Category: August 2024

Blood Drive Coming August 27

Tracey Schryver Have you considered donating blood? It’s a lifesaving and thoughtful way to show you care, and it’s so easy to do! Kare Bears will host a blood drive on Aug. 27 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. You can register through the Vitalant website at vitalant.org and select a specific time, or you…

Bocce Ball Is for Everyone

Kim Jacobs-Nicholson PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Club would like to remind residents that everyone can play in our club, including any and all who may have physical restrictions. It can be a permanent or temporary restriction (just had a surgery that requires temporary use of some type of assistance). Wheelchairs, scooters, walkers, and canes are all…

The Women’s Giving Circle News!

Dana West The Women’s Giving Circle (TWGC) fall meeting is scheduled for Sept. 26 at the Tuscany Falls Chianti Room. Please remember to bring your annual dues of $25 to the meeting. We will also have a representative from the West Valley Heart Walk as a guest speaker during the meeting. TWGC will be organizing…

Singles Dine at Black Angus

PebbleCreek Singles Club members dined out again on July 7. Fifteen of our most hungry members met at Black Angus restaurant for a fabulous dinner of baby back ribs, prime rib, porterhouse, filet mignon steaks, burgers, and more. It is a fabulous venue. Doggy bags were required for most! The consensus was to return to…

PCSSA Travels to Pinetop

Fred Dresser Everyone in PebbleCreek is aware of our softball league (PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association, PCSSA). What you probably didn’t know is that each year the PCSSA has teams that travel to Pinetop, Ariz., to participate in tournament games. One such team known as the PebbleCreek 60’s team traveled to Pinetop again this year to…

New Books Available at Expressions Gallery!

Jean Harris If you have young grandchildren or other kids in your life, please check out two new books by PebbleCreek’s own Karen S. Robbins. “I Love You More Than Candy Pops!” and “Shoe Print Art” are now available in the Expressions Gallery (all autographed) and online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or wherever books…

Hikers Seek Pot of Gold

Lynn Warren Because of monsoon shower activity, the first day of July started with another 90-degree, humid morning, but that was not enough to dissuade six PebbleCreek hikers from heading to the White Tanks. In fact, conditions were ideal for formation of a beautiful rainbow, which seemed to beckon the group to the Tanks, perhaps…

Quilter of the Month: Jackie Cameron

Maureen Strachan Jackie Cameron was the highlighted quilter of the month for June in the Creative Arts Center showcase. She moved to PebbleCreek in 2016, but has resided in Arizona since 1997. Before Arizona, Jackie lived in upstate New York and New England. After retiring, she started quilting in earnest when she joined the PebbleCreek Quilters (PCQ)…

Genealogy Club News

Vicky Ferraresi There is no meeting of the PebbleCreek Genealogy Club (PCGC) in August, as we go on vacation, or stay out of the heat to individually work on our family trees or other projects and hobbies. PCGC general meetings will resume after Labor Day with a revised format. Meetings will start at 9 a.m.…