Category: December 2016

FFF @ Flavors

George Warden Some members of Flair Friendship Fun Club in PebbleCreek and their guest enjoyed lunch at the Flavors of Louisiana Restaurant in Avondale. The Cajun style food was a wonderful delight. They have added a private dining room which allowed us to eat, drink and be merry, Cajun style. FFF members from Louisiana said…

Republican Club Veterans Day Honor Program

Color Guard left to right: Art Day - Coast Guard, Ron Lord - Air Force, Ken Semmler - Navy, Mary Ahrens – Marines, Gene Mahler – Army, Charlie Kice - Navy

Liz Gibson The sold out seventh annual Republican Club’s Patriotic Event and Dinner in Honor of PebbleCreek Republican Veterans was a very moving evening filled with inspirational speakers and our never to be forgotten veterans. Held Thursday, November 3 in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom, the extensive program began with a welcome from President Linda Migliore,…

Ski Club ready for season

Left to right: Ted McGovern, Lynn Warren, Rose Geller, Carol and Jim Jarvis, Sheryl Henke and David Shenton and Lou Geller enjoying great conditions at Big Sky in February, 2016.

Lynn Warren Temperatures have been above average for most of the fall but skiers are eagerly awaiting the beginning of a new ski season. PebbleCreek doesn’t have a ski club but many PebbleCreek skiers belong to Valley of the Sun Ski Club (VSSC) which is open to all skiers and is a short drive on…

LifeLong Learning Co-Chairs win Kare Bear Founder’s Award

Dennis DeFrain and Phyllis Minsuk of LifeLong Learning were the recipients of the Kare Bears Founders Award.

Susan Knox Wilson Dennis DeFrain and Phyllis Minsuk, co-chairs of PebbleCreek’s LifeLong Learning organization, are the joint recipients of the 2016 Kare Bears Founder’s Community Service Award. The award was presented at the Kare Bears annual fall luncheon. Dennis and Phyllis have been active members of LifeLong Learning – formerly called the Education Club –…

Renaissance Theater hearing loop goes live!

Susan Knox Wilson Our newly renovated Renaissance Theater boasts a myriad of marvelous enhancements, but for many theater-goers the most wondrous addition is the new hearing loop system that has been installed. The Renaissance Theater now has a hearing aid compatible loop system which delivers sound that’s customized by one’s hearing aids for one’s own…

PCLGA Cholla league 2016-2017 teams

Back row: Liz Mitchell, Judy Hauser, Debbie Sayre, Joanne Pollock (co-captain); middle row: Lynda Bronzetti, Cindy Sota, Marilyn Williams, Carolyn Suttles, Judy Newell (captain), Vicki McLaughlin, Nancy Kyle; front row: Cathy Schafer, Ingried Sigovich (not pictured: Donna Monk, Sharma Fleming, Carolyn Apodaca, Carol Sanders)

Lynn Matousek The following members of the PCLGA were chosen from the sign-up sheet in May 2016 to be on the Cholla League teams for 2016-2017: Eagle’s Nest Team: Judy Newell, captain, Joanne Pollock, co-captain, Liz Mitchell, Lynda Bronzetti, Cindy Sota, Judy Hauser, Carolyn Apodaca, Donna Monk, Debbie Sayre, Nancy Kyle, Marilyn Williams, Sharma Fleming, Carolyn…

Non-Sanctioned Duplicate Bridge

Gillian Greenwood Non-sanctioned Duplicate Bridge is played in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest on Monday at 12:30 p.m. 10/03: N/S 1st John Macdonald and Jean Goodin; 2nd Kay Baumann and Jean Edwards; 3rd Kevin and Fran McManus E/W 1st Sharon and Dwight Emery; 2nd Judy Nelson and Alice Jackse; 3rd Libby Patterson and Pat…

Bridge Results

Many of the group opted to wear their Halloween costumes

Kathy Bergman Many players attended the annual A.S.U. Horn O’Plenty sectional and NLM Regional in October. Congratulations to the players winning points. Players strive very hard to reach their goals; we want to give big congratulations to Mault Mathias for reaching his life master. On October 31, Halloween, our bridge club had a very nice…

PC Hiking Club Diary

PebbleCreek Hiker reaches rare milestone Pete Williams On October 27, on a hike in the Superstition Mountains, Lynn Warren became only the third hiker in club history to reach the 5,000 mile level. Lynn has been a member since May 2011. And he is the fastest to reach this milestone – taking only five and…