Loretta Pruett Donna, born and raised in Southern California, moved to Arizona in 2003. She has always enjoyed creating something special from items that others might just toss away. During her teaching career, she designed many special gifts and decor for each of the holidays. She taught students from infancy to college age and directed early…
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Features, February 2021
10 Symptoms of Caregiver Stress
Teri Sellers The PebbleCreek Alzheimer’s Support Group is available to all residents who have a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or any related dementia. A support group provides an opportunity for caregivers to share personal experiences, feelings, coping strategies, and firsthand information on the disease or treatments in a confidential, safe, and non-judgmental place. The…
Features, February 2021
Pet of the Month
Pet of the Month: Jack Be Jack Urban Jack Be was certified a therapy dog by the group Love on a Leash in 2016. He is a Shiba Inu that my family adopted back in 2015 after my father’s Shiba Inu passed away. My sister found him in Tucson as an owner surrender. When we…
Features, February 2021
Word of the Month: Sublime
David Zapatka Friend Mike Schneider and I were recently discussing this quote from The Urantia Book, “Such spirit-born individuals are so remotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest ambitions perish and their keenest hopes crash; they positively know that such catastrophes are but the redirecting cataclysms which wreck one’s temporal creations preliminary…
Features, February 2021
Thank You for Your Support PebbleCreek!
Jim Ellison, President, PC Pet Companions Club The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek would like to thank all our PebbleCreek residents who have supported us during the year in 2020. 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…
Features, February 2021
Coyote Visit
Joseph Frehe My fiancée and I were visiting my soon to be mother and father-in-law for Christmas (they live in the Tuscany Falls neighborhood). While eating breakfast, we saw “Wile E Coyote” walk through the backyard and jump into a flower pot. This definitely beats the squirrels and pigeons we see back in Chicago! Looking forward…
Features, February 2021
In Passing
Al (Alton) Holmes Al (Alton) Holmes passed away Christmas Day. He is survived by his loving wife Rosemary, son Bryan, daughter Kim, and his six grandchildren Kendra Rosenthal, Jennifer Amerio, Amber Amerio, Alton Sands, Aiden Holmes, and Gavin Holmes. He was predeceased in 2016 by his daughter Julie. Al was born and raised in San…
Features, February 2021
Happy 70th Anniversary
Marilynn Babyar Jan. 6, 1951, a cold, sunny, and snowy day in Chicago, Tony Scalzitti and Mary Defino were married at St. Columbkille Catholic Church. Surrounded by a large Italian family and many friends, Tony and Mary made their wedding vows to love and honor each other for the rest of their lives. Here is…