Emilie Ortega, President, QCFAPC When you first meet Terry Smith, you are drawn to her enthusiastic personality and her friendly style. She never met a stranger. But once you go beyond these very charming traits, you find a very serious artist and someone who will inspire you to color outside the lines, just as she…
Judy White At the October Javelina Hoedown, The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) Scholarship Committee gratefully announced a Matching Funds Campaign to raise scholarship funds. A generous group of donors has pledged $40,000 in matching funds. The first $20,000 in campaign donations will be matched 2 for 1 by that pledge. The Scholarship Committee is…
This is a milestone fewer than 5% of a given class will achieve! Karate is not just a martial art. It’s a journey of self-discovery, discipline, and personal growth. Earning the Black Belt is very special. Ron Guirreri recently earned his Black Belt, and he is the first student at Quail Creek Dojo to do so.…
Jane Gold By popular demand, a Zentangle class was taught again by Deb Gutknecht at her home on Oct. 16. Eight new students who are The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) members attended. No experience was required for this exciting new activity. Deb provided all the supplies. What is Zentangle? It’s a paper and ink…
Peggy McGee Several members of the Greater Green Valley Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) joined forces with employees from the Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Operations Team and representatives from the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for a Buffelgrass Pull on Oct. 26. Armed with shovels and hoes, the group learned how to identify buffelgrass from other similar looking native…
Bonnie Nowicki Most of the following information is from the University of Arizona Desert Landscaping manual I refer to for some of my articles. Let’s start by thinking about picking the right plant for the right place when we are purchasing plants. Select those that are adapted to an arid desert environment, and plant them…