Category: Features

PCSSA makes the news

Fred Dresser News flash! PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) appeared on Channels Three and Five news broadcasts in January. It seems that your senior softball league is a league that all PebbleCreekers can be proud of. Not only were players interviewed but the broadcasts also showed the viewing audience what a tremendous Field of Dreams…

The kindness of strangers

Susie Anderson Back in 2011 before I moved to PebbleCreek I bought a counted cross stitch pattern of a dog that looked just like mine. It was winter in Minnesota and I figured it would be fun to do in my spare time. I spent several hours at the store and bought 64 different colors…

Word of the Month: Deuce

David Zapatka Watching the Australian Open Tennis Championships reminded me of the strange way tennis is scored. Zero is announced as love. Theory is that love arose from the French word for “egg,” l’oeuf, because a zero on a scoreboard resembles an egg; a clever but unsubstantiated claim. One point is called 15, two is…

Artist of the Month

Louis Stifter The Art Club is very pleased to award Louis Stifter our Artist of the Month for March. Louis is a retired electrical engineer who has lived in PebbleCreek for nine years. He came to Arizona from his home of 22 years in the California San Francisco Bay Area. While he considers himself a…

In Passing

Russell Galewski Russell Thomas Galewski of Goodyear, AZ left us and went to heaven February 8, 2019. A Wisconsin native, Russ was born in Milwaukee, WI to Joseph and Lucille (Pietrzak) Galewski September 2, 1943. Russ and his wife of 55 years, Diane (Wichman) raised their three children in Franklin, WI. Russ was a Eucharistic…

Spotlight on Advertiser: American Family Insurance

We are excited to announce the Kurt Bojarski Agency at American Family Insurance has relocated to 700 N. Estrella Pkwy, Suite 200, in Goodyear just behind Panda Express. We spent the previous three years in a building in the same parking lot with a Roosevelt St. address. Our old office served us well and we…

Pet of the Month

Jeanne and Hollie

Hollie helps children read Jeanne Owens “Hello!” Hollie here bringing you an exciting update. Four and a half years ago my dad, John, and I moved from Kentucky to Arizona. Whew, whose idea was that? 110 degrees in the shade? I was used to four seasons and now there is one, summer all year long.…

PebbleCreek Tennis Club celebrates the Aussie open

Crystal and Brian Messer, Vicki Shaner, Myrna Bodner, Jim Meyer, Randy Welsh, Pat Owens, Dan Schimmelpfennig, Karyn Swinford and Dennis Carter

Norma Whitley While tennis champions like Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka, Rafael Nadal, Petra Kvitova amazed the world at Melbourne, Australia for the 2019 Australian Tennis Open, PebbleCreek tennis lovers took to the courts at Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls for their own “Aussie Open” social. Upon arriving at the PebbleCreek tennis courts, attendees were greeted…

Rotary Club and Kare Bears partner for food drive

The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek and Kare Bears are partnering to sponsor a community-wide canned food drive April 8-19 for the Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank. Each year, the Rotary Club engages community leaders, non-profit charities, community organizations and churches to determine local area needs. Then through fundraising efforts and the volunteer energy…

Mary Falso celebrates LXXX

On January 19, Mary Falso, long-time PebbleCreek resident and a member of “The Circle” golf group, was surprised to find a bobby-socked, poodle-skirted lady at her door wanting to take her for “a ride.” Reluctant at first, she was soon convinced to change out of her slippers and step outside. Waiting for her was a…