Photo by Raquel Hendrickson

Central Arizona College’s Handbell Choir, led by Diane Rubio, performed Christmas favorites at the Maricopa campus Sunday. Rubio and the ringers took questions from the audience about their skills and the bells. The ringers class meets Mondays at the Signal Peak campus from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and is open to CAC students and Pinal County residents.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.