Sedona AZ (January 18, 2012) – Would you like to know how Sedona City Hall works? Do you want to have a voice in the future of your City? These questions and others will be answered at the Citizens Academy, a priority of City Council to educate and reach out to the community. Residents will have the opportunity to meet with the Council and various department staff to better understand City operations and issues.
Author: Tommy Acosta
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Flagstaff AZ (January 18, 2012) – Fire managers on the Flagstaff District are planning to continue pile burning efforts on the Eastside project tomorrow, Thursday January 19, pending favorable conditions. Eastside Project: 150 acres of piles located south of Flagstaff, southwest of Little America and Herold Ranch Road, northeast of Lake Mary Road and the Heckethorn neighborhood, near Fisher Point. Smoke will disperse to the northeast. Smoke will likely be noticeable in the Country Club, Walnut Canyon, and Lake Mary Road areas overnight. All prescribed fire activity is dependent on personnel availability, weather – including winds and ventilation, and approval…
Sedona AZ (January 18, 2012) – The Sedona Heritage Museum announces their newest changing exhibit, a celebration of Arizona’s 100 years of statehood. The exhibit has several features including displays about the state symbols, the Five ‘C’s of Arizona (can you name them?: Copper, Cattle, Citrus, Cotton & Climate), timelines of Arizona and Sedona history, and a look at the local “who and how” of voting in 1912. With the aid of the Museum’s new catalog system, there’s a display of locally used items dating from 1912 from the permanent Collection, plus a vignette illustrating some of the basics of…
Sedona AZ (January 17, 2012) – The Sorvino family – Paul, Mira, Michael and Amanda – give new meaning to the term “family film.” True to their reputation as a tight-knit unit, the entire family is coming to the 18th annual Sedona International Film Festival for the screening of The Trouble with Cali, a film written by Amanda, directed by and starring Paul, featuring Michael and with a large cameo appearance by Mira. The film, which will be among 145 selected for the Festival, will be screened several times from Feb. 18-26 at venues throughout the northern Arizona community.
Sedona AZ (January 17, 2012) – The Sedona Heritage Museum has recently released a new video/DVD that invites the viewer to tour the colorful history of Greater Sedona. Entitled “Oak Creek Legacy – The Story of Sedona”, it was written, produced and directed by volunteer Jim Eaton for the Sedona Heritage Museum. It runs about one hour and depicts the major facets of our unique community – the geology that formed our red rocks, the Native Americans, the pioneer times, lives of the cowboys, the orchard industry, the Golden Age of Sedona film-making, the visual and performing arts, and tourism.
Verde Valley AZ (January 16, 2012) – On January 31st, from 5:30 to 7:30pm at Yavapai College on Black Hills Drive, local business owners are invited to the newly re-launched QC Speed Networking event. Growing in popularity over the last four years, this event brings together local businesses and offers education on more effective business networking, and the chance to meet 15 to 20 people in the course of an evening. “I love getting the word out about this event,” says event Coordinator Cheryl Oliver of Verde Valley Business Resource, “because I have firsthand experience with how effective and fun…
Sedona AZ (January 16, 2012) – Love is in the air at Rowe Fine Art Gallery, and we’re not just talking about husband-and-wife gallery owners Ken and Monica Rowe! Everyone understands the importance of art appreciation, but at Rowe Gallery, this month it’s all about art collector appreciation. Stop by the gallery on Feb. 3 from 5 to 8 p.m. during the Sedona Gallery Association’s 1st Friday Gallery Tour when Ken and Monica, along with their knowledgeable staff, will gift small tokens of their appreciation to anyone who has ever purchased a Ken Rowe sculpture or any piece of art…
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – At their annual meeting on Dec. 9, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Oak Creek Watershed Council elected Kurt Harris, P.E. to be Chairman for 2012. Kurt is Environmental Coordinator for the Flagstaff District with the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), and has previously worked as a Consulting Engineer, as well as with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – A portion of the Bell Rock Pathway Trail will be receiving reconstruction beginning Monday, January 23 through Thursday 26. This reconstruction work will allow Forest Service personnel and the Coconino Rural Environment Corps (CREC) crew to provide necessary trail improvements; installing water diversion structures, reducing soil erosion and to enhance the trail surface for continued public enjoyment.
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – Sedona’s Historic Preservation Commission was tasked with the mission of creating projects or events to commemorate Arizona’s Centennial, the day that Arizona celebrates 100 years of statehood. The Commission thought it would be interesting and meaningful to find Sedona Centenarians, those individuals who, like the state, are celebrating their 100th birthdays. The Centenarians’ memories of the growth of Sedona would parallel the developing complexity of the state over the past century. There would be a need to develop a method of creative expression of a century of individual lives coming together to make a…
Phoenix AZ (January 13, 2012) – The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 17, in Tempe. The panel will meet at 9:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Phoenix Airport Hotel, 1600 S. 52nd St. The agenda includes discussion and possible action regarding technical changes to the congressional- and legislative-district maps. There also is a chance the commissioners could approve final maps. Agendas are available at azredistricting.org/Meeting-Info/default.asp. Meetings are open to the public. However, if an agenda item involves legal advice, the panel could go into executive session, from which the public would be excluded.
Save on Lift Tickets and Helmets Flagstaff AZ (January 13, 2012) – Snowbowl is preparing for the MLK holiday with a discount web coupon for an all-day Adult lift ticket valid all weekend long and half-price helmets to promote the National Ski Area Association’s “National Safety Awareness Week”. Snow riders can download a coupon for a $40 all-day lift ticket from the website www.ArizonaSnowbowl.com valid Saturday – Monday, January 14-16, 2012. There are 300 new helmets for sale on a first-come, first-served basis during the holiday and will continue the following weekend, January 21-22. The cost will be $40 per…
Sedona Korean American Association Hosts the 2nd Annual ‘Lunar New Year Festival’ to share culture and festivities of the New Year Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – The Lunar New Year presents a special opportunity for new beginnings. Considering it is the most important holiday in South Korea, as it is for roughly 1.7 billion people throughout China, Japan, Mongolia, Tibet, and Vietnam, this year’s celebration is sure to bring a unique and refreshing energy to Sedona. The festival celebrating the New Year traditionally begins on the first day of the first month in the Chinese calendar and ends with…
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – Sedona’s Young Voice Be Heard, a non-profit youth poetry organization, received a $5,000 grant from the Sedona 30 on December 5th, 2011. Peter Fagan made the presentation at the Sedona Public Library during YVBH’s weekly afterschool Poetry Club meeting. The students in attendance were told by their mentor, Ya’ir “Christopher” Lane, that they would receive a surprise later in the meeting. “Is it pizza?” Mackinzi Taylor, a Junior at Sedona Red Rock High School, asked. “Nope, way better!” replied Lane.
Sedona AZ (January 13, 2012) – On Friday, January 13th, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., the Alumni-Poets from Sedona’s Young Voices Be Heard performance poetry group will reunite to share their worldly excursions through spoken word “slam” poetry, at the Sedona Public Library in the Si Birch room. Young Voices Be Heard is a powerful program of NORAZ (Northern Arizona Poets), northern Arizona’s literary arts organization, that mentors young people through spoken word poetry. Poets set to perform at this “homecoming” event include Sedona Red Rock High School alumni David “Black” Scandura, Jessica Guadarrama, Jacob Seemann, Champion Max Boehm-Reifenkugel, Lila Rodriguez, Scotty Thompson, and Julia…