What’s Happening

Today

AAUW Border Issues Study Group meets at 2 p.m. at the Joyner-Green Valley Library. Dr. Judy Gans, director of the immigration policy program at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at UA, will speak. Her areas of expertise include immigration and globalization, U.S. immigration policy, economics and trade. The public is invited.

Minnesota Historical Society will host a special presentation at 1 p.m. at American Legion Post #66, 1560 W. Duval Mine Road, Sahuarita. Society members and friends and individuals with an interest in history or a family connection to Minnesota are invited. Program will focus on the launching of MN150, a celebration of 150 years of statehood.

March 10

Green Valley Wood Carvers meet at 8:30 a.m. at Friends in Deed, 301 Camino Casa Verde. Any carvers interested in an active club or wishing to learn how to carve is welcome. Information: Call Don Moberg, 777-7182.

Country Club Vistas I homeowners’ board meets at 6 p.m. at 111 W. Calle Montana Jack. Call Pam Haukaas for information.

Green Valley R/C Flyers meet at 7 p.m. at La Posada’s rec center. Information: Call Tim Kelly, 891-6201.

Country Club Estates Property Owners Association meets at 3 p.m. at Commerce Bank meeting room. Information: Call Wayne Brown, 399-2727.

March 11

Scandinavian Group of Desert Hills Lutheran Church will have a potluck at 5 p.m. Please bring a dish to share for 10-12 people and your own set-ups. There will be a Danish Heritage story and Scandinavian Adventures. You do not have to be a member of the church to join the group. Any descendant of the Nordic Countries is welcome. Information: Call Joyce, 399-0195.

Canoa Seca Estates Homeowners’ Association board meets at 8 a.m. at Desert Hills rec center. All homeowners welcome. Information: Call President Ed Osnowitz, 648-6338.

Casa Paloma I board meets at 9 a.m. in the rec center. All homeowners, interested persons are welcome. Information: Call Christine Sarkela, board secretary, 393-1210.

Rotary Club of Green Valley meets at 11:45 a.m. at St. Francis-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church, 600 La Canada Drive. Mark Bollin, marketing director of the Green Valley News, will speak on what’s new at the newspaper. Invocator: Dick Roberts; greeter: David Sirota.

Green Valley Branch No. 77 of the Fleet Reserve Association, meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Cow Palace in Amado. All duty, reserve, and retired personnel and honorably discharged former members of all services who have had some enlisted service in the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, and their spouses are welcome. Information: Call Joel Greenberg, 393-8252.

Desert Hills III W. board meets at 3 p.m. at Desert Hills Center Room B. All homeowners invited. For information, call Jim Neal, 399-3606.

Sonoran Astronomical Society meets at 7:30 p.m, at La Posada (across from the Dome on campus). Ken Graun, astronomer, author, lecturer and teacher, will speak. He has written extensively on Charles Messier and Messier’s star catalog system.

March 12

Alpha Phi Alumnae will have a luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m. at the Stockman’s Grill in Amado. All resident and visiting Alpha Phi’s are welcome. Reservations: Call Bobbi Tucker, 625-9144.

Green Valley Forum meets at 10 a.m. at East Center. Shaw Kinsley will talk about a pioneer in the study of tree rings for evaluating past climate changes. All GVR members and their eligible guests are welcome.

GVR Chess Club meets at 1 p.m. at East Center. GVR members of all skill levels as well as beginners are welcome. Information: Call President Jim Clark, 648-9988.

Green Valley Alumni Club of Phi Delta Theta will have a Founders Day Party at 5 p.m. at La Posada’s rec center. All Phis and spouses and significant others welcome. Information: Call Tom Williams, secretary, 548-9686.

Green Valley Arts & Crafts Association meets at 1 p.m. at Desert Hills Auditorium. Mary Ellen Searcy will speak on Spirit Dolls. Membership open to all GVR members with an interest in a variety of crafts. Information: Call President Louise Martin, 399-4611.

