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Huachuca City
The Huachuca City Lions Club will have an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday at the Lions Hall, 125 Huachuca Blvd. The cost is $4.50 for adults, $2.50 for children 5-12, and free for kid 4 and under. Dessert, coffee and tea are included. The public is welcome.
Bisbee
Bisbee Corral of Westerners International will feature a program about preservation of Southern Arizona’s elegant historical showplace, the Grand Theater in Douglas, at 7 p.m. today at the Bisbee Senior Center. Westerners is an organization whose members enjoy history of the American West. Bisbee Corral holds monthly meetings that feature topics related to Southeastern Arizona and the surrounding region. The public is invited. Call Christine Rhodes, 432-5836.
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The Full Moon Psychic Fair will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at 55 Main Gallery, 55 Main St. Professional readers offer guidance on career, personal relationships, re-location, finances, health, current and future circumstances, travel and more. Readings are available with John Galleher, psychic astrologer and tarot reader, Mackenzie-palmistry and handwriting analysis; Angel Runninghawk, Native American shaman and transmedium; and Carol Sano, “PsychiCowgirl.” Mini-massage available all day. For information, contact Mobius Products and Services at 432-3726 or mobius@theriver.com.
Al-Anon meetings are held at St. John’s Episcopal Church every Monday and Wednesday at 7 p.m. Call 432-4448 or 432-7845.
Elgin
A free fruit tree pruning demonstration will be presented by Robert E. Call, extension agent, horticulture, for the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at 26 Pronghorn Lane in Elgin. For information and a map/directions, call the Cooperative Extension office at 458-8278, Ext. 2141.
Double Adobe
The Double Adobe Country Quilters will hold their 27th annual Quilt and Crafts Show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Old Double Adobe School on Central Highway and Double Adobe Road in downtown Double Adobe. Admission is free. Children are welcome, and live music will be performed by the Sulphur Strings. The Double Adobe 4-H will be serving lunch. Raffle tickets will be sold at the door for a “String of Jewels” quilt that has been hand quilted by the Quilters. For information, call Mary at 364-8334 or Barbara at 364-5109.
Sierra Vista
The Sierra Vista Farmers Market is open on the first Thursday of each month during winter. The market is located at the northwest corner of Wilcox Drive and Carmichael Avenue next to The Palms, 255 W. Wilcox Drive. The winter schedule will have earlier hours, running from noon to 4 p.m. There are lots of unsprayed produce, healthy meats, farm eggs and wild fish, desert health foods, honey, fair-trade coffee, pickles and preserves, baked goods, herbal remedies and healthy body care. E-mail vallimac@cox.net, or call 266-1976.
The Huachuca Audubon Society leads a two- to three-hour bird walk Mondays at The Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve. Meet at the Ramsey Canyon Preserve parking lot, located at the upper end of Ramsey Canyon Road, starting at 8 a.m. during March and 7:30 a.m. April through August. The walk will go about a mile up through the preserve at a relaxed pace. There is some uphill walking, and sturdy shoes are recommended. The walk is free and open to the public, but standard preserve entrance fees apply: $5/person for a weekly pass, $3 Nature Conservancy members and Cochise County residents, $25 for a yearly family pass. For information, contact Rick Romea at 803-1160 or by e-mail at rickorcindy@hotmail.com.
The Huachuca Audubon Society will hold a field trip to the Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park at 8 a.m. March 8. Call Mike Guest at 378-0667, and Erika Wilson at 234-4359 or send e-mail to terika@cox.net.
There will be a free bird walk at 8 a.m. Sunday at the Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park. Walks are limited to the first 20 attendees. Call 432-1388.
Docents from the Friends of the San Pedro River will lead an interpretive walk along the river beginning at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The walk departs from the San Pedro House. There is no charge for the walks, but donations are accepted to support the docent programs. Dress appropriately for the weather, bring drinking water and use sun protection. For information, call 459-2555.
The Sierra Vista Woman’s Club monthly meeting will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Pueblo del Sol Country Club. This month’s speaker will be a representative from the American Cancer Society. For reservations, call Mirka at 803-9444.
The March meeting of Huachuca Area School Retirees Association will be March 8. The program will be presented by Fred Stahl. He will be presenting “An Educator’s Trip through the Himalayas to Mt. Everest,” based on his own travels. Retired school employees from any state are welcome to attend. The meeting will be at 10 a.m. in the Mona Bishop room at the Sierra Vista Library. Call Lorene at 803-9423.
The Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday at the Sierra Vista Community United Church of Christ, which is on the Highway 90 Bypass north of Target. Guest speakers will be Audrey Waite and Dee Lynn, co-directors of Quilt Camp in the Pines and Quilting in the Desert. Contact Susan Lee at 439-0098 or cnmsue@hotmail.com, or visit the guild Web site at www.geocities.com/hsqg2002/HSQG.html.
A columnist from the Wall Street Journal and the president of the state Senate are scheduled guest speakers at the Cochise County Republican Party’s upcoming Lincoln Day Dinner. The dinner is March 10, with a social at 5:30 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. and guest speakers at 7 p.m. It will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 156 W. Kayetan Drive. The guest speakers will be John Fund, columnist and TV commentator, and Sen. Tim Bee, whose district includes the Sierra Vista area. The event costs $30 per person. To RSVP, call Gail Griffin at 458-5561 or Dick Haines at 458-8029, or send a check to CCRC, P.O. Box 615, Sierra Vista AZ 85635.
The eighth annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade will start at 11 a.m. on March 17. The entries will line up at 10 a.m. at the corner of Seventh Street and Fry Boulevard. The route will go down Fry Boulevard, starting at Seventh Street and finishing at the entrance of Veterans’ Memorial Park. Contact Gerry Campbell, chairman of the Sierra Vista St. Patrick’s Day Parade, at 249-2523, or by e-mail at gcampbell26@cox.net.
Overeaters Anonymous meets at the Church of Christ in Village Meadows, 815 El Camino Real, Room 2, on Mondays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 a.m. For information, call Laura at 458-0563 or Marilyn at 417-1645.
The San Pedro Kiwanis Club meets every Monday at noon at the Golden Corral. Meetings are open to the public, and anyone interested in becoming a member is welcome and encouraged to attend. Call Cheryl, 378-0688.
TOPS AZ 90 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) of Sierra Vista is a weight loss support group that meets Tuesday evenings at First Christian Church, located at the corner of Highway 90 and Kings Way. Weigh-in is from 5:30 to 6:05 p.m. The program is from 6:15 to 7:15. Call Markie Crossman at 439-4366 or Joan Basnar at 803-9566.
The Winter Visitors Program on Wednesday will feature Travels in China, by Sheila DeVoe Heidman and Grace Mah. The group meets at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 2145 S. Coronado Drive. Coffee and donuts are served at 8:30 a.m. The program starts at 9. Call Ron Witt, 459-0929, or Jim Behnke, 803-6810. The March 14 program will be Drug Overview, by Detective Stompro of the Sierra Vista Police Department.
The German-American Club of Sierra Vista meets the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at VFW hall on Veterans Drive. All are welcome. Call club president Richard Casper, 378-2362.
There will be a catfish fry at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9972 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the post, located at 549 Veterans Drive. The menu includes catfish, cod and roast beef. The cost is $7 per person. There will be karaoke with Dave from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. The event is open to all members and their guests.
There is an Al-Anon meeting on Sundays from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Room 106A at the Wick Building, located at the corner of Wilcox Drive and Fab Avenue. Call Linda, 803-8118.
The cancer support group held at Dr. McCarthy’s office meets on the first Thursday of the month, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Cancer survivors, those newly diagnosed, and those who love and support the patients are invited. Call volunteer facilitator Vicki Barth, 417-1163.
The Kiwanis Club of Sierra Vista meets each Thursday at 6:45 a.m. at The Bakers Flor at 1481 E. Fry Blvd. The Kiwanis Club of Sierra Vista sponsors Buena High School Key Club, Apache Builders Club, and K-Kids Club at Our Lady of the Mountain. People interested in youth programs are welcome to attend. Call Don at 417-0369.
The March meeting of Our Lady’s Auxiliary of OLM Church will be held Thursday with an Irish theme. Adoration will be at 10 a.m. There will be a general meeting at 11:05, followed by lunch at the Irish Pub. For reservations or information, call Nancy at 803-0452.
National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday at the VFW, 549 Veterans Drive. Calvin Brower will speak on tax preparation. Lunch will be served promptly at 11; therefore, arrive by 10:45. Lunch reservations may be made by calling Leon or Barbara at 366-4213.
