Category: April 2022

Celebrate Easter with PebbleCreek Community Church

Phylice Walton After two seasons of COVID cancellations, PebbleCreek Community Church is excited to celebrate this Easter in our usual place of worship, the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. Our PebbleCreek friends and neighbors are invited to share in all four of these Holy Week services. Holy Week services will begin Palm Sunday, April 10, at 9…

Card Scores

Euchre Club Euchre is played every Thursday evening in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse. Come at 6:45 p.m. and bring $1 toward prize money. Here are the scores for the past month. Feb. 11 Lone Hands: Carole Hanely 1st: Barb Clark 2nd: Dennis Hanely, Rob Ratliff, Dan Unklesbay, 56 Low: Janette Ratliff, 36…

Billiard Club Tournament Winners

The Tuesday 8 a.m. Eight-Ball Tournament winners were Bob Macy (three times) and Johnny Henson. The Friday 8 a.m. Nine-Ball Tournament winners were Bob Macy (two times), Gino Ranalli, and Rene Lefebvre. The tournament player of the month was Bob Macy. The spring league is underway. Times include Monday from 2 to 4 p.m., Monday…

PC Hiking Club Diary

“A” Hikers Challenge Phoenix Icon Lynn Warren The hike to Flatiron, a Phoenix icon located at the northern end of the Superstitions, is considered one of the toughest hikes around Phoenix and requires a lot of route finding, boulder hopping, and scrambling, but on March 2, nine PebbleCreek hikers started at Lost Dutchman State Park and…

Camera Club Photo of the Month

Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and, for April, chose Suzy Skolnik’s dramatic Isis Descending photo showing stormy conditions at the Grand Canyon. Suzy had taken the Grand Canyon Railroad train to the South Rim with grandkids during their spring break last year. It had been overcast…

The Election Road Winds Through PebbleCreek!

Camille Grabb The road to the 2022 Midterm Primary Election on Aug. 2 continues to wind through PebbleCreek! Many candidates and their staffs continue to visit with Republican Club members, seeking valuable required signatures on their petitions (often thousands needed) to have their names placed on the Primary ballot. The signature deadline, April 4, is…

Ceramics Club Profile

Ardell Roberts Virginia Baker moved to PebbleCreek in March of 2020, just in time for the COVID shutdown. She used that time at home to set up her house and settle in. She grew up in the panhandle of Idaho, but has lived in Arizona for more than 50 years. She and her husband raised…

Pet of the Month: Sandy Loves Her New Community

Jennifer Chase Meet Sandy! She is new to PebbleCreek, having just arrived in December. She is 12 years old and was adopted from Rusty’s Animal Sanctuary in New River, Ariz. This rescue is exclusively for pets 10 years and older and provides a safe haven for pets to live out the last years of their…

PCSSA Ladies Own the Diamond

Jay Sabatello On Sunday, Feb. 27, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) ladies owned the Field of Dreams Diamond as they put on a display of hitting and fielding to win both ends of a double-header against a respectable ladies’ team from Sun City. Your PCSSA team utilized the services of two pitchers, Jerry McGee and…

Spotlight on Advertiser: The Parkinson’s Foundation Care Partner Program

Courtney Malburg, Senior Coordinator, Education & Publications, Parkinson’s Foundation Parkinson’s disease is a family affair, but care partners and loved ones of people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are often overlooked. The Parkinson’s Foundation works to make life better for everyone whose life is impacted by it, not just the individual living with the disease. Care…