Gloria Bible The excitement began at Dave and Judy Sypkens’ home with a random draw on Nov. 8. Twelve men and 12 women participated in the draw, determining player combinations for this much-anticipated tournament the weekend of Nov. 14. With highly changeable temperatures and wet weather in the forecast, organizers and players held their collective…
Peggy McGee The Lady Putters continue to amaze their fellow Putters and sometimes even themselves. For a while, it was one or two ladies who managed to get five or more holes-in-one on a Wednesday morning, but now it seems the number can climb to nine or ten who manage that feat. Getting seven holes-in-one…
Thom Sharples In order to promote competition to achieve a hole-in-one, Steve Harris donated $500 to a Duffer who would accomplish this during league play. Well, on Nov. 4 on Roadrunner 2, Joel Sande accomplished this feat! It was Joel’s first hole of the day, and Mike Palmer could not remember when a Duffer had…
Carol Michels On Oct. 27, 30 ladies gathered to listen to John Grahame in the Crystal Ballroom in the Madera clubhouse. John Grahame is a Green Valley-based Dark Sky advocate. He shared information on the impacts of excessive outdoor lighting on wildlife, as well as our own safety and security. He offered many ideas for…
Carol Michels The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) Small Group On-The-Go experience on the beautiful afternoon of Nov. 15 was, quite literally, historic! Twelve members of the group ventured out to the Tubac Presidio to sit in a rustic schoolhouse and listen to Jack Lasseter’s “Jack Talk” about the inspirational topic of the Navajo Code…
Roxanne Housley Hope Rising Arizona (HRAZ) provides long-term services to young survivors of sex trafficking and exploitation. It is the only residential restorative care sanctuary for adult female sex-trafficking survivors in Southern Arizona. Hope Rising Arizona is a 501(c)(3) established in 2017 by Sgt. Sarah Buchanan of the Tucson Police Department who felt a deep…