What’s Happening

Sept. 26
Valley Gourd Patch meets tonight, Sept. 26, at 6 p.m. at a new location: Casa de Esperanza Community Center, 780 S. Park Centre, near La Posada. Gourds will be available for purchase prior to the meeting. Please bring a gourd you have decorated for show and tell. Visitors welcome. For information, call Diane West, 625-4488.

Sept. 28
Desert Hills II HOA meeting will be held on Friday, Sept. 28, instead of Thursday at the Desert Hills rec center. Please attend and provide the board with your input. For information, call Oscar Cornejo, 648-0025.

Peerless Pawn Pushers will play chess on Friday, Sept. 28, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Villas East rec hall, 508-A South Paseo Cerro. Chess players of all skill levels, including beginners, are welcome and you do not have to belong to GVR. For information, call Bob Vint, 648-0157, or e-mail him at rjvint@cox.net.

Valley Quilters Guild meets Friday, Sept. 28, at 1 p.m. at St. Francis-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church’s Parish Hall, 600 S. La Canada Drive. All level quilters are welcome. For information, call Janie Schott, 625-7944.

Oct. 1
A free Shred-athon to protect yourself from identity theft will be held on Monday, Oct. 1, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Pima Council on Aging, 8457 E. Broadway Blvd. between Sarnoff and Camino Seco, Tucson. One banker’s box/copy paper box per person. Drop off at the tented drive-thru. Shredding will be done at the Beacon Secures site. State Attorney General Terry Goddard will be speaking at 11 a.m. For information, call 790-0504.

Women Impacting Tucson will have a luncheon on Monday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. at Tucson’s Manning House, 450 W. Paseo Redondo off Granada.Patti A. Nolan, clerk of the Superior Court in Pima County, will speak. For cost, reservations which are due by Sept. 27, call 520-770-0714.

San Ignacio Vistas HOA has rescheduled its board meeting from Oct. 1 to Monday, Oct. 15, at 1 p.m. at 4735 Prairie Hills Drive. Homeowners welcome. Agenda on the Web site.

Oct. 2
Canoa Hills Townhomes Homeowners’ Association board meets on Tuesday, Oct. 2, at 8 a.m. at Fire Station No. 152 on En Canto and Camino del Sol. For information, call Mary Hall, 648-0312.

Oct 4
Border Issues Study Group sponsored by the American Association of University Women AAUW will meet on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. at the Joyner-Green Valley Library. The documentary “Crossing Arizona” will be shown. Public invited. For information, call Sharon Chamberlin, 625-0823.

Oct. 11
Desert Meadows Town Homes board meets on Thursday, Oct. 11, at 10 a.m. at South Abrego Center. For information, call Max Sander, 625-5600.

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