Deb Nesbitt The Photo Club of Quail Creek August photo contest focused on Signs. Eligible photos were taken within the last three years with only minimal post processing allowed. Tom Cadwalader once again took first place with Signs Ontario. This image was taken on a fishing trip to a fly-out lodge in Ontario, Canada. Tom arrived in…
Cheryl Palen Life’s surprises are illustrated well in Brant Vickers’ novel Fedor, and such surprises hold the key to the book’s appeal. Based on the life of a sideshow that performed in P.T. Barnum’s Circus in the late 1880s, Fedor Adrianovitch Jefticheff has long, thick, silky hair all over his body, just like his father—a…
Steve Ware At the Quail Creek Republican Club meeting on Sept. 17, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich shared numerous examples of the beautiful simplicity, and the checks and balances genius in our U.S. Constitution created by our Founding Fathers. He also discussed areas in which he feels that federal overreach has occurred. The Quail Creek Republican…
Ross Dunfee What is a Marine? A sailor? A soldier? Or an infantry or amphibious assault member? They are all—soldiers serving on ships ready for land action. Their history, etched in antiquity, has records in ancient Greece and Rome. In the 17th century, the English, in its wars with the Dutch, referred to Marine units as naval infantry. In 1739,…
Melani Caron, General Manager Yes, it’s that time of year again for the POA. No, not the holidays—it’s budget season! Most homeowner and property owner associations use the calendar year as their fiscal year, and now is the time of year where many managers are formulating their budgets for the upcoming year. As you can…
Peggy McGee As the Lady Putters ended the hottest part of the summer season on the temporary putting green, they continued to excel in their accuracy of getting the ball in the hole with a single stroke. Each time a lady scores five holes-in-one during a single putting session, she becomes eligible for a special pin,…