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Written by: Elizabeth Zieche | 1 May 2009 | One Comment
From bombs to beer

Its skin is 1,400 coasters from breweries across the world. Its blood is Liquid Amber and Petrified Porter, along with the six other tap beers brewed in-house.
 
Inside, on a Friday or Saturday night, it is coursing with life: with the locals of Prescott, AZ, with tourists and with staff.

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Front page opinion
Written by: Josh Morrison | 1 May 2009 | No Comment
Why I like my apartment

I like to day dream. Unfortunately day dreaming costs me more than I would like to admit, for instance it has taken me 20 minutes to write this sentence and I know that the rest of this column is going to follow suit.

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Front page feature
Written by: Richard Sames | 1 May 2009 | No Comment
The man you never see

When Russell walks down the street, no one notices, but that’s his job. 

 

Sitting in his chair, he could be just about anyone.  A man of average build in his early 50’s, he dresses casually and keeps his hair relatively short. 

 

Russell is a private investigator and to protect himself and his business he has chosen only to give his first name.  Yes, PI’s do exist outside of Hollywood and no, they don’t constantly carry a magnifying glass.  

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Front page news
Written by: Surat Lozowick | 1 May 2009 | No Comment
The power of  information

“Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of men and women upon their world in order to transform it,” writes Paulo Freire, thought by some to be one of the most influential thinkers and educators in the late twentieth century, in his book Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

 

Freire’s philosophy, although much more complicated and in-depth than the breadth of a single sentence, is the same philosophy held by many social activists, as displayed by one of the more prominent activist collectives in Prescott, AZ: the unique, volunteer run Catalyst Infoshop.

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Front page sports
Written by: Surat Lozowick | 19 May 2009 | No Comment
The ones we love to hate

Most of the attention in sports is focused on the players and occasionally the coaches, but there’s another party that plays a contrasting and underappreciated yet undeniably necessary role. 

 

While the players drive the action and the coaches help to guide them, the very fabric of the game would unravel without the pattern being maintained by the dedication and attentiveness of the often-forgotten and rarely respected referees.

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