Photo by Michelle Chance

It was “field day” for the Maricopa Amateur Radio Association this past weekend. From Saturday morning until Sunday afternoon, members participated in the annual emergency preparedness exercise with others across the country. The overnight event was held inside the Maricopa Police Department’s Copper Sky Substation.

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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.