Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, May 15 at 5:00 pm via ZOOM. This month’s speaker is Denise Gibbs, Retired Interpretive Park Naturalist and Monarch butterfly expert. Her topic will be “For the Love of Monarchs: Join the Push to Save a Beloved Butterfly”. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details. To join the Zoom presentation, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81835656458. The Zoom link will also be posted on the KSB website. Denise will share information on Monarch butterflies and will discuss their serious decline in numbers. Learn the reasons why, and how…
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By Steve Segner Sedona, AZ — Arizona’s city government works differently from a direct democracy. Instead of everyone voting on every decision, we elect people to choose for us. This prevents special interest groups from taking over and making decisions that don’t represent the views of the 8000+ Sedona citizens and business. If Ms. Todd wants to run for city council, she must understand that her job is not just listening to people’s ‘wants’ but, more importantly, what the community needs—not what large or small special interest groups want. It’s crucial to remember that community ‘ needs’ are defined in the community…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Life is so strange. One moment I am fascinated with this crazy, unnameable Isness, in awe of this unreasonable aliveness, fractured to my very soul, unwilling and literally unable to even try to comprehend why there is anything here at all … and the next moment I am sighing, laughing, crying, feeling my humanity, adoring its expressions, deeply in love with the totality while simultaneously heartbroken by the pain we feel the need to inflict on one another. I guess it’s not all that strange, after all we hu-mans — (hu) God man — are both…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Nowhere Special” showing May 10-16 at the Mary D. Fisher and Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatres. A single father dedicates the last few months of his life to finding a new family for his four-year-old son in “Nowhere Special”, starring Edward Norton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKPNVZ4pFgw John — a 35-year-old window cleaner — has dedicated his life to bringing up his 4-year-old son, Michael, after the child’s mother left them soon after giving birth. When John is given only a few months left to live, he attempts to…
Sedona News – The Rotary Club of Sedona Village is proud to announce the recipients of its annual summer camp scholarships. This year, all the winners are high school students from Red Rock High School. On Tuesday, Russ Snider, a member of the Rotary Club of Sedona Village, presented scholarships to five deserving students, enabling them to pursue their passions and further their skills in various fields. The scholarship recipients, along with the camps they will be attending, are as follows: 1. Ari Tedrick – AZ Pole Vault Academy 2. Sofia Wolf/SRRHS – Sedona Dance Academy 3. Teddy Arizmendi/SRR JRH…
By David Stephen What would be different if consciousness was defined as the subjectivity of a function like memory or a feeling, rather than the commonly expressed subjective experience of say, seeing red or the smell of rose? How can the self, subjective experience or self-awareness be measured to rate consciousness in an instance? For example, every part of the skin is a part of the self for which any experience can be subjective. What is the difference between touch on an arm and elsewhere? If there is a sweet taste at a time and a sour taste at another,…
Sedona, AZ — It can happen to anyone. One second you are enjoying robust health. The next moment you are pierced with tubes in the Intensive Care Unit. This happened to me and this is my story. A story of pain and gratitude for the wonderful medical staff of HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center, Arizona. Two months ago, out of nowhere, I began experiencing pain and sluggishness in my legs. I went to see a vascular surgeon about it and was told I had abdominal aortic aneurysms that were twice normal size and could burst any moment. I was then…
… it was an absolute blast at the show yesterday and I love the intimacy of the smaller venue as it is so much easier to interact with the audience! Pretty sure that most of my future finale shows will be in there. Pat says that I have at least five more farewell shows to do … he told me last fall that if Cher can do seven farewell tours, I can do at least seven farewell shows … thanks Pat. It was sold out and a few chairs behind the installed seats were set up … yay! The Sedona International…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Thabo and the Rhino Case” showing May 10-16 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYK4J3uyNL8 “Thabo and the Rhino Case” is produced by Academy Award-winning producer Peter Herrman of the Best Foreign Language Film “Nowhere in Africa”. Thabo (11) wants to become a private detective. If only his home — a small African village —was not the most peaceful Savannah paradise. But things take a sudden turn when a rhino is murdered in the safari park because of its horn. Join the adventures of…
Verde Valley News – Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) announced that Courtney Umphress, PA-C, has joined the health care organization as a new provider at the NAH Medical Group (NAHMG) Camp Verde Immediate Care clinic. Immediate Care offers treatment for most of the same conditions treated at an urgent care. Patients pay the same co-pay for an Immediate Care visit as they pay to see their primary care provider. “We are pleased to welcome Courtney to NAH Immediate Care in Camp Verde,” said NAHMG President Pasquale Bernardi, MD. “We believe in the importance of delivering the very best care to the communities we…
Sedona News – The Sedona Women are pleased to announce geologist and author Wayne Ranney will speak on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at the Sedona Public Library, where TSW programs are scheduled monthly every second Thursday morning from September through May from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Wayne Ranney has authored numerous books on the geology of Sedona and the Southwest and is one of Arizona’s most respected lecturers. Ranney will review a variety of topics, including the development of Sedona’s landscape and how it relates to the Grand Canyon. Having just returned from Antarctica, he will offer a view of the White Continent and its…
Arizona News – The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Foundation for Community & Health Advancement announces the opening of its Mental Health Matters grant, which will award up to $125,000 to each selected local nonprofit, educational institution, and community organization addressing mental health in Arizona. Applications will be accepted from May 1 to May 29, 2024. With mental health as its flagship focus, AZ Blue’s Foundation is investing in community partners to expand resources and access, reduce stigma, and connect people to care. Areas of focus include but are not limited to: suicide prevention, youth mental health, the intersection of…
Sedona, Az –The Sedona Airport will be hosting “The Great Sedona Fly-In” on Saturday, May 4th from 8am – 4pm. This event is not open to the public at large, but instead is structured for area pilots to visit Sedona and attend any of three safety seminars to include: Two FAA WINGS Program Seminars and a presentation by Mr. Cary Grant of the Arizona Safety Advisory Group. In addition, Mr. Ken Goble of Cirrus Aviation will have an SR22 G7 (latest version) on the ramp throughout the day to demonstrate its new avionics. 10am ‘High Country Flying’ (90 mins) …
By Tracey McConnell.Community Development Director Verde Valley Sanctuary Verde Valley News – Verde Valley Sanctuary (VVS)’ mission is to provide safety, services, and comfort to survivors of domestic and sexual violence. We are the only service provider of our kind within a 50-mile radius, and the only provider of services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence in the Verde Valley region. The VVS Emergency Shelter is in desperate need of the following 10 items: 15 twin flat sheets (preferably white) 10 twin fitted sheets (preferably white) 10 twin plastic mattress protectors 10 twin comforters or bedspread 20 towels /…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Resistance: They Fought Back” showing for two days only: May 7-8 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJeIagwa1mc We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but most people have no idea how widespread and prevalent Jewish resistance to Nazi barbarism was. Instead, it’s widely believed “Jews went to their deaths like sheep to the slaughter.” Filmed in Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Israel, and the U.S., “Resistance: They Fought Back” provides a much-needed corrective to this myth of Jewish passivity. There were uprisings in…