🌱 More Guns Than Ever + An Artist's Muse + Necessary Pairings

Geoff Campbell
·4 min read

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Here are the top stories in Scottsdale today:

  1. TSA reports record numbers of guns that have been found and removed from carry-on bags moving through Sky Harbor Airport this year. The 177 guns is a 33 percent increase over the next highest yearly number, according to KJZZ reporting. TSA spokesperson, Patricia Mancha, said the only way a passenger's gun is allowed on a plane is in checked luggage. "You can travel with a firearm, but it must be in a hardback case that locks. It must be unloaded. And it must be declared with the airline." she said. (KJZZ

  2. Scottsdale artist Barb Goldberg has traveled an unusual path to success as an abstract artist. According to reporting in Foothills Focus, Goldberg began as a special education teacher and eventually found herself doing the "fast track" corporate thing. She retired only to immediately dig into expressing her creative side through SCC art classes, spending much of the lockdown in Munds park, isolated and creating. Reportedly, Goldberg finds her inspiration, her muse, in the Phoenix Art Museum, art shows, bookstores, and online. "As an abstract artist, the muse that drives the image is almost impossible to explain," she said. (Foothills Focus)

  3. According to reporting in AZ Big Media, Phoenix Metro restaurants are challenged by a lack of workers and supply chain interruptions to food orders. The struggles have led to some unique pairing of eateries helping each other through the tough times. According to the report, Josh Duren of Cider Corps said that the circumstances have spawned a "forced level of creativity ... it's built a really strong kind of bond where people realize that to survive, you have got to rely on other people for help." One such example is the partnership between Wild Hare and chocolatiers, Stone Grindz in Scottsdale. Together they created a tasting event that pairs chocolates with spirits, and Wendy Tilton from Wild Hare said that the mutually beneficial pairing will continue throughout the holiday season. (AZ Big Media)

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Today in Scottsdale:

  • Paint Your Own Pottery — Martin Pear JCC. (4 p.m.)

  • College & Career 101 - FAFSA Completion Workshop — Horizon High School. (5 p.m.)

  • Governing Board Regular Meeting — Saguaro High School. (6 p.m.)

  • The Glorious Music of Chopin — Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • The Soda With Security virtual discussion about human trafficking is hosted by SRPMIC on Dec. 14 at 3 p.m. (Facebook)

  • A COVID-19 vaccination event for students will be held at Scottsdale Stadium from 2-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 17. (Facebook)

  • If you have some down-to-the-wire shopping to do without the kids, bring the youngsters to Mountain View Community Center from 6-9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17. (Facebook)

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— Geoff Campbell

I live in Scottsdale, and I am a freelance writer, published in print and on the web. Following a 40-year career as a teacher, administrator, and coach, now committed to education in the broadest possible sense.

This article originally appeared on the Scottsdale Patch