Cindy Sota The first May golf tournament conducted by the Arizona Golf Association was held in the afternoon of May 26 and the morning of May 27. “It was a hot one, like seven inches from the midday sun!” Six lady golfers from PebbleCreek braved the high temperatures to compete at the Talking Stick Golf Club,…
Category: July 2020
Generals, July 2020
Artist Series Subscriptions Still Available
Traci Baker, Director of Community Activities and Communications The popular Artist Series subscription offers PebbleCreek entertainment lovers tickets to six shows; two each in January, February, and March of every year. Season subscriber renewals are now complete, and we are pleased to report that a few subscriptions remain available for purchase for both the 4…
Clubs & Classes, July 2020
Spanish Club Surprises La Profesora!
Linda Rowe No one was more surprised than Spanish Club teacher Barb Roberts, when 25 members of her beginner, intermediate, and advanced Spanish classes made a golf cart drive by on her birthday. Horns were honking, people were cheering, and Spanish music was playing. Barb has been teaching Spanish classes at PebbleCreek for several years.…
Generals, July 2020
Virtual Cinema Continues to Offer First-Run Quality Films to View at Home
Traci Baker, Director, Community Activities and Communications You may have heard about the Cinema Society program we offer that brings carefully selected films to PebbleCreek, not the kind of films that play in the big theaters with car chases, but smaller, art-house style movies. In an effort to try to provide our homeowners with some…
Features, July 2020
Word of the Month: Yet and Still
David Zapatka Reader Sally Teusch wrote after reading the May column, “I enjoy your column. Thank you. ‘It’s a few more miles yet’ or ‘It’s a few more miles, still.’ Looking forward to it. Warmly, Sally Teusch.” Let’s dive in to both words to see where this journey takes us. Yet: adverb ˈyet 1. in addition; besides. 2.…
Features, July 2020
Pet of the Month: Faith
Generals, July 2020
LifeLong Learning at PebbleCreek
What’s Happening at LLL? Cathy Lindstrom Greetings again to our PebbleCreek neighbors, with hopes that you are well and safe. LifeLong Learning teams have been working over the past months to prepare for our online programs, some of which will occur this summer, with more planned for the fall. Our survey results informed us that…
Sports, July 2020
Tennis Player of the Month: Charlie Hunt
Dennis Whitley Does Bruce Springsteen know Charlie Hunt? If you listen to the first verse of Bruce’s “Glory Days,” you would think he’s describing a young Charlie Hunt. The verse goes: I had a friend was a big baseball player Back in high school He could throw that speedball by you Make you look like…
Features, July 2020
A Heartfelt Thank You from Team Fitness
On May 15, after two months of not knowing when we would re-open, we were reunited for a team meeting. Procedures and new norms were discussed, as well as new schedules and routines. There was lots of information to absorb and then practice. Then, a pleasant surprise came our way; Traci Baker handed each of us…
Sports, July 2020
PCSSA Begins Pickup Games and Practices
Fred Dresser After what seemed an eternity for softball players, the Robson Field of Dreams reopened in April. Practices took place two days a week (Monday and Wednesday.) Practice times were 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Each practice was limited to one hour, to allow the field and equipment to be properly prepared. The maximum…