Your QC Activities Council is kicking off summer with an epic bash on the driving range, and everyone’s invited! Mark your calendar for May 20, beginning at 4:30 p.m. 4:30 p.m.: The fun starts—golf cart parking on the driving range Three food trucks: Frausto’s Street Tacos, Longhorn BBQ, Family Joint Pizzeria Cash bar 5 p.m.:…
Category: May 2022
Generals, May 2022
Update Source Book Listing
Are you a new resident in Quail Creek? Did you recently move to a different address within the community? Do you need to update your listing in the Quail Creek Source Book™? If you’ve answered “yes” to any of these questions, then please submit information as you would like it to appear in the Source…
Sports, May 2022
Table Tennis Club: In the Beginning …
Tom Herder This month chronicles and shows appreciation to the founders and past leaders of our Table Tennis Club, beginning about 2004 or 2005. It all began when Lewis “Lew” Farmer and Heinz Wilhelm had a single table set up in the Madera clubhouse ballroom. Farmer and Wilhelm attracted two other players early on, Jeff Morrison and…
Front Page, May 2022
The First Pickleball Member Tournament
Erika Lochow and Candace Plumlee One hundred four competitors, 41 volunteers giving over 300 collective hours, and dozens of spectators watching and cheering made this one-day initial event in Quail Creek a huge success. Erika Lochow was the event director. Shireen Kolarik and Bill Entwistle were the tournament directors. The setup for the event included…
Features, May 2022
Consider Going Native (Plants, That Is)
Bonnie Nowicki The hot, dry weather is here. As we stroll through our yards and think of possible changes or additions, perhaps going native would work in a particular area of our landscape. Native plants or plants from other desert regions are adapted to withstand long, dry periods. When planting native or desert-adapted plants, there…
Features, May 2022
Word of the Month: Emplacement
David Zapatka While watching the last two episodes of The Expanse, I heard significant dialogue about the rail guns being used by Marcos Inaros, the leader of the Belters’ Free Navy, who was intent on destroying the Inners (pronounced Innas), the people residing on Earth, Luna (the moon), and Mars. These rail guns were…