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Volume 31 Issue 35 Goodyear, AZ
July 15, 2020
Business Briefcase BY TOM SCANLON
West Valley View Managing Editor
IN THE BIZ
You may soon be getting fries from a gold medal winner ... Oklahoma-based Sonic Drive-In said its team in Buckeye qualified for the top 500 round in this year’s Dr. Pepper Sonic Games. Over the last five months, the Buckeye drive-in team worked through a series of trainings, quizzes and team building challenges - becoming one of this year’s top performers. Buckeye advanced from a field of nearly 3,000 drive-ins to the Top 500 and kept going to the Top 50 round. The Buckeye Sonic at 1111 E. Highway 85 is now going for the gold - or at least a silver or bronze medal given to the top three drive-ins across the country. Sonic and its cheerful carhops have been serving up burgers, fries and shakes since 1953. •Lace up your roller skates, carphops — more customers are coming soon: Landsea Homes officials said new model homes will be unveiled for tours at three new communities, including Sundance in Buckeye. The Sundance pitch: “Minutes from the scenic White Tank Mountains, is a new collection of 172 one- and two-story single-family homes that bring family-friendly living to the heart of Buckeye.” Homes range from two to five bedrooms and 1,315 to 3,018 square feet. Public Notices ............... page 3 © Copyright, 2020 West Valley View, Inc.
The community also features a playground and outdoor common areas. Price tags on the new homes range from $215,990 to $283,990. Sundance is at 21598 W. Sonora Street, near Yuma Road and South Verrado Way. California-based Landsea, which has communities in Goodyear and Tolleson, is also working on a development in Avondale. For more information visit A Landsea model home. The company is opening the Sundance landseahomes.com. community in Buckeye. (Photo submitted) •Attention, renters: Greenlight Communities said Cabano on someone making $38,000 a year could Encanto, an apartment community is afford to live there. Professionals like coming to Goodyear. teachers, firefighters, etc. Greenlight Communities recentTheir rents are typically $300 to $500 ly closed on 8 acres of land at the less than your typical new apartments.” southeast corner of 150th Avenue and You can call this a Triple A deal, in Encanto Boulevard. Construction is more ways than one: scheduled to begin in August and be •AAA in Goodyear just sold for $4 live-in ready by next winter. million. AAA was newly built in 2019 The pitch: at 15578 W. McDowell Road. “Filling the void between affordable According to a press release, “The and luxury apartments, Cabana on En- 8,540-square-foot property built on canto will provide 286 units in total, a 1.15-acre lot has excellent visibiliincluding 114 studio, 114 one-bedroom ty near the intersection of North Peband 58 two-bedroom apartments.” blecreek Parkway and West McDowell Cabana on Encanto will be near the Road, which sees over 29,000 vehicles Goodyear Library and planned Civic per day. Square, scheduled to be built in phases “Within 5 miles of this AAA, apover the next several years. proximately 142,559 people reside and According to a publicist, “These are have an average annual household innot government subsidized but yes come of $92,099.” (USPS 004-616) is published weekly
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Federal CARES Act Funds provide relief to Arizona arts
BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Across the state, federal relief funds are coming to Arizona communities to support nonprofit arts and culture organizations experiencing significant hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since July 1, 107 grants totaling $1.72 million have been announced. Statewide grantees Catitude Gallery and Studio, a community arts center in Goodyear, TheaterWorks, a community/ youth theater organization in Peoria, a performing arts center in Wickenburg, a symphony orchestra in Yuma, Prescott’s Museum of Indigenous Peoples, Phoenix’s historic Black Theatre Troupe and community arts centers in Bisbee and Kingman. The grants are funded through a $75 million allocation to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) included in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The Arizona Commission on the Arts announced the recipients of its AZ CARES grants. Each of the 86 recipients will receive $5,000. According to the Arts Commission’s Organizational Programs Manager, Claudio Dicochea, “Because artists and creatives are the engines that propel
much of the value that organizations make available to their communities, AZ CARES builds on the foundation provided by the NEA in focusing on organizations that are centering or upholding commitments to creative workers—artists, makers, tradition bearers, educators, Catitude Gallery, a community arts center in Goodyear, received a CARES grant. (Photos courtesy Catitude) designers, and other content creators—during the were not selected for funding. “This COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.” is strictly an outcome of the amount The Arts Commission gave grants to funds available to distribute through 55% of the eligible applications sub- this particular relief program and is by mitted for this relief opportunity. no means a reflection of the quality of Dicochea acknowledged many wor- an organization’s programming or the thy organizations who applied and depth of their need.”
Rotary Club launches new program year BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek recently inducted new officers to lead the club for the 2020-21 operating year marking the start of its fourth year since chartering in 2017. “During our recent virtual induction ceremony via Zoom conducted by our district governor, we installed a strong slate of new officers to guide our club,” said out-going president Charlie Miller. “As we reflect on our past year’s efforts, our Rotary Club donated over $38,000 to deserving community social service agencies. Recipients included the Salvation Army, the Southwest
Lending Closet and the Agua Fria Food Bank,” Also included was $5,000 in college scholarships to local deserving graduating seniors. Since 2018, the Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek has donated nearly $66,000 to many community groups, youth service school programs, and international philanthropic efforts representing Rotary’s service areas. The incoming officers recently installed include: Joan Smith, president; Shelly Hornback, president-elect; Bob Charlton, vice president; Lynda Hyde, secretary; Tom Leyda, treasurer.
