QCMGA Team Championship – Net, December 5 SIL Flight 1: 1st Guest and Kromer 200, 2nd Bobillot and Wilson 205, 3rd Davis and Lamping 207 SIL Flight 2: 1st Copus and Pechan 205, 2nd Fox and Oljar 205, 3rd Lubinski and Matheys 208 SIL Flight 3: 1st McNiel and Wright 211, 2nd Mattoon and Witt…
Category: January 2024
January 2024, Clubs & Classes
November 2023 PCQC Photo Contest: Cool Car
The Photo Club of Quail Creek (PCQC) continued with its monthly members’ contest, with November having the topic of “Cool Car.” Each club member could enter up to three photos taken in the last year. This subject was an average one for the members and drew 20 entries. All the photos can be seen on our…
January 2024, Clubs & Classes
Caring Hearts & Hands of Quail Creek Raises $17,000 in 2023 for Charity
Connie Vaughan With a membership of 50-plus strong, Caring Hearts & Hands of Quail Creek raised a record amount of $17,000 for charity in 2023. These funds were raised from proceeds of the Fall Festival booth where we raffled two custom-made wagons (a tailgate party-themed wagon and a patriotic picnic-themed wagon) and sold our ever-popular…
Generals, January 2024
18th Annual Quail Creek Business Expo February 24
The 2024 Business Expo, sponsored by the Quail Creek Performing Arts Guild, will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Madera clubhouse and adjacent parking lot. The always-popular Business Expo showcases almost 70 businesses of all types. There will be vendors to help you with home improvement or…
Features, January 2024
Where in the World Is the ‘Crossing’?
Generals, January 2024
13th Annual Robson Trap Trials Coming March 22
Do you enjoy shotgun sports? Join us for a friendly, intercommunity trap shooting competition! The Robson Trap Trials are open to residents of Arizona Robson Communities only (PebbleCreek, Quail Creek, Robson Ranch, SaddleBrooke, SaddleBrooke Ranch, and Sun Lakes) and will be held on Friday, March 22, at the Tucson Trap & Skeet Club, 7800 W.…
Front Page, January 2024
Empty Bowls, Big Hearts
Peggy McGee Once again artisans from the Quail Creek Pottery & Sculpture Studio (POTS) and Ceramics Clubs have been busy creating original bowls for the 18th Annual Valley Assistance Services (VAS) Empty Bowls event on Saturday, Feb. 17. The fundraiser for the 501(c)(3) organization will be held at Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del…
Features, January 2024
Quail Creek Resident Publishes New Novel
Resident Robert (Bob) Dorsey Smith recently published Countdown, a techno-thriller novel, for which his experience in the Navy and defense industry provided the knowledge and impetus. Readers of Tom Clancy and Clive Cussler should enjoy this book about a national catastrophic environmental crisis narrowly avoided. A copy of the book can be found in the…
January 2024, Clubs & Classes
Let’s Travel Club—A Photography Road Trip
Joyce Shumate Jim Burkstrand, a Quail Creek resident and an avid photographer and world traveler, has always loved the idea of a photography road trip. On Friday, Jan. 19, he will tell you about his latest trip. Jim and his wife Marilyn began a 33-day road trip on July 26, 2023. The plan was to…
January 2024, Clubs & Classes
How Do Folks Go Up in Rank (Belt Color) Within Karate?
The Quail Creek Dojo just held karate testing on Dec. 7 and 8. In martial arts, belt testing is the way we measure a student’s progress. Testing measures a student’s ability to learn and acquire new skills and abilities. The Quail Creek Dojo is an Asai Shotokan Association International school of karate. Beginning students start…