Category: August 2015

A special gift for you

Rayma Scalzo Our PebbleCreek Breast Cancer Discussion Group has a supply of heart pillows made by the PebbleCreek Quilters. They will be given to any woman undergoing surgery for a lumpectomy or mastectomy. The pillows have been designed to bring comfort while recovering from surgery. They are placed underneath the arm where the surgery has…

Rug Hookers taking it easy

It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy in PebbleCreek. Things are pretty quiet in the CAC, but the year around rug hookers are still pulling loops, creating gorgeous rugs, pillows and hangings. Want to get out of the heat and give your AC a rest? Come over to the CAC on Mondays from noon to 4:00…

“I am a T.T.T. Camper”

Five of our campers with our camp chairman, Sandy Blackburn, waiting to get on the bus to camp.

June was camp month for T.T.T. campers, and what a great time they had. Pictured are five of our six Chapter P campers. Our sixth girl went to camp the week after these five because she was unavailable this same week. Fortunately, she went the same week as the Chapter Q campers so she had…

PCHOA Board meeting minutes

PebbleCreek Homeowners’ Association Board of Directors Meeting June 17, 2015; Tuscany Falls Ballroom; 11:00 a.m. Present: John Kiekbusch/President/PCHOA, Nancy Wilson Smith/Vice President/PCHOA, Gregg Clymer/Vice President/PCHOA and George Atwell/Secretary/PCHOA. Call to Order and introductions by John Kiekbusch/President/PCHOA, Motion by Nancy Wilson Smith to approve the proposed draft of the May 20, 2015, Board of Directors meeting minutes; Seconded by…

Though we had to say goodbye for the summer

Brenda Hyman The Shalom Club of PebbleCreek is on hiatus for July and August. There are no meetings or special events planned. We are all relaxing, sunning and vacationing. Many of us will not see each other until our kick-off meeting on Sunday, September 20 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. We have…

Mark Your Calendar

Friday, August 7 – Summer Beach Dance Party D.J. Jim Allen will be featured. Tickets at $10 per person go on sale July 7 at 9:00 a.m. at the Activities Office; cash or check only. Saturday, August 8 – Bus Day Trip to Golden Nugget Casino in Laughlin Tickets are $25 per person plus a refundable…

PebbleCreek Live On Stage

The ladies of Love, Loss and What I Wore: Jane Kelly, Barbara Faler, Ann Silverstein, Carol Horan and Dorothy Danner.

Love, Loss and What I Wore comes to PebbleCreek Carrie Mataraza We are what we wear, to coin a phrase, especially if we are women! Love, Loss and What I Wore, written by sisters Nora and Delia Ephron, takes us into the lives of five women where wardrobe becomes a time capsule of each of their lives. Based…

LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek

3 powerful lectures kick-off season Emily Grotta Once again LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek has an exciting array of lectures, classes, trips and special events planned for the coming season—-lots to keep your mind active, educated and entertained from October to April. The season begins at 7:00 p.m. Friday, October 16 with Haley Ercanbrack as our…

PC Hiking Club Diary

Left to right: Clare Bangs, Pete Williams, Lynn Warren (photographer) and Bill Halte clowning for a selfie with a crested saguaro in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve.

Lynn Warren Scientists estimate that there may be as many as 75 million saguaros but as few as 700 crested saguaros. PebbleCreek hikers may question the 700 since they have seen numerous crested saguaros on their many hikes and on June 15, four PebbleCreek Hikers visited another one just off the Pemberton Trail in scenic…