The Sierra Vista Farmers Market will be held on Thursday and April 5, from noon to 4 p.m. Meet local farmers and ranchers, and take home some of the bounty of Cochise County. The market is held at the northwest corner of Wilcox Drive and Carmichael Avenue. Call 378-2973 or 266-1976.
The Sierra Vista chapter of The Compassionate Friends, an international nonprofit self-help support group for families following the death of a child of any age, will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mountain View Assembly of God annex on Colombo Avenue and Highway 92. Meetings are open to all adult members of families who have experienced the death of a child at any age, from any cause, no matter how long ago. Call Carey Hess at 803-0004 or Lisa Davis at 803-7797.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday at the Emergency Operations Building on Foothills and Highway 92. Anyone interested in learning more about Search and Rescue or wishes to join is urged to attend. Meetings commence at 6:30 p.m. Call Dave Noland or Ursula Ritchie, Cochise County Search Rescue coordinators, at 432-9500.
The Cochise County Chapter of Sisters in Crime will meet Thursday at 7 p.m. at Cochise College Library in the Horace Steele Room. Nick Zavadin will discuss what makes a jail different from a prison. The public is invited.
The Fort Huachuca Retiree Council meets at 10 a.m. on the first Friday of each month in the Jack Rabbit Room of the Murr Community Center on Fort Huachuca. Coffee call is at 9:30 a.m. The Retiree Council serves the 4,800 military retirees in Cochise County and other military retirees throughout Arizona by reporting useful information each month. To be included on an e-mail list to receive a monthly report of federal and state veterans’ legislation, contact Gene Fenstermacher at fensteg@cox.net. All military retirees are invited to attend the monthly open meetings.
Sierra Vista Lions Club Bingo is held Friday at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 156 W. Kayetan Drive. All proceeds for will benefit local individuals’ needs for eyeglasses and hearing aids, and other charities. Helpers are needed. Call Willie Webster, 378-7157; or Steve Scheumann, 378-4941.
The Huachuca Astronomy Club of Southeastern Arizona, in collaboration with Cochise College, will host Adam Block, an astro-imager at its March general meeting at Cochise College on Saturday. Starting in 1995, Block developed and crafted the nightly observing program at the Kitt Peak National Observatory. His imagery has been published in “Arizona Highways,” “Astronomy,” “Sky and Telescope” and a number of books. The meeting will be held in Room 305A/B on the Sierra Vista campus of Cochise College. The room is adjacent to the campus security office. The program begins at 7 p.m., the public is welcome and the program is free. There will be refreshments available and a door prize drawing near the end of the meeting. Contact Keith Mullen at 366-0049.
Attend the “Get Smart with Smart Irrigation Controllers” workshop at the University of Arizona South, 1140 N. Colombo Ave., from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Robert Reaves from The Toro Company will talk about efficient irrigation using timers, rain sensors and more. Residents and large property managers are encouraged to participate. Contact the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension’s Water Wise Program at 458-8278, Ext. 2141, or visit www.ag.arizona.edu/cochise/waterwise.
The Greater Huachuca Area Democratic Club will meet at 1:45 p.m. Saturday in the Mona Bishop Room at the Sierra Vista Public Library. The speakers will be State Rep. Manny Alvarez from District 25 and Pamela Housh, director of the Alternative Resolution Program. New members are welcome. Voter registration is available. Call 458-9467.
The Sierra Vista La Salida del Sol Lions Club’s new meeting location is The Bakers Flor, 1481 E. Fry Blvd. The club meets every first, second, fourth and fifth Wednesday of the month at 6:45 a.m. Visit lionwap.org/sierravistaazam.
The Huachuca Prospectors Association meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm (5:30 pm for dinner) at the Highway 92 Cafe on Highway 92 near the Uptown 3 Theatre. Become a member by attending a meeting. No dues. Call Tom Tierney at 378-3294.
The Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program (VICaP) is a non-profit organization providing services to the elderly, disabled and homebound residents of Sierra Vista and nearby rural communities. Services include transportation to appointments, shopping assistance, friendly visiting, basic business help, respite sitting, Medicare insurance counseling and minor home maintenance. These services are provided free of charge by trained volunteers; however, donations are accepted. In response to increased demand for services, VICaP is recruiting volunteers who are willing to give a few hours of their week to reach out and help their neighbors. Call 459-8146.
The Cochise County chapter of AXPOWs meets on the third Saturday of the month, at the Elks club on Wilcox Drive. The meeting starts at 2 p.m. Anyone who was a prisoner of war, whether a war or conflict, and his family is eligible to join the organization. Call Milton M. Moore, commander, at 459-7295.
