Category: October 2017

PCHOA Board of Director Election and Candidates

Howard Atkinson I am pleased to announce my candidacy for the PebbleCreek Homeowners Association Board of Directors. My wife, Pat, and I have lived in PebbleCreek since 2002. Professional and Non Profit Experience As a CPA and Audit Partner with Ernst & Young and Chief Risk Officer for three banks, I had the opportunity to…

Are LLL Special Programs special?

Are LLL Special Programs special? You bet! LifeLong Learning always keeps an eye out for opportunities to develop new and different programs, in addition to its lectures, trips and classes. “Our special programs let us offer new and unique opportunities that do not quite fit into our main categories,” explained President Phyllis Minsuk. “We’re able…

Gun Club announces fall picnic

Susan Knox Wilson The PebbleCreek Gun Club annual fall picnic will be held Saturday, October 28 from noon to 4:00 p.m. in Sunrise Park. The club has arranged for master barbeque caterer Erik Island to provide a sumptuous buffet that includes pulled pork, grilled chicken, brats, scalloped hominy, cheesy mashed potatoes, baked beans, coleslaw and,…

Unit Happenings

Mama- mia! What a meal!

Unit 8 takes a quick trip to Italy Shawnee Robison At Toscana’s, here in PebbleCreek, on Tuesday, August 18, 14 lovely ladies, from Unit 8 took control of the Board Room! Armed with the menu, featuring fresh Caesar salad, to Cornish game hens with wild rice, your choice of a side dish and our senior…

Handmade Pottery Class

Jeff Wilson The fun continued in the 17th edition of the Handmade Pottery Class in September. This Pottery/Sculpture Club sponsored class is taught almost every month and is always well attended. The techniques necessary to create virtually any handmade pottery project were taught in the first two weeks. The goal of the instructors was to…

Saddle up, Singles!

PC Singles live it up at the Saddle Mountain Brewing Company

Shawnee Robison Yee-Haw! The PebbleCreek Singles, 35 strong, (I couldn’t get all in the photo!) saddled up, then bellied up to the bar at the Very First Micro Brewery in Arizona’s history, The Saddle Mountain Brewing Company on Roosevelt in Goodyear! Yep! It was two thumbs up for the venue and the terrific grub, waitress…

Ski Club notice

Lynn Warren It was a long hot summer but skiers are eagerly awaiting the beginning of a new ski season. PebbleCreek doesn’t have a ski club but many PebbleCreek skiers belong to Valley of the Sun Ski Club (VSSC) which is open to all skiers and is a short drive on Loop 303 to the…

PebbleCreek Community Church celebrates 23 years

Larry Sessoms In the fall of 1995 there were Units 2 and 4 and little more—but among those early PebbleCreek residents was a group interested in starting a community church within our gates. One couple came from a Southern Baptist background, another Presbyterian and yet another Lutheran. Later they added Methodists and Catholics. What kind…

Remembering 9/11 on Humphrey’s Peak

Left to right: Dana Thomas, Lynn Warren, Clare Bangs and Ed Bobigian catch their breath on the 12,633 foot summit of Humphrey’s Peak.

Lynn Warren The air is thin, the climb is steep and relentless, but the reward at the top of Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona, is 360-degree scenery worth the effort. On Sunday, September 10, a group of PebbleCreek hikers headed for the cooler temperatures of Flagstaff and enjoyed a nine-mile warm-up hike through…