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Elfrida
Elfrida Farmers Market, Craft Sale and Swap Meet is slated for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday on Highway 191 north of Elfrida behind the Chiricahua Community Health Center. This is a nonprofit fundraiser benefiting the Elfrida Community Garden. More than 40 vendors are booked. Call Robbyn at (520) 642-2303 or Julie Karra at (520) 642-2222.
Bisbee
County Supervisor Paul Newman will speak at Saturday’s Mule Mountain Democrats meeting at the Bisbee Senior Center. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. The center will offer a $6 breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.
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The Boys & Girls Club of Bisbee will have its 2007 Invest in Kids Telethon on Saturday, 1-9 p.m., and Sunday, 2-6 p.m. Watch the club on Channel 2, CableOne. Donations can be made by calling 432-3010 or online at bgcbisbee.com. On Saturday, a chile and cornbread dinner sponsored by Rotary and Kiwanis clubs will be available from 4 to 7 p.m. for $5.
A meeting sponsored by the Cochise County Democratic Party will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Grassy Park of Bisbee. There will be drumming and dancing as participants say, “Step it up, Congress!” and call for the cutting of carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The group will march to City Park at noon and will hear Robert Strom, Betty Lindstrom and Rod Richards speak about global warming. Music will be provided by Dreadnots. Call 559-4483.
The Bisbee Coalition for the Homeless Inc. will host commodities distribution Tuesday, from 2 to 3 p.m., at the Esperanza Resource Center, located at 509 Romero St. in Tintown. Chiricahua Community Health Center will provide blood pressure checks, blood sugar screening, vaccines for adults and over-the-counter medications. Call 432-7839.
There will be an AARP driver safety program course offered on April 21 at Bisbee Senior Center, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Martin McKinley is the instructor. Call 432-3314 or 378-0732.
Sierra Vista
There will be a ladies auxiliary dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the VFW Post 9972, 549 W. Veterans Drive for $7 per person. There will be live entertainment. Call Shirley Larson at 458-8930.
The Mountain View Computer Users Group will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m. Saturday in Room 314 at Cochise College. Topics will include how to burn CDs and DVDs, and a detailed look at the new features of Microsoft’s new Windows Vista operating system. Call 366.8264, or send e-mail to president@mvcug.org, or visit mvcug.org.
The Greater Huachuca Area Branch NAACP will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Mona Bishop Room of Sierra Vista Public Library. New members and guests are invited. Call 459-4181.
The National Issues Forum will meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday in the Sierra Vista Public Library. The subject of the meeting will be the STRIVE congressional bill and how it would affect the millions of illegal immigrants now living in the United States. STRIVE (H.R. 1645, Security Through Regularized Immigration and Vibrant Economy) was introduced March 22 by U.S. Rep. Luis Guti/rrez, D-Ill., and is co-sponsored by, among others, U.S. Reps. Jeff Flake and Gabrielle Giffords. These monthly discussions are organized to promote public deliberation on vital civic issues facing Americans. Call Jacqueline O’Connor at 452-9055, or send e-mail to bansheetoo2000@yahoo.com.
The Southeast Arizona Ostomy Association will meet at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Jenny Room of the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center. Annette Golz of Hollister will speak. Call Bill Shelton at 378-2487.
A beginners Pilates class will begin Monday in the Oscar Yrun Center, from 9 to 9:50 a.m. Call 417-6980.
The Arizona Silver Chapter of the Warrant Officers Association will meet Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at VFW Post 9972, 549 W. Veterans Drive. All warrant officers, active duty, retired or other branch services are welcome. Contact Harry Bowen at 508-2685 or harry.bowen@aol.com.
The Sierra Vista Market will hold its next open board meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday at 1601 Paseo San Luis. Current members and those interested in joining the market are invited. Of special interest is the upcoming first annual membership meeting scheduled for May 12. Call 508-7201 or visit sierravistamarket.com.
“Bears of the Huachuca Mountains” will be presented by John Millican will be the topic of Tuesday’s meeting of the Huachuca Audubon Society. It will be held at 7 p.m. in Horace Steel Conference Room, Cochise College. Millican is the Arizona Game & Fish regional manager who dealt with dozens of bears coming out of the mountains last summer and fall. Call Kerrie Kirkpatrick at 378-2874.
Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Room 314, Cochise College. Stan Hoefer, an expert caver and volunteer with the U.S. Forest Service, will speak about some of the 56 significant caves in the Huachuca Mountains, as well as a bit about bats that inhabit those caves. The public is welcome. Call Ingrid Baillie at 459-3718.
The Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter is holding a workshop, titled “Making the day meaningful: A guide to activities” from 1:15 to 2:25 p.m. on April 25 at the Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma St.
Paul’s Pub on Paseo San Luis will be the site of the Sierra Vista San Pedro Kiwanis Chili Cook-off on April 28. Tasting cups and raffle tickets will be sold starting at 2 p.m. Proceeds will benefit Just Kids Inc., a club foundation. Call Debbie Derosa at 456-9798.
The Sierra Vista La Salida del Sol Lions Club meets every Wednesday morning at 6:45 at The Bakers Flor, 1481 E. Fry Blvd. Visit lionwap.org/sierravistaazam.
