May 29, 2019 • Vol. 17, No. 28
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YCSO Detention Center’s AZGFD: Too many tortoises! school gets its first graduate Dozens available for adoption now BY TARA ALATORRE
CAMP VERDE – Graduation time is here, and while most families will gather on football fields and inside stadiums to celebrate, one local incarcerated student celebrated earning his high school diploma at the Camp Verde Detention Center. Zachary McQuillen, 21, is the first ever graduate of the Yavapai County Sheriff ’s Office (YCSO) School District and High School. He completed his high school course studies while in custody and was presented with his certified diploma last week.
“Congratulations to Zachary as the first Detention Center High School graduate and for the wiliness to dedicate his custody time to achieving this goal,” YCSO stated in a press release on May 22. The YCSO’s Detention Center High School was established in 2016, and is managed through YCSO’s School District with oversite from the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and the Yavapai County Education Service Agency.
PHOENIX — In a battle against a moving vehicle, a Sonoran desert tortoise is most certain to lose every time. While “Charlie,” a 20-plusyear-old tortoise, escaped with its life in this instance — albeit with a damaged shell that has now healed — it’s now well enough to be adopted into a forever home. As is “Hook,” another tortoise that needed surgery to amputate its right foot after being attacked by a dog. Today
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A dragon takes up residence at the Spanish Village in Carefree BY TARA ALATORRE
A dragon sand sculpture by Ray Villafane is starting to take shape at the Spanish Village in Carefee.
Photo by Tara Alatorre
CAREFREE – About one week ago world-renowned sculptor and local resident Ray Villafane quietly started working on a new, large dragon sand sculpture in downtown Carefree. The sand dragon is perched, napping on the wall of the historic Spanish Village plaza near the patio of Black Mountain Coffee Shop and steps away from his art studio, Villafane Studios. Depending on the weather, it is expected to be completed in about two weeks. “I am hoping Mother Nature will be gentle so I can keep it up until the pumpkin festival,” Villafane said. The sculpture is being made with approximately 30-tons of
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sand from the Salt River that has been compressed with water. The compression process took almost two weeks to complete before the shaping and sculpting could begin. Anyone familiar with Carefree’s annual Enchanted Pumpkin Garden, which is created by Villafane Studios, will recognize this master sculptor’s whimsical style and his amazing realistic details that bring all his characters to life. This dragon is no exception, and even uncompleted it looks stunningly realistic. The textures mimicking a reptile, and its friendly facial expression almost makes you want to squish its
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