Category: September 2016

PC Hiking Club Diary

2000 miles and counting Pete Williams The four PebbleCreek Hiking Club rookie hikers shown here have a combined 2000 plus miles on the trails during their first year as club members. Pictured (left to right) are Mark Frumkin, Wayne Wills, Joe Clarkson and Dennis Zigmunt. Jim Gillespie took the photograph. These five hikers enjoyed an…

Le Cercle Français August meeting recap

In attendance were, front row: Janine Drabier, Dino Cervigni, Susan Turner, Monique Grimes and Simone Jacobs; second row: Rob Riesden, Lili Paul, Janice Gerhart, M.J. Smyrl, Josee Jackman, Claire Chirent and Diane Larochelle; back row: Frank Alford, Deborah Legan, Al Crosson and Louis Larochelle

Betsy Crosson Diane and Louis Larochelle recently hosted one of the August meetings for Le Cercle Français with 17 members attending. The Larochelles hail from the state of New Hampshire originally and speak French with a Canadian accent which is somewhat like the differences in accents one finds in spoken English in various regions of…

Become an English tutor

Jan Cosgrove Our volunteer tutors have been teaching English Language skills to non-English speaking adults in the southwest valley for over 40 years! Today the need is greater than ever. We are flooded with requests from adults for English Language training. Southwest Valley Literacy offers Tutor Training Workshops several times a year. You do not…

Pets of the Month

Casey and Squirt My name is Casey. I am the larger of the two Yorkshire Terriers in the picture. I have been in PebbleCreek from Washington State for four years already. How time flies! I was alone when we arrived. Well, of course, I had my Papa and Mama, Steffen and Sheila Jacobson here, but…

Board candidate profile

My name is Ed Stadjuhar. My wife, Karen, and I have been residents of PebbleCreek since 2005. Both of us are active in golf. Karen plays with the PCWGA and I play with the PCMGA as well as the Rattlers men’s group. This past year, I chaired the PCMGA fundraising committee for the Men’s Member…

In Passing

Robert (Bob) Cleland Robert Fred Cleland, 68, of Goodyear died July 28, 2016. Mr. Cleland was born June 25, 1948 in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He was a member of the United States Army, serving in Vietnam from 1968 to 1970. Over his 43-year career as a plastics engineer, Bob worked for a number of…

FFF – summer pool party

Left to right seated: George Warden, Rod Beals; standing: Rose Beals, Sylvia Warden

George Warden As the summer heat began to rise, the Flair Friendship Fun Social Club in PebbleCreek decided this was a good time to have a Summer Pool Party at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse pool. Temperatures were 110 degrees on the day of the party. We even had members from other social clubs join us…

Abbiamo Mangiato at Carrabba’s

Italian—American Club had their July luncheon meeting at Carrabba’s Italian Restaurant.

Jim Roberts The Italian-American Club had their July luncheon meeting at Carrabba’s Italian Restaurant on Thursday, July 21, 2016. Arrangements for the luncheon were made by Alice Miller. The meeting portion was conducted by our able President Ken Minichello. Abbiamo mangiato at Carrabba The Italian-American Club at PebbleCreek knows where to eat They know Carrabba’s…