Outstanding opportunities planned Ruth Shaffer Although it is only August, plans are almost complete for the 2019-20 LifeLong Learning (LLL) at PebbleCreek season, with the LLL teams hard at work since the spring to bring you unique learning opportunities. With 20 different classes planned, you are sure to find something you’d like to try. In…
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Generals, August 2019
General Manager’s Report
Bill Barnard, General Manager If you’ve been in Phoenix for a few years, you start to get used to the hot summers, but many of us will try to get away for at least a short time during the summer months at the height of the heat. For our facilities team, this is a good…
Generals, August 2019
Mark Your Calander – Upcoming Events At PebbleCreek
Aug. 2: Concert: Rock Me Gently – A Tribute to the Songwriters of the ’70s. Tickets on sale now at the Activities Office and online. Price is $25. Aug. 9: Trip: Sedona Day Bus Trip. Tickets on sale now at the Activities Office. Aug. 13-20: Trip: The Best of Eastern Canada. Tickets on sale now at the Activities…
Generals, August 2019
Expressions Gallery and Gift Shop
Sherry Blatner To all you hearty souls here for the month of August, we are open for business and fully stocked! You will be able to add to your collections of jewelry, glassware, ceramics, paintings and fiber crafts at your leisure. This is also a perfect time to add to your personal library of PebbleCreek…
Generals, August 2019
Building Bridges
People acted together to solve environmental crisis Stevan Augustin I worked as an environmental economist in the mid-1980s for the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis. We were developing economic accounts for environmental spending to supplement the United States national income and product accounts (GNP or GDP) and doing research on unit costs and the…
Generals, August 2019
PC Live On Stage
PebbleCreek Singers begin rehearsals Diane Piehl The PebbleCreek Singers are anxiously awaiting the commencement of rehearsals on Aug. 19. Musical Director Gail Kennedy has been culling through her repertoire and listening to selections from her sources to find the perfect blend for the winter concert to include Christmas and holiday music suitable to all attendees.…
Generals, August 2019
Where were you when…
Barbara Marriott, a SaddleBrooke author If you’re over 50, you are a walking encyclopedia of historic events. Author Barbara Marriott wants to publish your personal memories and remembrances of historical events during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries in a book titled Where Were You When. So much has happened, and so quickly in the past…
Generals, August 2019
Patrol bulletin – gate activities
John Singleton, director of community service and patrol We have more than 100,000 visitors who enter through our two front gates each month. Some months, especially during the holidays, we will exceed 120,000 guests. Quick math will tell you that’s one car every 30 seconds. It’s a big chore for us to screen each guest…
Generals, August 2019
Activities Office features Trips…
Rock Me Gently: A Tribute to the Songwriters of the 70s – Aug. 2. From Jim Croce to Dan Fogelberg and Carol King to James Taylor, Rock Me Gently presents an unforgettable two hours of some of the greatest American music to come from the 1970s. From the end of the 1960s, it became common to…