David Zapatka Quoting from Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, when hitting a serve, “contact must be made below the waist, which is defined as level with the navel.” Further, International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) Official Tournament Rulebook rule 4.A1 states the arm ‘must be moving in an upward arc’ and…
Category: January 2022
Sports, January 2022
PCL9GA SaddleBrooke Safari Invitational—Save the Date
Cindy Hurst Attention all PebbleCreek Ladies Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) members: Please, save the date! The SaddleBrooke Lady Niners are very excited to announce that they have a date for their invitational, which was originally scheduled for March 2020. Unfortunately, it had to be postponed twice due to COVID. The SaddleBrooke Safari will be held…
Generals, January 2022
LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek
Experts Present January Morning Lectures Patricia Ingalls January’s four Monday Morning Lectures (MMLs) explore a variety of topics, from wildlife photography to the Beatles’ solo careers to valley fever to police accountability. Tickets to MMLs cost $5 each and will be available in the lobby of Renaissance Theater beginning at 9 a.m. the day of…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
The Women’s Giving Circle Supports Southwest Family Advocacy Center
Pat Kaer Members of The Women’s Giving Circle (TWGC) of PebbleCreek attended the second annual Wine and Chocolate event on the evening of Dec. 9. This fundraising event supports the Southwest Family Advocacy Center (SWFAC) in their efforts to benefit child and adult victims of abuse. SWFAC is dedicated to reducing the stress and trauma of victims…
Generals, January 2022
Men’s Christian Fellowship Kicks Off New Year
Curt Zimmerman The first meeting of the new year for the Men’s Christian Fellowship of PebbleCreek (MCFPC) will be Wednesday, Jan. 5 at 7:30 a.m. in the Tuscany Falls Chianti Room. The special guest speaker is Dra Rogers, who just completed his first year as area representative for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Rogers is…
Front Page, January 2022
2022 Source Book Delivery—We Need You!
Maureen Plate Again this year, volunteers will deliver Source Books to your home at the end of January or early February. Kare Bears is in the process of recruiting residents to assist in the distribution of the books. We have many residents who have volunteered for several years, but additional volunteers are needed, especially in…
Sports, January 2022
Date Night for Tennis Buffs
Donna Gillen Jill and Jerry Santy hosted our “wear off the turkey” date night on Nov. 28. Twenty-four members of the tennis club stepped up to the challenge to burn off those calories to enjoy a nice hearty appetizer on the patio of the Constables after play. Once again, we Creekers couldn’t ask for better…
Sports, January 2022
PCLGA Senior/Super Senior Tournament Will Be Tee-riffic
Carole Schumacher Nancy Kyle and Judy Newell are co-chairs for the Senior/Super Senior Tournament, which will take place on Feb. 8 and 9. The theme of the tournament is Seniors are Tee-riffic, and yes, we are! The individual stroke play event will be played on the Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany East golf courses. There will…
Clubs & Classes, January 2022
Artists Wander through the Hills
Camille Grabb On Nov. 21, 20 PebbleCreek Art Club members made their annual car caravan journey up to Cave Creek to meander through the many private studios that generous artists open to offer everyone a sneak peek into their work world. This year was the 25th anniversary for the Sonoran Arts League, and they titled…
Features, January 2022
Word of the Month: Quincunx
David Zapatka While reading The Labours of Hercules by Alice A. Bailey in my book-reading group, I ran across the familiar word “quincunx” and had to reach back in my memory to recall where I had been exposed to this word before. Quincunx noun quin·cunx | ˈkwin-ˌkəŋ(k)s 1. an arrangement of five objects with four at the…