Prescott AZ (January 5, 2020) – It’s day 5 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 Program. Today the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in locating 29-year-old Damarius Antwone Williams. On October 24, 2016 the vehicle Williams was driving was pulled over for a traffic infraction by a Yavapai County Sheriff’s K-9 Deputy on eastbound Interstate 40 at milepost 137 in Ashfork Arizona. The deputy observed 3 additional occupants in the vehicle. The deputy also observed several indicators of criminal activity to include the behavior of the occupants, their answers to questions and an overwhelming odor of marijuana.
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Stroll down memory lane in live concert! Back by popular demand!Sedona AZ (January 4, 2020) – Celebrate the spirit, songs of Simon & Garfunkel when the indie-folk duo Scarborough returns to Sedona by popular demand with “The Music of Simon & Garfunkel” live concert. There will be one performance on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 7 p.m. on the Goldenstein Stage at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre, presented by the Sedona International Film Festival.The duo played to a sold out theater earlier this year and are returning with new song selections added to an already wonderful show! Scarborough is the music…
Prescott AZ (January 4, 2020) – It’s day 4 of Yavapai Silent Witness’ Catch 22 Program. Today Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is requesting your help in locating fugitive Michael William Burch. Burch is wanted on a felony charge of Impersonation. This charge originated from a February 2019 event in which Burch misrepresented his identity to a Yavapai County Deputy to avoid being arrested on another warrant he has.
By Ted Grussing… worked on a bunch of stuff around here this morning and then to Senor Bob’s for a late lunch via Bubbling Ponds. What great fun it was down at the ponds today and this shot of a Great Blue Heron greasing his landing was one in a sequence of 53 shots I took of him as he flew down the pond towards me and then diverted up onto a levee for his landing … 12 shots per second and of the 53 only 5 were out of focus … love it when I nail it! In this…
“Myths of the Bible Your Teacher Didn’t Discuss” is topic at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to announce the fourth program in its “Conversations” series for the 2020 season. This series features distinguished professors from Northern Arizona University who are experts in their areas. Using a conversational format, the speakers will address controversial ideas, issues and topics, followed by Q&A. Please join us for an evening of intellectual banter, compelling discussion, and in some cases controversial dialogue. The next event in the monthly “Conversations” series will take place Wednesday, Jan. 15…
By Craig SwansonTrustee, Keep Sedona BeautifulSedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – UPDATE – The County Supervisors’ hearing on Spring Creek Ranch has been rescheduled for March 18.Keep Sedona Beautiful urges you to contact Yavapai County to make your feelings known about the proposed Spring Creek Ranch development, if you haven’t yet done so.On Dec 19, Yavapai County Planning and Zoning narrowly voted to recommend against the Spring Creek Ranch mega-development, but the final determination is up to the County Supervisors.
Sedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – If you have a piece of wood and a wood carving knife, come to Monday at the Museum at Sedona Heritage Museum on Monday, January 13th, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and join the Verde Valley Woodcarvers. Hundreds of people have tried their hand at carving with this group since its founding in 1997 by Norm Knight. The group consists of carvers ranging from beginners to master carvers. Come by with your own equipment or just come to watch these artisans do relief carving, chip carving, and bark carving. There is no fee…
Camp Verde AZ (January 3, 2020) – Camp Verde Community Library, in partnership with the Yavapai Library Network, is pleased to announce the roll-out of Yavapai Event Services, or Y.E.S., a county-wide, complete, and user-friendly event calendar.This online, easily accessible calendar is a clear window into 1000s of events across Yavapai County. Using simple filters, the public can find just the right event in just the right location. Currently, 20 libraries and other organizations have added over 3,300 events to the site. Plans are in place to double the number events in the next two months.
By Darcy HitchcockCo-Founder, Sustainability AllianceSedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – Thanks to research by Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business at NYU, we can track the impact of sustainable attributes on market share. In a nutshell, if you make consumer products (CPG) without sustainable features, you’re losing business. Here are a couple startling statistics from their research on 36 product categories.Products marketed as sustainable grew 5.6x faster than conventionally-marketed products, and 3.3x faster than the CPG market.In over 90% of individual product categories examined, the growth of sustainability-marketed products outpaced total category growth.Want to learn how to be more sustainable? Sign…
Prescott AZ (January 3, 2020) – It’s day 3 of Yavapai Silent Witnesses Catch 22 program. Today the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is asking for your help in finding Sasha Rachel Smith. Smith is wanted on a probation Violation Warrant stemming from Felony Criminal Impersonation, and multiple DUI charges.On March 8th, 2015, Smith was pulled over by a Yavapai County Sheriff’s Deputy for unsafe driving. Upon being contacted, Smith provided a driver’s license of another person as if it was his own. Smith was arrested for Aggravated DUI with a blood alcohol level of over .20.
By Cheryl L. Yeatts, Manager of Sedona Public Library in the VillageSedona AZ (January 3, 2020) – Sedona Public Library is pleased to announce a wonderful series of Arizona Humanities speaker programs for 2020. AZ Speaks is the longest-running and most popular program of Arizona Humanities. Speakers are selected based on their expertise and ability to offer content that inspires and entertains audiences of all ages and backgrounds.Programs begin at 1:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 55 Rojo Drive in VOC. Generously funded by Arizona Humanities and Friends of the Sedona Library, programs are free and open to the…
Climate Change, Myths, and the Search for Real SolutionsSedona AZ (January 2, 2020) – Spend an evening at Keep Sedona Beautiful for its Preserving the Wonder(tm) Speaker Series on Wednesday, January 8 to listen as Dr. Brian Petersen offers a provocative discourse with respect to climate change.
By Ted Grussing… into the abyss … or so it seems, as this grackle leaves his perch on a concrete abutment and dives for some food on the now exposed bottom of one of the ponds at Bubbling Ponds Hatchery in Page Springs. They are remarkable flyers and with those huge tail feathers have rudder authority such as few birds have. The mud clumps and little ponds of water rather detracted from the photo so I took a few artistic liberties with it. The shadow of the bird on the concrete is amazing.
Film Festival partners with the Sedona Muses for special “Secrets of the Earth” eventSedona AZ (January 2, 2020) – Dr. David Gillette will kick off the 2020 monthly educational meetings of the Sedona Muses of the Museum of Northern Arizona on Monday, Jan. 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theater. His presentation will be entitled “From Out of the Rock — Three Super Dinosaurs” and is part of the “Secrets from the Earth” lecture series.The event features a meet-and-greet with Dr. Gillette followed by his presentation and Q&A.
By Ted Grussing… the new year, this hen hooded merganser came sliding in this afternoon at Bubbling Ponds fishery … wings outstretched and using her webbed feet like water skis.