The knitters and crocheters of PebbleCreek were busy during 2021. Members of Knimble Kneedles, PebbleCreek’s knit and crochet club, make hats for newborns at Estrella Banner Hospital. Ken Beechler, a hospital volunteer and PebbleCreek resident, picks up the hats and delivers them to the hospital. In the past, we have averaged about 2,000 hats each year.…
Melissa D’Onofrio Two hundred members and guests attended our elegant and popular PebbleCreek Italian American Club (PCIAC) Poinsettia Ball on Dec. 3. After missing the ball last year due to COVID, partiers were delighted to be enjoying the company of friends in such a festive and beautifully decorated environment. Our holiday celebration began with drinks…
Alisa Moore Jumping right into the 2022 election, the PebbleCreek Democratic Club will hear from Adrian Fontes, candidate for Arizona secretary of state at their Feb. 2 meeting. Adrian is a former Marine, an attorney who served as a prosecutor and with the Arizona attorney general’s office, the first Democratic Maricopa County recorder in 50…
Pat Biancardi Tatiana Brown’s Zumba class shows their Christmas spirit as they dance their way to good health. You can join this happy group Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. and Wednesdays at 9 a.m. at the fitness center.
Gillian Driscoll The PebbleCreek Ukulele Club has a new day, time, and meeting place. We welcome PebbleCreek residents and their guests to join us to learn, jam, sing, or just listen. Ukulele is easy to learn and so much fun! We play a variety of songs from the 1920s to the Beatles and beyond. Please…
Susan Skolnik Debby Bolton and Sylvia Armstrong were the instructors for two fiber clay workshops, a medium growing in popularity since it does not require a kiln, and the sculpted pieces are air dried. Classes cost $30, which includes all materials. The 12 students were asked to bring a reference picture for the sculpture they…
“A” Hikers Complete Four Peaks of Skyline Lynn Warren The club hikes at four levels of difficulty. “A” hikes tend to be longer and harder, but are not always in remote areas. On Dec. 27, six PebbleCreek hikers headed to Buckeye’s nearby Skyline Park for a strenuous hike encompassing the four major peaks. Starting shortly after…
Donna Gillen Jill and Jerry Santy hosted a fabulous tennis club date night in December. They must have an agreement with the heavens above, as the weather was picture-perfect and the participants were over-the-top with energy. This event took place on Dec. 18 at the Tuscany Falls courts. There were 30 participants vying for the game…
Ardell Roberts Sherry Guthrie volunteered (well, mostly was coerced) to serve as secretary of the Ceramics Club of PebbleCreek toward the end of 2020. Sherry and her husband, Dave, rented a home here between May and October 2019 to see if they could survive the summers here. Not only could they survive, but they thrived!…
Alisa Moore As part of their very full Jan. 5 meeting agenda, members of the PebbleCreek Democratic Club elected new officers, honored longtime PebbleCreek resident and city of Goodyear Mayor Georgia Lord, and received an update on all the current and anticipated activities at the city of Goodyear from Lori Gray, Goodyear director of economic…