Highlighting news and images in Arizona—via tweets.
By Mike Saucier @MikeTheSauce
North Korea threats raise eyebrows in Arizona, the D-Backs play their longest game ever, busy days in Bisbee, and a new brew comes to town.
UN-LIKELY MOTIVE
Tempe funnyman Frank Caliendo: “Maybe Kim Jong Un is doing all this kooky stuff just so North Korea will keep trending on twitter.”
ON WAR FOOTING
Tucson TV talk show host Jon Justice: “My Dad and I already made the call for back up if we go to war with North Korea, we’re set!”
BECAUSE WE ARE FREE
Katie McLaughlin of Scottsdale tweeted: “Why does North Korea hate us..I’m bad at history”
MODERATION IS KEY
Mesa council member Dave Richins: “This picture describes me perfectly. Stuck somewhere between Tempe and Mesa…and the left and the right…#moderates”
The late Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was honored by the Arizona State Senate this week with a resolution, reading in part: “Sheriff Dever will long be remembered as a good man who loved his God, his nation, his family and his community, the Sheriff’s Department and, of course, baseball.” Rose Law Group tweeted this and a pic: “Nancy #Dever & son on #House floor for action. Up front in white shirts @ Arizona State Capitol”
THERE’S NO KISSING IN BASEBALL!
Republic photog Michael Chow: “Kissing Matt Williams head has become tradition or maybe superstition. 3rd game in a row of smooching his dome!”
The D-Backs won the longest game in Chase Field history, which lasted five hours, 32 minutes. Tweets were still flying deep into the night.
LONG GAME=SOBER CROWD
Fox Sports Arizona reporter Tyler Lockman: “So beer sales at the D-backs game have been cut off nearly as long as they were on. The crowd must be more sober now than when it arrived.”
BUBBLE HEAD
AZ Central columnist Paola Boivin: “Here’s what happens when u get game-winning hit #dbacks #foxsportsaz”
HEAVYWEIGHT PHOTO-OP
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton: “Yes, it is Evander Holyfield!”
BACK WHEN PRINT WAS KING
Daily Star columnist Tim Steller: “A clever Arizona Daily Star headline from 1910.”
GRATUITOUS SUNSET TWEET
Because you can’t have enough of these…
12 News producer Stacey Roberts: “Wondering why we live in AZ? This is one reason = superb sunsets. Casey Stanford snaps some incredible photos”
TRUE, TRUE
Tucson retired Air Force pilot Martha McSally: “At the 9/11 memorial. We must never forget. What unites us as Americans is far greater than what divides us.”
BUSY BEE IN BISBEE
“Past Chair of the Arizona Board of Regents, Deputy Director in Clinton White House, Businessman, and Author” Fred DuVal: “Jennifer & I had a wonderful time at PHX Pride talking to voters about my #Bisbee petition chn.ge/17hvbKF”
GOOD FOR WHAT ALES POLITICS
Phoenix Vice Mayor Bill Gates: “Had a blast brewing the nonpartisan ale with @MayorStanton – @NMTBrew is off to a great start #sunnyslopebrewery”
R.I.P.
Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin: “Sorry to hear of the passing of Lady Margaret Thatcher. A tough leader at a time when the world needed her, and ‘Ronny’. Kind of like today.”
AZ Magazine tweeted: “Paolo Soleri, the founder of the Arcosanti experimental community in Arizona’s desert, has died at age 93.”
STANDING TALL ON SKY TRAIN
Republic reporter Amy B. Wang: “At 6’10” tall, @edwardjensen has maybe one complaint about #PHXSkyTrain. But he’s used to it, he said.”
BORDER EXCHANGE
Recovering reporter Robbie Sherwood: “Looks like she’s about to win a serious staring contest. @RobertLeger: Janet Napolitano meets w/Republic’s ed board.”
