By Molly Spangler, director of Economic DevelopmentSedona AZ (July 13, 2017) – Small businesses are at the root of our local economies because they promote growth, innovation and jobs in the community and region. The provide opportunities for people to achieve financial success and independence. Nationally, there are more than 27 million small businesses, and they make up almost 50 percent of our gross domestic product. Small businesses tend to attract the talent needed to invent new products/services and solutions for existing ideas.
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Camp Verde AZ (July 13, 2017) – The Arizona Farmer+Chef Connection brings together local food producers prepared to transact at a wholesale level and introduces them to wholesale food buyers at restaurants, hotels, grocery stores, and other businesses and institutions from across the state. This year’s event will be held on Monday, September 11, at the Cliff Castle Casino in Camp Verde (555 W Middle Verde Rd, Camp Verde, AZ 86322). Previously held in Phoenix and Tucson, this is the first time that Farmer+Chef Connection will be held in northern Arizona.
Ready to celebrate all the reading progress made this summer?Camp Verde AZ (July 13, 2017) – Friday, July 21 from 6:00p to 8:30p join Camp Verde Community Library Youth Services Librarians, Nadia Torabi and Zack Garcia for one final Summer Reading program. Don your swim suit, grab a beach towel and head to Camp Verde Community Pool for an evening of picnicking and swimming. Once again, Camp Verde Parks & Recreation is partnering with the Library to reward the library’s summer reading participants with a free pool party.
By Dr. Marta AdelsmanLife Coach in Communication and Consciousnesswww.DrMartaCoach.com(July 12, 2017)As I stand by the side of a pool, enjoying a sunny day with others who swim and sun themselves, I notice a man under the water who has apparently drowned. Deeply alarmed, I point him out to a lifeguard, who dives into the water and pulls the man’s body toward the ladder at the side of the pool. As he reaches the ladder, the drowned man comes alive, climbs out of the pool, and stands directly in front of me. He looks at me intently, and I feel a…
By Ted Grussing… five years ago a friend gave Corky a beautiful floral arrangement and as always, I took some time to shoot it, but in this case it was a wee late in the life cycle and I missed the beautiful blooms as originally gifted. Still, when I took a look at the arrangement, the beauty that had been was still very obvious and spent blooms were departing with a smile … life had been beautiful and now that it was time to leave the departure was done with grace and a smile that remained and transformed the blooms into…
By Marty Landa, Sedona Resident(July 11, 2017)Dear Editor,While members of the Republican majority are competing to see who can make the deepest cuts, there is a budget proposal before Congress that would boost the economy for all of us while cutting the number of people in poverty in half. It’s The People’s Budget, proposed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The People’s Budget invests in safe and productive infrastructure, education, affordable housing, health care and nutrition, child care and working family tax credits. It calls for increasing the minimum wage.
By Ted Grussing… forever beyond that … a rainbow in the distance over the Painted Desert, low clouds embracing the NW faces of the San Francisco Peaks and the lower volcanic cones trailing to the NNW. I took this shot near days end last September 30th from an altitude of 12,633’ MSL which coincidently is the vertical elevation of Humphreys Peak, which is just behind me on the right side. I love that area of northern Arizona and look forward to having air quality like this up there again. Today the air quality was nice as the rains cleansed the sky…
Sedona AZ (July 11, 2017) – On Monday, July 17, 2017 at 8:00 a.m., firefighters at Station 3 in the Village of Oak Creek will officially place the new Engine 531 in service with a wet down and push in ceremony. The tradition began in the late 1800’s when fire departments used horses to pull pumpers to fires.“When the fire was over and the firefighters returned to the firehouse, the real work was just beginning” explains Fire Marshal Jon Davis, “Before the horses went back into their stalls or the pumper went back into the station, they had to be…
Sedona AZ (July 11, 2017) – If you’ve survived a traumatic experience, then you may have built your entire life in such a way that you completely avoid being triggered by sensations that remind you of the event. What is a pseudo drama? How does it impact your life? What does it take to overcome them? What are the benefits of embracing real life dramas? How do we embrace real pain? What is the difference between pain that serves and pain that destructs? What do we do when a friend or loved one is experiencing a pseudo drama? These and…
Flagstaff AZ (July 11, 2017) – Join more than 80 award-winning artists and presenters at the Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) for a weekend of cultural immersion at the 68th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts & Culture, August 5 and 6, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The Museum is located at 3101 N. Fort Valley Road in Flagstaff.Ticket prices are $12 for adults and $8 for students (with ID), American Indians (10+ with tribal affiliation) and youth (10-17). Children under 10 are free. Weekend passes are $18 for adults and $12 for youth.
By Ted Grussing… I took this shot this morning shortly after takeoff as I headed up to Mormon Lake to see if I could get some shots of herds of elk that are reputed to doing their annual gathering. Even though I flew relatively low around the lake I did not see any elk, but I did see a lot of White Face Heifers, Black Angus and similar creatures. It is not so comfortable for me to fly at low altitude as all my instincts are those of a glider guider … we get high and stay high … provided…
Camp Verde AZ (July 10, 2017) – Essential Oils and Aromatherapy for Cats, Dogs, and Horses is a free class at the Camp Verde Community Library. The humans who have cats, dogs, or horses are invited to learn about aromatherapy and essential oils for your fur friends!Thursday, July 20th, 5:30 to 7:30. Pre-registration is advised due to space considerations.Call or text Honey Rubin 404.626.5535 or Sarah Jensen 928.451.4847.
Sedona AZ (July 10, 2017) – This past winter Red Rose Inspiration For Animals had the pleasure of collaborating with CentralArizona Animal Search and Rescue (CAASR) on two separate rescue missions. CAASR primarily searches and rescues lost pets and homeless animals in the Verde Valley.Last Winter it began with the search of a dog named Noel that had been lost from a hotel in West Sedona when an employee opened the door to room where her owner was staying. Noel was rescued 2 months later and is safe and sound back with her owner today.
Cottonwood AZ (July 10, 2107) – Skip on over to the Cottonwood Elementary School gymnasium for the Cottonwood Contra Dance on Saturday, July 15th. The gymnasium is in the back of the school complex at 301 N. Willard St. Michael Barraclough will teach and call the dances to the tunes of Just Desserts, Flagstaff’s open house band.
Ruminations from the Arizona Room is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, a former Shakespeare professor, a spiritual writer, and an award winning poet. A Sedonian of four years, she will share the thoughts that arise as she sits in the literal Arizona room in her home as well as the metaphorical “Arizona room” that is Sedona.By Elizabeth Oakes(July 10, 2017)The concept of a life expectancy of “three-score and ten” has been around for centuries, long before most people could reach the age of seventy. Shakespeare mentions it twice, for instance, even though it was about thirty-seven in his time.…