Kitty Kowalczyk Six lucky Glass Arts Club members are taking three four-hour sessions learning how to make stringer plates that can then be turned into works of art to display and/or use as platters and bowls. Fellow member and glass artist Susan Herriford is sharing her expertise after using this method in some of her…
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May 2024, Clubs & Classes
The Irish American Club Celebrates St. Patrick’s Day!
Amy Volstromer The Irish American Club celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with one of their signature events, the Emerald Ball. The ballroom was filled with more than 200 people, many of whom were dressed in shades of green, with a record number of people wearing their kilts! The fun began even before entering the ballroom, as…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
Quilters Waste No Fabric
Cynthia Schwartz Carole Schumacher believes that no fabric should ever be wasted. This includes the selvages of the fabric. A fabric selvage is the tightly woven edge that runs along each side of a piece of fabric. Selvages usually include little dots that show the colors that are included in the fabric. Those little dots…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
Republican Club Welcomes Featured Speaker Kari Lake
Jenna Ridgeway On Thursday, May 2, at 6:30 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom, the Republican Club will host Kari Lake as its guest speaker. Kari, who is well known for her America First philosophy, will address the audience regarding the platform on which she is running to represent Arizona in the United States Senate.…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
T.T.T. Chapter Q News
Ronnie Levine T.T.T. Chapter Q wants to thank our PebbleCreek family for making our April 30 fundraiser dance featuring Thaddeus Rose Band a success. We also thank realtor Kathi Cooley for sponsoring the band. We were happy to meet the Heritage Elementary girls who were selected to attend a week of camp this summer. They…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
PC Hiking Club Diary – May 2024
Hikers Looking for Gold? Check out the large pieces of quartz rock in this photo. Your PC Hikers searched for gold while exploring the Gloriana Segment of the 80-mile Black Canyon Trail. (This trail is part of the historic National Recreation Trail, a route used since prehistoric times by Native American Tribes. The Gloriana Trailhead…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
The Ugly Fabric Quilt Challenge
Cynthia Schwartz Marka Locker and Carol Moonan, members of PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ) Club, presented a challenge to the club’s membership. Members were given a piece of “ugly fabric” and asked to create a 12.5” block that incorporated the “ugly fabric” along with fabrics of their choice. Using their design, sewing, and creative skills, members submitted…
Clubs & Classes, May 2024
Singles Go Hiking
Kathy Smith The weather wasn’t very cooperative on the day that the singles picked to go hiking at Hassayampa River Preserve. It was chilly with little rain, but seven members stuck it out to enjoy the 770–acre riparian nature preserve near Wickenburg. The Hassayampa River originates as a small spring on the north side of Mount…
May 2024, Clubs & Classes
And the Winners Are…
Arty Bartlett What a great season of fun, fellowship, and competitions in the PC Gun Club! There were six competitions ranging from just good-ol’-shootin’ to some rather quirky timed contests and yes, dueling. The competitions are fierce with a lot of trash–talking and joking! We had some amazing winning scores, so read on and check…