Camp Verde News – Volunteering has been part of Camp Verde from the very beginning and is alive and well in the town today. From Volunteers in Policing and the Community Library to the volunteer group, the “Old Guys” who work on special projects around town, and all those who help make Parks and Recreation events successful, our town continues to thrive due to volunteerism today. National Volunteer Week gives us the perfect opportunity to recognize and thank volunteers who lend their time, talent, and heart in so many ways to the Town of Camp Verde. With this in mind,…
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… I feel like I am basking in luxury as I revisit photos that are already uploaded to our online gallery and I am able to take the time to go through them and rework where necessary. The tulips from Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California are an example. I spent about two hours taking it from the original raw file to a new and well finished work of art … it is now in the online store gallery check it out. The photo below is from a flight to the SF Peaks just after a snow storm … Snow Bowl…
Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to join cinemas around the globe for a worldwide Earth Day theatrical premiere of “The Revolution Generation” showing Friday, April 22 at 4 and 7 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “The Revolution Generation” is an exploration of the world-changing activism and potential of the largest youth generation in history. The film shows examples of young leaders working to revolutionize systems that have failed their generation. It paints a powerful and hopeful picture of how today’s youth can solve global political and environmental crises. The number of Millennials in…
Yavapai County News – Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Michael Lewis and Department of Public Safety Trooper Thomas Humphrey instructed 13 Law Enforcement Officer students from across the United States at a Drug Recognition Expert course hosted by the Department of Public Safety in Prescott Valley from March 31 to April 20, 2022. The three-week class attracted instructors and students from law enforcement agencies all over the state of Arizona, and as far as Alaska. Arizona is known for its high standards for instruction and certification standards, which is why instructors and students come from far and wide to teach and…
Sedona News – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting local author Roger Naylor for a talk and book-signing of his latest award winning book Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes on Tuesday April 26 at 10 a.m. In this latest book, travel writer Roger Naylor coaxes readers outdoors with an array of wonders. Arizona’s Scenic Roads and Hikes points the way toward the very best the state has to offer. Travel from sun-kissed deserts to the summits of snow-capped mountains, from the cosmic abyss of the Grand Canyon to the red rocks of Sedona and the haunting hoodoos of the Chiricahua Mountains. Visit ancient…
By Ted Grussing … when we were kids, we frequently would lie back on the grass and spend time looking up at the clouds … seeing what forms we could see in them and wondering what lie above them … I have never stopped looking up and with some frequency turn my lens up to capture this beautiful and transitory beauty. The clouds in the image above have an incredible amount of detail in it and reminds me of something very lacy and fancy … the photo below seems like some kind of airborne ship with a smoke stack…
Cottonwood News – The Cottonwood Community Band, under the direction of Jeff Bowell, is pleased to announce their spring concert to be held on Sunday, May 1, at 3:00 PM at the Phillip England Center for the Performing Arts in Camp Verde. The concert is presented free of charge. For a community band in a rather small community, we have been blessed with a remarkable wealth of talent and this concert will feature original compositions from three members of the band, among other selections. The band’s elder statesman, Paul Rosenfeld, who is now 90 and still active in the band…
Sedona News – The city of Sedona seeks a few dedicated individuals to serve as volunteer park rangers. The Sedona Volunteer Park Rangers choose their own workdays, performing a variety of tasks including providing a uniformed presence in Uptown answering visitor questions, performing park patrols, occasionally doing light trail maintenance, assisting the Parks and Recreation Department with community events and assisting hikers using the new Sedona Shuttle. The city’s ranger program has been serving the community and its visitors for over 16 years. When fully staffed, they performed a seven-day-a-week, year-around operation. During the COVID-19 pandemic, over half of the…
Sedona News – Emerson Theater Collaborative presents Friday Night at the Theater on April 22, 7 to 8 p.m. at Arts Academy of Sedona in The Collective Sedona located at 7000 SR-179, Suite C-100 in the Village of Oak Creek. This cabaret-style event will feature music, dance, recitation and drama from a variety of local artists. Entertainment slated for this month includes Bob Grogan and Cindy Cole, Gary Every and Zoot Suite Zebras, Joan Westmoreland, Shaeri Richards, Matt Egan, Craig Schneider, Rebecca Ricky and Camilla Ross. If you’d like to enjoy some local eats during the performances, order dinner from Rotten Johnny’s https://www.rottenjohnnys.com or Dellepiane’s Burger Joint http://www.dellepianeburger.com and pick it up before…
By Rabbi Alicia Magal Sedona News – Shalom and greetings from the Rabbi, Board of Directors, and congregation of the Jewish Community of Sedona and the Verde Valley. All the services, classes, and programs are listed on the synagogue website. Come join us either in person or online. See jcsvv.org for instructions to register for in-person services. On Friday, April 15, there will not be a regular Friday evening service as it is the Eve of Passover. Instead, Rabbi Magal will lead a Seder on Zoom from her home, beginning at 5:30 pm for about one hour. Then everyone…
… look beyond the cities at the countryside, the oceans, mountains and the starlit sky at night. Think of family and friends whose presence in our lives enriches every moment of our lives. The photo above was taken one night when I was returning from California and coming up US 60 from I-17 and in the town of Salome … a faint silver line shows where the railroad track runs and like the darkness closing in, the rails were silent … sometime, someday the rails will tremble beneath a passing train slipping through the softness of dark. Below…
Sedona News – The struggle to preserve and enhance voting rights and the battle against voter suppression are among the major political conversations facing America today. Few recent films have explored these epic issues better than the 2020 documentary “All-In: The Fight for Democracy”, which chronicles the 2018 race for governor in Georgia, where the Democrat Stacey Abrams (who would have been the first African-American woman elected governor in the U.S.) lost by a thin margin to Brian Kemp, who as the Republican Secretary of State was overseeing the election. The film explores how Kemp orchestrated tactics to suppress minority…
Sedona News – Red Earth Theatre brings a new play, written and directed by Kate Hawkes, telling the story of perhaps the most famous mothers’ love – Demeter for her daughter Persephone. Playing at the Studio/Black Box Theatre at Sedona Red Rock High School this 90 minute show gives you a new look at an old and very relevant myth. This full production of the reading last year at Tlaquepaque, builds in that first rendition, with a new character (Charon, the corpse-like boatman) and an additional scene with Cassandra and Zeus. Hawkes buried herself in the Greek pantheon of Gods…
By Charlene Roth Sedona News – As the place where families spend most of their time, home has the ability to shape health and wellbeing. Does your home promote a healthy lifestyle, or is it harboring invisible pollutants that make you sick? Is anyone in your family experiencing symptoms that may indicate an unhealthy environment? If so, use these tips from Sedona.biz to assess your home and make it a healthier place to live. Improve Indoor Air Quality Poor indoor air quality is behind many sick building symptoms. Poor air quality comes from things we use inside our home as…
Sedona News – On April 06, 2022 a YCSO Deputy responded to a call in Cornville for the report of a Javelina inside a passenger vehicle. When the Deputy arrived at the scene, there was a Subaru Station Wagon containing a wild Javelina stuck inside. After speaking with neighbors and the owner, it was learned the hatch back was left open during the night and the Javelina jumped inside attempting to eat a bag of Cheeto’s. His entrance shook the rear hatch closed which locked the hungry little fella inside. His attempt to exit the vehicle proved to be more…