The Comity Advisors: Stevan St. Augustin, Roberta Medina, George Warden, Beverly Kim, Roger Wong, Mary Thomas Homo Sapiens, our species, despite physical differences such as skin color, have very similar genetics. Recent analyses of many samples of DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid show that humans are 99.9% identical. Genetics has been used to label and separate…
Features, August 2018
Building bridges
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
The International Travel Club offers Oberammergau, 2020 and other trips in 2018-2019
Cindy Watty All PebbleCreekers (and their friends) are welcome to join us on any of our upcoming trips. The Oberammergau Passion Play was first performed in 1634 and it is the result of a vow made by the inhabitants of the village that if God spared them from the effects of the bubonic plague then sweeping…
Sports, August 2018
PCLGA players win at Copper Canyon Golf Club
Deanna Mendiola On July 9 the Ladies Arizona Summer Survivor Invitational (LASSI) league held the second, two-person best-ball tournament of the season at Copper Canyon Golf Club, Sun City Festival, Buckeye. The event was a full field of 58, two-person teams and the PebbleCreek Ladies Golf Association (PCLGA) was represented by nine teams: Geanie Aldridge/Judi…
Generals, August 2018
Bringing joy to African children
Inge Chapman and Edna DeFord Inge Chapman and Edna DeFord, members of PebbleCreek Community Church, recently returned from a Samaritan’s Purse mission trip to Uganda, Africa. Working with a team of other volunteers, they distributed Operation Christmas Child [OCC] shoe boxes to children in 15 different locations in and around the city of Kampala, Uganda.…
Generals, August 2018
Election Essentials
Susan Knox Wilson The August 31 deadline is fast approaching for community-minded leaders to declare their candidacy for the PebbleCreek Homeowners Association Board of Directors. The HOA’s Election Committee is issuing a last call for forward thinking leaders interested in running in a fall election. The volunteer position is for a two-year term beginning January…
Features, August 2018
2 Your Health: Physical Therapy vs. Oploids for pain management
AZOPT Physical Therapists According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sales of prescription opioids have quadrupled in the United States, even though “there has not been an overall change in the amount of pain that Americans report.” In response to a growing opioid epidemic, the CDC released opioid prescription guidelines in March…