Lynn Warren The photo of the month for September is a pleasing landscape by club president Keith Cunningham while on vacation earlier this summer. The location is a valley in northern Portugal where grapes are grown which are used to produce Port wine. The vineyards are found along the banks of the Douro River (seen…
Lezlee Leonardi, Education Coordinator Want to be a potter and play with clay? Ever thought about building pieces you can give as gifts or display in your home? If so, the Pottery Sculpture Club of PebbleCreek will be offering an Intro to Pottery class on Saturday, Oct. 18, followed by a three-day series of Beginner…
Dava Esman In spring, eight members of the PebbleCreek Quilt Club (PCQ) learned to make the Dancing Plus block. According to teacher and pattern designer, Jan Ochterbeck, this is “a cute, chubby little Plus Sign block that dances across the quilt. Blocks are made oversized and trimmed down to tilt to the left or the…
David Zapatka Longtime friend, wordsmith, and fellow verbivore Bill Lewis recently sent me a summary of the Missouri State Games table tennis results where he presides as the grand master tournament director. He writes, “In a Johnny Quest race for first place in the Under 2100 division, there were 12 hardy corrivals.” Corrival—cor·ri·val noun 1:…
PebbleCreek resident Dave Kiesling completed a hiking milestone on July 16, 2025. He hiked a cumulative 13,000 miles on that date since Jan. 1, 2016. Dave has hiked alone because he prefers solitude. He likes to take pictures and hikes at his own pace. He has hiked national parks, national monuments, state parks, county parks,…
Eldon Gunderson Eldon Robert Gunderson of Goodyear, Ariz., passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. He was 92 years old. Eldon was born on Nov., 15, 1932, in Hyde County, S.D., to parents Robert and Violet Gunderson, who farmed and raised cattle outside of Highmore. Eldon was the oldest of three sons, followed by James and Gareld…