Jewish American Heritage Month

Posted By richards on November 19, 2013

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Cochise College is honoring Native American Heritage Month on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the Sierra Vista Campus. The Redhouse Dancers of Tucson will perform a collection of traditional Native dances at 11 a.m. on the lawn next to the Student Union, followed by a beading workshop sponsored by the Sierra Vista Student Government Association, all free and open to the public. The colleges Union Cafe will also be offering a Native American lunch buffet with ingredients for Indian tacos and drinks for $6.50. For more information, contact Tanya Biami at(520)515-5316.

Melinda Haun, a Registered Dietitian and certified Diabetic Educator will provide a presentation at the Wellness Depot about Preventing Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes on Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. Topics include pre-diabetes and diabetes prevention, lifestyle changes that to improve living with diabetes, who is at risk, what your numbers mean, how to start prevention today. Free glucose testing and handouts will be available. For moreinformationcall520-459-8210.

At its next meeting on Nov. 19, the Huachuca Audubon Society will welcome guest speaker, Dennis Maroney. He and his wife, Deb, are familiar to Farmers Market customers as the owners of 47 Ranch in the McNeal area of the Sulphur Springs Valley. Mr. Maroney will share his philosophy of family-scale ranching and how it can result in affordable local food, watershed improvement, habitat conservation, and landscape protection. Start time is 7 p.m., in Room 702 at Cochise College, 901 North Colombo Ave., Sierra Vista. For info, call(520)378-4937.

On Nov. 20, the Center for Lifelong Learning at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus, 901 N. Colombo Ave., will host a free lunch lecture from 12:10 p.m., to 1 p.m. The event will focus on the Cochise County Sheriffs Department, which covers over 6,000 square miles of varied terrain, with limited staff and officers. More information about our Brown Bag Lecture dates are published onourwebsite:www.cochise.edu/cll.

The Huachuca Mineral and Gem Club meeting will be held Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Cochise College Library conference room. The program will feature the latest rock hunting adventures of the Patty Scarboro and Ted Swigert family, and club members. The meeting is open to the public. Proceeds from the clubs monthly raffle will go into the scholarship fund. For more information,pleasecall459-3718.

AARP local chapter 3123 has a member meeting Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. at the Ethel Berger Center. The meeting is one week early due to Thanksgiving. Tracy, Valor Hospice, will speak about hospice services. The public is invited, refreshments are being offered. For more infocall378-4386.

The Cochise College Bi-National Chorus, Orchestra and Instrument Ensemble will present Songs of Hope and Thanksgiving. The second is at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20 at St. Johns Episcopal Church at 19 Sowles Ave. in Bisbee. Concerts are free and opentothepublic.

Shannon McNeil is an Avian Ecologist with the Southern Sierra Research Station. As the presenter in FSPRs monthly lecture series, she will review current knowledge about the breeding ecology, biogeography, and current status of western yellow-billed cuckoos, drawing substantially from her most recent work monitoring the response of cuckoos to riparian forest creation in the southwest. The western yellow-billed cuckoo is an iconic, if secretive, nesting bird along the San Pedro River; in fact, its one of the species that brings thousands of visitors every year to our area. Come learn why the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently proposed to list this beautiful subtropical bird as threatened. This event will take place at the Sierra Vista Ranger District public meeting room at 4070 S. Avenida Saracino, Hereford (off Hwy. 92 between Ramsey and Carr Canyon Roads), on Thursday, Nov. 21at7p.m.

The Sierra Vista Area Gardeners Club will meet on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 1 p.m. in the Constables Office in the old County Complex at 4100 East Foothills Drive. This months featured speaker is Irwin Kilanski who will talk about tomatoes, lettuce and winter gardening. The public is invited to join the Clubs group of friendly members who share an avid interest in high desert gardening. For additional details, visit our site at http://www.svgardenclub.org or contact Janeat732-1822.

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Around Your Town for November 19, 2013

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