Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek’s (DCQC) Women in Blue hosted February’s monthly luncheon at the Grill on the Green, and their special guests were Amy Brandhuber (CASA of Pima County Program supervisor) and Linda Koral (Executive director of CASA Support Council for Pima County). Are you familiar with CASA? The acronym stands…
In September 2021, Hudbay Minerals, Inc., announced plans to extract minerals from a high-grade copper sulphide and oxide mineralization at its Copper World project located on private land at the north end of Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains. The results from drilling completed in June 2021, confirmed historical drilling at this site and identified three new…
Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek’s final meeting of 2021 celebrates two worthy volunteer organizations. Many of you may have heard about Friends In Deed or used their services. This 51-year-old volunteer organization has durable medical equipment to lend to Green Valley and Sahuarita residents without any cost or prequalification, such as age…
Sept. 28 was the club’s monthly luncheon held in the Madera Clubhouse Ballroom. Joining our Democratic Club of Quail Creek (DCQC) women were members from Green Valley Democrats. Our gathering was extra special because the focus included a presentation about Clothed in Compassion, a program of Eagle’s Wings of Grace in Tucson. Eagle’s Wings of Grace is…
On Nov. 20, the Democratic Club of Quail Creek is delighted to have award-winning photographer Richard Olsenius as our speaker. His career spans 50 years of capturing the world in photography, video, and music. He has worked on newspaper stories covering local and national news and magazine stories for National Geographic covering people, places, and events…
Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek’s (DCQC) guest speaker is Joanna Williams, the new executive director for the Kino Border Initiative (KBI). KBI’s vision is “a humane, just, workable migration between the U.S. and Mexico.” Its mission is to promote U.S. and Mexico border and immigration policies that affirm the dignity of the human person and a…
Marybeth Bates First the catch-up. In May, the Democratic Club of Quail Creek (DCQC) held a nonpartisan donation drive to help The Animal League of Green Valley (TALGV). In addition to the increase in animals abandoned during the pandemic, spring is puppy and kitten season—a very busy time! Nonperishable items were collected as well as monetary donations.…
Marybeth Bates According to David Domke, “The Democratic Party’s future runs through Arizona and is very much part of the new southern strategy.” Here is an overview of his talk: “The Biden and Harris campaign pulled off a significant victory nationwide, the second-biggest Democratic presidential win since 1988, and the Democrats gained the majority in the…
Marybeth Bates On March 3, 17 Democratic Club of Quail Creek (DCQC) members and friends got together for the Democratic Club’s first trash collection effort as part of Sahuarita’s Adopt-a-Roadway program. They picked up an impressive 32 bags of trash, a pile of PVC pipe, a 9 by 4 foot plywood sign, a pile of rebar, assorted whiskey…
Marybeth Bates The federal and state elections of 2020 are behind us, and Arizona’s Democrats are overjoyed to have turned the state purple. Can we afford to let politics fall to the wayside until the next election? No! Some time ago, a small group of women came together to form Civic Engagement Beyond Voting (CEBV)…