Clarkdale AZ (January 17, 2015) – Made In Clarkdale’s The Corner Gallery held an intimate opening last week to introduce the latest show, “Two Men and Their Art”. Michael L. Turner, the popular glass and Mylar artist, has invited his friend D. Allen Schauffler, a new local artist working in wood and stone, to join him in the current Corner Gallery show.
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By Ted Grussing … for about the past 4.5 billion years our little planet has been undergoing constant change … we have had several atmospheres and only the latest one is hospitable to human and other carbon based life forms … and the oxygen content of the atmosphere has varied from a low of about 10% to a high of about 35% over the past 500 million years. At 10% combustion is not possible … no fire … at 35% spontaneous combustion in rain forests … I kinda like the present 21% which works well for we humans. A recent…
By Ted Grussing … a Great Blue Heron overflew three Canvasbacks as he was crossing the pond to his favorite fishing spot on the other side … the simple elegance of a large predator comfortable in his place in the world … visiting his own grocery store … fresh seafood and ready to eat. I took this shot last Sunday whilst sitting by the side of one of the ponds observing and relaxing among the beautiful creatures and a little sunshine to go along with it.
An exciting opportunity to help others and hang out with horses! Cornville AZ (January 14, 2015) – Connections Equine Therapy is a non-profit organization located in Cornville, AZ offering Therapeutic Riding and other services designed to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals with disabilities. This is your opportunity to get involved with a great group of people, get to know some wonderful horses and help a worth-while cause! We need volunteers for Horse Care and to assist clients in our Therapeutic Riding Program.
By Mary Cravets, Business Coach & Speaker Sedona AZ (January 14, 2015) – Recently I heard about a very well-known Business Coach who charged $10,000 for a two-day one-on-one retreat at her home. This is a high, yet reasonable fee for any Coach who can deliver on promised results. This Coach, however, did not deliver the promised results, and instead used the majority of the two days to show off her lavish lifestyle… and then pitch her $25,000 program. As a Business Coach myself, this story just burned me up inside, because this kind of situation reflects on my entire…
By Ted Grussing … and light and a few nice colors describe a late afternoon flight up north last week. I took this shot shortly before we cut a trail back to Sedona so we could land a minute or so before sunset. We climbed up to I think just shy of 15,000’ so that we could get shots of the shadow of the San Francisco Peaks extending outwards almost to the Little Colorado River … anyhow it was pretty cool getting the shot and with the Painted Desert assuming a nice color as well.
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2015) – Beginning on the first Friday in February artists Therese Black and Mary Helsaple are creating paper “Hearts for Peace and Love” to be sent to military and civilian personnel responding to the Ebola crisis. They are asking the public to participate by stopping by The Village Gallery of Local Artists, February 6, 7, and 8 to pick out, create or sign a “Heart of Peace and Love”, that will be sent to personnel involved in this crisis.
Tim McClellan competes for $100k on Ellen DeGeneres’s new show “Ellen’s Design Challenge” Jerome AZ (January 13, 2015) – Ellen’s Design Challenge, HGTV’s new furniture competition series —conceptualized by television icon and entertainment pioneer Ellen DeGeneres—is set to premiere January 26, 2015. The six-episode series features six competitors as they tackle ingenious challenges to sketch, design and build extraordinary furniture to avoid elimination. One of the six competitors is Jerome, Arizona’s own Tim McClellan from Western Heritage Furniture.
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2015) – As of January 1, 2015, the Sedona Community Foundation is known as the Arizona Community Foundation of Sedona. The name change is part of a statewide re-branding of Arizona Community Foundation Affiliates under a single name, with a local identifier to convey its place-based nature.
By Barbara Mayer Sedona AZ (January 12, 2015) – Bringing awareness of a national problem home to the streets of Sedona and the Verde Valley, a group of local sportsmen and sportswomen have become real champions for mental health awareness. After creating The Carol Baker Mixed Doubles Tournament last year, members of the Sedona Community Tennis Association (SCTA) have now donated tournament proceeds to the Mental Health Coalition Verde Valley. Tournament founders Alex Nebelsky and Mel Levine recently delivered the $1200 check to Coalition Facilitator Barbara Litrell and Christ Lutheran Church Mental Health Liaison Phil Billiam and other members of…
By Warren Woodward, Sedona Resident(January 10, 2015) [Sedona City] Council members, I see that the City is still issuing one-sided press releases that have nothing to do with City business. I guess you’ll never learn what is appropriate. If the Red Rock News increased its rates would that be worthy of a city press release?
Sedona AZ (January 10, 2015) – The Sedona Questers will host “stars” from Sedona’s movie past at their annual luncheon fundraiser on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at the Poco Diablo Resort. Guests will hear re-enactors tell the stories of these movie stars’ lives and their film-making or home-making memories in Sedona. It is anticipated the “stars” will inform, entertain and share some personal tidbits about themselves and the movie they made in Sedona during the heyday of film-making here.
By Ted Grussing … cannot be found … today was just a blast and seldom have I had a friend along more enthusiastic than my friend Wayne Ranney … and like my other geologist friends he gave me some lessons on the geology and I gave him views he has never seem. In short we had a blast as we traversed about a thousand square miles of the Colorado Plateau … The first shot is one I took of the north side of Roden Crater with the patterns of the snow not quite covering the surface. The diagonal line id…
Sedona AZ (January 9, 2015) – “Hi! I am Jax and I am a 2 year old Domestic Short Hair neutered cat. I am sweet, affectionate, and LOVE to play. Not only that, I am GREAT with other cats! Please come visit me at the shelter and I am sure you will want to take me home and make me your new best friend in 2015. You can see more pictures of me here.” Come by and take a tour of the shelter and see all the wonderful cats and dogs that are eager and ready to go home with you and be…
By Ted Grussing … my friend Jim Peterson, invited me over to shoot the Lovejoy 2014 Q2 comet which is reaching its maximum brightness and visibility and tonight was a good night to get it. The comet was discovered by an amateur astronomer by the name of Lovejoy last summer and it is the fifth one he has discovered … you do not shoot stars and comets handheld … I had to dig out one of my tripods and then fumble with it in the dark and try to find the comet which is not visible to the naked eye…