Heart of India Photo Journal Four: 14 Snapshots Along the Way
By Les & Judy Conklin and David & Catalina Preskill This is the last in the series of photographs that were taken by my wife, Judy, me, Catalina Prescott, and David Prescott in India. With a guide, our group of 14 visited Delhi, Jaipur, Pushkar, Ranthambore National Park, Khajurah and Varanasi during October and November of 2014. During our amazing journey, managed by Overseas Adventure Travel, we travelled by air,...
Remove Controversial Zoning Switch from State Land Plan
By Les Conklin for Friends of the Scenic Drive/GPPA The current proposal from the state takes advantage of a note in the 2002 Scottsdale General Plan and “moves” the commercial and resort/tourism zoning from east of Pima Road to east of Scottsdale Road, between Happy Valley and Jomax Roads. The proposed zoning shift is a mistake. It creates more problems than it solves and that is why Friends of the Scenic Drive and the...
A Very Long Walk
From Vineyard Views By Al DeVito Thursday, December 11, 2014 A very long walk Paul Salopek is walking from the Great Rift Valley of Africa, across the Middle East, through Central Asia to the tundra of Siberia, eventually hopping a boat across the Bering Strait to North America, and trudging from there down the entire length of the New World. It’s 22,000 miles and it will take him, he estimates, seven years. He is recreating...
Holidays! Parties! HELP!!!
By Marilyn Schletzer Most of us put on a few pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Why is that a surprise? There are more parties during this period than the other eleven months combined, and we’re all busy baking bizarre numbers of sweet treats in the name of tradition. Once the dust settles and we stow our party manners for another year, those pounds will come off again, but if you’re starting to get anxious,...
Heart of India Photo Journal Three: 18 Images of People, Places, Monkeys Too
By Judy Conklin, Les Conklin, Catalina Preskill and David Preskill We’ve been home more than a month. We’re still “processing what we learned and the mental images that we brought back from India. Modern India attacks the senses and India’s past stimulates the mind. Presented below are 18 photographs that we’ve selected from the hundreds that we took. #1. Qutb, near Delhi, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site....
Heart of India Photo Journal Three: 18 Images … Continued
Continued from Heart of India Photo Journal Three: 18 Images of People, Places, Monkeys Too By Judy Conklin, Les Conklin, Catalina Preskill and David Preskill #11. These moneys are enjoying the sun at Ranthambhore Fort. Ranthambhore Fort, built in the 10th century, is located in the center of Ranthambhore National Park, which is also a tiger preserve. The fort complex covers more than seven square...
Rezoning Open House Follow Up from City of Scottsdale Planning
December 16, 2014 The email message below was received by Les Conklin, Editor, from Kroy Ekblaw on December 15, 2014. Les attended the open houses referred to below. You are receiving this e-mail based on your signing in and providing an e-mail address while in attendance at one of the Open Houses held last week for the two zoning cases that are being proposed in North Scottsdale. As a reminder, there are two separate cases...
North Scottsdale Rezoning Open House Fact Sheet, Dec. 2014
The Peak attended the first open house and brought home a copy of the City of Scottsdale Fact Sheet that will be available at the December 17th open house. We are publishing it so that our readers can review it before and after the open house. Review Fact Sheet and...
State Land Rezoning by Howard Myers and Jim Heitel
Introduction By Howard Myers December 12, 2014 There has been a lot of confusion about the announcement that land, within the Preserve boundary, is going to be rezoned. There are two separate cases: 20-ZN-2014 which will rezone all the land that has been acquired to date, that is in the Preserve, as Conservation Open Space. This is a good thing as it will limit ANY future use of this land to conservation. Currently, most of it is...
Scenic Drive Alert: Don’t Miss N. Scottsdale Rezoning Open House, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 4-7 p.m.
By Les Conklin for Friends of the Scenic Drive and the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association Mark Wednesday, Dec. 17th on Your Calendar The City of Scottsdale and the State Land Department are conducting the last of three joint open houses on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 4 to 7at p.m. at the Florence Ely Nelson Desert Park, 8950 E Pinnacle Peak Road (see below for directions). More than 250 residents attended the first open house at Legend...
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