By Ted Grussing … but I’m including a link to Reagan Word’s website tonight and it deals with his winning sculpture “Open Gate” which features a Great Blue Heron which will be located at the Schnebly Hill Road roundabout. The link to his website is: http://www.colorcove.com/gateway.html and he has a video of the conceptual design as well as small sculptures of it available for sale. Reagan is a very talented artist, and nice guy and he thanks many of you for your support and vote in the competition last year which secured his win of the design competition. They are…
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Westport CT (January 27, 2015) – Carl Jackson, former publisher of Sedona.biz, gives an update of winter Storm Juno from Westport, Connecticut: 18″ of snow and it’s still falling.
Sedona AZ (January 27, 2015) – Phoenix Ballet has been invited to participate in the oldest ballet festival in Poland: Lodz International Ballet Festival May 21-28, 2015. To make the journey to Poland, the Phoenix Ballet needs to raise approximately $35,000 to cover travel expenses to and from Poland for 29 students and chaperones.
Cottonwood AZ (January 26, 2015) – Want to meet some new friends and get your exercise all at the same time? The Cottonwood Roadrunners Square Dance Club will be starting square dance lessons on Tuesday, January 27th, 2015 at the Cottonwood Civic Center in Old Town Cottonwood. The lessons begin at 6:30pm.
Cornville AZ (January 23, 2015) – Just before 6 AM this morning, a-21-year-old female driver was north on Beaverhead Flat Road at mile marker 3 in Cornville, when her vehicle left the roadway, overturned, and landed on a small hill alongside the roadway. The vehicle was a 1999 Maroon Jeep Laredo. It appears she had been ejected or crawled out the window when found by 3 good Samaritans about 20 feet from the vehicle. The victim was lying in a ditch and the engine compartment was fully engulfed in flames. As the fire grew, the 3 men approached her while…
Sedona AZ (January 23, 2015) – “Hi! I am Star! And I am the brightest and cutest little 5 mo female kitty. If you adopt me I promise to bring sweet sparkles and star twinkles into your life. Am I your new little star? Please come see me at the shelter and I am sure you will want to take me home. You can see more pictures of me here.” Come by and take a tour of the shelter and see all the wonderful dogs and cats that are eager to be your new best friend. Stop by anytime seven days…
By Henry Twombly, Sedona Resident(January 23, 2015) I was both amused and horrified to read the [Sedona] City Council’s wishlist. I was amused by the variety of unnecessary projects that would cause senseless discretionary spending. Some of my favorites were website enhancement, wireless master plan and broadband, a central meeting place and the ultimate one – a new design and aesthetics for street signs, which has to be somebody’s pork request. Needless to say, I was horrified that there was no mention of balancing the budget without spending down the reserves. No hint at all of any fiscal responsibility to…
By Ted Grussing A good portion of the day was spent going through my 2014 uploads and deleting and putting the remaining images in their appropriate folders … finished through June of 2014 and hope to get at least two months per day done until I finish the year and then onwards into 2015. The idea of course is to keep the images that are best and delete anything with even a slight problem. After the upload folders are gone through the battle is brought to the individual category files and try to do mass deletions. When you shoot a…
By Jean Jenks, Sedona Resident(January 23, 2015) Hello Mayor and Councilors, Please be advised the Arizona Dept. of Revenue issued its “FY 2013/14 Report of Bonded Indebtedness” last month. According to AZDOR: Sedona’s per capita bond debt, the 7th highest of AZ’s 91 cities, is $4,649.62. The average per capita debt for cities and towns with outstanding bond debt is $1,765.98. $46,645,000 is the outstanding City bond debt as of 6/30/2014. The Original Principal is $106,850,000 (See attachment for list of bonds). The Interest Paid to Date is $31,436,481 (Per attached list of bonds).
Sedona AZ (January 23, 2015) – On February 14th, the Sedona Korean American Association (SKAA) will host the fifth annual Lunar New Year Festival. This unique opportunity for multi-cultural exchange will offer traditional Asian food, games, performances, fortune telling and New Year blessings for all visitors and residents of Sedona.
By Ted Grussing … I’m not sure how birders will rate this bird and not even sure if they have a separate category for it … I’m calling it a Malpin, as it is a definite crossbreed between a Mallard and an American Pintail. The head shape, beak, neck collar and tail feathers are those of a Pintail and the head color is for sure that of a drake mallard and perhaps some of the body colors, although the wings look a little like a Pintail too. Anyhow, I shot it down at the ponds a few days ago ……
An exciting opportunity to help others and hang out with horses! Cornville AZ (January 22, 2015) – Connections Equine Therapy is a non-profit organization located in Cornville, AZ offering Therapeutic Riding and other services designed to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities. This is your opportunity to get involved with a great group of people, get to know some wonderful horses and help a worth-while cause!
By Ted Grussing … remember when you were a kid (or maybe always) and enjoyed jumping in the pool or a lake and tucking yourself into a kind of ball so that when you hit the splash was maximized … and everyone close by got a heavy duty splash and wave … Sometimes it looks like other creatures enjoy the same behavior like this Ringneck Duck that splashed in and then took a hard right turn to make sure that the splash went high and far … you can kind of see the little dude in the middle of the…
Sedona AZ (January 21, 2015) – The Sedona International City of Peace is sponsoring a special evening event at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, January 27th at the Sedona Public Library, entitled “Child Sex Trafficking in Our Community: An Evening of Awareness and Prevention.” “Learning about child sex trafficking is shocking, and as a City of Peace, we feel an obligation to share what we recently have learned with you,” says Lori Rubenstein. Rubenstein is one of the founding members of the Sedona International City of Peace and an Ambassador for Shared Hope International whose mission is to eradicate sex trafficking worldwide.…
By Ted Grussing … the sun was setting … the air was quiet … the rocks, clouds and the peaks were all being lit up … life is good and all is well. I took this shot as I was shedding altitude before entering a left downwind for R3 at Sedona late this afternoon. The air was relatively clean and thus the detail you can see on the peaks … snowcapped tops touching the clouds. On the horizon moving left to right you have Sitgreaves Mountain, Kendrick Peak, the San Francisco Peaks and Mt. Elden. The dark canyon running left…