David Zapatka Are you as fascinated with the creation of new words as I am? I find the people who create new words deliciously inventive and their new words fun to learn. While reading an article titled Literary Wordmakers by my friend, Richard Lederer, I ran across this sentence, “Although the identities of most of…
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November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Trump Caravan
Ellie Daly On Sept. 30 at 4 p.m. a Trump caravan rally started at the pickleball courts with 29 golf carts decorated with Trump banners, flags, and signs and paraded throughout Tuscany Falls and Eagle’s Nest promoting their presidential choice. Forty minutes after start the group ended up at the Eagle’s Nest bar for rest…
Clubs & Classes, November 2024
Republican Club to Honor Our Vets
Jenna Ridgeway On Thursday, Nov. 7, the PebbleCreek Republican Club will celebrate our 14th annual Veterans Dinner at 6 p.m. in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. This patriotic evening will honor club members and guest veterans who served to preserve our cherished American freedoms. This event takes the place of our regularly scheduled general meeting. The…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Republican Club Presents Congresswoman Debbie Lesko and AZ Free Enterprise Club
Jenna Ridgeway Another overflow event for the now 800+ member PebbleCreek Republican Club was held on Oct. 3, as members and guests came to hear candidate for Board of Supervisors Debbie Lesko and April Smith, of AZ Free Enterprise Club, who presented a detailed explanation of the ballot propositions that will appear on our November…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
News from the Sky: New Taxiway Represents New Connections at PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport If you haven’t heard of Taxiway Uniform yet, you soon will. Also known as Taxiway U, this major capital improvement project is one of many called for in the airport’s 20-year plan, and the beginning stages of construction have started. The seeds for this project were sown in Phoenix Sky…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Quacy Smith Speaks at the October Democratic Club Meeting
Gillian Driscoll Quacy Smith is running for Congress in Arizona Congressional District 9. CD9 was created by the mostly Republican State Legislature in 2020 and includes PebbleCreek. Our neighborhood was previously in CD6 and the change put us in one of the largest Congressional Districts in the country. Although expansive in size, the District is…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Democratic Rally a Huge Success!
Gillian Driscoll On Sept. 21, 400 Democrats along with some Republicans and Independents gathered in Sun City Grand for a rally to introduce most of the candidates for office in November, both Congressional and State. Another 500 people participated on Zoom. The atmosphere was electric and festive with flags for waving and beads and badges…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Learning about Vodka
Kathy Smith A group of PebbleCreek Singles met at Total Wine in Goodyear. They enjoyed snacks and were offered several different vodkas to taste. This is a very popular event for the club. Vodka is a clear, distilled alcoholic beverage that’s made from water and ethanol, sometimes with traces of flavorings. Different varieties originated in…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Enjoying Medieval Times
Kathy Smith A group from the PebbleCreek Singles Club enjoyed a fun–filled time at Medieval Times on Sept. 12, while stepping back to the 11th century for an awesome feast. The dinner consisted of roasted chicken, garlic bread, tomato bisque soup, herb roasted potatoes, sweet corn, and a dessert. The tournament fun began when they…
November 2024, Clubs & Classes
Tequila Tasting
Kathy Smith Tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant, primarily in the area 40 miles northwest of Guadalajara. The majority of tequilas are usually 80 proof, which is the same as vodka. This means that they all have exactly the same amount of alcohol in them. One ounce of tequila only contains 64…