Category: Clubs & Classes

Hikers explore the Agua Fria

Left to right: Lynn Warren (photographer), Mark Frumkin, Clare Bangs, Pete Williams, Dennis Zigmunt and Susan Rudoy pause after lunch on giant boulders in the Agua Fria riverbed.

Lynn Warren Summer exploratory hiking activity got off to a great start after a record regular season ended and on May 25 six hikers headed north on I-17 to the Badger Springs exit to conduct a somewhat challenging and adventurous eight mile hike along and in the Agua Fria riverbed in the 88,000 acre Agua…

Le Cercle Français welcomes special guest

Allen Crossen Recently, members of the PebbleCreek French Group gathered at the home of Deborah and Gaylen Legan for one of their June meetings. Le Cercle Français hosted a special guest this month, Madame Marie-Thérèse Guignard, who is a relative of member Janine Drabier. She traveled all the way to Arizona from a small village…

Thank goodness it’s summer, indeed

BLT Bruschetta

Susan Knox Wilson The PebbleCreek banquet team is on a roll! The Banquet Sales and Catering Staff, Crystal Thomas, Banquet Manager Ernest Arzumanyan, Bar Manager Brian Cate and Chef Jonathan Hofberger had a very busy and successful 2016-17 season full of special occasions, weddings, private parties and club events, but they’re not content to sit…

PCHOA seeking Board Candidates

Pat Ingalls The Election Committee of the PebbleCreek Homeowners Association is calling for candidates interested in running in a fall election for a volunteer member of PebbleCreek’s board of directors. The newly elected candidate’s two-year term will begin January 1, 2018. “We’re encouraging all civic-minded homeowners to consider running for the HOA board,” said Gordon…

PebbleCreek Ballroom Dance Club on summer hiatus

John Harguindeguy We’re now on summer hiatus after the terrific May dance honoring our military veterans. Have a safe summer wherever your destinations and trips might take you. For any who’ll stay in the area, Paul Westrich, our resident professional ballroom dance instructor, is available for couples or group classes. I can assure you from…

Tennis In July – Wimbledon or PebbleCreek?

Congratulations go out to our PebbleCreek Hotshots! The PebbleCreek Hot Shots 4.0 men’s senior valley team beat Trilogy eight sets to one for the championship on March 20, 2017. Left to right: Craig Hauger, Dan Schimmelpfennig, Dave Bee, Dave Henry, Dave Kersey, Jim Lewis, Marty Farrell and Randy Planck; not pictured, Richard Margison

Susie Anderson Last month we had tennis under the stars on Friday evening, June 9. As the temperatures were just starting to dip below 100 degrees, 30 hearty tennis players filled the Tuscany Falls courts for an evening of social tennis followed by icy cold drinks and a nacho bar. Despite the daytime temperatures, the…

PC Hiking Club Diary

Left to right: Lynn Warren (photographer), Bill Halte, Clare Bangs, Marilyn Reynolds, Ed Bobigian, Pete Williams, Wayne Wills and Mark Frumkin along the trail in Estrella Mountain Regional Park.

PC Hiker passes another milestone Lynn Warren On May 29, eight PebbleCreek hikers left early for a 10 mile hike exploring the connection between the eastern part of the Estrella Mountain Park near Phoenix International Raceway with the more frequently used western section of the park. During this hike Bill Halte was honored with a…