There will be a tour of historic Buffalo Soldier sites on Fort Huachuca every third Saturday of the month for the remainder of the year. The tours will be led by members of the Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers in celebration of the post’s designation of 2007 as “The Year of the Buffalo Soldier.” Also, the post is extending a special invitation to any private organizations with a Buffalo Soldier connection to attend the kickoff event on Feb. 23. Contact command historian Lori Tagg at 533-4113 or lori.tagg@hua.army.mil for information.
All caregivers are invited to attend a series of training sessions presented by Melinda Haun, a registered nurse and a certified hospice and palliative nurse. The classes are simple, practical, positive and empowering, and are designed to take the fear out of caregiving. Classes will be held the third Thursday of each month at the Ethel Berger Center at 1 p.m. A different topic is featured each month. Call 417-6980.
Cochise Chordsmen Barbershop Singers, which is Sierra Vista’s chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, meets and practices each Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in the choir room of the United Methodist Church, locate at the corner of Buffalo Soldier Trail and St. Andrews Drive. Men of any age are welcome to attend, listen, and/or join in the singing. No musical training is necessary. Call Ed Raymond, 803-9905.
The Sierra Vista Parkinson’s Disease Support Group meets the second Wednesday of each month in the Mona Bishop Room of Sierra Vista Public Library. The meetings are from 1:15 to 3 p.m. Call Bernice or Henry, 458-5870.
Good Neighbor Alliance, a homeless shelter and advocacy organization, holds a monthly board meeting on the first Tuesday of each month at the Sierra Vista United Methodist Church at 5 p.m. The meeting is open to the public. Call Kathy Calabrese, 439-0776.
The Mountain Vista Golden K Kiwanis Club of Sierra Vista meets twice a month, on the second and fourth Thursdays, at the Windemere Hotel and Conference Center, located at 2047 S Highway 92 in Sierra Vista. There is a buffet lunch at 11:30 a.m. for $10, and the meeting begins at noon. Call Tess at 378-3213.
TOPS AZ 215 (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets every Friday morning at the New Hope Evangelical Church, 5420 Desert Shadows Drive. Weigh-in is from 7:45 to 8:45 a.m. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. Anyone who is interested in losing or maintaining weight are invited to attend. For information, call Regina at 417-9570 or Becky at 459-2890.
The Cochise County Democratic Party has announced the hours of operations for the Cochise County Democratic Party headquarters, located at 1010 E. Fry Blvd. The office phone number is 458-9467. Regular office hours are Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays 4 to 7 p.m.; and Thursdays and Fridays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Voter information and registration forms are available. Call Pat Fleming, the chairwoman of the Cochise County Democratic Party, at 378-4386, or Cochise County Democratic Party First Vice Chairman Tim Beumler (520) 906-3368.
The Sierra Vista Environmental Operations Park has bird walks each Sunday morning, starting at 8 a.m. The walks take about two hours and are led by docents from Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory, Huachuca Audubon Society and the Friends of the San Pedro River. The entrance is located on Highway 90, between mileage markers 324 and 325, on the north side of the highway. Walks are limited to the first 20 who attend. Call 432-1388.
The Weight Loss Surgery Friends of Sierra Vista meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Cochise County Regional Complex, Conference Room located at 100 Colonia de Salud. Please join us if you have had weight loss surgery and need support or if you are interested in having weight loss surgery. Call Jennifer Brown at 459-2498; Bob Hooper, 458-8610; or Vicky Harper, 249-9716.
Brain Tumor/Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group meets every fourth Wednesday of the month from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Ethel Berger Center. Call Pat at 378-1581, or Linda at 456-5736.
Sierra Vista Cancer Center hosts cancer support group meetings at 1 p.m. on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month at 155 Calle Portal, Suite 700. Call Ginger Guthrie, director of patient advocacy, 459-1718, or e-mail gguthrie.svcc@yahoo.com, or visit www.sierravistacancercenter.com.
AARP Chapter 3123 meets on the fourth Wednesday every month. Today’s meeting will be held at the Ethel Berger Center at 1 p.m. Kathryn Ojerio, VICaP director, and Angelica Munroz, case manager for Cochise County Area Agency on Aging Caregiver Program, will speak about their programs and receive donations from the chapter. Call Sandy at 378-6238.
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