Briefs: Make your dog a star Thursday

The Green Valley News will take photos of your dog Thursday as part of the Green Valley Village’s “Dawg Days of Summer.”

Photos will be taken 9:30-11 a.m. at the newspaper, Suite 42. They can be picked up and purchased for $5 from noon to 1 p.m. and will be entered in the “Pet-ography Contest.” Several will be featured in the newspaper. Prizes include $50 from Central Pet.

“Dawg Days” is a joint effort to bring shoppers and their pets to the Village, at La Canada and Esperanza, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and includes gifts and prizes from many of the shops.

GVCCC beautification

committee to meet

The first meeting of the GVCCC’s Community Beautification Committee is 9-11 a.m. June 29 at the Green Valley Village, Suite 13.

Marilyn Hanson from the Weedwackers, dedicated to the eradication of buffelgrass, will speak.

The Green Valley Community Coordinating Council is looking for homeowners, particularly those who serve on HOA landscaping and grounds committees, though the meeting is open to all.

RSVP to the GVCCC office: 648-1936.

AARP launches

drug resource

By the end of the summer, more than a million older Americans will have fallen into the “doughnut hole,” a coverage gap in Medicare’s prescription drug program that leaves individuals on the hook for all of their own drug costs while still paying premiums.

AARP is launching a new online resource to help older Americans avoid the coverage gap: AARP Doughnut Hole Calculator is available at www.aarp.org/doughnuthole.

The online tool guides visitors through their prescription drug options using localized information about their plans and prescriptions to determine if or when they will fall into the coverage gap. In about 15 minutes, visitors can view a graph of their out-of-pocket spending by month, look up lower cost drugs for their conditions, create a Personal Medication Record and print out personalized letters to their doctors to help start a conversation about safely switching prescriptions.

Weekly flea market

set at GV Village

Green Valley Village, Esperanza Boulevard and Interstate 19, will be the site of a weekly flea market/estate sale starting Saturday.

Vendors can rent a 10-foot by 10-foot outside booth for $15 or the same size indoors for $20, and must supply their own tables. The market will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Information: 490-3315.

Ham operators

active for 24 hours

Thousands of amateur radio, or ham, operators across the country will demonstrate their emergency communications capabilities during Field Day operations Saturday and Sunday.

The Green Valley Amateur Radio Club will hold Field Day operations in the meeting room at the Green Valley Fire District Headquarters Building next to Fire Station No. 152 on the southeastern corner of Camino del Sol and Camino Encanto.

The “hams” will set up their equipment, including the generators, batteries, solar power, and temporary antennas, Friday evening.

From 11 a.m. Saturday, until 11 a.m. Sunday, GVARC members will contact other hams around the country, earning a score by the number of contacts they make and by the number of transmitters they use.

To help or for more information: Lloyd Miller, 648-2834 or Ron Gross, 762-5847.