George Warden On one of the warmest evenings of the year (110 degrees) the Flair Friendship Fun Club in PebbleCreek gathered at the Oasis Pool for a great summer evening. There was plenty of food and fun, music and great conversation as well as a great pool to cool off in. All members that came…
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Clubs & Classes, August 2018
PC Singles know how to celebrate good times
Pat Milich There is rarely a holiday when members of the PebbleCreek Singles Club do not throw a party! Thanks to an energetic Activities Committee made up of fun-loving men and women, there is almost always something exciting planned for those special days on the calendar. Whether it is dinner and dancing to mark the…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
A Summer of Watercolor: Part III
Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art Club is happy to resume its exhibition of A Summer of Watercolor. In Parts I and II, we presented a brief history of watercolor painting, a discussion of the tools and special features unique to this medium and pictured five PebbleCreek artists who work inside and outside the boundaries of…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
PC Hiking Club Diary
Backpacking on the Arizona Trail Lynn Warren Arizona Trail (AZT) is part of a system of trails designated by Congress as “National Scenic Trails” and is approximately 800 miles long, running the length of Arizona from the border with Mexico to the Arizona-Utah border at Stateline Campground, and is divided into 43 “passages,” averaging 18-miles…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Water workout for PebbleCreekers
Bob Young Water aerobics is the performance of aerobic exercises in the water. Classes are held in our Tuscany swimming pool Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Here in PebbleCreek we are fortunate to have two instructors, Sue and Jason. Sue usually instructs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Jason instructs on Tuesdays and…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Pottery/Sculpture Club: new classes to start in September
Jeff Wilson Yes, the pottery room is empty and quiet now, but not for long. Pottery/Sculpture Club members will be back in August and new classes will start up again in September. Classes for September and October include: handmade pottery, extruded clay pottery, for the birds, clay and mixed media jewelry, non-objective abstract painting and…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Cheryl Tiffany: Pottery/Sculpture Club featured artist
Jeff Wilson The Pottery/Sculpture Club featured artist for August is Cheryl Tiffany. Cheryl was born into a military family so has lived in several states and Guam and France before ending up in Washington State in 1962. During the next 50 years she married, divorced, got an AA degree in accounting, taught country/western dancing, traveled,…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Understanding short-term in-patient care for behaviors
Teri Sellers The Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers Support Group will meet on August 18. We are especially happy to have Debi Elder, Community Liaison with Haven Behavioral Hospital of Phoenix as our presenter. What do you do if your loved one has serious challenging behaviors? After you have tried the basic skills that you have learned during…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
PebbleCreek Dems participate in Maricopa County Democratic Party Convention
Alisa Moore Several PC Democrats joined other volunteers from LD-13 early on Saturday, June 30 to help set up for the 2018 Summer Convention of the Maricopa County Democratic Party at Horizon Performing Arts Center in Scottsdale. Democrats from virtually all the local Legislative Districts helped with organizing, setting up, promoting, gathering donations and cleaning…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Card Scores
Duplicate Sanctioned Bridge Kathy Bergman We are all aware of how important Alzheimer’s research is as we age. Our PebbleCreek Duplicate Sanctioned Bridge club helped raise funds to support research of this dreadful disease. In April we collected cash donations and raffled off donated items to raise funds. The ACBL (American Contract Bridge League) has…