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San I'm: Amox Hi nunc Suvwi fen. tHro rtixHt 444 t'ili swvallcy.azcentral.com huk-I1io('iiixTnIl(son JLJL VyKJ Mom prays for word of missing baby "A Scottsdale impressions Scottsdale the West's Most Western Town turns 50 years olJ this year. As Vie Republic hers birthday notes about Scottsdale from its citizens, we are also curious about what other Valley residents think of their neighbor in the northeast Valley. Send us your impressions of Scottsdale, along with your phone number, to; Mail: Vie Arizona Republic, Northeast Community, 16277 Green way-IIayden Maintaining hope harder, priest says By Btvnt Whiting The AritMUi Republic Olivia Castenada, a young Phoenix mother, still clutchesa cellular telephone. She is praying for the call that will report that her missing 4 month-old daughter, Jacqueline Vasquez, lias been found.

"We're really sad," she said last week when reached at her mother's home in Tonopah. "It's been nearly a month, and we still haven't heard a thing." The child vanished May 6 at line can be found on nearly 200,000 fliers and posters that have been circulated in the United States and Mexico. Her case has been featured on several Web sites devoted to the recovery of missing children. In the Valley, the parents have been assisted by Kym Pasqualini, president of the Nation's Missing Children Organization, a Phoenix group. Pasqualini, among other things, has issued fliers and wanted posters that can be glued on vehicles.

The posters feature a color photo of Jacqueline and the phone number of Avondale police. "We're hoping for someone to come forward," she said. "We're working with agencies St-e MISSING a swap meet in Avondale. Since then. Castenada, 19, has tried to ret urn to her Job at a fast food restaurant in Scottsdale.

Hut she said it's been Ux) hard to work because of worry about her little girl. Castenada and her husband, Jorgue Vasquez, 21, are hoping for a break in the case. "We're just hoping that somctMkly will call police with information," she said. Fat her Joe Corpora, a Cat ho-lic priest in Goodyear ho baptized Jacqueline nearly three months ago, said things are weighing even more heavily on the parents and their families. "It's getting harder for the families to maintain hope that things will turn out well," Corpora said.

"That is starting to settle into the thinking." Photos of dark-eyed Jacque 4 Olivia (left) watches Kym Pasqualini put up a poster. Above is a police composite of a woman sought in the investigation of the disappearance of Caste-nada's baby. Aiiuna RrwN Recharge project to begin Grads' prospects By David Madrid The Arizona Republic Peoria's vision of its undeveloped northwest side is of upscale homes and a nearby park with a flowing Agua Fria River. The groundbreaking Thursday of the Agua Fria Recharge Project makes Peoria's vision more than a pipe dream. The plan is to pour some water from the Central Arizona Project canal into the Agua Fria River bed.

The water will M. -y. i' travel 4V6 miles before it reaches 115 acres of holding basins, where about 2 feet depth of water will sit and percolate into the ground. The slow-moving water in the river will also soak into the ground, thus helping replenish an aquifer that has sunk about 300 feet since 1954. "I think this is vitally important for the long-term security of our water resources," Peoria Mayor John Keegan said.

Peoria will pump some of its EC' Loop, Suite 200, Scottsdale 85260. E-mail: ne.newsfcfarizona republic.com. Fax: (602) 444875. In your neighborhood WATER SAFETY The Phoenix FIra Department is looking for volunteers to walk door to door to distribute water safety information to as many households as possible. At 7:30 a.m.

June 9, volunteers will meet at Fire Station No. 25, which is on 63rd Avenue one block south of Indian School Road. From there, firefighters will assign areas to volunteers. After the walk, all volunteers are invited to Maryvale Park at 57th Avenue and Os-born Road from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

The pool will be open to volunteers, and lunch and drinks will be served at the park. Information: (623) 581-0516. WOMEN IN BUSINESS The second annual multicultural women's entrepreneurial seminar, titled "The Culture of Women in Business," is coming to Phoenix. The event will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

June 21 at the YWCA Conference Center, 9440 N. 26th Phoenix. Keynote speakers include Carmen Bermudez, chairman and CEO of Mission Manage ment Trust Co. The cost is $49 for people registered before Friday or $69 at the door. Call (602) 954- 6169 to register.

LIFEGUARD TRAINING Peoria Is offering a lifeguard training course June 1 1-21 at the Peoria Pool, 11200 N. 83rd Ave. The class will be held from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

June 16. Students must be 15 years of age and have Level 5 Red Cross swimming skills. The cost of the course is 75 for Peoria residents and 95 for non-residents. The cost includes LGI books, car diopulmonary resuscitation for the professional rescuer and first aid. Information and sign-up: (623) 979-3456.

