If you appreciate the current level of service provided by the Sedona Fire District for Emergency Medical Services, now would be a very good time to speak up. One of the Board Members, Charles Christensen, on his own, without the Fire Chief’s knowledge, put a Public Notice in the Sedona Red Rock News requesting bids from private ambulance companies to replace the medical services SFD has provided... 

He asked about dying.  I don’t plan on dying, I say with a smile. You don’t plan on dying? You think you will live forever?  No. I think I will live to be a normal old age. Okay, he says.  So between now and let’s assume, eighty something, in that thirty years, what do you see for yourself? Quietly in reply these words, I don’t look forward and I don’t think back.  I believe each day... 

You said “We all know that the law was introduced by a person with white supremacist views. I hope, Sir, that you are not of that ilk.” This statement proves you to be, unequivocally, a prototypical “race-baiter” who uses as the cornerstone of every argument the “race-card.” You are obviously a person who calls everyone you don’t agree with a racist. This is an underhanded... 

Mayor Adams,   This letter is not about this writer’s personal politics, nor yours. It’s about Sedona’s fate. National and Arizona polls are showing, consistently, that between 64% and 70% of Americans support Arizona’s SB1070 while the great majority of the people in Sedona who just voted for you support the new law as well. By allowing the Surber’s to import... 

Your interest in containing costs is, without question, admirable. Maintaining an appropriate balance between the fire district budget and the public welfare can’t be an easy job – particularly under current circumstances – for any of you. To date, I have refrained from weighing in on any of the “hot” topics splayed across the headlines. Tempers are high and I perceive a desire on... 

I enjoyed reading the article by Robert S. Wood. Yesterday, I sent in some comments that were intended to clarify some facts and issues that he brought up. As of today, Monday 5/10, I have not received any indication that it will appear in the ST. Thank you for giving us, the readers, an alternative newspaper that is not afraid to print stories about some of the controversial issues within our community.... 

John Neville of Sustainable Arizona invites the public to visit the Sedona Clean and Green Energy Expo Sedona AZ (May 11, 2010) – Join your friends and neighbors at the Clean and Green Energy Expo at the Sedona Public Library on Saturday, June 5 from 10 AM to 3 PM brought to you by Sustainable Arizona. Explore the latest in solar energy systems for the home. Discover how you can qualify for free... 

It’s been a few days since my second visit to Angel Valley and I have noticed several things about myself that are changing.  I am now more conscious of my thinking-process for starters.  Like many of you, my mind was always filled with chatter that polluted real thinking, the chatter that prevented us from being in the moment.  I would often think about things or events from the past and... 

By JESSE WASHINGTON (AP) May 3 2010- – Two decades ago, when Arizona voters rejected a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the NFL yanked the Super Bowl from suburban Phoenix. The boycott marked a major turning point in the journey to nationwide acceptance of the King holiday.  Today, Arizona, a state full of travelers from across the Americas, is being boycotted again over a new immigration law said... 

by ASSOCIATED PRESS May 2 2010–Police found an “amateurish” but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said Sunday. Thousands of tourists were cleared from the streets for 10 hours after two vendors alerted police to the suspicious vehicle, which contained three propane tanks,...