Christmas Spirit in the Desert

Lynn Warren Is it a glacier or snowbank? No, the setting for the picture is an impressive outcropping of quartz in nearby Estrella Mountain Regional Park just across the Gila River, a short distance south of PebbleCreek. This park offers a wide range of trails that can be combined to create a custom hike through…

PebbleCreek Artists’ Holiday Fest Is Almost Here!

Karen S. Giles The holiday season has started and the PebbleCreek Artists’ Holiday Fest is here to take the stress out of holiday shopping! Amazing, one-of-a-kind pieces of artwork will be for sale on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Creative Arts Center in Tuscany Falls. PebbleCreek has many talented artists…

PCSSA’s 28th Season Gets Underway

Fred Dresser On Saturday, Oct. 22, the PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) began its 28th season of play with 22 teams and more than 250 players, managers, coaches, and assistants. Twenty-eight years of softball and it seems that it was only yesterday that a group of guys approached Ed Robson and convinced him that “if he…

PebbleCreek Quilters Salute PebbleCreek Veterans

Linda Rowe PebbleCreek veterans representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines were honored at an appreciation luncheon sponsored by the PebbleCreek Quilters Club on Nov. 10, 2022. The 20 recipients ranged from those who served in active and active reservee status stationed in the U.S. to those engaged in active combat abroad. Honorees served in…

Special Santa Claus Woodcarvings for Family Members

Cynthia Schwartz Before moving to PebbleCreek, Bjarne Kaer had been “fiddling around with little woodcarving projects.” Every year since the 1990s, he carved a Santa Claus for his wife Pat. This summer, Bjarne said, “I got a bee in my bonnet.” He joined the PebbleCreek Woodcarving Club and undertook a project to carve a special…