Category: November 2013

Pancake Breakfast to benefit Green Valley Fire Corps

Dennis Mart A pancake breakfast will be held on Sunday, December 15 at the Quail Creek Madera Clubhouse. The event will run from 7:30 to 11:00 a.m. Price for the breakfast will be $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for children under 10 years of age. Proceeds will benefit the Green Valley Fire Corps. Fire Corps…

Word of the Month: Intimidate

W. Smith Our word of the month for November is one we all know. As a verb “intimidate” can mean to make timid or fearful; to frighten; to coerce or inhibit by an overt or implied threat. Related words include “menace, terrify, spook, terrorize, threaten, harass, demoralize, force, disconcert.” One might ask whether someone’s action…

Ask Your Agents

Dear Tammy and Cheri, The holidays are just around the corner and as soon as they fly by, spring is going to be here before we know it. My husband and I want to surprise our college-age children and plan a spring cruise when they are on break this year. We want to spend some…

Quail Creek residents tour Kartchner Caverns

Bonnie Hyra Sixteen Quail Creek residents toured the Big Room Complex at Kartchner Caverns State Park on Thursday, October 17 planned by the TRIPS Committee of Quail Creek. This area is closed from April 15 to October 15 each year to allow 800 to 1200 female bats to give birth, nurture and train their offspring…

August 2013 Photography Club ‘Wildflowers’ winners

Robert Thoresen A photo shoot to Mount Lemmon this past July generated the theme for the August photo contest Wildflowers. None of the winning photos were derived from the photo shoot. Helen Phillips’ first place picture of Mount Gardner’s Wildflowers in eastern Washington was taken from Sun Mountain Lodge. The flowers around the lodge were…

Chinese Tea Ceremony set

Marilyn Miller The Women of Quail Creek will meet on November 18 at 6:30 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom. Plan to attend this cultural program and enjoy Zhuping Hodge from Seven Cups Teahouse in Tucson present A Chinese Tea Ceremony. You could be one of the four ladies selected to participate in the ceremony.

Rally for the Cure tournament highlights

Terri Erickson The Quail Creek Ladies’ Golf Associations, both 18 and 9 hole clubs, held their annual Rally for the Cure Golf Tournament to raise money for and awareness of breast cancer cures on October 17. The day began with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun competitive tournament with the 18 hole players and an 8:30 a.m.…

Somewhere Over the Rainbow —There is a Cure Luncheon

Peggy McGee Mark your calendars for January 31, 2014. That’s the day The Women of Quail Creek and the Quail Creek Fights Back Relay For Life team will host a Somewhere Over the Rainbow – There is a Cure luncheon and style show to help the American Cancer Society raise dollars to Finish Their Fight…

Photography Club posts September “Lines” winners

Robert Thoresen A rather large number of entries for the month resulted in an overtaxed jury. Lines was the theme for September and was effectively utilized by this month’s winners. John Strandquist returned to the first place winner’s platform with his entry of the inside of the U S Air Force Academy Chapel taken during…