Category: September 2017

Get ready for a Down Home Country Christmas

Some of the country folks you will see in PAG’s A Country Christmas (Down on the Farm). From left: Jim Emery, Pam Campbell, Davey Jones, Cyndy Gierada, Dodie Prescott, Carole Keane, Paul White, Diana Paul and Donna Smith; photo by Jeff Krueger

Jeffrey Webster Join us for a knee-slapping, side-splitting, toe-tapping good time at the Quail Creek Performing Arts Guild’s Christmas Show, A Country Christmas … (Down on the Farm)! Whether you laugh or groan, y’all will have more fun than at the county fair greased pig races: A cowboy walks into a German car showroom and…

The Life and Times of Quail Creek’s Cowboy Bob

Nelson Sawyer’s headstone

Ron and Vicki Sullivan There has been speculation over the past few years about the gravesite that sits atop a peaceful knoll between Quail Creek Boulevard and Campbell Road in the community of Quail Creek. It took a Sonoran Desert ride in a golf cart with a local historian to finally sort out the story…

Address Change

Chelsea Johnson Did you have your newspaper forwarded for the summer? If so, don’t forget to change it back! Please contact our office so that we can update your account. You can call 480-895-4216/800-470-0893, ext. 4216, or email [email protected]. If you are emailing, please include the name of the community, your first and last name…

More upcoming events in 2017-2018

So This is Christmas – Dec. 15 Christmas is the most joyful time of the year, and nothing celebrates the holiday as big and as bold as TAD Management’s So This Is Christmas! being performed on Friday, December 15, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. A cash bar will be available starting at…

Nurses of Quail Creek

Myriads of salads filled the kitchen as Paula Scafuri and Marge Hockemeier hosted our July meeting. After eating, Ralph Scafuri, MD, discussed joint replacements and both conservative and surgical treatments. The next meeting will be a book discussion of The Midwife’s Confession, by Diane Chamberlain, on September 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of…

Money Hole Master

Some Lady Putters have never gotten a hole-in-one on the money hole, while others average a win every 8 to 10 years; not Yoshie Hennessy. Two weeks in a row, she managed the feat, going home $10 richer at the end of the month. Photo by Peggy McGee

No one was in Jeopardy during this good time

Pam “Alexa Trebek” Rodgers reveals an answer for contestants from the game board. Photo by Eileen Sykora

Diane Quinn What happens when a group of women designs a whole new program for The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC)? A really fun time, that’s what! Several members of TWOQC gathered in late July for an evening of Jeopardy hosted by none other than Pam “Alexa Trebek” Rodgers, president-elect of TWOQC. Six lucky contestants vied…

Relishing PickleBall

David Zapatka From pickleball’s beginning in the State of Washington in 1965, pickleball has grown to become played in all 50 United States, Guam, Aruba, Australia, Belgium, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Great Britain, Crete, Guatemala, Korea, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Spain and Thailand. The Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) 2016 Pickleball Participant Report reported…

Interclub Tournament results

Interclub tournament participants; photo by Terri Erickson

Terri Erickson The Quail Creek Ladies Golf Association, the 18 hole club, hosted the Interclub Tournament on August 2. Members of five clubs from Green Valley, including San Ignacio, Canoa Hills, Desert Hills, Country Club of Green Valley and Torres Blanca/Canoa Ranch, all gathered for a fun Match Play tournament at the Quail Creek Country…