Scottsdale Adopt-A-Road: Thank you for making a difference.
November 2, 2021 Courtesy Scottsdale Adopt-A-Road Program Dear Adopt-a-Road Coordinators, After a year of shutting down the program due to the pandemic, I was hoping you would go out and clean the roadways as part of National Make A Difference Day on Oct 23 or anytime the week prior or after. You far exceeded my expectations! Average number of groups that cleanup for the fall event: 35-40 groups from 2016-2018. Highest...
Scottsdale Senior Services Update, November 2021
November 2021 There is a lot happening in the weeks ahead, review the newsletter below for more information. Table Tennis Lunch Program Thanksgiving Luncheon Social Service Programs Adopt-A-Senior Scottsdale Library Cardholder Celebration! Winter 2022 Program Registration And More. Scottsdale Senior Services Newsletter The Peak Welcomes Your Comment The Peak invites you to share your thoughts about this article by using the...
It’s Down To The Wire For Proposition 463! by Bob Littlefield
November 1, 2021 Newsletter Want More? Check The Peak’s View Points Category for additional newsletters and articles related to City of Scottsdale issues, activities, and leaders. #1. Click Here #2. Click on the “Community” tab in the top navigation bar of any page, scroll down and then click on the “Review View Points Articles” link: Note: A Peek at the Peak is a community magazine that...
The Battle of Cave Creek by Bob Mason
Battle of Cave Creek By Bob Mason In December of 1873, Lt. Walter Schuyler led a patrol from Ft. McDowell east of the Verde River. There were 13 troopers, 16 Pima and Maricopa Indian scouts led by the famed Al Sieber and a few civilian packers. The packers were responsible for 25 mules that hauled supplies and camping gear for what was anticipated to be a long patrol. After spending many days in the Mazatazl Mountains without...
A Fleeting Downpour of Honor by Les Conklin
A Fleeting Downpour of Honor By Les Conklin In the spring of 1863, the soldiers in the 27th Maine Volunteers Infantry Regiment, with their nine-month long enlistments expiring, must have been looking forward to returning to their friends and families in York County, Maine. They had endured a severe winter doing picket duty along a stretch of railroad near Mount Vernon. Several men had died from weather-related causes. Late in March,...
View Point: Speak Up and Think Big
October 25, 2021 Newsletter Want More? Check The Peak’s View Points Category for additional newsletters and articles related to City of Scottsdale issues, activities, and leaders. Here are two easy ways: #1. Click Here #2. Click on the “Community” tab in the top navigation bar of any page, scroll down and then click on the “Review View Points Articles” link. Note: A Peek at the Peak is a community magazine thakt is...
Desert Foothills Theater October News
October 14, 2021 “So Much to Do… See a Show, Volunteer, Audition!” Click below for information. Desert Foothills Newsletter 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...
Scottsdale program puts WestWorld waste to good use
For immediate release Jeff Kurth, WestWorld Facilities Manager, 480-312-6813 Scottsdale sustainability program puts WestWorld waste to good use Thousands of pounds of horse waste, produced this year during events at WestWorld of Scottsdale, will go on to become nutrient rich soil for native desert plants through the city’s partnership with Mountain States Wholesale Nursery. WestWorld hosts roughly 40 equestrian events each year,...
Scottsdale’s Veterans Day Commemoration 2021, Nov. 11
October 15, 2021 To view the invitation from Mayor Ortega and the Scottsdale City Council click on link below. Invitation
Silent Reminder: Fenced, Forlorn and Forgotten
October 1, 2021 Silent Reminder: Fenced, Forlorn and Forgotten By Les Conklin it is time to give the exhibit and entry monuments on Scottsdale’s Scenic Drive a fresh coat of paint. It has been 25 years since that was done and the sun has cooked and diminished their distinctive look. Plant exhibits also need to be trimmed and neatened. The image shown here is stark evidence that it is very easy to ignore and then forget the...
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