The next Quail Creek Wine Dinner will be held on Sunday, February 28 at 5:00 p.m. at The Grill. The cost is $65 per person. Reservations may be made the first Wednesday of each month by calling 520-393-5806. Check the What’s Happening for menu and wine pairings.
Category: February 2016
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Why join the Ballroom Dance Club?
Dodie Prescott Organized in 2004, the Quail Creek Ballroom Dance Club’s mission is to provide formal evenings for the enjoyment of area residents. We recently asked our members why they joined the club and why they continue to be members. Here are a few of the comments we received. * “We joined the club because…
Generals, February 2016
Library donations increase in 2015
Thanks to the generous donations of our users, 6395 items were donated in 2015, a 50 percent increase over 2014. Nearly half of the 2015 donated items could be shelved. The remainder (mostly items over seven years old) were re-donated to the VA Hospital, VA Home, White Elephant or the Green Valley Animal League. These…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
It’s all natural: wood, clay and silver
Ron and Vicki Sullivan Although there is not much sheep ranching going on in the Santa Cruz River Valley, a master of traditional Zapotec wool weaving is coming to Quail Creek in Sahuarita for three days on March 4, 5 and 6. Porfirio Gutiérrez and his family are masters of traditional Zapotec weaving and the…
Generals, February 2016
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with dinner and dancing
St. Patrick’s Day at Quail Creek will be celebrated in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom on Thursday, March 17, 2016. Cash bar opens at 4:30 p.m. followed by a dinner buffet at 5:00 p.m. Dancing and music by The Drift from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Watch the What’s Happening for ticket sales date and price. Tickets…
Features, February 2016
Spotlight on Advertiser: Bon Voyage Travel celebrates 40 years
February 6 marked the fortieth anniversary of Bon Voyage Travel. Bon Voyage Travel is one of the nation’s leading leisure travel agencies with numerous travel providers and offers customized vacation packages for any type of travel. They currently staff over 75 well-traveled consultants and destination experts. Many of Bon Voyage travel advisors individually have over…
Sports, February 2016
Golf and Dress Code notice
Skip and Dreama Fumia If you’ve taken a look at the Green Committee minutes from January 4, 2016, you’ll find that the committee addressed our current dress code for QC golf. The topic arose after Chair Ralph Scafuri had witnessed guests on our practice range dressed in blue jeans and posed the question, “Are we…
Sports, February 2016
Girls just want to have fun!
Terri Erickson Girls Just Want To Have Fun is the name of this annual event put on by the three Quail Creek Ladies Golf Associations, the putters, niners and 18 hole club. Ninety-nine ladies participated in this 18 hole golf event. Each team was made up of an 18 hole lady golfer, a niner and…
Generals, February 2016
Gunfight at the OK Corral—What Really Happened
Gunfight at the OK Corral, (What Really Happened) will be presented Thursday, February 25, 2016, in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom at 6:30 p.m. Ticket price is $5 per person. An analysis of the most seminal event of the Old West will be presented February 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Madera Clubhouse in Quail Creek.…
Sports, February 2016
Daisies in the Desert
Peggy McGee Thirty-six ladies from SaddleBrooke’s MountainView Lady Putters recently headed south to join 61 Quail Creek Lady Putters for a putting challenge. Each team had five ladies from both groups for the Daisies in the Desert challenge. Wendy VanDyck, Kay Davison and Jan Agner from QC and Ruth Catalinotto and Karel Titone from MountainView…