The November 2015 financials continued to reflect the strong performance through the 11 months of the year. The November year-to-date revenue is 6.0% favorable to budget with all departments continuing to exceed their planned revenue targets. Strong resident support of the dining and golf facilities have contributed to these positive results. November had 17 new…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
WomanHeart speaker for Heart Month – February 17
Nanci Rusty Rinehart Dr. Jennifer Bellingrodt, psychologist, will be speaking at the WomenHeart discussion group on February 17 at 2:30 p.m. in Room 100 at the Activity Center in Eagle’s Nest. She will be speaking about the difficulty of accepting the reality of having a heart disease. Some people who have or have had problems…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Introducing 2015-2016 officers of Arizona Chapter Q
Penny Schneider The installation of the 2015-2016 officers for Arizona Chapter Q of the National T.T.T. Society took place in the Milan Room of the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse this past spring. Officially, each officer takes over her duties when the fiscal year begins for the society on October 1 of each new year. The officers…
Features, February 2016
In Passing
Jacquelyn Boutin Plante Jacquelyn Boutin Plante of 19132 W. Osborn Road, Litchfield Park, Arizona died at home on Saturday, December 19, 2015, after a year-long battle with brain cancer. She was 67 years old. During her illness she was in the loving care of Hospice of the Valley and her husband, Bob Plante. Jackie was…
Features, February 2016
Day tripping from PebbleCreek
Lance Motta-Vilensky Tsunami like waves rolled in from the sea, first damaging only the castle’s façade, but then the turrets fell and the walls crumbled. Finally, there was nothing but an empty shoreline and the relentless sea. In anguish, a young girl cried; her sandcastle was no more. She asked her father to build her…
Generals, February 2016
IMS Arizona Marathon in PebbleCreek
Melissa Kallett On Sunday, February 14 the Integrated Medical Services (IMS) Arizona Marathon will again be sweeping through our community. The PebbleCreek route will account for four miles of total 26.2 mile run. Everyone in PebbleCreek is encouraged to come out and watch this Parade of Runners and help cheer them on. Volunteers are also…
Generals, February 2016
Meet our new Sous Chef, Hector Ahumada
Just as Marco Polo brought back new and exciting food and spices from the Far East to Italy — Chef Hector, PebbleCreek’s new Sous Chef, plans to bring lots of new tastes, flavors and excitement to our restaurants. Lucky for us Chef Hector is fascinated with the history of food and loves creating original dishes…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Happy New Year to our new Shalom Club Board
Brenda Hyman Our January 17 meeting got off to a great start. We greeted new board members and retained some of the ones from last year. Our term of office is two years but we replace only half of the board each year. Welcome to our new people and a return hello to those continuing.…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Model Railroad Club celebrates milestones
Bruce Petrarca 2016 marks two milestones for the PCMRC. It was ten years ago in January when we started our HO-scale layout in the Eagle’s Nest Activities Center Room 106. It was fifteen years ago this fall when we started work on the garden railroad. Let’s back up a decade and review what we were…
Sports, February 2016
PCLGA Red and Green Tournament highlights
Mary Neeley The PCLGA hosted the annual Red/Green Tournament on December 8 and 9 at the Tuscany Falls and Eagle’s Nest Golf Courses. The theme of the tournament was, Do You Want to Build a Snowman? The ladies were greeted by little snowmen on the first tee of each course. With the weather in the…