A. G. "Chip" Davis, Yavapai County Supervisor Sedona AZ (November 1, 2011) – On October 31, 2011 Yavapai County Supervisor A.G. “Chip” Davis presented Pam Lane with Red Rock State Park the Unsung Hero of the Month award.   The Yavapai County award was named the “Unsung” Hero Award in order to recognize those individuals that do not seek the limelight or the spotlight but,... 

Cottonwood AZ (October 6, 2010) - Over 110 volunteers, 19 teachers and 436 local elementary students participated in the 4th annual Verde Valley Water Festival at Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood today. The Water Festival is part of Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), a free teaching and learning resource for all 4th grade students and teachers in the Verde Valley. This... 

Sedona AZ (September 22, 2010) – The following Letter to the SedonaEye.com editor was received from Birgit Loewenstein of Sedona, Arizona. She writes: Managing and conserving Arizona’s natural, cultural and recreational resources for the benefit of the people, both in our Parks and through Partners is the mission of Arizona State Parks. Over the course of the last decade Arizona’s legislature... 

Sedona AZ (March 16, 2010) - AZ State Representative John Kavanagh read a Sedona Times Letter to the Editor criticizing him for blocking State Parks funding and submitted the following in rebuttal:  Many people have questioned and even criticized me for not allowing HCR 2040, a state parks’ funding bill, to proceed out of the House Appropriations Committee, which I chair. HCR 2040 would impose,... 

Speaker of the House Representative Kirk Adams kadams@azleg.gov  Dear Sir: This letter is in reference to HCR2040 a proposal for sustainable funding for Arizona State Parks system. As you know, this proposal is fallen under the stewardship of Representative John Kavanagh, as Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. Mr. Kavanagh’s refusal to allow this measure to move forward by denying... 

March 9, 2010-Sedona AZ–Sedonans overwhelming elected the dark skies and National Scenic Area candidates Dr. Dennis Rayner, Dan McIlroy, Mike Ward and Barbara Litrell to its City Council and rejected the re-election campaign efforts of Dan Surber and Nancy Scagnelli, two Council members who formed what was considered by many Sedonans as an anti-dark sky and anti-NSA voting bloc when coupled...