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Marian Diamond, Family Nurse Practitioner at Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) Medical Group Village of Oak Creek primary care office, has been named NAH’s 2023 Advanced Practice Provider of the Year in Verde Valley, according to a January news release.

February 5, 2024
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Blood is a major component of the cardiovascular system. Often, people who want to donate blood think they can’t because of a cardiovascular condition they may have.

By Janet Dubiel, Yavapai County Bio-Med Volunteer Lead February 5, 2024
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Investing for your future is important — but it can be challenging. How can you navigate the complexities of the financial markets and make the right decisions for your situation?

By Mary Millar, Edward Jones February 1, 2024
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The Village Gallery of Local Artists will feature fractal designer Nina Joy Rizzo during the month of February. The gallery will hold a reception on Friday, Feb. 2, from 5 to 8 p.m.

By Village Gallery of Local Artists February 1, 2024
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After the comment period ended Dec. 19 for the U.S. Forest Service's Red Rock Trails Access Plan, the agency noted a trend.

By Vyto Starinskas January 3, 2024
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Resolutions and goal setting seem to be the staple beginning January 1. I’m always asked about my New Year’s Resolutions, but I find that setting goals is far more beneficial to me.

By Michelle Conway, CEO, Sedona Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Bureau January 3, 2024
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President John Wichert called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. with 17 member organizations present and 12 guests. Guest speakers were Tom Binnings (VVREO) and Dr. Tom Swaninger (SOCUSD).

By Mary Pope Secretary, BPC January 3, 2024
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There are multiple broadband providers coming into the Verde Valley, and the new fiber optic pipeline coming up I-17 has been completed.

January 3, 2024
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The English language is ripe with gardening metaphors to describe some everyday human behavior and characteristics. Last month, I used “turning over a new leaf,” an apt expression for the New Year, when resolutions for positive changes are made.

By Richard Sidy January 3, 2024
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Keep Sedona Beautiful will hold its next Preserving the Wonder Speaker Series event on Wednesday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m.

By Keep Sedona Beautiful January 3, 2024
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To start the New Year off a good and positive note, I decided to write about a book. I was gifted it mid-last year and I read it cover-to-cover, and then some.

By Magdalena Romanska January 3, 2024
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An old adage says it takes a village to raise a child. In the case of Sedona’s Red Rock trails, it takes more than a village. And the Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund does many things to inspire and involve different groups to get involved.

By By Dick Williams, SRRTF director January 3, 2024
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Standing in awe and surrounded by artistic beauty is the general feeling for those who wander into the Village Gallery of Local Artists. This gallery is a “treasure find” for those who are looking for something unique.

January 3, 2024
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The Rotary Club of Sedona Village announced the launch of the “Choose Your Adventure” Raffle, a dynamic fundraising event set to captivate participants with the allure of incredible prizes while supporting impactful community initiatives.

January 3, 2024
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Village of Oak Creek Church of the Nazarene (VocNaz) will host a community blood drive with the American Red Cross on Jan. 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 55 Rojo Drive in the Village of Oak Creek. Rojo Drive is a quarter-mile south of the Hilton/Collective roundabout.

By By Church of the Nazarene January 3, 2024
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Why do organizations host Red Cross blood drives? Hosting a drive ties up their space, uses their resources and may even result in temporary disruption to their staff and organizational function. So why do they do it?

By By Janet Dubiel January 3, 2024
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Friday, Feb. 1, through Sunday, Feb. 3, Emerson Theater Collaborative and the Arts Academy of Sedona are elated to present “Democracy and Fayettenam” with a special appearance by Daveeh Nelson, one of the founding members of the renowned collective” The Last Poets.”

January 3, 2024
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Coming to a landscape near you
Forest Service seeking public feedback on new trails planned for Red Rock Ranger District

The past two years (2022 and 2023) the trail improvement projects in the Red Rock Ranger District in the Sedona and VOC vicinity have focused on restoration and renovation, in addition to general maintenance of the trail system at large. Additional trail miles have not been added since 2021 when the 5-mile Rabbit Ears/Little Rock project was completed.

By Sedona Red Rock Trail Fund December 2, 2023
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Dr. Tom Swaninger reviewed their first annual “Love Our Schools Day.”

December 2, 2023
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President John Wichert called the meeting to order at 9 a.m. with 14 Member Organizations and 8 guests present. Guest speakers (reported elsewhere in the Villager) were Dr. Tom Swaninger, Dr. Ben Lee, Supervisor Donna Michaels and Sergeant Anthony Horn.

By Mary Pope, BPC Secretary December 2, 2023
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In my first Big Park Council President’s column this year I presented a vignette of myself, a physician educator, and Vice President Colleen Hinds, a health educator, encountering a patient (the BPC) in an ED severely ill. Our patient, BPC, needed “new blood” (YOU).

By John Wichert, PBC President December 2, 2023
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Sedona Village Rotary’s Veterans Raffle Raises Record-breaking $12,133 for Prescott Veterans Hospital

December 2, 2023
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The Sedona Railroaders will have their annual holiday train show this year from Dec. 15 to Dec. 30. It will be closed on the 24th and 25th.

December 2, 2023
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If gold grew on trees we would think we were living in a fairy tale. Yet, as I watched the leaves of our fruit trees turn from green to gold I felt blessed by wealth!

By Richard Sidy December 2, 2023
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Before arriving at Verde Valley School this part summer, I’d been living in Shanghai, China, for seven years. From a gigantic school (around 3,000 students) in a huge urban megalopolis (around 27 million people) with skyscrapers everywhere, I landed at a tiny school (120 students) in a small town (around 10,000 people) without tall buildings but with towering red rock formations surrounding our campus… What a contrast!

By Ben Lee, Ed.D. Head of School, Verde Valley School December 2, 2023

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