Pat Atkinson It seems like spring came in January. That’s why we like PebbleCreek. LuJean Anderson and Pat Atkinson welcome all women who live in PebbleCreek. You are automatically a member of the GoodTime Gals Social Club if you live in PebbleCreek. We don’t have dues. Just come alone or bring a friend to any…
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Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Featured resident artist instructor for March: Marsha Lyons
Marianne Graff Marsha Lyons is a long time PebbleCreeker who is both an active Art Club member and a successful artist and teacher. Giving rein to her creative interests, Marsha took a drawing class from Bill Cupit soon after moving to her Arizona home. There she studied drawing, colored pencil, and scratchboard, and, though working…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Bridge Results
PebbleCreek Duplicate Sanctioned Bridge Kathy Bergman Why Play Bridge? Bridge stimulates the brain. Bridge is one of the best ways to practice the “use it or lose it” advice for maintaining mental sharpness in older age. Research has shown that regular bridge playing improves reasoning skills and long-and–short term memory. You’ll feel the neurons firing…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
PC Rovin’ Pebbles explore the desert
Lou De Carolis Every January for the past seven years, the PebbleCreek Rovin’ Pebbles RV Club travels West on I-10 about 110 miles and stakes claim to a patch of desert that we call home for a few days. Here the simple joys are found at the annual Sports, Vacation and RV Show. The largest…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Hikers tackle Arrowhead Point
Pete Williams Twenty hikers from the PebbleCreek Hiking Club did a loop hike up to Arrowhead Point in Peoria on January 26. Right behind the camera is a view down to the Arrowhead Lakes housing development. This is a very unusual view for Arizona – lots of water. Arrowhead Lakes has canals, docks behind the…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
T.T.T. Chapter P news
Laurie Overson Look at these happy faces! You will look like this, too, after enjoying a Butter Braid. Chapter P members are grateful to each of you who purchased Butter Braids during our annual fundraiser in February. Your support is the reason we are able to accomplish our T.T.T. mission of sending underprivileged fourth grade…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
PebbleCreek Quilters prepare for annual Spring Show
Marlene Kuskie Members of the PebbleCreek Quilters are always seeking new opportunities to learn new skills and express their creative talent. The continuing education programs are scheduled weekly this winter and spring. As members, the attendance is free and quilters provide their own materials. Each year, the variety of new techniques/skills and use of new…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Woodcarvers Club completes beginners decorative spoon carving class
Larry Matney PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club members completed a beginners’ woodcarving class on January 24, 2018. Class members were Joel Hawkins (instructor), Judy Caruthers, Roger Liddle, Larry Matney and Don Smith. Carving a decorative spoon is a great beginners project because it has all the steps of a more complex project but the spoon can be…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Woodcarvers Club completes Kachina carving class
Larry Matney PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club members completed a Kachina woodcarving class on January 31, 2018. Kachinas are part of the heritage of Southwest Native Americans and represent messengers that interact between pueblo people and great spirits that bring things like good weather, abundant game and a bountiful harvest. Tribes have special ceremonies where men dress…
Clubs & Classes, March 2018
Creativity springs on Rug Hookers
Dee-Dee Patrick Members of our club were taught to work with strips of wool to create their colorful patterned rugs. Wool is the standard media that is used in all the craft magazines and websites. So, it was unexpected and surprising to have a newcomer to our group work her first project entirely in yarn.…