Sedona AZ (February 24, 2016) – March is Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in Arizona, and the Red Rock Ranger District of the Coconino National Forest plans to celebrate the month with activities to help visitors learn how native people have thrived in the southwest for thousands of years.The following activities are planned in March at the Red Rock Visitor Center or the V Bar V Heritage Site. The visitor center is located at 8375 St. Rt. 179, just south of the Village of Oak Creek. V Bar V Heritage Site is located 2.8 miles southeast of Interstate 17 at Sedona…
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Sedona AZ (February 24, 2016) – On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 2:00 pm, the JCSVV is pleased to have Dan Gordon present some of his experiences with the Israel Defense Forces, and introduce the themes of his latest book, a novel entitled Day of the Dead. Gordon is the screenwriter of 15 Hollywood feature films, including “The Hurricane” (which earned Denzel Washington an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor), “Wyatt Earp” (Kevin Costner), “The Assignment” (Sir Ben Kingsley), “Murder in The First” (Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman) and “Passenger 57” (Wesley Snipes).
Sedona AZ (February 24, 2016) – Victoria Rivers, Professor Emeritas in Design at University of California Davis, will be the featured speaker at the March 7th meeting of University Women. Ms. Rivers Has received a host of honors including a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist Fellowship, A Fulbright/Indo-American Fellowship for research in India, and a US Artist Abroad award through the US Department of State.
By Sedona Vice Mayor Mark DiNunzioSedona AZ (February 24, 2016) – It will be seven years this July that I was appointed to the City Council in 2009. It has been quite a ride. I volunteered to be of service to a community of people that I had come to love. I dedicated myself to participate in municipal government as a servant and guardian, not as a governor or ruler. I pledged to listen; to study; to engage and to make decisions based not on what I thought or what I wanted but rather on facts, information and the will of the…
By Ted Grussing… to last November which is about the last time I flew Mariah … a series of misadventures which I really do not feel like reliving again, and in January contracting with a new repair facility that is highly competent and as soon as the new parts arrive from the Czech Republic they will be up here finalizing all the repairs and Mariah will once again be a comfortable and safe place to spend hours in the air. This is about the longest I have gone without significant air time in the nearly twenty years I have been…
Cottonwood AZ (February 23, 2016) – Early this morning, February 23 approximately 2:50am the Verde Valley Fire District responded to 89A at mile post 359 for a report of debris on the roadway and taillights can be seen off the roadway in the brush. Crews arrived to discover the vehicle was involved in a single vehicle rollover accident with one trapped occupant, the driver.
Sedona AZ (February 23, 2016) – In 2010, the city of Sedona adopted regulations to permit secondary dwelling units on residentially zoned properties within the Sedona city limits. These secondary dwelling units, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), are intended to offer additional living opportunities for those choosing to live, work, and play in Sedona. ADUs can offer more affordable rental options and revenue generation sources for homeowners.
Cottonwood AZ (February 22, 2016) – On Tuesday, March 1st at 10:30 a.m., the community will have the chance to hear an overview of the progress made on Upper Verde River issues over the last decade. As part of the Verde River Basin Partnership’s (Partnership) ongoing monthly program series, guest speaker Gary Beverly, PhD, will present on this topic at the Yavapai County Administration Building in Cottonwood, 10 South 6th Street, in the Board Room.
By Ted Grussing… One has begun to position herself on the top of the bench and gazing out beyond reality into the universe and possibly crossing into the realm of multiverses … a sense of present, past and that which is yet to come. She is assuming the position of Seer that Q held before her … and she chased a tabby cat out of the yard today and then zeroed in on the entry from the deck to the house crossing the threshold at about 100 mph (or less) and after a few minutes she was back out there…
Sedona AZ (February 22, 2016) – Kris Kazian, Sedona Fire District Fire Chief and Terry Keller, Camp Verde/Montezuma Rimrock Fire Chief and their crews will face off in the 2016 Rotary Club of Sedona Annual Great Chili Cook-Off on May 7, 2016 at Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village, a part of the Cinco de Mayo Fiesta weekend. The competition will be intense as Terry Keller’s Montezuma’s Delight, challenges the 2015 Chili Champion Kris Kazian’s Hot and Dangerous in this year’s Fire Chiefs’ Challenge. Both organizations are busy fine tuning their recipes as they prepare to go “hose to hose” in the…
Sedona AZ (February 22, 2016) – Striping of streets throughout the city of Sedona will begin Monday, Feb. 22 and continue through Friday, March 25. Most of the work will be performed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., weather and temperature permitting.
Verde Valley AZ (February 22, 2016) – Celebrating its 25th year, local watershed group Prescott Creeks Preservation Association is focused on the next 25. Prescott Creeks staff members Michael Byrd and Guy Whol will discuss our watershed issues, ranging from wildlife habitat protection to riparian restoration to urbanization, when they speak to the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) on Saturday, Mar. 12 from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Granite Peak Unitarian Universalist Congregation building, 882 Sunset in Prescott (two blocks behind True Value).
Sedona Lit is a series by Dr. Elizabeth Oakes, an award winning poet and former Shakespeare professor. A Sedonian of three years, she will highlight the literature, written or performed, of Sedona, past and present.By Elizabeth Oakes(February 22, 2016)How many paintings and photographs do you think there are of Sedona’s red rocks? I’d say thousands, just of, say, Cathedral Rock, and no two alike! The visual artists portray Sedona in its changes much as Monet painted haystacks in different lights. Likewise, although less visible and with fewer venues, Sedona’s writers, among them these three – Christine Marie Cole, Janice Carter,…
Information & Perspective by Warren Woodward(February 20, 2016)I made a Public Records Request of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) back in December of 2014. The following January, when the ACC sent me the documents I asked for, I caught them making all kinds of bogus redactions to the documents, including even inventing a new redaction classification called “state of mind” whereby entire pages were blacked out.I also caught the ACC not giving me all the documents they should have by law. They actually hid documents from me. I found this out because at the same time I made a Public…
By Adele O’Connor-VernierDirector of Marketing & Public RelationsHumane Society of SedonaSedona AZ (February 19, 2016) – Higgins Story – Intake date of December 2015My name is Higgins and this is how I arrived in Sedona, AZ. I came into the shelter as a transfer from the White Mountains of Arizona. Thank goodness for transfers . . . as much as the White Mountain region was very nice . . . this Sedona place is gorgeous. I got a few glimpses as I was traveling here and all I can say is “Wow”!I am just 1 year old and am told quite…