Lynn Warren The Camera Club follows HOA and COVID guidelines, and meetings continue to be conducted via Zoom. February’s meeting featured an impressive presentation on landscape photography by Colleen Miniuk, a well-known Phoenix area photographer. For the March meeting on March 15 at 6:30 p.m., Pat Kofahl, owner of Esprit Decor Gallery in Phoenix, will…
Jan Hansen The PebbleCreek Singles Club recently elected new board members for 2021. The Singles Club’s mission is to provide a venue for single residents of PebbleCreek to organize and promote social and recreational activities to enjoy with other single members who share similar interests. Each year, as part of their pledge to community service,…
Alisa Moore Courtney Ophaug, CEO of Banner Health Estrella Medical Center, and Dr. Erick Katz, chief medical officer of Banner Health Estrella Medical Center, joined the February Zoom meeting of the PebbleCreek Democratic Club to discuss the role of the hospital in caring for its community in general and during a worldwide pandemic. Ms. Ophaug provided a…
Sherry Blatner Spring arrives on March 20 and with it a bright array of new colors and content in the Expressions Gallery and Gift Shop. Time to erase some of the winter doldrums with a shopping adventure right here in the Creek! Drive, peddle, or walk to the Tuscany side of town, approach the model…
Ronnie Levine The Shalom Club enjoyed a comedy night via Zoom on Feb. 21, featuring a few of our own talented members. People who registered for the program also received a package of hamantaschen, a triangle-shaped, filled pastry that is eaten to honor the holiday of Purim. The February PebbleCreek Shalom Club book group, led by…
Sandy Hoffman Greetings PebbleCreek friends! If you have ordered a Butter Braid pastry, you won’t have to wait much longer to enjoy this delicious treat. Delivery will happen on Saturday, March 6. A T.T.T. member will contact you before delivering your Butter Braids. If a friend or neighbor didn’t get to order, why not invite them…
Ross Dunfee When did the Vietnam War begin? France maintained colonial rule of Vietnam from 1864 until the Geneva Accords of 1954. During that time, multiple wars occurred in the area (including Cambodia and Laos). The Geneva Accords divided Vietnam into north (Communist rule) and south (the Republic of Vietnam), and that enticed the U.S. into…
Lynn Warren Because of COVID restrictions, club hiking groups are limited to no more than 12 hikers and meet and depart from separate PebbleCreek areas. On Jan. 29, a cool, partly cloudy morning, the B hiking group and the C group unexpectedly met on the exposed rock ledges above Willow Springs in the White Tanks.…
Cindy Sota and Jackie Goupil On Jan. 19, it was as if Heaven shed some tears to honor the survivors of cancer and remember those we have lost. The rain did not dampen the spirit of the PCLGA participants in the Race for the Cure tournament, as the enormity of the event was so important.…
Mary Hill A group of PebbleCreek Hikers took a break at “the bus stop,” as it is known, on their way to Fat Man’s Pass. It is an annual favorite hike, especially after the holidays, to make sure we can all still fit through the pass. This is considered a C hike, with a distance of…