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Sedona AZ (May 28, 2016) – Sedona’s Dancing Dakini Press has earned two book honors for their new children’s book Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy!  Written and illustrated by longtime Arizona resident Rita Goldner, Orangutan: A Day in the Rainforest Canopy earned both a Nautilus Book Award silver award and an International Book Award honor. Nautilus Book Awards honors books that inspire and connect our lives as individuals, communities, and global citizens. The International Book Awards honors worldwide excellence in traditional and independent publishing.

By Ted Grussing… going about our daily business I wonder how many people we pass by in the same manner as this Great Blue Heron who was looking for a better fishing spot than he had just left. No saying hi as he passed with a rather grim face … the mallard seems to cock his head with a little attitude and in split seconds the encounter is over and both creatures go on with life … so at least proffer a smile to those you pass today.

Sedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – In an effort to protect Oak Creek from pollutants, and as part of administering the Storm Water Quality Management Program, the city of Sedona Public Works Department is requesting public comment on their Storm Water Master Plan. This public outreach also helps maintain compliance with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).

Chaz Ebert to be Keynote speaker for Conscious Film Convergence Sedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – The Honorable Dr. Rev. Michael Bernard Beckwith, a pioneer in the world of conscious cinema and founder of the culturally, racially and spiritually diverse trans-demoninational Agape International Spiritual Center, will receive the inaugural Conscious Visionary Award at the 2016 Illuminate Film Festival following the world premiere of Love, Sweat and Tears at 7 p.m. on June 3 at the Sedona Performing Arts Center.

By Bridget Rowan, Reference LibrarianSedona AZ (May 27, 2016) – Do you remember participating in a summer reading program as a child? Perhaps you’ve even signed your children up for the annual reading club. For the first time ever, Sedona Public Library is incorporating adults into the summer reading program! The program for lifelong readers runs from May 31 through July 31, and you can register now.

By Bishop, Summer Trainee (May 26, 2016) Why beauty? It breaks us free of the domination of economics; it is the path for living well. — Dandy RandyHuge snails were seized at LA Airport, a delicacy in Hollywood salons, also when not being eaten they are able to eat paint and stucco off the side of brick houses if veggies are not available.  Not far away, a famous movie star is building a nine-foot fence to protect her family from noise and neighbors (and no, she is not going to build near the Posse Grounds.) Meanwhile In a hotel nearby a peevish,…

By Ted Grussing… it’s always a sweet day when you have final glide back to the field and arrive with lots of extra altitude …above the cowling on the right is Big Park and the Village of Oak Creek trailing up and to the left Jacks Canyon and Pine Valley and just above the cowling on the right is Verde Valley School. Cathedral Rock is left of center and Red Rock Crossing just to the left and a little below that. The populated area to the left is the Chapel area and below the feathered prop is part of the…

Sedona AZ (May 26, 2016) – Friday, June 3rd through Sunday, June 5th, Running River School is hosting the 4th Annual Running River School Rummage Sale on their school grounds located outside the Sedona-Oak Creek Unified School District Building at 221 Brewer Road, Sedona. This annual fundraiser has been supporting teacher needs since 2013. A new Tuition Assistance program being implemented for the fall is what the funds will be used for this year.

Sedona AZ (May 26, 2016) – It’s just about that time again. The phone will start ringing at the most inconvenient times. The mailbox will be stuffed with cards and flyers. TV ads will take on a distinctly combative tone. And signs will sprout up, seemingly overnight, in the neighbors’ yards and all around the city.

By Steve DeVol, Publisher(May 25, 2016)”Once they’re loose, it doesn’t any good to close the corral,” is the old adage said by the wise old cowboy. Well, Arizona legislators have closed the gate with HB 2391. After three years of persistently working with legislators, a small group, led by Cottonwood resident Sherry Twamley, succeeded in closing this loophole in the law pertaining to the acquisition of water utilities. 

By Ted Grussing… a beautiful piano composition written and performed by my cousin Eric Spicard, check his “my space” page out at: https://myspace.com/erikspicard .

Award-winning film about charismatic golfer makes Sedona stop for one night only Sedona AZ (May 25, 2016) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed film “Seve: The Movie” showing one day only: Thursday, June 9 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Legends are born to win.Despite being blocked at almost every turn in pursuit of the sport he loved, Seve Ballesteros fought against adversity to become the most spectacular and charismatic golfer to ever play the game. 

Sedona AZ (May 25, 2016) – Children are invited to get creative at the Lego Engineering Summer Camp held at the Recreation Room at Posse Grounds Park at 525 Posse Ground Road. Hosted by Play-Well TEKnologies, this exciting camp offers two sessions, each with time slots for ages 5 to 7 and ages 8 to 12.

Sedona AZ (May 25, 2016) – The Sedona Heritage Museum presents Michael Peach in a performance of his new original show “Lions (& Rattlers & Dragons & Longhorns) and Bears – Oh My” on Saturday, June 4 at 1:30 p.m.Peach’s show features his unique blend of original cowboy poetry with a tongue-in-cheek look at Arizona and local history, also incorporating jokes, stories, and first person narrative.

By Ted Grussing… it works and sometimes it doesn’t … I’ll let you decide on this one. On the walk home last night looking down the 12th fairway there was a beautiful glow and the setting sun was backlighting a lot of pollen that was in the air and it gave a soft and dreamy effect looking down the empty fairways … and I knew that One would enjoy an exuberant dash into the soft light, so here she is at full speed in pursuit of who knows what.  I tried galaxies and oceans, but in the end the straight…