Rana Cukierski Friday, October 2 was a busy morning. The sun was shining and skies were clear. The ice chests were loaded and set up at 7:00 a.m. at Eagle’s Nest patio by the “ice man,” Dan Schimmelpfennig and his “ice cube” helpers. Jeanne Schimmelpfennig was picking up donuts and orange juice as her “village…
Pancho Epstein With most of the snowbirds comfortably landing in October, the PebbleCreek Pickleball Club’s winter agenda is off and running at warp speed. The biggest ongoing pickleball events are the weekly Ladies’ (Thursdays) and Gentlemen’s (Fridays) Ladders. Participating players are placed in groups of four according to rank. Each group plays three games to…
Rich Christiansen PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association President Ken Johnson says, “Much of the success we have with this league is due to outstanding support we get from the local companies that sponsor our teams.” Ken has made it a strategic focus for this year’s PCSSA Board of Directors to engage with the entire community surrounding…
Erv Stein On the pleasant morning of Wednesday, September 30 a total of 140 highly charged golfers from all four of our PebbleCreek sanctioned golf clubs, the PCM9GA, PCL9GA, PCLGA and PCMGA, teed off utilizing both the Tuscany Lakes and Falls Courses. This extraordinarily successful fifth annual Summer Survivor Tournament, hosted by the PCM9GA, utilized…
Jason Whitehill Q. My tee shots are being pushed straight right most of the time and when I try to correct it, the ball starts left and then slices right. A. It is important for all golfers, regardless of ability, to understand that it is face angle at contact that controls the initial direction of…
Ted Ingalls Have you ever driven by the horseshoe pits located at Eagle’s Nest and wondered, “Does anybody use those courts?” or asked yourself, “How do you play horseshoes?” Well, wonder no more! Come on out and try them! Members of the PebbleCreek All-America Horseshoe Association (AHA) invite you to join the fun at the…
Mary Neeley The PCLGA will host the annual Red/Green Tournament on December 8 and 9 at Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls Golf Courses. The theme of the tournament is Do You Want to Build a Snowman? The format will be match play between a red twosome and a green twosome with one net best ball…
Pat Milich Fall Bocce Ball season in PebbleCreek is well underway with a record number of 598 players on 64 teams taking to the courts on Wednesday and Friday mornings and Tuesday and Thursday nights. Mollie McErlean, Bocce Ball Association Treasurer, reports that early registration for the winter 2016 season has already begun. She is…
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…
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…