The Glendale Star - 2.17.2022

Glendale’s Community Newspaper

Vol. 78 No. 7

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This Week Career & Education Opportunities In This Issue

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Enhanced firefighter cancer screenings begin

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Coyotes, ASU excited for arena partnership BY ZAKKARY BROG

Glendale Star Staff Writer

Critics say hockey doesn’t belong in Arizona. But don’t say that to ASU or the Arizona Coyotes. Amid a wave of negativity across North America, the two sides agreed to a deal that will keep the Coyotes in the Valley at least through the next three years. “This was a natural for us,” said Morgan Olsen, ASU executive vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer, during a Feb. 14 press conference. “Our plan all along with Novus (Innovation Zone), and with the multipurpose arena, was to bring additional things into the university: community events, shows,

Glendale Star Staff Writer

Skatin’ for Leighton also honors Matt Shott

OPINION..........................12 BUSINESS.......................16 SPORTS ...........................18 FEATURES.......................22 RELIGION ........................24 YOUTH.............................26 CLASSIFIEDS ..................27

concerts, etc. So, now we have this opportunity to work with the Coyotes as a major tenant for the next couple of years, which is very exciting to us. … It’s going to be an incredible facility, and now we have even more great content to share with everyone in the Valley.” Coyotes President and Chief Executive Officer Xavier A. Gutierrez is looking forward to the partnership as well. “Obviously, incredible opportunity for us as an organization to be in a brand-new facility, state of the art, and here in the heart of Tempe,” Gutierrez said. “Incredible amount of energy,

of innovation, and of really top-of-mind thought leadership that is happening on this campus. We were excited to be a part of it. We absolutely believe this is going to be the best experience in all of the NHL. It is going to be not only a state-of-the-art facility, but it’s going to be intimate.” Gutierrez called the sightlines “incredible” and the games a hot ticket. “It’s going to be packed,” he added. “This is the experience that we know our fans, our partners, our players, everyone SEE COYOTES PAGE 3

Passing of the torch

Bellevue Heights Church celebrates 50 years BY ANNIKA TOMLIN

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February 17, 2022

Bellevue Heights Church’s Pastor Rob Boyd is proud of his congregation’s strength and drive. For 50 years, members have upheld Bellevue Heights Church’s beliefs. To celebrate, Boyd offered a series of sermons called “A Season of Thankfulness.” They focused on building a strong church anchored by biblical principles and the mission statement “Following Jesus, Loving God,

Loving His Church, Loving His World.” “It’s a great reminder of men and women of faith who put forth the time, the effort and the energy to start a church in an area where there was no church,” Boyd said. “We are thankful that people had a vision to plant a church in Sun City 50 years ago. We are thankful that they laid a solid foundation on which we can build our church today. We are thankful that they per-

The Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee passed the honorary football to the Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee the morning after the Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20. From left are Kathryn Schloessman, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Sports & Entertainment Commission and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee; LA Mayor Eric Garcetti; Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts; Casey Wasserman, chairman of the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee, chairman of LA28, and chairman and CEO of Wasserman; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell; Jay Parry, president and chief executive officer, Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee; Gov. Doug Ducey; Arizona Cardinals Chairman Michael Bidwill; and Larry Fitzgerald, the committee’s executive chair and former Cardinals wide receiver. (Photo courtesy of the Los Angeles Super Bowl Host Committee)

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