Ken Minichiello Guests hoped the staff at Our Creative Escape could help make them the next Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo, or perhaps Raphael. Members of the Italian American Club enjoyed demonstrating their skills in painting a challenging scene of a wine bottle and glass sitting on a window sill overlooking a typical Italian vineyard. Many of the…
Ken Minichiello Co-hosts Ron and Thelma Svoboda and Kent and Barb Brace planned and put on a wonderful end of season “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” theme party for the Italian American Club in April. The hosts were helped by Marilu Trainor, Keith Passafiume and Ken and Ann Laychak. The party was in place…
Ken Minichiello Almost 120 members and guests of the PebbleCreek Italian-American Club gathered in the Eagle’s Nest Ballroom to enjoy wonderful Italian cooking brought to this event by the members. Events of this magnitude do not just happen. Thanks to Pat Atkinson and her committee members Mary Flynn, Karen Cassetta, Joanne Benz, Shelley Coate, Alice…
Ken Minichiello Splish splash were the sounds heard at the Italian American Club’s second annual pool party. The summer heat didn’t discourage over 40 die-hards from getting out to enjoy some cool refreshments, food and socializing, in what better place than at the Oasis Pool. With a slight breeze, cover from the ramada and, for…
Ken Minichiello Co-hosts Ron and Thelma Svoboda and David and Shelly Carnevale planned and put on a wonderful end of season Hawaiian theme party for the Italian American Club in April. The party replaced this month’s club membership meeting with one of their “After Socials” called Andiamo…this year being at the home of Ron and…
Jim Roberts It was a beautiful day for horse racing. Sunshine, scattered clouds that occasionally blocked the sun, a slight breeze fluttered the flags and 12,000 excited fans packed the stands waiting for the trumpet to call the horses to the track. Thirty Italian-American Club members became railbirds at the beautiful Turf Paradise Track in…
Jim Roberts Our very popular President Ken Minichiello, at the January 11, 2017 monthly meeting, rose among the clinking glasses to thank us all for coming out and announced during the business meeting events like the Italian Film Series, home-hosted dinners and the Social Steering Committee meeting held in January (we need more members in…
Rosemary Holmes Plans are already underway for the thirteenth annual Poinsettia Ball sponsored by the PebbleCreek Italian Club. This year, again, will bring new surprises to this ever popular event.
March was another busy month for members of the PebbleCreek Italian American Club. At the business meeting on Wednesday, March 11, 2015, the annual board election took place. The new board: Ken Minichiello – President, Mary Flynn – Vice President, Bob Cleland – continues as Treasurer, Pat Atkinson – Secretary, and Rich Veleta – Sergeant…
Judi Rizzetto Ottobre e’ Italiana Heritage Month (October is Italian Heritage Month). As stated in the heading October is Italian Heritage Month. Did you know: “Every year the U.S. president signs an executive order designating the month of October as National Italian American Heritage Month?” It is a month during which the Italian Culture, Language,…