West Valley View West 10 - 09 - 2019

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Goodyear Recreation Campus launches BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Associate Editor

Get out your calendars and set your playdates … for 2021. It has been talked about for years, the subject of community meetings and workshops, conceptualized and made part of Goodyear’s master plan in 2018. And now, the making of a massive public park has begun. Groundbreaking on the Goodyear Recreation Campus took place Oct. 1. This was mostly a “smile and scoop” photo opportunity, as the most intensive construction on this massive project will not begin until next year. What should be one of the most exciting public parks in the West Valley is not scheduled to be open for play until the summer of 2021. “It is like no other because it was planned and designed by the community,” said Nathan Torres, director of Goodyear Parks and Recreation. “It will be like no other because it will serve as the ultimate gathering place for our residents. It will be like no other because every aspect of this project provides recreational opportunities for all ages, all abilities and all interests.” Budgeted at $67 million, this 30-acre

An artist’s rendering of the Goodyear Recreation Campus shows the facility will attract a wide variety of residents.. (Illustration courtesy of the city of Goodyear.)

park near Desert Edge High School at Estrella Parkway and Goodyear Boulevard North will have: • Two lighted baseball/softball fields. • Two lighted multipurpose fields. • Lighted tennis, basketball, volleyball,

pickleball and sand volleyball courts. • A group ramada and picnic areas. • Walking paths. • A playground.

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Where’s the winner? $14.6 million waiting to be claimed BY TOM SCANLON

West Valley View Associate Editor

Did you whimsically spend a buck on a lottery ticket in Goodyear a few months ago? If so, you might want to check your wallet, purse, glove compartment, junk drawer and under sofa cushions. Here’s what we know: The first week of

June, a “The Pick” Arizona Lottery winning ticket was sold at Circle K at 315 N Litchfield Road in Goodyear. That ticket had the winning numbers for the June 5 drawing of 4, 14, 22, 24, 28, 43. That ticket which sold for $1 here in Goodyear, was the winner of a $14.6 million payout.

Here’s what we don’t know: Who bought the ticket? As of Monday, Oct. 7, “the winner has not come forward,” said John Gilliland, spokesman for the Arizona Lottery. Whoever purchased it should download a win-

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