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PW Quilters to meet Pueblo West

Quilters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at Liberty Point Recreation Center, 971 Tolstoi Dr.

The program will be a trunk show by Dixie Moorcroft, an award-winning quilter from Pueblo who will share her wide assortment of quilts featuring many different techniques, as well as her meticulous piecing ability and numerous embellishments.

Guests are welcome for a $2 fee at the door.

For more information, contact Mari Pretzer at 547-3188.

Christian Singles event

The Fellowship of Christian Singles (a group for singles 45 and older) will host a "pizza and plants" event at 6 p.m. May 9 in the Fellowship Hall at the Ecumenical Church of Pueblo West, 434 S. Conquistador Ave.

The cost will be $5 and will cover both the pizza and supplies for potting a small plant. There will be a devotional in the Paradise Memorial Garden on the church grounds.

Newcomers are welcome to join in on the evening of food, fellowship, and light gardening. RSVP to Kathy Sherwood at 547-9787 by Monday.

Seniors/Retirees potluck

The Seniors/Retirees of Pueblo West will host their monthly potluck luncheon on May 8 at the Memorial Recreational Center, 230 E George Dr. The event will begin with a social time at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at noon and the program at 12:30.

The theme is May flowers and may be incorporated into the hot or cold covered dish each participant brings to share. Please bring your own table service as well. Coffee and tea will be provided.

The program will feature master gardeners Ron and Ruth Sterkel speaking on “xeriscape made easy.”

To get to the center, two signs on Joe Martinez Boulevard alert motorists to Byrd Street. Turn south on Byrd and east on George Drive.

For more information call the membership committee at 647-8969 or 547-3944. Newcomers and visitors are welcome.

Mother's Day brunch

The Youth Group at the Ecumenical Church of Pueblo West will host a Mother's Day Brunch from 9:15 to 10:45 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

The church is located on the corner of Spaulding and Conquistador. For more information, call the church at 547-3088 or Ammie Thomas at 547-0679. PW Women's League The Pueblo West Women's League will meet for business and lunch at 11:30 a.m. May 13 at Solid Ground restaurant, 412 S. McCulloch Blvd. The cost is $10, and newcomers and guests are welcome.

Please RSVP by calling 547-2912.

Canning class

CSU Extension will offer the next class in the series “Preserving the Harvest” series - jams and jellies - from 6 to 8 p.m. May 8 at Christ the King Church, 1708 Horseshoe Dr. in Pueblo.

The cost is $8. Pre-registration required and may be made by calling 583-6566.

The class will cover the method for safely canning jams and jellies. Participants will be advised of the latest accepted techniques to for safely preserving food and will go home with CSU Extension publications and approved recipes.

Teen pregnancy prevention

Teen H.E.L.P. (Health Education Led by Peers from Central, Centennial, County and East High Schools) will host an awareness walk called “Path to Prevention” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at Gateway Park on the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk in Pueblo.

The event is intended to bring attention to the issue and impact of teen pregnancy in Pueblo. For more information, call the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Program at the Pueblo City-County Health Department 544-5839.

OWLS meeting

The OWLS (Older, Wiser, Livelier Seniors) meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 2 p.m.. for bowling at the Bowlero-Midtown Shopping Center. For more information, call 545-2803.

The group also meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month at various area restaurants for dining and socialization. For more information, call Jack Briggs at 546-6189.

Artisan's bazaar

An artisan's bazaar from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at El Pueblo Museum, 301 N. Union in Pueblo, will feature the work of local artists, including pottery, paper art, handcrafted and antique jewelry, sculptures, books and novels, fiber art, and more.

The event is cosponsored by the Colorado Outdoor Performing Arts Association (COPAA) and the museum. Proceeds will support family-oriented performing arts entertainment.

Other activities will include: Music by members of the Pueblo Songwriters and Musicians Association, portrait artist Alex Valle, reduced-price museum tours, demonstrations by the Origami Club, and refreshments.

CSU-P graduation speaker

Dana Perino, the second woman to serve as White House Press Secretary, will be the Colorado State University-Pueblo commencement speaker at Saturday's ceremonies.

