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Alphie Smith Three women from the Quail Creek Runners Club (QCRC) participated in the 13th Annual Breeze in the Trees 5K Run/Walk on Aug. 17 at 7 a.m. The runners were Barb Christensen, Laura Mandel, and Alphie Smith. Christensen placed third in her age group. This was the third consecutive summer that Smith and Christensen…
Lisa Stilson Tickets for the Oct. 22 annual Javelina Hoedown went on sale Sept. 3, but it’s certainly not too late to get your tickets for this fabulously fun fundraising event for The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) Scholarship Program! These scholarships benefit high school senior girls from Sahuarita, Walden Grove, and Rio Rico High…
Inna Shames Wow, what an Independence Day event it was! In July of 2021 The Women of Quail Creek formed a new group called In My Kitchen, led by Pam Hartwell-James. And four years later, here they are, still enjoying the fun, the food, and the fellowship. On July 3 Pam hosted the 31st In…
Linn Myrick Let’s Travel Club members went on a day trip via a 12-passenger van to Tanque Verde Ranch and Mount Lemmon on July 12. After a delicious buffet lunch at Tanque Verde Ranch on 60,000 acres of Tucson’s most breathtaking desert landscapes, we traveled the 27-mile Catalina Highway to Summerhaven at the top of…
Peggy McGee The weather may not seem like it, but Christmas is just around the corner. It will soon be time for Christmas in July—the Quail Creek Lady Putters’ annual collection for the Green Valley Community Food Bank. The drive will be held on Wednesday, July 24. That morning the Lady Putters will be donning…
Pam Hartwell-James and Inna Shames Pam Hartwell-James hosted a game of bunco on May 27 and served up an enticing array of appetizers and desserts. Who knew what a fun day combining these foods and bunco would turn out to be? Bunco is a popular game played with nine dice and a whole lot of…
The Quail Creek’s Got Talent Show will return this summer on Saturday, Aug. 17, in the Madera clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. The Performing Arts Guild (PAG) will be selling show tickets in the clubhouse lobby on Tuesday, July 16, from 7 to 11 a.m. and on Tuesday, July 23, from 8 to 11 a.m. Tickets are…
Lenny Friedman The Quail Creek Disc Golf Club (QCDGC) held an organizational meeting in the Kino Center on Feb. 29, which was attended by 70 Quail Creek residents. As a result of the meeting, a QCDGC GroupWorks site was created and a temporary board of directors was established with President Lenny Friedman (started the Quail…
The Quail Creek’s Got Talent show will return this summer. It’s time to dust off those vocal chords, limber up those fingers, stretch out those leg muscles, and start rehearsing for audition time! Auditions will be held the evening of Thursday, Aug. 8, in the ballroom at the clubhouse. The Performing Arts Guild (PAG) is…
Carpooled to Tucson Botanical Gardens Linn Myrick Members of the Let’s Travel Club carpooled on May 3 to Tucson to participate in a day trip. Starting out at the Tucson Botanical Gardens, we learned about efforts in place to combat plastic pollution in our oceans. The nonprofit organization Washed Ashore has partnered with the Gardens…