Bocce updates

Carolyn Rota, PR To help you plan for next year’s play, we are providing you with the following information. 2019 Fall League play starts on Tuesday, Oct. 1, and ends Friday, Dec. 6. 2019–20 Winter League: Early Registration: Turn in the filled-out forms and waivers to Angela Petter, Registrar, 623-215-3146 by Nov. 29. Regular Registration: Monday,…

Enjoying the art of flower arranging

Jeff Wilson On July 15, twelve women transformed store bought fresh flowers into beautiful arrangements under the direction of floral designer Kim Corbel. The ladies came to class with assortments of fresh cut flowers, a vase of their choosing and a desire to learn. Kim provided the encouragement and step-by-step instructions on how to turn…

Bruce Carlyle: 210 and counting

Bruce Carlyle displays mementos of shooting his age or better 210 times.

Howie Tiger On June 22, Bruce Carlyle reached a milestone that very few golfers can even imagine. At age 76, he shot his age (or better) for the 200th time. This is an amazing accomplishment as it has been estimated that the percentage of golfers who ever shoot their age even once is .0000089% or…

Art For Sale

Pastel still life by Nancy Stifter.

Charlene Romanos Artists are creators, designers, and fabricators, who work in every medium from paint to photography, pencils to clay, oil, acrylic, watercolors, and everything in between. When you purchase a piece of art from the artist, you are buying much more than just an object or painting. You are buying a vision from their…

Jewish High Holiday schedule

Brenda Hyman Mark your calendars! September 30: Rosh Hashanah 10:00 a.m. Tuscany Ballroom. October 8: Kol Nidre 6:00 p.m. Tuscany Ballroom. October 9: Yom Kippur 9:30 a.m. Tuscany Ballroom. How amazing is it that we have annual services here in PebbleCreek? Yes, yes…this is our eleventh year. Rabbi David Mayer presides and we all come…

Hikers escape triple digits

Left to right: Neal Wring, Pete Williams, Wayne McKinney, Mary Hill, Barb Schaepe, Marilyn Reynolds, Dave Ausman (“Ausy”), Lynn Warren (photographer), Clare Bangs, and Dennis Zigmunt pausing for a cool selfie in West Clear Creek.

Lynn Warren How do hikers escape triple-digit temperatures in the valley? Well, one popular way is to head for higher elevation so on July 18, a combination of ten “B” and “C” hikers headed for West Clear Creek, a few miles southeast of Camp Verde. The “B” hike was a relatively easy ten miles RT…