Category: Features

News from the Sky: Gain Airport Knowledge by Taking a Free Airport Tour

David J. Ramirez, public information officer Venture into the history and little-known facts about America’s Friendliest Airport by taking part in the free, pre-scheduled tours that Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport offers twice-a-month. The structured tours are approximately 90 minutes long and have been hugely popular. In 2018, more than 630 individuals participated on 25…

Artist of the Month: Kathy Arend

Kathy has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. When she wasn’t drawing, she was hanging out and reading in the library where her mother was the librarian. She retired after 30 years of teaching art in Fairbanks, AK. Although she may be retired on paper, Kathy still teaches many classes for the…

Word of the Month: Ten Words Turning 100 in 2019

David Zapatka Entering the 2020s, which seemed so far into the future, caused me to pause and focus on the plethora of words that come into our language every year. Entering the year 1920, some of the world’s great minds were inventing the rotary dial telephone, the pop-up toaster, and forming the League of Nations,…

MasterMind!

The Thursday Night Trivia Club, 2019 MasterMind! Feud champions: David Hazen, Sparky Gavin, Liz Seaman, and Barbara Renthal

Sam Ellis The MasterMind! Feud Tournament was held on Nov. 12, in the Hermosa Ballroom. It was a thrilling “Family Feud” event with six teams: Bridge Club, Material Girls, Putting League, Thursday Night Trivia Group, Glass Fusing Club, and Book Club. The tournament involved a bracket, with the six teams vying to reach the championship…