Author: Tommy

Prescott AZ (April 18, 2019) – Yavapai Silent Witness now has a new online tip system which allows anonymous tipsters to deliver tips in three different ways.  It’s the tipsters’ choice. They can deliver their tip the traditional way by calling 1-800-932-3232, go to www.p3tips.com/979, or they can download the P3 app to their mobile devices and send tips from their phone.  The system also allows the tipster to send photos, videos or audio files along with their tips if they choose.

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Clarkdale AZ (April 18, 2019) – Local law enforcement agencies surrounded the Mabery Pavilion on Yavapai College Verde Valley Campus April 16 to wish students, faculty and staff a strong finish to spring semester.This first-annual, multi-agency Coffee with a Cop event was organized by Yavapai College Police Department (YCPD) Officer Aaron King, who routinely patrols the Verde Valley Campus.  Officers from the Towns of Clarkdale and Jerome, the Cities of Sedona and Cottonwood, and the Yavapai-Apache Nation all turned out to greet and mingle with community members.Other agencies, clubs and programs providing family support services, such as Student Nurses Association,…

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Visit Litter.AZ.gov if you see someone littering on Arizona’s highwaysPhoenix AZ (April 18, 2019) – The Arizona Department of Transportation’s Litter Hotline has a new online home that makes it even easier for the public to report drivers who throw trash out of vehicles on state highways.Litter.AZ.gov allows witnesses to quickly share what they’ve seen through an automated chat feature. The site asks for just a few details, including license plate number, location, time and type of litter.

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Sedona AZ (April 18, 2019) – Master Gardener Emeritus Trudy Black will demonstrate the art of creating a whimsical Fairy Garden on Monday, April 29, from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. The demonstration will take place on the grounds outside the Sedona Heritage Museum. Fairy Gardening offers much joy, is inexpensive, and utilizes found or purchased items.  Inspire your imagination and discover the many ways to craft an enchanted garden in tiny controlled spaces.

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Sedona AZ (April 18, 2019) – As part of the month-long, Verde Valley Earth Day Extravaganza, the Inspiration of Sedona will host local performance artist and mask maker Pash Galbavy in a debut presentation of Eulogy for a Home, at 1pm on April 28th at Keep Sedona Beautiful, 360 Brewer Rd., Sedona. This event is a homage to Earth Day and to the house that Pash and her family recently lost in the California, Woolsey fire. Pash will use her archetypal masks combined with stories and movement to reflect on losing a home to an extreme fire linked to climate…

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By Ted Grussing… and in a quiet way it was perfect … work on images, lunch with a friend, home and out with One, more work on images and then a ride in a light rain and it was perfect. It has been a while since I have been out like that … end of day, cloudy and cool and the rain striking my face like tiny needles as I rode … it felt good and very much alive. Eventually I did lower the visor as the rain was coming down a little heavier … the smell of wet asphalt…

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Emmet Cahill, Ireland’s Next Great Tenor, Brings the Emerald Isle to Cottonwood on April 27 Cottonwood AZ (April 17, 2019) – People of Irish ancestry, fans of Celtic music, or anyone moved by the power of a talented balladeer will want to mark Saturday, April 27 on their calendars. That’s when tenor Emmet Cahill – the breakout Irish singing sensation – will bring his stirring voice to Cottonwood’s Old Town Center for the Arts.Presented by the Old Town Center and Yavapai College Performing Arts, Emmet Cahill is the 26 year-old County Westmeath native who took the Emerald Isle by storm.…

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Award-winner from recent film festival returns for short run at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 17, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the crowd-pleaser “School of Life” April 27-May 1 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.“School of Life” debuted to rave audience reviews at the recent Sedona International Film Festival — where it won the Directors’ Choice Award for Best Foreign Film — and is returning to Sedona by popular demand.Paris 1930. Paul has only ever had one and the same horizon: the high walls of the orphanage, an austere building…

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Arcosanti AZ (April 17, 2019) – Passes are now on sale for the inaugural Arcosanti International Film Carnivale which will take place April 26-28, 2019 in the beautiful, otherworldly eco-city of Arcosanti.  The Arcosanti International Film Carnivale is Arizona’s only ALL documentary film festival.  Guests who attend this inaugural groundbreaking event will be met with more than just a film festival. 

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By Ted Grussing… I have always enjoyed this image and usually shoot a few new ones every year … it is a reminder of this date (April 15th) during my working years as this is usually how I felt. The good news of course is that whatever the government does not take from you on this date is yours … except for sales taxes, gasoline taxes, taxes on utilities, cell phones, property taxes and on and on. I wish that government could be forced to implement economies just as private businesses have to do. Perhaps that is asking a bit…

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Award-winning new film debuts at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (April 16, 2019) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the “Transit” April 26-May 1 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Past and present merge in “Transit” — an alluring puzzle from Christian Petzold — which follows Georg (Franz Rogowski), a refugee from fascism who pursues Marie (Paula Beer), the wife of the dead man whose identity he has assumed.As fascism spreads, German refugee Georg flees to Marseille and assumes the identity of the dead writer whose transit papers he is carrying. Living among refugees…

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Sedona AZ (April 16, 2019) – Sedona Fire District crews were dispatched to a reported house fire on Pyramid View Drive at 01:30 Monday morning.  Upon arrival, fire crews found several moving boxes full of household items which had caught fire in the basement of the structure.  “The fire sprinkler system worked perfectly,” said Fire Marshal Jon Davis, “The occupants had been alerted by the smoke detectors inside the home and when they went to investigate, the fire sprinkler system activated and confined the fire.”  Damage to the structure was minimal and estimated to be less than $1000.  The cause…

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Cottonwood AZ (April 16, 2019) – Last night, April 15, 2019, just after 9:30PM, deputies were dispatched to the 6100 block of E Mesa Drive, Cottonwood, regarding a vehicle that collided with a home. The driver, 26-year-old Wayne Area Jr., left an address on nearby River Run Drive in a car just reported stolen to YCSO by his step dad. The stolen car was a 2006 gray Ford, model unknown at this time.Deputies discovered Area missed the right turn onto E Mesa Drive and plowed into a residence. His car went completely into the living room of the house. The…

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Sedona AZ (April 16, 2019) – The Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau joined forces with the City of Sedona, Sedona Compost, Keep Sedona Beautiful and the Sustainability Alliance to launch Straw Free Sedona, a campaign that encourages local businesses and their patrons to cease use of plastic straws.

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Cottonwood AZ (April 16, 2019) – Best friends Annabel Sclippa and Jeremia Sunfellow have been dreaming about creating a femme-focused art gallery for years. Suddenly the opportunity presented itself, and the duo had about four months from notification to when they will open in May.

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