Category: Features

In Passing

George Debo George Joseph Debo age 85 of Goodyear, Arizona passed away peacefully in his home on November 14, 2018. George was born in Brooklyn, New York to George and Francis Debo on May 21, 1933. At age 18, he entered the Navy where he served on the USS Tilefish during the Korean War. After…

PebbleCreek Art Club’s Artist of the Year for 2018

Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art Club is very proud to award Charlene Romanos Artist of the Year for 2018. She has been the subject of a number of features, articles and awards in her many-faceted creative existence. For example: in March of 2014, Linda Lewis detailed Charlene’s background and creative endeavors in an article featuring…

Tuscany Falls Christmas caroling party

Jill Miller Tuscany Falls residents enjoyed another successful Christmas caroling party on Sunday, December 9. More than 125 carolers gathered in their golf carts/train in the Creative Arts Center parking lot prior to dividing into six groups. According to Jane and Rich McCurdy, who chaired the event, the six caroling groups were routed to around…

Artist of the Month

Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art Club is delighted to award Rana Cukierski Artist of the Month for January 2019. Rana comes from Elmhurst, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. Wanting to pursue a career in art, she took several art classes during her senior year of high school. Rana then took art and music classes…

Pet of the Month

Hi! My name is Winston and I am almost two years old. I live with my four-year-old dog brother, Brody, and my two humans, Barb and Bob Geiges. I am a rescue and had a really rough start. No one knows how many different breeds are mixed together to make me so cute! I am…

Hiking milestone

PebbleCreek resident Dave Kiesling completed a hiking milestone on October 25. He hiked 5,000 miles on that date since January 1, 2016. Dave has hiked alone because he prefers solitude. He likes to take pictures and hike at his own pace. He has hiked national parks, national monuments, state parks, county parks and city parks.…