Pickleball Player/Volunteer of the Month

Steven Schaefer changing light bulbs at the pickleball courts.

Cynthia Schwartz Steven was born and raised in Seattle, Wash. Growing up, Steven spent summers at his grandfather’s cabin in the San Juan Islands. He enjoyed scuba diving, hiking, playing ping-pong, waterskiing in 45-degree water, flying homemade kites, and fishing for salmon. Steven was a pole vaulter, played soccer, and embarked on his journey to…

PebbleCreek Tennis: Dottie Kiley “The Rock”

Front center: Charlie Hunt, Dottie Kiley, and Susan Hunt. From left to right: Bert Miller, Sally Ward, Judy Gaines, Susie Malone, Donna Armbruster, Karen Lodico, Jo Terry, Jude Tarkowski, and Norma Whitley.

Norma Whitley On a beautiful fall day, the PebbleCreek Stingers tennis team caravanned to Dottie Kiley’s home for a visit. This moment has been a long time coming due to setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dottie Kiley is the captain of the Stingers tennis team. This is not an easy job, since it requires…

Tennis Player of the Month: Dan Schimmelpfennig

Dan Schimmelpfennig

Dennis Whitley As a young man, tennis was not Dan Schimmelpfennig’s sport of choice. Dan was a 220 lb. high school football star who received multiple scholarship offers to play football in college. One of the scholarship offers he turned down was to the University of Alabama. No one knows if Dan would have been another…