In Passing

Lucretia Lou Nalan Gourley Lucretia Lou Nalan Gourley passed away on Oct. 15, 2020, in hospice care in the comfort of her own home in Goodyear, Ariz. Born Jan. 18, 1933 in Mason City, Iowa, she was the youngest of eight children born to John Patrick Nalan and Marguerite Lucretia Helm. Lucretia was known by…

Pickleball Players Celebrate Halloween

Ghosts visit PebbleCreek pickleball courts

Cynthia Schwartz On Oct. 31, PebbleCreek pickleball players celebrated Halloween at the courts. Players dressed up in costume and decorated the common areas with blow-up ghosts and pumpkins. Everyone had fun as they tried to guess who was behind the mask. Comments heard on the court: * “We are fun people and love to dress…

Hiking Club Diary

Club members (left to right): Ann Rohlman (hike leader), Dave Schuldt, Wayne McKinney, Pete Williams, Jim Gillespie, Kay Thomas, and Dennis Zigmunt (Photo by Dana Thomas)

Hiking Club Visits the Black Canyon Trail Dana Thomas The PebbleCreek Hiking Club often hikes various sections of the Black Canyon Trail (BCT). The BCT is a long-distance single track bicycle trail paralleling highway I-17 that was designated as a National Recreation Trail in 2008. Club members hiked the Bob Bentley segment, which is the…

PCSSA Ramps Up for Their 26th Season

2020 board members (left to right): Treasurer Tom Bose, Director of Field Maintenance Jan Hangen, President Dawn Hangen, Director of Marketing Tom Bachmann, Secretary Fred Dresser, Director of League Personnel Doug Wainwright, and Vice President Derry Davison

Fred Dresser The PebbleCreek Senior Softball Association (PCSSA) conducted their player draft in September and started making plans for opening their 26th season of play. In February, they were thrown a curve ball from the COVID-19 situation and had to cut their silver anniversary season short and eliminate the spring season. The Field of Dreams underwent…

Camera Club Meeting Set for December 21

A beautiful example of wildlife photography by December presenter Adriana Greisman.

Lynn Warren The Camera Club continues to follow COVID protocol and will conduct meetings via Zoom for the next few months. November’s meeting featured an interesting presentation on Abstract Photography by Lisa Langell, an award-winning photographer. For December, join us as Adriana Greisman takes us on a photographic journey through Tanzania and South Africa (Dec. 21 at…