Alphie Smith, Co-chair, QC Library In 2006 when the Quail Creek Library still operated out of a small office in the former Art & Technology building, a sign was posted saying that no more donations would be accepted. Phil Geddes took the sign down and told Ginny Post, library chair at the time, that he…
Alphie Smith The QC Library at the Madera clubhouse can no longer accept all your book donations. New guidelines are in place. We now only accept books that are 10 years old and newer. Books with a copyright date of 2016 or newer will find a home on the QC Library shelves. Leave these newer…
Alphie Smith The games in the Quail Creek Library have moved. They are no longer shelved in the library at the Madera clubhouse. Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble, cards, and more have found a new home in the new Canyon Club. Residents can find them in the Sage Room. This is the big room with tables…
Alphie Smith The Quail Creek Library Management Team held a luncheon on Sept. 20 at the Grill in honor of Larry and Dianne Thomson and to thank them for their many years of service with the QC Library. After 20 years of living in Quail Creek, the Thomsons will be moving to Washington State to…
Jerry Tinsley When David Bareiss published his latest novel, Sixth Coin, in April of 2024, the sixth in his exciting air, land, and sea adventure series, ideas for his seventh book were already germinating in his fertile imagination. While the premise of his first novel, First Frigate, was put on paper 40 years ago as…
Alphie Smith The annual meeting of the Quail Creek Library at Madera Clubhouse was held on Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. in the Kino Center. There were 26 attendees, including the Library Management Team, volunteers, and Quail Creek’s new POA board member Ralph Scafuri. Co-chairs Alphie Smith and Carolyn Good gave general remarks regarding the library in…
The annual meeting of the Library Volunteers was held on Tuesday, December 4. More than 20 volunteers attended the meeting. Discussion was held and the new ten-day schedule for 2019 was approved. The donations report showed an increase in donations out to 6000+, an increase over the previous year in donations for books, puzzles and…