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4 www.DesertMessenger.com October 7, 2015 RECYCLE THIS NEWSPAPER thank you! Dave's DIESEL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE David Atherton 605-999-0720 • Pat Atherton 816-797-5460 Located at Quartzsite Marketplace 50 E. Kuehn WELDING & FABRICATING SERVICES Mobile Shop - Machine Shop Services - Hydraulic Hose Repair - Quartzsite- A group of citizens have been working together to organize the annual Halloween fun. Last year's HALLOWEEN WALK was such a success, the group decided to continue and make it even bigger and better this year. Halloween falls on Saturday this year. The Family Event starts at the Community Center, where there will be free games including pan- ning for gold! In addition, there will be free hot dogs for the kids, costume contest with lots of catego- ries, a parade, prizes and lots more. Businesses, Organizations, RV Parks and Groups are encouraged to participate Trick-or-Treating along the Haunted Walking Path along E. Quail Trail, from Commu- nity Center to Town Hall. You can set up a "station" (Table, Tradition- al Trunk or Treat, Booth, Themed Spooky Scene, etc.) or a traditional Truck-or-Treat in the parking lot. Prizes will be awarded this year, so get your friends together and get creative! If you'd like to volunteer, please attend the next meeting on Thursday, Oct. 8th at 5:00pm at the Community Center. Check out the Facebook group, Halloween in Quartzsite for more information. If you, your business or organization would like to set up a station along the Walking Path, con- tact Danielle Miller at 513-858-5078. Participants wanted for Halloween fun Scam warning! The Smoke Shop Open Year-Round for our local residents Thank you for your support! SEASONAL HOURS 8AM - NOON MONDAY THRU FRIDAY CLOSED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY Tuesday nights at 6:30pm, Quartzsite Community Bible Church hosts their summer music jam schedule. Amplified instruments and playing all music including Gospel music. 375 E. Sunrise St. Let's have a good jam summer. On Thursdays 7-9pm, at Brenda RV Resort. 46251 Hwy 60 in the club house. Inquiries call Jean. 503 313 2840. Gt a Jam starting soon? Email Editor@DesertMessenger.com to get your music jam listed. Music jams Quartzsite Senior Center will start up their Bingo Games this month. The fun begins on Wed. Oct. 21st. Early Birds at 5pm. Deli opens at 5:30pm. Regular session is 7pm. Quartzsite Senior Center is lo- cated at 40 Moon Mountain Rd., Quartzsite. For more information, call 928-927-6496. Bingo starts Oct. 21 at Senior Center APS urges all customers to be aware of possible fraud PHOENIX – Several small busi- nesses in the Phoenix metro area have been called by individuals falsely representing themselves as APS employees. The potential victims are instructed to call a toll- free number to pay their electric bill under threat of having service disconnected within the hour. The false number goes to a phone system that acts and sounds like the actual APS call center. Cus- tomers are asked to select a num- ber for the service they require, including reporting an outage. Af- ter selecting the option to pay your bill, an individual picks up the phone and says, "This is Wendy (or another name), thanks for call- ing APS. How can I help you?" If a potential fraud victim begins to question the fake APS employ- ee, the response is rude, followed by a disconnection of the call. APS security, local law enforce- ment and the FBI are currently working together to apprehend those responsible. To help customers from becom- ing a victim of consumer scams, including the most recent attempts, APS provides the following sugges- tions: • The only valid numbers to the customer call center are listed on customer bills. • If there is ever a question about the validity of an email, website or person claiming to be an APS representative, call the APS Cus- tomer Care Center immediately at 602-371-7171 in order to verify this information. • Recognize the signs of a phishing email: mismatched fonts, missing hyperlinks, improper grammar and misspellings. • Never share credit card informa- tion with an unverified source. Customers who pay by credit card at aps.com will be directed to the KUBRA EZ-Pay website which asks the customer to enter a "captcha" validation code. Any other credit card payment site is fraudulent and should not be used (A "captcha" typically uses a set of letters and numbers that the user is required to manually retype and submit). APS, Arizona's largest and longest- serving electricity utility, serves nearly 1.2 million customers in 11 of the state's 15 counties. With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the principal subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (NYSE: PNW). DEADLINE : WED. OCT. 14 TH for OCT 21 ST edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com

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