Donna Gillen Imagine being at the symphony. The first note you hear is from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5; the trumpets blast with a powerful force! That is the experience this writer had watching the third Randy’s Rowdy Rascals Tournament. The first serve was a powerhouse, yet the return was just as powerful and with the gracefulness…
The Men’s 55+ 4.5-5.0 team won the Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) State Championship for 2023. Captains are Alex Potapoff and Steve Schaefer, and team members are Greg Wellington, Howard Mendel, Kerry Krueger, Javier Barron, and, living outside PebbleCreek (PC), Todd Anderson, Brett Augsburger, and David Overmoyer. APPL league was started in 2012 here in…
Howie Tiger On April 6 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held a fundraising tournament with proceeds going to U.S.VETS-Phoenix. The event raised $7,170 for this worthy charity. Private donations were also made in person at the event in the amount of $1,656 for a total donated of $8,826. A total of 59 four-man teams…
Kathy Smith We had a wonderful turnout for our PebbleCreek Singles Club dance in April. It was sponsored by club members Lynne Johnson, Emily Guajardo, and Patricia Moore. We all danced to The Jumpin’ Chollas, which is a well-known popular Valley band playing everything from ’50s/’60s rock ‘n’ roll, pop-rock, and some country. We are…
Jill Burnham and Dana West The Women’s Giving Circle (TWGC) of PebbleCreek (PC) heard from guest speaker, Leanne Leonard, executive director of Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank, during their annual spring meeting in April. The TWGC membership was also given a recap of their efforts throughout the 2022-23 year, having made a decisive impact…
Kathy Smith On a beautiful day in April a group from the PebbleCreek Singles Club took a tour of Mystery Castle. The castle was built in the 1930s by Boyce Luther Gulley for his daughter, Mary Lou. After learning he had tuberculosis, Gulley moved from Seattle to the Phoenix area and began building a three-story…