Bill Kyle, Community Services Patrol Dispatched Alarms All Other 10 All Facilities locked at night 31 All Facilities unlocked AM 31 Animal Rules Leash 2 Animals Lost & Found 3 Animals Misc. 2 Auto Accidents 1 Barking Dog 10 Broken Gate Arms 3 Buildings Checked 31 Damage to Property 1 Dead Animal Pickup 12 Debris on Road 9 Disabled Vehicle 2 Disturbance 6 Dust Dirt Complaint 1 Escort Guest/Homeowner 3 Flag and…
Category: December 2022
Generals, December 2022
Give Laughter for Christmas
Teri Sellers The PebbleCreek Alzheimer’s Support Group is available to all residents who have a loved one with Alzheimer’s or dementia. We meet twice a month for a breakfast social and a support group meeting. Our goal is to provide support and information to families that are caring for a loved one with dementia. The…
Generals, December 2022
PebbleCreek Libraries’ Guidelines
Susan Kice Eagle’s Nest and Tuscany Falls both have “lending libraries” located in the respective clubhouses. The libraries are staffed by a team of volunteers who donate their time and effort to keep your libraries up-to-date and orderly, while providing a quiet place to read, study, work on puzzles, etc. Therefore anything that counters these…
Generals, December 2022
PebbleCreek Community Invited to Winter Wonderland Dinner Dance
Alisa Moore The PebbleCreek Community is invited to a holiday dinner dance on Dec. 15 at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. Your evening begins with socializing and enjoying appetizers from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. in the beautifully decorated area outside the ballroom. You’ll be seated by 6:30 p.m. for the dinner of your choice with wine…
Features, December 2022
2 Your Health: Physical Therapy and the Baby Boomers
Ryann Roberts, DPT, Owner and Doctor of Physical Therapy, Arizona Orthopedic Physical Therapy (AzOPT) Physical therapists play an important role in restoring and improving motion in people’s lives. Nobody understands this more than the active adult community. As we age, we lose flexibility, strength, and balance—which makes staying fit after 50 challenging for even the…
Features, December 2022
Remembering Woolworth’s at Christmas
Robert Hover During the month of December, Woolworth’s became a holiday mecca for the budget-conscious family and a fantasy of tree angels, fragile glass ornaments, tinsel, foil garlands, glitter pine cones, nativity figures, and wooden Hanukkah dreidels. The original F.W. Woolworth Christmas catalogs featured beautifully illustrated watercolor covers, offering everything from Gene Autry holster sets to…
Features, December 2022
U.S. Military History: Unrecognized Heroes
Ross Dunfee When you hear your service-song played and you were in that branch of military service, please stand and be recognized. And so, the song goes, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and now Space Force. In turn, veterans of each branch of military service stand, the audience appropriately applauds the veterans, and…
Features, December 2022
Word of the Month: Run
David Zapatka Reader Carmela Hopkins writes, “Every month I look for your column in the Splash. Have you considered an article on the word ‘run?’ You’re on a run. I mean roll.” There are more definitions of this word than any word I have researched. Here are a few. Run verb a. to go faster than…
Clubs & Classes, December 2022
Computer Club Meetings Begin Next Month
Dan Phelka The PebbleCreek Computer Club resumes its weekly seasonal instructional meetings on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 at 4:15 p.m. (until about 5:45 p.m.) in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom. During the season (three months long), we will explain many Windows 11 and Windows 10 features and settings and show how to personalize your computer and…
Clubs & Classes, December 2022
The Irish American Club Is Ready to Deck the Ballroom with Boughs of Holly
Amy Volstromer December means it is time to “deck the Tuscany Falls Ballroom with boughs of holly” and get our members ready for one of their favorite events of the year, the Irish American Club Holly Ball. This year’s Holly Ball will be held on Dec. 9. The event is for club members only and…