Sharon Pulcinella The Programs Committee of The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) has started off the new year with a lot of energy, enthusiasm, and great ideas, looking for ways to engage members during a time when interacting has been difficult. The committee is scheduling small group gatherings and local field trips at outdoor venues,…
Category: February 2021
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
Q4 Quarterly Challenge: Looking Up or Looking Down
Jim Burkstrand The Photo Club of Quail Creek just completed its eighth quarterly photo challenge, which had a theme of Looking up or Looking Down. Each club member could enter up to three photos, which had to be taken within the calendar quarter. The photographer/artist could post process the photo in any way, including using…
Features, February 2021
Mountains of the Heart
Paul Riggins I remember the mountains The mountains are my home I embrace their beauty I live in the meadows I linger by the lakes I smile with the springs I run with the rivers I wander through the wildflowers I smell the pines I hear voices I sense mystery I feel the challenges I…
Front Page, February 2021
MOD Pizza Helps MOAA Scholarship Program
Peggy McGee As you know, higher education gets more expensive by the year. The Green Valley MOAA Chapter wanted to increase the amount of their JROTC scholarships by raising some extra money, without attempting a big fundraiser while COVID is still with us. It was MOD Pizza to the rescue. MOD Pizza, 18767 S Nogales…
Generals, February 2021
General Manager’s Report
Melani Caron, General Manager I have some exciting news for you! Because the online lap lane pool reservations have been so successful, we have added additional opportunities for you to reserve activities at the Anza Athletic Club using the online reservation system. Starting Monday, Feb. 1, you will now be able to make reservations from…
Features, February 2021
Existential Reality
Paul Riggins Note: This poem was inspired by the words of my friend, Craig Simpson. On the edge We stood on the abyss We had come full circle Our beginning Became our end It felt like nothingness There was no reason We wondered We discovered Then we held hands Then our eyes met There was…
Front Page, February 2021
Unit 22 Donation Drive for Our Furry Friends
Bill Foraker Gail and Paul Lischeid organized a Quail Creek Unit 22 collection of food and other necessities for dogs and cats at the Animal League of Green Valley, the Paws Patrol, and the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Gail and Paul had everyone drop their donations at their garage on Dec. 12, and were…
Features, February 2021
Quail Creek Presents: Garth Tribute Live!
Nancy Planck, Member Services Garth Brooks—Garth Tribute Live! Wednesday, April 14 3:30 p.m. show’s ticket price is $27. 6 p.m. show’s ticket price is $29. The shows (produced by TAD Management) are held in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Garth Tribute Live—Tribute to Garth Brooks is much more than your average tribute act. This exciting…
Features, February 2021
Word of the Month: Sublime
David Zapatka Friend Mike Schneider and I were recently discussing this quote from The Urantia Book, “Such spirit-born individuals are so remotivated in life that they can calmly stand by while their fondest ambitions perish and their keenest hopes crash; they positively know that such catastrophes are but the redirecting cataclysms which wreck one’s temporal…
Features, February 2021
In the Beginning
Paul Riggins Foreword Without words there would be no Book of Life Onward My writing is, perhaps, one of the great passions and joys of my life. I have been writing poetry for nearly 65 years. Unfortunately, many of my words go unread and unheard. True, I keep many of my words to myself, in…