Category: December 2017

Folk Festival set for  April 22, 2018

Holly Carrier The Desert Rovers and Friends will be offering the community their almost-annual Folk Festival in April. This free event, offered most years since 2011, will again be at the Eagle’s Nest patio and restaurant beginning at 4:00 p.m. Food will be offered from the food cart and the bar will be open. More…

Woodcarvers Club starts new 2017-2018 season

Larry Matney The PebbleCreek Woodcarvers Club completed a Basics of Woodcarving class on October 25, 2017. The class was taught by Joel Hawkins (far right) and attended by (from left) Gary Switak, Jane Peacock and Larry Matney. During the class students carved and painted a pumpkin. The Woodcarvers Club meets in the Quail Room in…

Pet of The Month

Jim Ellison My new name is “Big Mac” and I will be spending Christmas in m.ery first forever home with my new mom, Jean Dean, on 162nd Avenue. My past life is one I would like to forget. A kind stranger found me wandering the Phoenix streets with raw, painful burns from someone pouring acid…

HOA year-end holiday schedule

Pat Ingalls Here are closures of HOA offices and facilities for the Christmas and New Year holidays: Administration, Architectural and Landscape and Resident and Guest Services – Closed Monday and Tuesday, December 25 and 26 and Monday, January 1 Activities Office – Close at noon Friday, December 22 and Friday, December 29; Closed Monday and…

Donations being accepted for Armed Forces Display Cabinet

Joy Hertz, Administrative Assistant to the General Manager In the courtyard outside the Activities Office is a glass display cabinet dedicated to the Armed Forces. As part of a staff effort to refurbish the cabinet, we are soliciting donations of small military memorabilia to be placed in the cabinet. Depending on the number of donations,…

Chic Boutique event helps feed locals

The Chic Boutique event, held November 1, saw record numbers of resident attendees this year. As in year’s past, in lieu of ticket payments, the PebbleCreek Activities Office asked event-goers to donate canned or boxed food items to gain entry into the popular annual shopping event. This year the Chic Boutique raised 1,386 pounds of…

Holiday Art Show and Sale

Gretchen Olberding The holidays are coming early this year at The Wigwam Resort! On Saturday, December 9, The Wigwam Artists in Residence, including PebbleCreek residents Charlene Romanos and Gretchen Olberding, will have a special holiday show and sale of original artwork and jewelry. This will be the fifth season for the Artists in Residence program…