Category: December 2014

Easy Goers Golf Group celebrates three decade birthdays

Carol Hahn On Tuesday, October 28 fourteen members of the Easy Goers Golf Group met at the home of Deb Clark to celebrate three decade birthdays. Those honored were Willa Dorn, Ann Steiner and Nancy Treece. Front row: Deb Fox, Willa Dorn, Marlene Ziemniak, Dede Harrington, Diane Brown, Judy Bihary and Ann Steiner. Back row:…

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…

Attn: University of Minnesota alumni and friends

University of Minnesota Alumni and friends will have a holiday luncheon party with entertainment on Friday, December 12, 2014, in the Patio Room at Briarwood Country Club, 20800 N. 135th Avenue in Sun City West.  12:00 Check in and happy hour are at noon followed by 1:00 p.m. lunch and a 2:00 p.m. program. Cost…

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…

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…

We had a blast (Off)!

The Rovin’ Pebbles are turned into Martians!

Michael Zeman On Wednesday, October 1 several members of the Rovin’ Pebbles RV Club took off on our Sky, Space, Outer Space themed caravan. The rest joined us in Albuquerque. With everyone reuniting over a pizza dinner, we had a presentation from fellow PebbleCreeker Bill Armstrong. Bill is a hot air balloon pilot offering services…

Attn: Must read news from the Art Club

Sherri Heitz Are you new to PebbleCreek? Are you interested in learning to paint or draw? Do you already paint in any medium? What about photography or abstract art? How about advanced classes in oil, pastels, colored pencil, or watercolor? So far we have no one to teach classes in photography—for photographing your own pictures…

Kare Bears’ Korner – December 2014

Kare Bears volunteers enjoy lunch at West Valley Hospital.

West Valley Hospital tour On Thursday, November 6, 2014, West Valley Hospital hosted the first Kare Bears group of PebbleCreek residents for a tour of their facilities. Our group was greeted in the main lobby by West Valley Hospital representatives. Our first stop on the tour was the new Level One Trauma Center. Hospital representatives…