Dick Helmstetter Makes a Hole-in-One a Year After His Prior One on the Same Hole! Howie Tiger On July 5, Dick Helmstetter made a hole-in-one on the 17th hole of the Eagle’s Nest course. He did it while playing with the Bandits golf group. As a coincidence, on July 6 a year earlier (his 71st…
Johnny Henson On Sept. 13, PebbleCreek Billiard Club players had a match with Canta Mia. It was fun.
Johnny Henson Here are the Billiard Club monthly tournament winners for September. Players of the Month were Lynn Warren, Bob Macy, and Johnny Henson, all with two wins each. King of the Hill was Johnny Henson. Monday noon to 2 p.m. 8-Ball tournament: Bill Frustraglia Tuesday 8 a.m. to noon 8-Ball tournament: Lynn Warren (x2),…
Erv Stein While most PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) golfing events are conducted on site at one of our excellent three 18-hole PebbleCreek golf courses, each October, we typically revert to conducting several events at nearby off premises locations due to mandatory once–a–year reseeding closures. This year, our first off-site event on Oct. 3…
Erv Stein In recent years, our PebbleCreek Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Association (PCM9GA) typically has conducted a wide variety of events, some to include other PebbleCreek golf groups, but few has drawn the competitive spirit to the high level as the recently conducted Beat the Pros Tournament on Sept. 26, utilizing the front nine Tuscany West…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…