PC Reads October Selection Is “The Briar Club” Kate Quinn “The Briar Club” is the powerful and haunting story of female friendships and secrets in a Washington, D.C., boarding house during the McCarthy era. Kate Quinn is the New York Times bestselling author of “The Diamond Eye” and “The Rose Code.” She is one of…
Get Tickets for ‘The Sweet Delilah Swim Club’ Laurie Farquhar From hurricanes to labor pains, there isn’t a situation so dire that a martini or a biscuit (or both) can’t remedy it. That’s the credo of the five Southern women in the PC Players production, The Sweet Delilah Swim Club, being presented in October. Tickets…
Patricia Ingalls Registration continues for the first two classes that kick off LifeLong Learning’s (LLL) new season this fall. Both classes are held in the LLL Center. For full details and to register, go to lifelonglearningatpc.org. Cooking Japchae Korean Glass Noodles: On Tues., Sept. 16, at 11 a.m., Julia Kim returns to teach how to…
Ray Lewis Hello PebbleCreekers, time is passing us by quickly, so it’s time to learn how to Step Chicago style.If anyone would like to learn how to Step Chicago style and if there is enough interest, I would start Chicago Stepping classes. Please email only if interested: raylewis50@aol.com.
Kitty Kowalczyk Meet Nancy Turner, our August member spotlight. Nancy and her husband of 44 years, Stan, grew up, married, and raised their two sons in Salem, Ore., where their sons and their families still live. Nancy worked as RN at Oregon Health Sciences in Hillsborough and was in management the last 20 years of…
Pat Jensen Sonia held her last Strength and Conditioning class until September. Her class of loyal participants will have to find other classes until she returns in the fall. Have a great summer to all who will find a cooler place for the next few months.
Rochelle Zuckerbrow Our Strictly Strength class at the fitness studio has a cult following. Our fearless leader Sonia encouraged us by offering a challenge of taking 25 classes to earn a Strictly Strength shirt. This photo shows many of the recipients. At the end of May, 30 people received their shirts. Sonia motivates and encourages…
We had another wonderful class of PebbleCreekers eager to learn about fusing glass. Our studio was a fun place to be with all the enthusiasm from the students, instructor, and her helpers as the first projects were completed. Unfortunately, students also saw firsthand what can happen when glasses of two different COEs, or coefficient of…
Karen Robbins PebbleCreek’s talented artist Eileen Tokita graciously gave a class to make a dollar rose. Eileen supplied all the materials and took us through the process step by step. It was fun to make and all were thrilled with their finished rose. Those pictured are Dinah Golding, Eileen Tokita, and JoAnne Clements. Lindsay Laven…
Sue White A beginners Mah Jongg class was held for four weeks in May. The attendees learned how to play the game by learning the names of tiles, how to set up to play the game, and strategies of the game. They played Mah Jongg on their first day, and each table had a Mah…