Video: GPPA’s Les Conklin Opposes Lone Mountain Self-Storage
March 14, 2018 Video by Peter Cherry and Cindy Lee The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) – Friends of the Scenic Drive opposes the proposed development of a self-storage facility and the required commercial zoning on Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive. We are producing a series of videos to publicize the reasons for our opposition. This introductory video, features Les Conklin, President of the Greater Pinnacle Peak Association...
Video: Bill Leary Opposes Lone Mountain Self-Storage
March 14, 2018 Video by Peter Cherry & Cindy Lee The Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA) – Friends of the Scenic Drive opposes the proposed development of a self-storage facility and the required commercial zoning on Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive. We are producing a series of videos to publicize the reasons for our opposition. This video features Bill Leary, a north Scottsdale homeowner. Leary talks about the issue of...
“What Scenic Drive?” by Les Conklin
August 14, 2018 By Les Conklin Prologue I’ve only told this story once and that was at the Mayor’s Breakfast at MacDonald’s Ranch on May 2, 2015. The breakfast was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive. Mayor Lane and the guests at the breakfast seemed to enjoy the story. Now, more than five years later, with the long-term survival of the Scenic Drive being threatened, it seems...
Vineyard Views Blog: Super Athlete at 84
August 14, 2018 Do you think you could vault higher than this lady? If so, go for it at your peril, but let The Peak know how it went. As many of you already know, there is much more to Vineyard Views Blog. If you would like to review the blog in its entirety, use the link below and then complete the blog sign-up form to the right. Vineyard Views Blog The Peak Welcomes Your Comment Use the “Submit a Comment”...
Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts: 2018-19 Season Calendar
August 7, 2018 The season begins in September and runs through May. For information click below. Scottsdale Arts News Release The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this article by using the “Submit a Comment” box at the bottom of this page. All comments are reviewed based on The Peak’s Comment Policy prior to publishing. GPPA Membership Make a Donation to GPPA...
Parents! CCUSD National School Lunch/Breakfast Program Information
August 2, 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District “Cave Creek Unified School District be participating in the National School Lunch Program and/or the School Breakfast Program. As part of this program, All schools in the Cave Creek Unified School District will offer healthy meals every school day. Breakfast costs $1.00 at elementary and middle school. Breakfast at the high school is $2.00; lunch costs $2.25 at...
The Legend of Hard Luck Duck
by Lois Roberts Courtesy Thistle Magazine And so somewhere down South a puzzled ornithologist examines an odd duck that has landed on a pond along with a group of migrating birds from somewhere up North. What an odd-looking mass of skin and feathers attached to the right side of her head! Looks kind of like she’s wearing a beret. And only one functioning leg forces her to swim partially on her side – could this be a new...
AZ Game & Fish News: Monsoons Bring Increased Risk of Some Diseases
July 28, 2018 Courtesy Arizona Game & Fish Department Monsoon season is here. Did you know that the moisture associated with monsoons can increase your exposure to some diseases? For more information, click below. AZ Game and Fish News (PDF) The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this article by using the “Submit a Comment” box at the bottom of this page....
Archaeologist to Discuss Goat Camp Ruin at Sep. 12th DFC-AAS Mtg.
July 29, 2018 By Roger Kearney Courtesy Desert Foothills Chapter, Arizona Archaeology Society Archaeologist to Report on New Findings at Meeting in Cave Creek The Wenesday, September 12th meeting of the Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeology Society (DFC-AAS) will feature J. Scott Wood. Scott will present information about the Goat Camp Ruin in the Payson area. The meeting is open to the public at no charge. There are...
CCUSD ECS Enrichment Introduces Cooking for an Independent Life
July 20, 2018 Courtesy Education & Community Services, Cave Creek Unified School Distirct Cooking for an Independent Life! Unified Culinary Arts 1, for grade 11 through age 22 (prerequisites needed), was introduced this summer at Education & Community Services (ECS), a department of the Cave Creek Unified School District (CCUSD), and was an instant success. “It has been a goal of ECS Enrichment to offer classes for students...
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