Category: November 2015

Welcome to the “Jewel Generation”

Dee Saunders If this is your first time hearing about our web magazine, let me explain. “Jewel” is an acronym for Journal for Experienced Women Enjoying Life. Since we didn’t like being called seniors or baby boomers, we have given ourselves the name of Jewel Generation. It’s not about wanting to be or looking younger,…

Flea Market and Arts/Craft Bazaar

Flea Market & Arts/Craft Bazaar The American Legion Aux. Unit 66 will be hosting a Flea Market & Arts/Crafts Bazaar on Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 8am to 1pm. The event will be held in the American Legion Post #66 parking lot located at 1560 W Duval Mine Road. (One block west of the traffic…

Editorial deadline changes this holiday season

Chelsea Johnson The holidays are almost upon us! Since Thanksgiving and Christmas are so close to the editorial deadline, we are moving it up. Please have all editorials submitted by 4:00 p.m. on November 24 (for the December issue) and December 23 (for the January issue). Be sure to mark your calendars now! If you…

PCQC photo contest: “Take to the Streets”

First Place: Jim Burkstrand, Tucson Celtic Festival

September’s theme, Street Photography, found the winners on the streets of Tucson, San Diego and Chicago, at horse tracks, interstate overpasses and municipal parks. Jim Burkstrand’s, Tucson Celtic Festival, gets the honor of the first place finish and the revered wall location outside the Madera Clubhouse’s Crystal Ballroom entrance for a two month mounting. Jim…

Totes for Scholarship Project

Janice Pell TWOQC thermal totes will be sold Monday, November 16 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Madera Lobby. The roomy insulated totes feature a zippered closure and a coated thermal film that helps keep food either warm or cold. Keeping one or two in the car means always being prepared to transport food…

Nurses Group Christmas Party to be held December 1

Karen Lickteig Nurses of Quail Creek enjoyed pizza and a presentation by the Scam Squad of Green Valley in October which was very informative. Remember to hang up, delete and shred. The Nurse’s Group will meet for a Christmas Party Tuesday, December 1, 5:30 p.m., at the home of Crystal Wolfe. There will be a…

Ruth McDermott… A Labor of Love

Janice Pell The Women of Quail Creek recognizes that our community is blessed by many dedicated volunteers that offer their services in many ways. Perhaps the epitome of those volunteers is Ruth McDermott. Ruth has contributed much to Quail Creek over the years, even starting the very first activities club in February 1999. She is…

QC Women’s Bible Study—What is true spirituality?

What is True Spirituality? The Quail Creek Women’s Bible Study group is listening to Chip Ingram’s DVD True Spirituality for 12 weeks and then discussing the lessons. All Quail Creek women are invited to join the group at any time Tuesdays in the Madera Clubhouse Silver Room from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Christians today live in a…

Photography Club takes shots at the Pima Air and Space Museum

Robert Thoresen The morning of October 9 found ten members of the Photography Club of Quail Creek roaming the 80 acres of the Pima Air and Space Museum looking for opportunities for taking memorable aircraft photographs. The Pima Air and Space Museum is a private non-profit museum. It is not part of Davis-Monthan Air Force…