Prescott AZ (May 12, 2018) – The monthly meeting of Prescott Indivisible will be held at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 882 Sunset, Prescott, Friday, June 1, 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.
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Sedona AZ (May 12, 2018) – Patriotic desserts bring the party to the table! In honor of Memorial Day we are offering a class on an easy patriotic dessert for our Monday at the Museum. Join us, bake and celebrate! Come to the Sedona Heritage Museum, located on Jordan Road in Sedona, on Monday, May 28th, at 11:00 a.m., to make an easy patriotic dessert with Clancy Sage. There is a $7.00 fee and please RSVP 282-7038.
By Nazih Hazime, Fire ChiefVerde Valley Fire District Cornville AZ (May 12, 2018) – The Verde Valley Fire District responded to a wildland fire on the 13000 block of E. Lee Pasture Rd on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at approximately 8:30 am. The crews arrived to find a small grass fire. Crews were able to control and quickly extinguish the fire before spreading further. The fire started from a lawn mower. Crews were on scene for approximately one hour.Assisting VVFD was Cottonwood Fire Medical Department. There were no injuries.A safety reminder to our residents is, Yavapai County is in a…
Clarkdale AZ (May 12, 2018) – The last contra dance in the Verde Valley until the Fall will be May 19th in Clarkdale, at the Clarkdale Clubhouse (auditorium) 19 N. 9th St. at 9th and Main streets. Just Desserts, Flagstaff’s open contra dance band, will play the tunes with Kari Usher teaching and calling all dances.
Sedona AZ (May 12, 2018) – Happy Father’s Day from Rowe Fine Art Gallery! In May, the gallery honored the moms in our lives, and this month it’s all about dear ol’ dad. Rowe Fine Art Gallery celebrates Father’s Day with Our Family of Artists: For the Guys on Friday, June 1, from5 to 8 p.m. Stop into the gallery for a glass of wine and appetizers, and shop for the man who has everything. Better yet, bring him with you and let him pick out his own treasure. Rowe Fine Art Gallery offers a range of gifts at various price points.
By Anne Marie Mackler Sedona AZ (May 11, 2018) – What better way to begin Sedona Public Library’s 60th anniversary year, and to bring a finale to national poetry month, than with a poem by Sedona’s very own Mary Heyborne.Heyborne wrote “On the Dedication of Sedona Library” in 1994 in response to the dedication of the Library on White Bear Road. How perfect to have this poet read her poem at the recent kickoff event when we not only celebrated 60 years of Library service, but announced the renovation of the same 24-year-old facility and asked for community input.
By Ted Grussing… continuing to go through shots from last May since I haven’t been shooting that much the last few weeks and it is fun finding that the photographs you took previously are still pretty good shots. You go through the initial shoot after you get them, get rid of the shots that you consider not worthy of saving and then those that remain are nicely keyworded and filed. The next day you go out again seeking even better shots than the ones you just took, because we all know that the ultimate shot has yet to be taken…
Catherine Keener and Jeanne Tripplehorn star in film at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (May 10, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new drama “Little Pink House” — showing May 18-23 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Based on a true story, a small-town paramedic named Susette Kelo (Catherine Keener) is starting over after a messy divorce. She buys a rundown cottage in New London, Connecticut, refurbishes it with her own hands, paints it pink, meets a great guy (Callum Keith Rennie), and exhales.
Cornville AZ (May 10, 2018) – The Verde Valley Fire District responded to a report of a structure fire on the 2500 block of S. Hillert Drive on Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at approximately 7:15 am. The crews arrived to find a detached 2 story shed involved approximately 50%. Crews went into an offensive mode and were able to make a quick attack on the fire preventing further damage.
Yavapai County Sheriff enforcement effort funded by GOHSVerde Valley AZ (May 10, 2018) – In an effort to save more lives on Arizona roadways, the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety is joining the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office and our local law enforcement partners to enforce Arizona’s seat belt and child safety seat laws. The enforcement effort will run from May 21 through June 3, 2018.Arizona has a secondary seat belt law that allows officers to only issue citations for violations during traffic stops for other violations. However, Arizona’s child restraint law is a primary enforcement measure under which officers can…
Sedona AZ (May 10, 2018) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting a free party so the entire community can participate in a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Museum’s opening back in 1998. The free festivities will be Saturday, May 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Museum at 735 Jordan Road, in Uptown.The Museum has been the community’s memory keeper for two decades and is a community learning and gathering place along with being a visitor attraction, contributing to Sedona’s reputation for quality, authentic experiences. This free event is planned to be a day for locals and visitors alike…
Sedona AZ (May 10, 2018) – One of the most important activities of government is to decide how to allocate limited resources to the capital improvement projects, services and amenities that serve citizens. Making good choices – deciding which trade-offs are worth making – depends on the quality of the data and the dialog that influences budgeting decisions.
Sedona AZ (May 10, 2018) – Oak Creek Apples Macintosh Users Group (OCAMUG): 10 am to 12 noon., Si Birch Community Room, Sedona Public Library,3520 White Bear Rd, in West Sedona, 282-7714. Third Saturday. The Oak Creek Apples group is offering a general question-and-answer workshop on Apple computers, iPads, and iPhones, which will be facilitated by Alan Gore. The next meeting will be Saturday, May 19, 2018, from 10 am to 12 noon in the Si Birch Community Room at the Sedona Public Library. Admission is free. Pre-registration is desirable but not required. Register by emailing to oakcreekapples@gmail.com.
By Ted Grussing… through life and forever occurs a single moment at a time and that is why I made my choice to remain exclusively with still/freeze frame photography so that we can ponder that fraction of a second and spend some time just enjoying that moment, irrespective of what has gone before and what will follow. This is a shot of a young hen mallard and her brood of five young ducklings on May 6th, 2017 at 3:08:39 PM and it captured the family over a span of 1/1250th of a second. Now, a year later the ducklings that survived…
Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper star film at Mary D. Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (May 9, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the new drama “The Escape” — starring Gemma Arterton and Dominic Cooper — showing May 18-23 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.A woman sets out to reclaim her life in this stirring, emotionally rich look at what it means to start over. Tara (Gemma Arterton), a housewife and mother in suburban London, is living a life that is no longer hers: it belongs to her loving but overworked, self-absorbed husband (Dominic…