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Janice Pell The Women of Quail Creek recognizes that our community is blessed by many dedicated volunteers that offer their services in many ways. Perhaps the epitome of those volunteers is Ruth McDermott. Ruth has contributed much to Quail Creek over the years, even starting the very first activities club in February 1999. She is…
Robert Thoresen August’s theme was designed to provide a mood emphasizing a pervading quality of feeling or emotion without including the presence of a human being. August’s winners relied on landscapes, the summer monsoon and horses to generate that feeling. John Standquist’s first place photo, Lonely, was taken last summer about 30 miles from Grand Teton…
Janice Pell Mark Saturday, October 31 on the calendar. That’s the date The Women of Quail Creek will sponsor its sixth annual clothing and household goods drive to benefit homeless veterans in the Tucson area. TWOQC volunteers will be in the front parking lot of the Madera Clubhouse from 9:00 until 11:00 a.m. to collect…
Fall Festival 11th annual Arts and Crafts Fair The Fall Festival will be held at the Madera Clubhouse and the Creative Arts and Technology Center on Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday, November 8 from 10:00 am. to 2:00 p.m. Quail Creek residents and clubs showcase and sell…
The Quail Creek Fine Arts Painting Club was busy this summer. They enjoyed acrylics classes by Susan Branch, an abstract workshop by Joyce Finn, time in open studio sessions and pastel and oil workshops on Wednesday mornings. They took advantage of the second full moon in July with an evening foray into the Sonoran desert…
Marilyn Darcangelo It would be an understatement to say the July Splash Party was a splashing success. Over 30 dogs enjoyed the get together in several large wading pools. Some dogs stood and splashed, others just lay down in the water and many enjoyed the flower shower. The next event will be a hike in…
The seventh annual GVFFA Chili Cook-Off will be held Saturday, September 26, 2015, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Local fire and law enforcement departments will kick up the heat at the sixth annual chili cook-off fundraiser and all proceeds will benefit families in need in the Green Valley-Sahuarita area.…
Peggy McGee The Fourth of July celebration started at 7:30 a.m. with the Color Guard from the Sahuarita Police Explorer Program Post 693 presenting the Colors. And that’s when the first donations for the annual Food for the Troops collection started to fill the bins. The donations are given to the Airmen of the 162nd…
Susan Pace The food truck craze swept through Quail Creek on Sunday afternoon, May 31 at Sip and Savor Sunday at Quail Creek – A Food Truck Extravaganza! The event was ushered in with great enthusiasm and a much larger attendance than anticipated (817 reservations). Some say it is Quail Creek’s largest event. Residents had…
Tim Phillips Mark the date – Thursday, August 6, 2015, Shotgun at 7:30 a.m. Only once a year do the men and women 18 hole golfers at Quail Creek tee it up against each other in a match play format. The Prickly Pair format this year is similar to last year when two person teams…