Right after her graduation from Mount Saint Agnes College in Baltimore in 1966, Peggy McGee was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Women’s Army Corps. Her first assignments were in personnel and administration, two of the three fields opened to Army women at that time. Her last assignment while on active duty was as Death…
John Hockemeier Have you taken videos of your travels, of the grandkids and other interesting topics? Wouldn’t it be nice to select individual frames of some memorable scenes so you can view them whenever you want without having to show the video every time? Probably the more experienced videographers know how to do this. Can…
Robert Thoresen July’s photography contest theme was “Let’s Have a Celebration,” appropriately tied to the Fourth of July. Two of the three winners were shot locally at Quail Creek and the third somewhere off the Alaskan coast line. Ken Haley won First Place with a picture taken during last month’s Quail Creek Fourth of July…
Tim Phillips What a great summer for growing in our Champion Bermuda grass greens on our three nines! Quail and Coyote have filled in nicely since June after killing off the poa trivialis, the winter grass used on our greens. Although running slower on the stimpmeter than some would like at roughly eight, the height…
Peggy McGee Although it was 85 degrees in the shade by 8:30 a.m. on July 31, 45 Lady Putters were in a holiday spirit as they came to putt decked out in red and green and wearing Christmas jewelry. Their annual Christmas in July Food Drive for the Green Valley-Sahuarita Food Bank netted 92 pounds…
Ron and Vicki Sullivan Quail Creek is fortunate that George Stone is passionate about gardening and loves working with people of all ages. He has also grown tomatoes as big as a Buick hubcap. He’ll share his knowledge of community gardening, the history of the Allen J. Ogden Community Garden, a keen wit and more…