Category: November 2015

Chai High’s second lecture

Brenda Hyman News update—November 3, 2015, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. – Tuscany Clubhouse Capri Room—PC High Holidays Club continues with our new program affectionately called Chai High. The residents of PebbleCreek will be treated to another monthly higher learning session about Jewish history, language, Hebrew reading, Holocaust lectures, movies and other interesting topics. Our second…

PebbleCreek Lady Niners holds Fall Classic

Karen O’Grady – Hole-in-One

Suzanne Butler The first annual Inter-Club Fall Classic with PebbleCreek Lady Niners and Sun City Grand Lady Niners was a big success with close to 100 players. The ladies even drummed up a little rain during the morning play, but managed to finish their rounds. Sun City Grand members were teamed up with PebbleCreek Niners…

Day tripping for PC — the road less traveled

The Gillespie Bridge once offered a year round route from Atlantic to Pacific.

Lance Motta-Vilensky Most people travel between PebbleCreek and Gila Bend on route MC 85. The road less traveled is Old U.S. Highway 80, accessed just south of Buckeye by turning right off of MC 85 onto West Hazen Road, left on south Wilson Avenue and right on west Old Highway 80; though there are alternate…

PC Artists’ Holiday Fest December 5

The holiday season is already upon us and your friends at the Creative Arts Center have planned something special to help you get a head-start on all your holiday shopping, the PebbleCreek Artists’ Holiday Fest on December 5! Browse and shop from a wide array of incredible items created by the amazing artists and artisans…

Gun Club Activities

Trap and Skeet Shooting

Henry Tom Trap and Skeet Shooting Our members shoot trap every Tuesday and shoot skeet every Wednesday and Saturday and under all conditions; windy, rainy, cold and hot temperatures. Discussion Group Once a month members get together at the Toscana Restaurant to have lunch and discuss all manner of firearms related and interesting topics. This…

Conservation Corner

Conserve antibiotics – save lives Pauline Lee The annual Get Smart About Antibiotics Week will be observed worldwide from November 16-22. Penicillin, the first antibiotic used in the world, was discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming. Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945 for this miracle drug that saved countless lives from infections caused…

11th annual AZ Myeloma Network Golf Tournament

The Arizona Myeloma Network (AzMN) will be hosting its eleventh annual Charity Golf Tournament on Saturday, November 14, 2015, at the McCormick Ranch Golf Club located at 7505 E. McCormick Parkway, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. This year’s event will feature a continental breakfast, a TaylorMade/Adidas concept shop gift certificate, two drink tickets, 19th Hole Awards Luncheon…

Food Frenzy at Shalom Club Break-the-Fast

Brenda Hyman Sundown arrived on Yom Kippur and the PebbleCreek Shalom Club was ready to have the Break-the-Fast menu after fasting on Yom Kippur. The new Palm Valley Dining Room hosted and presented a mouth-watering array of bagels, lox, cream cheese, whitefish salad, tuna salad and dessert for our Shalom Club. Appetites were good, camaraderie…

Litchfield Park Library program

Nancy Stevenson Come join us at the Litchfield Park Library for the following discussions. Medicare and Medicaid; How to Decide. Presented by the Area Agency on Aging; Thursday, November 5 at 1:00 p.m. Soothing Chair Yoga for Seniors. Friday, November 6 and Friday, November 13; both at 11:00 a.m. Bird Watching in the Park. Meet…

4th annual Captain Jeremy Alan Chandler Memorial scholarship

Jeremy in Afghanistan

Jonnie Chandler Captain Jeremy Alan Chandler, a Special Forces ODA-HALO Team Leader (Green Beret), was killed in action on August 11, 2005, while serving his third deployment to Afghanistan. His parents, LTC Alan Chandler, U.S. Army retired, and Jonnie Chandler, established a memorial scholarship in his honor at the University of North Georgia. To-date eight…