Member Spotlight

Sid Bradley is a second-generation Clear Creek Pines Unit Two community member. His parents, Thomas and Kathleen Bradley first bought the property at 7670 Pine Cone Drive in 1962. Sid and his wife, Janet built their home on the lot in 2010 and joined the Clear Creek Pines Unit Two Water Well Users Association.

Sid went to school at Phoenix College and started a career in law enforcement as a police officer in September 1966. After retiring from the City of Phoenix in August 1987, Sid continued his career spending three years as an officer with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and 13 years as a Maricopa Defense Investigator before befittingly retiring for a second time in 2008. In addition to Sid’s distinguished career in law enforcement, he also served in the Arizona Army National Guard for six years.

Sid and Janet have two children, a daughter (Nancy) and son (Gary), and four grandchildren. Sid enjoys trail riding with Gary and his grandkids.

While Sid does not see himself living in Happy Jack fulltime, he appreciates the forest and spending time there. Sid and Janet primarily live in Peoria, Arizona where Sid likes to relax on the front porch and read.

Thank you Sid for letting us shine the spotlight on you and giving us the opportunity to get you to know you better!

Published September 2023

Froukje Beynen has been a supportive and enthusiastic participant of the community and member of the Clear Creek Pines Unit Two Water Well Users Association for thirteen years.

Spending years looking for a lot or cabin in the woods of Northern Arizona, Froukje feels fortunate to have found a cabin in Clear Creek Pines Unit Two with power and water in 2010.

"By buying this cabin, I became a member of the superbly managed CCP2 community. I am very impressed with the way – starting with its foundation nearly 40 years ago – the members of the CCP2 Community have proven to be excellent caretakers of this beautiful property as well as wise users of its most valuable resource (water!)."

Froukje only spends part-time in Happy Jack but appreciates the short two-hour drive from home to enjoy time in the woods. Froukje's hobbies include hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, and cutting wood for the woodstove.

Froukje is a retired anesthesiologist with broad interests spanning nutrition, immunology, and learning foreign languages. Froukje was born in the Dutch East Indies and as a small child spent more than three years in a Japanese concentration camp on the Island of Java during the Second World War. Froukje attended the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands and after graduation worked at a hospital in West Africa for two years. Froukje later moved to Rochester, Minnesota to begin training in anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic. After 18 years in Rochester, Froukje was happy to volunteer to relocate in 1992 and joined the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. After an extensive tenure in the medical field, Froukje began retirement in 2017.

We appreciate Froukje’s commitment to the community, support of the association and sincere candidness! Thank you for letting us shine the spotlight on you Froukje!

Published June 2023

Bobby Reddell has been a member of the Clear Creek Pines Unit Two Water Well Users Association for eleven years, joining in the fall of 2011. Bobby grew up in Camp Verde, Arizona, and worked summer jobs for Southwest Forestry in 1974 and 1975 which drew his attention to Happy Jack. Bobby is a full-time resident of Clear Creek Pines Unit Two and appreciates the quiet community and the kindness of the people.

Bobby attended college at Mesa Community College where he played baseball. Bobby worked in the oil and gas industry for thirty years. Twenty-five of those years were in Alaska working for the largest oil and gas contractor in the State, ASRC Energy Services. Bobby spent five years as the Operation Manager for the Cook Inlet onshore and offshore projects. While Managing the Nikiski Operations at ASRC, Bobby was elected to the Kenai Chapter of the Alaska Support Industry Alliance which promotes responsible exploration, development and production of oil, gas and mineral resources. At that time, the organization represented 35,000 Alaskan workers and was made up of over 400 businesses, organizations and individuals that provide products and services to the oil, gas, and mining industries. Bobby served on the Board for five years. In 2004 he was promoted to the ASRC Energy Services Corporate Office as a General Manager of Fabrication and Construction, where he oversaw a staff of 500-800 employees. The last five years of his career in the oil and gas industry were spent in the West Texas Permian Basin Oilfield until his retirement in 2019.

Bobby enjoys spending time with his two children, Jamee and Josh, and two grandchildren, Devyn and Isy at his cabin in Happy Jack and likes exploring the area and taking pictures of wildlife. While Bobby is passionate about fishing and hunting wild game, he also enjoys hunting antler sheds with his black lab, Ranger. Bobby and Ranger are pictured above with a collection of some of the antler sheds found this year in the Happy Jack area. When Bobby is not in Happy Jack, he enjoys visiting family in Verde Valley.

