Includes tragic reminder to drive alert in work zonesPhoenix AZ (December 16, 2020) – At the Arizona Department of Transportation, 2020 saw the creation of a terrifying distracted driving awareness campaign, a tragic reminder of the need to drive safely in work zones and the adaptive nature of traffic safety professionals.For National Distracted Driving Awareness Month in October, ADOT launched its “Distracted Drivers Terrify Me” public awareness campaign. The campaign features regular people doing jobs most of us find frightening. What’s the only thing that terrifies the venomous snake handler? Distracted drivers, of course.
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Phoenix AZ (December 16, 2020) – Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced today that the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has reinstated a death sentence for Arizona inmate George Kayer. Yesterday’s opinion reverses a Ninth Circuit decision that granted habeas relief to Kayer. In 1994, Kayer brutally murdered his friend, Delbert Haas, to rob Haas of his belongings. Kayer shot Haas in the back of the head while pulled over alongside the Interstate in Yavapai County. Kayer has now exhausted all of his appeals.
By Darcy Hitchcock Co-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (December 16, 2020) – A lot of professional service companies shrug when asked about sustainability. “We recycle our paper…” they say while their voice dwindles toward a question mark. But who they serve and what behaviors they support are typically far more important than their internal practices. Questions you should answer.
By Ted Grussing… I took this shot last year at about this time and it was cold … I spent the day on Lake Pleasant today and it was cold and between the two days I felt warmer looking at this image than anything I shot today, so here it is. Tomorrow if I thaw out I will send something I shot today, because I did get some cool (there is that reference to cold again) photos though.
Accepting letters of intent through Jan. 15Flagstaff AZ (December 15, 2020) – Northern Arizona Healthcare Foundation is soliciting interest in its 2021 Northern Arizona Community Health Grant Cycle, which looks to fund initiatives with innovation and sustainable impact. Letters of intent are required before grant application and must be submitted by Jan. 15.The Foundation seeks to invest in new initiatives that will have a lasting impact on community health. Programs and projects should involve one or more of these priorities: advancing healthcare access, improving behavioral health, and mitigating chronic health conditions.
By John Roberts, Sedona Resident(December 15, 2020)Alexi Navalny is the Russian politician who was poisoned but survived .The evidence is overwhelming and documented
Phoenix AZ (December 15, 2020) – A bipartisan coalition of 51 Attorneys General, led by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal, sent a letter urging Congress to pass legislation to protect the safety of federal judges and their families.”Threats to members of judiciary are on the rise and I am urging Congress to pass this important legislation to help prevent another tragedy from occurring,” said General Brnovich.
By Ted Grussing… airspace, this is where pilots rely on visual and audio checks on the frequency used by the airport for pilots to talk with each other to coordinate take offs and landings in order that you do not have situations like this happening … kinda like a Gulfstream V coming in as a Citation V is departing.
By Tommy Acosta(December 13, 2020)There is a three-word phrase that sums up 2020. No. It’s not “Black Lives Matter.” It’s not “Burn it Down,” “Four More Years,” “Fight for Trump” or even “Made in China.”The phrase is “I Can’t Breathe” and hands down it encapsulates the leitmotif of this horrendous year.Starting with the slow motion public execution of George Floyd that let to massive riots, shootings, looting and severe injuries to communities and people across America, to the virus that chokes the oxygen from the lungs of the infected, the phrase “I can’t breathe” has dominated our public consciousness.
Cottonwood AZ (December 13, 2020) – The Verde Historical Society is pleased to announce the incoming Board of Directors who will lead the society forward in the coming year. The Board acts to govern the Society on behalf of the general membership and is responsible for establishing policies and procedures necessary to achieve the purposes of the Society. The Verde Historical Society is the non-profit 501(c)3 sponsor for the Clemenceau Heritage Museum which collects, catalogs, displays and interprets the history of the communities of the Verde Valley as well as the seven historic Verde Valley railroads.
Camp Verde AZ (December 13, 20200 – Join Camp Verde Community Library online at 3:00 pm on Friday, December 18th for a free FRANK Talk about race in America.Rowdy Duncan from Phoenix College will present the program via an online Zoom meeting co-hosted by Zack Garcia from Camp Verde Community Library. A brief recorded video introduction is followed by a live interactive discussion with Rowdy. Participants must register to attend the event at https://conta.cc/3oKeaFa or by going to the CVCL Facebook page (@campverdelibrary) at https://www.facebook.com/campverdelibrary and clicking on Events. There is a limit of 30 participants.
Bolshoi Ballet production from Moscow returns to the big screen at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 11, 2020) – Come and experience a holiday treasure! The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, Dec. 20 when it hosts the big screen encore of “The Nutcracker” from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow. There will be one show at 4:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Christmas would not be complete without the enchanting tale of young Marie and her Nutcracker prince! E.T.A. Hoffmann’s fairytale staged by Russian ballet master Yuri Grigorovich will transport children and adults alike to…
Phoenix AZ (December 11, 2020) – On Mon Dec. 7, 2020, the Arizona Registrar of Contractors (AZ ROC) summarily suspended the KB-2 Dual Residential and Small Commercial license held by Beaumier’s Design & Remodeling LLC (ROC 312249), a Cottonwood-based contracting business.The summary suspension proceedings were initiated earlier this month after AZ ROC investigated seven complaints against the license, three for abandonment of remodeling projects, one for abandonment of a new home build, and three for non-payment to other licensed contractors hired to work on previous projects.
By Viviane Kraus, Youth Services LibrarianSedona AZ (December 11, 2020) – We have an exciting new program initiative for families and children in our community. With COVID-19 restrictions limiting the hands-on learning experiences of local students, Sedona Public Library is proud to fill in the gap by offering home-based STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) activities for youth.The Library is collaborating with the Science Vortex of the Verde Valley, a new nonprofit children’s STEAM center, to offer monthly virtual hands-on STEAM lessons and STEAM kits available for checkout.
By Ted Grussing… winter art on the plateau … take a landscape filled with volcanoes, add a good snow fall and contrasty light and you get instant modern or abstract art. I took this shot almost two years ago after a good snow up on the plateau east of Flagstaff. The snow fills pockets or grooves in the lava fields and the cinder cones themselves. My kind of shooting when I get the chance.