Category: June 2018

Summer TV Dinners

Melissa Kallett The first TV dinner last month was a hit and the next one, on Thursday, June 21, looks to be just as fun. This month it’s a Mexican buffet and the audience participation game show will be “Liar, Liar”. In this game participants will recite three statements about themselves, two of which are…

Animation pioneer, David Dodd Hand

David Hale Hand Like Walt Disney, David Hand started as an animator. Also like Walt Disney, he didn’t stay an animator for long. Hand rose as high in the Disney Studio as he could without the last name of Disney. In 1930 Walt Disney hired David Hand as an animator, one of a handful of…

PC Players’ Readers join kindergarten and first graders

KT Tanner, PC Players Readers Theater, School Program As excited young students celebrated Reading Week in Litchfield Park’s Corte Sierra Elementary School, eight of our readers each joined a classroom to share the joy of reading. The readers displayed everything from animated story reading and discussion to poetry to storytelling and puppetry. One of our…

Jewish High Holiday Services September 2018

Brenda Hyman Mark your calendars for our ninth annual Jewish High Holy Day Services in the Tuscany Ballroom. Rosh Hashanah Monday, September 10, 10:00 a.m. (Kiddish immediately following) Kol Nidre Tuesday, September 18, 6:00 p.m. Yom Kippur Wednesday, September 19, 9:00 a.m. Rabbi David Mayer will once again serve as our clergy for this year. He presents a…

LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek

Check out PC Reads Shannon Tyree “Gee, if only there were a good place to get a book recommendation.” Well, the answer to your question lies just ahead. Susie Nee, PC Reads team leader, is always on the lookout for good book suggestions. Not only that, but she shares them, too. You can read and…

Kare Bears’ Korner

Kare Bears annual meeting Teri Sellers The annual meeting for Kare Bears will be held at the June Kare Bears Presents on June 27 at 11:00 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. Every resident of PebbleCreek is automatically a Kare Bear member and we invite you to attend this meeting.…

AARP Safe Driver course

Hilary Coltman AARP Safe Driving Class will be held on Thursday, June 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Capri Room at Tuscany Falls for all PebbleCreek residents. Cost for AARP members is $15 and for non-members the cost is $20. Checks for the class should be made payable to AARP. Safety techniques…

All aboard!

Karen Bush Have you been wondering about “The Train” you may have seen riding around our community? It is a True American Classics Trackless Train owned and operated by Engineer Martha Urbin and her hustband, Conductor Steve. The two trailered the train all the way from Michigan last fall. The train is diesel powered, holds…

Unit 43A volunteers for Feed My Starving Children

Doug Ginter PebbleCreek residents from Unit 43A volunteered for the 3rd straight year to help pack meals for the Feed My Starving Children event, held at Verrado High School, sponsored by Summit Community Church. The event was held on April 14-15, 2018. The event’s goal was to pack 272,000 meals. With the help of 55…

Building Bridges

Comity Advisors: Roberta Medina, George Warden, Beverly Kim, Mel Shipp, Roger Wong, Mary Thomas, with Dr. Matthew Whitaker As you or your loved ones get older, there comes a point where you need to be thinking about looking for affordable retirement communities Nebraska that will be best for the aging loved one. Communities like these…