Diane Quinn Only a few tickets remain for this year’s The Women of Quail Creek field trip to the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson. Two buses will travel to the zoo and provide all attending with a behind the scenes tour, a delicious lunch buffet and plenty of time to stroll through the zoo investigating…
Quail Creek is the proud recipient of the highly-coveted 2015 Robson Cup. It was presented to the community by Mr. Robson; Carolyn Morrison, Senior Vice President of Sales and Chris Harrison, Senior Vice President of Construction. Each of the Robson Resort Communities were highly competitive this year, which made for an exciting decision for the…
The Library at Madera Clubhouse has served Quail Creek for the last fourteen years, originally consisting of only a few donated books shelved in the old fitness center. In recent years, as the community has grown, so has the Library, now circulating an average of over 1000 books each month. To address the growth, the…
Marci Yenerich About a year ago, a sorority sister of mine and I started planning a reunion of four Tri-Delta pledge classes from the late 60s, from University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois. Pam and I sent out invitations to 97 alumnae and we had a fabulous response. On the weekend of February 5, 6…
Robert Thoresen The January contest was open to all Quail Creek residents, instituted as an annual open event by club members in 2013. Again, there was a very large submission of entries with two of the three places garnered by non-club members. Mike Tumchewics returned to the winner’s circle (won open contest in January 2013,…
Colleen Curran The women of the Quail Creek Quilt Covey have long admired Sharon Frank’s stunning quilted jackets. Earlier this winter, Sharon offered to teach Covey members how to make the jackets. She called her teacher in New Hampshire, Janice Roy, for some tips and the pattern. Janice graciously suggested she come to Quail Creek…
Diane Quinn The baby shower committee of The Women of Quail Creek is making great strides in its planning for the June shower for National Guard Military Families. At press time 27 families are signed up to participate in the big event. Participants in the shower are either Military Moms who are currently serving or…
Robert Thoresen At the western foothills of the Rincon Mountains and the eastern terminus of Speedway Boulevard is Tanque Verde Ranch (Green Tank or Pool). Pima Indians first settled here in the 1600s near the Cottonwood Grove. Ranching commenced in the 1860s. Dude ranching came to the wash in the 1920s. Twenty members of the…
The Lapidary Club and the POA shared the cost of a hydraulic press for the studio. Nancy Riordon, Sandy Van Mieghem, Marsha Royer and Ernie Lopez attended training with Joni Kisro at their own expense and shared their knowledge with club members. Pete Irish, our local Silversmith artist, continues teaching club members how to cut,…
Colors of the day worn by all were pink and red. The ladies and their sweethearts planned the perfect day! Weather could not have been better as they left for their 1:30 p.m. shotgun out of the Madera Parking Lot headed for the Roadrunner Course. There were 72 players and it was a full field!…