Sue Branton The 2024 PebbleCreek Mah Jongg Tournament was held on March 7 in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom, continuing an 18-year tradition for this event. Headed by co-chairwomen Sue Branton and Rose Johnson, players from across the community gathered for a day of enthusiastic camaraderie and friendly competition. The American style Mah Jongg was played under…
Kathy Smith Some things really are better together … just like wine and chocolates. Pairing the right wine with the right chocolate creates new and unexpected tastes to delight your senses. Thirty-three of our Singles Club members went to Total Wine here in Goodyear to experience a fun evening. Ghirardelli chocolates of both milk and…
Jenna Ridgeway The PebbleCreek Republican Club (PCRC) will host its annual Spring BBQ on April 4. This year’s featured speaker will be Austin VanDerHeyden, who is the Municipal Affairs Liaison from the Goldwater Institute. His primary role is helping “municipalities across Arizona find free-market solutions to the problems they face, working with city councils, county…
Stephen Banet This month’s Corvette of the Month belongs to members Bernie Kagen and Linda Babcock. It is a gorgeous 2022, C8 hard top convertible in Amplify Orange. Bernie recently acquired his ride from his grandson who lives on the east coast. Bernie and Linda are long time PebbleCreek residents. They are excited to have…
Hiking Lake Pleasant Regional Park Ruth Bindler One of the West Valley’s favorite areas for hiking is the Lake Pleasant Regional Park. It straddles Maricopa and Yavapai counties and contains a 10,000-acre lake created in 1927 by the Carl Pleasant Dam. The lake originally received its water from the Agua Fria River, and in 1973,…
Kathy Smith The Singles Club members enjoyed a great night full of fun and laughter. They went to Stir Crazy in Westgate to see a comedian named Cory Michaelis perform as the headliner. After teaching high school for 12 years, he decided to “retire” to do comedy full time because he wanted to try out both of…
Kathy Smith Thirty members from the Singles Club enjoyed a night game at Goodyear Stadium to watch the Cincinnati Reds host the Arizona Diamondbacks. The Reds trailed 9-2 late in the game and rallied, but fell short in a very exciting game. It was so enjoyable under the lights when the Reds hosted the defending…
Gena Wikstrom Twenty residents attended the Ceramics Club “Introduction to Ceramics” class on Feb. 17. Participants were provided with a mug to paint using their choice of crystal glazes to learn the application technique to achieve an interesting result. They also were provided with a greenware vase with which they learned basic cleaning principles for…
Spring is here and so is the transition for some of the officers of the wine club. In April, we’ll say thank you and farewell to Jeri Lynne Jones, who has been the president for the last two years and previously held the position of vice president for two years prior to her presidency. While…
Sharon Moers I am beyond honored to have been chosen for this recognition. I was born in Detroit and went to Michigan State University. In the early ’80s I left Michigan for California, living there until 2012. I worked as a legal assistant in Century City (Los Angeles), for 25 years for a major law…