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March 4, 2015 www.DesertMessenger.com 29 Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews Follow on Twitter @DesertMessenger @QuartzsiteRain VFW Post 769 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 120 S. Palo Verde, Quartzsite, AZ, 928-927-7697 The Canteen is a smoking establishment • Members & Guests Only for Alcohol Service ACTIVITIES FOR CORPORAL BEN SCOTT POST 769 AND LADIES AUXILIARY 769 We are collecting coupons you may have that you won't use. These go to the military families who can use them up to 6 months after expiration. Collection boxes are placed in businesses around Town and at the Post. Please help us in this endeavor to assist our Veterans.We are also collecting labels for the school. CALENDAR OF EVENTS:. Fridays is Fish Fry night at the Post – 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. $8.50 donation thru March 27th. March 9 – Garden Party – 12:00 noon – at QIA large hall. Tickets are $10.00 donation which includes lunch, door prizes & music. Contact Dona Dole – 928-210-7904 or Mary McAllister 480-495-9880 March 14 – Club Sandwich lunch begins at 11:00 a.m. for $6.00 donation. Includes potato salad or chips March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. Serving Irish Stew or Corned Beef and Cabbage beginning at 4:00 p.m. Donation $8 April 4 – April 4 – ALL FOOL'S DAY at NEW VFW BUILDING – lots of activi- ties: ATV Poker Run Breakfast In A Bag at 8:30 a.m. raffles, egg eating contest; bake sale; live music; live auctions; "Fools Beer"; hot dogs or hamburgers for lunch; lantern release at dusk; and more. Come join us as we celebrate our move to the previous Palo Verde Café on N. Central. Check our VFW Post 769 website for additional activities being planned: www.vfwpost769.org Comrades meeting – First Saturday each month 9:00 a.m. at Post Ladies Auxiliary meeting –First Saturday each month 9:00 a.m. at Post House Committee meeting – First Satur- day each month 10:00 a.m. at Post Men's Auxiliary – First Saturday each month 1:00 p.m. at Post District 1 Riders meeting – 2nd Saturday 2:00 p.m. - location TBA By Linda Taylor Our last tournament of the year featured some spectacular golf and beautiful weather conditions. The course was playing tough as the greens just didn't hold the ball well. We had 25 turn out for the day. Three brand new competitors played which was also great. The golfi ng was competi- tive as usual. First place was won by Dean Har- rington and Mac McLean who shot 18 under par score of 38. We had 3 teams tie for second place. The teams of Grant Berube & Skip Neuler, Debi Jen- sen & Gene Howard, and Jerry Taylor & John Lammers all fi red 40's. Fifth place was earned by Harvey Gibson and Russ Leininger with a score of 41. For our last tournament, we changed the format for closest to the pin. Players measured the distance their ball was from the fl ag. Closest to the pin on hole #1 was Russ Leininger at 9" from the fl ag. On hole #6, Jerry Taylor was 2" from the pin. On hole #8, Gary McGowan had a hole-in-one which was 14" from the pin. On hole #9, Larry Jensen's ball was 2" from the pin. Thanks to all the players who took part in the RA tournaments. We have all made some great friends who we look forward to seeing year after year. To celebrate this season's golf on both the Rainbow Acre Course and the Quartzsite Course, we will be having our Annual Good Guys/Gals VS Bad Guys/Gals on March 11 & 12. Rainbow Acres Tournament #6 results Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA), is spearheading, along with local organizations, Mark & Lynda Goldberg, and friends, to bring a new music program to local el- ementary students. Now is the time to ask your friends and relatives if they have any unused instruments; and also, to keep their eyes peeled for instru- ments at yard sales, etc. which can be donated to the program. Instruments can be collected all summer for use next fall. If you, or a friend, would like to help mentor the students, please let us know. When you obtain an instrument, please drop it off at the QIA. Let's make this work! If you have any questions, contact the QIA at 928-927-6325. Musical instruments sought PHOTO ABOVE: Back Row: Bud Key, Bill Toner, Wally Butler, Harvey Gibson, Grant Berube, Chester Henry, Tom Chopski, John Lammers, Joe DeLaRosa. Middle Row: Jerry Taylor, Dean Harrington, Russ Leininger, Larry Jensen, Gary McGowan, Henry Lucero, Hoot Gibson, Bob Cutler. Front Row: Ray Johnson, Brad Romaine, Mac McLean, Skip Neuler, LeeRaye Christner, Gene Howard, Debi Jensen Not pictured: Cletus Winkler & Linda Taylor �����| S������ �� D����� M�������� Health Fair March 6 A FREE Health Fair is being planned as part of The GRAND Gathering. The Health Fair is spon- sored by the La Paz Regional Hos- pital District and La Paz County Health Dept. on Friday, March 6 at 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A wide-range of health screening and free information will be avail- able. The Bouse "Genies" will be also be giving programs on starting a Fam- ily Tree, and there will be the op- portunity for you to record family stories (lore) on video disk for your family. Also available will be in- formation on The Five Wishes, and creating a Family Health History. Don't miss this GRAND event and many other related activities! For more information visit QiaArizona.org.

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