December 5, 2014 / Modified dec 5, 2014 11:41 a.m.

Arizona Spotlight for December 5, 2014

Story of a brother and sister who experienced different sides of immigration system; Tucson author remembers teaching in one room schoolhouse, overcomes blindness to write new book of visual grammar; musical duo Nowhere Man and a Whisky Girl remembered.

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Featured on the December 5th edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • Last year, we brought you the story of a brother and sister on different sides of the immigration system. One faced deportation, while the other was about to serve a military tour oversees. Fernanda Echavarri talks with the siblings to see how their lives have changed one year later...

  • Mark McLemore talks with Antonia V. Scrivner, an author and educator whose career began in the days of Arizona's one-room schoolhouses. Scrivner shares how her blindness helps her to focus on her goals, including teaching others to diagram sentences in her new book...

  • Vanessa Barchfield profiles the legacy of Bisbee musicians Derrick & Amy Ross, who were also known by their stage names Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl. Their songs touched the lives of many fans and friends, as did the news of their tragic deaths in October 2013...

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ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm, and every Saturday at 5:00 pm, on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.

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