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Please send “around your town” items to svhnews@transedge.com, or send by regular mail to: Around Your Town, Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review, 102 Fab Ave., Sierra Vista AZ 85635. Or fax items to 459-0120, attn. Around Your Town. Items should include time, date, location, organization’s name, purpose or description of event, and a phone number or e-mail address and person to contact. Please try to submit your item two weeks in advance of the event. For questions or comments, call 515-4614. Items will not be accepted by phone. Regular monthly meetings will be posted in Tuesday’s Living section. Call 515-4614 or 515-4620.
Tombstone
Cochise County Library District’s Citizen Liaison Council will meet on Sept. 8 from 10 a.m. to noon at Tombstone City Library, Fourth and Toughnut streets. The public is invited to attend. The Citizen Liaison Council meets every other month in one of the public libraries in the county, and members share news about their local libraries. The group is made up of citizens appointed by each city council, and it acts as an advisory board to the Library District Director and to the Cochise County Board of Supervisors, which operates the countywide online library system and other public library support services. Call Judy Beckwith, 432-8930.
Huachuca City
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The Lions Club will have an all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner Saturday at the Lions Hall, 125 Huachuca Blvd., from 5 to 7 p.m. The cost is $4.50 for adults, $2.50 for children 5-12 and free for children 4 and younger.
Bisbee
A Gem and Mineral Show will be part of Saturday’s Bisbee Farmers Market and will include storytelling by miners. Pat Gahn will provide music for the morning to keep you entertained while you check out the rocks and gems. Market hours are from 8 a.m. to noon at Vista Park across from the Warren Ballpark.
Gary Dillard, a Bisbee native and working journalist who for the past quarter century has studied the history of the region, the borderlands and the mining industry, will speak Tuesday on the story of Bisbee as told through Evergreen Cemetery. It’s one in a series known as Lunch and Learn, held Tuesdays at the Community Y, 26 Howell Ave., from noon to 1 p.m. until late November. Lunches are catered by Diane Fahrner of the Queen B Bakery for $6 per person, payable at the door. For reservations, call the Y at 432-3542 or Carol at 432-4355 by Monday before 2 p.m.
Cochise County Clerk of the Superior Court Denise Lundin will address the Corral of Westerners International on Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Bisbee Center. Lundin will provide a glimpse into the county’s rich history as told through its court documents. The OK Corral Gunfight inquest, the 1917 Bisbee Deportation and other cases big and small come to life when seen through first-person accounts meticulously recorded by court clerks of the past. A pre-meeting dinner will be held at 5:30 p.m. at El Cobre. Call Pat Mosteller at 432-4105 or Christine Rhodes at 432-5836.
Sierra Vista
Jonathon’s Walk, in honor of Jonathon Scott VanNierop who passed away from a very rare brain tumor at the age of 10 months, will be held Saturday at Veterans’ Memorial Park at Ramada 1, from 8 to 11 a.m. Lunch will be provided for the walkers and ticket holders at the Outback Steakhouse. Lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those interested can pick up pledge sheets at Dillard’s in customer service or contact Rebekah VanNierop at 227-6180. September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
The local chapter of Democracy For America will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Blimpie’s Restaurant, 268 W. Fry Blvd. There will be a discussion of the upcoming primary elections.
The Sierra Vista Regional Health Center Auxiliary will have a Scrub Sale from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sept. 7 in the Jenny Room at the Sierra Vista Regional Health Center to benefit the Auxiliary Scholarship Fund. Call 459-1724.
A VIN-etching vehicle theft prevention program will be provided Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Wal-Mart parking lot by the Sierra Vista Citizens Police Academy Associates. The workers will subtly etch a vehicle identification number onto each window of a vehicle, providing a valuable clue for investigators in case the vehicle is stolen. This is free program. Donations are accepted. Call Casey Garcia, 378-9496.
