In a February ceremony, Toscana’s Restaurant staffer Tayler Gonzales was recognized by the PebbleCreek HOA Board of Directors as Employee of the Month. Board President John Kiekbusch read the nomination that came in from Bob Schimelpfening from the Roadrunners golf group; it read, “On Monday, January 18, 2016, one of our golfers passed out while…
Lance Motta-Vilensky It was during the late Pleistocene Period. Wooly mammoths, bison and giant ground sloths were grazing in the peaceful Pinyon-juniper woodland forest of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona. They were having a nice day, blissfully unaware that a 130 foot wide, 300,000 ton meteorite was hurtling towards them at about 30,000 miles…
Kobie loves life in PC Kobie is my name and I am pretty new to PebbleCreek, having arrived in mid-January. My new family is Bob and Holly Carrier and Holly’s mother, Lil Goldman. I used to belong to Bob and Holly’s daughter Laurel and her husband Tom who live in Albuquerque. I was seriously attacked…
Communications Team for Melissa Gonzales, Director of Food and Beverage PebbleCreek’s Barbara Weckworth is the February PebbleCreek comment card winner! You may ask, what did she win and why? She filled out a comment card after dining at one of PebbleCreek’s restaurants, making her eligible for the drawing. Melissa Gonzales, Director of Food and Beverage,…
Harvest Citrus Trees Fruit will last longer on the tree, so leave it as long as you can; remove what you don’t want or can’t eat. Remember, your local food shelter will always take the fruit as long as it’s in good shape. It’s still okay to fertilize your trees if you haven’t already. Watch…
Core Body Pilates West Valley officially opened their doors on January 11 offering free classes that entire month for new clients as they introduced themselves to the West Valley. Owners MaryLynn St. Germaine and her sister AnnEve Figueroa share a passion for Pilates but, with no studio on the west side of town, decided to…
Pat Ingalls A homeowner couple has inspired PebbleCreek staff to plant a milkweed patch this spring to support monarch butterflies’ biannual migrations between northern and southern habitats. They’re hoping other PebbleCreek residents will follow their example. During a class at Desert Botanical Garden, former Oregonians Judy and Ross Hart learned about entomologists’ international concern over…
Muriel Kuhl The Parkinson Network of Arizona (PNA) held its tenth annual Walk the Fight for PD fundraiser February 6, 2016, at Tempe Beach Park. This is the largest Parkinson’s walk in Arizona. Approximately twelve hundred participants walked or ran a 5k or a two block route around Tempe Town Lake, raising close to $100,000.…