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Cacti and Succulent Basics

Bonnie Nowicki How fortunate we are here in Green Valley to enjoy the beautiful and luscious cacti blooms this season. Over the past two-and-a-half years writing this gardening column, I have shared information about cacti and my love of succulents. I find it’s always helpful to review the basics of growing beautiful specimens in our…

San Xavier Students Are “Bookin’ It Into Summer”

Barb Hunsinger As a kid, the best thing about summer was no school and no homework. Eighty-three students at the San Xavier Mission School have something else to look forward to this summer—brand new books to dive into! The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) sponsored the Bookin’ It Into Summer book drive, which was conducted in April and…

Elizabeth Herrera Starts Grad School

Peggy McGee Elizabeth Herrera, winner of the Michael J. Sullivan Memorial Scholarship, as part of The Women of Quail Creek’s Women in Transition program, did not waste any time enrolling in her graduate studies after being awarded the scholarship in April 2021. She started her first course in the UA’s nursing program in May. Elizabeth’s ultimate…

Duffers’ Annual  Championship Tournament

Steve Shapiro and Thom Sharples The Quail Creek Men’s 9-Hole Golf Association (Desert Duffers) held their annual Individual Low Net Championship Tournament on April 20, playing all three 9-hole courses at Quail Creek. The Duffers field had 122 members with five flights. Four flights were based on handicap, and the fifth flight was Super Seniors…

The Quail in Quail Creek

Gambels Quail

Monte Hudson Are you getting excited to start seeing the “nuggets,” as we call them, the baby quail that will be arriving soon? We may not see as many this year due to the drought, which affects their food sources, which in turn affects productivity. Our quail are Gambel’s Quail (Callipepla gambelii), named after naturalist…

Lady Putters Support TWOQC Baby Shower

Karen Baker (left) was so pleased not only with the quantity but also the variety of baby items delivered by the Lady Putters president, Janet Wegner. (Photo by Jane Herum)

Peggy McGee Even though it has been over a year since they have been together as a group, the Lady Putters have remained in touch. When word went out that The Women of Quail Creek (TWOQC) would once again host a very modified baby shower for the young airmen of the 162nd Fighter Wing of the Air…