Lynn Warren The White Tank Mountains, just west of PebbleCreek, put on quite a colorful show this spring with lots of brittlebush, poppies, and other wildflowers, followed by outstanding saguaros in bloom. This Maricopa County regional park is a convenient treasure offering an impressive variety of terrain, scenery, and trails for PC hikers who hike…
Howie Tiger On April 6 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held a fundraising tournament with proceeds going to U.S.VETS-Phoenix. The event raised $7,170 for this worthy charity. Private donations were also made in person at the event in the amount of $1,656 for a total donated of $8,826. A total of 59 four-man teams…
The Men’s 55+ 4.5-5.0 team won the Arizona Pickleball Players League (APPL) State Championship for 2023. Captains are Alex Potapoff and Steve Schaefer, and team members are Greg Wellington, Howard Mendel, Kerry Krueger, Javier Barron, and, living outside PebbleCreek (PC), Todd Anderson, Brett Augsburger, and David Overmoyer. APPL league was started in 2012 here in…
Donna Gillen Imagine being at the symphony. The first note you hear is from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5; the trumpets blast with a powerful force! That is the experience this writer had watching the third Randy’s Rowdy Rascals Tournament. The first serve was a powerhouse, yet the return was just as powerful and with the gracefulness…
Howie Tiger On April 13 the PebbleCreek Men’s Golf Association (PCMGA) held a 4-man Stableford Points tournament where past PCMGA presidents were recognized for their service over the years. To date there have been 25 men who have served as president, three of whom have served two terms. The term runs from June 1 to…
Kathy Smith On a beautiful day in April a group from the PebbleCreek Singles Club took a tour of Mystery Castle. The castle was built in the 1930s by Boyce Luther Gulley for his daughter, Mary Lou. After learning he had tuberculosis, Gulley moved from Seattle to the Phoenix area and began building a three-story…
Jill Burnham and Dana West The Women’s Giving Circle (TWGC) of PebbleCreek (PC) heard from guest speaker, Leanne Leonard, executive director of Agua Fria Food and Clothing Bank, during their annual spring meeting in April. The TWGC membership was also given a recap of their efforts throughout the 2022-23 year, having made a decisive impact…
Lynn Warren Estrella Foothills is a close-in area south of PebbleCreek on Estrella Parkway, just east of the Estrella Foothills Community Park, which offers an abundance of trails that can be combined to provide hikes of different lengths and levels of difficulty. On March 16, eight “B” hikers completed a 7-mile, 1100-foot, figure 8 meander…
Howie Tiger On March 15, PebbleCreek held its 7th Annual Golf Equipment Drive to support First Tee—Phoenix. Donations were accepted at Tuscany Falls in the parking lot just outside the Pro Shop. This was our first post-COVID drive (2019 being our last one) and the persistent rain did not stop our residents from coming through…
Lynn Warren Each month the Camera Club selects a Photo of the Month and, for May, chose an impressive photo taken by club member Adriana Greisman, on a March outing in the San Carlos Apache Reservation east of Globe during this year’s “superbloom.” The reservation is renowned for its wildflowers and lived up to its…