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Author Archives: SCA

SCA WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW: January 11, 2026

NewsBy SCAJanuary 11, 2026

We are not alone.

SCA EDITOR’S WORD: A Noble and Miraculous Endeavor: Creating Casa Grande’s Neon Sign Park

SCA Journal OnlineBy SCADecember 27, 2025

By Douglas Towne: Casa Grande’s downtown park is a gas — neon gas, specifically. Its elements flicker to life at dusk, creating a buzz that lasts until 11 p.m. Whether an evocative name like Hotel Sacaton or a more pedestrian moniker like Goddard Shoes, the neon signs glow in the Arizona darkness as if drawn with a magical luminous pen.

JOURNAL EXCERPT: Ruminating on the Ruins of Fort Dells

SCA Journal OnlineBy SCADecember 23, 2025

By Kevin Patrick: There is a romance to ruins that mirrors the arc of life from inception to the apogee of achievement, and then the inevitable fade to decay. The apogee of achievement for this nature-reclaimed wreckage was once a Dells anchor attraction that drew more than a quarter of a million visitors in its peak year of 1972.

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