Gary Chalk Our anniversary is in March. I have the memory of a Living Retired man, so my wife Jan began reminding me in between putting away her Christmas decorator pillows and bringing out her New Year’s decorator pillows. “Gary, this year let’s book a special dinner at a restaurant that features haute cuisine. It…
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June 2026, Features
One Hit Wonders: “Angel Baby,” Rosie and the Originals (1961)
Robert Hover In the beginning we didn’t know what she looked like, but from the sound of that high-pitched voice on “Angel Baby,” Rosalie Hamlin was probably as thin as a frog’s hair, with a 16-inch waist, two-inch long eyelashes, and a piled-high beehive hairdo. Here was a sad, bad girl who just needed a…
June 2026, Features
Word of the Month: Cobber
David Zapatka Friend, word-lover, and bridge player, Jim Nulty, whose career path led him to Perth, Australia, offered this word from his overseas experience. Cobber cob·ber, noun. A cobber is an Australian and New Zealand slang term for a close friend, mate or companion. It is the equivalent to “buddy” or “pal” in American English.…
June 2026, Features
Unit 44 Plus More Holler Up a Hoedown for John Arpan’s 80th Birthday
Peggy Hayner and Dan Harris On April 26, a lively posse of about 70 guests from PebbleCreek, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Arizona saddled up and rode out west to a classic outdoor cowboy bar tucked in the desert beside White Tank Mountain Regional Park. Their mission: throw Unit 44’s John Arpan one heck of an…
June 2026, Features
Pet of the Month Submissions Welcome!
Would you like your pet featured as Pet of the Month in the PebbleCreek Post? Please send any Pet of the Month submissions directly to mklinka@gmail.com.
June 2026, Features
Rescue of the Month: Pet Companions Club Recent Rescue—Harris’s Hawk
Mary O’Neill, President, Pet Companions Club A fledgling Harris’s Hawk was found on March 28, 2026, by residents in the oleander underneath the palm trees between the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse and the Westwind Tavern, where the golf carts park near the driving range and hole 1 of the West Course. These particular palm trees are…
June 2026, Features
Take Randy to Lunch Event
Spike Razem On April 30, 22 PebbleCreek friends of Randy Hurwitz gathered at Lou Malnati’s Pizzeria in Surprise, Ariz., for an enjoyable lunch and love fest. Randy’s wife of 27 years, Barb, passed away one week prior to our gathering. Because of his huge popularity amongst his pickleball and poker friends (and his love for…
June 2026, Features
Watch Out for Ticket Scams
R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly FIFA World Cup tickets remain among the most heavily targeted assets for online fraud, with scammers exploiting global demand and limited availability. Each cycle, thousands of fans report losing money to fake listings, phishing sites, and counterfeit confirmations that only surface as fraudulent when entry is denied. Fraud typically…
June 2026, Features
Salesperson of the Month
The PebbleCreek salesperson of the month for April 2026 is Beth Goodwill.
June 2026, Features
Pet of the Month: Teddy Bear Coppola
Hi! My name is Teddy Bear Coppola. My friends call me Teddy and I am a Shih Tzu. My Mom and Dad (Sandee and Vinny Coppola) have all sorts of names for me: Little Bear, Munchkin, Munch-a-bunch, Stinker-Poo. And guess what? I know all my names! I really love living in PebbleCreek. I have SO…