State Parties

Wisconsin Party Pat Jensen Oktoberfest begins on Feb. 23, 2020 at 3 p.m. at the Tuscany Falls Ballroom. New theme, new price, new way to buy tickets, live music. You don’t want to miss it. The menu includes: Jagerschnitzel topped with a hunter’s style mushroom sauce, cider marinated grilled bratwurst served with warm buns and…

Word of the Month: Shungite-fullerenes

David Zapatka Shungite-fullerenes: a unique combination of carbon and silicate minerals found in an ancient deposit in Karelia, Russia. Friend and fellow wisdom seeker book club member, Sandria (Joy) Valente, gave me a special gift recently—a shungite-fullerenes rock. I had never heard of these before. Joy explained shungite-fullerenes rocks have special properties and are called…

Janice Goodwin scores hole-in-one at Eagle’s Nest

Pat Kaer PebbleCreek Ladies Niners Golf Association (PCL9GA) member, Janice Goodwin, scored a hole-in-one on Oct. 20, at Eagle’s Nest hole number 8. She used a 7-iron for the 105-yard shot. She was playing with her Sunday couples golf group. Her husband, Rick, and Rich and Bonnie Elliott watched with her as the ball went into…

Out of this world experience

Ken Minichiello There was no better place to have an “out of this world experience” than at the Dinner Under the Stars with Gene Fioretti. The event was sponsored by the PebbleCreek Italian American Club on Friday, Nov. 1. What looked like a converted hot water tank, this huge refractor Dobsonian scope allowed us to…