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16 www.DesertMessenger.com March 15, 2023 Desert Messenger offers FREE Classifi ed Ads! Here's the small print: Items for sale under $1000. Private Party Only. 1 per month. Yard/Garage/Craft Sales, Wanted, Give-a-ways, Free, Lost & Found, etc. (non-commercial) For more information, contact Rain at 928-916-4235 or Email: Editor@DesertMessenger.com BUCK CONNORS FROM PAGE 1 Trick roping, Bull Whip Crackin' and more. Participative children's activities include: Rubber Band Gun Shootout; Bean Bag Toss; Cowpoke Calf Roping Game, Gold Panning, and Coloring. Early risers can join the Quartzsite Fire Department's Fun Run with awards to top male and female participants. The Quartzsite Historical Society will be conducting the Pioneer Tour of Historic Family Sites. The Quartzsite Art Guild will fea- ture the Branding Iron Art Gallery at the Community Center. Following the morning Local En- tertainer's Showcase, Award-win- ning Cowboy Poet, Rocky Sullivan, will spin some original yarns and stories on the Buckaroo Stage. He is also the Emcee for the event. Enter the Chili Cookoff, sponsored by Coyote Fresh Foods. Take time to peruse the local vendors and Crafter's Corral; and, have lunch at the on-site Food Court, featuring: Philly Sandwiches by Robin's Roost; Breakfast Burritos, Dogs and Brats, by the Quartzsite Fire Department; Barbecue by the Quartzsite Police Department; Hamburgers by 4-H; Birra, Tacos, Tortas, Rice & Beans by R&R Mexican; Ice Cream, Waffl e Cakes, & Sno Cones by What the Waffl e; Kettle Corn by Papa's Kettle Corn; "Copsicles," by La Paz Sher- iff's Offi ce; and, Coffee, Tea, & Ex- presso by Metro Expresso. Then, grab a frosty brew at the Beer Garden. Bring a lawn chair, leave pets at home, and take the family out for a great day of free music, fun, dancing, greeting friends and neighbors, and making new friends at the 4th Annual Buck Connors Western Days, March 17 & 18, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. If you would like to be a vendor or crafter, or if you would like to be a "Pardner" to support the event and gain recognition for your business, or family, contact Town Hall at 928- 927-4333. ADOT to host virtual meetings about Long Range Transportation Plan Meetings to gather public input to be held March 22 The Arizona Department of Trans- portation will host two virtual pub- lic meetings as part of the agency's efforts to gather input for the devel- opment of the next state Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). The fi rst of the two LRTP virtual meetings took place on Thursday, March 9, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Online registration is available via www.adot2050plan.com/get-in- volved. When fi nalized this summer, the 2050 LRTP will include priorities and a vision for Arizona's transpor- tation system over the next two-and- a-half decades. ADOT has received public comments over the last two weeks during meetings held in Phoenix and Tucson. A third in-per- son meeting is scheduled Wednes- day, March 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Flagstaff Aquaplex, 1702 N. Fourth Street in Flagstaff. ADOT will host a second virtual meeting — a telephone town hall about the LRTP — at 6 p.m. Wednes- day, March 22. Meeting details are available at www.adot2050plan. com/get-involved. ADOT to host virtual meetings about Long Range plan In accordance with state and feder- al requirements, ADOT is responsi- ble for updating the LRTP every fi ve years to refl ect changing transpor- tation challenges and conditions. The plan is not project specifi c. It is a policy document that establishes broad goals, objectives and strate- gies as ADOT works with partners, including cities and regional plan- ning agencies, to maintain and en- hance the transportation system. The LRTP serves as a guide for fu- ture transportation decisions. Public input will be used, along with information about anticipated future funding sources and system needs, to develop LRTP recommen- dations over the next few months. A draft version of the LRTP will be available for public review and ad- ditional comments before it is pre- sented for adoption by the State Transportation Board. That presen- tation to the board is anticipated in June. To learn more about the plan visit adot2050plan.com. Read Desert Messenger News while traveling Sign up for free email alerts when the Desert Messenger becomes available online! Join thousands reading the paper online at: www.DesertMessengerOnline.com Call Don 208-255-6955 Don's Rocks Decorative Landscaping Hauling, Dumptruck & Backhoe Services WE'RE BACK! Looking forward to seeing our Friends! Not a licensed contractor Snakes are out! Warm temperatures are bringing snakes out of their dens where they hi- bernated during the winter, and they will be around for several months. With 13 different types of rattle- snakes slithering throughout the state, it's important for every desert dweller to know what to do when crossing paths with a snake. While snakes often aren't looking to cause trouble, people must ex- ercise extreme caution when they come across a rattlesnake. Keith Boesen, director of the Ari- zona Poison and Drug Information Center and a professor with the UA College of Pharmacy, said the center typically receives a report of someone being bitten every other day during rattlesnake season, with those numbers approaching a bite per day in the peak stretch from mid-August to mid-September. "Snakes are a lot like us in that they like to be out and about when it's cooler, either early in the morning or in the evening," Boesen said. A snakebite packs enough ven- om to cause serious injury or even death. Most snakebite victims have to spend at least two to three days in a hospital and spend weeks, some- times months, rehabilitating the area around the bite in order to re- gain full range of motion and mus- cle functionality. "Many bites take place simply because the person was in the wrong place at the wrong time," Boesen said. If a bite does take place, the best thing an individual can do is to get to a hospital.

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