Yavapai County Sheriff’s Backcountry Search and Rescue team conducted its annual Swiftwater rescue course over the weekend. Nine members of the team completed the three-day course in the Colorado River offered by the Arizona Center for Fire Service in Excellence. Training is comprised of multiple swimming techniques, personal protective equipment, boating skills and maneuvers, in water patient management, vast rescue skills including the use of throw bags, tethered strong swimmer, V lowers, Y lowers, box cinches, Mather loops, and so much more. “We like to undertake this course every year for our members so that we are always prepared for…
Author: Sedona Best
What is the Gila Adjudication and why could its rulings regarding water rights in the Gila River System, which includes the Verde River, have the potential to impact both well users and municipal water users in a significant way? Clyde Halstead, a water law attorney, will review the history of the Gila Adjudication, discuss major rulings that will affect water users in the Verde River Basin and explain how citizens can participate in the Adjudication to protect their water rights at a Zoom webinar presented by the Citizens Water Advocacy Group (CWAG) on Saturday, April 16, from 10am – noon.…
… a very quiet day today … coffee with friends, a return of my Starlink kit and grocery shopping plus time making One feel like she is the focal center of our little universe (which she is), an early dinner and a couple of movies.Still exploring forgotten photos in folders I have not looked at in years and finding a lot of images I had forgotten about … like the mesquite tree pods above and the milkweed pod below. Like flowers, weeds and seeds can make for a beautiful image and are a part of this beautiful place we call…
Sedona International Film Festival presents the Exhibition on Screen series with the encore of “Easter in Art”. The event will show in Sedona on Tuesday, April 5 at 4 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre. “Easter in Art” is a stunning film on one of the most significant events in history – the death and resurrection of Jesus. Displaying some of the greatest artworks ever produced and shot on location in galleries around the world, “Easter in Art” highlights artists such as Caravaggio, Leonardo, Raphael, El Greco and Dalí. The story of Christ’s death and resurrection has dominated…
Arizona Cardinals players and alumni, team mascot Big Red and Cardinals Cheerleaders are continuing the team’s “Cardinals Caravan” this week with visits to Sedona on Thursday (March 31) and Flagstaff on Friday (April 1). The “Cardinals Caravan” is visiting cities across Arizona to engage with fans, participate in community activities and visit local radio affiliates from the Cardinals radio network. On Thursday, former Cardinals defensive lineman Michael Bankston will join Big Red and Cardinals Cheerleaders in Sedona for a community event at St. Vincent de Paul (180 Soldier Pass Road) from 9:00-11:00 a.m. followed by a fan meet & greet…
The Golden Plate Awards program recognizes establishments that strive for excellence in food safety standards and is awarded by the Yavapai County Community Health Services in cooperation with the Yavapai County Food Safety Industry Council and the University of Arizona.With a monthly average of 50,000 meals or 550,000 meals served every year, YCSO Detention services (YCSODS) staff have shown superior commitment and dedication to the agency. Even though the past two years were heavily disrupted by staffing shortages, consistent menu changes due to supply issues, quarantines, delays in equipment repair, as well as the uncertainty and fear that the COVID19…
By Amaya Gayle GregoryThe world seems pretty damn real. It’s near impossible to be in the middle of the chaos and remain open to the possibilities of lived grace, of love, of heaven right here on Earth and yet, that is what we are asked to do if anything but what is currently made manifest is to be realized. I used to call it disbelieving appearances. Now I see that something much more profound than mental mastery is required. We can’t just disbelieve. We must truly deeply absolutely, not on the periphery, but all the way in, permeating penetrating the…
… the shows went very well and today was a day to focus on relaxing and enjoying the day … a huge thank you to everyone who turned out for the shows … it was fun having so many of you there. I spent time this evening looking through a folder with a lot of flowers and settled in on the one with lilies and came up with these two. The upper lily is a peace lily and that sure seems like a pretty good idea to me, so here it is … the lower bloom is also a lily,…
The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of the acclaimed new documentary “The Torch” showing April 2-7 at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre. At 85, Chicago legend Buddy Guy remains the standard bearer for the blues — an icon determined to see the art form live on long after he’s gone. Enter young guitar phenom Quinn Sullivan, who has been mentored by Guy since he was a kid. This stirring documentary — amplified by electrifying musical performances — charts the guidance Guy himself received from the likes of Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf while…