Tom Mix and Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive
Originally Published August 15, 2016 By Les Conklin Did you know that there is a connection between Tom Mix and Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive? I’m probably one of the few people in the world that know about the connection, but read on and you’ll know about it too. No; Tom Mix didn’t ride his favorite steed, Tony the Wonder Horse, down Scottsdale Road. No; Mix did not help create the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive....
Lois Roma-Deeley is Scottsdale’s New Poet Laureate
Lois Roma-Deeley is Scottsdale’s new poet laureate Poet, editor and educator Lois Roma-Deeley has been selected as the city’s next poet laureate. She is the founding director of the Women Writers Workshop at Arizona State University, currently serves as associate editor of Presence, an international poetry journal, and is an emeritus professor at Paradise Valley Community College. As Scottsdale’s poet laureate, she...
A Look at Satellite Imagery & Illegal Mining
August 20, 2021 A Look at Satellite Imagery & Illegal Mining By Les Conklin with Tanner Conklin It is not unusual to see news stories about a covert military operation or threatening weather system that features satellite imagery. This month, a blog published by Maxar provides an up-close look at the possible use of images from space to fight Illegal mining that is threatening Indigenous land and lives in remote regions of...
Volunteers Create Bowls Galore for Empty Bowls Project
August 10, 2021 Volunteers Create Bowls Galore for Empty Bowls Project By A Peek at the Peak It’s impressive what generous, talented people can do when they come together for a good cause. Volunteers who participated in the recent Sonoran Art League Painted Bowls workshop have made or glazed more than 2,000 bowls that will be donated to this year’s Empty Bowls Project. During the months of June and July, the Sonoran Arts...
Thanks for the Images by Les Conklin
August 11, 2021 Thanks for the Images By Les Conklin Thank you very much to Images Arizona magazine for “A Persistent Passion for Preservation.” You will find a link to the online version at the bottom of this article. Images Joseph Airdo, Managing Editor, Carl Schultz, Photographer, and Shelly Spence, Publisher, have done a terrific job. Reading the article, which was published in the August issue of Images, brought two...
Christmas in July by Rick Smith
July 31, 2021 Christmas in July Rick Smith Sometimes a person doesn’t fully understand what they’re learning and experiencing in life until enough time goes by that they do. Huh? Such was the case for me one warm Christmas Day in July. What? Christmas in July? How so? Well, here’s how: I was 10 years old at the time, on a family summer vacation with my three sisters and parents. We were on our way to Montana from...
Singing to Our Sweethearts by Claude Trottier
July 31. 2021 Letter to The Peak Editor Brother Conklin, I thought of you when I recently read that Lake Powell is at its lowest level since it was filled. Do you remember singing “The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi” to our wives on Lake Powell. Would the houseboats float today? Well, a delegation of Biking Sig/Road Scholars from our chapter (You know them all) recently made a road trip to serenaded Mimi Blankenship, 104. Could you...
PPP Update 7-21-21 (this is a fun number sequence!)
July 21, 2021 Greetings Hikers and Volunteers If you have not been to the park recently, we have a new feature attraction . . . a large boulder in the middle of the trail near PK19! We are working on getting our trail contractor scheduled to jackhammer it and off the trail. When we do so, we will need to close the trail. Stay tuned. As soon as I know the project day, I will let you know! Preceding this boulder relocating, we had a...
CCUSD: Barela Named Cactus Shadows H.S. Principal
July 2021 Cave Creek Unified School District Names Cactus Shadows High School Principal At their July 12, 2021, Governing Board Meeting, the Cave Creek Unified School District’s Governing Board approved Mrs. Sarah Barela as Cactus Shadows High School principal. Mrs. Barela just finished her 20th year in education, all of which have transpired within the Arizona public school system. Graduating from Northern Arizona University in...
The Rio Fire Remembered – July 7, 1995
June 30, 2017 Introduction by Les Conklin Those of us who were in north Scottsdale during early July in 1995 will never forget the Rio Fire. Ten years after the fire, Peak contributor Bob Mason submitted one of the best articles that I’ve every read about the fire. As we enter the heart of fire season, this seems like a good time to re-publish Bob’s article and include updated photographs. We are also publishing as a...
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