Featured on the Feb. 27th edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Vanessa Barchfield, filling in for Mark McLemore:
- Thousand of people are in Tucson to seek refuge from the harsh winter weather in other parts of the US. How do our winter visitors fill their time in the desert? To answer that question, Vanessa Barchfield spends a day with residents of the Voyager RV Resort, one of the largest mobile home communities in town.
- Tucson mystery author Elizabeth Gunn started writing books when she was 70 years old, after a career owning hotels and then traveling the world with her husband in their retirement. Andrea Kelly takes us on a tour of some local destinations Gunn features in a series about a Tucson Police detective.
- Zac Ziegler meets with high school students from around the state who are building miniature solar-powered cars suited to survive a zombie apocalypse
- Tony Paniagua goes to a L'Alliance Française language school where residents get a chance to practice their French skills while learning about Francophone cultures from around the world.
Listen:
Arizona Spotlight for February 27th, 2015
ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs Fridays at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and Saturdays at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.
