FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Cave Creek Rodeo Queen appointed for 2011 season



CAVE CREEK – The Desert Foothills Community Association (DFCA) is excited to announce the appointment of their 2011 Cave Creek Rodeo Queen, Miss Amanda

Barlow, effective February 1, 2011. The 22-year old Desert Hills, Arizona resident has been appointed by the DFCA Board to serve as the DFCA’s Queen during the 2011 rodeo season. Her schedule will include both Cave Creek Rodeos (April and October) as well many PRCA rodeos in the Turquoise Circuit. Keep Reading...

BY MARGARET STEWART | FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Adventure at Your Doorstep – In tune with the world of the Sonoran Desert

Every morning this month, between seven and seven-thirty, a truly amazing thing happens: the sun comes peeping over the eastern hills, illuminating a series of events in which all of Nature is involved. If you put on your walking shoes and a hat with a brim, you can share in the adventure.

Outside your door a covey of quail is scratching around in the gravel for seeds. Their babies, hatched during the summer, have grown to adulthood, but they continue to hang around with the extended family until mating season in the spring. Their scurrying and cries of alarm when you step out the door are part of Nature’s winter song. Keep Reading...

You are invited to a SURPRISE
birthday balloon“Birthday Open House”


For Cathie Adams
 ~ aka “Ms. A” to her former students ~
and an “Old Tine Creeker”
Saturday, February 5 from 2 – 5 p.m.
American Legion Hall in Cave Creek
Stop by and join Cathie’s family as we celebrate her birthday.
No gifts please – just old stories, memories and your company!
As some of you may know, Cathie was diagnosed with Dementia last summer and the prognosis is not so good. Since Cathie is well-known and loved by many in the Cave Creek area, we thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to have as many people as possible come and visit and wish her Happy Birthday!
If you can’t make it, but would like to send a birthday wish or memory of Cathie a scrapbook of the occasion will be made. Please send to Beckie Smith 35832 N. 10th Street, Desert Hills, AZ 85086 or email to [email protected].
Call Beckie for more information: 623-340-5894.

"Comprehending our Past Life-ways and Thoughts about a Hopi Archaeology"


Arizona Archaeological Society Desert Foothills Chapter

CAVE CREEK – The next Arizona Archaeological Society Desert Foothills Chapter meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9 in The Good Shepherd of the Hills Community Building, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd. Micah Loma’omvaya, Second Mesa, will speak (made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council). "Comprehending our Past Life-ways and Thoughts about a Hopi Archaeology." will be the subject. Keep Reading...