Grant Hachmann At O’darkthirty (6:30 a.m. to be precise) on March 25, 17 members of the Arizona Flats Bicycling Group began their ninth annual 100 mile bike ride. Although a tad dark, the weather was a bicyclist’s dream. It was cool and cloudy and no wind. Arizona Flats is a road riding group consisting mostly…
Carole Schumacher On Saturday, April 8, forty-six Unit 43A PebbleCreekers showed up in full force to prepare Manna Rice Packs for Feed My Starving Children (FMSC). Each manna pack contains rice, soy protein, dried vegetables and vitamins and must weigh between 380 and 400 grams. As volunteers, we wore hairnets and had numerous responsibilities including…
Traci Baker Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May, this year, Saturday, May 20. It falls near the end of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May and ends on the third Sunday of May. It has been established to honor all of those who went through…
Pat Kaer The PebbleCreek Lady Niners held the annual Member-Member Tournament at Tuscany Falls on March 21 and 22. This event, chaired by Sally Melzow and Cidnee Lusk, was a two-day event, which included a putting contest, raffle prizes, door prizes and lunch on both days. Two-member teams competed in a scramble format on the…
Lynn Matousek Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Citrine, Amethyst, Turquoise and even a couple of diamonds in the rough were the jewels of the three-day PCLGA Member/Guest Tournament held on April 2, 3 and 4, 2017. Jewels of the Desert was the theme of this gem of a tournament. The hard work of Chairperson Cheryl Skummer, Vice-Chair…
Lynne Carlyle For the fourth year in a row, the PebbleCreek ladies 4.0 tennis team, Racquettes, placed first in the West Valley Senior Tennis League. This year’s commanding win boasts a record of 32 wins with only four losses. Six participant teams from the Surprise area, along with PebbleCreek, played a highly competitive double round…