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Month-long Celebratory Events in September Mark Harold’s Corral’s 80th Anniversary
Aug30

Month-long Celebratory Events in September Mark Harold’s Corral’s 80th Anniversary

By Sue Kern-Fleisher One of the state’s oldest restaurants – where Western movies were filmed, Dick Van Dyke played the drums, and four Steelers Super Bowl parties were held – turns 80 in September In anticipation of its 80th anniversary, Harold’s Cave Creek Corral is planning a month-long celebratory series of events that will take place in September to commemorate eight lore-filled decades of dining, entertainment and fun. Several...

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Discover . Connect . Belong: Nov. Events and Classes
Aug30

Discover . Connect . Belong: Nov. Events and Classes

Information for all events: Contact Dereth DeHaan or David Court, Desert Foothills Library, 480-488-2286, ddehaan@dfla.org, dcourt@dfla.org, www.desertfoothillslibrary.org Where: All events below take place at Desert Foothills Library, 38443 North Schoolhouse Road, Cave Creek, 85327 Cost: All events are free, except where noted. Library closed November 11 for Veteran’s Day AND November 26 for Thanksgiving  *** November 3, Noon – 1...

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Nicole Larson: Winning at Arabian Youth Nationals “Too Surreal”
Aug30

Nicole Larson: Winning at Arabian Youth Nationals “Too Surreal”

By Nicole Larson Arabian Youth Nationals for me was more than successful, I top ten’d in five out of my six classes and rose in two of them to National championship. One of the classes had sixty-four competitive horses in it. I left Nationals the happiest I’ve ever left, and cannot describe the feeling of winning nationals except I can tell you it’s too surreal. Not only was competing fun, but I got to spend ten days...

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What’s Worth Preserving
Aug28

What’s Worth Preserving

Winner, What’s Worth Preserving Category, 2015 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest By Stephanie Bradley  What’s worth preserving we no longer see Except as images tucked in our memory.  Hills and ranges, stirring Sonoran spans, Are Scottsdalized into boxes, stacked in a Lego-land.  Where rugged and endless vistas thrilled the psyche Fencing and asphalt now accommodate Nikes.  Herds of horses that ran with the wind Are fading into...

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Thank You, Tony Hillerman
Aug28

Thank You, Tony Hillerman

Cowboy Poem Category, 2015 Summer Fun Write Stuff Contest By Barb Owings  It started when I had some time to kill At the library looking for a book that might give me a thrill When I happened upon mysteries written about the West So I checked out a few to give them a test The stories were short and had interesting plots And it turned out I really liked them a lot They contained adventures about places unknown Like vast desert mesas,...

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