JAZZING IT UP Jan Wilson, an Instructor at the Fitness Club of Sun City West, was recently named the Top Jazzercise Lite Instructor in the world by Jazzercise International. Wilson has been a Sun City West resident since 1984 and has taught Jazzercise since 1987. In addition to Jazzercise, Wilson also teaches jance performance at Sun City West. This year, both of ler dance groups will perform in the Sun City West variety show in November. teve an unsung hero, interesting neeting or other bit of news? Let us now and we'll put it In Your Jeighborhood.

Call Adam Kress at 602) 444-6929, fax us at (623) H2-9577 or e-mail us at dam.kressarizonarepublic.com or trap a note to In Your Neighborhood, 7235 N. 75th Suite A-100, ilendale, AZ 85308. Michael ChowThe Arizona Republic Peoria Municipal Court intern Kathy Hannan is graduating from ASU West with a bachelor's degree in administration of justice. Hannan is looking for a full-time job as a judicial assistant. Market good for entry-level posts, expert says rosy volunteering at the Peoria court until she lands a full-time job as a judicial assistant.

At 35, Hannan returned to college after getting divorced. Her experience working with her ex-husband's attorneys piqued her interest in law. She received a bachelor's degree in administration of justice from Arizona State University West earlier this month. Hannan, a single mother of two, said her internship in the Peoria city judge's office coupled with working at ASU West's career center has helped prepare her for her new career which starts at about $12 to $15 per hour. "An internship gives you See JOBS Page 7 puses, understand that they must open bigger doors and attend classes in larger classrooms.

Justin Roberts, 5, has been at the preschool since he was an infant. Legally blind and with cerebral palsy, he plans to enroll at Sweetwater in the Washington Elementary See BLIND Ige 3 4 acerttralcom Go to education.azcentral.com for more news about education in Arizona. How do you know if your child is ready for kindergarten? See Dear Teacher, Page 7. zona State University West's Career Services Center. "Students spend more time researching the kind of car they will buy than the world of work." Kathy Hannan of Peoria said her internship at Peoria Municipal Court helped her realize that the judicial system is a good job fit.

She is By Lori Baker The Arizona Republic A college degree won't guarantee a dream job, but Arizona graduates are having a relatively easy time landing employment despite a chillier economy than last year's graduates enjoyed. Although there have been many layoffs, the job market is good for entry-level positions that college graduates are suited for, said Bil Morrill, Glendale Community College's director of career and adult re-entry services. "Technology is a field where we've seen a leveling off, but there are still a good number of jobs available in computer science, ILJ Web page and graphic design, computer networking, computer engineering and other engineering fields," he said. Morrill said out-of-state companies continue to lure students, and companies moving to the Valley are finding there is a good pool of trained workers. The job market isn't as brisk today as it was a year ago when some college graduates had their pick of several offers.

There are jobs out there, but applicants have to work harder to snag them. "The tendency is to go to school and get a degree and assume that the job search will happen naturally," said Mary Bennett, coordinator of career services at Ari- plished a task that promotes them them into mainstream school life. These 5-year-old graduates of Cooperative Preschool for the Visually Impaired are blind. While their counterparts learned about dimensions and colors, they learned the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. With the help of the Founda excess CAP allocation, which it can't use now, into the recharge project, where the water will be banked until it is needed.

Keegan said the recharge project is an integral part of the West Valley Recreation Corridor. The corridor will consist of 47 miles of natural waterways that will include trails, parks and wildlife habitat and will stretch from Lake Pleasant to the Gila River. While the area encompassing the recreation corridor was established two years ago, Peoria has been planning parts of the corridor for 10 years, including the recreation area that encompasses the recharge project, Keegan said. "For five miles down here in the natural watercourse, there will be flowing water most of the year," he said. "We'll be able to design a recreation park and trails program around that.

I think it will be a very nice amenity for all of Pe oria, out particularly tor the developments that come in up here." Peoria will participate in building the $9.5 million project. A concrete structure must be built to slow and divert the water from the canal into the river bed. A fish trap must also be built so that non-native fish do not end up in the river. The holding basins must also be formed. Peoria's cost for 5 to 10 per cent of the storage capacity is uncertain, said Brad Hill, Peoria's water resources manager.

Hill said it could cost Peoria anywhere from $500,000 to $800,000. The city would also have to pay an operation fee that would be $2 per acre-foot stored. acentralcom ntjuimt Blind tots graduate to life's mainstream By Betty Reid The Arizona Republic These wee graduates can't see tne orriciai proor tnat they've completed preschool the beige puppy, blue drum sets, the alphabet blocks on their certificates. But the tips of their fingers tion for Blind Children and the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind, the students worked to prepare for kindergarten. They read bumps on paper called pre-braille reading, learned to walk with a cane around a building, kept their heads up to face a speaker and properly greeted people.

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