Dinah O. Shumway On April 7 the Quail Creek Science Club ventured out on a field trip to the San Xavier Mine off of Mission Road near Helmut Peak. The “SX,” as it is known, is the laboratory for the University of Arizona’s undergraduate mining, engineering, and geology students. The mine operated from about 1880…
Peggy McGee The annual Valley Assistance Services (VAS) benefit fashion show will be held on Tuesday, July 18, at high noon in the Madera clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Because the event will be held during the middle of monsoon season, the theme will be Singing in the Rain. The show will feature 24 unique outfits from Nancy…
Summer vacations have finally started! If your vacation includes a trip to the mountains in northern Arizona, you will experience beautiful scenery, an array of local festivals—not to mention cooler temperatures. Summer is the perfect time of year for weekend getaways close to home. I recently came across an informative website that offers travel ideas,…
Don Beaver, Director of Fitness Summer is upon us at Quail Creek, and that not only means higher temperatures and fewer residents on property, but also increased use of outdoor activities at the Anza for both fellow residents and guests—especially visiting kids and grandkids. These changes in our use of Anza facilities triggers the need…
CAP Board Member and Quail Creek Water Rep to Highlight Oct. 25 Green Valley/Sahuarita Water Forum Pat Jacobs, Central Arizona Project Board Member, as a representative from Pima County, and Martin Roush, Robson Director of Utilities overseeing Quail Creek Water, will be the guest speakers at a Green Valley/Sahuarita Water Forum. This forum will be…
David Zapatka Reading in the Quest magazine recently, I came across the word cenote. Cenote—si-ˈnō-tē noun: a natural pit or deep sinkhole in limestone resulting from the collapse of limestone bedrock that exposes groundwater underneath with a pool at the bottom that is found especially in the Yucatán Peninsula. Origin and Etymology—Mexican Spanish, from Yucatec ts’onot…