By Tommy Acosta:  The  AZ State Transportation Board voted 3-2 at its Friday, Jan. 16 meeting, against a motion to fund ADOT’s plan to install continuous lighting along S.R. 89A in West Sedona. Board members deferred a final decision on ADOT’s plan until after a special work study session is held Feb. 3, where board members will listen to testimony from the public and review documentation and... 

Considered to be the most humble of healing arts, reflexology is also one of the most powerful. For where but at the lowly feet can one find to key to perfect health and harmony? Reflexology, the healing art of the ancients, has been practiced for more than 5,000 years. Egyptian royalty used it, so did the Aztec kings. The Imperial Chinese used it. British royalty used it religiously as a preventative... 

By Ernie Strauch “One of the biggest flaws in the common conception of the future is that the future is something that happens to us, not something we create.” — Michael Anissimov Once upon a time, (in the year 2000) there was a Sedona City Council that believed that SR 179, as a state highway was ADOT’s road and ADOT “could do what they wanted with it.” After all, ADOT had done all... 

As the Mayor of Folksville, AZ (USA), Editor of the Folksville News and resident of VSF I will be reducing my work load to promoting a cleaner community from 40-60 hours per week to 16 hours maximum. This has been made possible by 366 people on my e-mail list plus those in our VSF community who are willing to respond to this e-mail.   For those who don’t know the history of the “Road... 

Letter to Editor:  Rita, The Mayor of Sedona is the Mayor of all the people and should be elected by those whom he/she serves.  I am very concerned that a sitting member of the City Council, Pud Culquitt, has set up a Political Committee which advocates that the Council appoint the Mayor.  As a lawyer, I question the legality and propriety of this.  This Proposition does not belong in a Democracy.    Joe... 

Dear Big Park Parents, Staff and Supporters, Each year the Big Park P.T.S.A. hosts one annual fundraiser to provide much needed equipment and educational enrichment programs to Big Park Community School. The success of this event is even more important this year as schools across the state face significant budget cuts. The students and faculty of Big Park School rely heavily on the generosity of the... 

In reply to Ron Volkman’s Jan 28th Sedona Times front page article “NSA fixes problem that does not exist”, the Sierra reference attributed to me on p.11 is misquoted. Below is my actual statement issued in July, 2009 at the Elk’s Club NSA party concerning the importance of the NSA and how easily “FOREST SERVICE RULES and Forest Service Management Plans” can be tinkered with.   Our... 

5th Annual Reiki Retreat – March 12, 13, 14, 2010 “Discovering our Connections with the Goddess Archetypes” Presented by Lois Valleau & Catharina Cupples   Five years ago Lois and Catharina decided to offer a retreat for their Reiki students and others who had been trained in Reiki. Each year a different healing practice was used along with the Reiki energy; each one supporting the other... 

By Larry J. Rosenberg : Ashok Kumar Gangadean, Ph.D., gave a rousing presentation (for the audience, a meditation), “Awakening of the Integral Mind,” that enthralled the full house at the Sedona Public Library, January 9, 2010. Sponsored by the group Integral Sedona, he called the event as his coming-out party in Sedona, where he has visited for decades and where he now owns a second home in Uptown.  As... 

 By Terry Nash — I recently wrote an article for Carl Jackson at Sedona.biz entitled, Sedona – The Future is Now, in which I gave a detailed financial overview of the current and future financial woes Sedona faces due in large part to gross financial mismanagement by current and past City Councils and City Staff. The City of Sedona fought back through its new City Manager Mr. Tim Ernster....