The Caring Hearts and Hands Club of Quail Creek (CHHQC) wants to thank everyone who has supported the club’s mission of service, caring, and giving to support both Youth On Their Own (YOTO) and the disadvantaged military families over the past two months. The YOTO Socktober Challenge in October was hugely successful in its mission…
Bonnie Nowicki On top of all the challenging moments in 2021, my hubby and I experienced snakes in our, supposedly, snake-proof fenced yard; not once, but three times this year. We immediately called our local snake catcher (520-629-9200) each time. Within 20 minutes, a young fireman arrived with the proper tools for removal. As relatively…
Peggy McGee The Tucson Jazz Institute (TJI) and the Tucson Jazz Music Foundation extend their sincere gratitude to Quail Creek residents for their enthusiastic welcome. The students expressed their excitement for your warm response. As a new band for the 2021–22 school year, the students said you made them feel appreciated and valued. Thunderous applause…
David Zapatka Friend, fellow bridge enthusiast, and reader Maria Davis wrote, “I came across this word today as I was flying to Miami. I rarely get five hours of uninterrupted reading time! I was reading Essays on Ethics by Jonathan Sacks, so he used the British spelling “eirenic,” which is closer to the original Greek word.…
Ross Dunfee It was still dark at 03:42 on Dec. 7, 1941, when the minesweeper USS Condor AMc-14 saw a two-man Japanese submarine two miles from the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The USS Ward APD-16, which located and destroyed the submarine at 06:45, was herself sunk later that day by a Kamikaze. With that, the attack…
One of the most popular entertainment events in Green Valley to launch in recent years learned a big lesson last year. Surviving the COVID-19 era for an arts organization takes creativity and support from the arts community! The pandemic changed the 2020–21 season, but didn’t kill it. Instead of five live shows at the Community…