Volume 12, Number 04 ✦ April 2012 What’s


Mother’s Day Brunch ...2


Critter Club News ...5


Left to right: Back row, Gary Collins, Mel Castle, Greg Cacas, Skip Pence, Don Gruett, Jin Rodgerson, and Owen Schwerdtfeger. Middle row, Jeri Collins, Carol Rodgerson, Jane Cacas, Sandy Castle, and Sharron Fletcher. Front row, Judy Gruett, Carlene Agustino, and Julie Pence.


Sandy Castle Early on February 10, 17


Happy Birthday to You! ...6


members of a Quail Creek neighborhood Bible study group departed in a three car caravan bound for Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) on a mini-mission trip arranged by Skip and Julie Pence. The four hour drive was full of spectacular scenery and joyful fellowship, and included a short picnic lunch stop at Organ Pipe National Monument. The group arrived at


QCLGA President’s Cup...9


Esperanza por los Ninos (Hope for the Children) a Christian home for children who had been removed from their parental homes for various reasons. The facility is home to about 40 children ages 5 to 18 and is run by two couples who live on site with their own children. A tour of the facility was enjoyed and their mission and needs were explained. As the children arrived from school in town, the


Baseball Bus Trip Schedule ...10


group helped to serve a hearty lunch. Afterward, the children enthusiastically enjoyed crafts provided by the Quail Creek visitors. The kids were also awed with delight by a fl annel board story of David and Goliath, and creatively iced Valentine cookies. Three lovely oceanfront condos in the Sandy Beach area of Puerto Peñasco, provided by the


— BIBLE cont. on page 16


Ride of Silence - May 16 ...17


Civic Orchestra of Tucson to perform Spring Pops concert at Quail Creek


Activity Calendar ...18


Classifi eds ...19


For the third year, the Civic Orchestra of


Tucson will perform its popular Spring Pops Concert at Quail Creek, sponsored by the Quail Creek Activities Committee. The 60-member orchestra will perform in the Crystal Ballroom at the Madera Club House from 3–5 p.m. on Sunday, April 29. Tickets are $15. The Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will play in the Copper Lounge before the concert, beginning at 1:45 pm. This Pops concert is fi lled with big band sounds, show tunes, and other popular melodies


that will get your feet tapping and leave you


humming all the way home. The program also features two winners of the orchestra’s 2012 Young Artists’ Competition performing their solos with the orchestra. Ly Pham will play the fi rst movement of Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A, and Keoni Bolding, violin, will perform Chaconne in G by Vitali. Seating will be


at round tables of ten


seats each. A cash bar will add to the relaxed atmosphere of the afternoon. Tickets can be


purchased for $15 at the Quail Creek Concierge Desk and also at the Green Valley-Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, until sold out. So,


gather together your friends, family,


neighbors, and business colleagues for an enjoyable Sunday afternoon of toe-tapping music. For more information, visit www.cotmusic.org or call 520-730-3371. Quail Creek Contact: Pat Thoresen, Quail


Creek Activities Committee Chair 520-207-0372 pthoresen@cox.net. 


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(Left) The group preparing food to feed 300 needy adults and children.


(Below) Dinner was served to the children first.


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