Drumming in the New Year!
Al DeVito, the author of Vineyard Views, gets 2015 off to a great start by contributing a link to this motivational video. Let’s go! Watch Video About the Contributor Al DeVito author’s Vineyard Views, which his “take on a variety of topics that are shaping the U.S. in the 21st century.” In the blog’s introduction, DeVito writes “I spent my career in the computer software business and experienced...
Scottsdale Residents Invited to Serve on City Boards and Commissions
Courtesy of the City of Scottsdale December 18, 2014 Scottsdale residents are invited to apply for volunteer positions on 12 city boards and commissions. Openings exist on the: Airport Advisory Commission Board of Adjustment Building Advisory Board of Appeals Environmental Quality Advisory Board Historic Preservation Commission Human Relations Commission Judicial Appointments Advisory Board Loss Trust Fund Board McDowell Sonoran...
Far From Home: South Africa
By Edie Shannon Prologue Scottsdale residents Edie and BJ Shannon do volunteer business training in emerging democracies. The purpose of the training, which is funded by the US state department, is to develop the capabilities of the newly independent states to survive and prosper on their own, and secondly to bring back business to the US. Editor South Africa The young woman who checks us into the hotel is named Brightness,...
On the Wild Side: The Fastest Bird in Town
By William Leroy I was just about home the other day when I witnessed a dark shape descending at high speed toward a quail that was moving across the road directly in front of me. The hapless quail disappeared in a cloud of dust and feathers as a peregrine falcon emerged from the chaos and leaped back into the sky. Clocked at speeds of up to 220 miles per hour, peregrine falcons are said to be the fastest birds on earth and...
Scenic Drive: Geography, Climate, Life Zones
Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive is located in an area referred to a the Desert Foothills. It’s is a special place where the desert gradually rises to the mountains, creating slightly cooler temperatures and a lush landscape dotted by saguaro, palo verde, mesquite and cholla. A landscape where the fertile floor covers the forgotten footprints of Apaches, prospectors and pioneers.” “Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive”,...
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