Vineyard Views Blog: Hard to Believe!
Oct10

Vineyard Views Blog: Hard to Believe!

October 10, 2019 Talk about overcoming a handicap. This man is not all thumbs when it comes to playing his drum set.   As many of you already know, there is much more to Vineyard Views Blog. If you would like to review the blog in its entirety, use the link below and then complete the blog sign-up form to the right. Vineyard Views Blog   The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this...

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CCUSD: Girl Scout Troop Makes Presentation to Desert Sun Academy
Oct04

CCUSD: Girl Scout Troop Makes Presentation to Desert Sun Academy

October, 2019 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cave Creek Girl Scout Troup 783 Present Buddy Bench to Desert Sun Academy Cave Creek’s Girl Scout Troup 783 presented a Buddy Bench to Desert Sun Academy this past month to complete their Girl Scout Bronze Award. The Bronze Award encourages Girl Scouts to work as a team on a project to make a difference in their community. The Buddy Bench is a simple idea to eliminate...

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Desert Les At Large:  Fun with Great AZ Photos by Howard Myers
Oct01

Desert Les At Large: Fun with Great AZ Photos by Howard Myers

September 30, 2019 By Desert Les Featured photographs by Howard Myers Howdie Pardner, Yup. It’s good to see you again. Desert Les is back. Not because them Peak readers demanded it but because the fool editor told Desert Les to fill this here white space with interestin’ doings and seeings. The fool editor called Desert Les into his big, fancy office the other day. “Desert Les, you old coot, we just received some more great...

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CCUSD: Football Falcons Attend Champions for the Homeless
Sep27

CCUSD: Football Falcons Attend Champions for the Homeless

September 27, 2019 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District  Cactus Shadows High School Football Falcons attend Nick Lowery’s Champions for the Homeless Part of the Falcon Football philosophy is to give back and help our young men grow into productive societal members.  The football parents organized a group of players to attend Nick Lowery’s Champions for the Homeless.   The Falcons had over 40 football players and families...

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CCUSD: Teacher Innovation Lifts Grant the District Education Event
Sep27

CCUSD: Teacher Innovation Lifts Grant the District Education Event

September 26, 2019 Courtesy The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation Rocks the District with their Annual Grant the District Event! On September 17th, the Grant the District Bus Tour once again visited schools in CCUSD where teachers had submitted grant requests for their classrooms.  The Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation is a registered Arizona non-profit foundation that supports the mission of the Cave Creek Unified School...

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Distillations Newsletter, September 2019
Sep21

Distillations Newsletter, September 2019

September 21, 2019 Distillations Newsletter Using Stories from Science’s Past to Understand Our World   The Peak thanks contributor Claude Trottier for making this very interesting publication available to oiur readers.  Distillations is published by the Science History Institute.   Distillations Newsletter   The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this article by using the...

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Sneak Peeks: De-littering has Its rewards. Thank you.
Sep18

Sneak Peeks: De-littering has Its rewards. Thank you.

September 18, 2019 By Les Conklin President, GPPA/Friends of the Scenic Drive Thank You Scottsdale Adopt-A-Road Program! Judy and I thank the City of Scottsdale and Scottsdale’s Adopt-A-Road Program for a wonderful dinner and surprising award on Thursday, September 5th. It’s not every day that you receive a Scottsdale street sign with your name on it. Now we just have to figure out how to add a few hundred more names to...

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Scottsdale Adopt-A-Road News:  Volunteer Coordinators Honored
Sep08

Scottsdale Adopt-A-Road News: Volunteer Coordinators Honored

September 8,  2019 Thursday, Sept 5th the City of Scottsdale celebrated the coordinators of the Adopt-A-Road Program. Scottsdale Mayor W.J. “Jim” Lane presented awards to coordinators who have organized cleanups for sections of roadside assigned to their group. Awards were made to those who have been volunteer coordinators for 5-9 years,  10 years and more, and since the program began in 1996. Among award recipients was Les Conklin,...

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CCUSD: Shanon Quinn Receives ASU Award
Sep04

CCUSD: Shanon Quinn Receives ASU Award

September, 2019 Courtesy CCUSD Shanon Quinn, RD, named Arizona State University’s Outstanding Preceptor of the Year! Cave Creek Unified School District is pleased to announce that Shanon Quinn, RD, Director of Child Nutrition, was named ASU’s Outstanding Preceptor of the Year. Shanon teaches, instructs and helps ASU dietetic interns navigate the world of child nutrition/food service throughout the school year. Shanon came to CCUSD in...

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An Unusual Species of Fish by Jack Reagan
Aug31

An Unusual Species of Fish by Jack Reagan

August 31, 2019 By Jack Reagan As published in The Thistle newsletter I am a Navy veteran having served in the Navy Air Corps for about 3 years. A year following my discharge, I was recalled into the Korean conflict to serve in the Navy Air Corps once again. I was eventually sent to San Francisco, California  and assigned to a Navy ship, a seaplane tender, the USS Pine Island. The ship de­ parted and was headed to Lwikuni, Japan,...

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