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Saturday, Jan. 28, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. - Scenic
Drive Roadside Cleanup. Friends of the Scenic Drive volunteers will be
clearing litter from the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive (13 miles of
roadside) and volunteers are needed. For
information and registration, visit the
Event Home Page or call (480) 361-6498.
Saturday, Feb. 4, 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Authors’ Month at Cave Creek Museum: Speaker Les Conklin.
Spanning
150 acres, Pinnacle Peak Park has become one of the most popular attractions
in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Les Conklin’s new book, "Pinnacle Peak,
Images of America"
includes more than 200 vintage photographs that bring Pinnacle Peak's
forgotten footprints back to life. Conklin is a Scottsdale resident, an
award-winning writer, editor and publisher of A Peek at the Peak magazine,
and president of the non-profit Greater Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA). A
portion of the profits from book sales will be donated to GPPA, which
supports desert preservation and wildlife conservation. Free. Cave Creek
Museum is located at 6140 Skyline Drive, in Cave Creek. (480) 488-2764;
www.CaveCreekMuseum.org. For
information about the book or to purchase a signed copy, click
Pinnacle Peak Book.
Wednesday, Mar. 7, 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. -
"Pinnacle Peak - Images of America," History Book Talk, Appaloosa
Library, 7377 E. Silverstone Drive, Scottsdale. Author
Les Conklin will present a Power Point talk featuring selected
vintage photographs from his book "Pinnacle Peak," released this
past summer by Arcadia Publishing. Conklin will use interesting
stories about ancient peoples, the army, prospectors, homesteaders,
ranchers, and adventuresome business owners to tell the history of
Pinnacle Peak and its surrounding community. Conklin is a Scottsdale
resident, an award-winning writer, editor and publisher of A Peek
at the Peak magazine, and president of the non-profit Greater
Pinnacle Peak Association (GPPA). For information about the book or
to purchase a signed copy, click
Pinnacle Peak Book.
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