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Paper Flower Bouquets in Janet’s Crafty Casita

Inna Shames On a beautiful December morning in Quail Creek, five women from The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) gathered in Janet Rumford’s Crafty Casita to make beautiful paper flowers, something most of us have not done since we were small children playing with colored tissue paper! And the raw materials used here actually came…

Meet The Women of Quail Creek’s New 2025 Board

Inna Shames Meet the new board of The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit charitable organization involved in activities benefiting the local community. Debi Gutknecht, president, moved to Quail Creek in 2022 and joined TWOQC shortly thereafter. She got involved in numerous programs, including teaching Zentangle classes and a workshop on building resilience…

TWOQC Annual December Holiday Luncheon

Nancy Jacobs The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC) annual Holiday Luncheon was held at the Madera clubhouse on Dec. 10. The event was attended by 117 TWOQC members and guests. A festive luncheon menu consisted of Chicken Florentine over angel hair pasta, with glazed carrots and a Caesar salad. After lunch was served, the first…

Santa Rocks Arizona in December!

Janet Rumford and Inna Shames On a warm, sunny, beautiful December day, a small group of women from The Women of Quail Creek gathered in Janet’s casita to paint Santa rocks. Now, we all know that what we have here is not Santa’s usual climate, but the winter gear (red hat and all) was nevertheless…

Nurses Put a ‘Cap’ on 2024

Janine Baxter The Nurses of Quail Creek ended their year with a holiday luncheon on Dec. 8 at Stables Ranch Grille located in Tubac Golf Resort. In addition to a great venue, food, and company, those who still possessed them wore their nursing caps and/or nursing pins. Each attendee, in turn, shared about their nursing…