Archive for the 'Payson' Category
Medical Emergency Gives Special Meaning to Thanksgiving
Nov. 23, 2010 Every day at sunset, a shy bird flies to our patio and rings our bronze bell. And two days ago, a nurse did a happy two-step to help celebrate my medical progress. These are two of life’s little joys that I probably would have overlooked in the past. But a recent medical [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
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