By Tommy Acosta

Sedona-Verde Valley Times

A recount by Yavapai County Election Services of the ballots cast in the City of Sedona’s May 20 mayoral election affirmed Sedona Councilman Rob Adam’s victory over Sedona Mayor Pud Colquitt by a margin of four votes, with Councilman Adams garnering 1,970 votes to the incumbent’s 1,966.

Going into the recount, held Thursday June 5, Mr. Adams held a slim, two-vote lead over mayor Colquitt. When the recount was over, approximately three hours after it began at 9 a.m., the councilman gained another vote, all but ensuring he will be Sedona’s next mayor for two more years.

Dear Keep Sedona Beautiful Members and Friends,

June is a time for some new beginnings in the Sedona area. On May 27 newly elected City Council members Cliff Hamilton, Marc Sterling and Dan Surber, and re-elected Councilman John Bradshaw, were sworn in. With their first council meeting on June 10, from 4:30 PM to 8:30 PM in the Council Chambers, they will officially join Nancy Scagnelli and Ramon Gomez, and our soon to be determined Mayor, as our City Council of Sedona for the next two years. We wish them all well and look forward to working with them on keeping Sedona beautiful.

Dear Reader:

I have been asked to write for this newspaper and feel very excited about this. Before I will share my thoughts and experiences with you in future editions, I would like to introduce myself to those who don’t know me.

My name is Simone Awhina. I am an international concert/recording vocalist, sound healer, motivational speaker and writer. I was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to New Zealand with my fiancée Nico when I was 21. We had five wonderful years there together when Nicogot very sick and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He passed away one month after diagnoses and six weeks before we were going to get married. We had been together for nine years. As you can imagine, my world, the world that I was so comfortable and familiar with, shattered and I started my journey of discovering who I was without Nico by my side. What was it that I liked or didn’t like? What was my path in life, what was my passion? Who was Simone?

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Canyon Moon Theatre invites you to participate in a Late Nite Catechism class taught by one fun nun whose irreverent reverence will tickle your funny bone…..if she doesn’t rap you over the knuckles first. All ages and faiths are welcomed to this class where Sister shares her humorous and historical insights and get everyone into the habit of laughing with her witty, improvisational performances.

 Actress Patti Hannon, in the role of Sister, has taught tens of thousands of audience members/catechism students in New York, Chicago and Boston and is now ready to convert Sedona’s sinners en masse.  So come one, come all because there’s nun better than Sister.

PHOENIX—As Adopt a Highway celebrates its 20th anniversary in Arizona, the program is honoring some of its most dedicated volunteers who have faithfully helped clean up litter along our state’s highways. The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) is saying thank you for their years of service by treating them to a night at the ballpark to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks in action on June 14.

Arizona Department of Transportation maintenance crews will be working for the next four weeks on State Route 89a from the top of the switch backs, mile post 390, to the city limits of Flagstaff, mile post 398.  Crews will be improving shoulders and fixing drainage issues on both sides of the roadway.  Work will start on June 2, 2008 with an anticipated finish date the end of June.  Crews will be working ten hour shifts from Monday through Thursday with no work being done on Fridays or the weekends.