Donald Stephen Bruneman Donald Stephen Bruneman (Don) died on October 12, 2016 in Tallahassee, Florida. Don was born in Littleneck, Long Island, NY and attended Peekskill Military Academy. After graduating from Michigan State University, Don became a pilot in the Army. After marrying his wife, Joyce, of 54 years, he and his family spent 17…
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Features, November 2016
Resident elected to John Hancock Life Insurance Board
Ronald E. Watters The Board of Directors of the John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) elected Linda A. Watters a director at its board meeting on September 21, 2016. Watters, a new resident of Unit 43A, has served since 2009 as John Hancock’s Vice President, Government Relations, where she is responsible for state legislative and…
Features, November 2016
Stop and watch for the signs
Shawnee Robison Just before the big storm hit PebbleCreek, I was headed down Clubhouse Drive watching the dark, magnificent clouds forming as I drove. When I got to the stop sign, I grabbed trusty Sammie (my Samsung Galaxy Note 5) and began shooting. Those gorgeous billows of fluff, in 20 shades of grey, opened up…
Features, November 2016
Pet of the Month
Just call me “Baron” My AKC registered name is Baron Von Jaymar, but everyone I know just calls me Baron. I am a miniature salt and pepper Schnauzer with all the traits of a Schnauzer. Schnauzers are known for being stubborn and very vocal. I share my house and my yard with my two-legged parents,…
Features, November 2016
A walk in the dark
Richard Hinkel Richard and Cora Hinkel recently hiked the Lava Cave just outside of Flagstaff. It truly is a unique “walk in the dark” as the cave is one mile long (one way), unattended and unlit dead-end lava tube formed around 650,000 to 700,000 years ago by molten rock that erupted from a nearby volcanic…
Features, November 2016
2 Your Health: Why do muscles cramp?
Brooke Smith, DPT Everyone, at some point, has experienced a muscle cramp. Whether it’s at night, after a workout or randomly throughout the day, a muscle cramp comes without warning. It can be located along the front or back of the thigh, hands, arms, calves, abdomen or foot. Muscle cramps can be very painful. Some…
Features, November 2016
Artist of the Month
Marianne Graff The PebbleCreek Art club takes great pleasure in awarding Lisa Flynn November Artist of the Month. Lisa had resided in Washington State for most of her life, calling Redmond her home until she and her husband, Len, retired to PebbleCreek in 2011. Lisa began her career in college working in a fabric store…
Features, November 2016
Day Trippers from PebbleCreek around the bend
Lance Motta-Vilensky Along the Gila River’s 600 mile journey across Arizona, there’s a great bend in the river where it traverses around the Gila Mountains. Around that bend is the tiny town of Gila Bend. An old stagecoach stop once called the “crossroads of the Southwest,” two modern day arteries, AZ 85 and I-8, intersect…