Category: April 2019

Fun With Zumba

Donna Blomquist Another fun time with our Zumba Dance friends. This month 29 of us met at the Verrado Grille for an excellent lunch. A big thank you to Laurel Vlcek and Arlene Soling for organizing the February lunch!

Happy Birthday to you!

Eight in the morning — up and at ‘em Aerobics class at the Fitness Center with instructor, Ann Merrill (front row center).

Ann Merrill Carrie Mataraza Each spring it has become tradition for Ann Merrill’s fitness classes to celebrate her birthday with a potluck party. The date varies but the important thing is that all her fans can be there before the snowbirds leave because no one wants to miss the opportunity to say thank you to…

Surprise a veteran

Marlene Kuskie For the past two Veterans Day Programs, the PC Quilters have created and presented veterans of PebbleCreek with a red, white and blue quilt. The PC Quilters would like to do this again and are seeing names of veterans. If you or a spouse/friend are a veteran and would like to receive a…

PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club member: Dale Sevig

Dale Sevig with mask in the Yup’ik tradition.

Dale Sevig is one of many accomplished woodcarvers in the PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club. Dale carves many different subjects and recently completed a mask based on an exhibit at the Heard Museum called Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit. The exhibit looked at how Henri Matisse was influenced by Yup’ik (Alaskan Natives) masks. The…

PCMGA recognizes tournament registration volunteers

Some of the 2019 PCMGA volunteers (left to right): Arnie Lawrence, Greg Harris, Mike Christensen, Mike Moy, Bill Simmons and John McCrickard.

Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association would like to recognize and thank the many PCMGA members that volunteer their time to register players for weekly tournaments, including most of the Majors. Each week several volunteers show up super early in the morning darkness to handle registration duties. Those duties include checking off players’ names,…

Orientation for new PC Quilters

Linda Labenz (third from the right) with Sharon Pucelik, Mary Sabatello, Mary Hill, Lia McCromick and Karri Heywood-Smith. She is showing them the many printed resources available to all members which includes many books, magazines, informative material and patterns that may be checked out.

The challenge of moving to a new place is becoming connected to friends with similar interests and learning the amenities of an active adult community such as PebbleCreek. One of the greatest advantages of PebbleCreek is the many opportunities to learn, create new skills, enjoy like-minded activities and find your community of friends. It can…

Bocce news

February: On Wednesday, February 27, 2019, PC Bocce Ball had their 20th Anniversary celebration. Over 300 members and guests enjoyed a memorable and nostalgic celebration of 20 years of PC Bocce. President Cheryl Kasselmann presented plaques of gratitude to past Bocce Presidents, Joe Naworski, Tom Bailey and Ken Zitek, for their many years of service.…

2 Your Health: Breathe better for better health

Jim Mulroy, PT, MPT, AZOPT Glendale Physical Therapist The average person breathes 21,000 times a day, 12-20 times per minute and ventilates six-ten liters of air per minute. The primary breathing muscle in our body is the diaphragm. Good diaphragmatic breathing uses less secondary breathing muscles which lessen the chance of developing neck, head and…

Bridge Results

On February 11, PebbleCreek Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge club once again had their annual awards luncheon and meeting. Our bridge players continue to work hard to reach their master point brackets and so a special congratulations to all who received awards. The ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) has two major Masterpoint Races recognizing those who have…