The Hummingbird Stitchers Quilt Guild meets Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. at the Sierra Vista Community United Church of Christ, which is on the Highway 90 Bypass north of Target. An evening group meets on the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Programs, workshops, quilting bees and and fellowship. All levels of quilters welcome. Contact Susan Lee at 439-0098, cnmsue@hotmail.com, or look at the guild Web site at www.geocities.com/hsqg2002/HSQG.html.
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 at the Ethel Berger Center at 1 p.m. Call 378-6238.
Brain Tumor/Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group meets on the 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.
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.
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.
Overeaters Anonymous meets at the Church of Christ in Village Meadows, 815 El Camino Real, on Mondays at 7 p.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., in Room 9; and Saturdays at 10 a.m., in Room 2. Call Laura at 458-0563 or Marilyn at 417-1645.
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.
The Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory will band hummingbirds again this year at the San Pedro House. Banding sessions will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, and also on the following dates: April 21, April 28, May 5, May 11, May 19, May 26, June 30, July 6, July 13, July 20, July 26, Aug. 4 and Aug. 25. Fall dates will be added later. Hummingbirds can be “adopted” for $25. Call volunteer Susan Ostrander 366-0360.
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 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.
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 Cochise County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team will hold its monthly meeting Thursday. Meetings are held the first Thursday of the month at the emergency operations building on Foothills and Highway 92. Anyone interested in learning more about Search and Rescue or wish to join is urged to attend. Meetings commence at 6:30 p.m. Call Dave Noland or Ursula Ritchie, Cochise County Search and Rescue coordinators, at 432-9500.
The Cochise Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society meets at 2 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month at the Ethel Berger Center. Call 458-3889.
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.
The Volunteer Interfaith Caregiver Program (VICaP) is a nonprofit 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.
There is a free spay/neuter program available for low-income cat owners in Cochise County, thanks to funding provided by the Cochise Community Foundation and the Cochise County Humane Society. Spaying and neutering is needed for helping to reduce feline overpopulation. Call 803-7385.
Play bingo twice weekly at VFW Post 9972, which has bingo every Saturday at 12:30 p.m. and Monday at 6:30 p.m.. The post is located at 549 Veterans Drive. There is a short-order menu available. Bingo is open to the public. Call 458-9972.
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. On Wednesdays there is a “Keep It Simple” meeting from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Serenity Club, 5040 S. Highway 92. Call Donna, 378-3640. On Thursdays, the “One Minute at a Time” group meets from noon to 1 p.m. at St. Andrew Church, 800 Taylor Drive. Call Judith, 439-9703.
Cochise County Chapter #551040 of International Association of Administrative Professionals, formerly the National Secretaries Association, meets on the second Monday of the month at Cochise College in Room 900. The meeting lasts from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Contact President V. Tina Gilbertson at vtinagil@msn.com or 227-1807.
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.
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 803-9556.
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.
Overeaters Anonymous meets at the Church of Christ in Village Meadows, 815 El Camino Real, on Mondays at 7 p.m. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m., in Room 9; and Saturdays at 10 a.m., in Room 2. Call Laura at 458-0563 or Marilyn at 417-1645.
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. Call Becky at 459-2890 or Joan at 459-7379.
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.
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.”
The Huachuca Audubon Society leads a two- to three-hour bird walk on 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. in March, and 7:30 a.m. during April and 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.
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.
It’s not too late to register to exhibit your cultural heritage at the Sierra Vista Diversity Fair. The Fair, in its second year, is dubbed Greet Yourself, Sierra Vista! and is an opportunity to not only meet people from the many cultures that make our city so vibrant. It is also an opportunity to ask questions and learn about the cultures. Exhibitors from the Republic of South Korea, the Philippines, Croatia, Ireland and Japan have already signed up. It is not too late to add your country of heritage to the lineup. Performances will run throughout the event being held April 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Ethel Berger Center. Contact Gwen at 458-5280 or Megan at 417-6980 for more information or to sign up exhibits or performances.
Huachuca Audubon Society will recycle your old ink jet and laser printer cartridges, as well as old cell phones. It’s been estimated that 400 million cartridges are destined for landfills every year. Instead of trashing your cartridges and cell phones, drop them off at any Huachuca Audubon Society meeting or field trip; or at the San Pedro House, the Nature Conservancy’s Ramsey Canyon Preserve or Wild Birds Unlimited on Highway 92. Call Mike Guest, 378-0667.
Tombstone
The Wild West Detachment, Marine Corps League, has meetings on the second Monday of every month, at 7 p.m., at the American Legion Roy Fourr Post 24, 205 E. Allen St. Membership is open to active duty, reserve, retired and former Marines and corpsmen. Call Tom Billiard, 439-5042, Frank Sutherland at 432-6066 or Bill Pakinkis at 457-3511.
The Huachuca Prospectors Association meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the Highway 92 Caf/ located on Highway 92 South near the Uptown 3 Theatre Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. There are no dues. Call Tom Tierney at 378-3294.
The next Sierra Vista Farmers Market will be held Thursday 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.
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