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Miller will remain on the board as immediate past president. Joan Smith was honored as Rotarian of the Year for her outstanding work leading the Club’s principal fund-raising effort with the annual golf tournament. The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek, while now meeting virtually, typically meets at 7 a.m. Wednesdays in the Chianti Room of the PebbleCreek Tuscany Falls clubhouse. For more information about the Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek, contact Joan Smith at jbsmith80@aol. com or 503-348-9468.
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Maricopa County Small Business Relief Program BY WEST VALLEY VIEW STAFF
Financial help may be on the way for small companies hit hard in recent months. The Maricopa County Small Business Relief Program is designed to support small businesses experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program provides up to $10,000 to qualifying small businesses for expense reimbursement. A reimbursement basis means the
Public Notice TOLLESON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT #17 Notice of Destruction of Special Education Records All special education data and information on students who were in special education will be destroyed five years after the child has withdrawn, transferred, promoted from the district, or phased out of special education. It is the responsibility of the parent(s) or adult age student (18 years of age or older) to obtain copies of the information they may need for other purposes before special education data and information is destroyed. (Authority – 20 USC, 1412(a) (8), 1417(c)). Should you have any questions or would like to obtain copies of special education re-cords you can call the Tolleson Elementary School District at (623) 533-3900. Tolleson Elementary District Provides Screening for Children with Special Needs Parent of School age Children If you think your school age child (k-8) may have a delay in academics, speech/language, motor skills,
grant will cover losses already incurred. For-profit, nonprofits and sole proprietorships are eligible for the program. The application period started July 9 and ends July 31, with grants “provided on a rolling first-come, first-served basis until funding is exhausted or grant period closes,” according to the county. For more information or to apply, visit azfoundation.org/Grants-Loans/ Maricopa-County-Relief-Grants. Applicants may not have received other COVID-related financial assis-
adaptive (self-help), or social skills, please contact your child’s teacher or the Special Programs office at (623)533-3923. Parents of Preschoolers Do you have a child in your home who is 3 or 4 years old? Tolleson Elementary School District provides free screening for children who may be delayed in the following areas: “ Physical: fine and/or gross motor muscle development; sensory (vision and hearing) “ Cognitive: thinking, mental or problem-solving development “ Communication/ Language: receiving Information (receptive) and expressing understood in-formation (expressive) development “ Social/ Emotional: internal and external adaptation to environmental stimuli development “ Adaptive: selfhelp development to attain basic needs. “ Sensory: vision and hearing If you think your child may have a delay in any of these areas, please contact the Special Programs office at (623)533-3923. Parents of Child Birth to Three Years Old A child from birth to 36 months of age will be considered to exhibit developmental delay
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tance including Payroll Protection Program, Economic Injury Disaster Loan, SBA Express Bridge Loans and SBA Debt Relief. For this program, the county defines “small businesses” as having 25 or fewer full-time employees, with 2019 sales or revenues less than $3 million. Applicants must certify that gross sales or revenues declined by at least 25% as a result of COVID-19 in March and April 2020 compared to March and April 2019.
when that child has not reached 50 percent of the developmental milestones expected at his/her chronological age, in one or more of the fol-lowing domains: “ Physical: fine and/or gross motor muscle development; sensory (vision and hearing) “ Cognitive: thinking, mental or problem-solving development “ Language/communication: receiving information (receptive) and expressing understood information (expressive) development “ Social/Emotional: internal and external adaptation to environmental stimuli development “ Self-help: adaptive development to attain basic needs. “ Sensory: vision and hearing If you have questions regarding developmental delays for your child birth to three years old, call your local Arizona Early Intervention Program, 602-5329960. Published: West Valley View, July 8, 15, 22, 2020 / 31774
Public Notice ST JOHN’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT ANNUAL Call of
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Election - Notice is hereby given to all qualified electors of the above district that an election, to fill one vacancy on the Board of Directors created by the expiration of a (3) year term that will be held on the 10th day of November, 2020. In order to vote in this election, a qualified elector must own real property located within the district’s taxable boundaries at least 90 days prior to the election. Persons desiring to become a candidate for the position may obtain nomination petitions and nomination papers from: Linda Reitz 602-7697219 - 10219 W. Southern Ave. Tolleson, AZ 85353 In order for a person’s name to appear on the ballot, nomination petitions and nomination papers must be received no later than August 12, 2020 by 5:00 p.m. at the above address. Voters may, at time of election, write in a candidate’s name of their choosing who has not submitted a timely nomination petition but who has submitted a nomination paper to the district office listed above at least 40 days prior to the election. Dated the 2nd day of July 2020.
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