Resurfacing in north Phoenix will narrow highway to one lane Phoenix AZ (June 1, 2021) – Drivers who plan to use southbound Interstate 17 near Daisy Mountain Drive in the Anthem area Friday night and on Saturday (June 4-5) should allow extra travel time and consider detours for a paving project, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.Southbound I-17 is scheduled to be narrowed to one left lane between Daisy Mountain Drive and Pioneer Road in north Phoenix from 9 p.m. Friday to 10 p.m. Saturday, June 5, for resurfacing. The southbound I-17 on-ramp at Pioneer Road will be closed.
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By Ted Grussing… and this is now! About nine months ago I took the lower shot of One and a very elegant bobcat kitten … the young cat was probably only six months or so old and still it was bigger than One … One tips the scales at about nine pounds then and now.
Sedona AZ (May 31, 2021) – On Wednesday June 9 at 5:00 PM, Nikki Cooley, Co-Manager, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professional’s (ITEP) Tribes & Climate Change Program will speak at Keep Sedona Beautiful. Her topic will be: Tribal/Indigenous Knowledge & Actions to Address the Climate Crisis.To participate in this Zoom webinar, click on THIS LINK. The password for the Zoom is 062021.
By Ted Grussing… that your son Technical Sergeant Norman C.S. Pearson US Marine Corps was killed … accept my heartfelt sympathy. Letter follows. Holcomb Lieut General USMC the Commandant US Marine Corps.
Festival partners with Unify Sedona to bring the music of Freddie Mercury and Queen to the Sedona Performing Arts CenterSedona AZ (May 31, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to partner with Unify Sedona: A Rainbow Alliance to present “Mercury: The Story of Queen’s Front Man” live, on stage at the Sedona Performing Arts Center on Friday, June 11.“Mercury” celebrates the music of Freddie Mercury and Queen — a band that rocked the world and the fame, decadence, tragedy and triumph that swirled around its leader.We will rock you! “Mercury” is a “rockumentary”! It is not a…
CH’ÍHOOTSOOÍ, DINÉTAH (Window Rock, Navajo Nation) (May 31, 2021) – Navajo historian Dr. Jennifer Denetdale rewrites Diné history to include the overlooked leadership roles of Diné women. To her credit, Dr. Denetdale is a professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico (UNM), the Director of UNM’s Institute for American Indian Research, and the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission Chair. She’s also the first Dine person to have earned a Ph.D. in History. In 2007, she authored “Reclaiming Diné History: The Legacies of Chief Manuelito and Juanita,” a book that includes an exploration of the historical leadership roles of Diné…
By Peter CutlerWe can often see arguments on Facebook and other places about whether there is or is not a self and what all this means. There are arguments about everything, but spiritual posts frequently argue about this.People are naturally confused by duality and this is completely natural. Why would you not be confused by delusion when you look at it seriously?The mind will naturally be confused by a question like “Is there a self or not a self?” And it will be even more confused by an honest answer. “Neither. There is neither a self nor not a self…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryLast night I decided to enjoy a little light entertainment and put on the movie, The Prince of Persia. It’s a fun flight of fancy about a dagger that allows its holder to go back in time. It has a bit of violence in it and lately I haven’t been willing to subject myself to violence. My heart hurts when I see innocents die, when I think of the collateral damage of the sad lost grasping tyrants like the villain in the story. Movies seem real to my nervous system.You can imagine how life sometimes makes me…
Bizet’s spectacular masterpiece performed on the stunning Bregenz Lake Stage in AustriaSedona AZ (May 29, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Carmen on the Lake” from the magnificent Bregenz Lake Stage in Austria. There will be one show on Saturday, June 5 at 1 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.Performed on the spectacular water stage of Lake Constance in Bregenz, George Bizet’s “Carmen” is a story of passion, destiny, and obsession.
Clarkdale AZ (May 29, 2021) – The Clarkdale Historical Society and Museum (CHSM) is delighted to announce the all-new 2021 Virtual Historic Building and Home Tour. The tour features five classic Clarkdale homes, each built in a distinctly different architectural style.The 2021 Virtual Historic Building and Home Tour is ready for visitors! Cost for participation is a modest $20 and donations will be used to help upgrade exhibits for the Museum’s planned reopening.
Camp Verde AZ (May 29, 2021) – Join Dick Norred and other community members in a study group discussion of a variety of natural health topics on Tuesday, June 15th at 5:00 pm in the library’s Founders’ Room, and continuing once a month. The primary focus of the Study Group will be to study the documented examples and scientific health benefits of local, GMO-free, organically grown, healthy, high nutrient food. A secondary focus can be on the health benefits of other healthy alternatives such as exercise, yoga, meditation, etc.
Input welcome through June 3 on program to improve corridors, pavementPhoenix AZ (May 29, 2021) – More than 700 Arizonans have shared their feedback on the Arizona Department of Transportation’s tentative five-year plan for proposed improvements and projects as part of the agency’s annual update on the direction of the state’s highway system.The public comments include multiple corridors in Arizona as motorists make their voices heard on what’s important to them in ADOT’s plan that includes improving several major highways and upgrading pavement conditions across the state.ADOT continues to welcome public comments until 5 p.m. Thursday, June 3, on the…
By [Concerned Sedona Resident](May 28, 2021)In our first article, we looked at the five criteria governing the viability of proposed Sedona traffic solutions. In the way of quick review, those criteria involved ownership of the land, public access to publicly-funded routes, funding, efficacy of the proposed solution and negative considerations.In our last article, we evaluated three proposals against these criteria including building roads only locals can use, bridging Red Rock Crossing and paving Schnebly Hill Road.In this second of two parts, we evaluate the other three most commonly proposed traffic solutions including widening Highway 179, bypassing Uptown and neighborhood connectors.
By Ted Grussing… we do not speak the same language as each other, but when the spoken word fails, somehow we still manage to communicate with each other through through body language, but as we passed by this Great Blue Heron, I was honestly stumped! Were we being flashed? Propositioned? Asked for a handout? Or simply being mocked?
United States’ 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East in film at Fisher TheatreSedona AZ (May 28, 2021) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the award-winning new documentary “The Human Factor” showing June 4-9 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.There was a time when peace appeared to be just within reach. What went so horribly wrong?