By Tommy Acosta(December 2, 2020)What happened? What the hell happened?One minute we are out there living life, going to movies, enjoying our sports, mingling with friends, eating out at our favorite restaurants, free to come and go as we please and the next we are locked in our homes, barred form concerts or seeing our favorite teams play, barred from our favorite bars, forced to stand like sheep in rows, forced to wear masks that dehumanize us, not allowed to have parties in our homes. Not allowed to go to church or libraries or movies or weddings.No proms. No high…
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By Ted GrussingOctober of 2018 was probably the finest shooting of the San Francisco Volcanic field I have had in the 20 plus years I have been flying over Northern Arizona. The leaves were in peak color when an amazing amount of snow fell over a period of days and I was fortunate enough to get up on the plateau and spend hours shooting the beauty that was everywhere. One day the clouds were below the rim and there was no way to just head up there from Sedona … so it was up through a large blue hole in…
Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman star in film at the Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (December 2, 2020) – The Mary D. Fisher Theatre is proud to present the acclaimed new film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” showing Dec. 11-17 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” stars Academy Award-winner Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in one of his final film roles before his untimely death earlier this year. Both give award-worthy performances in this inspiring new film.
ADOT prioritizes heavily-traveled roads to keep traffic, commerce moving Phoenix AZ (December 2, 2020) – When winter storms come through Arizona, major interstates like I-40 and I-17 are affected, impacting thousands of cars and trucks traveling on the highways. Fortunately, the Arizona Department of Transportation has a plan to help keep primary routes like interstates open during winter storms.ADOT has a prioritization plan for plowing state highways in areas where it snows. Heavily-traveled roads like interstates that carry local and cross-country traffic come first. ADOT will have many of its 200 snowplows stationed at various points along interstates and other…
Sedona AZ (December 2, 2020) – Professional photographers Karen Hutton and Lauri Novak will present to the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, December 14th. Due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, their online presentation will be via a Sedona Camera Club webinar.Two creative visionaries – also longtime friends – get together to discuss their art, their lives and influences and how they navigate the sometimes tumultuous waters of life as creatives. In an informal chat, each reveals their life’s work (so far!) and the alchemy of their vastly different focus in photography.
Cottonwood AZ (December 2, 2020) – Friends of the Verde River is pleased to announce the winners of the Verde Conservation Grant program 2020 cycle. Due to the overwhelming support of more than 50 local business participants in the Verde Conservation Partner program, Friends of the Verde River was able to fund three worthy projects this year. Friends had initially planned to award only two grants.
Cottonwood AZ (December 2, 2020) – On Wednesday, November 25, 2020, the Honorable Debora Phelan of the Yavapai County Superior Court sentenced David Alexander Bremner, 54, of Cottonwood, to state prison for a total of 14 years flat time. Bremner was found guilty on October 22, 2020 by a Yavapai County jury of possessing a large quantity of methamphetamine for sale, along with two other offenses.The charges stem from July 26, 2019, when a deputy from the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office observed a Ford Taurus speeding and crossing over the gore line on the ramp from the General Crook Trail…
Cottonwood AZ (December 2, 2020) – At approximately 5:14 p.m. yesterday, December 1, 2020, Verde Valley Fire District was dispatched to a Still Assignment / Vehicle Fire on Highway 260 just east of the day use area. Upon arrival crews found a 2,000 gallon propane truck with the cab fully engulfed in flames. Engine 311 immediately called for a second water tender and made an aggressive and quick attack on the fire.
By Darcy Hitchcock Co-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (December 2, 2020) – Yavapai County is obligated to update its comprehensive plan soon. What’s in the comprehensive plan and how well does it balance the needs of People, Planet and Prosperity? How can you influence the changes to the plan so your community has more control over what happens in your area?Keep Sedona Beautiful has begun digging into the details. On Jan 7, 10-11:30am, Craig Swanson will brief us on what they’ve learned and lead a discussion on next steps. Also, get a sneak peak at the Sustainability Scorecard results. Hosted by…
By Ted Grussing… there are few flowers more beautiful than tulips and of the tulips, white is the elegant one, the pure one. I took this shot at Filoli Gardens near days end back in 2012 while visiting my daughter and her family in the Bay Area. Flowers are one of my favorite subjects to shoot and I’m always looking for a better image than what I have … in the intervening eight years I have yet to come across a more beautiful grouping of white tulips or lighting conditions such as I had with this shoot. It is a…
Clarkdale AZ (December 1, 2020) – When the 2020 azcentral.com Arizona Wine Competition announced its awards this year, several wines produced by students of Yavapai College’s Southwest Wine Center were winners. The 2019 Viognier won Best in Class; Silver Medals were awarded to three wines: 2018 Hopper, 2018 Delta, and 2019 Joy; and the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon, 2018 Noble One, and 2019 Piquepoul Blanc were awarded Bronze Medals. The Arizona Republic has hosted the Arizona wine competition since 2010. Nineteen regional sommeliers, restaurant owners and wine professionals judged the 232 entries from 27 wineries at Mountain Shadows Resort in Paradise Valley on Nov.…
Statewide Recognition for Patrol Officer of Year, K9 Officer of the Year Prescott AZ (December 1, 2020) – On November 24, 2020, representatives from the Arizona Narcotics Officers Association (ANOA) presented distinguished awards to a YCSO K9 Deputy and Patrol Deputy. Pat Condon, Assistant Executive Director of the ANOA, and Carlos Leyva, Region #2 ANOA Representative, met in the Sheriff’s Office to present the awards. For details on the mission of the ANOA, see http://aznoa.org/what-we-do
Cottonwood AZ (December 1, 2020) – The bylaws of the Verde Historical Society direct it to conduct museum operations and act as the financial agent for the Clemenceau Heritage Museum located in the historic Clemenceau Public School in Cottonwood, AZ. The Society is the non-profit, 501(c)3 organization responsible for all operations.Since March, all major fund-raising events and activities that normally supply the majority of revenue for the society and museum operations were forced to be cancelled due to the health Pandemic of 2020. Membership income is ongoing, however it is a small part of total revenue for the organizations. The…
Yavapai County AZ (December 1, 2020) – The Arizona Community Foundation of Yavapai County and the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona are set to host its annual Cash for College Scholarship Awareness event on Monday, December 7, 2020, at 5 p.m. Students and their families in attendance will learn about more than 100 scholarships available to high school seniors, current college students, non-traditional students, students receiving career or technical training, as well as options for students wishing to return to college.
By Ted Grussing… the corner, watching all the girls walk by … these were the lyrics going through my head as I browsed the uploaded files whilst looking for an image to send out tonight. Kinda dates me as the song was originally put out in 1956, by The Four Lads … one of many great vocal groups during the time.