Cottonwood Journal Extra

1 week ago | journalaz.com | Joseph K Giddens

The Sirius Lookers Astronomy Club hosted a presentation by Chris Ford, a former Pixar business director and expert in astronomical visualization and computer-generated imagery, at the Sedona Public Library on April 16. Ford, who now serves as CEO and COO of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, spoke about the connections between real-world astronomy and Hollywood fantasy, highlighting how the visual effects in movies and animation are often grounded in scientific principles.

2 weeks ago | journalaz.com | Daulton Venglar

Daulton VenglarDaulton Venglar is the photojournalist for the Cottonwood Journal Extra and The Camp Verde Journal and contributes to the Sedona Red Rock News. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2016. Before working at his current job with Larson Newspapers, he was doing freelance work in Austin and Houston, Texas.

2 weeks ago | journalaz.com | Joseph K Giddens

The Sedona Red Rock Middle School Scorpions defeated Camp Verde 5-1 in the championship game of the Verde Valley Middle School Co-ed Soccer Tournament on Saturday, May 10, in Cottonwood. The win concluded Head Coach Gavin Shippen’s inaugural season with the Scorpions with a 13-2-2 record. “[Sedona] played well, and it was a really great season,” Camp Verde Head Coach Madeline Reay said. “We wanted the win, but I wasn’t upset with how they played.

2 weeks ago | journalaz.com | Daulton Venglar

Daulton VenglarDaulton Venglar is the photojournalist for the Cottonwood Journal Extra and The Camp Verde Journal and contributes to the Sedona Red Rock News. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor's degree in journalism in 2016. Before working at his current job with Larson Newspapers, he was doing freelance work in Austin and Houston, Texas.

2 weeks ago | journalaz.com | Joseph K Giddens

Gary spent Monday, April 21, as the Artist in the Classroom for Sedona Red Rock High School digital photography teacher Cindy Wilmer, where he presented his program “Capturing the Light” and discussed the artistic and business sides of being a photographer. “[Every] is an award-winning journalist and author of ‘Shadow of the OhshaD,’ an anthology of Arizona articles about history, folklore and natural sciences,” Every’s Artist in the Classroom biography states.