Sedona AZ (June 20, 2019) – On Friday, June 28th at 5pm at the Sedona Library the Poetry and Prose Project will host author and photographer Larry Lindahl with special guest Peg Millet. Several years ago, when the Poetry and Prose Project was an outdoor venue, Larry Lindahl spoke and read from his books, entertaining the audience with tales of climbing red rocks, visiting Native American ruins, and close encounters with rattlesnakes. Organizers of the Poetry and Prose Project wanted to take advantage of their indoor library setting by asking award winning photographer Larry Lindahl to make a presentation of his…
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Cottonwood AZ (June 20, 2019) – The Verde Valley Humane Society (VVHS) announces the appointment of Jill Iurato to its Board of Directors.“We are pleased to welcome Jill Iurato to the VVHS Board of directors,” said Victoria Bresnan, Board President. “VVHS’s mission is to humanely provide for and protect unwanted, lost and abused animals; and to promote animal welfare through its policies and presence in the community. The Verde Valley Humane Society provides compassionate care to unwanted, lost, and abused animals and promotes animal protection and welfare.”
By Gary Chamberlain – Spokesman(June 20, 2019) Because the North Carolina Litter-Free Coalition believes the students and adults of our nation can reshape the economy and quality of life of our communities through reducing litter, we are seeking their anti-litter posters and comments.
Sedona AZ (June 20, 2019) – A city contractor will conduct sealcoating of streets in the Harmony Hills Units 1-3 and Harmony Knolls neighborhoods this month. Beginning June 24, specific sections of roads will be completely closed to traffic. Residents will be able to access to a main collector road at all times, although minor route changes may occur because of unforeseen circumstances.
By Ted Grussing… shortly after I took off yesterday morning I took a series of shots over Wilson mountain looking towards the west. I like to get Wilson in the foreground from a relatively low altitude so that if I choose to use it as a base for a composite I can use a photo of One or some other creature laying on the edge of the cliff looking out over Long Canyon and the expanse beyond. Left of center and a little below it is the Seven Canyons golf course and beyond that, but hidden, Enchantment Resort. The flat…
Traveler Information Line now takes litter reportsPhoenix AZ (June 19, 2019) – Reporting drivers who toss trash out of their vehicles isn’t literally as easy as 1-2-3, but ADOT has made it nearly as simple by allowing drivers to quickly make a report by dialing another simple number: 511.That’s the number to ADOT’s recently enhanced Traveler Information Line, which now features an option to report litterbugs on state highways. Once drivers call 511, they can select the second option for the litter hotline. Callers are then asked to provide a license plate number, type of litter, location and time of…
Sedona AZ (June 20, 2019) – Striping of streets throughout the city will occur this week. Most work will be performed between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m., weather and temperature permitting.Striping work will occur on all public city streets. It will not include state routes 89A or 179. The work will consist of restriping center lines, edge lines, crosswalks, stop bars, pavement arrows, “only” symbols and bike lanes.
Sedona AZ (June 19, 2019) – Friday June 21st 7pm Bluesman Mike and his band The Blues Review will perform at Sound Bites Grill for the first time. The group’s music genre is Jazz and Blues. They mix cover songs with original compositions and have their audiences shaking and bobbing to the blues jazz grooves.“The Blues Review Band was formed by Bluesman Mike’s and his love for blues music. In 2007, he bought himself a bass guitar and began to create and rehearse the bottom end of the rhythm section: Bass. Bass Guitar is Mike’s passion and shares a funky blues…
By Dr. Marta Adelsman Life Coach in Communication and Consciousness(June 19, 2019)With one child on my lap and the other two snuggled closely against me on either side, I read to my three small sons. Every time we read it, There’s No Such Thing as a Dragon, by Jack Kent, completely captured our focus.We can all identify dragons in our lives — those emotions, thoughts, occurrences, or habits we want to keep hidden. We ignore them, yet ignoring doesn’t make them go away. They only grow in the darkness with which we protect them. They threaten to make our lives…
By Ted Grussing… I flew this morning and although the smoke in the air limited my ability to get any decent airscapes, shooting nearly straight down over various rock formations produced some very neat images. This one kind of reminds me of a large scratchpad well used by One’s larger cousin … ripping through the trees … or simply the convergence of multiple formations sculpted by tens of thousands of years … methinks the latter. This is somewhere along the west side of Long Canyon a few miles up from Enchantment. Kinda like looking at clouds and trying to figure…
Sedona AZ (June 18, 2019) – Who are those yellow vested people in Uptown and on SR 179 and what are they doing? I’d like to clear up just who these folks are and some mis-conceptions about what they’re doing.The city’s public works department began managing the Traffic Control Assistants (TCA) program in 2017. At that time, the goal was to develop a program to help with the worst traffic in the busiest seasons. Challenges filling the part time positions meant limited success in fiscal year 2017 (July 2016 to June 2017) because we were only able to implement the…
Sedona AZ (June 18, 2019) – Iris Yang, a local author, will speak on June 29 at Sedona Public Library about her two historical novels on the Flying Tigers (American Volunteer Group) and their contributions to China in WWII. The talk is scheduled for 2:00 pm in Si Birch Community Room and is offered as part of the 2019 Universe of Stories Adult Summer Reading Program. Her novels, Wings of a Flying Tiger and Will of a Tiger, have received excellent reviews nationwide. Ms. Yang has been interviewed on National Public Radio (WUNC’s “The State of Things”) and has spoken…
By Ted Grussing… in putting together the presentation this weekend I was drawn to some of the early photos when I was flying my high performance sailplane … the beauty of aerodynamic perfection slipping through a cloud filled sky at 14,000’ is hard to top. I took this shot on a trip north from Turf and was over the Verde Valley on my way to the San Francisco Peaks before the return flight to Pleasant Valley Airport just a few miles south of Lake Pleasant. It was a day with awesome lift that gave truth to the saying that glider…
Sedona AZ (June 17, 2019) – Is it ever too late to see the truth? Ellen LaCorte’s propulsive debut novel, “The Perfect Fraud,” explores this question and more.The Literate Lizard Bookstore and Sedona Public Library host HarperCollins author Ellen LaCorte as she reads from and signs her new book “The Perfect Fraud” Friday, June 21 at 2pm at the library. This gripping debut thriller, to be released June 18, 2019 is partially set in Sedona. The story follows two women with deep secrets who are thrown together by an unexpected meeting that plunges both their lives into chaos.
“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!”Clarkdale AZ (June 16, 2019) – Have you ever been to a good old-fashioned ice cream social? What once was very common in American society is still happening today in Clarkdale,AZ at the Fourth of July celebration in the Town Park on July 4th, 2019.It is widely known that the first ice cream social occurred in England during the reign of King Charles II when ice cream was a luxury, rarely afforded to anyone but nobility. By the 1700’s, ice cream became available to the average citizen. By the 19th century,…