Category: March 2019

Honor Flight Mail Call: thank our veterans

The Honor Flight is taking 75 Korean War Veterans and Vietnam Veterans to Washington DC to visit memorials commemorating their service. The next chartered flight from Tucson Airport is April 23-24. On the return flight “Mail Call” is announced. The guardian for each veteran delivers a packet of notes from family, relatives, friends, The Women…

Spring Garden Tour and Art-in-the-Park

On April 13, 2019 the Green Valley Gardeners will be having their Spring Garden Tour and Art-in-the-Park festival from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Garden Tour is a self-guided tour of five gardens in Green Valley. Tickets for the tour went on sale March 1, 2019 at the Green Valley Gardeners website (greenvalleygardeners.com) or…

New York Life seminar

The New York Life seminar on Long Term Care – Understanding the Ins and Outs in Retirement will be on Thursday, March 14, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. Please RSVP for a complimentary dinner at the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom No. 3 Please join us for an informational seminar and insurance sales presentation on Long Term…

Springtime in Quail Creek

Bonnie Nowicki Are you weary dragging out the frost cloth yet again? We were spoiled with mild winters until 2019. Don’t be discouraged. Spring is right around the corner. My trailing rosemary bushes are full of delicate blue flowers. The freeze doesn’t bother these hardy evergreens. My ‘Wheelers’ dwarf pittosporum also continue to be vibrant…

TRIPS tour

Joyce Shumate TRIPS April 18 tour will be a southern Arizona road trip. Carpools will be organized in the parking lot in front of the Creative Arts and Technology Center building. First stop, the historic Empire Ranch, which has been a working cattle ranch for 140 years. Its rich history includes successive ownership by two…

Where In The world Is The Crossing

Connie Bandstra Where in the world are you reading the Crossing? Submission for the April issue must be received by March 20, 2019. No photo shopped pictures will be included and photos reading either the January, February or March 2019 issues will be allowed. A drawing for the January, February and March submissions will be…

Attention on deck – now hear this

Paul Engstrom Calling all Quail Creek U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veterans, reservists, retirees, family and friends to join together for an afternoon of food, good times and, of course, sea stories. On Friday, May 3, you are invited to connect with shipmates at the Kino Conference Center from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Besides camaraderie,…

Good food, wine and many new friends at QCVGA event

Charlie Shultheis, Tom and JoAnn Haberer Tuesday evening, January 29, the second annual QCVGA Wine and Cheese Event was held at the Madera Clubhouse. Over 80 members, guests and spouses attended the party. Everyone enjoyed the beautiful food (and good wine!) prepared by the Madera staff. Live music was provided by Cyndy Gierada on the…