Category: Clubs & Classes

Hookers return to Tucson for annual event

Barb Mauer and Karen Bogadi hold up their rugs for viewing.

Dee-Dee Patrick As we have for the past several years, members of the Rug Hookers of PebbleCreek car pooled to Tucson for a day long hooking event. Actually, not much hooking gets done as there are many desirable distractions including: meeting up with others from around the state, admiring others’ works of art, purchasing fabric…

Pottery class update

Ross Hart Intermediate Pottery Ross will teach on Tuesdays, March 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2016, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. This class is all-inclusive. Sign-up sheet is in the Expressions Gallery. Cost is $90 for member, $100 for nonmember and $70 for returning student. Come and check out our showroom window for the wonderful…

Pumpkins in Raku

Musette Young Back by popular demand, Musette Young is giving a class in Raku on Wednesday, March 16, 2016, from noon to 3:00 p.m. Class fee is $35 for one piece and $50 for two pieces. This will include paints and brushes. The sign-up sheet is in the Expressions Gallery. Come in the Ceramic Room…

Dental health and your heart

Rusty Rinehart The WomenHeart Discussion Group is honored to host Dr. Daniel Wolter as the speaker for its March 16 meeting here in PebbleCreek. Dr. Wolter is the author of two books about dental health and its impact on the health of the rest of your body. The meeting will be from 2:30 to 4:00…

News from PebbleCreek Shalom Club

Laurie Rosenbloom On Saturday, January 16, thirty-five lucky players ventured out to the Wild Horse Pass Casino. The Shalom Club provided a bus and a lively game of Bingo was played during the ride. Each person was given $10 for free play. Everyone had a great time! This month’s Movie Discussion Group was held on…

Old Timers celebrate a great party

Old Timers enjoying good conversation and renewing friendships.

Linda Wyman The PebbleCreek Old Timers held their sixth party to gather, share stories, renew friendships, look at old but memorable pictures and enjoy a wonderful Italian buffet on Sunday, January 31. 160 attendees that moved to PebbleCreek from 1993 to 2003 especially enjoyed viewing an air photo taken in the late 1990s that was…

The Men’s Christian Fellowship: presentations on “Prophecy Update – 2016” and “Orphan Ministry and Adoption”

Tom Chapman speaking to the Men’s Christian Fellowship

Larry Gleason At the February 3 Men’s Christian Fellowship meeting Tom Chapman, President and Founder of the organization, presented Prophecy Update-2016. Tom began stating 2016 is likely to be more tenuous than was 2015. The Bible has more to say about the days we are living in than about the days Jesus Christ walked the…

PC Skiers enjoy the slopes of Colorado

Jane Sweet, David Shenton and Sheryl Henke on the slopes of Snowmass (Aspen); photo by Richard Vangelisti

Lynn Warren PebbleCreek doesn’t have a ski club but many PC skiers take advantage of Valley of the Sun Ski Club (VSSC) which is just a short drive up Loop 303. The club currently has approximately 150 members and schedules several trips during the season to popular destination ski areas. This season’s trips were Aspen,…

Annual Bocce picnic signals start of spring season

Temperatures may have dipped during the height of the Winter Season, but the cold weather did not deter avid Bocce Ball players from showing up for Day and Night League competition. Regular Winter Season play ends on March 11.

Pat Milich El Nino’s whacky weather patterns failed to dampen the spirits of the 626 Bocce enthusiasts who braved chilly morning and evening temperatures to compete in the PebbleCreek Bocce Association’s 2016 Winter Season. At press time, members of the 64 Day and Night League teams were looking forward to more seasonal temperatures as regular…