Midday temperatures in the 90s didn’t halt the ’80s enthusiasm of participants in the annual Copa Color Run at Copper Sky on Saturday, though many took the abbreviated option. Hosted by the City of Maricopa, the 5K Run/Walk included games and contests with a 1980s theme.

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.