Diabetes Education

Community meeting. This is not a library-sponsored event and is subject to change without notice.

Start the New Year with Meditation

Learn simple and effective meditation techniques that can make your dream of finding inner peace a reality. Instructor: William Smith, retired Lt. Army Colonel and meditation practitioner for over 30 years.

Ask a Master Gardener

Troubled about your tomatoes? Baffled over basil? Confounded by your creosote? Master Gardeners from the Pima County Cooperative Extension will be on hand to answer all your gardening questions. Turn your brown thumb to green by asking the experts!

Weight Loss: Manage your weight, improve your health

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to lose weight? You are not alone! According to Gallup research:

• 56% of Americans want to lose weight
• the average amount of weight Americans want to shed is 16lb.
• a third of Americans are considered obese
• obesity is a national epidemic

The presenter, an M.D., non-surgically lost 100lb. over a year’s time beginning August 20, 2011. She used no special foods, medicines or weight loss products. She did use a certain exercise routine and a certain set of rules about food consumption, which she will share with the audience. But the presenter also found that, to lose significant weight, she needed to adopt a philosophy of weight loss. She found tips that helped her to stick to her principles every day.

If you are interested in losing weight, or are supporting the weight-loss success of someone close to you, and surgery is not part of the plan, you are invited to listen as one successful dieter and medical doctor shares her story.

Deeper into Meditation

Learn the most natural and effective techniques for meditation, and receive useful direction for deepening and stabilizing your meditation practice. This presentation is for both new and experienced meditators.
Instructor: William Smith, retired Lt. Army Colonel and meditation practitioner for over 30 years.