The Villager

Join Keep Sedona Beautiful on Wednesday, May 11, at 5 p.m. for its monthly Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series.

After a two-year hiatus, the Big Park/VOC Dark-Sky committee has announced the first public star party of 2022. The event will be held on May 22 from 8-10 p.m. in the Tequa ballroom parking area in front of the Hilton Sedona Resort.

Last month I was invited to teach students from Sedona Charter School about sustainability at the Sedona Heritage Museum.

Ceramic artist Kenneth Barnes will be featured during the month of May at the Village Gallery of Local Artists. The public is invited to a reception on Friday, May 6, from 5 to 8 p.m., where Barnes will have his wheel and demonstrate throwing clay pots and mugs.

Sedona United Methodist Church invites you to their annual Community Parking Lot Sale on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. in the church’s main parking lot.

Cheryl Yeatts has been the friendly face of Sedona Public Library in the Village for nearly 12 years. It is with heavy hearts that we bid farewell to Cheryl and Gary who are relocating to Peoria, Arizona.

President’s Report: Camille Cox announced an exciting concept taking shape for art in the Village roundabouts. A small steering group has been working on a proposed organizational structure that could successfully facilitate community input and provide project management, donor confidence, financial accountability and aesthetic guidance. This group will present their concept to the Council for review at the April meeting.

District Ranger Amy Tinderholt of the USFS Red Rock District presented updates on a number of high interest topics impacting the Village during the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council meeting.

It was a delight to receive many provocative and witty responses to the article in last month’s Villager about the various monikers for our village, and how they came to be. Keep them coming.

Join Keep Sedona Beautiful on Wednesday, April 13, at 5 p.m. for its monthly Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series. This event will be held both live at 360 Brewer Road in Sedona and virtually via Zoom. Please visit the KSB website, www.keepsedonabeautiful.org for details.

An image that has stuck with me since I was very young is that of a pebble tossed into a pond. I learned that day that even a small pebble could send out circles of waves that will eventually reach a far shore.

A proposal to provide habitat for monarch butterflies in the Village of Oak Creek was among projects recommended for funding by the Yavapai Resource Advisory Committee.

The Big Park/VOC Dark-Sky Committee announced that they will be hosting a Dark-Sky star party at the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock on Sunday, May 22, at 8 p.m. It will be held in the parking area in front of the Tequa Ballroom.

Marvin L. Morgan, a certified intentional interim minister, began his service at The Church of the Red Rocks, 54 Bowstring Drive, Sedona, on Feb. 15 of this year.

Easter Sunday is a day of traditions. Many people make this their annual day to attend a church service. Others like to go to an Easter Sunrise Service. In the Village of Oak Creek you can do both.

Good Friday—Service of Remembrance is April 15, 7 p.m.

Several Village businesses participate in the “Trail Keepers Program,” to support Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund through a consortium of 52 Sedona area businesses and the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau.

Let me start this month’s column with a self-introduction. I am Michelle Conway, interim president/CEO of the Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau. As you may know, Candace Carr Strauss resigned last month, desiring to return to her family in Montana.

In early February, the Sedona City Council and the Big Park Regional Coordinating Council gave Sedona’s volunteer Sister Cities Association (the SSCA) the green light to go ahead with arranging such a relationship between our community and a counterpart abroad.

If you reach retirement with a significant amount of assets, you’ve done a great job of saving and investing. But now comes another challenge – making that money last.

A successful retirement is not merely measured in financial terms. Even those who retire with small fortunes can face boredom or depression and the fear of drawing down their savings too fast. How can new retirees try to calm these worries?

Massage is a physical activity which is super beneficial to your body, and you are not even sweating!

Emerson Theater Collaborative Present Underneath the Lintel, April 15 and 16, 7 p.m. Underneath the Lintel is The DaVinci Code meets the dewy decimal system.

The best! For 28 years, the Sedona International Film Festival has brought us a variety of films that has entertained us, educated us, made us sensitive to the needs and wants of others and broadened our horizon.

The Village Gallery of Local Artists is proud to feature the amazing artwork of Sharon Hall during the month of April 2022.