Gillian Driscoll PebbleCreek Ukulele Club has been meeting throughout the summer with smaller numbers, and we are looking forward to the return of our winter season members from cooler climes. We meet every Thursday, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., in the Palm Room at Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse. We play all kinds of music from the…
Jerry Briner Join the PebbleCreek Ballroom Dance Club in a summer close out dance. A tropical theme is planned, so come relax and dance to salsa, rhumba, and cha cha tunes. There will be the standard ballroom dance assortment of waltz, fox trot, swing, etc. on the programmed music selections as well. We invite all…
Jim Padgitt During June and July, PebbleCreek Billiard Club members launched a new series of six weekly round-robin 8-Ball tournaments, created especially for PC B-Class (average and above average skill levels) pool players. Tournament winner of the summer season concluding July 11 was Al Vence, who won 4 of the 6 weekly tournaments and captured…
Dr. Joseph Bessing, resident of PebbleCreek Please let me introduce myself to those who do not know me. I am Dr. Joseph Bessing. You may have met my partner, Kathy Pevonka, and I on the dance floor at either of our ballrooms. We belong to the PebbleCreek (PC) Ballroom Dance Club where Kathy has been…
David Zapatka Many people believe pickleball was named after founder Joel Pritchard’s dog who was named Pickles. Not true! Joel Pritchard’s son, Frank, recently came clean about the real reason the sport was named pickleball. It was a hot July afternoon on Bainbridge Island, Wash., in 1965 and 13-year-old Frank Pritchard was bored. He whined…
Claudia Clarkson T.T.T. AZ Chapter P is excited to start our new season with our first regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday, Sept. 15 at 10 a.m., in the Sienna Room at the Tuscany Falls Clubhouse. In September, we will be organizing our annual poinsettia fundraiser. Our chapter has been selling poinsettias to PebbleCreek residents since…