Author: Tommy

Cornville AZ (March 7, 2015) – Cornville Community Association will meet March 11, 2015 at Oak Creek School at 7:00. Coffee, Cookies, & Sign in begin at 6:30. Come hear from the Verde River Basin Partnership, introduce the Candidates for CCA Board and discuss upcoming events. On the schedule is the Annual Meeting & Election 4/8; Wine Tasting & Food at Windmill Gardens 4/25; Merchants Showcase 5/13, Chili Cook Off 6/6, and the 130th Cornville Birthday Party 7/11 all in Windmill Park. The meeting is free and open to the public. Oak Creek School is located on Purple Sage Rd, Cornville.…

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By Holly Epright, Executive DirectorSedona Main Street Program Sedona AZ (March 7, 2015) – Come celebrate the 45th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade & Festival along Jordan Road on Saturday, March 14th. Both are free to attend and offer a wide variety of free activities from 10:30 am to 3 pm. The Parade will begin at 10:30 am and make its way down Jordan Road starting at Jordan Historical Park to Mesquite Avenue. Bring your own chairs and set up along Jordan Road. Master of Ceremonies, John Conway is lending his skill for announcing the Parade entries from the judging stand…

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Sedona AZ (March 7, 2015) – The West Sedona School PTA is proud to host this year’s Mexican Fiesta Dinner at the Elks Lodge on Thursday, March 19th from 5:00 to 7:30pm. This dinner is the main fundraising event for the West Sedona School 6th & 7th grade trip to Camp Colton in May. This event is open to the public and parking is free. The dinner costs $5.00 per person at the door. Tickets are being sold for the Chance Auction/Raffle. Call (928) 204-6720 for more information. Seating is limited. Dinner will be served on a first-come, first-serve basis.

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Sedona’s Treasures; doing their part to keep Sedona beautiful Sedona AZ (March 7, 2015) – Founder and Executive Director of The Hummingbird Society, Dr. Ross Hawkins, will be featured by Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc., at its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series on Wednesday, March 11 at 5:30 pm, which takes place at its historic Pushmataha Center on 360 Brewer Road in Sedona. 

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Sedona AZ (March 7, 2015) – If you’re a fan of UFOs, sci-fi or space exploration, you won’t want to miss Zenprov Comedy’s “The Alien Monologues”. This one-night only performance happens Saturday, March 21 at 7:30 pm at the Mary Fisher Theatre in Sedona. Tickets are only $12 per-sale, or $15 at the door.

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Sedona AZ (March 6, 2015) – Hi! I am Bandito! I am a 2 year old, medium sized male Labrador Retriever mix. I have the biggest, most round loving eyes you’ve ever seen. They are just waiting for to fall in love with! Why don’t you come visit me at the shelter? I am sure you will want to take me home and make me your new best friend in 2015. You can see more pictures of me here. Announcing our 4th Annual Help the Animals Auction benefitting the Humane Society of Sedona. This is the PAWFECT auction for 1st time…

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Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(March 6, 2015) The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) continues its wholesale violation of state statutes. This time it’s the Open Meeting Law. Yesterday I went to the Arizona Energy Conference organized by the Arizona Competitive Power Alliance and held at the Camelback Inn in Scottsdale. Attending and speaking at the Conference were ACC commissioners Bob Burns and Doug Little, as well as ACC chairperson Susan Smith. At the ACC’s website, on the “Notice of Public Meetings” page, we find: “According to Open Meeting Law, when 3 or more Commissioners attend a meeting or event, the…

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By Ted Grussing … earth is a beautiful place to be and the constant change in all things earth is a wonderful thing to behold … our species tends to take itself a little too seriously and sometimes it is good to kick back knowing that the planet has been around for billions of years before we got here and it will be here for billions of years after we are gone … it does its own thing and cares not a whit whether we are here or not. Had we been here five million years ago and as advanced…

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Sedona AZ (March 6, 2015) – The announcement of the 36th annual Native Plant workshop marks an early harbinger of spring.  Sponsored by Keep Sedona Beautiful (“KSB”), the Saturday, March 28 daylong program will cover topics ranging from managing invasive species to designing landscapes using water-saving features and drought-resistant plants.

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By Ted Grussing … before heading down to Falcon this afternoon I headed up to Flagstaff and beyond to photograph the peaks and volcanic cones left behind by volcanic eruptions over millions of years and over the past several days recipients of snow … lots of it. I got some good video too and hope to work on it a little tomorrow. Also I got some very neat close up shots of the peaks, mostly from the east and north sides. There was about a 25 kt wind for 041 at the peaks and it was pretty neat as the…

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Sedona AZ (March 5, 2015) – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is hosting a FREE two-hour lecture and demonstration on Golden acrylic paints, presented by nationally recognized artist Nancy Reyner, at its monthly meeting at on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 6 p.m. Space is limited to 50 participants and pre-registration is required by March 12.Technical tips, cool tricks, free product samples and information packets, including hand-painted color charts, will be provided to all participants. To sign up, contact Fran McNamara at 516-528-1124 or email frannymack1@gmail.com prior to the lecture which will be held at Keep Sedona Beautiful, 360 Brewer…

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Sedona AZ (March 5, 2015) – Sedona Your Heart Is Mine, sung by Jeanie Carroll and written by Terrie Frankel and Fred Shinn debuted at the Sedona International Film Festival on February 28th, 2015. This quintessential Sedona, Arizona song features spectacular photos from some of Sedona’s most popular photographers: Ted Grussing, Larry Pollock,  Craig Stuart (Arizona Photography Adventures), Greg Stevenson (The Hike House), Al Comello, Fred Shinn, Jim Glish Mike Schroeder, etc. Local residents, Terrie and Fred came up with the idea to write this tribute to the town they have collectively lived in for over 30 years when they…

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By Ted Grussing … when conditions are relatively benign I enjoy flying within the caldera of the San Francisco Peaks  … especially during the fall color and capture the beauty within this relatively small ecosystem that has unique weather patterns and a rare beauty unique to it. Such was the day last September and the aspen groves were near peak color.

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By Winnie Muench, Chairman, Sedona Chamber Ballet(March 4, 2015)  Dear Sedona Biz, I have not seen this meeting publicized I think it is critical that the community is aware.  Below is my plea to the citizens of Sedona. CITIZENS OF SEDONA!!! SHOW UP AND LET YOUR VOICES BE HEARD We must have an IMPACT ON THE FUTURE OF SPAC FOR THE ARTS COMMUNITY AND THE CHILDREN AND TEENS OF SEDONA. OPEN MEETING WITH DAVE LYKINS and several members of the BOARD OF EDUCATION March 5 FROM 5:30-7:30 AT THE SEDONA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. BE THERE BE HEARD.

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By Mary Cravets, Business Coach & Speaker Sedona AZ (March 3, 2015) – A lot of the people in my life have two things in common right now: They declared in no uncertain terms that 2015 is their break through year. Nothing is going the way they planned. The truth is that when you make a declaration of sweeping change and are serious about it, things get weird. What you’ve been doing doesn’t work anymore. Things you’ve counted on for years fall away. Clients leave.

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