No engineer’s estimate will be distributed.

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 2, and 9, 2016.

Public Notice

Probate Court Case No. PB2016-071385 which concerns the following: Estate of Douglas Shaun Hardesty, deceased. Enclosed is a copy of the following documents stamped by the Clerk of Court: “Notice to Creditors” for probate of an estate.

Notice to Creditors of Douglas Shaun Hardesty: Probate Court Case No. PB2016-071385. Please mail all bills and receipts to Allison Hardesty, P.O. Box 1281, Litchfield Park, AZ 85340 /s/ Allison L. Hardesty Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF

2.

Tanisha Kindred, 15256 W. Moring Glory, Goodyear, AZ 85338, USA

Amy Marinelli, 14919 W. Edgemont, Goodyear, AZ 85395, USA

6. STATUTORY AGENTStacy Perez, 16003 W. Desert Bloom, Goodyear, AZ 85338

8. INCORPORATORS - Stacy Perez, 16003 W. Desert Bloom, Goodyear, AZ 85338, USA

SIGNATURE - By checking the box marked “I accept” below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law.

I ACCEPT /s/ Stacy Perez 10/14/16

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION NONPROFIT CORPORATION

1. ENTITY NAME - House of Shelter Incorporation

File No. 2110337-3

2 CHARACTER OF AFFAIRS - to provide day treatment and job training for children and adults, including after school tutoring for children, after school tutoring for adults.

3. MEMBERS - The corporation WILL have members

4. ARIZONA KNOWN PLACE OF BUSINESS ADDRESS:

4.1 Is the Arizona known place of business address the same as the street address of the statutory agent? Yes

5. DIRECTORS - Mary A. Jones, 15757 W. Moreland St., Goodyear, AZ 85338, U.S.

Danielle Felder, 9706 W. Payson Rd., Tolleson, AZ 85353

Floyd Y. Jones, 9706 W. Payson Rd., Tolleson, AZ 85353, U.S. Angel Lindsey, 15757 W.

Moreland St., Goodyear, AZ 85338

Floyd H. Jones, 9706 W. Payson Rd., Tolleson, AZ 85353

Martell A. Jones, 3636 W. Goodhope Rd., Milwaukee, WI, 53209, U.S.

6. STATUTORY AGENT - Mary A. Jones, 15757 W. Moreland St., Goodyear, AZ 85338

SIGNATURE

Mary A. Jones, 15757 W. Moreland St., Goodyear, AZ 85338

By typing or entering my name and checking the box marked “I Accept” below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law.

I ACCEPT

/s/ Mary A. Jones 7-21-16

Chairman of the Board of

Directors - I am the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the corporation submitting this certificate. Floyd H, Jones, 9706 W. Payson Rd., Tolleson, AZ 85353 By typing or entering my name and checking the box marked “I Accept” below, I acknowledge under penalty of perjury that this document together with any attachments is submitted in compliance with Arizona law.

I ACCEPT /s/ Floyd H. Jones 7-21-16

Officer - I am an officer of the corporation submitting this Certificate. Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: POWERED BY PARRA, LLC L-2124876-2

II. The address of the known place of business is: 4713 N. 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Stephanie Parra, 4713 N. 10th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85014

A. Management of the limited liability company is vested in a manager or managers. The names and addresses of each person who is a manager AND each member who owns a twenty

Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: RESIDENTIAL INSPECTIONS LLC

L-2133364-6

II. The address of the known place of business is: 1887 S. 161st Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85338

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Brian M. Cook, 1887 S. 161st Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85338 B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Brian M. Cook, Member, 1887 S. 161st Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85338

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: ARIZONA WEST ENGINEERING, LLC

L-2122303-6

II. The address of the known place of business is: Arizona West Engineering, 12641 W. Avalon Dr., Avondale, AZ 85392

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Registered Agents Inc., 1846 E. Innovation Park Dr. Suite 100, Oro Valley, AZ 85755

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are:

Keith LeNoue, Member, 12641 W. Avalon Dr., Avondale, AZ 85392

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARIZONA CORPORATION COMMISSION FOR

I. NAME: RB SALES & CONSULTING, LLC

L-2129697-0

II. The address of the known place of business is: 2531 N. 137th Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85395

III. The name and street address of the Statutory Agent is: Robert Bardell, 2531 N. 137th Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85395

B. Management of the limited liability company is reserved to the members. The names and addresses of each person who is a member are: Robert Bardell, Member, 2531

N. 137th Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85395

Carol Bardell, Member, 2531 N. 137th Ave., Goodyear, AZ 85395

Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 16, and 23, 2016.

Public Notice

The City of Goodyear, Engineering Department, hereby gives notice if the intent to revise the flood hazard information, generally located near the northeast corner of Rainbow Valley Road and Willis Road. Specifically, the flood hazard information shall be revised along Wash T1S-R2W-S31B (I-70) from a point approximately 1,900 feet southeast of Willis Road to a

point approximately 900 feet northwest Willis Road. As a result of the revision, some portions of the floodplain shall be widened while others are narrowed, the 1% annual chance water-surface elevations shall increase while others will decrease within the area of revision.

Maps and detailed analysis of the revision can be reviewed at the City of Goodyear located at 14455 W. Van Buren St., Suite D-101, Goodyear, Arizona, 85338. Interested persons may call the director of Engineering at 623-882-3110 for additional information Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm. Published in the West Valley View, and the West Valley Business on November 9, 2016.