Sedona Red Rock News
Dr. James T. Watson, associate director of the Arizona State Museum, believes that funerary remains exposed
unintentionally by workers on a home-building project near
Red Rock Crossing were members of the Sinagua, a modern
name of the people who lived in the Verde Valley from roughly
A.D. 600 to 1450. The builders notified the Arizona State Museum in Tucson, per state law, about the location, where this photograph was taken and provided by an individual with permission to be on the proper ty, and the remains were reburied with oversight by a tribal representative.
Recently, workers on a home-building project outside of Sedona city limits near Red Rock Crossing unintentionally exposed funerary remains laid to rest centuries ago by some of the Verde Valley’s original inhabitants.
A bleak midwinter s Christmas: Ridgefield pastors thoughts
Dec. 24, 2020
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The First Congregational Church of Ridgefield stands near the Cass Gilbert Fountain, decorated for the holidays. James T.Watson, senior minister of the church, was reminded this year of the Christmas carol and poem “In the Bleak Midwinter” by C hristina Rossetti.Bryan Haeffele / Hearst Connecticut Media
Coming at the dark ending of a dark year in 2020, the holidays Christmas, and Hanukkah rekindle the light and warmth that live in human hearts, even through long nights and troubled times.
The Rev. Whitney Altopp, rector St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Main Street, thought of the Christmas story as a call to life.