Category: March 2021

Unit Contacts Group Needs Volunteers

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…

Hikers Meet at Lunch in the White Tanks

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.…

Building Health Habits With Essential Oils

JoAnne Guadioso Our lives are filled with thousands of daily habits that are second nature to us. We take showers, lock the door behind us when we leave the house, all without even thinking about it. When we do things repeatedly, the brain builds strong connections with those actions, until eventually we hardly think of…

PebbleCreek Hikers at “The Bus Stop”

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…

Steve Wonder Donates Hole-In-One Prize to the First Tee

Howie Tiger On Jan. 21, Steve Wonder presented his share of the PCMGA’s annual hole-in-one prize to the First Tee of Phoenix. Kevin Terry, the executive director of the local First Tee chapter, accepted his donation. Steve made his hole-in-one in February 2020 and pledged his winnings, to be received at year-end, to them. Steve’s share…

2021 PCL9GA Medallion Winners

Kathy Sheard A huge congratulations goes out to members Yvonne Paris and Bonnie Elliot, the 2021 overall champions in the AGA 9-Hole State Medallion Tournament held here at PebbleCreek on Jan. 9. Char Morrow and Lynn Havens placed second in the first flight. Bobbie Wagner and Cathi Helman placed fourth in their flight. Great job,…

2021 PebbleCreek HOA Budget

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…

Burst of Music: A Brief History

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…