Aurora resident Mari Curless, left, presides at a blessing of 76 handmade prayer shawls during Sunday worship at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora. Center and right assisting are Aurorans Luli Smith and Betty Aquize-Mendoza. A group prayer blessing culminated a year of work by four Wesley members and two non-members on shawls to be donated to needy persons. Al Benson/The Voice
