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Sandy Moss,
is an adopted
Prescottonian who seldom needs an introduction. After years of writing
for The Daily Courier and numerous awards, her words have a familiar
sound. She presently lights up the air waves over KPPV 106.7 FM and KQNA
1130 AM radio. While she admits that the change brings new challenges
and enjoyment, it can now be said that she is a writer who broadcasts,
and a broadcaster who writes.
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Breeanya
Hinkel,
is a local freelance
graphic designer. She was born & raised right here in Prescott, AZ. She
has worked as a graphic designer since 1999, beginning at a Daily
Newspaper in Minot, ND. She obtained her degree at Yavapai College and
also attended Minot State University. Bree enjoys freelance design work,
camping, hiking, road trips and enjoying the beautiful Northern Arizona
weather.
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Karlyn Haas,
is the grants officer
for Yavapai College and a local freelance writer. She earned her
master’s degree in journalism from Michigan State University and has had
her educational and environmental writing published nationally. She and
her husband, Brian, welcomed their daughter Emily in April 2009.
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Susan
Larsen,
is originally from Phoenix and has background in
writing that includes business writing, news reporting, media
communications, marketing, fiction and feature writing. She is a
graduate of Utah State University and has worked as a freelance writer
for over twenty years. Susan is currently based in Prescott where
she lives with her husband Neil. They have four children, Eric,
Alexander, Isabel and David.
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Karen Despain,
a native Arizonan, has
been a Prescott resident since 1989. A graduate of the University of
Arizona, she retired in 2005 from a long career at The Daily Courier.
Today, she enjoys free-lance writing and serves on the boards of
Prescott Area Habitat for Humanity, the Arizona’s Children Association
and is chair of the Yavapai County Juvenile Court Center Community
Advisory Board. Her daughter Debi and light-of-her-life granddaughter,
Payten, live in Phoenix.
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Elisabeth Ruffner,
is a historian and writer whose lifelong
activities as a volunteer and businesswoman have seen her engaged in
library, historic preservation and open space concerns locally, state-
and nation-wide. A recipient of many honors and awards, she has most
recently been named a Culture Keeper in preparation of the 100th
anniversary of Arizona statehood in 2012, as well as a History Maker by
the Arizona Historical Society, Phoenix Chapter.
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Ken Lain,
known to his friends as the mountain
gardener, graduated from Prescott High School, Yavapai College and
finally ASU. Gardening came naturally as he learned from his
grandparents. He married his college sweetheart and now he and Lisa own
Watters Garden Center in Prescott. He enjoys freelance garden writing,
hosts two radio talk shows, weekly garden columnist for The Daily
Courier and has his own weekly garden newsletter "My Personal Gardener"
emailed each week through his web site at
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Tim
Callahan,
is an Arizona native,
born and raised in Tucson, Arizona...After graduating from the
University of Arizona with a degree in Journalism, Tim has worked with
newspapers in Tucson, Nogales, Prescott and beyond…Shortly after moving
to Prescott in 1997, Tim met his wife to be Heidi…The two married in
Prescott in 1999 and have two children, Brendan and Tatum…Tim is the
publisher/owner/operator of Prescott Woman Magazine and enjoys his
connection with the community on an ongoing basis…Tim’s father-in-law
John Bergstrom, DDS retired, and brother-in-law Lance Bergstrom, MD, are
partners in this family-owned business… |
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Dave Ganci, Dave Ganci is a
coyote-faced Baby Boomer-Plus, who splits his time between running The
Hike Shack outdoor equipment shop in Prescott, and stomping around on
local trails. He has four outdoor books in print and is still waiting
for Hollywood to call. A lifetime of outdoor exposure to the sun has
etched many "think lines" in his face, and earned him the right to "hike
with strength and dignity and laugh at the days to come." |
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Hilary Dartt, Hilary Dartt
moved to Prescott from Santa Cruz, California in 2003 to work as a
reporter for the Daily Courier. She and her husband Victor welcomed
their son Logan in October and since then she has stayed home to take
care of Logan and to pursue her freelance writing career.
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