Edna DeFord On Jan. 23, PebbleCreek Community Church (PCCC) celebrated Mission Sunday to recognize some of the people and organizations it supports, both locally and worldwide, throughout the year. While the COVID-19 pandemic forced plans for the day to be altered, the church was able to host Dr. Allan Sawyer, a physician volunteer with World…
Gillian Driscoll The PebbleCreek Ukulele Club has been asked to perform for the second time at the Glendale Folk Festival. The club last performed there in 2020. There was no festival in 2021. They will perform songs from the Hawaiian, Caribbean, and folk traditions. The Glendale Folk Festival, which is free and open to the…
PebbleCreek Bocce Ball Association Board February has always been midway in the winter league. We hope everyone is having a great time and meeting wonderful people. It’s now time to think about signing up for the spring bocce league. Registration begins on Feb. 1 and ends on Feb. 25. The spring bocce league starts on…
Laurie Farquhar Folk music returns to the Renaissance Theater this spring when ShowTime presents We’ll Sing in the Sunshine, a new musical revue celebrating this unique American genre. Three years ago, ShowTime’s production of This Land is Your Land provided a brief history of American folk music from the 1950s and 60s. This new revue, director…
Maureen Plate Again this year, volunteers will deliver Source Books to your home at the end of January or early February. Kare Bears is in the process of recruiting residents to assist in the distribution of the books. We have many residents who have volunteered for several years, but additional volunteers are needed, especially in…
Mimi Blythe Giving Back: The club’s annual Toys for Goodyear Kids was held on Dec. 4, and the club’s generosity again showed. This event was a huge success! With Santa Jim Miller and Engineer Martha Urbin, members filled the Christmas train to the brim with 1,200 children’s gifts for multiple ages. The Goodyear Fire Department arrived…
Laurie Farquhar Grab your martini glass and get ready to laugh out loud when the whole gang from the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital comes to PebbleCreek this spring. PebbleCreek Players is presenting an original production called Remembering M*A*S*H, and it will feature all of your favorite characters from the award-winning television show, including Hawkeye…
Linda Rowe and Cynthia Schwartz PebbleCreek veterans were honored at an appreciation luncheon on Nov. 10, in the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. Recipients ranged from those engaged in active combat to those who were stationed in the U.S. to support our troops abroad. Some veterans were wounded in Vietnam, others were on peacekeeping missions during the Cold…
Diane Piehl It’s concert week, and the PebbleCreek Singers are ready to put you in the holiday spirit. Santa (a la Jerry Drake) is working hard, along with his elves (the talented section leaders Bev Griggs, Chris Barlow, Mary Gangl, and Nancy Gustafson) to make it an evening to remember. About those elves; they each spend…
Susan Kice When one has an idea, and it comes to fruition, it is so gratifying. Such was the case with Steve Jensen. Last spring, Steve thought, “Why don’t we create a Christmas CD using only PebbleCreek residents?” And that’s what he did. He contacted various individuals and groups in the community who are well…