Category: Features

Happy Birthday to you!

Carolyn Farley And, what’s on your bucket list? Loni Hutton mentioned to friends that she’d always wanted to attend a Price Is Right show. With Loni’s 80th birthday fast approaching Jewel White went into action—hotel rooms and tickets reserved. Diane Walenda designed our festive tee shirts. The day before filming a convoy of friends set off…

Learn from Holocaust survivor on February 6

Brenda Hyman The High Holidays Club is pleased to welcome Marion Weinzweig as our speaker on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at 7:00 p.m. in the Capri Room/Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. We only have space for 40 attendees, so please sign up on your website: www.pcjewsnews.org. The generic password is welcome! Follow instructions afterward to sign in.…

Playing Pickleball Jamaican Style

Cindy Watty A group of 56 PebbleCreek and other pickleball enthusiasts enjoyed a week of play on the pickleball courts at the beautiful Sandals South Coast resort in Jamaica this past December. They also spent a lot of time on the beach, kayaking, sailing, paddle boarding, snorkeling, zip-lining, dining and tasting a wide variety of…

In Passing

Ronald Carl Altman Ronald Carl Altman passed away on December 13, 2017. Ron and Janet moved to PebbleCreek in September of 1998. Ron was a bartender at Eagles Nest Bar for 12 years. He played golf with his wonderful sandbagger group. Ron was a golden glover for the Arizona Diamondbacks and president of the PebbleCreek…

Pet of the Month

Mollie is a PebbleCreek girl Hi! My name is Mollie, aka Mollie Tamale since I sure enjoyed the one I counter surfed not long after Ed and Carolyn Dolezal adopted me. I am a ten-year-old Golden Retriever/Border Collie mix. I move like a Border Collie and have the velcro nature of a Golden. I love…

Happy Anniversary

Lucy and Neil Saling Lucy and Neil Saling quietly celebrated 60 years of marriage on January 4, 2018. The couple were married in Corvallis, Oregon while completing their studies at Oregon State College. They moved to PebbleCreek in 2003, making it their 25th move. Neil is retired from the US Army after 30 years and…

2 Your Health: Type 2 Diabetes? You have control

Celeste Delap, DPT, GCS, LSVT BIG AZOPT Goodyear Physical Therapist As physical therapists, we treat patients for a variety of diagnoses, including Type 2 Diabetes. For the most part, everyone knows diet and exercise are important aspects to maintain a healthy lifestyle. However, many do not understand how to actually and correctly go about it.…

PC Artists at Glendale Exhibition

Sharon Adamy Several resident artists from PebbleCreek participated in the Glendale Arts Council Fine Arts competition on display January 10 through January 28 in the Fruit-Packing House at Sahuaro Ranch Park. Juried into the Glendale exhibit were Sharon Adamy, Jack Hampton, Kathie Janda, and Gretchen Olberding. Their work was on display for show and purchase…

Handmade Pottery Class explores with talent

Jeff Wilson Seldom has a pottery class started out so fast with people making such unique, creative projects. Friendly and sharing, these people inspired each other to go beyond what they thought they were capable of. Projects included decoratively embossed plates and bowls, large appliqued platters with fish, bird or flower handles, sculptural luminarias and…