Publisher’s Letter DAVID KENNARD
People, places and things
A S A YOUNG CHILD GROWING UP IN PHOENIX, I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF exploring the wild lands around me. And, thanks to a father who seemingly owned stock in the Coleman Company, I still get anxious when I see outdoor stores begin stocking shelves with the familiar red Coleman label adorning stoves, lanterns and sleeping bags. Channeling my father, I still do my best to get outside for a night or two under the stars as often as possible.
Publisher DAVID KENNARD
Editorial Director ELIAS WEISS
Editorial Consultants SCOTT BARTLE HAL DEKEYSER
In that spirit over the last few months, I’ve been picking away at a longtime bucket list item: Hike the Grand Canyon from rim to river – and back. In my two most recent trips, I’ve made it a little less than half way down and half way back, taking a short list of family members with me. Closer to home, I’ve enjoyed some of Buckeye’s best outdoor events and visiting with some of our finest residents. During the last few months, I’ve seen cowboys drive real cattle down the center of old Buckeye. I’ve seen planes of all kinds entertain visitors over the skies of Buckeye. And I’ve visited with some really cool people doing some really cool things here. Be sure to see what Buckeye resident David Linhart is doing to help our veterans overcome serious challenges. And learn what a handful of local artists are up to in an effort to beautify our city. Of course, you’ll want to take a few minutes to rediscover the man behind Buckeye’s Squaw Bread legend. Tommy Lara closed his Buckeye Bakery not long before his death in 1970, and with his passing so passed his secret recipe, yet his memory lives on thanks to family members who came forward to help me tell his story. These are some of the people, places and things you’ll read about in this edition that make Buckeye such a wonderful place to work, live and play. Additionally, in my job of gathering local news, I’ve learned that our local population of rattlesnakes are waking up. You can find that story online, exclusively at inbuckeye.com. Full disclosure: I’ve had a few run-ins with rattlesnakes. So, I hope my journalistic integrity remains intact. Over my lifetime in some of our country’s wildest places, I’ve collected a few stories worth telling around a campfire. Perhaps we can share a cup of hot cocoa and a plate of cowboy beans sometime and I’ll tell you about what a few of my closest friends call “the rattlesnake debacle.”
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