🌱 Space Law Practice + Changes at Store Capital + Rob Schneider

Geoff Campbell
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Good morning, Scottsdale! Here's everything you need to know to get this Thursday started right.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy, brief showers; cool. High: 55 Low: 49.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Scottsdale today:

  1. Space law is a real thing. Scottsdale-based Rose Law Group pc has a new space law practice.
    First in Arizona, according to Your Valley reporting, "This revolutionary new practice... will involve assisting clients in the space and satellite arena." Rose Law Group pc will represent the MILO Institute, a collaborative effort between Arizona State University and Lockheed Martin. According to the article, the institute seeks to make "deep space missions more affordable and accessible by using a new cost-sharing model that will allow its members to participate at a fraction of the total mission cost." (Your Valley)

  2. Christopher Volk is out of a job, according to Phoenix Business Journal. Store Capital, a real estate investment trust from Scottsdale, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Christopher Volk, the company's executive chairman, was released "without cause."The company named Tawn Kelley to follow Volk as the new chairman. (Phoenix Business Journal - subscribe)

  3. Comedian Rob Schneider, SNL alumnus and Deuce Bigalow star, received help from SPD following car trouble earlier this month. According to Fox 10 reporting, the call came in when Schneider's Tesla stopped functioning at Pima Road and Thompson Peak. Schneider said thank you to "Scottsdale's finest" for their help in a follow-up Twitter post. "They couldn't have been nicer. Like I said, I love Scottsdale. It is our home." (FOX 10 News Phoenix)

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From my notebook:

  • Scottsdale Community College collaborates with Maricopa County Public Health Dept. to host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics (SCC Parking Lot F) on campus; no appointment is necessary. (Facebook)

  • Sign-up for the 28th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Dinner Celebration — Embassy Suites Scottsdale Resort. (Facebook)

  • Recent rains on dirt roads temporarily prevent trash pick-up in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community. (Facebook)

  • Scottsdale Police Department — check out the Systems Integrator job for Scottsdale PD. (Facebook)

  • Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community tribal offices will be closed on New Year's Day. Essential services will remain operational. (Facebook)

  • The Bell Road Sports Complex will be ready in the spring. Check out the views! (Facebook)

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Alrighty, you're all good for today. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow morning with a new update!

— 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