Perino, a 1993 graduate of CSU-P, will share the story of her rise to the White House and the top of her profession with more than 500 graduates during a ceremony that starts at 10 a.m. at the Colorado State Fair Events Center.

Historic paper available

The first volume of Camp and Plant has been released for sale. This is a digitization of the initial company newspaper published by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company (CF&I) between the years 1901 and 1904.

Volume One covers the issues from December 14, 1901 through June 28, 1902. The cost is $45 for members of the Bessemer Historical Society and $50 for non-members. It is available in the Company Store Gift Shop at the Steelworks Museum of Industry and Culture, 215 Canal St. in Pueblo. The Gift Shop is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Camp and Plant was a publication for, and about, the employees of CF&I, which featured information about the various departments and holdings of the company, including the steel mill itself, the coal mines and camps, the C&W Railway and subsidiary companies owned by CF&I.

It also includes "employee betterment" articles from the company’s Sociological Department. which founded the Minnequa Hospital, today’s St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center.

For more information, or to order a copy, call the Company Store Gift Shop at 564-9086.

SRDA trips

SRDA will sponsor a bus trip to Cripple Creek that will leave at 9 a.m. May 9 from SRDA, 230 N. Union Ave. in Pueblo. The cost is $20 and pre-registration is required. Call 545-8900 for more information.

The agency's May social, sponsored by Humana Market Point, is set for 2 to 4 p.m. May 23 and will include live entertainment, refreshments, games and prizes. The cost is $2. Nonprofit workshop Business consultant David Russell will conduct a workshop for individuals interested in forming nonprofit organizations. The event will be from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 20 at the Pueblo County Conference Room, 1001 N. Santa Fe Ave. in Pueblo.

The workshop will cover definitions of nonprofits, eligibility requirements, timing, grants and other funding sources, and government regulations. The cost is $25.

Register by May 19 by calling 542-0091.

DEADLINES

The View goes to press on Tuesday evenings in order to reach the Post Office on Wednesdays, and readers' mailboxes each Thursday.

Our advertising and editorial staffs require varying amounts of lead time to prepare advertisements, and photos, news and features stories, for publication.

For instance, a news release submitted on a Monday is too late for publication in that week's edition because production work already has begun on news pages by that time.

But classifieds can be placed until 3 p.m. each Monday because that page is produced early on Tuesdays.

To help readers, news sources and advertisers, the deadlines for ads and various types of submissions, such as news releases, briefs, and letters to the editor, are listed below.

Advertising:

• Classifieds - 3 p.m. on Monday the week of desired publication.
• Happenings - Noon on Wednesday the week prior to the week of desired publication.
• All other advertising - 2 p.m. on Thursday, one week prior to the date of desired publication.

News and feature stories:

• Briefs, sports items and news releases - noon on Friday the week prior to the desired date of publication.
• Letters to the editor - noon on Monday the same week of the desired date of publication.

Letters must include the writer's name and a phone number, so authorship may be verified.

Please try to limit length to one typewritten page (or no more than 400 words) or the letter likely will be edited for length.

Letters may be mailed to 215 S. Purcell Blvd., or sent by e-mail to: lsword@pueblowestview.com. If sent as an attachment, send as a Word document, saved as "text" (NOT "text only.")

Office hours at The View are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays.

If you have a story or photo idea, a complaint, a suggestion or question about news or sports items, call Editor Loretta Sword or sports reporter Mike Griffin at 547-9606.

Please leave a voice mail if there is no answer.

You may e-mail Sword at: lsword@pueblowestview.com and Griffin at mgriffin@pueblowestview.com.

Written news releases may be mailed to or dropped off at The View's office at 215 S. Purcell Blvd. (just south of U.S. 50, next to the Hilltop Veterinary Clinic) or sent by FAX to 547-4380.

News releases and other items also may be left at night or on weekends in the drop box located on the exterior wall to the left of the front door.

Information turned in after deadline will not appear in that week's issue, but in the one that follows.

To inquire about advertising rates, call Office Manager Peggy Dissler at 547-9606. Dissler handles classified ads.

If inquiring about display ad information, Dissler will refer you to one of The View's sales representatives: Karen Sherer, Denise Laine-Coughlin, or Blanche Podio.

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