Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: Aug. 7, 2018
I captured a series of shots of the Blue Heron that I sent out last night and this shot is the next in the series, taken approximately .14 seconds after the shot from last night … you can see where he has lifted off with the mighty force of the push from the legs and the forward and downward beat of the wings.
Central Barber Shop serves Cottonwood for 40 years
Nancy Griggsby, the owner of Central Barber Shop located in the Food City Plaza, is celebrating the business’ 40th anniversary in Cottonwood this month.
The Fit Life: Comfort Sugars, Fats, and Other Beasts
When stressed or bored, we oftentimes reach out to so-called “comfort foods”. What are they? In three words, they are “SUGAR – FATS - ALCOHOL”, which leaves us tired, sluggish and sleepy. The more sluggish we feel, the more depressed about our bodies we are. We become disappointed in letting the stress get the best out of us and us get the worst out of the fridge.
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: Aug. 1, 2018
End of day on the Colorado Plateau on January 8th , 2017 … I took this shot on a very high wind day about 20 minutes before sunset and the conditions were phenomenal by anyone’s standards.
Passport to success for Macy Ahlers: 22-year-old embarks on journey as English teacher at Mingus Union
COTTONWOOD – Macy Ahlers isn’t too much older than the students she now teaches.
VERDE VALLEY EDUCATOR OF THE WEEK: Laurie Sudol
As principal at Cottonwood’s American Heritage Academy campus, Eric Evans says he could place Laurie Sudol “anywhere in K-6 and she would shine.”
What’s Happening in the Verde Valley: Aug. 1
August 15th: Linda Brannock, Career Coach at Yavapai College will discuss what information you should include in a successful resume and what you probably leave out and why. She will also discuss resume formats.
Western Light: Mammatus
Mammatus clouds, named for their similarity to the female anatomy, are generally a sign of unsettled weather.
Artist in residence program comes to Verde Valley
Poet, Hopi weaver visit Montezuma Castle, Tuzigoot national parks
VERDE VALLEY – Earlier this year at Petrified Forest National Park, the man they call “Monk” wrote poetry about people, mostly about the rangers and other park staff.
VERDE VALLEY EDUCATOR OF THE WEEK: Heather Priest
Kindergarten teacher American Heritage Academy Camp Verde
At Camp Verde’s American Heritage Academy, Heather Priest is the “light of love.”
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: July 23, 2018
For a few moments last Friday afternoon, these two predators had their eyes locked on each other and then the larger of them turned his head and resumed his stroll across the grass towards the wild area of brush, trees and tangles.
NEW BUSINESS: Bombaz Grill expands food truck to restaurant in Verde Village
A new restaurant has opened on Western Drive in Verde Village, just a few hundred feet off State Route 260. The Bombaz Grill has opened with a menu serving “Southwest Style Fixins.”
On a mission At St. Cecilia’s
Vets For Hire is first going to spend five to six days prepping the stucco-covered church, according to Allen.
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: July 18, 2018
When all else fails, do something different and this is the seventh photo I pulled up tonight.
VERDE VALLEY EDUCATOR OF THE WEEK: Kristy Aston
In education, resourcefulness isn’t limited to the classroom.
VERDE HERITAGE: 1970: Remember Alfredo at Bueno's?
Alfredo and Ava Gutierrez operated a Mexican restaurant on 89A at 12th Street.
Life in the Slow Lane: Humidity
Our Monsoon season opened with a storm so powerful that it sent a flash flood right through my property.
NEW BUSINESS: Feral Goat Firearms ‘gun people serving gun people’
Feral Goat Firearms has opened on Main Street in Cottonwood and offers gunsmithing, firearm sales, ammo, training, tactical equipment, lethal and non-lethal protection equipment.
What’s Happening in the Verde Valley: July 11
The Cottonwood Public Library is offering a new program for job seekers called Jobs 101. On the third Thursdays of every month patrons can learn how to take advantage of free library resources to help them on their way to a new career.
Life in the Slow Lane: PCU
It's official. I'm not selling the farm. What makes my decision official? I bought piglets.
VERDE VALLEY EDUCATOR OF THE WEEK: Brian Tankesley
It’s been 10 years since Brian Tankesley changed careers and became a teacher.
Sedona Pathways Our Daily Journey: July 10, 2018
I saw a bobcat whilst out with One this evening and it reminded me of a shot I took in 2015 of a young bobcat in someone’s yard high up on Merry Go Round Rock Road while heading into town.
NEW BUSINESS: Gaia’s Place to serve community as holistic gathering venue
Patti Lane, the owner of Gaia’s Place in Cottonwood, wants her new holistic center to be a place for people to gather in Cottonwood.
NEW VERDE VALLEY BUSINESS: Toasted Roasters
For the past 15 years, Denise Lee’s go-to employment has been the coffee business.
Trotters Wake Irish Band to perform in Clarkdale Concert in the Park
Time to practice your Irish jig. Saturday, July 7, Clarkdale Community Services presents Trotters Wake Irish Band.
- Plane crashes into Cottonwood residence
- Emergency responders on scene of Cottonwood airplane crash (with videos)
- Camp Verde man wrestles with black bear near Patagonia
- Weekend burglary puts halt to work projects for Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Pilot in Cottonwood plane crash dies
- Man involved in vehicle-pedestrian crash facing homicide, DUI charges
- Two public meetings planned to discuss possible routes for new county connector road
- Thomas Chantry faces new charges of molestation, abuse
- Weekend burglary puts halt to work projects for Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity (with video)
- YCSO volunteer rescues dog attached to moving semi-truck (with video)
- Two men jailed following robbery, stabbing in Verde Village Wednesday
- Man involved in vehicle-pedestrian crash facing homicide, DUI charges
- Update: 22-year-old mother dead after multiple-vehicle crash
- Plane crashes into Cottonwood residence
- Two suspects in custody after posting video of abusing calf
- Emergency responders on scene of Cottonwood airplane crash (with videos)
- Camp Verde man wrestles with black bear near Patagonia
- Weekend burglary puts halt to work projects for Verde Valley Habitat for Humanity
- Obituary: Meghan Reanne Barnes 1999-2018
- Thomas Chantry faces new charges of molestation, abuse
