Chris Duprey Fifty-two ladies sizzled while playing in the 2019 Summer Sizzler, the Red Hot Sombrero Frolic. The event was played at Tuscany Falls East on Aug. 13. The game was individual low gross and net while hitting from the red tees. Each player got a mulligan plus a “red hot magic putt.” Co-Chairs Judi Floyd…
Susan Knox Wilson Do you remember Lady Bird Johnson entreating us to help clean up America’s environment, and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 she spearheaded? “Ours is a blessed and beautiful land,” she proclaimed, “but much of it has been tarnished. What can you do? Look around you: at the littered roadside, at the polluted…
Howie Tiger The PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) annually conducts a two-man scramble event, which serves a dual purpose. It is a regular men’s day tourney, but five teams also qualify to enter the Arizona Golf Association’s Club team championship. The tourney was played on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Eagle’s Nest. The senior qualifying teams (age…
Carl Schatz Meet Esther Schatz, a PebbleCreek resident, with her collection of toys for disadvantaged and at-risk children. She purchases dolls and stuffed animals from second-hand stores, thoroughly cleans and repairs them, and then knits little outfits of clothing for each and every one. She donates them to children in shelters. She will continue to do…
DK Loo and Vernon McGee Our April caravan found the Rovin’ Pebbles RV Club headed to Camp Pendleton Marine Base at Oceanside, CA. It was a first-time destination for our club. The trip was made possible by the personal contacts of our club member, retired Coast Guard Warrant Officer Vernon McGee, with the leadership of…
Pete Williams On Sept. 5, Lynn Warren surpassed 9,000 miles hiking with the PebbleCreek Hiking Club, only the second club member to do so. And he’s only been with the club for eight years, averaging more than 1,000 miles a year! Lynn participates in all the types of hikes we do—regular day hikes, exploratory hikes, out of…
Lynn Warren On Sunday, Sept. 8, a group of four “B” hikers headed for Flagstaff to hike Kendrick Peak, one of the highest peaks in northern Arizona, with an elevation of 10,413 feet. They followed that up on Monday with a hike to the summit of Humphreys Peak, the highest point in Arizona at 12,633 feet. The weather…
Christopher Mucha October is normally the time when PebbleCreek Golf Clubs go offsite to play during golf course overseeding. With the shutdown of Eagle’s Nest for improvements scheduled at the end of 2019, coupled with Tuscany Falls golf course overseeding for winter play, October golf will only be scheduled for resident play. The golf groups…
Pete Williams Ten members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club enjoyed an early hike in the nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park on Aug. 31. While it does get very hot in the summer, the club compensates by hiking very early, as we started at 6 a.m., generally finishing by 10 a.m. Even so, summer hiking is not…
Howie Tiger Any of the four 16-man teams battling in the White Tanks Team Golf Competition in the fourth and final round could have won the cup. But, this year our own PebbleCreek team edged out the Sun City Festival overall by a mere 1.5 points to take home the cup. This was an amazing…