2019 Folk Festival Set For November 3

Holly Carrier The 2019 Folk Festival will take place on Sunday, November 3, at 4 p.m., on the Eagle’s Nest Patio, Lounge, and Dining Room. This annual live music event is FREE to the community. If you enjoyed Showtime’s spring production of “This Land is Your Land – A Celebration of American Folk Music,” you…

Litchfield Park Historical Society – upcoming events

Lisa Hegarty Father Kino, Journey to Discovery: Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 10 a.m. and Wednesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. at The Church at Litchfield Park, 300 N. Old Litchfield Rd. in Litchfield Park, at Souers Hall. Learn about this caring, charismatic, and multi-talented missionary who bridged the gap between European and Native American cultures in…

Bocce news

Carolyn Rota, PR By now, every person and team that wanted to join or re-sign for the fall 2019 bocce session has done so. If you haven’t, your next opportunity to join in on all the fun will be for the winter 2019-20 (can you believe it) bocce session. Early registration must be in by…

Building Bridges – Speaking without words

Comity Advisors In an excerpt from their book, Body Language (published by Prentice Hall Regents, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in 1982), D. R. Levine and M. B. Edelman provided the following example of transactions that occur in intercultural communication: “An American police officer, a Russian engineer, and a Jordanian teacher made the following comments about interactions they…

Your chance to win a beautiful Opportunity Quilt

Marlene Kuskie The PebbleCreek Quilters members create a quilt each year that is raffled, with the proceeds going to supplies for the many community service projects and equipment/supplies for the Fiber Arts Room (Diamondback) in the Creative Arts Center (CAC). The winning ticket for the quilt will be drawn this coming Dec. 9 at the PC…

Unit Happenings

Unit 8 August Luncheon The ladies of Unit 8 met in mid-August at Eagle’s Nest for lunch. They followed the delicious meal with a very competitive game of Mexican train! Unit 8 September Luncheon The Unit 8 ladies kicked off the fall by gathering in early September to enjoy the scrumptious food at the Irish…