Verde Valley News – Gift cards are a popular and convenient gift for all occasions. They’re also a tool that scammers use to steal money from people. Scammers have been targeting Yavapai County residents by asking them to pay a fake fine or probation bill with gift cards. They may also use a compromised email account to send emails requesting gift card purchases for friends, family, or co-workers. YCSO would like to remind the public that gift cards are for gifts, not for paying fines. YCSO will never ask anyone to make a payment with a gift card. **Yavapai County…
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Verde Valley News – El Valle Artist Association (EVAA) Artist of the Month for September is Mike Trulson for his watercolor painting titled SAC. Ever since I can remember, drawing and painting has held a place in my soul. I was always drawing in Grade school, cartoons mainly. When art classes became electives in Junior high and high school I made sure I was enrolled in a class every semester. I enjoyed the biographies of the great masters. Being honest with myself and the reality of pursuing fine art as a career, (I had no desire to be a starving…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “MVP” showing Sept. 23-29 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre. On the streets of Hollywood, a recently retired NFL player is saved from scandal by a homeless veteran suffering from PTSD. With their glory days behind them both, the two men bond in search of true purpose and identity. Inspired by actual events, “MVP” dramatizes the formation of Merging Vets & Players (MVP), and the film features military veterans and former professional athletes both in front of and behind the camera. “Gripping! Will make…
Sedona News – There’s a certain mystery that surrounds the creation of art, especially bronze sculptures, which require so many steps along the way. Award-winning bronze wildlife sculptor and gallery owner Ken Rowe seeks to demystify the process when he steps into the spotlight on Friday, October 7, for Class Act. Ken, who prefers to sculpt from live animal models, will demonstrate his process with the help of a surprise guest from Runnin’ W Wildlife Center, a nonprofit rescue and rehabilitation facility based out of Cornville. “Will our model have fur or feathers?” speculates Ken. “You’ll have to come see to find…
… spent most of the day working on the article for Sedona Monthly, November edition, on The Humane Society of Sedona and what their presence has done for us and influenced our lives. It began in December of 1999 when we brought Nimbus home from the shelter … he always liked to burrow into blankets and hide … a fierce hunter when outside and a pal with Lo, about a 35+ pound bobcat who used to join us on the deck … Corky, me, Nimbus and Lo all relaxing in the sun for an hour or so. Q joined our…
Sedona News – GC Productions and Sedona International Film Festival Present: “A Cabaret of Consciousness” A Brilliant Leading-Edge Powerhouse of a Performance that is “The Voice of The Earth Herself!” This amazing one-woman musical will make its 2022 debut on Friday, Sept. 23 at 7 p.m. at the Mary D, Fisher Theatre. “A Cabaret of Consciousness” is written and performed by Gina Citoli. The show has played to rave reviews and standing ovations throughout out the US. It is family friendly, ages 9 and up. As Mama Earth Gina Citoli delivers a profound and beautiful message of hope and promise…
Verde Valley News – Friday, October 21st from 9:00a-3:30p the Lions Club of Yavapai County will bring eye care services through their mobile doctor’s office to Camp Verde community members. The Lions Mobile Eye Care Van is a fully equipped eye doctor’s examination room used by volunteer eye doctors to give screening eye exams and write prescriptions for eyeglasses. It is the mission of Lions Clubs to use this mobile doctor’s office to bring eye care services to all of Yavapai County, with particular emphasis on residents 18 years and older who lack the means for, or access to, eye…
Sedona News – Love quilting? Got questions? Members of the Red Rock Quilters will be the featured guests for Monday at the Museum on Monday, September 26th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Perhaps bring a small project to work on and enjoy the fellowship of quilting by getting your questions answered or just talking about the joy of quilting. They welcome all levels of quilters, fabric lovers, guests and traveling quilters. There is no charge for this demonstration. “Mondays at the Museum” is a workshop/ demonstration held every Monday; please call for a current schedule. The Museum is always looking…
Sedona News – The city invites the public to attend its next artist reception on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Vultee Conference Room at City Hall. On display are oil landscapes painted by Melanie Chambers Hartman and nature photography by husband and wife, Stan and Susie Rose. Special music guest will be Näthan “Saith” Gangadean. The Chambers Hartman exhibit, “A Brush with Nature” celebrates Sedona and the surrounding areas. Two years ago she moved from Virginia to Sedona where she enjoys spending time outdoors, hiking, traveling and painting en plein air.…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory Energetically, I had mastered the trick of folding my body in upon itself. It happens at the energetic level even if it doesn’t manifest in the physical appearance. I folded myself up, tipping the crown chakra energy down towards my little Buddha belly and wrapping my shoulders inward to fill in the gaps. It seems to be the default mechanism of the sense of separation, a protective attitude that becomes automatically embedded. After a moment, or longer, abiding as awareness, abiding as not-twoness, I could feel the wide-open, infinitely empty piece of paper, the infinite potential…
… over the last 20+ years I have spent hundreds of hours in the air photographing the landscape of Sedona and northern Arizona from the air and especially the last fifteen or so years my motorglider served as an aerial tripod as I experimented with shooting the terrain from various altitudes, angles, times of day and varying weather conditions … now I have a portfolio with tens of thousands of these images and periodically I go through them. The shot above is looking up Long Canyon on a wintry January day … Seven Canyons resort is just below center in…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the third film in its four-week Sustainable Tourism Film Series. “Crowded Out: The Story of Overtourism” will show on Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre at 4 p.m. The event will also include a selection of “Sustainable Travel: Where Next?” short films along with a panel discussion. “Crowded Out” is a powerful short documentary exploring overtourism, featuring interviews with local residents and global experts. Overtourism occurs when there are too many visitors to a particular destination. When rent prices push out local tenants to make…
Verde Valley News – Over the last few months, Partners Against Narcotics Trafficking (PANT) have been given information about a methamphetamine seller and distributor, James Crawford (56) of Rimrock. With enough information to obtain a search warrant, Detectives searched Crawford’s residence on the evening of September 12, 2022. Inside, two loaded handguns (Crawford is a prohibited possessor from previous convictions), an ounce of meth, as well as scales and drug paraphernalia, was found. Crawford was taken into custody and charged with possession of a firearm as a prohibited possessor, possession of a firearm during a drug offense, possession of dangerous…
Camp Verde News – Camp Verde Community Library will be hosting a Chess Club on the first and third Tuesday of each month, beginning Tuesday, September 20. The event will be held in the Founders Room. For all ages and skill levels, whether you are new to the game, or an experienced player, join other community members during this hour of fun! Chess sets are provided, but bring your own if you would like. For more info contact Tristan Deters at tdetersc5002@gmail.com
… I have spent most of my life in search of and at times if I had feathers they would have been as ruffled as those of the Great Blue Heron in the photograph above. Just check out the intensity of his focus in search of a fish for his morning snack … no fly fishing gear for him, he spears them with his beak or grabs them with his beak … flips them so they go down head first and swallows them whole … efficiency! Below is a shot of an Osprey that has just left his perch on…