Innovation creates savings in tire repair for ADOT maintenance vehicles Phoenix AZ (August 19, 2021) – As the Arizona Department of Transportation fosters an environment of continuous improvement and waste reduction, one idea has created savings in trips to equipment shops and the cost of tire repairs: the pokey picker upper. What is a “pokey picker upper?” Simply put, it’s a magnet that is attached to the front of an ADOT maintenance truck that hovers just above the ground collecting metal pieces and shards along the highway shoulders.
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By Ted Grussing… whilst flying over Woods Canyon to the NE of the Village of Oak Creek I took this shot from 9725′ msl and about 5500′ above the village and it captures all the significant red rocks in the village as well as some in the chapel area and west Sedona. The larger rock on the right side at mid photo is Courthouse Butte; to the immediate left of it is Bell Rock and further left of mid photo the pointy rock is Castle Rock and from this vantage point it actually kinda looks like it. SR 179 cuts…
Sedona AZ (August 18, 2021) – “Voices from the Grave” pioneer cemetery walk is back this Fall in Sedona, and will once again provide a fascinating, outdoor theatrical program with costumed ‘spirits’, history and fun, along with some new ‘seraph’ surprises.On Friday and Saturday, October 29 and 30, a limited number of fortunate ticket holders will be going back in time to meet pioneers who lived and worked in Red Rock country, and who experienced triumph and tragedy trying to carve out a life and adventure in this place we call Sedona.
The Tour allows attendees to visit with artists in their studios, learn about the creative process and purchase one-of-a-kind works of art. Sedona AZ (August 18, 2021) – The Sedona Visual Artists’ Coalition (SVAC) is pleased to announce the return of the Sedona Fall Open Studios Tour, taking place over the weekend of October 29-31, 2021. As part of this popular biannual event, approximately 45 working artists throughout the Verde Valley will open their private studios to the public, offering attendees a chance to gain firsthand insight into the creative process and purchase unique works of art while enjoying the…
By Ted Grussing… a sixteenth of a second after I took the photograph below I took the one at the top. Again the contrast is that in the first shot I have not cropped down to the primary subject in the photo and you have the Osprey in full context of the very shallow and small cove we were in.
Clarkdale AZ (August 17, 2021) – Three days before its state-of-the-art labs filled with students launching into “hero,” livable-wage careers, Yavapai College and community partners celebrated the completion and grand opening of the Verde Valley Skilled Trades Center.The Aug. 13 event at the YC Verde Valley Campus in Clarkdale featured celebratory remarks from college and civic leaders, tours of the 10,000 square-foot center and a luncheon. Capping the event was a ribbon-cutting captured for posterity by a drone.
Sedona AZ (August 17, 2021) – Barring any major rainfall, between 7 p.m. – 6 a.m. the week of Aug. 23, 2021, crews will be out on State Route (SR) 89A for three consecutive nights to apply green paint in bike lanes at dedicated right turn lanes to help with bike safety. Small portions of the right travel lanes, right turning lanes and bike lanes will be temporarily closed one at a time while green pavement markings are applied. The left travel lanes will remain open.
Emerson Theater Collaborative Presents the i’Mpossible Project Sedona AZ (August 17, 2021) – In partnership with the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), Verde Valley Mental Health Coalition and the I Am Worthy Project, Emerson Theater Collaborative presents The i’Mpossible Project: Kicking My Blue Genes in the Butt, written and performed by Joshua Rivedal. Show dates are September 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and September 25 at 2 p.m. at Sedona Arts Academy at The Collective Sedona in the Village of Oak Creek. The 3-part i’Mpossible Project, produced by Camilla Ross, is a program aimed at middle, high school and college students that combines live theater with suicide prevention information.
Two-day festival among the red rocks to feature 28 Arizona wineries, live music, food trucks, a plein air painting demonstration, and artisan vendors Sedona AZ (August 16, 2021) – On September 25 – 26, 2021 the Sedona Winefest will be returning for its 12th annual celebration at the Sedona Posse Grounds Park (525 Posse Ground Rd., Sedona, Arizona 86336). The two-day wine festival will feature 28 Arizona wineries, music, food trucks, free chair massages, a Plein Air Painting demonstration on Saturday, the Sugar Thieves band live on Sunday and a variety of artisan vendors.“Wine, art and music lovers come from…
By Ted Grussing… we spent several hours on Lake Pleasant last Friday and it is a terrific place to hunt wildlife. Usually when I send the photos out you only see the closeups of the critters we hunt and shoot, so I want to share the overall beauty of our hunting grounds. In the foreground we are in shallow water in a little cove near the north central part of the lake. The cove is filled with dead trees coming up out of the water and likewise far up on the shore. Green pastures go back a mile or so…
Be prepared, stay alert for wet highways, possible flooding and debrisPhoenix AZ (August 16, 2021) – With the National Weather Service forecasting additional monsoon storms in Arizona this afternoon and especially tonight (Monday, Aug. 16), drivers should exercise extreme caution and consider ways to avoid severe conditions on the state’s highways and roads. That includes delaying travel until severe weather has passed.The National Weather Service has noted that wet ground conditions already exist from recent rain, allowing for more rapid flash flooding from new storms this week. With the ground heavily saturated, even small storms have added potential to produce…
On Saturday, August 14 more than 70 people attended an evening of music hosted by the Sedonya Conscious Living Center in Sedona featuring a visiting group of Tibetan Buddhist Monks, sharing their wisdom and spiritual teachings through music.During the presentation the monks played various instruments including drums, cymbals, horns and and bells and sang beautiful songs in their native tongue, interweaving harmonies and chants that enthralled and mesmerized the audience, heightening their spiritual experience and meditative experience.
Film that was a hit at the recent festival returns by popular demand to Fisher TheatreThe Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona theatrical premiere of “Sublet” showing Aug. 20-25 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
By Tommy Acosta (August 15, 2021)What a waste of money, human lives, limbs, time and effort. After 20 years of military conflict in Afghanistan, re-building cities, airports, infrastructure and an economy, the U.S. is pulling up stakes and leaving Afghanistan to the hands of the Taliban, our sworn arch enemy. Just like that!Without barely firing a shot, the Taliban declared victory and now waits for the “peaceful” handing over of power to them while the government we spent $2 trillion to create and protect disintegrates.Since the war began, a total of 2,448 servicemen were killed in the conflict, including 3,846…
By Alan E. Freedman(August 15, 2021)It is true that whatever we focus on becomes larger! Entertain a life of positive thoughts, speech, and emotions, including an attitude of forgiveness towards those who have done to us unspeakable and ongoing harm and distress and we attract more of the same. Miraculously, people continually come across our path that are uniquely instrumental in getting us from where we are currently, to where we passionately desire to go. New and exciting opportunities come our way, from out of nowhere. Resilient and unflappable in the face of difficulty is our moniker. Whatever health or…