By Adele O’Connor-VernierDirector of Marketing & Public RelationsHumane Society of SedonaSedona AZ (April 9, 2016) – BriggsIn-Take Date: August 2015Gender: Neutered MaleBreed: Shepherd Mixed BreedAge: 5 years oldMy name is Briggs and I am looking for my forever home. I would like to be your new friend! I am great with other dogs but can get easily excited around cats so I would need a slow introduction if you have kitties at home. Please consider taking me home today! I am a sweet and gentle soul that likes to play, go for walks and enjoy people. I am a smaller sized…
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By Jawn McKinleySedona AZ (April 9, 2016) – “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow human being, let me do it now, and not defer of neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” William Penn. This quote seemed so meaningful this past week, at the Vietnam veterans event in Sedona. Having the opportunity to have the replica of “The Wall” here in our own city, and giving thousands of people the chance to participate in the remembrance and reverence it inspired…
Sedona AZ (April 9, 2016) – The Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley is participating in May’s National Mental Health Awareness Month with an extensive series of local programs to increase the awareness of and dialogue about mental illness. The theme for May is “Hope, Help and Healing” and the programs consist of speakers, panels, workshops, films and community conversations.
By Ted Grussing… I got a nice series of this Great Blue heron coming in for a landing the other day; his feet were dragging through the water as he was rotating them forward to absorb the impact of landing. As he rotated his body to a more upright position he lifted his feet clear of the water and then planted himself stalling into the water about three feet forward of where he is in this frame. The feathers on top of the wing are being lifted up by the very low pressure area as he began to stall and…
Sedona AZ (April 8, 2016) – Uncommon Threads, Wendy the Weaver’s one woman show includes a wide range of colorful fiber art techniques at The Sedona Hub (525B Posse Ground Road) on view from April 12 – May 30, 2016. The exhibit will be introduced at an opening event on Saturday, April 16, 6-8 p.m. with a dance performance by Martha Edwards presenting the creations.Wendy, a longtime Sedona resident has installed a complete body of work including her wearable art and will be demonstrating her weaving with an on-site loom on Wednesdays from 1-4 p.m., April 20 & 27, and…
Sedona AZ (April 8, 2016) – Keep Sedona Beautiful has announced that the tenth annual Norman B. Herkenham Award for Native Plant Landscaping was awarded posthumously to Phyllis Lindberg (1933-2013). The award was accepted by her husband Paul at KSB’s Native Plant Workshop in Sedona on April 2.Phyllis Lindberg’s Sedona roots ran deep, and she departed life as she had lived it: on a nature walk. A resident of Sedona since 1971, she died on October 17, 2013, in an accident in West Fork Canyon. While she and her hiking companions were enjoying lunch, a large tree uphill fell suddenly…
Cottonwood AZ (April 8, 2016) – On April 3, 2016, at approximately 3 P.M., a YCSO Forest Patrol deputy was dispatched to reports of two missing children, a 9-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl, who were last seen off trail on Mingus Mountain. Another 14-year-old girl had returned to camp and reported these 2 missing which included her brother and a friend. The trio had been hiking along a forest road and as they were returning to camp, the other 2 decided to wander off trail and check out a pond in the distance. She continued along the trail and eventually returned…
Eva Hirsch receives top volunteer recognition for dedicated service during National Volunteer WeekSedona AZ (April 8, 2016) – The Compassus program serving Sedona and the surrounding areas is proud to recognize Eva Hirsch and all hospice volunteers during National Volunteer Week April 10-16 for providing companionship, support and dignity to hospice patients and their loved ones.
By Virginia VolkmanSedona AZ (April 8, 2016) – Each year, volunteers donate their time and energy at Sedona Public Library in service to our community. These volunteers are among the millions across the country who are celebrated during National Volunteer Appreciation Week, observed this year from April 10 through 16. This is a time when the Library celebrates services provided by volunteers and we also encourage other individuals to take action in our community.
By Ted Grussing… mix the right music, the right images and the mind can be blown apart just like what I did to this poor tree up at Sunset Crater … it had no idea the fate that I had in store for it (neither did I ) … No real reason or meaning to the image, just messing around, listening to Pink and I like what came out of it … hope you do too.
Centuries-old indigenous tradition meets cutting edge modern dance…Sedona AZ (April 7, 2016) – The Sedona Chamber Ballet and Pamela Taylor Photography present an invigorating, creative afternoon with indigenous, award-winning, contemporary dance troupe Dancing Earth and Sedona-based Havasupai Shaman Ugualla. Recently noted in Dance Magazine as one of the “Top 25 to Watch” and a winner of the prestigious National Dance Project Grant, Dancing Earth, led by artistic director Rulan Tangen, performs their original work “Seeds: RED GENERATION” at the Sedona Hub April 17th at 2 p.m. Dancing Earth is passionately committed to indigenous contemporary dance as primal movement, “blood memory in motion” that speaks to all…
Cottonwood AZ (April 7, 2016) – Register now to learn how your Arizona Tax Credit eligible nonprofit can benefit from membership in the newly formed Verde Valley Tax Credit Coalition. The workshop, sponsored by the Northern Arizona Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, will be held 10:30 a.m. to noon on April 15 at Spectrum Healthcare’s Community Room, 8 E. Cottonwood St., Cottonwood, AZ 86326. Lunch is included. Cost is $15 for AFP members and $20 for non members.
Sedona AZ (April 7, 2016) – Come and discover what species swoop, soar, slither, crawl and bloom around the diverse Verde Valley ecosystem.On Wednesday, April 13th, Janie Agyagos will talk about “Rare Species in the Verde Valley” at Keep Sedona Beautiful, Inc.’s Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series.
By Jeanie CarrollSedona AZ (April 7, 2016) – Get Ready!…Get Set!…Audition!… for a spot in this fantastic night of entertainment for the entire family! All school-age children, teachers, and parents and friends are welcome to strut their stuff and have a blast.
By Ted GrussingNotwithstanding the hazy sky I got some nice shots on my flight around the peaks on Saturday and you can see that Spring is returning to the mountain and the snow is hanging on. Humphreys Peak is left of center and a nice view out into the eastern end of the San Francisco Volcanic Field and the NW end of the Painted desert. There is a dark clearing on the very right side of the image a bit above the copyright mark there is a little dark clearing and it is here that a B-24 with a full…