We appreciate Bobby letting us shine the spotlight on him and giving us the opportunity to get to know him better!

Published September 2022

Roy and Barb Bell have been decades-long members of the Clear Creek Pines Unit Two Water Well Users Association joining as one of the original members in 1984.  Roy was the first vice-president of the association and remained so until health issues prompted him to resign in 2000. With such a rich history with the association and community, Roy and Barb have many memories to share.

Roy and Barb were originally drawn to Happy Jack by the small sub-division and beautiful area and purchased their property in 1984 and started to build the main house. They used water from the stream for mixing concrete and a generator to power their equipment. The original plan was to have a cistern to collect rainwater for washing and to haul drinking water from a local spring. Before this was started, eleven property owners (including Roy and Barb) decided to invest $1000 each to drill a well on property donated by the Crownovers, the current well site. When sufficient water was found, and the well site was completed there were others that wanted to join the group. The association was formed and with the added membership an in-ground water distribution system was decided on. Money being tight they hired a contractor to have the water lines put in, with donated labor from the members. Barb's dad Dick Beasley, volunteered to operate a backhoe while others, including Roy, operated shovels clearing and then backfilling trenches. Several property owners, including Roy and Barb, allowed the main line to cross their lots to reduce costs. The association installed a windmill and storage tank and relied on gravity feed for water pressure. Originally a pump was installed in the well for emergency use (no wind) and several members used personal generators to pump water when needed. Emergencies were frequent and eventually a generator and propane tank were installed, and the windmill was sold. When electrical power was obtained, the association converted to it and the generator was taken out.

After the success with the water association, basically the same group decided to put in the electrical system in 1994. The major hurdle was the cost. APS and the county forced the community to put the lines underground from the closest source, which was the Happy Jack Lodge. They tried to get Unit 1 to participate but they refused due to the expense. The group was successful in getting APS and the County to restrict new hookups to the system until new property owners paid their equal share of the system cost. This money was rebated to the existing users. It was a success. Putting the system underground along with the water makes the system unique. Power lines and water tanks for hauling water would detract from the appearance of the sub-division.

While Roy, a retired Engineer from Intel Corp., enjoys hunting and fishing and taking his 1958 Pontiac to car shows, Barb is active in the local church. Native to Arizona, they both enjoy relaxing in their family-built home in Happy Jack and appreciate the small community and helpful people. When not in Happy Jack, they spend their time in the Valley or visiting their kids in Texas, and Oregon.

Roy and Barb are a valued part of our organization and we appreciate their early contributions to the association and the opportunity to share their experience with the entire membership.

Published June 2022

David Baril has been a member of the Clear Creek Pines Unit Two Water Well Users Association since its inception and was one of the first members to receive running water to his property in 1984.

David and his wife Carol purchased Lot 57 in 1971 and two years later constructed the A-Frame cabin on the property. Happy Jack was an ideal location for David and Carol’s second home as they both enjoyed the outdoors and were avid hunters.

Being a resident of the community for 50 years, David has many memories with his friends and family and has countless heartwarming stories to share. While not spending time in Happy Jack, David lives in Glendale, Arizona.

David was an active participant in the installation of the water system in CCP2, even taking a two-week vacation from his work at Lockheed Missiles and Space to assist with installing the water lines in the 1980s. By the time David retired from Lockheed Martin after a 30-year tenure, the electric project in the community was taking off and David labored his time and skills to help the team complete the installation of the electrical lines in Clear Creek Pines Unit Two; the electric project was completed in 1994.

At 84, David is active in the community and continues to work for the Forest Service as a Fire Lookout. He and his miniature Australian Shepard, Shelbi spend their days in a watchtower surveilling the forest for occurrences of fire, in fact, David was on the clock in June this year, when he spotted smoke in the area of West Clear Creek which later developed into the Snake Fire that posed danger to the Clear Creek Pines Unit 1 and Unit 2 communities, as well as the area in and around Happy Jack Lodge in June 2021.

Fun Fact: David and Carol's opportunity to purchase land in CCP2 came when Carol stumbled across a For Sale sign buried in pine needles on the property.

Published September 2021