On The Wild Side: Make Your Life Matter
On The Wild Side Make Your Life Matter By William LeRoy This is the time of the year when many of us will take time to reflect upon our actions over the past year and give some thought as to how we might improve ourselves and our relationships. The problem for most is how to translate our efforts into positive actions that will produce results. I have discovered that making time to help others can lead to personal renewal. Before I...
Dog Daze
Dog Daze By Tootsie In some of my past articles, I’ve told you about the hassles that I have with my Mom when we go for walks. She thinks I need to be beside her and I want to be out front, way out front. She complains that her arms get tired (can you say “needs to work out?”). One morning, we passed a man walking two big dogs on the other side of the street. I guess I went bonkers, acting like I was on a bungee cord. I...
No More New Year’s Resolutions
No More New Year’s Resolutions! By Marilyn Schletzer When 2014 gets here, I’m not making a New Year’s resolution. Not a single one. Why? Because my annual resolution typically looks something like this: I’m going to work out for two hours every single day, even if I’m near death, I’m going to drink nothing but water and eat more protein, more fish, more vegetables, more fruit, more fiber, less fat, less sugar, and not so...
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Your Support of THE Great Western Cookout Adventure is Important
Your Support of THE Great Western Cooking Adventure is Important Courtesy of GPPA – Friends of the Scenic Drive It’s not just a landmark, the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive and a spectacular natural environment that needs to be saved. It’s our heritage, our wildlife, our quality of life, and the benefits that they bring to our community. Please consider supporting THE Great Western Cookout Adventure today...
They Protected Pinnacle Peak and More! – Part 3
They Protected Pinnacle Peak and More! – Continued Published A Peek at the Peak magazine, September 2006 By Les Conklin Part Three Starts Here Immediate Challenges There were two problems that drew GPPHA’s immediate attention. A resident had purchasedseveral parcels adjacent to one of Nelson’s neighborhoods and wanted to up zone from one house per acre to four houses per acre. GPPHA members circulated a petition, and the move...
They Protected Pinnacle Peak and More! – Part 2
The Protected Pinnacle Peak and More! – Continued Published A Peek at the Peak magazine, September 2006 By Les Conklin Part Two Starts Here Water Jackpot! While vacationing at the Camelback Inn in Phoenix, Florence and Jerry Nelson, like K.T. Palmer more than three decades earlier, became “victims” of the desert’s irresistible charm. They quickly purchased 160 acres at the intersection of Pinnacle Peak Road (paved, two lanes)...
They Protected Pinnacle Peak, and More! – Part 1
They Protected Pinnacle Peak, and More! Published A Peek at the Peak Magazine, September, 2006 By Les Conklin Part One Starts Here This magazine is published by the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA), a 501 c (3) nonprofit educational organization. There wouldn’t be a GPPA, this magazine, and a distinctive desert community today had it not been for a far-sighted, dedicated, and talented group of residents who founded the...
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Part 3
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Continued By Les Conklin Published: Scottsdale Magazine/Summer 1996 The article is being published in three parts. Part 3. Starts Here Tonto and Yavapai Apaches moved into the foothills of the McDowell Mountains during the 1400s. The Apaches spent their summer and fall months moving slowly through these foothills gathering roots, stems, leaves, and fruits. The fierce Apaches...
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Part 2
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Continued By Les Conklin Published: Scottsdale Magazine/Summer 1996 The article is being published in three parts. Part 2. Starts Here Leaving the wooden sign, Bob and Geoff and I walk north a short distance to a small cleared area on the east side of Scottsdale Road. Two weeks before this adventure, Jo Walker, who as president of the Cave Creek Improvement Association shepherded...
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive – Part 1
Discovering the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive By Les Conklin Published: Scottsdale Magazine/Summer 1996 The article is being published in three parts. Part 1. Starts Here Equipped with the old treasure map and a book on southwestern plants, I am eager to begin an unusual search in a place of unrivaled naturally beauty known as the Desert Foothills. A special place where the desert gradually rises to the mountains, creating...
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