Recently I started to question myself as a writer.  I remember being in college and an English professor saying that unless my writing skills improved, my work would never get published. My goal was never to be a published writer, so I didn’t think much of his comment…until lately. I am finding that his words haunt me occasionally. Ten years ago I was managing a store in Denver.... 

Pinal County Arizona FLORENCE AZ (July 1, 2010) – The Pinal County Board of Supervisors adopted a final budget in the amount of $429,878,000 for the fiscal year of 2010-11. Like other Arizona counties, Pinal is struggling to deal with the declining economy at the same time the state is shifting its costs onto counties. Cost shifts from the state require county taxpayers to shoulder an added burden... 

By Tommy Acosta :  From the sky a bolt of lightning crashes down incinerating the most beloved symbol of Christianity.  Has Mother Nature gone mad? What could explain the May 14 electrocution of a six-story statue of Jesus Christ in Ohio by a thunder storm-generated lightning strike that burnt the icon to a crisp in a matter of minutes? As if the earthquakes in Haiti, Chili and China that have killed... 

  Welcome to the official voting page of the 2010 American Volunteer! It’s time once again to recognize those amazing Meals On Wheels volunteers who go far above and beyond the call of duty to make sure no senior goes hungry. The winner of this year’s American Volunteer Contest will win MOWAA’s annual Jody Tepedino Nicholo Award and his or her nominating Meals on Wheels program will... 

photo by Sunday Larson By Eddie S. Maddock, Sedona Times contributing writer   As surely as the opening lines “The Plane, The Plane” in the former TV series Fantasy Island identified the program, “The Bear, The Bear” might well be the new credo for  residents and visitors to the Broken Arrow and Broken Arrow Vista subdivisions. Two reports of the sighting of a black bear in the vicinity... 

By Peter J. Fagan: As this issue of The Sedona Times is being published between Memorial Day and July 4th, I thought it would be appropriate to dedicate this article to the men and women who have served and are serving in our armed forces, in particular those who served in World War II. In the last two months I have had the opportunity to visit the National World War II Museum (formerly the National... 

Sarah McLean Sedona AZ (June 20, 2010) – Sedona resident and businesswoman, Sarah McLean, will be one of ten speakers at the 7th Annual Mary of Magdala Multi-Faith Celebration. This annual event will address Woman: Creation to Compassion and is sponsored by the Celebrating Women Witnesses Ministry of Sedona, Arizona, on Saturday, July 24, 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. at St. John Vianney Church,... 

         The Gripe Guy of Sedona   I’m gonna start off by telling you how I greeted the census taker today.   “I’m not interested” says I.  “Oh wait, you have too” says she.    “I don’t have to do anything,” said I, and punctuated the statement with a slammed door immediately after she said “I will ask your neighbors!”     Nice! ... 

June 12 2010 Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (CD1) at Sedona DORR fundraiser Sedona AZ (June 14, 2010) – The following article was written and submitted by Angela LeFevre, Democrats of the Red Rocks club president: Over seventy five enthusiastic supporters welcomed Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-CD1-Democrat) in west Sedona on Saturday,  June 12, 2010, to a fundraiser organized by the Board... 

I have not seen more columns of light, but I did see a valley that glowed at Secret Mountain Wilderness.  As I walked the Labyrinth, I gazed at the red rock walls that surrounded me. This time, a giant red rock perched atop a red column drew me closer and after climbing the rock, I turned around and could see Bell and Cathedral rocks.  The sight took my breath away.  I closed my eyes and after opening...