Category: Sports

4th Annual Prickly Pair Golf Tournament

The gathering of both clubs for the 7:30 a.m. shotgun

Terri Erickson Congratulations to co-chairs Carol Clifford and Dave Schutt for a successful men against women golf tournament. It was a team match play event, two women paired against two men heading out together at 7:30 a.m. on the damp Thursday morning of August 4. The finale took place at the delicious deli luncheon in…

Change in Quail Creek Source Book™ delivery

Robson Publishing The delivery of the 2016/2017 Quail Creek Source Books will be different from years prior. In the past, homeowners were notified via What’s Happening that the books had arrived and to make their way to the Concierge Desk at the clubhouse to retrieve their copy. This year, we will try something a bit different…

Summer putting

Peggy McGee When the heat of June hit, the number of ladies assembling on a Wednesday morning to putt started to decline. Then came July with not only more heat but also high humidity and the number declined even more for the weekly putting sessions. On some weeks there were only two ladies on each…

Harvest your own home decor

(Family Features) Warm up your home with this season’s trendiest looks. Put your personal touch on your home’s decor with crafting projects that highlight the best of fall: copper detail, animal icons and pumpkins of every color, including white. Create a seasonal tablescape or mantel decoration with these Harvest Fall Lanterns created by the crafting…

Ask Your Agents

Dear Tammy and Cheri, My husband and I will be stopping in Vienna, Austria, and wanted your advice on things to see and do there. This has been on my bucket list and now we’re actually going! Signed, Karen and Bob Hello Karen and Bob, You will love Vienna! The capital of Austria, Vienna is…

What happens during golf course overseed?

Skip and Dreama Fumia Ok, if your guess is that “our golf course is unavailable for play due to grass maintenance,” you’d not be entirely wrong, but not entirely right either. Here’s a little more information for you. Ideally an all-season grass would exist – one that thrives in our summer heat and endures our…

Conservation Corner

Pauline Lee While most national parks were established to preserve vast areas of untouched nature from human development, Cuyahoga National Park has a very different story. Before the area was designated a national park, it was ruined and then restored. The park’s centerpiece, the Cuyahoga River, was originally pristine and unblemished until two expanding industrial…

What’s in a theme?

Kandi Roy created the stained glass design with the rising sun providing a background for the breast cancer ribbons all held in the arms of a Saguaro.

Gail Phillips After 17 years hosting a Rally for the Cure for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to fight Breast Cancer, it is a challenge to design the setting for a day of golf and food and prizes and especially to honor our Quail Creek Cancer Survivors. Our three Quail Creek Golf Associations: the QCLGA,…

2016 Niners/Duffers golf event highlights

Wally Ueberschar On Thursday, August 25 the Ladies’ and Men’s Nine Hole Golf League held their annual Golf Event. There were 15 full teams competing in a scramble for a fun morning of golf. The weather was excellent, allowing for a good morning of golf. After the last putt dropped, the teams headed over to…

Putter Patter

Left to right: Jody Sims, Linda Carver, Sheila Wyllie, Joyce Walton, Jenny McGinnis, Dee Waggoner, Carol Jackson, Cathy Thiele, Dorene Sims, Linda Weissman, Vicky Mahr; photo by George (the Bartender) Owen

Peggy McGee Eager to catch up on what’s going on with their putting buddies, each week after the ladies finish putting many of them gather at the Oasis Grill for a bit of camaraderie. The first thing they talk about is how they did at that day’s putting and whether they liked the course set-up.…