What’s Happening

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Deadline for What’s Happening is Friday for Wednesday’s edition and Wednesday for Sunday’s edition. Notices will be published one time.

June 7

Volunteer Recruitment Fair will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Tucson between the Rialto Theater and Hotel Congress. More than 60 non-profit organizations and federal national service organizations represented.

June 8

Green Valley R/C Flyers meet at 7 p.m. at La Posada’s rec center. Information: Philo Korth, 399-4359.

Arivaca Fire Department will benefit from the proceeds of a Summer Salad Supper, with ham, bread, beverage and dessert plus the salads served from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Arivaca Christian Center, 17085 W. Third St. $8 per person.

June 9

Green Valley Branch No. 77, Fleet Reserve Association, will have a luncheon meeting at 11:30 a.m. at the Cow Palace in Amado. All active duty, reserve and retired personnel and honorably discharged veterans of all pay grades of all services who have some enlisted service in the Navy, Marines or Coast Guard, who live or are visiting in Pima, Cochise and Pinal counties, and their spouses are welcome. Information: Joel Greenberg, 393-8252.

June 10

GVR Chess Club meets every Wednesday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the East Center. Beginners and players of all skill levels welcome. Dues: $1 per year. Information: Jim Clark, jcbafox@msn.com

Green Valley Forum meets at 10 a.m. at East Center. Mary Ellen Barnes will give an illustrated talk based on her book on the 60-year history of the settlements in the Santa Catalina Mountains. All GVR members and eligible guests welcome.

Arizona Department of Veterans Services will have a benefits counselor at American Legion Post 66, 1560 W. Duval Mine Road, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The counselor will assist veterans and/or their families with VA benefits. Information or appointment: 207-4960.

June 11

Continental Vistas Property Owners Assn. meets at 12:30 p.m. at the Continental Vistas pool. All members encouraged to attend. Information: Gary Kissinger, president, 625-2204.

June 12

Peerless Pawn Pushers meet every Friday at 1 p.m. at Villas East rec hall, 508-A Paseo Cerro. Players of all skill levels welcome; not a GVR-restricted event. Information: Bob Vint, rjvint@cox.net.

NARFE meets at 12:30 p.m. at Friends in Deed, 301 W. Camino Casa Verde. Last meeting until September. Lynne Wright, director of Celebrando el Presidio de Tucson, will discuss the history of Tucson with emphasis on Abe Lincoln. Information: Jackie DeHart, 207-0957.

Texas Hold ’em lessons are held every Friday at Quail Creek Country Club by the Poke Pub of Tucson. Free, refreshments, beginners welcome. Information: 520-290-3440.

June 13

Smithsonian Institution’s Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins will have an open house and star party from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Observing will begin next to the visitors center after 7:45 p.m. with telescopes provided by the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association and Sonora Astronomical Society. On view: Saturn, double stars, star clusters and a crescent moon. Small flashlights, binoculars useful; bring a lawn chair. Information: 520-670-5707.

June 14

Desert Meadows II Homeowners will have their monthly potluck at 12:30 p.m. at Abrego South Center. Bring a dish to share and a food item for the GV Community Food Bank.

Santa Rita Art League meets at 1:30 p.m. at its studio in the Springs Center. Bring something you have been working on for a friendly critique; also a painting to be hung on the studio walls for the summer. New, prospective members welcome.

Santa Rita PFLAG meets at the UU Fellowship House, 17616 S. La Canada, Sahuarita. All welcome to share their experiences with gay/lesbian, bisexual, transsexual or questioning family or Friends in Deed, 301 W. Camino Casa Verde. This is a confidential support/action group. Information: June Wortman, 648-5877.

June 17

Living with Cancer Sunstone Cancer Support Group meets at 1 p.m. at the club house at Sonora at Sonora at Rancho Sahuarita, 600 W. Camino Rancherita. Facilitator: Jan McClaren. Information: 324-2840.

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