What’s Happening

May 4

The Green Valley Air Force Association will meet on Friday, May, at 11:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge, 2951 S. Camino Mercado. All AFA members and guests are welcome. For information, call W.A. Lafferty, 625-9449.

May 7

ALOHA — Adult Loss of Hearing Association will meet on Monday, May 7, at 10 a.m.  in its new facility, the recreation room at La Posada which is “looped” for those who have a T coil in their hearing aids. There will reports on new technology, what Hearing Loss of America can do, and sharing of stories. There will be refreshments. For information, call Mary, 648-1266.

Southwest Gardeners will  have a luncheon on Monday, May 7,  at La Posada’s rec room. Social hour at 11 a.m., followed by lunch, installation of officers and a treasure-filled auction.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8027 will meet on Monday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at M&I Bank, 279 W. Continental Road. New officers will be voted in. For information, call Steve Yuhasz, 648-5647.

Green Valley Wood Carvers meet on Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Friends in Deed, 301 W. Camino Casa Verde. Any carver interested in an active club, or anyone interested in learning how to carve, is welcome. For information, call Vern Preator, 393-0053.

May 8

Green Valley Spinners and Weavers Guild meets on Tuesday, May 8, at 1 p.m. at Bank of America, 410 W. Continental Road.  A plan for programs during June, July, August and September will be discussed. Anyone with an interest in fiber art is welcome. For information, call Bernice Vertner, 648-1874.

Rotary Club of Green Valley will meet on Tuesday, May 8, at noon at St. Francis-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Drive. Dianne Gonzales, executive director of United Community Health Center, will speak. Greeter: Jack Carter; Invocator: Lori Tyler. For information, call Joyce Finkelstein, 648-1936.

Desert Creek HEAC will meet on Tuesday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at the Joyner-Green Valley Library. All residents invited. For information, call Barbara Schaack, 648-2855.

Valley Players will have a general meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 7 p.m.. in La Posada’s Madera Room. All members encouraged to attend this last regularly scheduled meeting before fall. For information, call 625-2696.

Green Valley Branch No. 77, Fleet Reserve Association, will have a luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the Cow Palace in Amado. Active duty, reserve and retired enlisted personnel and honorably discharged former members of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and commissioned officers of the sea services with prior enlisted service, and their ladies, are welcome. For information, call Joel Greenberg, 393-8252.

Casa Paloma I HOA will meet on Tuesday, May 8, at 9 a.m. at the meeting room. For information, call Secretary Christine Sarkela, 393-1210.

May 9

Green Valley Forum will meet on Wednesday, May 9, at 10 a.m. at East Center. Erec Toso will talk about his new book about physical and emotional changes and recovery from a near-death experience after a snake bite. All GVR members and their eligible guests are welcome.

Elks Auxiliary will have a luncheon on Wednesday, May 9, at 11:30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge. The Sahuarita High School Choral Group will be featured. For information, call Marcella Moelhman or Jan Schade.

GVR Chess Club will meet on Wednesday, May 9, at 1 p.m. at East Center. GVR members of all skill levels, as well as beginners, are welcome. For information, call President Jim Clark, 648-9988.

Kiwanis Club of Green Valley meets on Wednesday, May 9, at 11:45 a.m. at Silver Springs, 500 W. Camino Encanto. A member business meeting will be conducted by Harold Adams. For reservations, call Phyllis Johnson-Frost, 399-9003.

May 10

Fibromyalgia Support Group meets on Thursday, May 10, at 12:30 p.m.  at Friends in Deed, 301 W. Camino Casa Verde. Bring a brown bag lunch and beverage. Calle Norburya from Body Balance Natural Health will speak on massage, aromatheraphy and other alternative therapies. This is the last meeting of the season. The group will resume in November. For information, call Marjorie Palm, 648-3714.

Continental Vistas Property Owners board meets on Thursday, May 10, at 12:30 p.m. at the CV Pool ramada. All members welcome. For information, call Darlene Feil, 399-3760.

The Springs at Santa Rita Homeowners’ board will meet on Thursday, May 10, at 9 a.m. in the rec center’s Fiesta Room. All homeowners welcome.

Green Valley Toastmasters #3582 will have their last weekly meeting of the season on Thursday, May 10 at 9 a.m. at M&I Bank annex. Thereafter the group will meet on the second Thursday of the month, same time, same place until October.

May 11

League of Women Voters meets on Friday, May 11, at 11:30 a.m. at La Posada’s Madera Room. Peggy Bonthron will speak on her working with the Santa Ana Watershed Project in Southern California. The public is invited. To order a sandwich lunch, call Ermaline Hannum, 625-1711 by Wednesday, May 9.

Ladies Association of the Country Club of Green Valley will have a luncheon/fashion show by Rose’s of Green Valley on Friday, May 11, at Lavender’s Restaurant. Social hour at 11 a.m., lunch served at noon. For information, reservations, call the Country Club at 625-8806.

La Posada’s support group for caregivers of dementia and Alzheimer’s residents will meet on Friday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m. in the private dining room of La Vista, 501 S. La Posada Circle. This meeting is held on the second and fourth Friday of each month and is free and open to anyone interested in attending. For information, call Julie McKee, director of Assisted Living and La Via Memory Care, 648-8466.

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