Dedicated Volunteers conduct Focused EffortSedona AZ (July 16, 2019) – On July 10, 2019, just before 2 pm, a 50-year-old woman from California called the Sheriff’s Office and stated she had hiked off trail with her dog to a high mountain top in Boyton Canyon, Sedona. She reported not being able to find her way back and as a result, a YCSO Forest Patrol deputy coordinated a rescue with 8 volunteers from the Verde Search and Rescue Team (VSAR).
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Film Festival partners with the Verde Valley Humane Society for special debut eventSedona AZ (July 16, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with the Verde Valley Humane Society to present the premiere of the New York Dog Film Festival showing Thursday, July 25 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.The New York Dog Film Festival is an annual celebration of the love between dogs and their people, through short films from around the world that inspire, educate and entertain, benefiting local animal welfare groups that bring people and pets together.
Cottonwood AZ (July 16, 2019) – UPDATE – Smokey Bear will be celebrating his 75th birthday on August 10. As part of his birthday celebration, a quilt has been created by award winning quilter Eunice Hill. The quilt is now on display at the Quilter’s Quarters in Cottonwood, located at 51 W. Verde Heights Drive which is right off of Hwy 89A, about a half a mile past the Verde Valley Medical Center. (Unfortunately, the Sedona Quilt Store has closed, so the quilt has moved to Cottonwood.) The quilt will be raffled off on Saturday August 10, at the Smokey Bear…
Prescott Valley AZ (July 16, 2019) – Today the Prescott Valley Police Department is requesting your assistance in locating Carlos Maya Pimentel. Pimentel is wanted for Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Kidnapping and endangerment. On April 6, 2007 Pimentel entered a residence in Prescott Valley with the intent to commit a theft. Upon entry, Pimentel assaulted three victims with a machete and baseball bat. The victims were kept from leaving the scene throughout the course of the crime. Pimentel’s warrant has a bond of $100, 000 with nationwide extradition.
By Ted Grussing… I found this photo tucked away in a folder of wildlife shots taken on Watkins lake in Prescott … well, it didn’t quite look like this, but it is/was a shot of flowers growing in the shallow waters with beautiful lavender flowers on the top of the stems. I spent several hours looking at the photo over the last four days knowing that I wanted to use it, but not sure what to do with it … perhaps a composite? Straight photograph? Perhaps straight photograph with a few special effects? Nope, it is time for another unleashed…
New season of ‘Deconstructing The Beatles’ continues at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 15, 2019) – Sedona International Film Festival is proud to be the official host of “Deconstructing the Beatles”, joining hundreds of theatres around the country for this special series.The next in the new season — “Deconstructing The Beatles: Abbey Road, Side 2” — will show in Sedona on Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.The Beatles’ Abbey Road, Side 2 is a masterpiece filled with classic Beatles songs, such as “Come Together,” “Something,” and “Here Comes the Sun.” George Martin…
Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(July 16, 2019)The majority of Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) commissioners showed their true colors last Wednesday by voting 4 to 1 against granting the relief Stacey Champion had sought in her formal complaint against APS for having unjust and unreasonable rates.Rates granted APS in its last rate case were supposed to result in an average bill increase of 4.54% but it was found that thousands of customers’ bills went up by many tens of percent. Fighting the ACC for over a year and a half via a formal complaint (in which I was an Intervenor…
Prescott Valley AZ (July 15, 2019) – Today Prescott Valley Police are seeking Daniella Brianna Hernandez. Hernandez is wanted for Credit Card Theft and Fraudulent use of a Credit Card in relation to an incident which occurred in Prescott Valley on March 21st, 2018. Hernandez’s last known address was in Prescott Valley, but she may be currently staying in the Camp Verde area.
By John Roberts, Sedona Resident(July 14, 2019)We are told by the Al Gore group of political disciples that carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) causes global warming.. Spectographic techniques as practiced by lab science says this is wrong.The CO2 in our atmosphere cannot transmit heat directly to the Earth. Low frequency emissions, or infra red rays ( IR ) produced from the sun from when it’s surface erupts in fiery storms does. CO2 can contain that transmitted heat on the earth surface after the IR rays heat the earth surfaces by insulating it into a slow cooling .The Al Gore explanation…
By Beverly HeddenCottonwood AZ (July 14, 2019) – Join us for this award-winning PBS documentary presented by the film maker, Professor Stefan Sommer. A River Reborn is an important story to share because it is about human collaboration in the face of environmental conflict.
Sedona AZ (July 14, 2019) – Electromagnetic frequencies (EMFs) and Radio frequencies (RFs) are ubiquitous in our modern environment, but health problems caused by them are mostly unknown to the public, according to Karen von Merveldt-Guevara, guest speaker for Mental Health Monday on July 29, 10AM-11:30AM at Yavapai College, 4215 Arts Village Dr., Sedona.
Sedona AZ (July 14, 2019) – Emerson Theater Collaborative will hold auditions to cast teens, aged 13 – 17, for an updated version of William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. Auditions are July 18 and July 19 at the Sedona United Methodist Church.
Cottonwood AZ (July 14, 2019) – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Sarah Maria Distefano. On 4/12/2019, Distefano was operating a vehicle in the area of highway 89A and Zalesky road in Cottonwood when she was stopped by a Yavapai County Deputy for failing to drive in her lane. Upon evaluation, the Deputy placed her under arrest for Aggravated DUI as her license was suspended at the time of her driving. Distefano subsequently provided two breath samples of 0.285 and 0.288, well over three times the legal limit.
Prescott AZ (July 13, 2019) – Today Yavapai County Law Enforcement needs your help finding Jorge Ivan Baldivia. On 09/02/2017, Baldivia was arrested by the Prescott Valley Police Department for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old female. Following his conviction, he was placed on probation and was subject to sex offender registration. In February of 2008, Baldivia fled and the area, his probation, and his sex offender registration requirements.
Royal Ballet production from London debuts on the big screen at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (July 12, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival presents Ballet in Cinema on Sunday, July 21 when it hosts the big screen premiere of “Romeo and Juliet” from the Royal Ballet in London. There will be one show at 3:00 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers encounter passion and tragedy in Kenneth MacMillan’s 20th-century ballet masterpiece.