Category: Features

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…