Category: March 2016

What’s your excuse?

Gladys Mabey Getting yourself to exercise isn’t easy; we all know that. Some of us who use the Fitness Center want to share with you why we go and what we get out of it. I volunteered to start the ball rolling this month. There are so many choices and I have availed myself of…

Bridge Results

PC Sanctioned Bridge Kathy Bergman On February 4 PebbleCreek Duplicate Sanctioned Bridge Club held their annual awards luncheon and meeting. Our bridge players work hard to reach their master point brackets and so a special congratulations to all who received awards. In addition, the ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) has two major Master Point Races…

February charity sew in the Diamondback room

Pam Branfuhr This day was beyond amazing; from the number of ladies (33) who showed up to help anyway they could, to the number of quilts finished or in various stages of completion to the fun that Donna Aybar provided to fuel the sewers to the paying it forward atmosphere. The following ladies are angels…

Republican Club February meeting recap

Left to right: Richard Fox, Suzy Burwick, Membership Chair Linda Shindler, State Superintendent of Public Education Diane Douglas, President Linda Migliore, Bill Greenhoot, Vice President Bari Cavallo

Liz Gibson The PebbleCreek Republican Club welcomed members and guests Thursday, February 4 to their monthly meeting in the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse Ballroom. Following a 6:30 p.m. Social Time with a cash bar and complimentary snack table inside the ballroom, the meeting began at 7:00 p.m. and then it was all about Education in Arizona.…

Democratic Club meeting highlights

Jan Cosgrove, President of the Association, accepted a $1,000 check for Southwest Valley Literacy.

Robert Conley The PebbleCreek Democratic Club held its February meeting on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom at 7:00 pm. Our scheduled speaker, Arizona House Representative Reginald Bolding, was called out of town at the last moment and sent two of his staff in his stead, Charles Fisher, Campaign Director, and Monica…

Car Club update

1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster sold for $9,000,000 at the RM/Sotheby’s Auction on Friday January 29, 2016, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort.

Members of the PebbleCreek Car Club have begun the New Year on a roll. On January 24 members participated in the Kitty Cat Car Show in Youngstown which was a benefit show for cat’s world rescue. On January 28 and 29 members had the opportunity to drive exotic cars as well as classics like the…

Phoenix Art Museum trip

Attending: Markeeta Bundschuh, Carol Burford, Judy Caruthers, James Garvey, Sandra Garvey, Al Glatt, Elaine Glatt, Diane Greeneich, Ed Greeneich, Kriss Ham, Sherri Heitz, Kathie Janda, Larry Janda, Sandy Kautz, Betty Jean Kennedy, Antonine Koval, Ila Larson, Linda Strauss Lewis, Lou Strauss Lewis, Marsha Lisle, Marsha Lyons, Nevin Nelson, Barbara Rossi, Paula Rudd, Shirley Smith, Thea Smith, Lucille Thomas, Louis Stifter, Nancy Stifter and Sherri VanSchaick. Photo by Nancy Stifter.

Louis Stifter PebbleCreek Art Club members and their guests toured the Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane exhibition of Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti at the Phoenix Art Museum on Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Two docent-led groups of fifteen people each viewed twenty-six rare drawings from the renowned collection of the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy, comprising one…

Exciting year ahead for PebbleCreek Art Club

PebbleCreek Art Club 2016 Board, front: Sherri Heitz - Vice President Education, President Sherri VanSchaick, Secretary Elaine Rajeski; back: Assistant Treasurer Judy Caruthers, Vice President Education Gale Baldasare and Treasurer Barbara Rossi; not shown: Vice President Operations Kriss Ham

Sherri VanSchaick The PebbleCreek Art Club has a very exciting and robust year ahead of them offering many new classes for both the beginning and the more advanced artist. Check out the Expressions Gallery for a list of the upcoming classes. Open workshops in the Coyote Room Thursdays and Fridays (1:00 to 4:00 p.m.) provide…

Using your camera beyond “automatic”

Bill Raymond People who participate in the Art Club Photoshop Essentials Workshops come there to learn more about taking better pictures. Many of them have been taking all of their pictures on Auto. Often they are happy with the results and many times they are not. They know that there are many possible adjustments and…