It’s not exhaustive and it’s not the first, but a newly published book about Sahuarita comes the closest yet to telling the story of a town most residents have known
It’s not exhaustive and it’s not the first, but a newly published book about Sahuarita comes the closest yet to telling the story of a town most residents have known
A collection of the interesting and sometimes unusual events that happened this week in Arizona history.May 22On this date in 1894, Dr. A.E. Douglass selected a site in Flagstaff for the Lowell Observatory.On this date in 1923, four people died in an explosion at the Apache Powder Plant at Benson.On this date in 1925, a solid copper flagpole, donated by Inspiration
A collection of the interesting and sometimes unusual events that happened this week in Arizona history.May 23On this date in 1868, Col. Christopher “Kit” Carson, who directed the campaign against the Navajos which resulted in their surrender and the exile of about half the tribe to Fort Sumner between 1864 and 1868, died at Fort Lyon, Colorado., just nine days before the
Local writers looking to fine-tune their work can turn to Mesa Public Libraryâs âWriter in Residenceâ program that author and retired Arizona Science Center CEO Sheila Grinell will host through April.
Grinell, whose newfound love for creative writing comes after years spent as the Science Centerâs founding CEO, hosts free one-on-one consultations and larger workshops in partnership with the library.Â
The author of âThe Contractâ and âAppetite,â both products of a switch to fiction writing, Grinell said one benefit of starting to write later in life has been that âa lot of the things I learned in my first career appliedâ â such as self-confidence, sticking to a time budget, taking chances and knowing when to ask for help. Â