Pat Atkinson Pat Atkinson and LuJean Anderson are your 2014 coordinators. September Dinner Bunch date is September 30, 2014. We have changed the location to Carrabba’s Italian Grill on W. McDowell Road in Avondale, Arizona, near Costco. We will visit Oreganos when it gets built. Please contact Pat Atkinson at 623-536-4830 or atkinsonpw@aol.com to make…
Art Sloane The Defense Health Agency, relying on medical laboratory experts and existing authority to conduct medical “demonstrations,” will restore TRICARE coverage this month for up to 40 genetic tests used in patient care. Many of these laboratory-developed tests-—also called molecular pathology tests—-are viewed as medically necessary. But TRICARE had stopped reimbursing for more than…
Pete Williams On July 17 seven members of the PebbleCreek Hiking Club braved the summer heat by hiking along the Doe Springs Segment of the Black Canyon Trail just north of Anthem. Left to right: Pete Williams, Bill Halte, Neal Wring, Clare Bangs, Barb Boullear, Jim Gillespie and Lynn Warren (photographer). The club does hikes…
Pete Williams The Pebble Creek Hiking Club did a hike in LaBarge Canyon in the Superstition Mountains on July 21. This one turned out to be more boulder hopping (notice the background) than our typical trails. Hikers that day included: Neal Wring, Clare Bangs, Ed Bobigian, Lynn Warren (photographer), Pete Williams and Bill Halte. The…
Rudy Talts Once again Thanksgiving in July was held on one of the hottest days of our July summer. These circumstances made us all very appreciative of the real Thanksgiving event later in the year. Fortunately this year’s T in J event beat last year’s haboob in July by one day. Most of the members…
The PebbleCreek Al-Anon family group, which has been meeting on Tuesday evenings in the Capri Room, will be moving the meeting to St. Peter’s Episcopal Church on Old Litchfield Road beginning in October. The first meeting will be on October 7 at 7:00 p.m. Al-Anon is a program to support friends and family members of…