Holiday greetings. As 2013 comes to a close, I find myself in reflection of my accomplishments of the past and the travel memories that I have helped to create this year. As we travel into 2014 together, something to be mindful of is the meaning of the word travel. Webster’s Dictionary describes the word as…
W. Smith I like to ponder word origins. With “frenetic,” we could start with Middle English; our word has been around a while. Working backwards, as we do with etymology, here goes the history. Frenetic can be traced back further than me frenetic—to Old French frenetique, from a Latin word meaning delirious, from a related…
Rebecca Dawn live from Branson will be presented Thursday, January 30, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Tickets are $10.00 per person at the Concierge Desk or at 393-5822 to order by phone. The cash bar opens at 6:00 p.m. and will remain open through intermission. Rebecca has been the opening…
Rave On: A Salute to the Music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper will be presented Friday, January 10, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. in the Madera Clubhouse Crystal Ballroom. Tickets are $25.00 per person. The cash bar opens at 6:00 p.m. and will remain open through intermission. Celebrating the music of the…
Ginny Hutcheson Start saving saleable items for the fifth annual Relay For Life Garage Sale in November 2014. Thanks to the generous donations of many Quail Creek residents the Quail Creek Fights Back team raised $3,000 from the mountain of donated items received. The dollars raised will help the Relay Team reach the $15,000 goal…
Rehearsals are in full swing as Wooden Soldiers brush up on their marching expertise, members of the Aquarius Group try to recall what it was like back then in order to create the correct ambiance for their number and Fiddlers and Lullabyes and saying Hello to Dolly and asking Luck to be a Lady are…