Marilu Trainor For first responders, staying home isn’t an option. Have you ever thought about what it’s like to work as a Goodyear firefighter during the COVID-19 pandemic? On The Team The Goodyear Fire Department has more than 100 firefighters, who are also trained as emergency medical technicians and paramedics, staffing the city’s seven fire stations strategically…
Diane Piehl In an ongoing attempt to stay connected with chorus members, the PC Singers board challenged members to another quiz. It was a fun crossword puzzle, a la Director Jerry Drake, related to the music for what would have been a spring concert. The first person who submitted all the correct answers was the winner, and that was Nancy Gustafson, our second soprano…
Curt Zimmerman, Publicity The Men’s Christian Fellowship of PebbleCreek (MCFPC) will again meet via Zoom on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:30 a.m. Special guest speaker will be Jerry McFarlane, retired Navy senior chief and 26-year veteran of the Minneapolis Police force. McFarlane enlisted in the Navy after high school in 1969 and was trained as…
Unit 44 Provides Generous Food Donation Spike Razem Thanks to the kindness of Unit 44 residents, on Dec. 23, a significant Christmas donation of non-perishable food was delivered to St. John Vianney’s food pantry. Helping to collect and deliver their “wagon-full” of food was unit representative Scott Crabtree and Spike Razem. Unit 44 is located…
Trudy Shaffer The 2021 budget development was led by the general manager, working with Accounting to incorporate the budget inputs from all the department directors. The budget development process kept separate the operating budget from the reserve funded projects. The challenge for the 2021 budget was determining the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the…
Susan Kice Recently, comments have been heard around the community asking what Burst of Music is. This question is understandable, as Burst of Music has not been performed for the past two years. The good news is that Burst of Music XV has been scheduled to return to the Renaissance Theater in March of 2022! So, what…
Bill Barnard, General Manager Aside from the rain and some cool morning temps in January, we are starting to enjoy great weather here in the Valley of the Sun. Hopefully, it will continue for several months before it gets too hot. The weather is what brings people here to Arizona, and I would typically tell…