Arizona Republic from Phoenix, Arizona • Page 77

West Phoenix OffiMUM THE ARIZONA Wednesday, January 28, 1998 SEHVING Avondale Buckeye Goodyear Laveen Litchfield Park Tolleson West Phoenix Agua Fria to add second high school AROUND TOWN HOW ABOUT THAT North campus to become Millennium High in '99 Don Cloud, Agua Fria South 's principal, said his campus does not have a vacant classroom. Nine teachers are without a home classroom and must trek from class to, class. Classes are meeting in the cafeteria and auditorium, and last year, the school had to renovate five storage rooms to serve as small classrooms. With the explosive growth in the area, school officials have decided to develop Agua Fria North into a four-year high school. When the school opens in 1999-2000, North will be renamed Millennium, which was selected by a school contest.

Its mascot will be a tiger, and the school colors will be purple, silver and black. Please see SOON, Page 5 campuses. Agua Fria South, 530 E. Riley Drive, -Avondale, houses the district's 1,300 sophomores, juniors and seniors. Agua Fria North, 14802 W.

Indian School Road, Goodyear, is the feeder campus and houses 540 freshmen. But things are getting a little tight. ByYoji Cole The Arizona Republic The "no vacancy" signs hanging in the Agiia'Fria High School District mean the once-small district will soon have a second four-year high school, Agua Fria now boasts one school on two Sine of the times? The former Sine Brothers Hardware building soon will have a new sign in the window. The Glendale City Council voted earlier this month to spend $435,000 for the two-story building in downtown Glendale to expand its city offices. The 87-year-old building, one of the oldest in the Valley, is at 6829 N.

58th Drive. Sine Brothers Hardware moved to 51st and Myrtle avenues in 1987. The Sine family has been prominent in Glendale's history. Three family members served on the City Council: T.J., Arthur and Melvin. One even has a Glendale school named in his honor.

Melvin E. Sine. WAY TO GO I UBj n. jiiimgjffUi iiWJ.JiaaliSH'H'.W'.i" i 1 .1 "MWWfW. I'll till.

WW" AFP 'UP' lift 'K A recipe for big bucks. Helen Klecka of Sun City West and Connie Stone of Phoenix will be whipping up their culinary delights in hopes of Festival promotes staying fit Demonstrations feature non-traditional activities By Lori Baker The Arizona Republic SURPRISE Whether he's in-line skating or pumping iron, John DuVal fills his days keeping fit. The 71 -year-old retired Army chaplain had a double-bypass heart operation a couple of years ago. Ever since, he's tried to find fun ways to strengthen his heart. "I've been roller-skating for 57 years, but I started in-line skating recently when my grandkids came out for a visit," said DuVal, who also is a weight lifter and crafts stained glass.

"Skating rs an' individual sport, and it gives you a great feeling of exercising and just enjoying life." DuVal will demonstrate in-line skating techniques during the Grand Festival at Del Webb's Sun City Grand, where he moved about a year ago. To give Valley senior citizens a chance to explore myriad fitness and recreational activities, Webb is hosting the free festival Saturday and Sunday and Feb. 7 and 8. Dozens of interactive displays, demonstrations, how-to clinics, entertainment and information about lifestyle opportunities will be featured. The event's emphasis is on non-tradi- Please see FESTIVAL, Page 2 Apartments prime target of car thieves Jim PoulirvThe Arizona Republic Rails help Skeeter Rivard in his approach.

Rivard is the old-timer of the Phoenix Blind Bowlers, having bowled with them since 1972. Utt-oi-sioht no 4 winning the $1 million grand prize in the Pillsbury Quick and Easy Bake-Off Contest. The two West Valley women are among five in Arizona and 100 nationwide selected out of thousands to compete in the final round Feb. 21-24 in Orlando. Pillsbury is paying the finalists' trip expenses.

Their recipes will remain secrets until contest day. But the amateur cooks disclosed what main ingredient they used. Klecka's 30-minute main dish uses Old El Paso Home-style Green Pepper Salsa, and -Stone's dessert uses a quick-bread mix. This will be the second try for Klecka at the $1 million prize. Two years ago, she competed in the Bake-Off with her black bean salad but didn't win.

Klecka, 74, has been perfecting her cooking during her 56 years of marriage. "I entered a very simple dish," Klecka said. "My husband said it was a winner, so I sent it in." For Stone, 45, it was the first time she entered a cooking contest. "I heard how much fun this would be if i got to be a finalist," said Stone, an archaeologist for the Bureau of Land Management. Happy cooking.

League keeps blind participants on a roll bowling Oil THE ROAD By Shawn Cox Special for The Republic There's a lot of gutter talk going on Saturday afternoons. Another typical bowling league you say? Far from it. Bowling is a bit trickier for these bowlers, nearly all of whom are legally blind. Ken Erbaugh, 66, a north Phoenix resident, lost his sight in 1970 as a result of a hereditary condition. But he chose not to give up his beloved sport just because he is blind.

