Seven Short Stories Featuring My Friend “Doc,” Story #1
Dave Wells Meets Greasewood Flat, and Some Guy Named ‘Doc’ By Dave Wells Note from Editor. This is the first in a series of seven articles. To read other stories in the series, use the links at the bottom of this article. To mark the closing of Greasewood Flat, The Peak published this series of articles, one article at a time, during the first week of April. Have a story about Greasewood or “Doc?” If so, send...
The Hawk That Didn’t Survive Super Bowl Sunday
By William Leroy I live in the Rio Verde Foothills and we are blessed to enjoy a very connected, supportive community. Most locals still wave when you drive by and we are quick to jump and help a neighbor in trouble, whether it is a lost horse, dog or grading the neighborhood road after a rain. On Super bowl Sunday the power in our neighborhood flickered on and off for about three or four seconds. Obviously, our local bulletin board...
Artists’ Loft: The Holland Fine Art Gallery
By Natalie Keller I noticed fellow artists were exhibiting at a gallery and discussing it on Facebook. I wasn’t familiar with the gallery and wanted to know more about it; I wondered where it was located. Later, a friend of mine was having an exhibition at the same gallery and my curiosity was peaked again! I went to the exhibition and was impressed by the climate and the activity. I called another artist who was involved with...
Walking in Beauty: Faces
By Glenn B. Jenks As a photographer one of the subjects that always fascinates me is people’s FACES. As I get around I have the opportunity to photograph many people. Sometimes I ask people to pose for me, and sometimes I take people’s portraits and sometimes I take candid photographs. Every person is beautiful in his/her own way. And there are people whose faces have a quality that somehow suggests that they have a life story that...
One Mile from Home: Discovery
One Mile from Home ™ By Gary Zalimeni One Mile from Home: Beginnings (Part One), Published March 2015 (Provides links to all previously published One Mile from Home Articles. Part TWO. Discovery In the early 1950’s several large chemical companies did a nationwide study to determine the most ideal location for their future factory sites. The result of their study sealed the fate of Ashtabula’s future. Their study indicated that...
History of the Gold Mine Thrift Store
Courtesy of A Ministry of Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church, Cave Creek, AZ By Tony Kulina, December 2013 The roots of the Gold Mine can be traced back to the beginnings of the Good Shepherd of the Hills parish in 1947. The church, originally a mission outpost, was the only one in town and it was meant to be the center of the community serving all the various needs, both spiritual and physical. As with many churches, it was...
Walking in Beauty: Carnival
By Glenn B. Jenks The celebration of Mardi Gras, in some French-speaking parts of the world, and Carnival, in Spanish-speaking areas is one of the most colorful and beautiful experiences of the year. In 2008, I was in Ecuador and Peru during the celebration of Carnival. In Quito, the capital city of Ecuador, street dancers dressed in clown costumes would appear seemingly from nowhere. They put on a show for free that lifted...
One Mile from Home: Beginnings
One Mile from Home ™ One Mile from Home, Part Two: Discovery – Published 03/29/2015 One Mile from Home, Part Three: Chilling Test Results – Published 04/29/2015 One Mile from Home, Part Four: Casualties – Published 05/30/2015 One Mile from Home, Part Five: Conclusion & Lessons Learned – Published 06/14/2015 By Gary Zalimeni To sum up my story with just one paragraph would be impossible. It would be an...
New Video Features GPPA Leaders: “Save the Scenic Drive!”
In Their Words … [huge_it_slider id=”8″] The State Land Department has proposed replacing the Scenic Drive’s exhibit and the neighboring open desert with new commercial and resort/tourism development. The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association – Friends of the Scenic Drive has produced two videos to publicize its opposition to this proposal. “View “Save The Scenic Drive: GPPA Board + Scottsdale Voters...
FIND THE QUAIL AND WIN DINNER OR BREAKFAST FOR TWO!
The Find the Quail Contest is Back! For more than a decade, readers of The Peak have been entering and winning GPPA’s Find the Quail Contest. We’re happy to announce that a new cyber-version of the contest is back, sponsored by the Summit Diner. Click on the link below or on the Summit Diner’s contest advertisement for contest information. You’ll find the revolving advertisement on the right-side of every...
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