What happens when an accident occurs and you require advanced medical intervention? What is the fastest way to get from the accident scene to a hospital? This is when first responders depend on Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS)...
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Ethan is an 8th grader at the Esmond Station K-8 School who wanted to bring a game called 9 square to his school. Esmond is a new school and doesn’t have a lot of playground equipment especially for middle schoolers. Ethan attended a church...
Cienega seniors Imani Litz (#5) and Morgan Wright (#12) were the starting outside hitters this past fall on the girls varsity Volleyball team. They helped the team advance to the first round of state playoffs, ending with an overall record of...
On a recent excursion into the Cienega Creek Natural Preserve my companion began referring to many of the plants as weeds. I commented with a simplistic definition; a weed was a plant growing out of place or where it was not wanted. A plant...
March 27th marked the annual luncheon of the Del Lago Women’s Golf Association. The event capped the Club Championship with Pam Smith of Vail, the Low Gross of the best 2 rounds of 3 played. Dana Roy, also of Vail was the Low Net winner. The...
It took three extra holes for John Liu to defend his Del Lago Men’s Golf Club A Flight title over Scott Fields while Bill Camp won the B Flight title with a two-day total of 165. Liu shot a 147 for the two-day event that took place at the Del...
What happens when a group of students comes together with a goal of giving back to those less fortunate than them? In the case of one group from Empire High School (EHS), they board a plane and travel on a service trip to the Equator in Ecuador...
Every river on earth begins with some sort of geological malformation. A slot canyon and its river course simply exploit that malformation by expanding a crack into a slot. When a co-worker asked me for a description of a slot canyon, I said...
Last week I got a good visual observation of Comet Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak, (41P) one of the earliest known periodic comets. It was a fat, little “faint fuzzy” spot of light projected against a background of faint stars – nothing to...
Two years ago, my wife and I decided to install a rooftop solar system. The plan was to take advantage of the Arizona sun, reduce our electric bill, and receive a tax credit. To date, everything is working as expected. The “fly in the...