Gary Atkinson Gary Atkinson, formerly of Olathe and Wichita, KS, ended his battle with cancer Dec. 19. He was 66 years old. Gary was born in Oklahoma City on July 4, 1953, to Bill and Dorothy Atkinson, interrupting a family picnic. He is survived by his wife Lynda, mother-in-law Cathy Black, sister-in-law Mary Ann Atkinson,…
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Features, February 2020
Annual Parking Lot Sale – March 7, 2020
Traci Baker The annual Parking Lot Sale is back this spring and is scheduled for Saturday, March 7, 2020. The sale will take place in the parking lot in front of the Creative Arts Building on the Tuscany Falls side. The parking lot will be open to resident vendors at 6 a.m. for set-up. All…
Features, February 2020
Thank You Friends
Jim Ellison, President The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek would like to thank all our PebbleCreek residents who have supported us during the year in 2019. Your financial donations have enabled us to provide veterinary care for the many lost, abandoned, and abused pets rescued in our community. Your donations of pet related supplies (pet…
Features, February 2020
Honoring My Father
Dianne Wiegand Baczynski In 1945 when I was nine years old, with four brothers and sisters younger than I, my 29-year-old mom answered the door to two military men standing there! Their message was that our father, PFC Frank H. Wiegand had been killed in the Philippines. I have no memory of that day, so…
Features, February 2020
News From The Sky
Two New Lounges Offering Premium Amenities Open at Phoenix Sky Harbor David J. Ramirez, Public Information Officer American Express and MAG USA announced recently the opening of two new lounges inside Terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor – The Centurion Lounge and Escape Lounge. The two unique spaces will provide Platinum Card® and Centurion Members…
Features, February 2020
2 Your Health: Spinal Decompression through Position and Breathing
Jim Mulroy, PT Did you know that you can use deep diaphragmatic breathing to decompress your spine to help relieve pain? We all live with some form of spinal compression caused by gravity, ground reaction forces, ligaments, and muscular contractions. When a person stands upright, the lumbar spine can compress up to 55% of our…
Features, February 2020
Pet of The Month: My Name is Mini Pearl
Vanessa Hargreaves This is Pearl, my little gem. She is an eighteen-month-old female Maltese I purchased from a breeder in Gilbert, AZ. After losing both of my Maltese within seven months, first my male “Max” then my female “Mini”, it was unbearable. So, it only seemed appropriate to get a new best friend. My good…
Features, February 2020
Sweet as Candy Valentine’s Day Dinner Dance – February 14
Traci Baker Celebrate all things love and friendship in the sweetest way this Valentine’s Day, Friday, Feb. 14, at our annual Dinner Dance featuring the musical styling of Thaddeus Rose! Here are the details. A cash bar opens at 5:15 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m. and dancing until 10 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls…
Features, February 2020
PebbleCreek Art Club Offers 2020 Classes
Charlene Romanos The PebbleCreek Art Club is proud to make available interesting and unique art classes to all members of our community. These classes offer the ability to learn and progress in many of the current mediums offered in today’s art scene. It is not an easy task to find instructors who have the ability…
Features, February 2020
PebbleCreek Community Church Celebrates 25 Years!
Larry Sessoms In the fall of 1995, there were Units 2 and 4, and little more. But, among those early PebbleCreek residents was a group interested in starting a community church within our gates. One couple came from a Southern Baptist background, another Presbyterian, and yet another Lutheran. Later they added Methodists and Catholics. What…