Sedona AZ (December 19, 2020) – Hopi youth support is the focus of Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects’ 22nd annual Hopi Holiday Project. “We welcome monetary donations to help us purchase learning enhancement gifts and hygiene supplies for the 350 youth in the village of Shungopavi and for the 100 plus children in foster care”, says director Sandra Cosentino. “The youth are doing at-home learning in their remote villages in northeastern Arizona and these items would be very helpful.”
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By Christine Seeholzer, Sedona Resident(December 19, 2020)The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors recently signed off on a Yavapai County Sheriff Office contract for stray animal services with a small veterinarians practice, instead of renewing its former contract with the Verde Valley Humane Society. This is detrimental not only to the dogs being handled under that arrangement, but also to the people of Yavapai County who have lost pets and will not know where their dogs may have been taken, if found. It reduces not only the chances of reunifying dogs and their families, but also reduces the chances that an…
Phoenix AZ (December 19, 2020) – Get inspired about Arizona’s raptors during a truly wild Zoom meeting! The Arizona Game and Fish Department Wildlife Center is offering a limited number of live virtual raptor encounters to get you up-close and personal with one of our amazing animal ambassadors—all from the comfort of your home or office. Spend 30 minutes with an owl, hawk or falcon, while our Wildlife Education Outreach Coordinator teaches you about the species and what makes them so amazing. Each encounter includes time for you to ask questions.
By John Roberts(December 19, 2020)Donald Trump got us to ” America First ” without any help from anywhere and all by himself ( China excuse is excluded ).This was confirmed on December 16, 2020 when on this day 6956 Americans all died of COVID-19. No other nation came close and this number surely exceeded the single day American death totals for Pearl Harbor and 9/11.Don’t we owe dearest Donnie an award for this singular achievement as it was reported on the very same date he was safe, warm and sound resting in a White House bunker doing nothing to stop…
By Virginia Volkman, DirectorSedona AZ (December 18, 2020) – Sedona Public Library has come a long way from its starting point in 1958. What has never changed is the Library’s role as the heart of the community, a place where individuals of all ages can discover new authors, encounter new ideas, and, for so many people, make new friends. As I leave my position as director after 11 years, I’m proud of the many accomplishments that we’ve made as a team, always a collaborative effort. I felt the same way when I left after my first tenure as director from 1979 to…
By Ted Grussing… can be deceiving … we all like to see the showy and beautiful creatures and people too, but not so much the less showy who go about their daily lives with talents and powers that are not readily apparent, but lack the eye grabbing physical attributes to be showcased … because we do not see pictures or videos of them they remain unseen and unknown while the showy ones retain the focus of most people.
Kristin Scott Thomas stars in award-winning and inspiring true story at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 17, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the audience sensation “Military Wives” showing Dec. 26-30 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Military Wives” was the closing night film at the recent Sedona International Film Festival, where it earned rave reviews from the sold-out audience. It has also won numerous top awards at several prestigious film festivals around the world.
Sedona AZ (December 17, 2020) – She was living in Honolulu and working at an Indian restaurant when Harmony Longly suddenly had the realization that if she lost her job, she would have nothing to fall back on. Nothing to support herself. It scared her. She realized that more and more good jobs require a college degree, and she was missing out on better opportunities by not having one. Harmony is not afraid of hard work, she started working at age 12 with a paper route in Wisconsin and she earned a GED at age 16 so she could start a…
Sedona AZ (December 17, 2020) – The Sedona Photography Symposium brings world-class photographers to Sedona, Arizona, August 12-15, 2021, for a series of presentations, workshops, field outings, and breakout sessions at the Sedona Creative Life Center. The program’s theme, “Unleash Your Inner Artist,” is geared to photographers of all levels of experience. The purpose is to offer those attending a diverse subject range allowing each to experience, learn, and return home a better photographer.
Castle Hot Springs Resort is now a Certified Sustainable Business at the Conservationist/Bronze level from the Sustainability Alliance.Sedona AZ (December 17, 2020) – Word is spreading about the Sustainable Business Certification. When Castle Hot Springs intern, Lucy Morrison, stayed at Junipine Resort and learned they were certified, she quickly got in touch with the Sustainability Alliance to see if Castle Hot Springs would also qualify. Located just north of Phoenix, they’re the first certified business at the southern end of Yavapai County.
Phoenix AZ (December 17, 2020) – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that the Arizona Attorney General’s Office (AGO), in partnership with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has published a new civil rights pamphlet in English and Spanish available free to Arizonans. The pamphlet provides Arizonans with answers to frequently asked questions regarding their rights and how to file civil rights complaints related to discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, and voting. Initially, the pamphlets are being distributed statewide to 180 locations throughout Arizona, including the Arizona Bar Foundation, Community Legal Services, courts, law libraries, and non-profits.“I am…
By Ted Grussing… whether hunting with a weapon or a camera, if you are going to be successful you need to be able to find your prey. Look for things or shapes that do not belong where you see them, look for movement where there should be no movement … then try to identify what you are seeing and carefully move in to take the shot once you identify the target.
New Date Opens Opportunities to Add Events, Outdoor ScreeningsSedona AZ (December 16, 2020) – The surging COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona and across the country and in anticipation of the availability of the approved coronavirus vaccines has prompted the postponement of the 27th annual Sedona International Film Festival from Feb. 20-28 to June 12-20.“We made the responsible decision to postpone the Festival. The good news is that having the Festival in June also opens up some great opportunities to reinstate features we had canceled and introduce new ones,” said Executive Director Pat Schweiss. “We also felt that with vaccines becoming available,…
Victim lost $13,000 in recent case Prescott AZ (December 16, 2020) – Earlier this month, a 72-year-old Prescott area resident reported that he was swindled out of more that $13,000 in what is commonly known as the ‘Microsoft Computer Repair Scam.’ ‘These tech support scams are an industry-wide issue where scammers use scare tactics to trick users into paying for unnecessary technical support services that supposedly fix contrived device, platform, or software problems.’ The victim paid for ‘services’ with gift cards. Initial contact by these scammers can occur by phone, email or a webpage pop-up up alert.
Sedona AZ (December 16, 2020) – Members of the Verde Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild will have their spinning wheels humming for “Monday at the Museum” at the Sedona Heritage Museum on December 28th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The spinners’ guild was formed over 35 years ago by Mary Pendleton of the Pendleton Weaving studio in Sedona along with a few weavers in the Verde Valley. The guild continues today with some 40 to 50 members actively pursuing Fiber Arts such as weaving, spinning, basket-making, dyeing and knitting. They would be happy to share their art with you,…