Lynn Warren For the April Photo of the Month, the Camera Club selected an impressive “wildlife” photo taken by club member Jody Ryan. While visiting Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state, Jody encountered this cute, well-balanced beggar in a parking lot, obviously hoping for a handout. Jody normally uses her Nikon for serious photography…
Cribbage Club Gary Lind The Cribbage Club has weekly meetings on the first four Thursdays of each month at 1 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls Sienna Room. We start promptly at 1 p.m., so please arrive a little early. The club is open to all PebbleCreek residents interested in playing a friendly game of cribbage.…
Vicky Ferraresi Join us on Monday, May 13, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Eagle’s Nest Palm Room for the next PebbleCreek Genealogy Club (PCGC) meeting. Guests are always welcome! The theme of this year’s program is “American Migration.” Our speaker on Monday, May 13 is Jan Whalen, who will speak on writing your stories (and…
Spring is a busy travel season at America’s Friendliest Airport.® One of the best ways to avoid congestion at the airport, if you’re picking up and dropping off, is to take advantage of the PHX Sky Train® stations. Both stations at 44th Street and 24th Street offer passenger pick-up and drop-off curbs with significantly less…
Jenna Ridgeway On April 4, the PebbleCreek Republican Club had its annual barbeque and was honored with Austin VanDerHayden, Municipal Affairs Liaison from the Goldwater Institute, as its guest speaker. Austin assists Arizona’s local governments and school boards to find free-market solutions to problems they face, while trying to promote limited government principles. He explained…
Jim Brown Why would anyone carve three of the beginner kachinas? That was the question posed to Joan Casale. The answer was very interesting, Joan has two sisters and she wanted to carve everyone a Kachina to celebrate their sisterhood and living in the Southwest. Joan is one of the few people who had carved…
Lisa Bagshaw, May Featured Artist of the Month Lisa Bagshaw I am so honored to be chosen as the Featured Artist of the Month for May. I have always been interested in art. In Marblehead, the coastal town north of Boston where I grew up, I took a variety of art classes. My parents were…
From funds raised at the 2023 Holiday Fest charity table, the Pottery and Sculpture Club (PSC) of Pebble Creek raised $200, which was donated to Veterans First LTD of Arizona. Specifically, the funds will be used by Maternity Outreach for Veterans Families (MOVF) in collaboration with Phoenix and Prescott VA Maternity Programs and social workers,…
The first Saturday in March saw the PebbleCreek Ukulele Club perform at the two-day Glendale Folk Festival held at historic Sahuaro Ranch Park in Glendale. This was our fourth time performing at the festival. The day was bright and sunny, although very windy. Playing with a strong wind blowing is always difficult, but our group…
The water fitness classes participants met their challenge of losing 250 pounds by April 1. They combined healthy eating along with water exercise to reach their goal. The challenge started on Jan. 1 and went through March 31. Weight loss was recorded on an honorary system. Instructors Helen Limjoco, Janet Stumps, Isela Sanders, and Sue White…