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Glend Tin- Arizona republic Vtmita Jsmn, Valley city ditaf (60?) 444 6937 ywnta com glendale.azcentral.com aieJreoi FRIDAY May 21. 200-1 Community Edition IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD erman nets 4fiSi ale ter la Lielb mend Voters OK 4 years for mayor 100 and counting Maria Mofftrt, centenarian Aft 101 on Saturday. Place of rMldence: Sun City West. Secret to longevity: "There is no special reason. I think it is all due to good "I am going to speak out more forcefully than I have in the past I see this as a mandate by the people who approve of the way I protect their interests." Phil Lieberman Re-elected council member mayor by approving a proposition that changed a mayor's term to four years from two.

Mayors and council members in most Valley cities, including Avondale, Mesa, Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, have four-year terms. Scruggs has been leading Glendale for more than a decade, having to campaign for re-election every two years. Since her appointment in February 1993, she has handily won the mayor's seat. Residents who cast ballots Tuesday also gave a nod to four other propositions: one defining when a council member's term begins; one setting Phil Lieberman when the mayor and council members are inducted into office; one setting the dates of the primary and general elections; and one eliminating a special budget meeting but providing for a National Center for Missing Exploited Children Age-progression composite shows Jacqueline Vasquez at 18 months. The girl is now 3.

Ian Hugh Mother's hope waits for miracle By Monica Alonzo-Dunsmoor The Arizona Republic Phil Lieberman will be sailing into his fourth four-year term on the Glendale City Council. Lieberman took the office by pocketing about 300 more voters than his opponent Ian Hugh, a former City Council member. "I am going to speak out more forcefully than I have in the past," Lieberman said Tuesday night. "I see this as a mandate by the people who approve of the way I protect their interests." Glendale voters also handed Mayor Elaine Scruggs a four-year pass as Avondale Police This woman is wanted for questioning on kidnapping. Baby snatched at swap meet missing 3 years By Brent Whiting The Arizona Republic Olivia Castefiada has seen the miracle involving Elizabeth Smart, a Salt Lake City girl who came home to her parents.

Now, the 21-year-old far West Valley mother is hoping for her own miracle. Her daughter, Jacqueline Vasquez, was just 5 months old when somebody snatched her in Avondale on May 6, 2001. The brown-eyed baby who has a heart-shaped birthmark on her upper right arm vanished at a busy swap meet. The wait for finding the girl has stretched on for more than three years, but Castefiada retains a glimmer of hope. She got a boost last year in the case of Smart, the 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped June 5, 2002.

On March 12, 2003, Smart was found alive in Sandy, a Salt Lake City suburb. The girl, now 16, is back with her family. Castefiada said the Smart case buoyed her faith in being reunited with Jacqueline. "That gave me hope," Castefiada said, when reached at a Tonopah truck stop where she works as a cashier. However, Castefiada said she no longer wonders if little girls she sees may be her own daughter.

"That used to happen to me a lot, but no more," she said. See KIDNAPPED Page 2 public hearing before any council meeting where members consider a tax-rate change. 10 students from Peoria beat odds, win awards Foundation honors personal struggles The Arizona Republic They had strikes against them: poverty, illness, parents dying untimely deaths. Yet these 10 students from the five Peoria Unified high schools overcame adversity, and received scholarship awards for their efforts. The Peoria Educational Enrichment Foundation gives Against All Odds Scholarship Awards to students who had to struggle against the odds to graduate with their classes.

The following students will receive at least $1,000 toward their post-secondary education: Rom Maria Gomez of Peoria High and her family came to the Phoenix area from Mexico 14 years ago. She has a good grade-point average, volunteers outside of her classroom and works 40 hours a week to help support her family. Fadil Malik Salahud-DIn of Peoria High is the youngest of nine children from a single-parent household, supported by his mother working two jobs. He participates in a peer-mentoring program called "Cub Links," and has been on the wrestling team for four years. Andrew Dickson of Cactus High was born with arthrogryposis, a congenital disease that affects his joints and muscles, requiring him to use two braces to walk.

He has had to overcome the loss of his 15-year-old sister, Amanda, to leukemia before he started his sophomore year. Amy Doppler of Cactus High has struggled with depression throughout most of her life, but she discovered two strengths her sophomore year her intelligence and creativ- See STUDENTS Page 2 Christian living." Interesting facta: Moffitt is one of 13 siblings and the only one still liv- ing. She was born and reared in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was married to Joseph David Moffitt for 67 years. They had two children, James and Patricia. Moffitt was a secretary in a manufacturing company for 10 years.

