Sandbagging in Golf: What it is and some very funny stories.
By Dave Wells ” A player’s handicap isn’t as important as his love for the game.” Pete Dye, Golf Course Designer As all golfers know, the term “Sandbagger” is used to describe a golfer who is actually better at golf than a handicap would indicate. The golfer’s abilities are such that a lower handicap might be in order. NOW, let me share with you some funny sandbagging stories that I have...
Pinnacle Peak People: Halftime Shows Start in Scottsdale
By Robert G. Rogers Impresario is a fancy word for the guy behind the curtain, the one who pulls the ropes, and makes the show go on. More accurately, it’s the person who organizes, manages, promotes, and underwrites entertainment acts and entertainers of all sorts. There’s no shortage of these showbiz types along Sunset Boulevard or high above Broadway. But one of the biggest is a Pinnacle Peak resident, and he goes places one...
Harrington and Wilkinson Receive Peak Award
Recognized for Re-establishing Fraternity Chapter House By Claude Trottier and Les Conklin Members of the Biking Sig/Road Scholars presented The Peak Award to Dale G. Harrington ’58 and Donald P Wilkinson ’64 at the group’s December luncheon. Harrington and Wilkinson were honored because of their efforts that resulted in the construction and opening of a new Sigma Chi fraternity house at the University of...
Rolling Thunder in Scottsdale
By Mark Berent I came to Arizona in 1996 because there was hangar space at Deer Valley airport for my airplane, a WWII trainer named Rolling Thunder. Rolling Thunder was the operational name for an ill-fated bombing campaign against North Vietnam that began in 1965 under President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Rolling Thunder is also the name of the first book in my five-book Wings of War series. (See...
Natalie Keller’s Art on Exhibit: Hidden in the Hills, The Gallery at el Pedregal & More
North Scottsdale’s Natalie Keller, who writes the column, “The Artists’ Loft,” for the Peak magazine is also a talented artist. She is a member of the Sonoran Arts League, Scottsdale Artists’ League, American Women Artists, Portrait Artists of Arizona and the Oil Painters of America. She has juried into many exhibitions locally including the Arizona Art Alliance. You can see Natalie’s work on...
The Artist’s Loft: Volunteering at the MIM
By Natalie Keller Prologue This month’s “The Artist’s Loft” column consists of two articles about volunteering at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). There are many different types of volunteer opportunities available. This first article provides general information about volunteering at the MIM. The second article,   The...
Artist’s Loft: Becoming a MIM Museum Guide
By Natalie Keller  Continued from The Artist’s Loft: Volunteering at the MIM Prologue This month’s “The Artist’s Loft” column consists of two articles about volunteering at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM). There are many different types of volunteer opportunities available. This is the second article and it focuses on the...
Yogi Berra and Me
By Rick Smith When you get to a pro baseball game way early-hours before the first pitch is thrown you see batting practice and pepper and other warm-up exercises. Avid fans always go way early. So when I was a young boy I was lucky that my folks included “way early” as part of our family outings to a ball game. Three sisters and I were there one Sunday in downtown Detroit, in old Briggs Stadium. My mom packed a lunch. We...
Vineyard Views Blog: This guy needs competition. How about you?
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Pinnacle Peak People: Famous Inventor Endures in Desert
by Robert G. Rogers Thomas Alva Edison, the inveterate tinkerer of a century ago, lives on in North Scottsdale. And not just in spirit, alit by progeny of his first light bulbs. Rather, in an up-close and personal way. That’s thanks to the lifelong curiosity – and acquisitiveness – of Pinnacle Peak-area resident Robert E. (“Bob”) Kolba. Listen closely as you enter Bob’s expansive home on Woodley Way, just off Pima Road,...
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