Jay Sabatello The PebbleCreek women’s softball team, now called the Desert Diamonds, traveled to Liberty Field in Sun City West on April 15, to take on the Sun City West (SCW) women’s team known as the Hot Flashes. As you sports fans may remember, the Hot Flashes played here last month against the Diamonds, where…
Category: June 2022
Sports, June 2022
Bocce Club Winners for Spring Season 2022
Caela Casarino The 2021-22 bocce season is over, culminating with the winners of our spring session. Congratulations go to the top teams on the following league days: Tuesday Night 1st—Bocce Buds and PC Rollers, tied 3rd—Night Rollers Wednesday Morning 1st—Holy Rollers and Bada Bing, tied 3rd—I Have No Idea Thursday Night 1st—Stand Pat 2nd—Bocce Boomers…
Sports, June 2022
Relishing Pickleball: The Half Volley and the Drop Volley
David Zapatka Continuing our study of Pickleball Fundamentals: Master the basics and compete with confidence by Mary Littlewood, “As opposed to the volley, which is a shot taken when the ball is still in the air, the half volley is hit just after the ball has bounced. It is a reaction shot taken most often as…
Sports, June 2022
PCSSA 2022 Spring Season Coming to a Close
Fred Dresser The 2022 spring season for the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) will end on Saturday, June 4, as the temps start their climb to the triple digits. The season started on April 5, as eight teams took to the field to play their first games of a 21-game season. For many of the…
Sports, June 2022
PCMGA Introduces Officers for the 2022-23 Season
Howie Tiger On March 10 at the Member-Member tournament annual meeting, the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) elected officers for the 2022-23 golfing season. They officially take office on June 1. Introducing our leaders: John Abercrombie (president)—John was born and raised in small towns in Kansas (Barnard and Minneapolis), and spent most of his adult…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Ceramics Club Profile: George Wagner
Ardell Roberts George Wagner can often be found in the ceramics room. He always wears a smile and likes to laugh with everyone. George and his wife moved to PebbleCreek six years ago from Colorado. He says he just got tired of shoveling snow. They had been looking at several communities in the area. When…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Camera Club Workshops: Adobe Lightroom
Lynn Warren The club will not hold normal monthly meetings during June and July but, instead, will offer a two-part class (via Zoom) covering Adobe’s Lightroom post-processing software. Lightroom (LR) is an Adobe application that allows you to organize, store, edit, rate, and share your photos. Unlike Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom is nondestructive, i.e., your original…
Clubs & Classes, June 2022
Camera Club Photo of the Month
Lynn Warren Each month, the Camera Club selects a picture as Photo of the Month and for June, the club chose Roger Bunting’s impressive night picture of a lighted cactus. Have you ever asked what camera is best? A photographer will likely tell you that it is the camera you have with you. Roger’s photo…
Features, June 2022
Surprise Birthday Party!
A surprise birthday party for Jane DeLosAngeles was held on May 2 at the home of Kathy Nemeth, a PebbleCreek resident. Her friends did a fabulous job of keeping the party a secret! The theme for the party was a wonderful ice cream social with four different ice cream choices and all of the toppings.…