Category: January 2019

Needleworkers provide handmade prostheses for women

Linda Freeman Did you know that the Quail Creek Needlework Club provides special handmade breast prostheses for women who have undergone mastectomies or other such procedures? Traditional prosthetics are usually expensive, heavy and uncomfortable. The club offers a soft and comfortable alternative. They are free to Quail Creek women and come in a variety of…

Intrepid TRIPS participants enjoy outing in Tucson

Intrepid TRIPS participants enjoyed exploring Tucson and learning about what’s new in downtown plus many historic places on this specially developed streetcar/walking tour by the QC TRIPS committee. The group discovered this poinsettia Christmas tree while walking through Main Gate Square on their way to UA campus. December 17 was a perfect sunny day for…

MOAA members elect new board

Peggy McGee Six Quail Creek residents were elected to the Green Valley Chapter Military Officers Association Board of Directors to serve terms beginning on January 1. Elliott Jones will be the first Vice President for Membership and Peggy McGee second Vice President responsible for Programs as well as Public Relations Officer. Jadine Hilt will serve…

Kino lecture scheduled for January 24 at 7:00 p.m.

Join us for our second Kino lecture of the 2018-19 season and help support TWOQC’s Scholarship Fund. Former National Park Ranger Doug Leen will present an audio/visual account of his intriguing role in saving and sharing rare National Park advertising posters created by the WPA’s Federal Art Project in the 1930s. Newly created posters will…

State Parties

Minnesota The Minnesota Club annual dinner will be held on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom. Bring your valentine to the classiest gathering of Minnesota friends. The social begins at 5:00 p.m.; dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. Dinner registration is $30 per person and includes your choice of either salmon…

QC Library annual meeting

The annual meeting of the Library Volunteers was held on Tuesday, December 4. More than 20 volunteers attended the meeting. Discussion was held and the new ten-day schedule for 2019 was approved. The donations report showed an increase in donations out to 6000+, an increase over the previous year in donations for books, puzzles and…

Gardening options close to home

Bonnie Nowicki, Quail Creek resident Have you wanted to learn more about our tropical desert here in southern Arizona? Perhaps you even wished you could become a Master Gardener. These opportunities are right here locally. I am one of fourteen graduates of the Pima County Master Gardeners class of 2018. The ten-week class sessions were…