Sherry Blatner Please excuse our mistake. Business hours for the Creative Arts Gallery were listed incorrectly in the Expressions Gallery article in the December Post. The correct hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Category: January 2021
Sports, January 2021
Red Team Wins Again in PCLGA’s Red and Green Par-Tee!
Cindy Sota The PCLGA’s annual Red and Green Tournament was held on Dec. 8 and 9 on the Tuscany Falls East and West courses. The Let’s Have a Par-Tee Tournament was a fundraiser for the New Life Center and provided bragging rights for the winners. The players were happy to receive tee prizes of a holiday…
Features, January 2021
Inauguration Day
Ross Dunfee The ink was barely dry on the Declaration of Independence. The thirteen British Colonies, in their view, were no longer a part of Great Britain, but they also were not conjoined by any body of law. On June 12, 1776, the day after appointing a committee of five to prepare the Declaration of Independence,…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
PC Quilters Turn Canceled Luncheon into Meals for Others
Linda Rowe The PebbleCreek Quilters had to cancel their annual spring luncheon in 2020 due to COVID-19. The club elected to delay reimbursing luncheon payments in hopes that payments could be used for the Christmas luncheon instead. Unfortunately, that luncheon was also canceled. In addition, the tradition of the annual holiday luncheon included the collection…
Sports, January 2021
Relishing Pickleball: 12 Common Mistakes and How to Fix Them (Mistakes 1 and 2)
David Zapatka While playing at the IronOaks courts in Sun Lakes for my first time last month, I ran into a group of very excited and highly motivated new pickleball players. We played a couple games together, and when we departed, this question was posed to me, “What should we do to improve and become 3.5…
Clubs & Classes, January 2021
Roger Borlaug: November Woodcarver of the Month
Larry Matney Roger Borlaug is the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club woodcarver of the month for November 2020. This photo shows Roger with several of his carvings on the lower shelf of the display window in the Creative Arts Center. The top shelf shows the Ark created by club members as a raffle prize in 2021. Roger…
January 2021
2021 Source Book Delivery Update!
Arlis Legler Kare Bears volunteers will be delivering your 2021 Source Book and new street map to your home; the date of delivery is pending. Your Source Book will be left at your front door in a plastic bag, one book per house. After home delivery, additional Source Books and maps will be available at the…
Features, January 2021
In Passing
Carole Jae Lennartson Babbitt Carole Jae Lennartson Babbitt, a loving wife, sister, mother, and grandmother, a resident of PebbleCreek in Goodyear, Ariz., passed away peacefully at age 78, early Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Stricken with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, Carole had spent the past 13 months in a beautiful assisted living home in Surprise, Ariz.—visited…
Sports, January 2021
Paul Maurer Scores Ace During PCMGA Event
Howie Tiger On Nov. 12, Paul Maurer made a hole-in-one on the 12th hole of the Eagle’s Nest course. This may be the first recorded ace on our newly renovated course at PebbleCreek. The pin on this par-3 hole was located in the middle, just beyond a newly added sand trap. (Many players are happy that the…
Generals, January 2021
Kare Bears Receive Congressional Recognition
Tom Meeks The PebbleCreek Kare Bears organization, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, received Congressional recognition from Representative Debbie Lesko’s office for its contributions to the PebbleCreek and surrounding communities. Gisele Norberg from Debbie Lesko’s Surprise office presented the citation to members of the Kare Bears organization and its founder, Rayma Scalzo, Dec. 8 at the Kare Bears House. Included…