Jim Burkstrand The Photo Club of Quail Creek continued with its monthly member’s contest, with April having the topic of birds. Each club member could enter up to three photos taken in the last three years. This subject was an extremely popular one for the members and drew 42 entries. All of our entries were…
Peggy McGee After a forced break from preparing taxes when COVID-19 hit, the AARP volunteers resumed their tax preparation duties at the beginning of June. However, to comply with CDC guidelines for social distancing and safety concerns from the sites where taxes are normally prepared, there will be no walk-in clients allowed. Rather, everyone must…
COVID Life Monte Hudson I had the pleasure of reading The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch recently. It’s a story of a young boy in his adolescence and his love of the ocean and the discoveries he makes about it. As well as great storytelling, it’s a learning experience about the ocean and it’s creatures. I…
Judy McCormick I had an appointment to see the cardiologist right after everything shut down, so I cancelled the appointment. Later, I heard that you could use telemedicine, so I made an appointment. I was very unsure as to how everything worked. The scheduler gave me the URL and told me to sign in 15…
David Zapatka Friend Marty Minnich and I were discussing the coronavirus pandemic when he closed his email with this statement, “I hope you and I will see each other fairly soon on the other side of all this tsuris.” Marty loves words so threw in tsuris at the end of his message. He’s a fellow verbivore.…
Tom Dean Congratulations to Paul and Gail Lischeiv on their 45th wedding anniversary!
Diane Gordon This year is different from past ones for The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) Military Baby Shower. With the closures of the Madera clubhouse and Anza, there were no good drop-off places for donations. But, the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the committee allowed for monetary donations for the baby shower. Around 25 people volunteered…
The Paseo Financial Group There are three major fees that borrowers must pay. Most are similar to those paid on a forward mortgage. These are the upfront fees that you will need to pay: Origination fee paid to the lender. This is government regulated and ranges from a minimum of $2,500 to a maximum of $6,000,…