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Ginny Hutcheson The Quail Creek Fine Arts Painting Club is excited to introduce Robin Barns as a new art instructor. Robin teaches both acrylics and oil painting to many students, who are enjoying learning from such a talented teacher. Robin Barnes has been painting since 1989 and is accomplished in the use of oils and…
Peggy McGee As you know, higher education gets more expensive by the year. The Green Valley MOAA Chapter wanted to increase the amount of their JROTC scholarships by raising some extra money, without attempting a big fundraiser while COVID is still with us. It was MOD Pizza to the rescue. MOD Pizza, 18767 S Nogales…
Bill Foraker Gail and Paul Lischeid organized a Quail Creek Unit 22 collection of food and other necessities for dogs and cats at the Animal League of Green Valley, the Paws Patrol, and the Humane Society of Southern Arizona. Gail and Paul had everyone drop their donations at their garage on Dec. 12, and were…
Janet Johnson Time for introductions! Our new and returning Quail Creek Couples Golf Association (QCCLA) board members are Jay Thompson, president; Dena Knox, secretary; Pam Coulter, treasurer; Bobbi Jo Rathvon, tournament chairperson; and Connie Hiles, tournament co-chairperson. Our first fun and exciting tournament was on Jan. 15. All of our events are played on the…
Yasmin John-Thorpe These are strange times! In fact, for many, 2020 will go in the books as a year when normalcy and sanity went out the door. However, maybe not so for writers and poets. The isolation is just what the muse ordered for many creative minds. Paul Riggins, president of the QC Writers and…
Steve Shapiro We are pleased to announce that due to generous donations by the membership of the Quail Creek Desert Duffers (The Duffers), we were able to present checks to both the Green Valley Food Bank and Sahuarita Food Bank for $770 each, totaling $1,540. These donations were collected from the QC Desert Duffers during…
Peggy McGee Even though they have not been able to putt together as a group for over nine months, the Lady Putters decided to continue their holiday tradition of helping the Green Valley/Amado Food Bank. Putters president Janet Wegner set up the food bank drop point in her driveway, where she greeted the ladies clad in…
Peggy McGee When a VA social worker contacted the Military Officers Association Green Valley Chapter’s liaison, to see if the chapter could do anything to help a homeless veteran expecting her first child in November, Peggy McGee didn’t hesitate to say yes. She learned the baby girl would be named Coral. New chapter member and Quail Creek resident…
Peggy McGee Whether you are spending the holidays in a winter wonderland or are remaining in the desert, you might realize there is someone on your list for whom you need a small gift or a stocking stuffer. Perhaps you want to give something unique to your nail tech, massage therapist, hairdresser, postman, or yard…
Deborah Bryant Joyce and Buzz Walton are the only original couple who still live in Quail Creek. Joyce and Ed Robson had a lot to talk about remembering how the development started. In 1990, prior to Robson’s development, there were only ten homes in the area. Upon settling in Green Valley, the Walton’s made unlimited contributions…