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Written by: Rebekah Mimless | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment
When “skinny” becomes “eating disorder”

“Nothing tastes better than skinny feels.” This is the mantra that Molly Gunderson, age 26, lives by.
 
Gunderson has an eating disorder.   “At one point, I was the fattest person at my high school. I was a size eight. I weighed 154 pounds.”  

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Front page opinion
Written by: Rough Writer staff | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment
Just one more celebration, please

People love holidays. They enjoy spending all of their time and money so much, it seemed fitting to add some extra holidays, just in case anyone had any extra money in his/her wallet.  Or in case anyone started feeling  sad during the not-a-holiday months.

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Front page sports
Written by: Brandon Ross | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment
‘Riders off to a rocky start

Yavapai College’s Men’s Basketball team had a rocky start to their season, dropping to 0-5 after losing to Phoenix College 75-83, on Nov. 21. 

 

The loss also put the Roughriders at 0-2 in Conference play.

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Front page news
Written by: Elizabeth Bush | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment
Acker makes its twenty-first appearance

In the cold December air a family walks from one tightly packed store on the square to the next. They have moved from a group of steel drum musicians to a solo bluegrass artist. Next they will stumble upon a harpist.

 

This kind of eclectic music happens once a year in Prescott at the Acker Musical Showcase. One hundred and ten locations downtown open their doors to artists of every kind and Prescottonians get to enjoy the music for free.

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Front page feature
Written by: Damon Nutt | 4 Dec 2009 | No Comment
Doing what you’ve got to do

 “You gotta do what you gotta do,” says Daniel Allen, 64, of Prescott, about his time spent sitting on the corner of Sheldon and Alarcon.

 

Allen’s eyes have seen a lot, from the jungles of Vietnam, to life on a free beach and now have come to rest on his carved wood art that is on display most afternoons on the corner.  

 

“I used to have a sign that said ‘FREE ART SHOW,’… but it gets too windy,” says Allen.

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