Reminiscing: One Character After Another by Liz Stapleton
From A Peek at the Peak, July, 1989 by Liz Stapleton After Don Pablo was gone from Curry’s Corner, but before the auction, the bank installed a caretaker named June Santos. This was necessary not only because of the value of the collections housed in the buildings, but also because of the rumors that Don Pablo (the “Dutchman of Curry’s Corner”) had buried gold somewhere on the premises. The lure of a possibe...
Scottsdale Celebrates Preserve Trail, Trailhead and Pioneers
November 3, 2021 Scottsdale Celebrates Preserve Trailhead, Trail and Pioneers By Les Conklin They have been years in the making and decades in the dreaming but now is the time to celebrate two realities. Realities that resulted from the efforts of Scottsdale residents. The first of these realities is the Camino Campana Interpretive Trail. The second is the Pima Dynamite Trailhead. Pima Dynamite Trailhead Dedication On Saturday,...
Just My Type by Rick Smith
Just My Type By Rick Smith It was a dream come true. Or at least it had the potential of being so. I had had no reason to suspect that my required attendance at my high school’s Fall Open House would result in such an event…but it did. As a senior and Sports Editor of our high school newspaper, I assisted in representing the Journalism department during the schools Fall Open House. Other student editors were also...
A Fleeting Downpour of Honor by Les Conklin
A Fleeting Downpour of Honor By Les Conklin In the spring of 1863, the soldiers in the 27th Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment, with their nine-month long enlistments expiring, must have been looking forward to returning to their friends and families in York County, Maine. They had endured a severe winter doing picket duty along a stretch of railroad near Mount Vernon. Several men had died from weather-related causes. Late in March,...
Scottsdale program puts WestWorld waste to good use
For immediate release Jeff Kurth, WestWorld Facilities Manager, 480-312-6813 Scottsdale sustainability program puts WestWorld waste to good use Thousands of pounds of horse waste, produced this year during events at WestWorld of Scottsdale, will go on to become nutrient rich soil for native desert plants through the city’s partnership with Mountain States Wholesale Nursery. WestWorld hosts roughly 40 equestrian events each year,...
Scottsdale’s Veterans Day Commemoration 2021, Nov. 11
October 15, 2021 To view the invitation from Mayor Ortega and the Scottsdale City Council click on link below. Invitation
Silent Reminder: Fenced, Forlorn and Forgotten
October 1, 2021 Silent Reminder: Fenced, Forlorn and Forgotten By Les Conklin it is time to give the exhibit and entry monuments on Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive a fresh coat of paint. It has been 25 years since that was done and the sun has cooked and diminished their distinctive look. Plant exhibits also need to be trimmed and neatened. The image shown here is stark evidence that it is very easy to ignore and then forget the...
PP Hiker and Volunteer Update 9-9-21
Pinnacle Peak Hiker and Volunteer Update 9-9-21 From: Massman, Yvonne September 9, 2021 Hello Hikers and Volunteers! Our opening time will be staying at 5:45 am, but the closing time will be changing on Wednesday the 15th, to 6:30 pm. This month kicked off “Ssssseptember Ssssssssnake” month at PPP. Included in this very fun title is a new activity time for kids on Sundays from 2-4p. Bring your kids, the neighbor kids,...
Norma Helped Make Our Day. Ralph & Nancy Helped Make Scottsdale.
September 5, 2021 Norma Helped Make Our Day. Ralph & Nancy Helped Make Scottsdale. By Les Conklin Norma Bell just made our day! She was seeking information about Ralph Knight’s contributions to Scottsdale. Fortunately, I was able to point her to the Scottsdale Library’s online archive of A Peak at the Peek magazine issues that were published from 1983 through 1996. It’s easy to review the archive. You can Begin with...
The Peak & Kiwanis Market Unveil Sponsorship Program
COVID-19 has slowed businesses and organization to a crawl or stopped them dead in their tracks. Meanwhile, in March 2020, even we were surprised when the number of people visiting a Peek at the Peak (The Peak) online magazine soared to a record 25,483 unique visitors. And it was not just hit and run, many readers returned. In fact, there were more than 39,400 visits in March. A 501 c(3), The Peak has been doing good work for our...
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