Sedona Red Rock News

6 days ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens

While Sedona-Oak Creek School District is out for the summer, physical education teacher and track and field coach Sean Eicher, 33, is training to run the Chicago Marathon in less than two hours and 40 minutes this summer with the goal of raising $2,000 for NoStigmas, a mental health nonprofit. “What interests me about the Chicago Marathon is that it’s considered the fastest course in the world now. Both world records for the men and women’s marathon times have been broken there,” Eicher said.

1 week ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens

The Sedona-Oak Creek School District is currently recruiting nine coaching staff. As of June 6, SOCSD is seeking an assistant track and field coach, head tennis coach, head track and field coach, head varsity boys’ basketball coach, head varsity girls’ soccer coach, head varsity softball coach, head varsity volleyball coach, junior varsity volleyball coach and middle school girls’ basketball coach.

1 week ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens

The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $796,570 appropriation, including a $557,370 two-year state grant, to fund a full-time deputy for the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office for OHV law enforcement during its Wednesday, June 4 meeting. “[YCSO] was awarded funding through the Arizona State Park Board OHV Law Enforcement Assistance Program for a project that will help OHV enforcement in our rural areas,” YCSO Chief Deputy Jeff Newnum said.

1 week ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens

The Sedona Heritage Museum will be able to speed up the process of digitizing Sedona’s history following the purchase of a ScanPro 2500 microfilm and microfiche scanner, which will allow residents to view microfilmed documents on a computer and transfer the information to a flash drive free of charge. “We are so grateful to our donors for contributing to our annual campaign,” SHM Executive Director Nate Meyers said. “It will allow us to digitize microfilm and microfiche.

1 week ago | redrocknews.com | Joseph K Giddens

To celebrate the National Day of the Cowboy, established in 2005 by President George W. Bush, the Sedona International Film Festival and Sedona Historical Society will partner for a fundraising screening of the 1954 Western “Drum Beat” on Saturday, July 26, at 3 p.m. at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre.