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| A Day in the Heart of Relationship |
Some statistics show that as many as 60 percent of relationships fail. Susan Henkels, a licensed social worker in Sedona, specializes in couples in distress. She wants to do something about those statistics.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| VV Horsemen's Council: Horsing around for 30 years |
In August 1980, a couple of local women held a meeting so see who might enjoy riding horses for pleasure with the idea that a "saddle club" might be organized for leisure and recreational riding.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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| The Palmer Papers |
CAMP VERDE - Edward Palmer's introduction to the Verde Valley was about what he had expected.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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| Larry's Antiques & Things: Acres of History |
Larry Lahaie can't say for sure when he learned the business of buying and selling antiques and collectibles. "It's hard to say how that happens," he said.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
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| Not tired of the circuit even after almost 800 loops |
COTTONWOOD - Some would get tired of the repetition, and Lee Gorby admits that sometimes he has to work himself up to the circuit, but day after day, year after year he has biked the Thumper Loop Trail at Dead Horse Ranch State Park.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
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| The Butterfly Lady: One woman's life calling |
Fortunate are those who, from an early age, listened closely to the world around them, sorted through the clutter and set out on a path that has given their lives meaning. Jill Audrey Stephens is among the fortunate few.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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| Tennis pro pursues his life's passion |
Former Cottonwood Parks & Recreation Director Rick Champion has returned to his lifelong passion of teaching tennis. To do so, he had to return from Hawaii to Cottonwood and then build his own tennis court.
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
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| Column: Time-zone thinking |
Bella, my cockapoo, trotted contentedly beside me as we walked this morning. Not too long into our three-mile route, I became aware that my mind flitted restlessly in many different directions.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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| Column: Rain Hawks: Equipped for catching insects in flight |
People have been coming into Jay's Bird Barn asking about a hawk or falcon-like bird flying erratically around street lights or near their homes at dusk. One excited customer said, "I've never seen a hawk with spots on its wings."
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
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| The watering of the Verde Valley |
Looking down from Mingus Mountain, the Verde River appears as a thin green ribbon, occasionally hidden beneath a canopy of Arizona sycamores and Freemont cottonwoods.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
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| June January: 90 years old and still working full time |
June January turned 90 last Friday. Her co-workers at Selna and Associates Real Estate and Investments threw a birthday party for her and two other employees. She thought that was great, a lot of fun. But this week things are back to her normal routine, a routine that June has followed for more than a quarter of a century.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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| Chinese also came to Jerome, but not to stay |
Immigrants came from all over the world to share in the riches and hard labor in the Jerome copper mines during their discoveries and explosion of the late 1800s and early 1900s. There were Slavs, Italians, Irish and Mexicans.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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| Remaking Your Home in 'Green' |
John Neville suggests, if upgrading a kitchen or adding a new room, expanding living area, ask yourself, "How can I reduce my footprint and generate less waste?"
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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| Public Art: A growing tribute to the community |
The Verde Valley is still comparatively young in terms of public art, but the number of pieces is growing.
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
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| A brief history of Verde River cartography |
Mapmaking has always been a blend of art and science. Even today with global positioning satellites, aerial photography and computer-generated graphics, mapmakers must still employ an element of artistry and design to their renderings.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
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| Clarkdale man still running and cycling at 83 |
Roy Buck, 83, of Clarkdale still rides a bike about 50 miles each week. He rides three days a week, including 15 to 17 miles with his bike club every Friday.
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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| Gioia & Julia |
Gioia Goodrum went to see the recent movie, Julie and Julia and came away with mixed feelings, "It was a nice film, but that is not the Julia Child I know. That is Hollywood and that is the TV persona they presented."
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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| Sharing a little puppy gratitude |
Ever since our dog, Cookie, died almost three years ago, I have been dogless. It's not that I didn't want another dog much sooner.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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| The Verde Formation: A story that holds water |
There is no greater puzzle in the world than the world itself. When we look out across the landscape, we see not only rocks and rivers, hills and valleys, cliffs and canyons but also a record of the past. We see a story written on pages of stone.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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| Evelyn Courturier: 'Dancing is my life'
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Evelyn Courturier is inspiring. She follows the music and, in the manner of a wind-up doll, Evelyn instantly turns that motion to dance.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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| The Verde Valley feud over air quality ... |
The mineral wealth beneath Jerome is contained within a rare ore deposit known to geologists as a volcanogenic massive sulfide. A billion years ago, give or take few hundred thousand, the rock beneath Jerome was on an ocean floor.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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| The Killer Flu of 1918 |
With news reports about a possible swine flu epidemic and constant references to the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918, a look into what happened in the upper Verde Valley during the 1918 outbreak might provide insight into an epidemic.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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| Esther and Charles Miller celebrate 70th anniversary |
It all started with a broken date. Now it includes four more generations, careers in aviation and art - and 70 years of memories.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
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| Get introduced to your wilderness treasures |
There is within all of us a need to see the world in its natural state -- to experience what the landscape as may have been before we set it to use for our own devices. That is the premise behind an idea, which, in 1964, was codified into law.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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| Route 66: Easy lessons from the 'hard road' |
Route 66 introduced Arizona to America.
Running 2,448 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles, U.S. Highway 66 was born Nov. 11, 1926. It rolled across Illinois, Missouri, Kansas (only 12 miles), Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
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| The Legend of Sierra Azul |
Legends are just that -- stories from the past that tell of remarkable people and extraordinary places. And a rare few emerge from behind the shroud of myth, when it is discovered that they were, in fact, at least based in truth. Such is the case with the Legend of Sierra Azul.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
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| Aldo Leopold's new world unlocked by an Arizona wolf |
As the author of Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold became posthumously known as the conscience of the American environmental movement. It was not what he set out to do.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
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| Jerome's Tom Pitts is always the promoter |
Tom Pitts has become a force for promoting the entire Verde Valley area. He's just as excited about promoting Sedona or Camp Verde as he is about promoting his beloved Jerome.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
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| Paradise Verde: How Camp Verde could have gone underwater |
Embedded in the last step leading to the museum of the Camp Verde Historical Society is a three-inch diameter bronze disk. In 1934, the disk marked the high water line for a proposed reservoir that would have submerged Camp Verde and most of the homes and ranches along a 15-mile stretch of the river.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
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| The Forgotten Bonanza: The Verde Central Mine |
More than 25 mining companies existed in the Verde District at the beginning of the 20th century. Two copper companies achieved bonanza recognition. A third promised stellar returns, but timing was not on its side.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
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