Litchfield Park News

Despite a messed-up economy resulting in job losses and budget cuts, four of five Southwest Valley cities increased their donations to the Valley of the Sun United Way campaign this year.

When James Golo's 23-year-old daughter found out their family would be moving from a refugee camp in Ghana to America, she said, "I just knew my dreams would come true." That dream is to become a pediatric nurse and she is now going to school at Gateway Community College.

The 2010 AAA guide is out, and the year's four- and five-diamond winners are looking very, very familiar.

The newest edition of RAVE Review, spotlighting programs and activities in Avondale from December through March, is now available online at www.avondale.org/RAVE . RAVE stands for recreation, activities, venues and entertainment.

The Sun Health Auxiliary ''Top Hat & Tails: A Black & White Affaire'' at the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Litchfield Park Saturday night was to benefit the purchase of patient care beds for Banner Boswell and Del E. Webb medical centers.

Avondale Elementary School District leaders and a state lawmaker spent a recent day visiting every classroom at Desert Thunder Elementary in Goodyear.

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Valley sports chieftain Jerry Colangelo is part of an investment group seeking to gain control of the storied Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park, as well as the Biltmore Golf Club in Phoenix.

You can get free, confidential memory screenings as part of National Memory Screening Day, an annual initiative of the Alzheimer's Foundation of America.

Litchfield Park will celebrate the 234th anniversary of the U.S. Marine Corps with a flag-raising ceremony at 8 a.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 214 W. Wigwam Blvd.

Miss Hilary's Preschool of Waddell will have a candle fundraiser Friday to benefit the Valley View Community Food Bank in Youngtown.

The 39th annual Litchfield Park Festival of the Arts returns to the palm-lined front lawn of the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa this weekend, featuring two days of world-class Southwestern art, gourmet food and live entertainment.

A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for pretending to be a student and having a sexual relationship with a minor at a Yuma high school, officials said.

Reservations are still available for Sun Health Auxiliary's "Top Hat & Tails: A Black & White Affaire." The silent auction and ball are 6 p.m. to midnight Nov.

New cell phone software is helping companies track their employees and parents watch their kids.

Authorities say a Litchfield Park couple who ran real estate and tax management companies have pleaded guilty to defrauding clients out of more than $1.5 million.

Cherie Hovland has found her life's purpose in walking. Hovland, 46, the wife of Goodyear firefighter Dean Hovland, is an avid supporter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk, which raises money to support breast-cancer research.

Interfaith Community Care's annual fund-raiser 'Harvest Moon Gala' at the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Litchfield Park netted a full house.

Bashas' has announced that six of its locations will have H1N1 "swine flu" shots on Saturday.

The 2009 seasonal flu shot is available at all Cigna Medical Group and Cigna Medical Group CareToday centers.