Art Sloane Did you know that you can make a contribution to a statewide charity to support homeless and in need veterans and reduce your taxes? The qualifying charitable tax credit is a dollar for dollar reduction of your tax liability and it is better than a tax deduction and is available to all Arizona…
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Features, December 2014
Have you seen these guys?
The guys in the PebbleRock band, all members of PebbleCreek, have been very busy since everyone got back into town in October. They have played at several private parties, twice at Augie’s, and at Goodyear Park. They were a big hit at the Pickleball party and they played twice at the Hot Rod Car Show…
Features, December 2014
In Passing – December 2014
Patricia Anne Barton Patricia Anne Barton, age 72, left this life and went to be with her Lord and Savior at 11:51 a.m. on October 14 in her home in PebbleCreek in Goodyear, Arizona. She passed away after a six year battle with lung cancer. Her husband of 32 years and her brother were with…
Features, December 2014
Resident publishes Chief Justice: A Supreme Court Insider’s Novel
PebbleCreek resident Doug McFarland has recently published Chief Justice: A Supreme Court Insider’s Novel. It gives an inside, intimate and accurate view of life inside the Supreme Court of the United States (such as lunch in the Justices’ private dining room, the police officer who catches the robes flung in his direction as the Justices…
Features, December 2014
Resident publishes forty-first article
John Wojtowicz has written an article titled Calculation of Aqueous Calcium Carbonate Scaling Potential via a Modified Langelier Equation that was published in The Analyst, which is a peer reviewed journal devoted to water treatment and technology. The article deals with development of an algorithm based on the chemistry and thermodynamics of the scaling process that allows…
Features, December 2014
All in the Family – December 2014
Kathy Bates David Freed, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and the nephew of PebbleCreek resident Kathy Bates, will be appearing locally at a book signing for Voodoo Ridge, the latest installment in his Cordell Logan mystery series, on Saturday, December 27 beginning at 5:00 p.m. at the Poison Pen Bookstore in Scottsdale. Freed will be staying…
Features, December 2014
Pet of the Month – December 2014
Call me Princess! I’m called Princess. Most of the time Bill and Kay Jarrett (my people) think whoever named me had a very loose grip on reality. Maybe that’s because they didn’t know me when I was tiny. I’m a rescue dog. My early life was rough and tumble enough to make me leery of…
Features, December 2014
PebbleCreek author schedules book signing
Gail Kuester In spite of battling cancer and having double bypass surgery this year, Clarence Parker has completed his newest novel The Little Tree That Cried just in time for the holidays. After his last high powered mystery novel Shades of Glass, Clarence now provides the reader with a touch of prolific writing with a tale…
Features, December 2014
Employee of the Month: Jacinto Pastilles
Vickie Hamilton When the Eagle’s Nest kitchen closed in August for renovations, Jacinto Pastilles, the breakfast cook, was quick to volunteer to help Facilities with the renovation work. An eight year PebbleCreek employee, Jacinto is a favorite among PebbleCreeker breakfast clientele “who know when he’s not in the kitchen to fix their breakfast,” according to…
Features, December 2014
Spotlight on Advertiser – December 2014
The Charles Company Alice M. Schroeder The Charles Company participated in the annual Christmas Blanket Drive for soldiers. Blankets will be donated to Packages From Home who will mail them to our troops. This year the blankets will go to our troops in the mountains of Afghanistan or to other high elevations where temperatures at…