Liz Turner appears courtesy of the Blue Apron Cooking School in Pinetop. She writes a monthly food article with recipes. For more information or a current schedule of classes, call 928.369.4664 or visit www.blueaproncooks.com. You can also visit Liz’s newest venture, Blue Apron’s Corner Cafe & Boutique inside the Red Door Consignment Store on Porter Mountain Road in Lakeside.

Tom Todd is a Show Low resident who is fascinated with old cemeteries and western history. He writes a monthly column entitled “Tom’s Tombstone Travels.” When he is not enjoying being at home with his wife and three dogs and reading books of historical characters, he travels the country chronicling the life and times of people and visiting their grave sites.

Peg Matteson, Maverick Historian, writes a monthly column about the history of Arizona.

Karen Cahoy writes a monthly book review. She owns the Bookworm located in the Safeway Plaza in Pinetop. The Bookworm carries new and used books and offers discounts options, holds special events and hosts a monthly community book club. For more information, call 928.367.5335.

Jan van Dierendonck writes a monthly article from interviews conducted on ArtSpace on City 4 TV. ArtSpace is a program dedicated to the promotion and education of artists of the White Mountains of Arizona. These programs can be viewed each week, Wednesday at 5 pm, Friday at 10 pm, Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 am. For more info visit www.showlowtv.com and click on Live TV.

Eva Desjeunes, Maverick Travel Guru, writes a monthly column “Cruisitude.” She appears courtesy of Cruise Planners and can be reached at 928.532.7740 or 888.201.6626.

Laurie Dee Acree writes a monthly column, “The Happy Hiker.”

E. Kevin Mar M. D. appears courtesy of Pinetop-Lakeside Integrative & Physical Medicine LLC where he specializes in Pain Management, Acupuncture, Musculoskeletal Injury & Sports Medicine. He writes a monthly column about his specialties. He can be reached at 928.358.1648 or plintegrativephysicalmedicine@yahoo.com.

Barbara Bruce hosts DRUGNET Tuesday nights at 6 pm on 105.5 and writes a monthly column. If you have a recovery story you would like to share, contact Barbara at 928.368.8100, ext 202, or via the contact page on her website, www.barbarabruce.com.

Joan Courtney writes a monthly column “Hypnosis and You.” Having over 25 years of experience, she is a clinical hypnotherapist and an NLP practitioner. She is affiliated with four major hypnotherapy associations. Transformation Hypnotherapy is located at 163 White Mountain Blvd, Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ. Joan can be contacted at 928.367.8208 or 928.367.9989.

Dr. Elizabeth Ellis writes a monthly column about our furry friends. She can be reached at Aspen Ridge Animal Hospital at 928.537.4000.

Want to be part of the Maverick? As a community magazine, we encourage writers, photographers and artists to submit articles, photos and story ideas for publication. Deadline for submissions is the 10th of the month preceding publication.