First a decision is made to leave earth and travel unseen airways … it is optional and there are many ways of getting there and we’ll explore a few of them tonight … illustrated of course! The shot above is of a Great Egret that seemingly just flung itself out and over a cliff and is seeking stability and a little airspeed to remain airborne … you can see the alula feathers on the leading edge of his left wing deployed which increases lift and lowers his stall speed. If you think of these feathers as the thumb, and the…
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Sedona News – The Arizona Community Foundation’s online scholarship portal is now accepting applications for scholarship funding opportunities. These scholarships are available to students attending postsecondary schools during the 2022-23 academic year. As Arizona’s largest independent provider of scholarship funding, ACF offers access to more than 150 scholarships through a single online application. Applicants complete one application that instantly matches them with scholarship opportunities for which they may be eligible. Scholarships are available for high school seniors, current college students, graduate students, or adult re-entry students attending accredited two-year and four-year colleges and universities, as well as career and technical…
Sedona News – Camp Verde Community Library announces the purchase of AWE Learning’s Platinum Online first cloud-based program. Platinum Online programs are designed for ages 2-12. The program delivers 175+ award-winning, educational software titles with a single login. All programs have been screened and provide young learners a safe learning environment on a cloud platform. Login on any computer or tablet device in the library or at home. Platinum Online is the perfect addition to any homeschool or micro-school curriculum. All content is STREAM-aligned (Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art and Music, and Math) making it ideal for enrichment, intervention, homework…
Camp Verde News – Music in the Stacks returns on Thursday, January 13th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 3-5 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month. January’s free concert features the following talented local musicians: Jo Berger, Michael Peters, Kris Baldwin, and Matt Fabritz. Camp Verde Community Library is located just off of Montezuma Castle Highway at 130 Black Bridge Road, Camp Verde AZ. For more information about this or any other library program, visit the library’s website at www.cvlibrary.org or call 554-8391.
… the water was mirror like and the world was coming to life … a pair of Horned Grebes in winter plumage was clearing left and right before continuing their journey forward and in search of small fish to feed on … later on in the spring and summer they will have outrageously beautiful and colorful plumage. Below we have a juvenile Bald Eagle cruising the shore line on his way to a perch on a tree branch overlooking the lake as he searches for his morning breakfast. The theme the rest of the week will be devoted to takeoffs…
Sedona News: Steakhouse89 not only offers some of the best fine dining in Sedona but also great live music entertainment almost every night of the week. On Friday, January 14, from 5 to 9 p.m., it’s Sedona diva Lyndsay Cross on piano and vocals. She is mellow, smooth, and a pleasure to watch perform. Her repertoire of classics is formidable and expansive. Audiences love her and her music is perfect for a romantic night out or just a night of chilling. On Saturday, January 8, from 5 to 9 p.m., veteran crooner Bobby Myhre brings his special brand of music to the Steakhouse89…
By Tommy Acosta Sedona News: A Sedona.biz reader recently posted a comment on my last article “In Sedona The Only Way Out Is In.” She raised a question on how candidates in the coming City elections would handle the pandemic crisis, if elected and had the right to make mandates. I found that question intriguing. What if the governor indeed gave the right to issue mandates to municipalities in Arizona? That got me thinking as to what questions I would ask the council candidates. Questions whose answers might spell life or death to the Sedona we still have. Whipping out…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “La Liste: Everything or Nothing” on Thursday, Jan. 20 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Big mountain skiers, and close friends, Jérémie Heitz and Sam Anthamatten, find beauty and display grace in the dangerous world of free-skiing in “La Liste: Everything or Nothing”. Back in 2016, free-skier Jérémie Heitz compiled a list of some of the most daunting and iconic peaks in The Alps’, to then freeride down them at record speeds. Having developed a taste for adrenaline,…
Sedona News – The Coconino National Forest plans to improve the Mescal Day Use Trailhead area by constructing a new trailhead, providing a new access point to four popular trails: Mescal, Chuckwagon, Long Canyon, Devil’s Bridge and to Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness. This project will provide through-route parking for at least forty vehicles, including two oversize spots, an accessible parking spot and a shuttle stop. About half the existing parking area will remain open during construction, with minimal road closures on Long Canyon Road to accommodate visitor access. Construction will begin Jan. 10 with completion expected early summer. Worsening congestion along Long Canyon…
Sedona News – Big Park Regional Coordinating Council has submitted a detailed comment letter to the U.S. Forest Service in opposition to a proposed, above-ground Arizona Public Service (APS) 69kV Powerline Project from the Village of Oak Creek (VOC) to McGuireville. Most of the route would run across Coconino National Forest and require a special use permit from the Forest Service. On December 15th the Forest Service released a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA), initiating a 30-day public comment period. Big Park Council supports a second alternative under consideration by the Forest Service, according to Council President Camille Cox. The second…
Clarkdale AZ News – Please join the CHSM Board of Directors at the annual meeting on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be virtual this year. Join via WebEx at https://clarkdaleheritage.my.webex.com/clarkdaleheritage.my/j.php?MTID=m5e7a6c69b49cf0f696a28431aba5986f. This link is available on the CHSM website: www.clarkdalemuseum.org. Learn what CHSM has accomplished in the past year, and what’s planned for the coming months. Take this opportunity to ask questions, offer opinions and discuss ideas. Access the Museum’s collection, archives, resources and newsletters by visiting www.clarkdalemuseum.org. Peruse school yearbooks, historic phone books and many personal histories at no charge. The 2021 Virtual Home Tour is still…
Sedona News – City of Sedona City Manager Karen Osburn invites residents to participate in a new program, called Straight Talk with Karen, in which once a month, they can come to City Hall and sit down with Osburn to discuss any topic of their choice. The goal of the program is to facilitate open office hours so that residents can meet with Osburn on any question, concern, issue or general topic they would like to talk about. “I’m excited to provide this new forum and to engage with residents that I may not otherwise have the opportunity to interact…
I’ve never had such a great series of shots as I got today, which over about 20 minutes and 600 plus shots covered my time with a Red Tail Hawk near the north end of one of the bays on Lake Pleasant. When I first saw him, it was from a long ways off and he was perched on a cliff overlooking the bay which was about 600′ across to the far shore. The photo above was taken about half a second after he left the perch and cruised out over my head and he continued across the bay dropping…
By Amaya Gayle Gregory When they said, “See people for who they really are,” I thought they meant to see the inner light, the godSelf, the spark that remains even when it’s nearly extinguished, to join with that, to be in union, communion with the truth of them. I didn’t realize true teachers, those who really knew, meant something else. They pointed to a truth that was far beyond me at the time, so I contented myself with the illusion of love and light, of being one with everything — one with humans, trees, the planet, life. When they said,…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning documentary “A Song for Cesar” showing Jan. 14-19 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. History will remember the blood, sweat, and tears shed by late civil-rights activist and labor leader Cesar Chavez while standing up for American farmworkers. “A Song for Cesar” is offers a unique view of the life and legacy of Cesar Chavez and the farmworkers movement. The film tells a previously untold story about the musicians and artists — including Joan Baez, Maya Angelou, and Carlos Santana, among…