Sedona AZ (March 4, 2020) – The Sedona Heritage Museum is hosting the next in its Living History speaker series on Thursday March 12 at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum when Linda Walls and Julie McDonald will tell about “The Sporting Life of Two Arizona Women-Big Nose Kate & Dollie Wiley”. The ‘sporting life’ was a euphemism for prostitution back in the Wild West. The two speakers will share the stories of two such women.”Big Nose Kate” is perhaps best known as the on-again, off-again common-law wife of Doc Holiday of Tombstone. She was born into an upper-class family, but her…
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Sedona AZ (March 4, 2020) – On March 16, 2020, city of Sedona contractor Tiffany Construction Company will begin the Thunder Mountain Drainage Improvements Project, which will begin with utility relocation work, followed by a drainage culvert installation.This project involves installing drainage pipes ranging in diameter from 36 to 60 inches along the south side of Thunder Mountain Road between Rhapsody Road and Andante Drive. Before the drainage pipe installation portion of the project can start, it will be necessary to relocate a few short sections of Arizona Water Company water mains. In addition, two sections of city sewer main…
City of Sedona has advanced to Innovator/Silver Sustainable Business Certification from the Sustainability Alliance.Sedona AZ (March 4, 2020) – City of Sedona has taken so many steps since 2017 (when they qualified as Conservationist/Bronze) they decided to take the assessment again, this time qualifying for Innovator/Silver. Staffing and planning were key to their success. They hired McKenzie Jones as Sustainability Coordinator, plus AmeriCorps VISTA member Kaileigh Walker. The City just completed a Municipal Sustainability Plan which includes targets for becoming zero waste and carbon neutral. They also conducted a municipal and community greenhouse gas inventory and identified areas for reduction.
Camp Verde AZ (March 4, 2020) – The next Music in the Stacks, a free monthly concert series, will take place on Thursday, March 12th at 5:30 pm in Camp Verde Community Library’s Fireside Room. Music in the Stacks is a showcase of local and national musicians who entertain regularly in Northern Arizona. There are 4-6 different performers during the show, with a rotating variety each month.
By Dr. Marta Adelsman Life Coach in Communication and Consciousness(March 4, 2020)Have you ever experienced someone trampling on your words, interrupting you as you communicated a thought? When someone can’t wait until we’ve finished expressing your thought before they jump in with theirs, it can jar us! People interrupt for many reasons. The “little me” (the self-absorbed part of us run by the ego) wants to appear smart (or important, valued, good enough, etc.). Maybe it feels impatient, so it interrupts to get on with the conversation. Or that “little me” may feel entitled to more air time than others.Fear…
By Ted Grussing… is a Harris Hawk and in this shot he is cruising low across the ground in full hunting mode. They fly close to the ground when hunting as rabbits and such are their food and covering the ground at high speed it is easy to spot and quickly drop a foot or so and snatch their prey before the prey knows what is happening … or if they do, it is easy to pursue and then it is either mealtime or time to begin the search again. In the wild they sometimes hunt with other Harris Hawks…
Sedonans Dressing Malawian GirlsSedona AZ (March 3, 2020) – On July 15, 2019, Lin Ennis, a Chapel Area resident since 2002, found Dress a Girl Around the World online and following the website’s instructions, began constructing sundresses for impoverished girls, primarily in third world countries. Dress a Girl Around the World, Sedona, became a chapter of dress a Girl Around the World, February 28, 2020, when they received word from headquarters that the local group had been approved.In October, Ennis delivered 56 completed dresses to the Phoenix Chapter of Dress a Girl. In November, Thomas and Lou Ann Bruck, Sedona…
Clarkdale AZ (March 3, 2020) – A fascinating special Sunday presentation of “In Their Own Words” is scheduled for March 8, 2020 at 3:00 pm at the Men’s Lounge in the Clark Memorial Clubhouse.Ken Zoll will present a talk entitled “Sinagua Meteorites from Meteor Crater.” Ken has been working in conjunction with Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies on meteorites found at Native American ruins in the Verde Valley and beyond. The occurrence of meteorites on archaeological sites in North America has been known since the early 19th century. From the Hopewell culture in the eastern United States to…
By Holli Ploog and Kathy Kinsella www.VoteSedona.com (March 3, 2020)Election season has begun. We know that because a misinformation campaign is already underway across our community. We have become aware that there is an email in circulation with hard copies being distributed at various locations in Sedona that attributes a position to us that we in fact do not hold. No one has asked us our position on this matter.
Prescott AZ (March 3, 2020) – On Wednesday, February 26, 2020, a Yavapai County Jury found Aaron Orrico, 49, of Rimrock, AZ, guilty of three counts of Sexual Assault. During the trial, the evidence showed that, in 2016, the defendant was a licensed massage therapist who was working as an independent contractor in the Sedona area. Over a nine-month period, three different women, none of them known to the other, became victims of his sexual assault.Trial testimony established that on February 18, 2016, Victim A visited a Sedona area spa for a relaxing massage before she ended her vacation and flew…
By Kerrie Snyder Attendance is FREE Clarkdale AZ (March 3, 2020) – Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 14th and join us on Main Street in Historic Downtown Clarkdale for our 10th Annual Car Show & Chili Cook-Off hosted by the Clarkdale Downtown Business Alliance and the Clarkdale Foundation. From 9am to 2pm we’re featuring cars, trucks and motorcycles on Main Street competing in four different categories along with a People’s Choice award with each category awarding a $100 prize. There will be a live remote broadcast sponsored by Mandalay Homes and the Mountain Gate subdivision and a beer garden…
Sedona AZ (March 3, 2020) – The city of Sedona invites all residents to take an online survey before March 16, 2020 to provide input on potential projects related to the city’s budget process. Take the survey here: http://sgiz.mobi/s3/BudgetSurvey. Every year, the city evaluates what projects will be included in future year budgets by weighing needs, funding and other competing priorities. New to this year’s budget process, the survey seeks input from the community on projects city staff has heard should be implemented.
By Ted GrussingOver the weekend I did my first ever raptor shoot with a Falconer and it was an amazing experience … my favorite flier was this tiny dynamo, an American Kestrel Falcon … his name is Finley. The kestrel is among the very smallest of the raptors, but their zest and ferocity will match any of them. The Amercian Kestrel only weighs in at about a quarter of a pound, about nine inches long with a wing span of around 22 inches. Their beauty is unsurpassed … they also have to be very careful when they make a kill…
ADOT MVD urges Arizonans to get the AZ Travel IDPhoenix AZ (March 2, 2020) – There are approximately 150 business days left until Oct. 1, and the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division reminds customers to get the AZ Travel ID to make it through federal TSA airport checkpoints starting on that date.“The clock is ticking and people need to get their AZ Travel ID,” said MVD Stakeholder Relations Manager Jennifer Bowser Richards. “We don’t want to see travel plans ruined because flyers don’t have an ID that the TSA will accept. That’s a very real risk for people…
Sedona AZ (March 1, 2020) – The Keeper, a British-German biographical drama that tells the extraordinary love story between a young English woman and Bert Trautmann, German footballer and prisoner of war, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy during World War II, was voted Audience Choice “Best of Fest” at the 26th annual Sedona International Film Festival.The 2020 Sedona International Film Festival featured 177 films over nine days from Feb. 22 through March 1.Among other Audience Choice award winners were Babysplitters, Best Feature Comedy; The Silent Revolution, Best International Film; Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Best Documentary; and Liberation Heroes: The Last…