Peggy McGee Mark your calendars for Nov. 2 for the first-ever Valley Assistance Services (VAS) Day of the Dead Benefit Walk. The event will be held at Quail Creek Municipal Park. Check-in/registration runs from 7:15 to 7:55 a.m. The opening ceremony, which includes warm-up exercises, will start at 7:45 a.m., and the walk begins at…
Category: October 2024
October 2024, Front Page
Got Stuff for Sale? Cancer Benefit Garage Sale Needs Your Items for Resale
Ginny Hutcheson Do you have things in your house or garage that you would sell, but it is a bummer to host your own garage sale? Well, the Quail Creek Fights Back Relay for Life team would love to help you out. The team needs your good, small items for resale at their garage sale…
October 2024, Sports
QCLGA Results
QCLGA PYP Two-Person 9-9, August 29 Flight 1: 1st Dena Knox, Susan McCune; 2nd (tie) Kathy Coleman, Kate Schwartz/Elly Cashel, Jacquie Owens Flight 2: 1st Robin Brannan, Christine Long; 2nd (tie) Dianna Nelson, Phyllis O’Brien/Alice Dyke, Mary Newman Flight 3: 1st Karen Conroy, Deborah Nelson; 2nd Linda Klaus, Janet Wegner Flight 4: 1st Margith Baker,…
Generals, October 2024
BBQ Showdown
Melani Caron On Sept. 7 the Quail Creek Food and Beverage team and I traveled to Robson Ranch Texas for the Third Annual BBQ Showdown. This event included all five Robson communities who came together to compete for the best BBQ. At this event, Denton County Brewery and Robson’s Ranch Hand Brewery showcased the new…
Features, October 2024
What Can We Count On Anymore?
Kathy Sinnott At the time of this writing, the outcome of the 2024 presidential election is unknown. What is the future of our nation? The angst of this uncertainty has many folks asking the question, ‘who and what can we count on anymore?’ An answer can be found within the Rockin’ 4 Heroes’ mission: we…
October 2024, Clubs & Classes
Writers Club Publishes, Again!
For the second consecutive summer, Quail Creek Writers and Poets Club members put their indoor time to good use by writing, editing, compiling, and publishing a collection of short memoirs through Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing. Seventeen club members submitted 19 slice of life stories to project coordinator Bob Rietschel and book editor Linda Beal to…
October 2024, Sports
QCMGA Results
QCMGA AB-Silver, CD-Copper, August 20 1st: Bill Sheppard, Mike Fox Sr., Dennis Brinkerhoff, Rudy Lucero 131 2nd Randy Davis, Reed Nelson, Dave Erickson, (Blind) 134 3rd Robin Barnes, David Meadows, Steve Petrucci, JB King 135 4th Gene Knox, Ray Nicholson, Jim Easley, Gary Babish 138 5th Steve Perry, Joel Otterson, Rick Ruge, Gary Hagermann 138…
October 2024, Generals
Holiday Gift Drive to Brighten Spirits
Connie Vaughan Caring Hearts & Hands of Quail Creek (CHHQC) is once again supporting a holiday gift drive for underserved South Tucson students (kindergarten through high school) with its partner Lapan Sunshine Foundation. And we are again inviting Quail Creek residents to participate as “holiday angels.” This year, we will have approximately 40 families, and…
Clubs & Classes, October 2024
Let’s Travel Club Recap
Linn Myrick Due to the success of a recent Let’s Travel Club day trip to Tanque Verde Ranch and Mount Lemmon in mid-July, the exact outing was offered again on Aug. 22. We had a delicious buffet lunch at Tanque Verde Ranch before heading to Mount Lemmon. Tanque Verde Ranch was established over 150 years…
October 2024, Features
In Passing – October 2024
Pamela Butler It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Pamela Butler on July 6, 2024, at the age of 74 years. Pam was born in Bakersfield, Calif., in 1949. She grew up in Bakersfield, Ventura, and Long Beach, Calif. In 1966, she married Fred Butler and moved to Seattle, Wash. In…