Category: January 2024

Annual Fall Home & Garden Tour Raised $15,500!

Suzanne Butler, Home Tour Publicity Chair The 27th Annual PebbleCreek Fall Home & Garden Tour held on Nov. 4 was a success! Thank you, PebbleCreek, for your support of the City of Goodyear’s Shop with a Cop program! This year, $15,500 was raised through ticket sales and donations. The Home Tour Committee and City of…

PCLGA Kicks Off Season with Viva Las Vegas!

Carole Schumacher Viva Las Vegas was the theme for the PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) Kickoff tournament in November when the PCLGA ladies were paired in four-person teams to Cha Cha Cha their way to the finish line at Tuscany East and Eagle’s Nest Golf Courses. The annual Kick-Off Tournament is the traditional start to…

This Game Called Softball

Fred Dresser Our last article dove into the history of the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA). This article will look into how the game of softball actually started. George Hancock, a reporter for the Chicago Board of Trade, is credited with inventing softball in 1887. That year, Hancock gathered with some friends at the Farragut…

In Passing – January 2024

Rob Alexander Robert Young Alexander III (79), passed away on Friday, Nov. 3, 2023. Born and raised in Wichita, Kan., Rob earned his degree from Wichita State University. After graduation he spent much of his life in Colorado working in the office furniture industry, eventually opening his own business, Office Options, for over 35 years.…

Woodbury Team Party

Rochelle Zuckerbrow On Nov. 12, Team Woodbury of PebbleCreek Softball hosted their first team party of the season. It was held at the home of Paul and Joan Zuckerbrow. Paul is the team manager, and Craig Hauger is the team sponsor. It was fun to get together off the field to continue building friendships and camaraderie.

Lady Niners Hold Kick-Off “Putt Now … Wine Later,” “Hometown Pride,” and Memorial League Events

Joan Smith, PCL9GA Publicity On Nov. 14 the PebbleCreek Lady Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCL9GA) kicked off their season with the theme “Putt Now … Wine Later” Chardonnay Shamble format on Tuscany Falls East Course. Event Co-Chairs were Norma Guillaume and Tina Stepzinski. On Nov. 28 Patti Engelhardt, PCL9GA Past President, and Ellen Enright, PCLGA Past President, organized a 9-hole scramble on…

PebbleCreek Quilters Create an Elephant!

Cynthia Schwartz Diane Rottman, a member of the PebbleCreek Quilters Club, taught a two-day Paper Piecing class for advanced quilters. Attendees created an elephant using colors of their choice and sewing 244 pieces of fabric. Paper Piecing is a technique used by quilters to easily sew complex designs. The method uses a paper template, folding fabric, sewing…

T.T.T. Chapter Q News

Ronnie Levine Chapter Q proudly received the Violet Award in recognition of our generosity to the Project Fund of the National T.T.T. Society for the 2021-2023 Biennium. We distributed holiday gifts to all the girls we have sponsored who still attend Heritage Elementary, which serves K-8. The recipients were very touched and grateful. Also, Chapter…

January Genealogy Club News

Denise Beeson and Patti Wehrs Join us for the new year on Monday, Jan. 8 from 9 a.m. to noon in the Eagle’s Nest Palm Room. “I really believe it is important to hear what our elders share with us while they are alive and honor the stories of their life and of those who were before them. If…