Irish-American Club news – January 2015

Co-chairs Anne Engels and Barbara Risden are seen with Father Christmas John Harguindeguy at the IAC Christmas party.

John Flynn The PebbleCreek Irish-American Club added twenty new members this year. Many of them joined over one hundred others for the annual Christmas party at the Chianti Room hosted by Anne Engels, Barbara Risden and Virginia Thompson. The evening included a delicious served dinner with DJ Pat McCrossan providing Irish music during dinner and…

PebbleCreek Quilters – One lucky winner

Nancy Giebel wins the Opportunity Quilt raffle.

Ronda Jones In 2014 Cathy Howell accepted the challenge of creating an Opportunity Quilt that the club could use to sell raffle tickets at various venues during the year. The funds received from these sales are used to finance the making of Charity Quilts. Cathy chose a design called Smokey River. The drawing was held…

The Incrediibles were incredible

Joe and Linda Avery, Nick and Hanna Pomeranz, Diane and Rudy Talts

Rudy Talts The WII bowling 2014 fall season in PebbleCreek has concluded. Approximately 180 residents were involved in the two leagues, Twilight and Evening. The leagues operated for approximately 10 weeks. You may have heard the laughter and shouting coming from the Tuscany Clubhouse on Wednesday late afternoon and evening. The Commissioner for this stimulating…

Congratulations Norma Whitley

Norma Whitley with Dan D. Creeker

Vickie Hamilton The winner of the Name the ‘Little Dude’ Contest was honored at the November 19, 2014, HOA Board of Directors meeting. The winner, Norma Whitley, proudly pinned Dan D. Creeker with his new name tag. Congratulations, Norma! About 130 entries were received in the contest! President of PCHOA Board of Directors, John Kiekbusch, presented…

Goodbye pain; hello tennis

After a one night hospital stay and a few weeks of physical therapy, Robert McAllister is back on the tennis court—pain free.

Reprinted with permission from HealthBeat, a publication of the John C. Lincoln Health Network “When it comes to quality of life I feel like I’ve done a complete 180 in the last 10 months,” said Robert McAllister, a part time Valley resident. “I feel so great now that it’s hard to even remember the pain…