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,…
Category: August 2018
Features, August 2018
Pet of the Month
Generals, August 2018
Unit Happenings
Unit 34 Bob Young Whoever said, “There is nothing going on during the summer in PebbleCreek” doesn’t know “Skipper” Kallett. The Skipper invited forty “creekers” to go motor-boatin’ around Lake Pleasant. We backed our SUVs up into the water, untied all the cables and ropes on our pontoon boat, got ourselves some cozies and went…
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…
Sports, August 2018
Softball season concludes
Fred Dresser It was a dark and stormy night in Arizona on June 15 that caused the final games scheduled for Saturday, June 16 for the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) to be cancelled due to the rain! Well, a little water didn’t stop the players from enjoying some great pizza from Barro’s Pizza at…
Features, August 2018
In Passing
Kenneth Duane Sloat Kenneth Duane Sloat, 82, of Goodyear, Arizona, formerly of La Grange and Sterling, Illinois, joined his heavenly Father on July 1, 2018. Beloved husband of Joan (Speaker) Sloat for 60 years; loving father of Christine (Mark) Weaver; Douglas (Tina) Sloat; Margo (Peter) Mahoney; brother of Lynn (Paul) Smith; Diane (Alvin) Rude; devoted…
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…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Ceramic Club happenings
Rosalie Frankel We are anxiously waiting returning to our newly repainted classroom! We’ve all gone through serious withdrawal symptoms these past few weeks. Now we are ready to make lots of fun projects. Ceramics is an open class where you can make anything you would like. Our instructors will show you how to complete each…
Generals, August 2018
Kare Bears’ Korner
What’s new at Kare Bears? Joyce Van Ornam Kare Bears has a new volunteer Board of Directors! The Kare Bears Board is updated every year in June. Some members stay on the board to complete a term and new people are added. This year, Joyce Van Ornam moved up from first vice president to president.…