Jane Sanders visits Sedona on Campaign Trail - Verde Interview | Bernie's Sedona Connection

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SEDONA -- Jane Sanders, wife of Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, stopped in Sedona while traveling throughout the State of Arizona on her mission from Bernie this weekend.

Sanders only had a few hours to stop at the Sedona Yoga Festival to "to be in the energy" and see her and Bernie's daughter Heather Sheree Titus and son-in-law Marc Titus, Sedona residents who organized the yoga festival.

While her husband rallied in key primary states in Missouri and Ohio, Jane Sanders was in Arizona on Saturday visiting with members of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Tribe in Flagstaff and planned to go Oak Flats mine to meet with the Apache Nation members. On Sunday, she had a Get-Out-the-Vote event in Phoenix and did television interviews with Phoenix television stations.

In the meantime, the senator and his exhausted team is planning a couple of days of recuperation in Sedona – a resort town in the desert north of Phoenix famous as a New Age hang out

[New Earth]

1. so jealous

I'm going there one day!!! Bernie's daughter must be awesome and a lot like me That makes him even cooler.

[eridani]

2. She looks a little like both of them. n/t

[Donkees]

6. I think she's Jane's daughter from previous marriage

[New Earth]

3. wait a minute

Bernie's hanging out in Sedona to relax and rev up? What an awesome guy!!! That is so cool! Hope he visits some vortexes and comes out ready to win

[Donkees]

4. Feel-the-Vortex!

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5. Bernie Sanders' Sedona Connection

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March 16, 2016


1/23/2016 3:19:00 PM
Bernie Sanders' Sedona connection
Heather Sheree Titus poses with her dad, Bernie Sanders, in Sedona. Heather is one of Bernie and Jane Sanders’ four children and lives Sedona with her husband Marc. Photo courtesy of Melanie Nunnink
Heather Sheree Titus poses with her dad, Bernie Sanders, in Sedona. Heather is one of Bernie and Jane Sanders’ four children and lives Sedona with her husband Marc. Photo courtesy of Melanie Nunnink

Sen. Bernie Sanders tours with Cottonwood Mayor Diane Joens and the staff at the Community Health Center of Yavapai building in Cottonwood in 2014. Sanders wanted to see how his national legislation works at the local level. Photo courtesy the Community Health Center of Yavapai
Sen. Bernie Sanders tours with Cottonwood Mayor Diane Joens and the staff at the Community Health Center of Yavapai building in Cottonwood in 2014. Sanders wanted to see how his national legislation works at the local level. Photo courtesy the Community Health Center of Yavapai

Vyto Starinskas
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Bernie Sanders might be from Vermont, but he's got some Sedona roots now.

The presidential candidate's daughter, Heather Sheree Titus, and husband, Marc Titus, live in Sedona.

Red Rock Country isn't likely to become the summer White House if Sanders wins. His daughter says he will be too busy working.

However, you may already have seen him on Bell Rock or Courthouse Butte, where Heather said the senator and Heather's mom, Jane Sanders, went hiking on his last vacation here in 2014.

Even Sen. John McCain, who has a home in nearby Page Springs, got a chuckle when told recently that Sanders has a daughter in Sedona.

Titus and her husband were interviewed in the Whole Foods Restaurant in Sedona as they prepared to leave for New Hampshire to be in attendance of the next Democratic debate including Sanders and Hillary Clinton recently.

The couple run the Sedona Yoga Festival and Heather is one of Bernie and Jane Sanders' four children.

Heather Sanders organized a successful community art event in Burlington, Vermont, for years, so her experience was perfect to run the Sedona Yoga Festival.

Now thanks to Heather and Marc, there is "Yogis for Bernie 2016" on Facebook, but the couple said they haven't been too involved in the campaigning for her father so far.

They did sit on the podium with Sanders in front of more than 11,000 cheering Bernie fans at the Phoenix Convention Center last July. "It was amazing to see the amount of support he has, especially in a state like Arizona."

Growing up with Bernie as mayor of Burlington, Heather said her household learned a lot about "focus and dedication." "I was brought up in a family that was about building community. I was really empowered as a young person in Burlington at that time. We felt like we could do anything we could think of," she said. "Whether start to theater companies, or newspapers, or dance groups or events. We felt we had a voice."

Heather was working in Burlington, and New York City when one day in 2010 she drove through Arizona and loved it. She heard "Sedona calling" and began teaching yoga. She met Marc, who was just starting the Sedona Yoga Festival and the rest is history. They were married in the red rocks with Bernie and Jane in attendance.

"They never really plan vacations because the work is their life, they are really passionate about what they do," Heather said. It was surprising when they decided to the take a "quote, unquote, vacation" in Sedona. "But they had already been here once, for our wedding, and found it to be an incredibly peaceful and beautiful place."

Heather said that during her father's vacation during Thanksgiving in 2014, Sanders was interested in seeing the area.

What Bernie finds really relaxing is "engaging with people," Heather said. So the second full-day here, Sen. Sanders said "take me to meet the people." He wanted to know: "What's life like around here?" Bernie "got cabin fever," Marc said smiling.

The family's ride took them to the Yavapai Apache Nation in Camp Verde, Marc said, where the senator spent 20 minutes having a conversation with a person at a booth at the casino and a talk with some Yavapai Apache Nation Police Officers. He was very interested in the Native American community, Heather added.

The senator has the ability to get into people's shoes and listen to them, Heather said. These experiences help him shape his policies, she added.

Next Sanders drove down to Cottonwood City Hall where he approached the receptionist at the front desk, pulled out his ID, and stated that: "he's Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator from Vermont," Marc recollected. And he would like to see the mayor.

Mayor Diane Joens was nice enough to come out and show Bernie around, Heather said, even though it was the Wednesday afternoon before a major holiday.

Cottonwood Mayor Diane Joens remembers the day well. It was the day before Thanksgiving, and she gets a call that Senator Bernie Sanders wants to see her.

"He was with his son-in-law Marc Titus of Sedona. I asked Executive Assistant Kyla Allen to let him know I'd be downtown as quickly as I could get there," she explained. "Meanwhile, the Senator and his son-in-law were enjoying Old Town."

The Senator explained to Joens that he worked on legislation to fund community health centers and would like to see one, so they decided to visit the Yavapai County Community Health Services in Cottonwood. "Senator Sanders walked around and was so interested in learning about the facility and enjoyed talking with the doctor and health assistants at the county health center," Joens said.

"It was a wonderful visit and I was happy to meet the Senator in person and be his host as he was touring Cottonwood," the mayor said.

He showed up unannounced with about five minutes notice, explained David McAtee, Community at Health Center of Yavapai spokesman. He talked with Dr. Laurel Mueller and staff, toured the facility for about 10 minutes and took photos with the staff.

Marc said it was amazing to see the senator interact directly with people who benefited from his legislation, from all the people that worked there, the doctors, and people getting services.

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