Diana Horton-Smith Is the Fall 2025 Artist of the Season The PebbleCreek Art Club takes great pleasure in awarding Diana Horton-Smith our Fall Artist of the Season. Diana is an active member of the club, serving as VP, Membership for several years and, as a resident instructor, teaching a fun class called “Mindful Doodling,” which…
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October 2025, Clubs & Classes
Join the Fun With the PebbleCreek Square Dance Club
Judy Freidman At this point in our lives we want to maintain our health. Square dancing not only improves cognitive function and balance but also physical fitness in a fun, creative environment. No dance experience is necessary. We have a professional instructor who will guide you every step of the way as well as graduates from…
October 2025, Clubs & Classes
Ceramics Club Featured Artist: Lana Raptoplous
Congratulations to the Ceramic Club’s Featured Artist, Lana Raptoplous. Lana has a longtime connection to PebbleCreek. She and her husband, Chris, were in the Phoenix area on business in 1997. They passed a billboard announcing “PebbleCreek Now Open!” and decided to stop by and check out the models and community. As so often happens, the following…
October 2025, Clubs & Classes
Introduction to Ceramics
Interested in trying something new and creative? This class gives you the opportunity to try a new craft and see if it’s for you. Introduction to Ceramics offers you the basics of how to clean greenware and how to paint or glaze it as a final, fired piece! When you come back to pick it…
October 2025, Front Page
Learn How to Play Tennis
Barbara Camozzi, Communications Director As the summer heat starts to fade, PebbleCreek tennis is gearing up for great fun and activities. To get you started, we are offering an Introduction to Tennis clinic. The clinic runs for six weeks for 90 minutes each Monday, starting on Nov. 3, and is led by our PC Tennis Pro Charlie…
September 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: What Holds Players from Reaching Their Full Potential
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Why are many of the top 100 professional players in the world ranked there year after year, while many other great players never achieve that upper level of success? It is the same reason why most of the top amateur league and tournament players are ranked at the top year after…
Clubs & Classes, September 2025
PebbleCreek Square Dance Club Classes
Judy Freidman At this point in our lives it isn’t easy to find something new to learn, but the PebbleCreek Square Dance Club is here to help. If you can walk you can square dance! Last session we had 46 graduates. Many are returning to keep learning and will be there to help out in…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Intro to Pottery and Beginner Pottery Classes
Lezlee Leonardi, Education Coordinator Want to be a potter and play with clay? Ever thought about building pieces you can give as gifts or display in your home? If so, the Pottery Sculpture Club of PebbleCreek will be offering an Intro to Pottery class on Saturday, Oct. 18, followed by a three-day series of Beginner…
September 2025, Clubs & Classes
Dancing Shoes Not Required—Quilters Create Dancing Plus Quilt
Dava Esman In spring, eight members of the PebbleCreek Quilt Club (PCQ) learned to make the Dancing Plus block. According to teacher and pattern designer, Jan Ochterbeck, this is “a cute, chubby little Plus Sign block that dances across the quilt. Blocks are made oversized and trimmed down to tilt to the left or the…
September 2025, Generals
HOA Office and Facility Hours for Labor Day
HOA Communications Team Please mark your calendar for the upcoming Labor Day holiday HOA office and facility hours: Activities Office, Administration, Architectural and Landscape Committee Office, and Resident and Guest Services * CLOSED Monday, Sept. 1 Community Services Patrol Department * Office CLOSED Monday, Sept. 1 * Patrollers and main gate greeters on duty Creative…