AzOPT “My surgeon is going to remove all the arthritis from my bone-on-bone knee and replace it so I am pain free! What’s the point of physical therapy before surgery?” True—during most replacement surgeries, patients often have great success removing the arthritis and replacing the joints. However, one of the most critical pieces of joint…
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Features, June 2023
Spotlight on Advertiser: Champs Family Automotive Relocates to a New Goodyear Location
Champs Family Automotive, a top-rated automotive service provider, has announced that it will be relocating to a larger and more convenient location to improve its quality of service, expand its customer base, and offer the same top-notch quality services that customers have come to expect. The newly expanded facility is located at 14030 W. Van…
Features, June 2023
Brenda Deckard Is Pottery/Sculpture Club June Artist of the Month
Brenda Deckard is the Pottery/Sculpture Club Artist or the Month for June. A resident of Arizona for more than 40 years, Brenda is relatively new to pottery since she retired a few years ago. Brenda enjoys hand building whimsical animals and useful household decor. She learned to make many of the pieces pictured, in classes…
Features, June 2023
Happy Birthday to You: Coronation of the Queen
Bill Fenster We have lived through the king’s coronation. On May 12 we celebrated the “queen’s” coronation. Betty Fenster is the queen of PebbleCreek Water Volleyball and had her 92nd birthday party at the pool Ramada with a bunch of her teammates. She is an inspiration to us and very much loved by all.
Features, June 2023
Word of the Month: Cenote
David Zapatka Reading in the Quest magazine recently, I came across the word cenote. Cenote—si-ˈnō-tē noun: a natural pit or deep sinkhole in limestone resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath with a pool at the bottom that is found especially in the Yucatán Peninsula. Origin and Etymology—Mexican Spanish, from Yucatec ts’onot…
Features, June 2023
Creekers Music Night at Augie’s
Karen Peterson What an awesome night of friends, food, dancing, drinks, music, and memories! April 20 at Augie’s Sports Bar was standing room only for live music with Creekers Howard Brodbeck and Karen Peterson. There was lots of dancing and special performances by guest singers Tracey Littlefield and Greg Goss. Tracey performed some country tunes…
Features, June 2023
Pet of the Month: Say Hello to Lexi
Mike Cook Lexi is 5 years old and came to us after her original owner could no longer care for her due to health issues. This change for Lexi also changed our lives after we lost our first Lexi last year. Lexi’s hobbies are truly rainbows and sunshine! Waking up happy is followed by falling…
Features, June 2023
Pet of the Month: Brandy Sue Magoo
Thomas Marty This is Brandy Sue Magoo, my little Toy Yorkshire Terrier. She was born in Walla Walla, Wash. We picked her up coming home from the Blue Mountains on a Memorial Day weekend. She has been all over the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest. Brandy Sue Magoo is 7 years old and doesn’t have…
Features, June 2023
Honor Flight Arizona Honors PebbleCreek Veteran
“A veteran is someone who at some point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to the ‘United States of America’ for any amount up to and including their life.” (Author—unknown) No one knows this better than Arizona Honor Flight, which is a nonprofit organization that honors America’s veterans. They transport America’s heroes…
Features, June 2023
In Passing
Darren Paul Johnson Darren Paul Johnson, 53, of Goodyear, Ariz., passed away on April 14, 2023. Darren was born in Plymouth, Mass., on Sept. 24, 1969, to Paul and Judy Johnson of Goodyear, Ariz. Darren graduated from North Reading High School in North Reading, Mass., with the class of 1988 where he lettered in golf…