Using custom-made railings, he takes his trusted three-step approach and waits for the ball-pin collision to give him an idea of how he did. "You can pretty well tell if you're going to be around the head pin by the way you release it, or if it's going to the left or right," Erbaugh said. "But you're not always right. A lot of times, I'll release one and think, 'Oh, that's a good and the sucker will go down and get the ten pin or go in the gutter." Sighted spotters help the blind bowlers with their games. Please see LEAGUE, Page 2 That's my baby: Lilac-hued Toyota four-door spotted around Interstate 17 and Dunlap.

4MYBBY. Who's baby? The baby car By Brent Whiting The Arizona Republic GLENDALE Apartment complexes, like shopping malls, are favorite places for auto thieves. Both offer a tempting buffet of makes and models, but apartments provide an extra treat. "Thieves can spot a car one day and be sure it will be there the next," said Bruce Wall, a crime-prevention specialist for the Glendale Police Department. Because of mounting auto-theft problems, apartment complexes have been targeted for stepped-up prevention efforts.

More than three dozen apartment managers, members of a group called Managers Against Crime, met last Wednesday with Glendale police seeking crime-fighting ideas. The Glendale group meets monthly with police to discuss a variety of crime topics, including drugs, gangs and graffiti. Michael Shelton, an auto-theft detective, told the apartment managers that tenants need constant reminders of basic precautions to avoid getting their cars ripped off. Please see APARTMENTS, Page 2 I -F -J' i i -J 4 seat gives a clue. Phoenix pride: Red Thunderbird, 43rd and Glendale avenues, PRD2B1 One what? Compiled by news assistant Lora Berry.

Heard something interesting? Let us know, we'll spread it Around Town. Call us at 444-7114, fax us at 581-2996 or drop a note to Around Town, 22600 N. 19th Phoenix, AZ 85027. We also can be reached at lora.berrypni.com via e-mail. Danny Ernst has at hand a folded-up walking cane and binoculars, used by the partially sighted to check pin fall.

Maryvale neighborhood puts full-court press on crime, gangs strip shopping centers, dilapidated houses and weed-infested dirt lots. Plenty of room and reasons for other folks to copy what the Epworth Church has orchestrated. Build a basketball court or some other dream to show kids from broken or private citizens. In addition, the city's parks and recreation department pledged $15,000 and Maricopa County $10,000 to help fund the sports-based afternoon program. "Federal budget cuts in the 1980s ended most after-school programs," Felten said.

"We were obligated to help make up for that." Felten and Bullis are willing to help other Maryvale churches or schools or clubs attract grant money and volunteers to build their own dream. They can be reached at 846-0610. "Before we got the court, there was nothing in this square mile for kids to go to," Bullis said. "In people's minds, we have problems with crime and gangs here. Maybe the court will help change that." Herb Whitney writes about the West Valley.

He can be reached at 780-7129 or Herb.whitneypni.com via thinking on the part of Mary Bullis and David Felten, co-pastors at Epworth. But a $5,900 donation from the Epworth Neighborhood Association (no connection to the church) got the basketball ball rolling. "That money was the leverage, the catalyst," Felten said. Bullis added, "You can come up with lofty ideas, but without a lot of help, this court never would have been built." Betty Evans, a 37-year resident of Maryvale and chairwoman of the church's after-school board, said enthusiasm for the court was contagious. "It's as if all these people and businesses were waiting around for an idea like this they could dedicate themselves to," she said.

The $5,900 came from a city grant. Other donations of money, materials and labor came from dozens of sources, including construction companies and The children, ages 6 to 12, don't have to be Protestant or Catholic or Jew, or Black or White or Hispanic. All they need to be is in need. And a funny thing has happened to some of them. They have changed for the better.

"Participating in the church program is carrying over and affecting the daily behavior of some of the children," said Patricia Allison, the John F. Long principal. "It's almost a feeling of self-worth. "They're so excited about the basketball court. They talk about how they have to take care of it.

They have a sense of ownership." And a new sense of belonging. "There's such a need for something like this for all schoolchildren in Maryvale," Allison said. "It shows them that adults out there do care about them." A year ago, the court began as wishful The concrete basketball court, its spanking-clean surface shimmering under the winter sun, is more than a place for children to have fun. It's also proof that Maryvale, designated as the place not to build your dream home by self-righteous outsiders because of crime, graffiti and some of the oldest houses in the Valley, can be a welcome haven. The court sits adjacent to Epworth United Methodist Church, 4802 N.

59th and in the true sense of religion was built by a miracle. It took a broad-based partnership involving the church, neighboring volunteers, the city of Phoenix and big business to construct the court, the newest addition to Epwdrth's 2-year-old after-school program. To reach the court, I drove through the Sonorita barrio in Glendale and the northern tip of Maryvale. I saw a lot of Herb Whitney dysfunctional homes that at least you care. Four afternoons a week, the Cartwright School District buses 70 students from John F.

Long Elementary School to the church to play games, work on computers and do homework. A couple hours later, they are all bused to their homes..