Gillian Driscoll On Jan. 15, the Palm Room at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse was filled to the limit with folks eager to learn more about the club and playing the ukulele. More than 60 people took all the chairs and tables available with more chairs brought in to accommodate the overflow. The newcomers were first…
Arty Bartlett You would think we would get tired of doing these silly little Poker Shoots but when you can win a couple of bucks and get bragging rights … all bets are off! Do these guys look happy or what!? Left to right are Rollin Neumann, Nick Sharp, and Bob Lukes. Nick took first…
Ronnie Levine Camping4Girls (dba T.T.T.) had a fun happy hour in February along with women who were interested in possibly joining our chapter. We also went to our chosen school of Heritage Elementary to meet with our girls for a little Valentine’s Day get-together. This month we will meet the newly selected 4th grade girls…
Lynn Warren Camera Club meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in the Coyote Room in the Creative Arts Center. Be sure to add this to your calendar and join us for the March meeting of the 2025-26 season on March 9. Members can also submit photos for friendly…
Lynn Warren The photo of the month for March is a great example of portrait photography utilizing artificial lighting. At the January meeting the club had as its guest speaker, Collin Murray, a professional photographer from Arizona who has presented at the club in the past. For January, he taught us all about how to…
Donna Moffatt On Jan. 27, with a toast to health and happiness, Wine Club President Kathy Worwa greeted 181 members for our first dinner of the year. Jeff Faber, National Sales Director of our featured Opolo Winery, was our guest. He shared fabulous insight into the culture of fun, Opolo Wines curated for their consumers.…
Toni Erickson Our Helping Others Together group meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the home of Kathy Cheek. The group gathers to create mats for the homeless by cutting plastic bags into strips, linking them together, and crocheting them into 3’ x 6’ mats. Once completed, the mats are rolled up and…
Melinda Klinka, Pet Companions Club The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek hosted Susan Morgan who owns Painted Promise Ranch on Feb. 4 at the Eagle’s Nest Courtyard. She raises mini horses and mini donkeys. Susan brought with her, Shazam, a 26” mini horse (red kerchief), and Silver Dollar, a mini donkey (blue kerchief). Shazam is…
Dana Thomas PebbleCreek’s fledgling birding group visited the Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch in Gilbert. We saw 31 species of birds including Green-winged Teals, Ring-necked and Ruddy Ducks, American Avocets, Greater Yellowlegs, Long-billed Dowitchers, Orange-crowned Warblers, and American White Pelicans. Birders pictured are Gordon Cooper, Jeff Johnson, Debbie Johnson, Polly Wimberly, J.K. Brown, Jan Sherwood,…
Dana Thomas The fledgling PebbleCreek birding group visited Estrella Mountain Regional Park and the riparian area across Vineyard Avenue on Jan. 11. The group was led by Gordon Cooper. We saw a variety of local birds with the highlight being great views of both the male and female Vermilion Flycatchers. If interested in birding with…