Fourth Quarter Photo Challenge Winners

December Photography Contest Winners

Quail Creek Air Gun Club

Let’s Travel Club

MOAA Elects New Board of Officers

Peggy McGee Navy Captain Chuck Vaughan, President of the Arizona Council of Chapters, swore in the new board for the Green Valley Chapter, Military Officers Association of America (MOAA), at their December dinner. Running the organization in 2026 will be Lt Col Darren Venters, Legislative Affairs and Transition Liaison; Nora Durham, Surviving Spouse Liaison; Maj…

Nurses Wrap Up 2025

Janine Baxter The Nurses of Quail Creek ended their year on Dec. 7 by enjoying a production of The Nutcracker by local dance company Ballet Continental. That was followed with a holiday luncheon at Coyote Grill at San Ignacio Golf Club. In addition to a great show, food, and company, our own Marilyn Reiser donated…

Things I Was Not Born With

Charlie Pattinian Every year, something either changes or is added to my body that I wasn’t born with. First came gray hair that refused to fall out. Then my molars rebelled after decades of abuse, so I paid a king’s ransom for implants. My dentist said they would last 20 years. Nineteen and a half…

Why I Care So Much About Being a Caregiver

Tracy Wasmuth My grandfather raised me on his own from the time that I was two years old. He worked extremely hard and wouldn’t get home some nights until 7 or 8 p.m. Since I can remember (I might have been about 10 years old), I was his caregiver. I would cook him dinner every…