Kiwanis Club of Green Valley meets at 11:45 p.m. at Silver Springs, 500 W. Camino Encanto. Jim LaBlanc will speak on financial planning/retirement issues. Information: Call Phyllis Johnson-Frost, 399-9003.

March 13

Santa Rita Art League meets at 1:30 p.m. at East Center. David Simons will speak about the fundamental steps and procedures for beginning to advanced painters when trying to achieve “Pure and Simple Oil Paintings.” Information: Call Judy Cooke, 648-3526.

Arizona Veterans Forum meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Continental Road branch of Bank of America. Professor Jean Braucher, University of Arizona law school, will lead the discussion group. Information: Call Dave Divine, 398-8473.

Fibromyalgia Support Group of Green Valley meets at 12:15 p.m. at Friends in Deed, 301 Camino Casa Verde. Bring a brown bag lunch and beverages. At 1 p.m. Dr. Peter Eichman, former professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin, will speak. He has done extensive research on Vitamin B. Information: Call Marjorie Palm, 648-3714.

Totem Spirit Doll Making Meditation Workshop will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Madara Cultural Center at Amado Territory. The workshop, sponsored by the Center for Positive Living and presented by artist Gretchen Lima, begins with a slide presentation followed by a guided imagery meditation. All materials provided; however there is a $40 fee. To register, mail check, including your phone number, to CRS, PO Box 1598, GV 85622, seven days before the event. Seats may be available at the door. Call 625-6100.

March 14

Green Valley Mall Spring Market opens and runs 9 a.m.-5 p.m. through March 15. Exhibitors will include arts and crafts and farmers market vendors. Optimist Club sausage will be on sale. The mall is located at I-19 and Esperanza Boulevard. Information: 625-6551.

Desert Meadows Townhomes Board meets at 10 a.m. at Abrego South Center.

Aero Club of Arizona meets at 9:30 a.m. at Friends in Deed, 301 Camino Casa Verde. Jack Vaughn, former Marine, head of the Peace Corps and ambassador to Colombia and Panama, will speak. Information; Call 393-6577.

Green Valley League of Women Voters meets at 11:30 a.m. at the Madera Room at LaVista at La Posada. Chris Kang, executive director of Green Valley Assistance Services, will speak on poverty in Green Valley, Arivaca and Amado. The public is welcome. Call Ermaline Hannun, 625-1711, by March 12 to order a sandwich lunch, or bring a sack lunch.

Alzheimer’s Association Desert Southwest Chapter meets at 10:30 a.m. in La Vista’s private dining room at La Posada. This is a support group for caregivers, family, friends and spouses of loved ones with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. For information, call Tanya Bursey, MSW La Posada Campus social worker and counselor, 393-6795.

March 16

The Minnesota Club will celebrate St. Urho’s Day with a dinner party at 5 p.m. at Desert Hills Center. Come dressed in purple and green. Music by the Country Drifters. Cost $17 for members, $18 for guests. Entrees corned beef and cabbage or grilled chicken breast. Reservations due by March 10. Mail check, with menu choice, to the club, PO Box 83, GV 85622. For information, call Rhoda Serrin, 393-0404, or Barb Quigley, 399-9503.

March 18

Alaska Club of Green Valley will have a salmon bake at its final social of the year. It will be a noon at Madera Canyon’s White House picnic ramada. BYOB, utensils and a salad or side dish to share. Salmon donated by Alaskans Dick and Molly Musgrove. RSVP by March 10 to Francess Wooden, 648-1690.

March 19

Upper Michigan Club will have its annual “Yooper” potluck , 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Desert Hills Center. $4 per person. Bring a dish to share, table service and beverage, coffee will be provided. For information, call Sandra Chiesa, 648-7103, or Jeannie North, 399-9208.

Kappa Alpha Theta Alumnae will carpool to Stockman’s Grill in Amado for lunch. For reservations, call Lee Fagan, 625-5041, by March 13.

Desert Casitas Board meets at 2 p.m. at 1301 W. Desert Hills Drive.

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