Suzanne Rambach The PebbleCreek Irish American Club’s Charitable Golf Tournament was a huge success! It started looking like a typical morning in Ireland, but the sun came out and all of the golfers enjoyed the day. There was a delicious buffet with corned beef, turkey, Concannon potatoes, sauerkraut, bread, and desserts. The raffle prizes were…
Category: April 2018
Clubs & Classes, April 2018
Yom Hashoah/Shabbat observance on Friday, April 13
Brenda Hyman April 13-7:00 p.m.—Join the High Holidays Club for the annual observance of the Holocaust (the six million who died). We have incorporated this observance with a Friday Shabbat service and a lovely Oneg afterward. There is no charge. Please sign up on the website: www.pcjewsnews.org (enter Welcome as password and update for your…
Sports, April 2018
PCSSA 23rd season coming to an end
Fred Dresser The twenty-third season of PebbleCreek Senior Softball is coming to an end. As you read this article keep in mind that due to publishing deadlines the season is still underway and the final results will appear in the May issue of the PebbleCreek Post. It’s been a great season with some exciting ballgames…
Sports, April 2018
PCLGA Roadrunners compete at Anthem Golf Club
Bev Clinton The PebbleCreek Roadrunners ladies traveling golf team has completed six very tough competitions on the road on some very challenging yet beautiful courses. The team has played at Wildfire, Tonto Verde, Superstition, Desert Mountain, Red Mountain Ranch and most recently at Anthem Golf Club. The weather at Anthem was very chilly with wind…
Generals, April 2018
English tutors change lives
Jan Cosgrove Southwest Valley Literacy trains and certifies you to teach English to non-English speaking adults in our community. We have been doing this important work for 41 years! You will make a difference in someone’s future by giving them the gift of language. Southwest Valley Literacy Association is flooded with requests from adults for…
Clubs & Classes, April 2018
Quilters make a difference
Marlene Kuskie No one looks forward to when they might have to be a resident of a memory unit or assisted care. The hours are long and anxiety is often a part of memory loss. The PebbleCreek Quilters hope to make a difference in the lives of those residents by making fidget/activity mats. These activity…
Generals, April 2018
HOPE Animal – Assisted Crisis Response rep to speak April 4
Marge Ellison, Vice President The Pet Companions Club of PebbleCreek is pleased to have as its guest speaker at its April 4 general membership meeting, Natalie Widomski from HOPE Animal-Assisted Crisis Response. We will meet at 3:00 p.m. in Room 100 of the Eagle’s Nest Activities Center. All PebbleCreek residents, whether club members or not,…
Clubs & Classes, April 2018
Rovin’ Pebbles on the road again
Lana Raptoplous The PebbleCreek Rovin’ Pebbles RV Club hit the road in February for Usery Mountain Regional Park in Mesa, Arizona. Even though Mesa isn’t that far away, Usery Mountain Regional Park is outside of town and very beautiful, sitting at the foot of the Usery Mountain range. Fifteen rigs (thirty people) were on this…
Generals, April 2018
LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek
Everyone wins at Monday Morning Lectures Shannon Tyree Everyone wins at a Monday Morning Lecture by learning something new about an interesting topic, but some attendees win big when their tickets are drawn for door prizes, which might be tickets for future lectures or something special that’s tied to the lecture subject. Esther Schatz, left,…
Clubs & Classes, April 2018
PebbleCreekers come together to help foster children
Marlene Kuskie Sharon Moran began a project of making bags for foster children. So often, when children are removed from the home, they have little to go with them to their foster family. Channel 15 featured ‘Just for Me’ during the month of February which became the conduit for the bags to be given to…