Yuma Glance 2-1-09

Baseball bus trip

  American Legion Post 19 is sponsoring a bus trip to watch the Arizona Diamondbacks play the San Francisco Giants on April 26.

 Tickets are $60 for seats in the Club Reserve Section on the first base side. For tickets and information, call 446-5656.

  The trip is open to the public. The bus will stop for passengers in Yuma, the Foothills and Tacna.
 
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Library meeting

  Friends of the Foothills Library will meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the Foothills Library, 13226 E. South Frontage Road

  The public is invited.

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Military group recruiting

  The Yuma chapter of the Military Officers Association is seeking new members.

  The Yuma chapter has 55 members but hopes to add at least 10 more as part of MOAA's national goal of recruiting at least 3,000 new members this year.

  MOAA's current legislative and benefit priorities include increasing military manpower levels; linking the GI Bill benefit amount to the cost of four-year public college and improving Reserve GI Bill benefits; improving retirement and health coverage for mobilized Guard and Reserve members and their families; fighting against large fee increases for Tricare beneficiaries; improved care and support for service members wounded in war, and improved support for families of deployed service members.

  For more information, visit www.moaa.org/giveme10.

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Defensive driving course

   AARP will offer a defensive driving course Feb. 10-11 at the Gloria de Cristo Lutheran Church, 11273 E. 40th St. in the Foothills.

   The refresher course will be from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 10 and 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 11. Cost is $12 for AARP members and $14 for nonmembers. For information and reservations, call 305-6586.

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Park directors meeting

  Activity directors at Yuma-area recreational vehicle parks are invited to a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Friday at The Palms Community Hall, 3400 S. Avenue 7E.

  To make reservations, call 503-4276.