Friends of the Scenic Drive Needs Your Help
April 2021 By Jake Kulp and Les Conklin Friends of the Scenic Drive Needs Your Help Our organization, Friends of the Scenic Drive, has been around since the 1970’s and is currently known under various names including the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association and GPPA. The most publicly visible name we operate under is “Friends of The Scenic Drive,” with signage running along much of the North Scottsdale Road. Regardless of how you may...
Brothers Sing On, Sing On
December 22, 2020 By Joe Marriott with Les Conklin The holiday season is a time for gift giving. A special gift of this holiday season has been a reminder of the happiness that fellowship, music, and enduring friendship can bring. Christmas began with the annual gathering of alumni brothers from the Delta Sigma Chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Rhode Island. Claude Trottier 60’, a frequent Peak...
Scottsdale honors its employees
December 15 2020 Quickly creating a mobile workforce. Providing “Simply Better Service for a World Class Community” in a new digital format. Ensuring our city buildings and facilities are updated to meet health and safety protocols. Not surprisingly, many city of Scottsdale employees are being recognized this year for actions taken related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But those are just some of the steps taken in 2020 by...
CCUSD: Dr. Cort Monroe Selected as New Superintendent
November 19, 2020 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cave Creek Governing Board selects Dr. Cort Monroe as next Superintendent. The Cave Creek Unified School District Governing Board has selected Dr. Cort Monroe, the assistant superintendent of Student Support Services for the Queen Creek Unified School District, to serve as superintendent beginning January 1, 2021 and voted to approve Dr. Monroe’s contract at its...
Julian Ayotte, Peak Contributor, Publishes “Treasure”
October 30, 2020 Here is a sneak peek from Author Julian Ayote’s latest book – “Sebastian Reynolds, a noted Canadian columnist, teams up with Colonel Jerome Woodrow, a retired Vietnam veteran with a heart of gold, to find the killer of his old military comrade on a Caribbean island.Together, they unearth a treasure from the past. Author Julian Ayotte Media Release More About Julian Ayotte...
Happy Thanksgiving. Ted Talk on Gratitude
Happy Thanksgiving from The Peak, GPPA, and Friends of the Scenic Drive. It is a good day to think about the importance and beauty of our natural environment. Take a break and enjoy this Ted Talk about gratitude. Happy Thanksgiving – Ted Talk on Gratitude About Ted.Com Visit Website According to its website, “TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or...
Directory Save
Click on “SELECT” in the directory to view the associated topic. The Scenic Drive section of The Peak’s website provides information about the past, present and future of Scottsdale’ Scenic Drive. This table of contents is provided to assist readers in exploring the information about the Scenic Drive. Think of the information as being organized like a book; a book with seven chapters: 1. The Scenic Drive Home...
Ted Talk: Animal Tales from Icy Wonderlands
May 31, 2018 Cool down by watching photographer Paul Nicklen’s Ted Talk “Animal Tales from Icy Wonderlands.” It’s funny, beautiful and educational. On a project for National Geographic, Nicklen feared for his job after failing to even see an animal that he had promised to photograph. Then something magical happened. And that is just the beginning of the breathtaking 17 minute talk. Animal Tales from Icy...
Ted Talk: Building a Family Tree for All Humanity
April 24, 2027 “All humans share some common bits of DNA, passed down to us from our African ancestors. Geneticist Spencer Wells talks about how his Genographic Project will use this shared DNA to figure out how we are — in all our diversity — truly connected.” Introduction to Ted Talk Wells is the author of “Deep Ancestry: The Landmark DNA Quest to Decipher Our Distant Past,” which was published by...
Ted Talk: What explains the rise of humans?
April 27, 2027 This Ted Talk by historian Yuval Noah Harari, the author of the best seller “Sapiens” has more than 2,300,000 views on YouTube. Below is the introduction to Harari’s TedTalk. “Seventy thousand years ago, our human ancestors were insignificant animals, just minding their own business in a corner of Africa with all the other animals. But now, few would disagree that humans dominate planet Earth;...
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