Donna Gillen On Nov. 13, our tournament director, Aquine Jackson, coordinated a Turkey Shoot tournament, along with a canned food drive to benefit St. Mary’s Food Bank. As luck would have it, the day was bright, the temperature perfect, and the newly resurfaced courts were ready for intense action. There were 14 teams competing for…
Jim Frey The Rotary Club of Goodyear PebbleCreek has announced plans for their foundation’s fifth annual Charity Golf Tournament and Golf Ball Drop. The event will be held at the PebbleCreek Tuscany Falls Golf Club at 16222 Clubhouse Drive, on Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022. Registration will be from 7:30 to 8 a.m., the golf ball…
Let me introduce myself. I’m Paula Gorbutt, a West Valley native and Medicare navigator. I was born and raised in the Avondale/Goodyear area and attended high school at Agua Fria. Aside from a few brief years in Texas, Utah, and California, I’ve lived here most of my life. My husband of more than 36 years…
Muriel Hiller Just Folks Association of PebbleCreek held its annual Kwanzaa Celebration on Monday, Dec. 6, in the Tuscany Ballroom with 180 masked people in attendance. As has been the practice, the celebration included a buffet breakfast. This year’s program included an African Marketplace where handmade artifacts from Ghana were sold throughout the three-hour celebration.…
Jeff Wilson What could be more interesting than a beautiful, handmade clay object? A beautiful, handmade clay object that makes a nice sound when shaken. So, a free one-day class to make beach stone rattles was offered to pottery club members. More one- and two-day classes will be taught in 2022. By joining the Pottery/Sculpture…
Linda Rowe Who knew that PebbleCreek quilter Carole Schumacher was a cow lover? It started when she was a teenager spending summers at her uncle’s Chesapeake, Va. dairy farm. Rising at 4 a.m. every morning, she washed 70 Herford cows’ udders and repeated the process each evening. Carole’s husband, Ken, was a North Dakota farm…