"It was very hard work back then," Moffitt said. She and her husband enjoyed traveling for 24 years. They traveled all over the United States and Europe. Moffitt speaks English and German and writes in both languages. She now enjoys relaxing on her patio and smelling the orange blossoms.

Her husband died in 1992. Are you or someone you know 100 years old or older? If so, we would like to hear from you. We need a clear photograph of you and a paragraph that Includes your name, age, where you live and anything about your hobbies, family or past profession you would like to share. We also would like you to answer this question: What is the secret to living to be 100? Send your photos and information to Brenda Windahl, News assistant, The Arizona Republic, 17235 N. 75th Suite A-100, Glendale, AZ 85308-0884.

Please include your phone number. Toddler Water Day Toddlers ages 2 to 5 can enjoy water games and interaction with other toddlers at the Glendale Toddler Water Day event. An adult must accompany children at all times. Shoes or sandals are required; no bare feet will be allowed. Play time is from 9 to 11 a.m.

Wednesday at Sa-huaro Ranch Park, 9802 N. 59th in Glendale. Cost: Free. Information: (623) 930-2820. Seniors play Scrabble Seniors who want to sharpen their wits are invited to bring a friend and participate in the Scrabble Scramble word game at 1 p.m.

Tuesday at the Sun City Library and Cultural Center, 16828 N. 99th Sun City, and Fairway Library, 10620 W. Peoria Sun City. Pre-registration is requested. Cost: Free.

To register: (623) 974-2569. Home Depot workshops Home Depot has free home and garden workshops. Learn to use a cordless drill to build a planter, 7 p.m. Tuesdays; create a family friendly vegetable garden, 7 p.m. Thursdays; maintain your lawn, 7 p.m.

Fridays; buy the perfect carpet, 10 a.m. Saturday; install landscape lighting, 2 p.m. Saturdays; Ralph Lauren paint techniques, 2 p.m. Sundays. Have an unsung hero, interesting meeting or other bit of news? Call Brenda Windahl at (602) 444-6929, fax (623) 412-9577, e-mail brenda.

windahlarizona republic.com or mail In Your Neighborhood, 17235 N. 75th Ave. Suite A-100, Glendale. AZ 85308. 4 I i i if -Tim KoorsThe Arizona Republic This photo of Olivia Castefiada and her other daughter, Nayeli Vasquez, then 3, -was published in The Republic more than a year after Jacqueline disappeared.

Olivia Castefiada said she no longer wonders if little girls she sees may be her own daughter. "That used to happen to me a lot, but no more," she said. 3 to do Free jumbo movies at the ballpark ITake the kids out to Movie Night at the Ballpark in Surprise on Saturday. Featured movies will be E.T. and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory showing on the Jumbotron.

Moviegoers can bring blankets and pillows and Practice water safety and have fun, too 2 It's time to get prepared for the season of fun in the water. Lake Pleasant will host the Arizona Safe Boating Celebration with a focus on boat and water safety. There will be exhibits and displays to educate the public about safety. Short classes will teach life-saving techniques including CPR, proper use of a life jacket and awareness of carbon monoxide. There will be a free vessel safety check.

Other activities include a water slide for kids, raffle every hour, teak surfing, live helicopter and fire-boat rescue demonstrations and model boat racing. Events run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Lake Pleasant Regional Park, eastern parking lot at the 10-lane boat ramp, 41835 N. Castle Hot Springs Road, Morristown.

Information: (602) 372-7460. stretch out on the grass. What on Earth? Space center is cool 3 Now here is something you've always wanted to see: A spacecraft. Well, it's close. Beginning Saturday, the Challenger Space Center will have a full-scale replica of a Mercury spacecraft on exhibit.

The 6- by 6-foot replica is on loan from Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson and is an exact representation of the spacecraft. Visitors also can see an actual Mercury shingle, a rocket engine, a blockhouse blast window, an Atlas vernier steering rocket engine, a Mercury to Earth orbit chart and more. The exhibit will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through Sept. 15 at the Challenger Space Center, 21170 N. 83rd Peoria. Admission is free with paid admission: $6 for adults; $4 for seniors and ages 6 to 18.

Children 5 and younger free. Challenger members are free. Information: (623) 322-2001. Brand D. Windahl Theater-style food will be available for Gates open at 5 p.m.

with the first movie starting at 6 at Surprise Stadium, 15850 N. Bullard Ave. Parking and admission are free. Information: (623) 266-4500. Universal Studios ri w- rt( DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS I.