Dan Harris, travel team coordinator A fresh tournament format brought the same fierce yet friendly competition, culminating in an exciting victory. On Aug. 15, Johnny Henson of the PebbleCreek Billiards Club (PCBC) showcased his skill, leading the team to a first-place finish in a contest at CantaMia’s (CM) billiards room. CM introduced a new 8-player…
Erv Stein Our PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) group, even without our numerous absent snowbird members and our ever-sizzling Arizona heat, continued our active summer event schedule and 50 players participated in our Aug. 14 Lucky 4’s 3 Low Net Tournament, which was particularly well received. Our pairing group continues to offer a myriad…
Erv Stein The PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) group, one of the four PebbleCreek operating major golf organizations, is now in its 21st year of operations and continues to offer an active event schedule. Our weekly 9-hole outings for the summer months start at 7:30 a.m. to offset our torrid summer day time temperatures.…
Ed Stadjuhar As a veteran and resident of PebbleCreek, I would like to share with you some positive changes being made by the Trump administration to the Veterans Administration (VA) to improve care that veterans receive going forward. Just in the month of August there have been numerous news releases on what the Veterans Administration…
Patricia Moore At our Sept. 4 meeting our three speakers imparted valuable information. Supervisor Debbie Lesko explained the role of the Board of Supervisors (BOS). The Elections Department falls under the BOS, with some grey areas. They do pre-tabulation ballot processing by hand counting a percentage of ballots and they also handle in–person voting. The…
Patricia Moore Our club is excited to welcome two dynamic speakers to our October meeting. Congressman Andy Biggs, who is running for governor of Arizona. Congressman Biggs is an Arizona native, who was elected to Arizona’s Fifth District in 2016. He served two years as Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and serves as Co-chair…
R.O.S.E., Resources/Outreach to Safeguard the Elderly Scammers are always looking for new ways to separate people from their money, and one of their favorite tricks is pushing victims toward alternative payment methods. These methods—wire transfers, peer-to-peer (P2P) apps like Zelle, Venmo, or Cash App, prepaid gift cards, and even cryptocurrency—make it much easier for fraudsters…
Maureen McCann In Arizona, school funding regularly appears on the ballot. Funding of Arizona public schools is complex, heavily dependent on local taxpayer support and increasingly under scrutiny. Funding is also limited. Nationally, Arizona consistently ranks in the lowest five states for the amount of funding per student. The PebbleCreek Democratic Club has been studying…
Stephen Banet Don and Suzanne Hamilton are the proud owners of our September Corvette of the Month. This 2023 Stingray is a 3LT convertible and is in rapid blue with tension and twilight interior. As Don has been an avid fan of muscle cars his entire life, Don always had owning a Corvette in his…
Vicki Barber The PebbleCreek (PC) Democratic Club is holding a Roaring ’20s Party on Oct. 25 at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. The party starts at 5:30 p.m. with social time and check–in, and the doors will open for the ballroom at 6:15 p.m. Dinner is a Mediterranean buffet, with shrimp and chicken kabobs. There will…