Lisa Reichert The PebbleCreek Sewing Club was busy on March 5 making cargo shorts for boys to be donated to Samaritan’s Purse for their Operation Christmas Child ministry. These shorts will be placed in shoe boxes along with other gifts for children. Join us on April 2 at 9 a.m. for our next charity sewing…
Lynn Warren Camera Club meetings are held at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month in the Coyote Room in the Creative Arts Center. Be sure to add this to your calendar and join us for the April meeting on April 14. This meeting will be an extended image review session and members…
Gillian Driscoll For the fourth time, the PebbleCreek Ukulele Club performed at the Glendale Folk Festival on March 1. The festival is held annually at the Historic Sahuaro Ranch park in Glendale and features many musical acts on multiple stages. The festival is free and lasts for two days. The Ukulele Club has been well…
Kathy Smith The singles club had a nice group to go to a performance of Oliver! at Peoria Center for the Performing Arts. A group of 10 theatergoers dined at Mercer’s restaurant before arriving at the theater to join 14 other members for a beautiful rendition of the play Oliver!, which had very talented young…
Bob Bolton On Feb. 13, 46 members of the PebbleCreek Vettes Club enjoyed a delicious meal at Portofino’s Ristorante in Surprise, Ariz., for their second annual Valentine’s dinner celebration. A good time was had by all. If you are interested in joining our club, contact Terry Worwa, membership officer, at 224-715-7126.
Cynthia Schwartz Darlene Helker, a member of PebbleCreek Quilters, taught a “free motion quilting” class. Members attended two sessions. In the first session, quilters learned how to set up their domestic sewing machines. This included attaching two different quilting feet and learning how to drop the “feed dogs.” Dropping the “feed dogs” allows a quilter…
Ardell Roberts Congratulations to April’s ceramics artist of the month, Mindy Smiley. Mindy grew up in Tempe. Her husband, Paul, is from Chicago. They moved to PebbleCreek in 2020 after finding the lock and leave villas worked well for their “snowbird” lifestyle. Their daughter lives nearby in Phoenix. Mindy joined Paul halfway through his Air Force…