The Villager

It has been a busy summer at VOCA, with the golf course in full swing (bad pun intended), and the HOA administrative team busily transitioning staff as well as our systems.

As Keep Sedona Beautiful resumes its Preserving the Wonder™ Speaker Series Sept. 11, the nonprofit organization will present Jeff Hall, director of Flagstaff’s Lowell Observatory.

Experiencing traumatic events seems to be something we all share. It’s rare for a person to go through life without moments of tragedy that impact us, often for the rest of our lives.

Late in 2018, Kristy and Michael Papa became the owners of Harry’s Hideaway Restaurant, 10990 E. Cornville Road in Cornville.

In opening this month’s update, I want to thank Pastor Jim Cunningham for his service as Vice President on the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council and truly regret his resignation. His efforts and service on the BPRCC Board will be missed.

Carla Williams and her husband Don came here on vacation and went hiking in the red rocks (this sounds familiar, right?)

The Village of Oak Creek has not only been the pioneer in the area’s green bag food collection program, but its food donors have also tipped the scales with more pounds of food collected and volunteers than any other collection site in the Verde Valley.

Women and lifting weights do not mix at all. You shouldn’t even try it. Or if you must, do more reps using light weights so you don’t even break a sweat. And do not forget, it is not good for ladies to squat. Leave all that to the other gender; they are just better at it …

Way out on the Colorado Plateau, two lines cross at right angles, forming the borders of four states. You can stand on this spot and be in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah all at the same time.

The Village of Oak Creek will host an open house for the re-opening of the primary care clinic from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 5.

Ken Ewing fell in love with the Verde Valley long ago, as his family has lived in the Verde Valley since 1984.

Homeowner’s associations — and the residents who live in neighborhoods that have one — seem to enjoy some unique protections from a state law enacted in 2016, that aren’t afforded to other property owners.

Yavapai County Board of Supervisors will consider a residential-to-commercial rezoning application three months later than originally scheduled.

In response to Gary Mialocq’s letter that appeared in the Aug. 1 Villager, I would like everyone to know that he misrepresented me as an officer of the Big Park Council.

I am responding to “New and fresh ideas should always be encouraged" written by Kenneth Dropek, who failed to disclose he is an officer and council member of Big Park Council, and took issue with my using the term “newbie” in my late May response to a letter referring to the old and tired idea to build a bridge across Red Rock Crossing.

On Aug. 21, the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors will consider a residential-to-commercial rezoning application for a parcel at the southeast corner of SR 179 and Jacks Canyon Road.

Last month I wrote that the County Supervisors hearing for the Hilton Garden Inn rezoning application would be in July. Due to the resignation of one of the Supervisors the meeting for the hearing was postponed until August so that a full panel of five Supervisors would present.

Our President, Gwen Hanna, has just returned from vacation, so it is my privilege to send this month’s message to the Village residents.

I represent Canyon Mesa Townhouse Association. RAM w/170 homes. A lovely complex with 9-hole golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts.

Members of the Rotary Club of Sedona Village recently celebrated the conclusion their first year and installed new officers for the next year.

Northern Arizona Healthcare is currently remodeling its primary care clinic located at the NAH Village of Oak Creek Campus.

Another year whizzed by. It’s anniversary time. Rick and Eloise Baldaufs’ 45th and our 55th called for a special dinner in a special place.

According to Les Belch, 1950s small-town country life in Ohio was a great way to grow up. There were 150 in his graduating class at Lake Township High (a co-op of all the small towns in the area). His grandparents were members of the school’s first graduating class.

My dream of visiting Africa became a reality when my husband and I recently traveled to South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Botswana.

Congratulations to Jeffrey Swan, of Pine Valley, who was recently honored with the “Arizona Transportation Legacy Award” in Tucson.