Sandie McCune, Providing Power to The Peak
By Les Conklin Many things have changed since Sandie McCune began working on The Peak magazine in the 1990s. One thing has remained constant; come rain or shine, The Peak has counted on her talent and reliability. Sandie’s had different titles over the years and worked with a variety editors, but she’s always done an outstanding job designing and laying out the magazine, no matter where she lived or what personal...
Dog Daze
By Tootsie or some reason I’m thinking about Spring during the Fall. Perhaps it was the smell of Mom cooking eggplant parmesan. Let me explain. Spring is the time of year when Mom does her veggie plantings in the backyard. She works up the soil in these stock tanks, plants interesting things, and then we all get to watch them grow, which can be a little boring. Each year she has planted one of my favorites, eggplant. I...
Arizona Cowboy: He Had a Lovely Finish
By J. Douglas Hinds The day you go they say is good Dressed up in brand new jeans They play the blues and bourbon flows Along your street of dreams And so it was for my good friend As they carried him down the street There wasn’t a finer human being You’d ever want to meet So sad that day the day he died I cried and shed a tear We were cowboys side by side Friends for many years But when those Saints go marching...
Greasewood, Patio, El Regalo, Cavalliere Flat Planning Commission Meeting Changed to Oct. 22nd
Major General Plan Amendment Planning Commission Recommendation Hearing UPDATE At the request of the applicant, this year’s major General Plan amendment cases that were scheduled for recommendation on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 by the Planning Commission will be continued to the October 22, 2014 Regular Planning Commission meeting in the City Hall Kiva located at 3939 North Drinkwater Boulevard, beginning at 5:00 p.m. This request has...
Old Photos a Partial Cure for Landscape Amnesia
By Les Conklin People tend not to notice the cumulative impact of small changes that are made over a long period of time. An entire community can develop landscape amnesia. In 1995, Friends of the Scenic Drive reinstalled the plant identification signs along the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, located on the northern reaches of Scottsdale Road. Thankfully, volunteer Bob Hart took photographs of many of the plant exhibits, had the film...
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