Archive for the 'Metro Phoenix' Category
Of Odd Dreams, a Leg Infection and Dedication to Medical Careers
Aug. 8, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The strangest dreams invaded my nights earlier this month. Instead of counting sheep, I encountered monstrous images. In a narrow tunnel with falling flakes of gold, I faced a smiling lime green snake large enough to swallow a bull.
Under a black sky, I floated over an endless sea of royal [...]
Arizona Politics Trumps Economics; Students, Needy Families To Suffer
March 21, 2010
EDITORIAL
Are Arizona’s leaders, struggling with an overpowering deficit, downsizing state programs too far?
Last week, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the state’s fiscal 2011 budget of $8.9 billion, which is a reduction of $1.1 billion.
Budget supporters called the new budget a streamlining of state government. Critics say it is hardhearted, with more pain to follow.
Arizona’s [...]
Butterfly Exhibit Star Attraction at Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix
March 14, 2010
PHOENIX, Ariz. – A few steps inside their sanctuary, while I was adjusting my camera, I was embraced by two tiny sparks of life as delicate as moonlight. They grabbed my hand with their tiny feet.
All I could do, to avoid startling my two new friends, was stand still. They explored my hand [...]
Desert Viking Starting New Phase of San Marcos Commons in Chandler
March 10, 2010
CHANDLER, Ariz. – Maybe, just maybe, the term “leapfrog development” in central Arizona soon will fade into history, like rotary telephones and index cards.
Maybe developers and cities and homebuyers are starting to recognize the value and long-range importance of higher-density communities in central cities, where a sense of community and easier access to [...]
Arizona’s Sunrise Walks and Wildlife, Chimichangas and Historic Buildings
March 7, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Just a few of my Arizona favorites: A lone bull elk grazing on the lawn early one November morning as I stepped out of El Tovar Lodge at Grand Canyon. I never had seen a bull elk, much less been so close to one. Lunch at the Arizona Biltmore Resort [...]
Collector Corvettes, Custom Street Rods Rumble at ASU SkySong
Jan. 18, 2010
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Enthusiasts of collector cars, including 1950s Corvettes and 1930s street rods, displayed their hobbies on wheels at ASU SkySong to promote the upcoming 39th Annual Barrett-Jackson Classic Car Auction.
Owners of about 75 of the classic cars turned out for the Jan. 16 display at SkySong at McDowell and Scottsdale roads. [...]
Stories About Fishing, the Devil Sparked Boy’s Passion for Journalism
Jan. 14, 2010
PHOENIX, Ariz. – I fell in love with writing several U.S. presidents ago when I was in grade school. My passion was unleashed by word pictures so powerful, they became mileposts reminding me where the adventure began.
I remember reading an outdoor magazine’s story about a fishing guide on the Great Lakes. [...]
Arizona Law Firm Ranks High in Percentage of Female Attorneys
Dec. 28, 2009
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The Lewis and Roca law firm is rated 17th in a new Law360 survey that ranks firms based on their percentages of female partners. Nearly 26 percent of the firm’s 205 partners are female.
Female lawyers lead three of Lewis and Roca’s governing committees and one of its practice groups.
Former Lewis [...]
More than 250 Lawyers and Others Rally Against Maricopa County Attorney
Dec. 21, 2009
PHOENIX, Ariz. – The ongoing budgets war pitting Maricopa County’s key elected officials against each other boiled over today at a downtown rally attended by a crowd estimated at between 250 and 300.
The crowd cheered and clapped at verbal broadsides of “bully” and “coward” aimed at Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, who has [...]
Retired Phoenix Official Pens a History of Homesteading in Cave Creek
Dec. 11, 2009
CAVE CREEK, Ariz. – The early years of a feisty Arizona community north of Phoenix come to life in a new book by a new author.
The book, “Homesteading Along the Creek,” is Patrick Grady’s first book. It outlines how more than 100 homesteaders settling 37,000 acres were responsible for the growth of the [...]
