Sign, Share, Our Petition to Save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive
Your help is REALLY needed! The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association – Friends of the Scenic Drive (GPPA) needs your help to save Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive from the addition of new and unnecessary commercial/resort tourism zoning. Help save the desert character of our suburban/rural area from the relentless urban sprawl. There are three ways that you can support GPPA’s petition drive. 1) Complete and send a signed...
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...
First Day in School: Why?
By Manual Daniel Germano Prologue Germano’s sister and father have said good bye and left his room. Now it is time for his mother to leave. Les Conklin, Editor Part Seven. Why? Ma then rushed up to me and wrapped her arms around me and gave kisses all over my face and head, saying, my son! Her voice was kind of squeaky and I wanted to cry. So I did, but I did so in what I thought was a quiet way. And then it came out. WHY are...
First Day in School: “Supper” Becomes “Dinner”
By Manual Daniel Germano Prologue Guided by his mother, Germano has explored his room, me orizing the location of furniture, doors, windows, etc. He’s learned about pajamas – he’s always slept in his underwear- and the location of all his clothes in the bureau. His father and sister are impatient to leave his new room and begin their return trip to Rhode Island. Soon the seven year old boy will be left, by himself,...
Public Invited to Inaugural McDowell Sonoran Preserve Research Symposium Set for Oct. 24 – 25
Courtesy of the City of Scottsdale Scientists and the public gather for the inaugural McDowell Sonoran Preserve Research Symposium Scottsdale, AZ October 9, 2015 – The McDowell Sonoran Conservancy’s Field Institute in collaboration with Scottsdale Community College, and the Center for Urban and Native Wildlife is presenting the first ever McDowell Sonoran Preserve Research Symposium, October 24th and 25th. This two day event...
First Day in School: Strange Bed
By Manual Daniel Germano Prologue Germano and his family have arrived at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. They have met a friendly Ms. Hancock. She will be Germano’s house mother. The go upstairs and with the help of his mother, he begins to discover the features of his room. There are windows that open in a different way, a light switch which is not like the one back in his home in Bristol, and...
October: Scottsdale Celebrates McDowell Sonoran Preserve Month
Courtesy City of Scottsdale New programs, more trails, same extraordinary scenery highlight McDowell Sonoran Preserve Month Discover why the Sonoran Desert is one of the most beautiful regions in the world this October during McDowell Sonoran Preserve Month. Scottsdale’s McDowell Sonoran Preserve spreads across more than 30,000 acres of spectacular desert. It is home to diverse wildlife, lush flora and jaw-dropping topography. More...
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...
First Day in School: Everything’s Different
By Manual Daniel Germano Prologue After the long drive from Bristol, Rhode Island to Watertown, Massachusetts, the author and his family have arrived at Perkins Institute for the Blind, Germano’s new, permanent home. He would rather be any other place on Earth, but this is where he must live for many years to come. Les Conklin, Editor Part Four. Everything’s Different Ma and Pa had never been to Perkins. Speaking in Portuguese,...
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