AZ Game & Fish: Adopt a Tortoise Program
March 2018 “Approximately 50 desert tortoises will soon awaken from their winter slumber and the Arizona Game and Fish Tortoise Adoption program will be once again be looking for good adoptive homes. There is no charge to adopt a tortoise.” To learn how you can make one of these slumbering giants happy, click below to read the rest of the release. AZ Game and Fish News (PDF) The Peak Welcomes Your...
Look Here! New Column for Peak Readers – “Get Out of Your Room!”
March 14, 2018 Introducing a New Column By and For The Peak’s Readers In the February Update 2018 issue of The Peak, we published Rick Smith’s article “Get Out of Your Room!” Here is Rick’s opening paragraph – “There was only one thing left for me to do. Just turn the ignition key, put the car in gear and drive away. I’d already walked out of the audition room full of people....
DNA Helps Illuminate Mayflower Misery
March 15, 2018 By Les Conklin When I was in grammar school, we had fun cutting-out paper Pilgrim hats and colorful wild turkeys to decorate our classroom windows. And then, there was the anticipation of Thanksgiving Day dinner with family happiness reinforced with turkey, stuffing and all the fixings. Unfortunately, these pleasant memories in no way resemble the bleak, sometimes terrible,reality faced by our Mayflower forebears. The...
Vineyard View: Can you top these folks?
March 2018 This looks easy! Why don’t you give it a try? 86-Year-Old Sledding Irish Grandmother 99-Year-Old Aussie Sets Swim Record The Peak thanks Al DeVito of Vineyard Views Blog for his entertaining and insightful posts. 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...
CCUSD: Cactus Shadows Students Compete in Career Development Conference
March 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cactus Shadows High School DECA Students Compete in DECA 2018 State Career Development Conference Cactus Shadows High School, located in the Cave Creek Unified School District, is proud to announce that 24 students competed in the DECA 2018 State Career Development Conference this past weekend. Ten out of the 24 students received a combination of medals and plaques for their...
Bears Ears National Monument Archaeology Talk, March 14th
March 1, 2018 Learn About “One the largest archaeological assemblages in the word …” The Wednesday, March 14th meeting of the Desert Foothills Chapter of the Arizona Archaeology Society in Cave Creek will feature author and archaeologist R.E. Burrillo. Burrillo will present “Bears Ears National Monument: Past, Present, and Future.” Bears Ears is a timely topic because of talk of reducing the size of the monument. The...
Cave Creek Museum 2018 Home Through Time Tour, March 11th
February 14, 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Museum By Vicki Lynn Hussey Visit Very Special Homes at Your Pace Once again, the Cave Creek Museum will have four extraordinary homes open for you to tour and enjoy. The Cave Creek Museum “Homes Through Time Tour” will be held Sunday, March 11, 2018, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Once again, we have four extraordinary homes open for you to tour and enjoy. This year’s self-guided tour will...
NO DDC Responds to ASU President re: Desert Edge
February 28, 2018 In a February 28, 2018 email sent by the No DDC Team, the organization provided a detailed response to the recent letter written by Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University. The NO DDC Team’s email includes two videos. The email indicates that the paragraphs that appear below – “The Desert Edge is a Huge Handout to ASU, – was initially published by the NO DDC Team three months...
Desert Edge Views Newsletter: More Information re: ASU’s Role
February 28, 2018 This issue of Desert Edge Views newsletter provides additional insight into the recent letter written by Dr. Michael Crow, President, Arizona State University. Dr. Crow’s letter was written to clarify ASU’s position in regard to Scottsdale’s proposed Desert Edge. Desert Edge Advocates Views (PDF) The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts...
Cactus Shadows High School’s Christine Marsh Awarded Literacy Grant
March 2018 Courtesy Cave Creek Unified School District Cactus Shadows High School’s Christine Marsh wins One of Two Lopes for Literacy Grants Cactus Shadows High School is pleased to announce that Christine Marsh, CSHS English Honors/IB Teacher and 2016 Arizona Teacher of the Year, has been awarded one of two Lopes for Literacy Grants. Alpha Epsilon Gamma (the College of Education’s chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor...










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