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…
Tag: Democratic Club of Quail Creek
Clubs & Classes, December 2021
DCQC 2021 Speaker Series Highlights Sister José and Friends In Deed
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2021
DCQC’S Women in Blue’s Luncheon a Huge Success
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2021
DCQC Speaker Series Continues with Award-Winning Photographer Richard Olsenius
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…
Clubs & Classes, August 2021
The Democratic Club’s Speaker Series Continues Live August 21
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…
Clubs & Classes, July 2021
Catching Up and Looking Forward With the Democratic Club of Quail Creek
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.…
Clubs & Classes, June 2021
David Domke, Common Power Co-Founder, Is The Speaker for DCQC’s June 19 Meeting
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…
Clubs & Classes, April 2021
Giving Back to Our Community
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…
Clubs & Classes, March 2021
Civic Engagement Beyond Voting and RTS
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)…
Clubs & Classes, February 2021
DCQC Food Drive a Huge Success!
Marybeth Bates The Democratic Club of Quail Creek (DCQC) thanks all of our Quail Creek neighbors for your overwhelming support and generosity. From Jan. 5 through 20, donations of 1,000 pounds of non-perishables and checks totaling over $2,000 were deposited at the home of club member Jeanne Buell. It was decided to include the Good Shepherd…