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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Kathy Smith A group of very hard workers from the PebbleCreek Singles group volunteered at St. Mary’s Food Bank. This is a place where families in need can shop for groceries. The setup is just like a grocery store where the recipients can pick out the groceries that they need. This eliminates giving them a…
Ellie Daly On Oct. 6, Haus Murphy’s restaurant in Glendale, Ariz., was converged upon by 40 PebbleCreek (PC) Singles celebrating the start of Oktoberfest. Fabulous food was offered with many choices, including giant 10–ounce Bavarian pretzels, potato pancakes, stuffed mushrooms, beef bratwurst, Italian sausages, Wiener schnitzel, Jager schnitzel, plus about any kind of schnitzel you…
Hikers Challenge Skyline Lynn Warren On Sept. 25, on one of the first hikes of the 2024-25 season, eight experienced “B” hikers got an early start at Buckeye’s Skyline Park and completed a 9.7-mile loop which encompassed three challenging climbs to Mountain Wash, Pyrite Summit and the north side of Turnbuckle, for a total elevation…
Kathleen Ripley Leo PebbleCreek Italian American Club meetings begin with the reciting of the pledge of allegiance, yet the pledge at our Sept. 11 meeting was even more solemn, in front of a lowered flag in honor of the over 3,000 individuals who perished in the terrorist attack at three locations in our country on…
Kathleen Ripley Leo Happy Halloween! On Oct. 9 Ken Minichiello greeted everyone, over 90 in attendance, dressed in his prison stripes in the Chianti Room. Looming around were The Grim Reaper aka Ron Olberding, who won best costume, Pharaoh, Queen of the Nile, cowboys, soldiers, vampires, witches, and even the Garretts where she was the…