Camp Verde AZ (August 7, 2018) – Camp Verde Community Library offers FREE Health Screenings Friday, September 7th, between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. These non-fasting screenings for cholesterol, diabetes and blood pressure are sponsored by Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) and Verde Valley Medical Centers.
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Prescott AZ (August 7, 2018) – The monthly meeting of Prescott Indivisible will be held at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset, Prescott, Friday, September 7, 2018 from 6-7:30 pm.Prescott Indivisible is a non-partisan community which seeks to promote a progressive and inclusive agenda in support of human rights and the environment. We focus on local actions in defense of the rule of law, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. We invite all to participate and have your voice heard.
By Ted Grussing… A friend and I headed over to Watson Lake in Prescott Friday afternoon and talk about water … up at least seven or more feet. I think because there is so much water in it now the predators are having some difficulty getting fish. We saw no Osprey, Eagles or other raptors; probably fewer than twenty Cormorants and maybe a dozen or so Blue Herons and too few ducks to think about. It was amazingly beautiful and the plan is to return this week and focus just on herons and some landscape at days end.
By Stephen DeVol, Sedona.biz Publisher (August 5, 2018) It’s the oldest trick in the playbook of elections: make ‘em mad and they’ll make changes. Well, are you mad enough? This issue with the Chamber of Commerce and the City of Sedona has certainly got the desired result. But civil dialogue is missing from this playbook. And with angry people comes angry solutions. “Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater” is what’s missing from the discussion. Stop and think what you are contemplating doing in anger. I was in Santa Cruz, California last month. I found all the highways going…
Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward (August 5, 2018)Someone asked me how I was voting in Sedona and why. Because everyone is entitled to my opinion, below is my response.No on Home Rule will force the City to prioritize spending — finally! Notice that the people screaming loudest about what might happen if No wins are those who have the most to gain from Yes winning, the Chamber of Commerce (CoC), the Lodging Council, and the City gov. itself. Notice that the City (or others), when listing everything they say will be cut, never lists money to the CoC ($2.5M last year!)…
Camp Verde AZ (August 4, 2018) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, August 9th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 4-6 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
Fire managers with the Coconino National Forest continue monitoring and utilizing several lightning-caused fires to benefit the landscape and maintain a healthy ecosystem by allowing fire to fulfill its natural role and consume forest debris.Information and details about the Surveyor, Seep, Bristow, Platypus, Rhino and Deer Fires, including their objectives, will be updated on Inciweb under the name of the fire at http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/. Quick updates will also be provided via the Forest’s social media sites, to include Twitter at www.twitter.com/coconinonf (@CoconinoNF) and Facebook at www.facebook.com/CoconinoNF (@CoconinoNF).
By Ted Grussing… I like squirrels and I enjoy squirrel humor like the cartoon the squirrel sitting on its haunches telling the owner of the house that the bird feeder is empty and would he be so kind as to fill it again. Anyhow I took this shot of a little guy in a tree behind our home a few days ago when One and I were out enjoying the late afternoon, sitting on the grass … very cooling when the temps are still in the 90’s.
Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(August 3, 2018)It’s that time of year again. People are asking me for whom they should vote in the upcoming primary election for Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC).In the Democrat primary the two candidates to vote for are Sandra Kennedy and Bill Mundell who are running as a slate. I know Bill personally, and know that he is honest and not just another APS clone. Speaking of APS clones, the only other Democrat candidate, Kiana Sears, has a former 31 year high level executive at APS/Pinnacle West. as her campaign treasurer. Sears is also part of Emerge…
Sedona AZ (August 3, 2018) – The city’s Coffee Pot drainage basin improvements project continues to move forward, on schedule and on budget.Tiffany Construction Company, in conjunction with Arizona Water Company, UniSource Energy Services and the city will soon begin utility relocation work for the Little Elf portion of the project, which is in its fourth and final phase.
By Cheryl L. YeattsManager of Sedona Public Library in the VillageSedona AZ (August 3, 2018) -I was introduced to libraries around the age of three. Almost every Saturday, my dad would take me to the old Victorian house that served as our community library. We would browse the shelves in the children’s room. He would help me choose picture books; then, we would cuddle up in the bay window to share books. My dad would patiently turn pages as I stumbled over words and often made up my own stories to go with the pictures.
By Ted Grussing… earlier today I came up with some brilliant plans about a couple of subjects to write about tonight … it was going to be “f-s” and be about food and smoke and as I look at the hyphenated version I thought of something else … naw, not going down that road.
Sedona AZ (August 2, 2018) – Professional photographer Kerrick James will present at the meeting of the Sedona Camera Club starting at 6 p.m. on Monday, August 27th, at the Christ Lutheran Church, 25 Chapel Rd, Sedona. Doors open at 5:30. The meeting will begin with a Club presentation “Introduction to Competition Judging”. After a break, veteran magazine travel journalist Kerrick James will present “Adventuring – Exploring for Beauty”. Join him for adventure images and the story behind the action. He’ll share exotic locations, photo tips, and real life drama from Arizona to Alaska, Hawaii to Switzerland, and beyond.…
Sedona AZ (August 2, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum recently completed a project funded by an Arizona Historical Society Grant available to small museums in the state. The project completed the digitization of almost 1000 sheets of architectural drawings created by Don Woods, Sedona’s first working architect. These now electronically preserved drawings represent 57 Sedona-based commercial and residential projects designed and built during Mr. Woods’ over 40 years of work, from 1970 to 2012. “This will preserve Mr. Woods’ body of work which has contributed significantly to Sedona’s contemporary built-environment and style.” said Museum Historian Janeen Trevillyan.
Sedona AZ (August 2, 2018) – Local musicians are invited to share their talent at the Posse Grounds Pavilion this fall.The pavilion at Barbara Antonsen Park will be the site of four free community concerts October through November, and the city is looking for talented musicians who’d love a little exposure.