With the number of people living to the age of 85 and beyond expected to double from more than 6.4 million today to 14.6 million by 2040, companies like Comfort Keepers are expecting the demand to continuously increase for those needing day-to-day assistance. Comfort Keepers provides as much or as … [Read more...] about Making Later Life Easier
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Women Wranglers Managing Mules, Rugged Terrain, Treacherous Weather
The bravado of the women wranglers at the Grand Canyon is a fascinating account of courage, strength and travails, sometimes under severe climatic conditions that can develop in the famous canyon. Chelsea Plumb and Kricket Scheerer are two of the eight female wranglers employed by Xanterra Grand … [Read more...] about Women Wranglers Managing Mules, Rugged Terrain, Treacherous Weather
World Traveler Builds Career Out of Sending Clients on Vacation
Monika Leuenberger loves what she does and does what she loves. Her expansive world is all about travel. Having sojourned to more than 20 countries (she has lost count), this Switzerland-born wanderlust, travel advisor and co-owner of Avenues of the World Travel has tips and suggestions for … [Read more...] about World Traveler Builds Career Out of Sending Clients on Vacation
Footsteps and Tire Tracks – On the Moon?
Calling it “…the biggest challenge I ever had was when I was asked if we could build a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) to be used by astronauts,” Bill Tinnin and his colleagues said, ”Sure, why not?” At the time, he was a mechanic at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) office in Flagstaff That was 62 … [Read more...] about Footsteps and Tire Tracks – On the Moon?
Building Bridges for Business, Customers
Wendy Bridges is creating and fostering a climate of opportunities for businesses and for customers. Bridges is the economic development coordinator for the City of Prescott. Bridges views the challenge of creating such a climate as similar to that facing other Arizona communities. She uses, as … [Read more...] about Building Bridges for Business, Customers
‘Thanks for All You Do’
Thrusting his hand out in warm handshake, he smiles broadly. “Hi, I’m Harold Viehweg. Thanks for all you do for the community.” That is a pretty typical greeting most people get when they meet Viehweg in his tightly-organized, uncluttered ground-floor office in the Prescott Chamber of Commerce … [Read more...] about ‘Thanks for All You Do’
Teller Continues Looking Up
As a youngster, Arlando Teller stood in the yard of his Chinle home on the Navajo Reservation and looked up at an azure sky pebbled with popcorn clouds and jet contrails. He wondered where those white streaks crisscrossing the wild blue yonder were headed. When he graduated from Chinle High … [Read more...] about Teller Continues Looking Up
Attorney Finds Satisfaction, Freedom Through Law Practice, Gun Shop
When Don Grier first discovered Prescott in the early 1990s, he was with an adventurous motorcycle group from Southern California that often spent weekends and vacations exploring communities in the Southwest and Rocky Mountain states. A practicing attorney who graduated in 1986 from Pepperdine … [Read more...] about Attorney Finds Satisfaction, Freedom Through Law Practice, Gun Shop
MedSpa Owner Improving Lives in the Quad Cities
Many people walk right past the doors of Laserium MedSpa because they believe such cosmetic treatments are extremely expensive and financially out of reach. Kira Gill, owner of the MedSpa says, “Stop! Turn around and come back, because the treatments are reasonably priced, which makes them … [Read more...] about MedSpa Owner Improving Lives in the Quad Cities
Seen By Millions, Recognized by Many
Most of us can go shopping locally or travel throughout the country and generally be anonymous. Not so with Alice Ferris. Prescott residents may know Ferris because of her longtime “hands-on” commitment to fundraising, strategic planning and leadership training at the Highlands Center for … [Read more...] about Seen By Millions, Recognized by Many
