Category: Clubs & Classes

Singles Club Set Sights to 2021

Jan Hansen The PC Singles ended the year with an outdoor holiday gathering prior to Christmas at Sunrise Park. A brief business meeting was held, and the new board was voted on and accepted for 2021. Councilwoman Wally Campbell was the guest speaker. Now members of the club are looking ahead to a healthier and happier…

Presidents Day

Ross Dunfee While Presidents Day is a federal holiday, celebrated on the third Monday of February, it is not really a national holiday. Splitting hairs? In 1968, Congress passed the Monday Holiday Act for observance of Washington’s birthday, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day to be celebrated on a Monday, but the actual dates for the…

Dem Club Greets New Year with Full Agenda

Attorney Robert McWhirter spoke with the PC Democratic Club in January.

Alisa Moore The first 2021 meeting of the PebbleCreek Democratic Club took place in the evening after most members had anxiously spent the day glued to their televisions or computers as the Capitol was overrun by rioters while both houses of Congress were in session, requiring the evacuation of the nation’s leadership until calm was restored.…

2020 Opportunity Quilt Winners

Joel and Virgie Manley with the 2020 Opportunity Quilt

Linda Rowe No one was more surprised than Virgie Manley when her husband, Joel, told her they needed to go pick something up. As it turned out, Joel had bought just five tickets online from the PC Quilters Club for the 2020 Opportunity Quilt. Joel was very excited and said, “We won!” Joel had bought…

News from the PebbleCreek Shalom Club

Ronnie Levine Voices calling “Bingo” rang out through Zoom on Jan. 17. We each had a card, and our outgoing president, Carl Schatz, was the caller. We had prizes and snacks. It was a fun way to break up the situation we find ourselves in of not being able to meet in person. On Jan. 21,…

PC Hiking Club Diary

Left to right: Marilyn Reynolds, Clare Bangs, Mike Tansey, Eileen Lords-Mosse, Neal Wring, Kris Raczkiewicz, and Lynn Warren (photographer) enjoying 360-degree views from the summit of Saddle Mountain.

Hikers Climb Saddle Mountain Lynn Warren The odd-shaped mountain south of I-10 at Tonopah (with a large dip in the middle) is known as Saddle Mountain. On Jan. 7, a comfortable sunny day, seven “B” hikers headed west to tackle the challenging three-mile trail to the summit. Although the trail to the top was very…

Rotary Focuses Support on Title I Schools

Joan Smith, President The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek (GYPC) values strong schools and strong communities. This thriving service club prioritizes partnerships with Avondale, Litchfield, and Agua Fria school districts, with emphasis on Title I schools where children from low-income families compose at least forty percent of enrollment. Most recently, GYPC Rotary donated 27 ChromeBooks…

Republican Club Welcomes Author Loren Spivack

Nicholas Damask, PhD

Sue Harrison On Jan. 9, the PebbleCreek Republican Club held its monthly meeting at the outdoor Bullard Wash Amphitheater. It was a perfect sunny afternoon for the event. President Doug Krause welcomed our members and thanked Steve Jensen for setting up the sound system and the volunteers who helped with logistics. After a prayer for…

Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes!

AA Serenity Group * Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism. * The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. * There are no dues or…

Republican Club Offers ASU Professor Lecture Series

Nicholas Damask, PhD

Sue Harrison The PebbleCreek Republican Club continues to host Professor Nick Damask’s winter 2021 lecture series via Zoom for our members. Who is Professor Nick? Nicholas Damask, PhD, received his MA in international relations from The American University in Washington DC and his BA and PhD in political science from the University of Cincinnati, where…